E41A. How they came up with ticks. .21.27.-.30.33.
The first mites were made as a result of observation of animals (a dog's crossed legs, two snakes, snake jaws, etc.).
Kachins, Bulgarians, Adygs, Kabardian people, Abkhazians, Armenians, mountain Tajiks, Kyrgyz.
Tibet is the Northeast of India. Kachiny [Intupwa craftsman tried to cut wood with a sharp stone, but it didn't work out and he went looking for better material; asked the trees if they knew where to get iron, but the trees they refused to say: I. would make machetes and start cutting them; herbs - the same; animals - the same (he would make iron arrows for hunting); the water said to go to Numrang-Ningpu; there was no iron there either, but the night when I. came, goddess Lepchan gave birth to a boy in a dream; he was first hot red and then turned black; I. broke off a piece of him and brought him home; the boy crumbled into many pieces and them the water took away; watching the elephant's legs, I. guessed that the iron should be hit with a stone hammer; when he saw a crab that grabbed his hand with ticks when I. went down to the river, he figured out how to make ticks]: Elwin 1958a, No. X.18:205
The Balkans. Bulgarians [twin brothers Andon and Atanas worked as blacksmiths in their own forge; ticks had not yet been invented; Atanas grabbed the hot metal with his bare hands; at this time their dog was barking; the master blacksmith looked at her, saw her legs crossed in front of her, and understood how to make ticks; since then, Andon has been honored on January 17, and Athanas on January 18, considering them the patrons of blacksmiths, locksmiths, etc.]: Pencheva 1997:137.
Caucasus - Asia Minor. Adygi: Gutov 2012:85-86 [drought came, people were dying; Tlepsh was not yet a blacksmith, he had bread; Tkhagalej lived nearby, he had no bread; his wife went to Tlepsh twice, but he did not give bread; she explained to her husband that Tlepsh required her to surrender to him; Thagalej allowed; seeing that the woman mourned the loss of dignity and honor, Tlepsh said he only tested her; gave her bread; she asked Tha that 12 parts of Tlepsh's body should not be afraid of fire or burn; did that happen],? [Before inventing blacksmithing tools, Tlepsh could use his bare hands to forge metal held by a giant Gorygon. After inventing the instruments, Gorygon could no longer hold hot metal, and Tlepsh could no longer forge because "the meat on his wrist was torn off"]; Kabardian people [Tlepsh is the only blacksmith; he has a stone instead of an anvil, a fist instead of a hammer; Satan sees him crumpling hot iron with his bare hands; she made an anvil and a hammer out of wood, threw T.; he understood what was going on, made them out of metal; but there are no ticks; Tlagolege, who keeps the garden, and Amysh, the lord of the herds, do not know how to make them; S. sees two snakes lying crosswise; she pierced their crossed necks with a sharp stick, T. showed; he made ticks out two strips of metal; after that, T. lost the ability to take hot iron with his hands; hears a voice prohibiting outsiders from entering the blacksmith]: Andreev-Krivich 1957:262-266; Abkhazians [doctor Lukman treated with herbs and roots, but did not know how to treat her teeth; the snake asked to relieve her headache; L. agrees, but asks for a toothache remedy in return; snake: if it is impossible to calm the pain, then the tooth must be snatch; L.: but with what? snake: a tool like my head that would open and close; L.: and the snake must curl up in a ring on the road and lie quietly, its head will pass away; since then, snakes have been doing so, but people kill them; L. once fell into the river, the water took away all his medicines, but he found some and still treats people]: Khashba, Kukba 1935:176-178; Armenians [the first blacksmith was the prophet David; being human righteous, he took iron out of the fire with his bare hands and forged it on a stone; one day, when David left the forge, only his disciple remained there; a dog comes and lies down next to the disciple; she puts her his front legs one on top of the other in the form of scissors, and lowers his muzzle on crossed legs; when he saw this, the student made ticks like crossed dog paws, then took iron with ticks, poured it into the fire, heated it and, taking him out of the fire, began to forge on an anvil he had made; D. comes, reaches out to the fire behind the hot iron and ran away for the first time; holds out again - the same thing; D. was surprised and asks the student - why is this so? the student showed him ticks and an anvil; D. immediately leaves everything and leaves the forge]: Ganalanyan 1979, No. 813:262.
Iran - Central Asia. Mountain Tajiks (Vanj, Western 1949) [Iron was brought by Saint Jabrayil (in other versions of Khizr) from heaven for Saint Dowood. He told Dowood to make iron tools with his bare hands. Dowood lit a fire, put iron in it, and began to make plough tips, sickles, hoes, pickaxes. Jabrayil also handed over the mecha to Dovud. Dowood commissioned Master Hurdak to iron. Khurdak forged iron for a while, but once acted unrighteously. He refused to forge a plough tip for the poor man, but made it for a rich man. After that, Khurdak was no longer able to work with iron with his bare hands. Khurdak complained to Dowood that he could not take hot iron with his bare hands. Dowood reproached him for his wrongdoing and ordered him to make ticks like dog's front legs and continue to work with these mites. Khurdak made such ticks. Then Khurdak and other blacksmiths took the hot iron out of the fire with mites. Dowood is considered the patron saint of blacksmiths, jewelers and anyone who works with metal]: Rosenfeld, Rychkova 1990:193.
Turkestan. Kyrgyz [lived a blacksmith, craftsman Dotu. He could put his hand on the red-hot coals without burning. He crushed iron like dough with his hands, made various things out of it, and covered them with intricate patterns of gold and silver. He made "soot" shells and quilted "chopkut" armors for heroes, forged full armor, made gold jewelry and jewelry for people, built fortifications in cities, and arranged wind turbines in the winds mills, put water mills on rivers. He was highly respected by the people, and his fame spread far across the globe. He has taught his skills to thousands of students. However, I asked them never to boast. If you boast, the secret of our craft will be revealed, and after that you will no longer be able to pick up hot iron with your bare hands. When asked by an old man, one negligent student replied that he had surpassed Dota himself. The student came to the workshop, put iron in the fire, and inflated the furs. As the iron warmed up, he took it in his hand, and then the hot iron hissed to his palm. The student realized that he had broken the ban on not boasting. Dotu went to see him and asked him how he was doing. The guy didn't say anything to him. Dotu: Why don't you even know how a dog gnaws at a bone with its paws? - turned around and, without looking back, went home. The guy understood what to do, he somehow got along with ticks. From that day on, things went well for him. He didn't brag anymore. Once Master Dotu launched a watermill, got along with a millstone, was just about to let the water in, and he looked at the falcon (itelgi in Kyrgyz) sitting on the roof of the mill. The darker greeted Dotu and explained why he was here. "I flew in to bet with you. If I could kick the millstones and stop the mill, would you give me a golden spur? - he asked. Doot answers him: - Leave it, don't bother in vain. If you can't break the millstones, you'll be embarrassed. But the Saker did not want to give up. Their competition has begun. The sucker soared high into the sky and, clenched, rushed to the ground like a stone. He ran into a millstone, tore it in two with a kick, and then soared up again. Before he could turn to the ground, Dootu fastened the broken millstone with staples with lightning speed, turned the water, and started the mill. The sucker turned around, looked, and the mill was working as if nothing had happened. For a long time, disbelieving his eyes, the sucker looked stunned at the mill working. The darker understood all Dotu's resourcefulness and dexterity, and cried away offended. Since then, the Saker Falcon has had tears in the corners of his eyes. He still does not wipe his tears, with resentment he harbored his anger at the various birds he comes across, he blows them in half with a kick. Well, the sucker never came back to Doot. If he came back, he would stop Doota the mill, show the Saker that he was brave enough, and would not let him be offended. They say that Dotu is still waiting for the Saker to return to him]: Kebekova, Tokombaeva 2007:204-206.