M29z3. Gypsy - opponent and loser. .14.15.27.28.-.31.

The gypsy (or more often the gypsy woman) is the antagonist, or (rarely) a weak loser. The hero (heroine) gains the upper hand over him (her).

North Africa. Arabs of Egypt (Gypsy) [K32i].

Southern Europe. Spaniards [K101A, L116]; Portuguese [L116] (Köhler-Zülch 2013: 1350–1355: “the Gypsy appears in Spanish and Portuguese texts on the ATU 311B* plot” {this is our L117 motif; it is apparently rare; references are given to inaccessible publications, but the antagonist is not named as a Gypsy in the indexes or in the accessible texts on this plot}); Italians (Piedmont) [K38f].

Balkans. Croats [j62 (Gypsy), K117d]; Bosnians [K73b5 (Gypsy), K120]; Serbs (Gypsy) [K88a]; Hungarians [K80 (Gypsy), K122]; Romanians and Moldovans [K25 (Gypsy), K80 (Gypsy), K113A, K157, K131b ]; Gagauz (Gypsy) [K72]; Bulgarians [K33 (Gypsy), K120a4, K167A ]; Greeks (Gypsy) [K38f, K102a5 (Gypsy), K107]

Central Europe. Russians (Olonets) [K102, K120a4]; Russians (Voronezh) [K93, K121]; Ukrainians (Transcarpathia) [K33 (Gypsy), K103d, K146]; Belarusians [K38f, K122]; Slovaks (Gypsy) [K80d].

Caucasus – Asia Minor. Adyghe [ n11 ]; Armenians (Gypsy) [K130]; Turks [K32 (Gypsy), K167A ]; Kurds [ K167A ].

Iran - Central Asia. Persians (Gypsy) [K32i].

Baltoscandia. Swedes (Gypsy) [K33].