The Fox and the Woodman

Labarin The Fox and the Woodman Tatsuniya ce mai gargaɗi game da munafunci da aka haɗa a cikin Tatsuniyoyin Aesop kuma yana lamba 22 a cikin Perry Index . Duk da cewa labarin iri ɗaya ne, nau'ikan daban-daban sun haɗa da mahalarta daban-daban.

 Tarihin tatsuniya 
Akwai tushen Helenanci da Latin na tatsuniyar. Suna ba da labarin dabbar da aka farauta da ta nemi mutum ya ɓoye ta. Lokacin da mafarauta suka tambaya ko ya ga wurin haƙa ramin su, sai ya ce bai ga wurin ɓuya ba sai dai ya nuna wurin ɓuya ta hanyar nuna shi ko kuma kallonsa. Amma mafarauta suna ɗaukarsa a matsayin wanda ya yi amfani da shi, sai su tafi. Lokacin da dabbar ta fito, tana sukar mutumin saboda yadda yake mu'amala da mutane biyu. Yawancin labaran Girkanci suna sanya dabbar dila ce wadda take jan hankalin mai katako. A cikin waƙar Latin ta Phaedrus, dabbar da aka farauta ita ce zomo ( lepus ) wacce ke jan hankalin makiyayi. Sigar Latin daga baya ta yi kuskuren sunan kuma ta mai da dabbar kerkeci ( lupus ).  Saboda haka, an ba da labarin kerkeci a cikin tarin tatsuniyoyin Aesop da aka buga a ƙarni na 15.

Wani nau'in tatsuniya daban-daban an danganta shi da Aesop ta hanyar masanin falsafa na ƙarni na 2 Maximus na Tyre a cikin littafinsa na Dissertations. Zaki yana bin barewa yana tambayar makiyayi ko ya gan ta. Mutumin ya ce bai ganta ba sai ya nuna inda barewa ke ɓuya, inda zaki ya kashe ta. Sai dila ya yi Allah wadai da mutumin a matsayin matsoraci.  Maximus ya yi amfani da labarin wajen ɗaukar matsayin falsafa masu karo da juna, amma marubuta daga baya sun gan shi a matsayin misali na ɗabi'ar munafunci. Mawakan Neo-Latin na ƙarni na 16 , Hieronymus Osius  da Pantaleon Candidus  duk sun yi magana game da sigar dila ta tatsuniya kuma sun yi tsokaci game da ɗabi'ar rashin jituwa ta faɗin abu ɗaya da yin wani abu. Johannes Posthius, yana rubutu a cikin al'adar littattafan alamu, ya fito da Aesopi Fabulae (1566) wanda aka gabatar da wani babi na Jamusanci game da tatsuniyoyi ta hanyar wata gajeriyar waka a cikin Latin wanda ke taƙaita jigon ɗabi'ar kowannensu. Labarin Tatsuniya 127 ya yi magana game da Fox da Woodman ( Vulpes et lignator ) kuma ya bayyana cewa, idan kuna son suna mai aminci, magana da hannu ya kamata su yarda. 

An kuma haɗa tatsuniyar a cikin tarin labaran barkwanci na Poggio, Facetiae, wanda aka rubuta a shekarun 1450.  Shi ma ya gan ta a matsayin misali na ɗabi'ar munafunci, yayin da Roger L'Estrange, ɗaya daga cikin 'yan kaɗan da suka rubuta tatsuniya a Turanci bayan William Caxton, ya yi tsokaci cewa 'Lamiri yana da alhakin Yatsunsa kamar yadda yake da alhakin Harshe'. 

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