B68. Giant hazel grouse.. 28.31.32.34.-.37.

The huge hazel grouse became small - usually torn to pieces that turned into current hazel grouses.

Russians (Arkhangelsk, Old Believers of the Komi Republic), Swedes, Western Sami, Finns (Nyland), Karelians, Latvians, Komi, Altaians, Kumandins, Chelkans, Khakas, Baikal Buryats, Mansi, Northern Khanty and Eastern Khanty, Ket, Yugi, Northern Selkups, Central Yakuts and Northeastern Yakuts, Western Evenks (Turin, Podkamennotungusky, Ngokonnovsky), Sym Evenks, Baikal Evenks, Far Eastern Evenks (Uchursky), Russians of the Angara region, Negidals, Nanais.

Central Europe. Russians (Arkhangelskaya) [hazel grouse used to scream like a robber nightingale; a forest man was walking, hazel grouse whistled, slammed, frightened him; the forest man told him to be quieter and made him little]: Efimova 1997:168 in Kuzmina 2014:58-59; Russians (Old Believers of the Ust-Tsilem District of the Komi Republic, 2007) [hazel grouse was the size of a cow; flew noisily before the Lord, frightening him, he made hazel grouse the size of a fist; the white meat of deer and other animals is the parts of the hazel grouse that they inherited]: Ilyina et al. 2010:59.

Baltoscandia. Swedes: Dähnhardt 1910 (Värmland at the Norwegian border at Stockholm latitude) [God made hazel grouse the biggest; it was proud of its size and white meat; then God divided it meat between other birds]: 2; Klintberg 2013 (northern near the border with Finland) [at first hazel grouse was the biggest bird; when flying through the forest, the sound was like thunder; once frightened a walker in the forest Jesus; he divided it and made it the smallest; on the Day of Judgment, hazel grouse will again become larger than all birds; pieces of white hazel grouse meat are in the chest of all birds and above the eyes of all fish; options: frightened by the donkey or horse of the Virgin Mary]: 16-18; Finns: Dänhardt 1910 (Lohja, Nyland) [the hazel grouse was huge; God punished him by dividing its meat among all animals (Lohja); on the Day of Judgment the hazel grouse will become so small that it can squeeze through the wedding ring, but it will still take off with a terrible noise (Anjala)]: 2; Klintberg 2013 [there is a saying: shrunk like a hazel grouse with by the approach of the High Court; these are clearly the remnants of the same plot as the Swedes]: 17; Karelians [the hazel grouse was huge; there is a saying: the hazel grouse turned, the earth shook, God's water trembled; God took the meat from the chest of hazel grouse and divided it between all the fish, placing them on their cheeks; therefore, when the Old Believers in Karelia, they abstained not only from meat, but also from fish]: Pentikäinen 1978:298; Swedish Sami : Klintberg 2013 ["hazel grouse meat" is in the chest of all birds and on the cheeks of fish and reindeer]: 17; Simonsen 2014 [hazel grouse was larger than all birds; when he took off, he frightened God; he made it small distributing pieces of its flesh among other animals; reindeer have this piece in the neck, fish have it in the head under the lower jaw, and birds have it above the sternum]: 87; Western Sami [hazel grouse (jerpe) was huge; when he took off, even the angels were frightened, God himself was frightened; he took most of his meat, distributed it among the other birds; all birds have hazel grouse meat on each side of their chest; hazel grouse became small]: Pollan 2005, No. 108:221; Latvians [the hazel grouse was huge, and when it took off, there was a rumble like thunder; once he frightened Perkons's horse (Pehrko {n} es; {missed n}); he squeezed it into a fist to the size that only a hazel grouse heart used to have]: Dähnhardt 2010:2.

Volga - Perm. Komi: Limerov 2005, No. 14 [The goblin made the hazel grouse big; when it took off, thunder rattled from his wings; Ilya the Great was driving through the forest, the hazel grouse took off, the horse was frightened, I. fell; told the hazel grouse to be no more than his goiter]: 31; Rochev 1984, No. 101 [Ilya the Great was driving through the forest, the hazel grouse that took off frightened his horse; I. told him to be no bigger than his stomach; now the hazel grouse is small (=Limerov 2005, No. 14:31?)] , 102 [hazel grouse was the biggest bird; when it took off, it frightened Christ, who was riding a horse; he told him to be the size of his heart]: 109 (=2006:150); Uotila 2006, No. 39 [hazel grouse explains to the capercaillie that in in a distant country, he was frightened by the noise of the wings of a saint and for this was made a small bird, and used to be the largest bird;]: 191-193.

Southern Siberia - Mongolia. Altaians: Verbitsky 1893 [Capercaillie was first a pugnacious man; then turned into a bird the size of a bull, but with the same character; God distributed his meat to other ankle birds; white meat in they are from capercaillie; Capercaillie cries for the loss, his eyes turned red]: 165; Chelkans [at first, Dyayasha created all the birds big; his horse was frightened by the hazel grouse that took off, D. fell on a stone; decided to exterminate everyone birds, summoned them, Hazel grouse was brought only three days later; he explains that on the first day he counted fish and stones, more fish if we count oblong stones as fish; on the second day, stars and hummocks, more hummocks if count and stumps; on the third, women and men, more women if we add men who succumb to women's persuasion; D. decided that he planned to kill Ryabchik because of his mother's persuasion, decided to simply make it small]: Sadalova 2002, No. 6:87-91; Chelkan residents [hazel grouse was the largest; God drove into the forest, hazel grouse took off, God's horse was frightened, God flew off his horse, hit a stone; returning home, decided destroy the birds; called them, the hazel grouse did not appear; God ordered him to be brought; he explains that on the first day he counted fish and stones, more fish; God: I created more stones; hazel grouse: I considered long stones to be fish ; on the second day I counted stars and bumps - more bumps; God: there should be more stars; hazel grouse: I counted stumps as bumps; on the third day I counted men and women, more women; God: I created more men; hazel grouse: I considered men who live according to women; God decided that killing hazel grouse for scaring a horse would be among women; decided to make it small, distributed its meat to all animals; Every animal and bird has white hazel grouse meat, only an owl has not taken it; therefore, its wings are soft and flies silently; hazel grouse is small, but considers itself smarter than God]: Kandarakova 1978:169-172; Kumandins Oinotkinov et al. 2011, No. 52 [dyayachi created all birds; hazel grouse was big; when it suddenly flew out, dyayachi fell off his horse; dyayachi caught hazel grouse, divided his blood and meat between burbot, maral and poultry, and made him the size of a handful], commentary to text No. 52 [God created all birds and animals big; once he was riding a horse, hazel grouse frightened horse, God fell off him; then decided to destroy all the birds, ordered to collect them all; all the birds of Altai gathered, hazel grouse did not appear; God's mother convinced him that hazel grouse should be killed; hazel grouse found, brought; God asked why he did not appear immediately; hazel grouse said that for three days he counted what was more on earth: stones or fish on the first day, stars or bumps on the second day, stars or bumps, and on the third day - men or women {no details}; God did not like the fact that hazel grouse, when counting women, counted men who listen to women: it means that he, listening to his mother, will be among women; as a result made a decision: not to kill hazel grouse, but to make it smaller; he distributed white hazel grouse meat to all animals and birds; only the owl did not take hazel grouse meat; thus it retained the ability to be silent, light flight]: 163, 445-446; Khakas: Gomboev 1890 (Kachins) [hazel grouse was the largest bird and weighed 12 pounds; Jesus Christ rode through the taiga on an elephant; hazel grouse fluttered and frightened the elephant; he rushed into the thicket and galloped so hard that Christ could hardly hold it back; "It's not good for hazel grouse to be so big," he decided and ordered the hazel grouse meat to be divided into all birds; because of this, the hazel grouse became small, and each birds eat at least some white meat]: 142-143; Baikal Buryats (Alar) [hazel grouse was huge; when he took off, he frightened the Burkhan horse; he divided its meat, putting hazel grouse in the chest of each bird made small]: Gomboev 1890, No. 15:76 (retelling Eliasov 1973, No. 99:365-366).

Western Siberia. Mansi: Anisimkova 1960 [hazel grouse was larger than capercaillie; boy Filya got lost in the taiga; capercaillie, duck, killer whale showed the way, hazel grouse refused; Fili's father decided to divide hazel grouse meat between with other birds, he himself became small]: 11-14; Gondatti [the heavenly god killed a powerful hazel grouse, gave a piece to various animals whose meat turned black due to contact with the underground Kul-ator and lost nutritional power; made the current hazel grouse from the last piece] in Karjalainen 1996:24, in Munkácsi 1908:257-258; the northern Khanty (Sherkal dialect) [at the time of the creation of the world, hazel grouse was the size of a cow; the underground spirit was going hunting, the hazel grouse took off, the spirit fell to his knees in fear; at home he wrote a letter to God complaining; God thought: "(If) in the future there will be a world of little ostyaks with circumcised with the navel (lasting) one century, how will they walk along the hunting path?" ; God cut hazel grouse into small pieces, distributed it to many animals; since then everyone has a piece of white meat, these are pieces isolated from hazel grouse]: Steinitz 2014, No. 30:196; Eastern Khanty (b. Vasyugan) [Hazel grouse was huge, fluttered and frightened Torum; he tore it into seven parts, scattered it, one piece became the current hazel grouse; since then, all birds have white hazel grouse meat and animals (along the ridge in the elk)]: Lukina 1990, No. 18:76; chum salmon [Hazel grouse was a big bird, taking off, frightened people; Ysya frightened him, he made him small, divided his white meat among everyone; fish have it under the gills]: Alekseenko 1976, No. 19:77; Yugi [Hazel grouse was huge, taking off, frightened people and dogs; God saw it, divided its meat between all fish, and hazel grouse became small]: Werner 1997, No. 31:287-288; the northern Selkups [hazel grouse was huge; he became bored alone, he began to tear off pieces of meat from him and create other birds from them; as a result, he became small]: Tuchkova 2004:238.

Eastern Siberia. Central Yakuts [a huge hazel grouse frightened the Virgin (or God the Father) with the noise of its flight; Christ reduced its size, and distributed the cut off part among all birds and four-legged birds; now the bodies of all animals have white pieces in their muscles]: Kulakovsky 1979:70-71; Ergis 1964-1967 (1), No. 26 (Kachikat Nasleg of the Khangalassky Ulus): 95; 1967, No. 51:170 (retelling in Sivtsev, Efremov 1990:20, in Sivtsev-Omoloon 1976:29); northeastern (Verkhoyan) Yakuts [hazel grouse was huge; Khotoy Aya (Lord) cut it into pieces and created birds of all breeds from them]: Khudyakov 1969:272; Sym Evenks [Konstantin Ilyich Likhachev, August 12, 2009; hazel grouse was big, taking off, frightened all the birds; they gathered and decided to share its meat; each got a piece of white meat {and hazel grouse became small}; The Raven did not come, so his meat was all black]: Davletshin, Duvakin 2009, personal message, No. 3; Western Evenks (Turukhan, Katanga, West 1925) [The hazel grouse was big, frightened Jesus, he cut off excess meat from it, distributed it to other animals, birds and fish; so they contain pieces of white meat, all perch from hazel grouse meat]: Osharov 1936a: 53; Western Evenks (Podkamennaya Tunkuska) [everyone was afraid of the huge hazel grouse, the animals complained to the man; he cut off pieces of meat from it, distributed it to animals, birds and fish; this is white meat in birds on the chest, in fish - on cheeks, animals around their necks; hazel grouse became small]: Suvorov 1956:66; Western Evenks (Ngokonnovsky) [hazel grouse was larger than an elk, frightened God; he divided its meat among all living, hazel grouse became small]: Vasilevich 1936, No. 34:32; Western Evenks (Turin) [hazel grouse was a giant; Heaveki made people; hazel grouse fluttered, frightened H.; he was making a man at that time; he dropped in fear an image on the ground; when the statue fell, older brother H. smeared it with a nozzle, said, Let them drool, snot, perceive diseases; H. got angry with hazel grouse, divided its meat between other birds; if hazel grouse hadn't frightened H., people would not fall or die]: Vasilevich 1936, No. 33:32 (=1959:178); Baikal Evenks (north Transbaikalia, p. Chara, 1944) [Tangara was riding a horse through the forest, a huge hazel grouse jumped out, the horse was frightened, Tangara fell; punished the hazel grouse by making it small, and gave pieces of its meat to capercaillies, partridges, killer whales; so they white meat only on the chest]: Pinegina 2019:170; Far Eastern Evenks (Uchursky) [Hazel grouse took off, frightened Nikola-Seveki's horse; he cut off his white meat, distributed it to birds and pike on his cheek] : Romanova, Myreeva 1971, No. 7:327; Russians of the Angara region [two var.; hazel grouse was the size of a bull, took off, frightening Jesus (Nikola); he made it small, divided the meat between all animals]: Belova 2004a, № 384.

Amur - Sakhalin. Nanais [hazel grouse boasted that it was the largest bird; Endur cut off pieces from it, distributed it to all birds and animals; eagle, ducks, hare meat for the neck, fish cheeks; hazel grouse meat turned white, the rest are black]: Hodger 2011:49; Negidals [the trees broke under the weight of the huge Hazel Grouse; thuy edenin (the spirit of the owner of the area) told him to divide his body, give it to pike, sturgeon, Kaluga; hazel grouse became light]: Khasanova, Pevnov 2003, No. 76:148.