A2b1. The Last Sun. .21.-.23.26.34.

Two or more suns shine in the sky. When the extra ones are destroyed, there is a danger that the latter will be destroyed with them and darkness will occur.

Lepcha, Mishmi, Minyong, Passi, Kachin, Meitei, Drung, Bulang, Mundari (?) , Ancient China, Chinese (Gansu, Shanxi, Hebei, Henan, Sichuan), Miao, Meo (northern Vietnam), Lolo, Hani, Lisu, Mongols (Khalkha, Central Mongolia), Oirats, Darkhats, Tuvans, Altaians, Trans-Baikal Buryats.

Tibet is the Northeast of India. Lepcha [two Sun Brothers took turns, the heat was unbearable; the Toad (an edible species) volunteered to kill the Sun, made an arrow out of a scallop (Celosia L., amaranth), killed it older brother; the youngest was covered with a black blanket, it became dark; black pestles turned into snakes, wooden mortars into tigers; fireflies and a tree with white leaves tried to illuminate the world, it turned them outside; but that was not enough; half of the people died from snakes and tigers; humans, animals, and the supreme god Rum himself unsuccessfully asked the Sun to return; only when the Bat hung himself up against at the ends of the bow by the legs and nose, shouted through his nose that the world would die from the cold, the Sun looked out because no one had yet spoken to him through his nose; when he saw the Bat hanging on the bow, he smiled; immediately it became hot and The bat fell, breaking his bones; therefore, his legs look neither bird nor animal, and his nose was twisted; they decided to punish the Toad, otherwise the Sun would not shine; his thumbs were cut off, placed in a cold place; the dead Sun has become the Month; in the seventh, eighth and ninth months, the current Sun sets earlier, says it is tired; but in fact, the red rooster scallop grows to its fullest at this time height and the Sun is afraid of being shot]: Stocks 1925, No. IX: 363-365 (quoted in Yamada 2009a: 34-36; retelling in Kühn 1936:82, brief in Elwin 1949:54); miniong: Blackburn 2008 [had two suns, man and woman, one shone during the day, the other at night, the earth was dying from the heat; people sent the Frog to hit one sun with an arrow, he shot the male sun, it cooled down and died; the sun is a woman in grief disappeared beyond the horizon; it became cold; they sent Crow, who agreed that the sun would return, but 500 people would die every night and day; then they sent the Rooster, but he fell in love with the sun and never came back; finally both suns returned, but the male sun faded and became a month]: 155; Elwin 1958a, No. 16 [Sedi land and Melo sky got married; humans, animals, and Wiyus (gods, ancestors) gathered Deciding how not to be crushed; Sedi-Diyor, one of Wiyus's strongest, pushed Heaven far from Earth; she gave birth to two girls but, grieving for her lost husband, could not raise them for them they found a nanny; she died, she was buried, the sisters cried, also died, the light emanating from them was gone; they thought that the nanny had stolen something from the sisters, dug up the grave, the body decayed, but the eyes were gone, they had images sisters; the master took them out, they became living girls; the eldest, Bomong, dressed nicely, left, did not come back, she was the sun; the youngest Bong followed her, was just as bright and hot; they decided to kill her The frog shot her with a bow, the Rat brought the body to her older sister; out of fear and grief, Bomong put a stone on her head, the light faded; Nginu-Botte sent a rat, a wild bird and a rooster to Bomong; huge the rooster's genitals prevented him from walking, his penis was cut off, it became an earthworm, and his testicles went inside his body; Bomog agreed to return if his sister came to life; the master made the image of Bong, breathed life, Bomong removed the stone, at dawn the rooster and the bird sang, the rat squeaked]: 48-50; Mishmi (Kaman) [four suns were shining, it was unbearably hot; people sent eight men with two dogs to heaven, those three suns were killed, bodies were thrown into the river; went back, leaving one dog, Tafyeo, to guard the fourth sun; seven died along the way, one man and one dog returned to earth; the sun stopped grief give enough warmth and light; T. bit him, does it regularly to remind the Sun of its duties]: Elwin 1958a, No. 12:46-47; eat [there were two Suns; to reduce the heat, God let in one arrow, its light faded, it became the Moon; the remaining Sun disappeared underground, it became dark; agreed to return if he was given the daughter of the gods to eat; the Bat explained to people that the Sun It is not the daughter of the gods that demands himself, but the daughter of men; he was given a girl, it ate her, it shone; this is how people became mortals]: Elwin 1958a, No. 22:53-54 (=Elwin 1958b: 57-58); kachiny [Sun Brother is Father of Nine Sun girls, Sister Moon has many child stars; when people started stealing rice, the Sun released all daughters as punishment, gave dogs 9 tails and field mice (favorite game) 9 burrows each; people did a big bow to shoot live snakes at the Sun; then the whole family of the Sun hid; they sent the Battleship, the daughter of the Sun killed him; then the Rooster; he agreed that the Sun should revive the Battleship, gave him sturdy clothes and a long tongue; scattered his daughters, breaking them apart (they also became stars); if the Rooster does not welcome the Sun, the Fox will deal with him; if the Sun does not come out, the Toad will swallow it, and If the Moon does not come out, the Dog will swallow it]: Gilhodes 1908, No. 24:691-693; Meitei: Hodson 1908 [The Mother of the Gods gave birth first to three Sun Sons, then two more; four died one after another; man hit the horse of the last Sun with an arrow, it hid, it became dark; when a girl with rich gifts comes to him, agrees to leave]: 125-129; Singh 1985 [in total, the mother of the sun gave birth to 5 sons, but two soon died, and the third later fell to the top {and died too}; the Sun and its older brother Taohuireng remained; when one came in, the other got up; people did not have time to rest; the lazy slave Khwai Nongchengpam Yekma Haotangla (HN) was furious that he could not caress the children and see his wife; asked his wife to bring bamboo from her father; he did not give it, but gave his father's brother; XN made onions out of this bamboo and arrows, smeared them with poison; first hit the jug on his wife's head, then in her ear pendant, then at a sparrow in the field; making sure that there were marks; told his wife that a boar and a boa constrictor had climbed into the field, but he waited himself when the Sun goes down and T. appears in the east and hits him with an arrow; the Sun is frightened and disappeared; one woman accidentally noticed a glow under the ground; 10 kings sent a woman to persuade the Sun to return, that did not persuade; the second persuaded; The sun came out pale, his face was washed, people are happy]: 174-176; drung (Yunnan) [two suns, husband and wife, were shining; children die from the heat, plants dry; hunter climbed the mountain, knocked down the man by the sun, the woman sun hid in horror; 9 days of darkness, everyone is afraid of monsters and spirits; on the tenth morning it was a little dawn; the rooster began to scream, "Young lady, Sun, give me earrings"; the green earring fell from the sky; the rooster promised to scream three times in the morning, after which the sun should come out; the female sun has come out; and the male sun has become a month, they have been taking turns ever since; after his death, the hunter was on the moon, his shadow is visible there]: Miller 1994:61-62.

Burma - Indochina. Bulang (blang, south of Yunnan) [at first only the sky and clouds, among them rhinoceros-like li runs; Gumiya made the sky out of his skin, stars from his eyes, earth from flesh, water from blood, from wool - all kinds of plants, from the brain - humans, from the bone marrow of animals, birds, insects, etc.; four legs - four pillars of the sky; placed the earth on a turtle; as soon as the turtle tries to move, Gumia's rooster bites her eye; if she falls asleep, the turtle moves, shaking the ground; then people pour rice on the ground to wake up the rooster; 9 sun sisters and 8 month-old brothers decided to destroy G.'s creation; the earth is unbearable heat; at this time, crabs lost their heads, fish lost their tongues, snakes their legs, frogs lost their tails; before leaving the shelter, G. smeared the straw hat with wax, but the wax melted and flowed into his eyes; from G. made a bow of wood with green bark, a bowstring from wild rattan, arrows from bamboo, moistened the tips with poison from the reservoir in which the dragon was swimming; climbed the hot stones to the top of the mountain, struck 8 suns and 7 months with arrows; their blood poured into the earth, cooling it; the remaining Sun and Month fled; tired G. fired the 18th arrow, it hit the Month, which survived, but lost his heat; it became dark and cold, people plowed, tying their lanterns to the horns of oxen, the rivers stopped; G. sent a swallow to look for the sun; when she returned, she said that the Sun and the Month hid in a cave in the east; G . sent all the animals and birds to ask them to return; he did not go himself, because those who hid were afraid of him; two partridges, with a black tuft and a white tuft, did not go; the first smeared her tail with red, supposedly having diarrhea; the second smeared her head white - she is in mourning for her parents; all of them were banned; there is a swallow in front, followed by fireflies; birds are headed by a rooster, animals are boar; in the cave, the Sun and Month spouses are starving, but afraid go out; the rooster called them, the others promised that G. would not shoot them; the rooster: from now on, go out after I had drunk; cut the knot, threw half to the Sun and the Month, and made a comb out of the other ( a cut knot is a sign of the conclusion of a contract); daughter G. Gumishafema feeds the Sun three times a day with golden juice and the Month with silver juice; she is a young girl in the morning, a young wife in the afternoon, an old woman in the evening; the Sun and the Month are allowed at the end of each month return to the cave to connect (the moon is not visible at this time); the Sun is a shy wife, the Month gave her needle rays to stab the eyes of those who glanced immodestly at her; the entrance to the cave was blocked the stone, only the boar managed to push it back; all is well]: Miller 1994:88-93.

South Asia. Mundari {it is indicated that Orissa's munda was probably a Mundari} [7 suns were shining, people were feeling hot; 7 brothers decided to destroy them, started shooting arrows and killed six; the seventh hid behind hill; it became dark; the animals gathered for the council; the rabbit said that one sun was still left; the lion went to ask the sun to come back, but it did not listen; the same elephant; the peacock; then the rooster cried and the sun came out; the rooster screamed louder, the sun started to rise; the animals asked people not to kill the sun and they promised not to kill; ever since then, the rooster has been screaming in the morning and the sun rises]: The seventh sun 2014:1-11.

China - Korea. Ancient China [ten suns are children of Xihe, wife of the eastern heavenly deity Di-jun. In the bubbling sea, a fusan tree grows several thousand zhans high and a thousand zhans thick; ten sun sons live on it; nine were on the upper branches, one on the lower branches (In the Book of Mountains and Seas - on the contrary); appear in the sky one by one; they ride a chariot ruled by S.; although there are ten suns, people always see one in the sky; ten suns, under the supervision of their mother, take turns every day; the way repeats from day to day, gets bored; sun sons agree to fly together, not wanting to get into a boring chariot; people are poor; before sending the arrow And to people (hollow mulberry gave birth to Yi Yin, pp. 216-217), Di-Jian gives him a bow and arrows; apparently, And he should only frighten the sun; And sympathizes with people, hits the sun with arrows, every time a three-legged golden crow falls to the ground ; wise Yao tells you to take one arrow out of Yi's quiver, one sun remains alive]: Yuan Ke 1987, ch. 6:139-148; Huainan Tzu, The Book of Mountains and Seas, Qu Yuan Questions to Heaven; Chinese ( Gansu, G. Tianshui, Beidao District) [During the time of Emperor Yao, ten suns appeared in the sky, grass, trees and crops withered, rivers dried up, and people began to die of heat, thirst and hunger, and the survivors hid in caves and did not dare to go outside. Yao saw the misery of his people and prayed to the Jade Lord. When he found out what had happened, he became very angry, called How-ee, gave him a divine red bow and ten divine white arrows, and ordered him to go down into the human world and shoot ten naughty suns. Howe-ee set off, and as soon as he saw the suns, he immediately started shooting at them. After shooting nine, he reached for the last arrow, but then Emperor Yao appeared, stopped him and said that people needed the sun because without it the world would be dark and cold, and the grass and trees would be dark They'll die, so you can't kill the last sun. The shooter agreed and removed his bow. As a result, the weather returned to normal, and people hiding in the caves went outside and thanked How-yi for his salvation]: Zhou Yang et al. 2001, No. 15:16; Chinese (Shanxi, Wu. Wenxi) [10 suns appeared in the sky; Dalan ran to his younger brother Erlan, said that their mother had died of the heat; he made an iron rocker, hung 10 mountains on it, and chased the suns. pressing down the mountains one by one; to save her last son, the mother of the sun turned into an old woman, sprayed urine from the night pot; after that, E.'s rocker broke; the last sun took refuge in the East Sea, darkness reigned on the ground; the rooster sat on the sunflower and began to shout: All right, come out! since then, the sun has come out of the sea to the cry of a rooster, and the sunflower turns its head after the sun]: Zhou Yang et al. 1999, No. 16a: 28; Chinese (Shanxi, Wu. Pingding) [there were 10 suns in the sky, cakes could be fried by sticking them to the outer wall of the house; the rivers were shallow, the trees were drying; the Yuqiong family was Hou-yi, he decided to save life on earth; he started shooting in the sun, but in 49 days, not a single arrow reached the sun; then an old man appeared to him in a dream and said that it was necessary to make a bow with an arc from the tiger's spine and a string of dragon veins; then train every day; when one arrow can pierce 99 thick trees, you can shoot at the suns; H. did so; shot 9 suns, a dozen rushed away in horror, ran 9999 li, stopped on a slope to The SV from the village of Zhangzhuang, hid in the purslane thickets, the world became dark; H. was about to ask Grandma the Wind to raise a wind that would blow away all the vegetation, but saw Mother Wangma descending from the sky on the cloud with a lantern in her hands; she said that the last sun cannot be killed; it came out of the purslane thickets, thanked him for his salvation, returned to heaven; since then, if the purslane was pulled out of land and put it in the sun, it won't dry out after many days]: Zhou Yang et al. 1999, No. 19:31-32; Chinese (Shanxi, wu. Linfen) [night and day, seasons did not differ, 12 o'clock in the day, 12 suns rose in turn - every hour was new, forests were burning, people died from the heat; young Hou-yi practiced archery, After 10 years, he reached perfection, shot 12 suns, it turned out to be crows; the latter was only injured, the sun rose from the sea in the morning; the wounded crow fell to the ground near the purslane thickets and began to roll on the ground in pain; the purslane covered him and healed his wound with dew; after recovering, the raven told the Jade Lord how purslane had saved his life; he made purslane king of plants gave a drop of sweet dew and the title "mother purslane"; since then, the sun has not dried purslane]: Zhou Yang et al. 1999, No. 19a: 32-33; Chinese (Shanxi, Wu. Linfen) [night and day, seasons did not differ, 12 o'clock in the day, 12 suns rose in turn - every hour was new, forests were burning, people died from the heat; young Hou-yi practiced archery, After 10 years, he reached perfection, shot 12 suns, it turned out to be crows; the latter was only injured, the sun rose from the sea in the morning; the wounded crow fell to the ground near the purslane thickets and began to roll on the ground in pain; the purslane covered him and healed his wound with dew; after recovering, the raven told the Jade Lord how purslane had saved his life; he made purslane king of plants gave a drop of sweet dew and the title "mother purslane"; since then, the sun has not dried purslane]: Zhou Yang et al. 1999, No. 19a: 32-33; Chinese (Hebei, Wu. Funing) [there were 10 suns in the sky, as soon as one went down, another immediately rose; it was constantly light; the heat scorched the earth and trees, the rivers dried up; the city's patron gods reported The jade emperor, who sent the god Erlan-Shen to catch the suns; the suns were worried because E. had unlimited power; some decided to give up, others to flee, but one sun said that there is nothing to fear: our light will burn his eyes, the heat will turn him to ashes; one day E., holding a double-edged trident and taking a growling heavenly dog with him, arrived at Mount Kunlun; the first sun attacked, releasing his heat, but E. was in his divine body and was not afraid to fry; opened his third eye between his eyebrows and a strong ray of light shot in the direction of the sun, blinding him; with a trident He killed the sun, threw it on the ground and pressed it down with his foot; E. caught the sun one at a time, but each rolled; he wanted his mother to help him; she descended from heaven to marry Father E.; for this she was punished and was imprisoned under Mount Taishan; E. began to catch suns one at a time, pressing down with the Kunlun, Huashan, Henan, Taishan Mountains and going from west to east; so he caught 9 suns, and chasing the latter, reached the coast of the Bay of Bohai; the tenth sun was the smallest and most arrogant; it asked the peasant who was plowing the land to hide it; he hid it under an armful of rotten straw and told E. saw the sun; then explained that the last sun cannot be killed; E. to the sun: "For the sake of an old man, I will spare you, but you will only go out during the day and sleep at night; the two peaks of Mount Tuarshan are a mountain that brought E. on his rocker arm and which flattened because he threw her too much]: Bai Gengsheng 2007:73 -74; Chinese: Tishkov 1954 (Hebei) [there were seven suns, people were suffering from the heat; Er Lan caught six of them, crushed them with mountains; the seventh complained to the man that he was the only one of the six brothers; AL agreed to leave him, told him to hide for the night]: 50-51; Wilhelm 1921, No. 17 [by Chinese sources: Fong Schen Yän Yi and Si Yu Gi); the second daughter of the Lord of Heaven, descended to earth, met with a man, gave birth to a son Oerlang in heaven; the father covered his daughter with a mountain as punishment, O. released mother; 10 suns were shining; after spending a lot of time in the dungeon, O.'s mother died when she was born; O. successively crushed 9 suns with mountains; the tenth hid under a purslane leaf; the earthworm shouted Oh, that the sun is here; the Lord of Heaven told O. to leave the last sun; for his love for his mother he made him a celestial, he is a hunter, he has a falcon and a dog, he protects people from evil spirits and animal demons; There are bright spots left in the purslane, the earthworm dies in the sun]: 35-37; the Chinese (Henan) [there were 10 suns in the sky - the grandchildren of the Lord of Heaven (Tien Di); the harvest died, the rivers dried up; to save people Houyi shot 9 suns; the tenth hid, it became completely dark; one day H. heard someone calling him in a weak voice; Earthworm pointed out where the tenth Sun was hiding; H. went to kill him but could not found in the dark; realizing that they could not survive in the darkness, people began to ask the surviving sun to return; it came out, greeted it; the sun was covered by purslacea oleracea leaves; returning to heaven, Out of gratitude, the sun decided not to dry out the purslane; earthworms punished, and they dry out as soon as they are on the surface] Tao, Yang & Xiu Zhong eds., Zhongguo shenhua. Chinese Mythology. Shanghai: Shanghai wenyi chubanshe, 1990, pp. 395-396 (Yamada Hitoshi); Chinese (Sichuan, Wu. Baxian) [A long time ago, there was neither day nor night, and all earthly spirits sent a petition to the Jade Lord asking him to solve this problem. He decided to send down the fire god with his nine sons. His sons, dissatisfied with this order, had something wrong and turned into fireballs. The rivers dried up, the trees dried up, the ground cracked, and people and animals took refuge in caves where they were hungry and thirsty. Earth's spirits reported this to the Jade Lord, and he sent Howe-ee to figure it out. He went down and took a heavenly bow and divine arrows and started shooting at the sun. The fire god ran away, and Howe-ee shot eight of his sons, and they fell into small pieces. When he was about to shoot the ninth, Taishan Lao-Jun (=Lao Tzu) appeared and said that the latter should be left to give people light. How-ee told him to behave well from now on, shine on people during the day and rest at night. So only one fireball was left, this is our sun, and fragments of the eight remaining fireballs scattered across the sky and became stars]: Zhou Yang et al. 1998b, No. 12:33-34; miao: Bender et al. 2006 (Guizhou) [Yang Yu measured 6 feet east and west and ordered suns and moons to be created to hang them in the sky; his line was his steps; furs for blowing the fire were a valley, blew the wind from the sky, the mountain range was the plunger, the high mountain was the handle, the boulder was the hammer; the mites were modeled on the brown claw; when the suns and moons were ready, the Spirit of the Earth was frightened; from what was left , made a comb for a rooster (Chicken King); each month took the sun and moon; their skins fell to the ground, becoming snow, ice and hail, Bong Yong placed them in the sky, then he put suns there and moons; fallen pieces of gold became fireflies; Grandpa Xong made stars out of the remains of gold, and when he died, his breath became a silver river - the Milky Way; (listed but not identified constellations made from different objects used to make suns and moons); the sun and moon fell into the sky by Bong Yong, but burned and dropped them, they split, they were repaired with Juice Immortality; Bong Yong did not want to take on this task anymore, so the God of Earth tied rivers to his neck and only then put suns and moons on his shoulders; however, he slipped, the suns and moons fell into the muddy the pond; Xang Ong and Vi Hxe washed them, but the God of Earth refused to carry them again; Niu Xang dragged them on wheels, and the Thunder God lowered the rope and raised the suns and moons to heaven; Grandma Yu attached suns and moons to the sky ; then she pierced holes in the sky with a needle and placed a star in each; harnessed a cow and plowed the sky so that it was even and nothing interfered with the movement of the suns and moons; (further from the middle of p.66, the story of destroying excess stars); The Suns were told to go to heaven one by one, but they did not hear well and went out all at once; the mountains began to melt; Hsang Sa wanted to kill his grandfathers for it, but they replied that they did not it is their fault that the suns are deaf; then HS went to shoot the sun; two young men clearing the ground under the field found an arrow with an iron tip and gave it to him; HS tried to shoot from the boat - she swayed; from the top of the mountain - unable to keep balance; then he climbed a slit that grew half the distance to the sky, shot 11 suns and 11 moons; the last Sun and Moon hid in Du Li's house; It was only when the rooster screamed that the Sun decided to go out, the rooster was awarded a golden hat; the Sky Dog licked the wounds of the Sun and Moon; they promised him grains for it, but did not give it; therefore, in the productive years, the Sky Dog He eats grain, and the Sun and Moon on lean crops; Silver Mold Bottom gave birth to Sky Dog, he has two rows of teeth; HS went home almost 12 years later to shoot at the sun; his son is the same age he saw him hunting; the son asked where the goose he should go to; HS said that he hit his eye in the eye; HS shot the boy, saying that they both (on the ground) had no place; HS, his son and wife turned into stars: son goes out at dusk, mother after dark, father before dawn]: 49-70; Kühne 1936 [(Savina, Histoire des Miao, p. 243-244); God created 10 suns and 9 moons; For 7 years they all shone together, the earth dried up; people made onions from the trunk of a giant tree that grew from primary waters, hit 9 suns and 8 onions; half the sun and moon were saved]: 77; Hatt 1949:77 [(by Erkes in T'oung Pao XXV: 97-98); The Lord of Heaven first created 10 sun women and 9 month old men; humans shot 9 suns and 8 months]; Graham 1954 [the god of heaven Gulo took out a piece of iron and carved it out of it many sparks that have become female suns; the god of the earth Gulong took out a piece of copper, cut many sparks out of it, they became month-old men; the sky dried up, the earth turned to dust; Gulong asked Ndeo Mba help; he found the only fig tree growing in the sea, made a crossbow out of it; Yang Yang Ya hit the stars out of it; one sun and one month were left, they hid; the tiger did not call, the cows, went out to the rooster scream; Gulo rewarded him to place the comb on his head with his teeth up]: 172-173 (paraphrase in Ho 1967, No. 10:216-217); Lemoine 1982 [Yang Yua's only son died from the heat of 9 suns; Yaya shot 8 suns with a crossbow, and the ninth hid in zaun tsaw grass; it was the only plant that didn't burn; shot 8 moons and the ninth knocked out one eye; sent a pig to return the sun - it's not came out; then a cow, a dog, a horse, a squirrel, a bird, a lion, an elephant, the same; when the sun girl called the rooster, she went out and gave him her comb; now it's on a rooster's head]: 88-89; Miller 1994 (SE Yunnan) [ it was cold and dark at first; the Sun Bird (SP) turned 9 stone bowls into suns and 8 into moons, launched them into the sky; it got hot, the plants dried up, only one big hemp remained; the SP cut down hemp, made a bow from the stem, arrows from branches, knocked down 8 suns and 7 moons; the last sun and moon hid, it was dark again; SP sent a bull to the sky for them, but the sun and moon were even more frightened, disappeared beyond the horizon ; the winged horse is the same; the rooster - the sun liked it, it came out; when they saw that nothing had happened to the sun, the moon also came out, but later; since then, they have not met; the moon made the rooster a golden comb, he can't part with it now]: 85-87; Eats 1960 [the sky made the Basket Spirit in the form of a roof; the clouds look like this because he used bamboo of different colors; after cutting holes in the bamboo, he created stars, planets and 12 suns]: 107; meo: Karpov, Tkachev 1958 (North Vietnam) [Ti Liau created heaven and earth, lit 10 young suns, 9 moon girls; to reduce fever, people hit with arrows 9 Suns and 8 Moons; the remaining Sun and Moon hid, it became dark and cold; the Tiger could not beg them to return, the Rooster begged them in 7 years, received a red scallop as a reward from TL]: 254-257; Symonds 2004 (NW Thailand) [Saub created heaven, earth, 30 Sun Women and 30 month-old men; from peacock copper bow, 29 Suns and 29 Months were killed, the rest hid, 7 years dark; at the calls of a bull, a horse, Nkauj Mok and Nkauj Mim The Sun and the Month do not react; the rooster sings three times, the Sun and the Month go out]: 215-218; lolo: Graham 1961 [there were 9 suns and 9 moons, the earth was burning from the heat; the wonderfully born son of an eagle struck 8 suns and 8 moons with arrows, the last sun and moon hid, the earth fell into darkness; they were later persuaded to return; the same hero tamed the god of Thunder]: 84; Ho 1967, No. 10 [there were seven suns, six moons, birds and the animals prospered; Shigar lived with two wives on an island in the East Sea; flew on a winged horse to see if everything was safe in the world; Skylark said that Boa on East Mountain in the rays of seven suns, six moons, are getting stronger; demands that a bird be brought to him every day; today is Partridge's turn; S. shot six suns with a bow, the seventh asked not to kill him so that they do not come cold and dark; birds began to sing happily]: 216; Hani [nine suns are shining; some offer to cover them with baskets, others to hide in cellars; ask an arrow named Pubula to destroy the suns; he hit eight with arrows, the ninth hid; various birds are sent to lure him out to no avail; when the rooster sang three times, the sun came out]: Lin Lin, Ustin 1959:17-19; fox [7 suns shone ( women) and 9 months (men); all the suns gathered for the holiday during the day and all months at night; life on earth is in danger; 7 years later, a dragon emerged from the lake to see how things are on earth; shot 6 suns, and the seventh managed to escape; at night he shot 8 months, the ninth managed to escape; it became dark and cold, a year later the animals gathered for advice; decided that the cow would call the stars, but because of her mooing they only hid behind the mountain in fear; after 4 years, the animals gathered again; chose a tiger, the stars hid from its roar again; 7 years later they chose a rooster; his first scream made a month excited, after the second came out; after the third the sun began to move, after the fourth it came out; the month rewarded the rooster with spurs, the sun with a scallop]: Dessaint, Ngwâma 1994:154-156.

Southern Siberia - Mongolia. Darhaty (Somon Khujirt, Uburkhangai aimag) [Shooter Erhii-Mergen, born by a husband, had strength in his thumb, a gallbladder in his liver, was young and hot, he believed in himself So he swore, "If I can't shoot every sun out of seven with one arrow, I'll cut off my thumb, stop being a man, I won't drink clear water, I won't eat last year's grass, I'll become live in a small cave where the sun does not penetrate!" Starting from the east, he started shooting at the suns lined up from east to west: he destroyed 6 suns, just got ready to shoot with spells in the 7th, when the swallow flew in front of him and closed { the sun}. He shot and pierced her tail, so the swallow's tail is now split; the last sun was frightened and quickly went beyond the western mountains]: Mongolian expedition of the Russian State University for the Humanities, Western 8.20.2006; Mongols: Potanin 1883, No. 6g [(from Bogdoshabin from Urga); Marmot was a hunter; there were four suns, one on each side of the sky; he shot three suns; Burkhyn-Bakshi was afraid that there would be no light, drew Groundhog hunter]: 179; 1919b, No. 4.1 [there were three suns; Erhe-Mergen hit two, missed the third, then cut off his thumb, turned into a tarbagan marmot], 4.3 [there were three suns; Erhe-Mergen argued with Burkhan, who will destroy them all by shooting a bow, or cut off his thumb; Burkhan covered one sun, E. cut off his finger, turned into a marmot]: 17; Skorodumova 2003 [seven suns burn the ground; people ask Erhiy Mergen to cut them off; he promises to cut off his thumb if he doesn't hit each one; when he shot seventh, a swallow flew by, the arrow hit her tail, since then he's split; the sun hid behind the western mountains; the horse tells EM that if he doesn't catch up with the swallow before dusk, let them cut off his front legs; if they don't catch up, EM cut off his legs, the horse became a jerboa; EM cut off his big finger became tarbagan; he has human meat left on his body, so they don't eat it]: 28-30; Mongols (khalha) [Tarbagan promised to hit Dolon-Michit's seven stars with one shot; shot down only one a star, now Michit six; the same tarbagan wanted to break the sun and moon, but someone prevented him; he was reborn as Tarbagan]: Potanin 1919a, no. 4.4:17-18; Mongols, Oirats, Tuvans , the Altaians [Erhii-Mérgen ("Thumb shooter"), Tarbagan-Mérgen ("Marmot shooter") in the mythology of the Mongols and Oirats, sometimes also Tuvans and Altaians are shot at onions are extra suns, of which there were originally two, three, four, etc.; without hitting the last one, they turn into tarbagan]: Neklyudov 1982d: 669; the Mongols [seven suns appeared in the sky, everything is burning, people asked shooter Erkei-Mergen for help; he promises that if he fails to hit seven suns with seven arrows, he will cut off his thumbs, stop drinking, become an animal; he killed six suns when shot at the seventh, just as a swallow was flying by, the arrow hit her tail, now it is split; the Sun hid behind the Western Mountain; EM rushed on his horse Qarčagai-Alag in pursuit of the Swallow; he told EM to cut off his legs and throw him into the steppes if he could not catch up with the Swallow before dusk; he did not catch up, EM cut off his legs, the horse became jerboa, whose front legs were shorter than his hind legs; the swallow has been flying over the horsemen ever since, asking if they will catch up with her; EM has become a groundhog, comes out of the hole in the morning and evening to kill the sun; when he comes out in the evening, the sun hides in fear behind Western Mountain, so day and night alternate]: Gadamba, Čerensodnom 1984:735 in Nassen-Bayer, Stuart 1992:330; Trans-Baikal Buryats (Selenginsky: Tabanguts) [shortly after the creation of the world on A man named Hara-Erhe-Myrgen appeared on the ground, who was a very good shooter; without hunting animals or birds, he killed only evil spirits and sorcerers; firing an arrow from a bow, he called it who to kill; the arrow followed the order exactly and then returned to HAM; Burkhan-Bakshi created three suns in the sky: a large one in the middle and a smaller one at the edges; seeing that all of these suns were the earth can dry out, and strong light will make human life on earth unbearable, God called the shooter and said: "Do you think you will destroy everything you have done?" ; HAM: "Not just living things, but even the three suns that are visible. If I don't destroy them, first of all, I'll cut off my thumb and toes, and second, I'll become a beast like you haven't created before; six months a year I'll live under the ground, I won't drink any water no dew, not even come out of the hole after the rain"; when he was ready to fire an arrow, God covered the middle, largest sun from him; when the arrow returned, God opened it; seeing that the arrow destroyed only two suns, and the third remained, and in keeping his oath HAM fulfilled his oath; promised that if anyone killed him with an arrow, he would turn to a person and harm the people; when tarbagans were still being hunted with a bow, it happened that a tarbagan wounded by an arrow hid in a hole; hunters began to dig it up and found a little man with a bow and arrow; since then, hunting with Tarbagan onions are strictly prohibited; the front of tarbagan is not eaten much, as it is human flesh]: Smolev 1902a: 101-103.