B68A. The bird is punished: let it carry another one. .29.34.36.

Birds quarrel and claiming high status cripples the weak. For this, others tell her to carry the injured on her back.

Balkarians, Baikal Buryats, Northeastern Yakuts.

Caucasus - Asia Minor. Balkarians (Western 1960) [birds lived in the east in warm countries, they felt cramped and hot, they were going to discuss how to live; decided to send a scout to look for a country that is convenient for life; the crane, leaving his wife, flew for three years, found a cool area in the Caucasus mountains with a lot of food; at this time, the siskin became his wife's lover; when the crane returned, he heard a sound in the house ; wife: so often since you flew away; crane: this happens when the heart worries about who is on the road; the crane deceived the birds and said that huge birds of prey live in the Caucasus; siskin (who heard it conversation with my wife) could not stand it: I heard everything, the crane was going to fly there alone with his wife; the crane beat the siskin, and the birds realized that the siskin was right; they sent an eagle, which confirmed that it was good in the Caucasus; siskin asked the birds not to leave it; the birds decided that since the crane had maimed the hedgehog, let it carry it to the Caucasus on its back; the crane cannot bring the siskin, so it cannot fly and does not live on Caucasus]: Malkonduev 2017:146-148.

Southern Siberia. Baikal Buryats: Potanin 1883, No. 2d (Alar) [the birds elected the tsar; someone offered a crane, but the quail (buden) said that he would not rest day or night, it would be screaming constantly; the crane stamped its foot on the quail and broke its spine, making it unable to fly far; the birds told the crane to carry it on its back to warm lands; when the cranes fly, to their cry is distinguished by a separate squeak: it is the cry of a quail; an eagle was chosen as king; the bat (urmushe) refused to obey because it has not only wings, but also teeth; when the mice elected their king Amyn Tsagan Hulugunu said that she is not a mouse because it has wings; for this reason, birds and mice told her to fly only at night; all birds subordinate to the king of birds have pierced noses {no details}]: 174 ; Khangalov et al. 1889, No. 32 (Alar) [the birds made the crane their boss; quail: "I don't choose him! The crane screams day and night all the time"; the crane is angry and crushed its back, so the quail cannot fly far; the birds ordered it to take it home on its back and then bring it home back]: 122-123; Barannikova et al. 2000, No. 23 (p. Zaglik, Bokhan District, Irkutsk Region, 1929) [Owl, the wife of the bird Khan Khurdug, asks her husband to gather his subjects, unite them by their beaks, let them fan her wings in the summer; the owl arrives last, says she listened to arguing people; they discussed more standing trees or fallen (those who bent down counted as fallen, there are more of them); alive or dead (old ones were considered dead); nights or days (cloudy days were counted as nights); men or women (caught under the influence of wives, they considered women); decided: a man who obeyed a woman is a motley beetle, and a khan who obeyed hansha is a black beetle; they began to choose a new khan, decided Crane; Chekan asks Listen to the Crane's cry during the day or night; the Crane broke his back; decided that the Crane could not be a khan, they left the same; the Crane would transport Chekan]: 89-91.

Eastern Siberia. Northeastern Yakuts [in the south, birds decide to look for a country where it is cooler, eggs do not go out, chicks do not die from the heat; they send the Berkut; during his absence, Teal becomes his lover wives; when he returns, the Golden Eagle lies to the birds that the northern country is uninhabitable, tells his wife that it is good and only they will get it; Teal overhears, tells others; the birds decide to send for checks the respected Crane; Lahaatta (toadstool) calls him stupid, he breaks her legs and wings; for this, the Crane is removed from the assignment, the Eagle is sent; he returns, praises the northern country; the crane is told to carry Lahaatta; now Lahaatta rarely appears in the north] (zap. Khudyakov in the Verkhoyansky District, Zap. V.-Sib. dep. Imp. Russian Geographic General on Ethnic, Vol.1, Vol. 3, 1890:69-73): Ergis 1964, No. 20:87-89 (=Illarionov et al. 2008, No. 4:123-131, =Sivtsev, Efremov 1990:27-31, =Sivtsev-Omolloon 1976:39-46); (cf. North-Eastern Yakuts [birds think how to spend the winter; lure Lisa out, live in its hole, but the Fox returns; the Crane lives with the Fox for a long time, offering a trick to escape from hunters; decide to look for a warm country; Partridge, Capercaillie find only a place where there is a lot of snow; Owl finds the country of Kydat, but hides it from others, secretly tells only his wife; Woodcock overheard, Seagull and Falcon flew, confirmed that Kydat is warm, Owl was beaten terribly (now he is colorful, his eyes are bulging out, his head is flattened); birds quarreled, fought, Swan and his relatives for attacking a bird (she now has a red head because of blood ) awarded a month to shed, not to fly; the birds decided how many eggs to have; Hazel grouse, Sinitsa, Kuksha (jay) decided to spend the winter on the spot, not to fly to Kydat]: Ergis 1964, No. 19:78-84).