F54. Oedipus, ATU 931. .13.-.17.20.-.29.31. (.38.)

Unknowingly, a son converges with his mother or a daughter with a father. (Incest with a mother is often preceded by the father's murder).

Arabs of Sudan, Algeria, Egypt, Catalans, Spaniards, Portuguese, Ladins, Sardinians, French, Irish, Palestinian, Arabs, Arameans, Keraks, Kapingamarangi, Ponape, Ulithi , Truk, (Kusaie), Marshall Islands, Sedang, Thais (?) , Gujarati, Konkani, Kannada, Aceh, Dayaki (seas?) , Javanese, Balinese, Lombok, Boogie, Malays (Padang, Moken), Toraja, Taroko, Lee, Ancient Greece, Greeks, Bulgarians, Slovenes, Gagauz, Macedonians, Hungarians, Romanians, Czechs, Russian written tradition, Russians ( Arkhangelsk, Karelia, Smolensk), Ukrainians (Ugric Russia, Hutsulshchina, Galicia, Podolia, Pokutye, Kievskaya, Kharkiv), Belarusians, Adygs, Gunzibs, Turks, Latvians, Lithuanians, Finns, Western Sami, Icelanders, (Ancient Japan).

Sudan - East Africa. The Arabs of Sudan [an infertile woman went to the holy man; he ordered to fry the sheep, bring it to him; read it from the Koran, returned it, ordered it to eat it after midnight; the wife left the roast, left the house; the husband (he is the son of a prince) found, ate, became pregnant; begged God to move the fetus to his leg; opened the tumor, there was a girl; the bird took her to its nest; she grew up, became beautiful; Wad al-Nimair (VN) with his comrades stopped under a tree, noticed the girl; they went on; VN pretended to forget the ring; took out the girl, took out his mother to raise her; married her, she was pregnant; VN's mother does not love her, tells the servant to take her away and kill her; the servant brought the blood of the gazelle; the VN wife settled on an island on the Nile; the VN mother pretended to be his wife, said that the mother was dead; the imaginary wife was pregnant and wanted something to eat only on the island where the real wife; a slave has come, turns to the mistress of the island, let her lion and crocodile let him in; she says that VN is pregnant with his mother, calls scissors, they cut off the slave's tongue; the same with another slave; VN came himself, rejected the scissors, found his wife, found out everything, returned her, his mother kicked her out]: Al-Shahi, Moore 1920, No. 9:79-81.

North Africa. Algerian Arabs: El-Shamy 2004, No. 931:627-628; Arabs of Egypt [a childless woman bought a pomegranate, put it under the sauerkraut; the husband came and wanted to eat; the wife: eat what is under the wash bowl ( washing pan), but not like under sauerkraut; but he found and ate a pomegranate, decided that his wife was hiding the best from him; he became pregnant; when 9 months had passed, his wife told me to go to the desert; if a boy was born, he must wrap it in a canvas and bring it, and if the girl, wrap it in silk and leave it; a girl was born, her father left her in a tree, the falcon took her to his nest and raised her; the Sultan's son began to water the horse, saw it in the girl's reflection in the water, fell ill with love; his grandmother promised to lure the girl out of the tree; brought the sheep and pretended to slaughter her from the tail; then from the back; from her leg; every girl If she says it is not so, the old woman pretends not to understand; the girl told the tree to be the size of her finger, went down to show her; the prince grabbed her, took her to the palace and married her; went on Hajj; his mother did not give bread to her daughter-in-law, gave her in exchange for permission to cut off her hand; so with all her limbs; she threw what was left out the window; she fell on the "ring of royalty", the spirit asked what to do; the girl demanded that she be made whole and healthy again, and that the palace and garden with fruits be out of season; the prince's mother took the form of his wife and said that his mother died; became pregnant, asked grapes from a neighboring garden; the prince sent a servant to his mistress (i.e. his true wife), and she responded: my father conceived me, the falcon and the peacock fed me, and now the Sultan's son is pregnant with his mother, let the scissors they will cut off the tip of the questioner's tongue so as not to tell me; the same with the second servant; then the prince went himself; she told him what had happened; the prince poured kerosene on his mother and burned it, returned his wife]: El-Shamy 1975: 159-163.

Southern Europe. Catalans (Mallorca included, but the story is rare) [according to the prophecy, a young man kills his father and marries his mother]: Oriol, Pujol 2008, No. 931:189; Portuguese [father decides to get rid of young son, because he learned about the prophecy: the son will kill his father and marry his mother; the child is raised by strangers; he grows up, works for real parents (without knowing it); accidentally or defensively kills father; marries metri; mother learns about what happened after reading the prophecy written on her son's back; the son goes blind from crying; sees the light again when a virgin brings medicine - sialia saliva ( thrush bird); marries this girl]: Cardigos 2006, No. 931:243; Spaniards, Sardinians, Ladins: Uther 2004 (1), No. 931:570-571.

Western Europe. The French (Occitania, 1 entry) [a young man kills his father and marries his mother {without a detailed paraphrase}]: Tenèze, Bru 2000, No. 931:144; Irish: Uther 2004 (1), No. 931:570-571.

Western Asia. Syrian Arabs: Beck 1987 (Bedouins) [the sheikh found seven daughters of another sheikh for his seven sons; the marriage is honorable and equal; in the morning, all seven young husbands are dead for some unknown reason and widows in grief; the father of the dead goes to look for those who suffered like him; he looks like a dervish, a woman sheltered him; when she learned of his grief, she spoke about her own; at birth, she was promised to her brother's son father; they grew up and got married, but when the wife was four months old, the husband died; the fortuneteller wondered three times, receiving the same answer: the woman's son would become her husband; after giving birth to a boy, the woman stabbed him the knife was thrown into the ditch; it was picked up and left by a peasant woman, he grew handsome and strong; the young man agreed to marry a wealthy widow; one day she saw a scar on his stomach and understood everything; adopted mother confirmed everything, the young man stabbed himself; the sheikh decided that the woman's story was worse than his own and returned to his tribe; went to his tent, but his wife did not recognize him by his voice; in the tent of his new sheikh met seven wonderful young men; the new sheikh regained power and said that the boys were his grandchildren]: 50-55; Kuhr 1993 [the merchant gave an apple to make the woman pregnant; she cut off a piece, the rest accidentally eaten by a man; his ankle was swollen, 9 months later a girl was born; a hawk carried her away, brought her to a palm tree, began to bring food, the girl grew up; the prince drove up to the spring to give the horse a drink, saw reflection, the girl refused to go down; the prince returned home, the old woman offered to help; pretended that she could not fry scrambled eggs on the fire (either a frying pan upside down or pouring oil on the fire); the girl went down to show, the prince took her away, hid her in his chambers; tells her mother to bring double portions of food; goes to Mecca, her mother finds the girl, leads to the window, throws her out of the window; below is a black snake fought against white, the girl wished black victory, she won, offered to fulfill any wishes; the girl wished for a palace with servants and a vineyard in front of the prince's palace; when the prince returned, her mother began to pretend to be his wife; he asks why she has different eyes, mouth, nose, etc., she always replies that because of fatigue, waiting, etc.; and the mother allegedly died; the imaginary wife pretends to pregnant, asks the prince to send the maid for grapes; the girl answers who she is, tells the scissors to cut off the maid's tongue; the same with the second, with the third maid; the prince comes himself, everything is explained; he executed his mother, her long bones were turned into the crossbars of the ladder; when the prince's wife climbed them, they creaked]: 218-224; Iraqi Arabs [a friend tells a childless woman to buy bitter orange, bring it home and eat it, but not give it to her husband; he saw his wife bring an orange, did not believe about the pregnancy, took it away and ate it; the wife promised to get it out of the house if it was give birth; nine months later it happened; in the desert he gave birth to a daughter; wrote on a piece of paper about what had happened, tied the paper to the baby's hand and left; the gazelle fed her, and the falcon covered her wings from the scorching sun; the prince found her, brought her to the palace, asked her mother to raise her, and when she became a girl, he married her; outwardly, the prince's mother and wife looked very similar, both gold-haired; when the prince left to war, her mother-in-law beat her daughter-in-law and then drove her away; she asked God to create a palace and garden for her that would bear fruit all year round; it happened, but in the palace the young woman missed her husband ; when the prince returned, his mother pretended to be his wife and said that his mother was dead; the imaginary wife gave birth; when she saw a wonderful garden from the roof of the palace, she wanted grapes and sent her son there; he sent a slave; the owner of the garden says that she is a bitter orange, the daughter of a bitter orange, her mother brought her, her father gave birth, the gazelle fed her, the falcon hovered over her, the Sultan's son has a child from his own mother, there are no grapes ladies; the slave came back and told everything; the prince thought about it and went by himself; when his wife saw him, she told him everything; he demanded that the imaginary wife show his mother's grave; she had to confess; the son doused her oil and burned alive in the desert, he gave birth to a daughter to give birth; after 9 months it happened and home and ate when the young queen gives birth, mother-in-law crap]: Stevens 2006, No. 22:98-102; Arameans [witch doctor gave the woman was a fertility remedy, told her to swim before the appointment; she left the product in a niche and left the house; her husband accidentally ate it; his thigh was swollen; after 9 months he went to the field, cut his thigh, took it out and left the girl; the gazelles fed her; the prince and the minister's son hunted, the prince found the girl, brought her mother to raise his wife; left; shortly before his return, the prince's mother came to the river, threw her handkerchief into the water and asked the girl to reach out; she held out her hand, the prince's mother pushed her into the water and the river carried her away; she got ashore; someone came up and asked to hide him from the pursuer; when the stalker came, the girl killed him by hitting him on the head with a stone; rescued: demand what you want; girl: castle and servants; everything appeared; at this time, the prince's mother stabbed and buried the sheep; put on the girl's clothes and her returning son pretended to be her; and her mother seemed to have died - showed the grave; the prince, unaware of this, married his mother; she became pregnant; when she learned that a castle had appeared nearby, a woman sent the maid to ask her neighbor for grapes; but the girl cut off that tongue; so with 10 maids; the prince asked if his wife wanted to go for grapes herself; she did not want to, he offered to go himself, then she agreed to go together; they sat on the sofa, but no one brought grapes; they wanted to get up, but the girl told them to stick pillows to their backs; she said: My mother wanted me, my father was me pregnant, brought me to the field, the gazelles fed me, found the Sultan's son, hid it under his clothes, his mother became pregnant with him and should I still give them grapes? Prince: If this is my thing, where is the girl? girl: it's me; then she told everything; prince told everyone to bring firewood, burned his mother, married a girl]: Bergsträsser 1915, No. 2:2-5; Palestinians [emir wants to marry seven sons to seven daughters of one father and one mother; he finds them, marries them, and in the morning all seven brothers are dead; their wives mourn; the father of the sons goes to look for someone who is even more grieved; finds a woman who, unknowingly, became the wife of her own son; after that he returns and when each of the daughters-in-law gave birth to a son (and they grew up), marries seven grandchildren to seven daughters of one father and one mother ]: Nowak 1969, No. 286:266; Palestinians, Arabs of Iraq [when he dies, the king asks his son to give part of the inheritance to someone who did not know grief; one king tells a young man how he raped a drunken man his own sister; the sultan raised a boy who was born, and when it was time to find a bride for him, the sultan chose the king's sister; thus the mother married her son; the prince realized that there are no people who do not know grief]: Nowak 1969, No. 272:257-258; Qatar, Yemen: El-Shamy 2004, No. 931:627-628.

Melanesia. Keraki [Kambel and his wife Yumar have Gufa's son; while K. is at the station, G. sees his mother sleeping naked, converges with her; K. soon comes, realizes that someone was before him; hides; sees G. again makes love to his mother; gives him a special type of tarot, he dies; the Natekari dog reproaches K. for killing; K. pierces her tongue with a cassowary pen; when he tries to talk about what happened, he only barks; since then, dogs have not spoken; G. comes to life and returns; K. covers the trap pit with palm leaves, G. falls into it, K. falls asleep; Y. goes, K. goes to heaven, after her; he is the Month; according to some options, his wife Y. - The sun, it haunts her forever]: Williams 1969:312-314.

Micronesia-Polynesia. Kapingamarangi [the priest's wife threw a premature fetus into the pond; another man picked it up, raised a boy; tells me not to swim where that woman lived; the young man violated the ban, got together with a woman and scratched her cheek with his hand; the priest realized that it was a fingerprint, called all the men; the young man was the last to come, his hand coincided with the trail; the priest tells him and his (adopted) father to leave the island; on another island they saw a boy in the pit; then they saw an eel (eel, possibly moray eel); the boy said it was his father; when the eel sailed away, the (first) breadtree grew there; the priest found out where the boy is with his (adopted) father and sent boats there; the eel sank them]: Albert 1948:112-115; Uliti [the chief's wife gives birth before the deadline, throws the child into the sea, a man from a remote village He picked him up and raised him; he came to the village where his mother lived and she made him her lover; thanks to the young man's adopted father, lovers find out that they are mother and son, but continue to meet in the hut for menstruation; the husband sees scratches on his wife's face and calls the men to find out whose hand they were left with; the young man is discovered, but he kills his father himself and stays with his mother mistress]: Lessa 1956:63; Truk [Chief Soufa has 5 wives; he tells him to kill boys, keep girls; one of the sisters {and wives at the same time?} S. gave birth to a son, sent him to the Wind Eater (some butterfly or bird), who lived inside the island; the young man grew up, hears screams from the shore, it's a toy boat festival; the adoptive mother made the young man like this the boat, she overtook everyone else; the boy's real mother took it from the shore; he took the boat, leaving his fingerprint on his mother's hand; S. gathers men to determine whose hand it was; sent a man and a young man was brought to the house of the Wind Eater; S. found out the fingerprints, told the young man to come tomorrow to put up poles for the community house; the foster mother tells him to dig a hole with a hole to hide when on him they will lower the pole; also let him take with him a coconut (it crunches) and a termite that will pave the way to the ground; when the young man dug a hole, a pole was lowered into it; the young man went out, S. tells him to come tomorrow; reception mother: drink water: they tell you to climb a tree for nuts and make a fire around - fill it with regurgitating water; he did so; on the third day, the adoptive mother teaches the young man to avoid raindrops; when he came to S., darts were thrown at him, none were hit; for the fourth time, his adoptive mother told him to take a knife from the sink, ocher and coal with him; the young man was trapped, lowered into the water; he chewed ocher with with lime, they thought it was the brain; coal - his stomach burst; he cut the ropes and came up, brought S. fish; on the fifth day: you will be left on a deserted island, you should take breadfruit with you; he they ordered to anchor off the shore, cut off the tench and sailed away; there was only one tree on the island; the young man put the fruit on top of his head, turned to the Rainbow God to pick up the fruit and help him escape; then hung it there caught fish; like this every day; an old man came, but the young man refused to speak to him; the next day a young man came; he was the God of the Rainbow; when he returned on the third day, he drew a boat in the sand kicked her, the drawing became a real boat; the young man returned to S.; the next day S. and his brothers decided to sail in his boat himself; the young man told her to become sand again, the passengers were eaten by sharks]: Fischer 1954:289-306 ; Ponape [not mother but father's sister]: Lessa 1956:64; Marshall Islands []: Erdland 1914:258; (cf. Kusaie [son and mother versus father, but there is no sexual relationship between them]: Lessa 1956:64); Marquises [as on Ulithi]: Elbert, Marquesan Legends, MS in Lessa 1956:63.

Burma - Indochina. Sedang [people bred, rice and fish got into the house and prepared themselves, men and women copulated randomly; Yabg ("Sky") sent Bok Glaih to destroy people with thunderstorms and showers, all drowned; a woman and a dog escaped on the mountain; after the flood, the woman worked in the field, the dog urinated where the woman had previously given birth to a boy; he asks about his father, the mother is silent; one day she tells me to carry to the father to eat at the site; there is only a dog, replies that he is the father, the boy does not believe, kills him; when he grows up, he marries his mother; or a woman gives birth to a son and daughter, sends him to look for spouses, those in they meet each other in the dark, copulate; the mother (or sister) has given birth to many children; they are married, each couple has its own people; the eldest is Vieta, the second is Lao, the third is cham, and the fourth is tmoi ( ethnic minorities in the Central Mountains)]: Dang Nghiem Van 1993:324-326; Thais (?) : Velder 1968, No. 50 in Uther 2004 (1), No. 931:570-571

South Asia. Konkani (Goa): Rodrigues 2020 [an old beggar promises to give birth to a child on the condition that she makes him godfather; on the sixth day after the girl's birth, the goddess does not fit and is invisible writes on her forehead what was meant for her; reluctantly replies to the beggar that the girl would meet her own father; when everyone fell asleep after the feast, the beggar kidnapped the baby and took him to the forest; raised him; Rani died soon; Raja at first retired, but finally began to show interest in his surroundings again; he saw a girl hunting; started dating her in the absence of the old man; when he saw them kissing, he realized that Fate cannot be avoided]: 104-112; d'Penha in Thompson, Roberts 1960, No. 931 [a woman is predicted to marry a lower-caste man and then her son; she tries to avoid fate, but That's what happened]: 118; Gujarat: Jason 1989, No. 931:41; kannada [Brahma's daughter asks him what her fate is; he answers that she is going to marry his son; the girl went down in horror on the ground and lives in a deserted place; in a drought, a bull urinated on a stone, she drank it for water, became pregnant and gave birth to a boy; hit the baby with a stone, then wrapped it in a torn piece of sari and threw it downhill; childless shepherds found the baby, cured him and raised him; Brahma's daughter also went down to the people and ended up in the same family; astrologers said that the young man should marry the one he is calls her sister; the elders persuaded them to marry; one day Brahma's daughter combed her husband's lice and noticed scars; he did not know where they came from; the shepherd told how he found the baby; Brahma's barrel understood everything , made a rope out of a sari and hanged herself]: Ramanujan 1997, No. 40:111-113.

Malaysia-Indonesia. Aceh [a princess with a skin disease is banished to Nias; she is only a dog with her; here she found a root that cures the disease; she met her dog and gave birth to a son; he grew up, but There are no people on the island but his mother; his mother gave him a ring: let him marry whoever it suits; after walking around the island, he met his mother again and the ring suited her; Nias come from this marriage]: Hurgronje 1906 : 20; Java: Backer 1874 [Watou Gounong ruled Java; ominous omens (eclipses, earthquakes) made him think about the fate of the state; once his wife Derwie Zinta noticed a scar on his forehead; he replied that when he was very young, his mother hit him; his wife realized that her husband was her son; in order to break up, she advised her husband to marry a celestial woman, because he himself of heavenly origin; he invaded heaven with an army, but was defeated; son Vishnu and Poutrie Middang became king of Java]: 89-90; Knebel 1894:489-505 in Lessa 1961 [the pig drank King Praboe's urine Moendingkawati, gave birth to Dewi Sepirasa; astrologers said that the girl would bring misfortune, the king drove her into the forest, giving her the dog Blangwajoenjang with him; she lost the spinning rod, promised to marry the spindle her dog brought her; she gave birth to his son Raden Soewoengrasa; he killed the dog because he threatened all the animals in the forest; the mother said that he killed his father; mother and son left the forest apart; met, only the mother recognized her son ; the hermit advised to set an impossible condition for marriage; RS almost built a dam and a boat overnight, but the hermit raised the sun at night; mother and son separated again, meeting without recognizing each other, married, they have three sons; the mother recognized her son by the scar on her forehead; the mother left in despair and drowned; the son became the ancestor of the Kalangs, a caste of central Java accused of incest]: 181; Sunda: Braginsky 1972 [Raden Sungging Perbangkara had a pig wife, gave birth to a daughter, Davy Rara Sami; she grew up, dropped a spinning wheel, promised to marry whoever would bring it; brought a dog; DRS gave birth to a son named Sangkuriang; he hunted with the dog, not knowing that it was his father; the dog refused to drive the pig (i.e. grandmother S.), S. killed him, gave the meat to his mother under the guise of venison; the secret was revealed, the mother threw a stick at her son's head, drove him away; became a young girl; S. came back, was going to marry DRS, who recognized him by the scar on his head; promised to marry him if he created a lake and a boat overnight; lit up the night sky, S. threw work; drowned when the lake overflowed its banks; the boat became a forested mountain, the lake dried up]: 135-137; Bezemer 1904 [Princess Dajang Sumbi did not marry, but only hunted with her dog; six years later returned from the forest with a boy; he grew up, asked his mother about his father, when he found out the truth, ran into the forest, his mother found a slaughtered dog; retired to the mountains, preserving her beauty, spinning; the young man began to demand her as his wife, she explained to him that she was his mother; he left]: 97-100 in Lessa 196:180-181; Balinese: Covarrubias 1956 [The 210 days period is divided into 30 weeks (uku); their number and names explain the following myth; Sinta gave birth to a beautiful boy after dreaming that she had met a holy man; once she got angry with him, hit him on the head, he left; became a king named Watu Gunung ("Stone Mountain") ); unaware of this, he married his mother and her sister; they gave birth to him 27 children; by the scar on his head, VG Sinta recognized her son; to relieve the sin of incest, VG decided to marry Vishnu Sri; then he himself would become like God, the incest charge would be inadequate; Vishnu defeated him, decided to kill one of VG's children every seven days; Sinta grieved, Vishnu accepted her, decided to add three days, giving them the names of Synta, her sister and VG ]: 314-315 {check pages! ; quoted from pdf Durections in Pacific Traditional Literature, p. 270}; Lombok [King of Java Daha urinated into a hole in a rock, a pig drank urine, gave birth to a girl; she sat at the spinning wheel, dropped her reel, promised to marry even a dog if he brought a reel; the dog brought it, the girl gave birth to a boy with him; the son and the dog killed a pig while hunting, the mother said who the pig was; ashamed, the son also killed the dog; the mother gave the ring told her son to marry a girl whom the ring would suit; the son was looking for a bride in vain, at home the ring came to his mother, he married her; the mother went to Sumbawa, married the ruler, became the ancestor of the royal family; the son went to Sulawesi, became the ancestor of the Boogs and Makassars]: Eerde 1902:31-40 in Isis 1998:151; Boogie [same legend as the Balinese people to explain their origin Dutch]: Isis 1998:152; the Malays of Padang [the same legend as the Balinese people have to explain the origin of the inhabitants of Fr. Nias]: Isis 1998:152; moken on Mergui Islands off the coast of Burma [dog, wrecked boat, mother and son incest]: Isis 1998:150-151; dayaki {ibanas?} [Angry at the boy, his mother hit him on the head with a brass spoon; the boy was taken away and adopted by a merchant; as a young man, he came to his widowed mother's country, married her; finding a scar from the blow with a spoon, the mother wanted to commit suicide, but she was persuaded to simply separate from her son]: Clercq 1876-1877:256-258 in Lessa 196:183; Toraja [mother was stolen by slavers; father stayed with son; angry , hit him on the head with a stick; the young man traveled, married his mother without knowing it; the wife, that is, the mother, when he found a scar on his head, decided that her incest was the cause of the drought; elders forgave her; she went into the woods, became a white chicken (white chicken origin)]: Adriani, Krujt 1912-1914 (2): 236-237 in Lessa 196:183-184.

Taiwan - Philippines. Taroko [man died; woman copulated with a dog; a boy was born; he married his mother, they come from taroko]: Isis 1998:149; toda, Torok [woman gave birth to a son from hog; when her son grew up, went to the mountains, painted her face with tree sap (so that her son would not recognize her), got together with her son, gave birth to a girl; the paint washed off, the mother left, the young man met his sister, giving birth to many descendants; the mother met the dog; the Toda and Torok tribes are descendants of a pig and a dog]: Isis 1998:149.

China - Korea. Li (Hainan) [1) a noble man's legs hurt; he promises a daughter to someone who will save him from suffering; the dog did this; the father put the dog and daughter in a boat, sent him to sea; the boat boarded on the deserted island of Hainan; the dog hunted, his wife cultivated the land; she gave birth to a boy; he grew up, killed the dog with a stick when he fell ill, refused to go hunting; the mother said that she was returning to his homeland told her son to marry the girl she met; she went to the mountains herself, got a tattoo, her son did not recognize her; their descendants are Hiai Ao; they tattoo, they do it at home in the form of a boat; 2) the dog helped the princess to recover from the disease, he became her husband by agreement; they sailed to Hainan, she gave birth to two children; not knowing that the dog was their father, the children killed him; gasping, the dog replied to his older brother that his name was Wang, and the youngest is Fu; her mother got a tattoo so that she would not be recognized, got along with her sons, and had offspring]: Isis 1998:150.

The Balkans. Ancient Greece [The oracle warned Theban king Laias that his son would kill him; intoxicated, L. still got together with his wife Jocasta (or Epicasta); gave the boy born to a shepherd, ordering him to pierce the baby's ankles were buckled and thrown away; he left the child in the forest; he was picked up by the shepherds of King Polyb of Corinthia, brought it to his wife Peribay, she called the child Oedipus (swollen legs); in Delphi E. found out that he would kill his father and marry his mother; left town and met L.'s chariot on the road; the chariot treated him rude, E. killed both him and L. Hera sent the monster to Thebes to the Sphing; to get rid of her, it was necessary to solve a riddle that she had devoured; King Creon promised King L., who had solved the widow of King L., and power over Thebes; E. The Sphinga rushed into the abyss, E. became king and married I., who gave birth to two sons and two daughters; 20 years later, the Oracle of Delphi demanded that the murderer L. be expelled from Thebes to stop the epidemic; all it became clear that E. blinded himself with a clasp from the dress of I., was expelled from Thebes]; the Greeks [the rich man has three daughters; in order to marry them off, he hung their portraits in front of the house; the captain asks the youngest wife, Rosa; the father wanted to start with the eldest, but agreed; on the wedding night, a ghost comes out of the wall and says that Rose is destined to marry his father and marry his son; the captain cancels the marriage to Rose and takes the eldest sister; again, the other groom takes the middle one; R. comes to his older sister, asks for permission to replace her at night in bed, asks her husband why he left R.; he's all told; the same with his middle sister; R. hired people to kill his father; an apple tree grew on his grave, R. ate an apple, became pregnant, gave birth to a boy; stabbed him in the chest, lowered the coffin into the sea; his sailors caught, the captain went out and adopted; the young man grew up, came to the city where his mother lived, married her without knowing it; they have children; the mother found a scar on her husband's chest, understood everything; committed suicide]: Legrand 1881:107-113; Bulgarians (one entry) [orisnists predict that a newborn will kill his father and marry his mother; parents leave the child in the forest; he is found and raised by a shepherd; he comes to her real parents' house; kills her father and marries his mother; the spouses find out who they are]: Daskalova-Perkovska et al. 1994, No. 931:344; Gagauz [the mother of the newborn hears Lushnitsy ( =Lufusnitsy; three maidens who write fate to man) predict that the child will marry his mother; his parents let him go to sea in a box; the monks caught and raised him; he came to his father's village, was hired to guard the vineyard; his father came for the grapes, did not respond three times, the young man shot him; he was told to marry a widow; from his story his wife understood that he was her son; he went back to the monks; they locked him in prison, threw his keys into the sea; when the keys were found, his sin would be forgiven; a few days later, the fisherman found the keys in the fish's stomach; the young man was released]: Moshkov 1904, No. 54:96-98; the Macedonians , Slovenians, Hungarians, Romanians: Uther 2004 (1), No. 931:570-571

Central Europe. Russians (Arkhangelsk, Karelia, Smolensk), Ukrainians (Ugric Russia, Galicia, Podolia, Pokutye, Kievskaya, Kharkiv), Belarusians [Incest Mixer (Andrey Kritsky): when a boy is born, it is predicted that he will kill his father and marry his mother, he is thrown into the water, but the prediction still comes true; sin is redeemed with severe repentance]: SUS 1979, No. 931:238; Russians ( Karelian Pomorie, Kalgalaksha; a brief summary of the text from the archive of the Karelian branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences) [the boy is predicted at birth that he will kill his father, marry his mother; the mother rips the child's belly, leaves in the forest; the child ends up in another family; when he meets by chance, kills his father, marries his mother]: Razumova, Senkina 1974, No. 176:377; Russian written tradition ["Oedipus story" is presented in Old Russian literature, a group of so-called stories about the incest mixer, which includes "The Tale of Andrei Kritsky", "Jerome's Tale of Jude the Traitor" and "The Tale of Pope Gregory"]: Klimova 1989: 3; Western Ukrainians (Hutsulshchina) [wife gave birth; an old man enters: this boy will kill his father; the husband persuaded his wife to put the baby in the chest, give a pacifier, a jug of milk and let him go to sea; the fisherman caught; the rich refused to take, the poor man took it, although he has many of his children; the guy grew up, asks why he is Naida; went to look for real parents; hired them without knowing who they are; the owner tells them to guard corn from thieves; a thief came, the guy did not shoot; the owner was dissatisfied; the next night the guy shot and killed when he came, and this was the owner himself; the widow invites the guy to marry her; but the guy he doesn't want to, but the pop asks: what if this is your son?] : Zinchuk 2006a, No. 125:380-382; Czechs: Uther 2004 (1), No. 931:570-571

Caucasus - Asia Minor. Adygs [a woman is forced to marry a man; he turns out to be her unrecognized son]: Tkhamokova 2014, No. 933:189; Gunzibs [husband forgot the knife in the parking lot, comes back, there is a man there; he says that the son of the visitor will kill his father and marry his mother; the spouses leave the child in the hollow of a tree; the shepherd finds him; the children tease without a father, he leaves, is hired to guard the herd; the owner comes to check, the young man thinks it's a beast, shoots, kills the visitor; the elders tell the young man to stay and replace the deceased owner; his widow marries the young man; he says that he was found in a hollow, a woman realizes that the young man is her son, both commit suicide]: Berg 1995, No. 25:266-274; Turks (1 entry) [when the padishah's wife finally becomes pregnant, both dream that the future the son marries his mother; the baby was left in the mountains; the shepherd found and raised him; after learning that he is a foundling, the young man goes to look for parents; in the city he clashes and, defending himself, kills his father; after killing a wolf- an ogre, marries a widowed queen, i.e. her mother; an epidemic begins and people say that this is a punishment for incest; mother and son tell each other their dreams, find out who they end up by suicide]: Eberhard, Boratav 1053, No. 142:156

Baltoscandia. Latvians [When a boy is born, it is predicted that he will kill his father and marry his mother. His mother throws him into the water, but he is saved and the prediction is fulfilled]: Aris, Medne 1977, No. 931:333; Lithuanians, Finns, Icelanders: Uther 2004 (1), No. 931:570-571; Western Sami (Varanger): Qvigstad 1925, no. 931:25

(Wed. Japan. Konjaku monogatari (ca. 1050, apparently a Buddhist source) [400 years after Shakyamuni's death, one Dayten married his mother; when his father returned from the trip, D. killed him and then killed his mother out of jealousy; fled to another country; one day a Buddhist monk arrived there from D.'s native places; D. killed him for fear of exposure; the end of the story did not survive]: Ikeda 1971, No. 931:210).