B73. The cuckoo has different legs.. 29.32.-.34.38.

The character turns into a cuckoo. This happens so fast that one leg remains unbraided or one braid unbraided. Therefore, it is believed that the cuckoo's legs or wings are different. See motif A43A.

Kumyks, Dargins, Bashkirs, Kazakhs, Russians (?) Tomsk Oblast (Semipalatinsk), Teleuts, Altaians, Shors, Khakas, Japanese.

Caucasus - Asia Minor. Kumyks: Bagriy 1930 (2) (zap. L.G. Lopatinsky from a student of the Temirkhandura Real School) [the brother left, told his sister to look after the horse; the sister sat down to sew dudes out of red morocco, did not notice how the horse had disappeared; rushed looking for him in the forest, then to the lake; asked God to turn it into a bird, became a stork; my brother looked for his sister, asked him to make him a stork; storks are looking for each other, one screams, At yok, the other, Gz ek; (the motif of a dude dressed on one leg is clearly missed)]: 46-48; Hajiyeva 1961 [brother instructed his sister to look after the horse; she became interested in work, the horse disappeared; wearing a dude on one leg, She rushed to look for him; afraid to return without a horse, asked God to turn it into a beautiful bird; this bird has different legs, one with a morocco dude; unable to find a sister, the brother asked him to be turned into one bird; looking for each other; sister shouts at ek ("no horse"), brother, anjagyanna-mgya kyz yz ek ("what a horse, no girl"); these birds are called at ek kushlyar]: 330; Dargins [- What's up with you, Cuckoo? - The dog lost her boot. - The dog took it. - Her door crushed. - Her flame burned. - His river extinguished. - The bulls drank it. - Their wolves lifted up. - The hunter came and blurted out of his gun...]: Osmanov 1963:25-26.

Volga - Perm. The Bashkirs [the son of the water king Kekuk married an earthly princess; decided to see his parents and did not return; combing her hair, the abandoned wife decided to become a bird; she managed to braid only one braid; so the cuckoo has one wing tousled and lowered down]: Barag 1987, No. 109:97.

Turkestan. Kazakhs: Valikhanov 1984 [the groom arrived, his horse was lost, the bride's sister went in search, hurriedly put on one groom's boot and the other her own; it was spring, that's why the cuckoo's one leg is red, the other is blue, and that's why they shout, Aty jok k cake (note: "hoopoe, letters. 'nameless cuckoo '" {rather it is a folk etymology and there is no "ata zhok", and "at zhok" means "no horse"}]: 210; Potanin 1972, No. 9 (Tarbagatay, Kazakh-Chinese borderland) [older sister got married; younger I went to look for my son-in-law's missing horse, got lost herself; when she went in search, she put a black boot on one leg and her son-in-law's red boot on the other; everyone shouts "At jok (no horse) cuckoo!"] : 51 (=Potanin 1886, No. 14:18; =Kaskabasov et al. 1979, No. 9:40, =Dähnhardt 1910:526, =Ikeda 1971, No. 249D: 58); Russians (?) , g. Semipalatinsk, Tomsk Oblast [the cuckoo was a princess with one leg shod and the other barefoot when she ran]: Potanin 1883:777 (same text referring to Potanin 1864:123 c. Belova, Kabakova 2014, No. 244:173).

Southern Siberia - Mongolia. Altaians: Verbitsky 1893 [a girl named Cook wanted to drink, asked her daughter-in-law for water; she got angry and sent her to Satan; K. turned into a bird, fluttered into the hole above yurts; someone from the family tried to catch her, grabbed her leg, leaving only one shoe in his hand; therefore, the cuckoo has one leg red (naked) and the other black (in the shoe); the cuckoo does not nest She can, because she was not taught this in her maiden life; constantly says her former name]: 165; Garf, Kuchiyak 1978 [the hunter is missing; the wife is going to look for a new husband, her sister is going to look for the missing; the wife does not let her in, the sister turns into a bird; the sister manages to grab her right leg, a slipper falls off her foot; the sister finds her brother's bones, becomes a cuckoo, mourns her brother]: 124-126; Oinotkinova et al. 2011, No. 53 [ the craftswoman sister sews everything; her younger brother became a bird, flew to the valley, died of hunger; in May, her sister worked and sang; the wealthy mistress began to beat her, the girl turned into a bird, flew away through the chimney, one shoe remained in the mistress's hand; therefore, one leg of the bird was red and the other was yellow; when she found her brother's remains, she shouted, "Dry corpse, gray bone"], 54 [the cuckoo was an orphan child; she was scolded, she ran, she was grabbed by one leg, her shoes were pulled off, she climbed a tree, said she would become a cuckoo, flew away; sings, "Gray bone, gray larch, dry bone, dry larch, young bone, young larch" (Kök söök, kök tyt! Like söök, like tyt! Jash söök, Jash tyt!) ; contrast between the live/young and the death/dry]: 163-165 (var. on p. 446), 165 (var. on p. 446); Teleuts: Katash 1978 (same text as Verbitsky?) [girl Kuke (cuckoo) asked her daughter-in-law for a drink; she sent her to Satan; K. became a bird, flew into the upper hole of the yurt; someone grabbed her leg, but only pulled off her shoes; the cuckoo has one leg red, the other black]: 91; Tokmashev 1915 [the Creator's son Jajuchi is ill; he calls the shaman Babyrgan, who is useless, gets a horse; J., in the form of a simple traveler, meets him on the road; finds out that the shaman does not care about the sick in order to receive a reward; turns him into a flying squirrel; the same with a shaman named Kuikunek; turns him into a hawk, tells mice to play; the son dies; the sister of the deceased of grief turns into a cuckoo, still cries; when she flew out, the wife of her deceased brother grabbed her leg, ripping off her stocking; the cuckoo has one leg blue and the other (in a stocking) red]: 92-94; Funk 2005 [kam Kadylbash stole one of Ulgen's daughters from heaven as his bride; brought her to his house; she needed to change into the clothes worn by women; Kadylbash forbade those around him to look through the window while his daughter Ulgenia would not change clothes; when she had to wear her last stocking, someone looked out the window; Ulgen's daughter turned into a cuckoo and flew down the pipe; this now makes the cuckoos have one red leg, and another blue (Anokhin's archival materials)]: 68; Shors: Arbachakova 2010, No. 16 [the woman fell ill, asked the children for water three times, they did not serve them, continued to play; one child came in and saw that the mother turns into a bird, grabbed her legs, called her brother and sister, who cried, promised to bring water; the mother became a cuckoo, flew away; the son grabbed her leg, wanted to hold her, so the cuckoos have one leg red]: 301-303; Chudoyakov 2002 [Kakuk is sister, Pasyuk is brother; brother married; once did not return from hunting; wife is indifferent, prettier, looks at guys; K. grieves, falls ill, asks for water, daughter-in-law does not pay attention; K. became a cuckoo, flew in search of her brother; daughter-in-law tried to grab her leg; so the cuckoo has one leg without feathers]: 120; Khakas: Alekseev 1980 (Kachins) [ The cuckoo son asked his mother for water, but she did not give it; he turned into a bird, cursed his mother, flew out of the yurt into the chimney; his mother grabbed him by one leg, pulling off her shoes; therefore, the cuckoo's paws different colors]: 104; Butanaev 2003 [after her brother's sudden death, the girl cried; her harsh stepmother cursed her to turn into a bird! the girl became a cuckoo, flew through the smoke hole of the yurt; her stepmother managed to grab her by one leg, left a red slipper in her hands; the fallen slipper grew flowers "cuckoo boots"; since then, cuckoos one foot is red and the other is black without a shoe]: 73; Mindibayeva et al. 2016, No. 19 (Sagais) [people did not die; the elderly have a son and daughter; the boy died, this was the first death; the daughter has been crying for a year, she has been crying for a year, she has been crying for a year they gave araks, it did not help; the second year, they gave tobacco, also did not help; the old people ask Skinny to turn their daughter into a bird; the daughter became a cuckoo, flew out through the opening of the yurt, the mother managed to rip off one leg boot; while she was crying, she did not eat anything; if someone hears the cuckoo hungry in the spring morning, she would starve all year; when the cuckoo cuckoo cuckoo, you can't go out without eating; the girl, when she was grieving, swayed , so the cuckoo cuckoo swings; one leg is black and the other is red; when she walked in one boot, Skinny made her a boot out of growing grass; this flower looks like a boot]: 135-137, 338 (comm.); short version in Troyakov 1995 [the little boy is dead; the sister has been crying for two years; the parents ask Skinny to take her home; he turns her into a cuckoo; the mother manages to grab her leg, pull off her boot; The thin man made a boot out of grass on his bare foot; therefore, the cuckoo has one leg black and the other red; grieving for his brother, the Cuckoo did not eat; whoever hears the cuckoo singing on an empty stomach will be insatiated for a whole year; so you can't go to the forest in spring without eating]: 46.

Japan. Japanese [(15 versions from southern Tohoku to the center of Kyushu); while her husband is away, the stepmother kills his stepson; when he returns, the father takes off his shoes and begins to take off his legs; when he learns that the son has allegedly gone to the mountains, the father She jumps to look for him, the leg remains on one leg; the father turns into a cuckoo, calls his son; one leg is black and the other is white]: Ikeda 1971, No. 249E: 58-59.