H6B. The elixir of immortality will spill on plants.
(.11.) .12.20.24.26.27.29.30.32.-.34.37.38.
Aproduct that gives immortality and is intended for humans has not been delivered to its intended purpose, but ends up on plants that become evergreen, capable of regeneration, or fruiting. (Traditions in which the "elixir of immortality" is linked to the motive for false news are marked with an asterisk. Cf. Motive B115).
(Embu et al*), Krachi*, Liberia*, (Limba*), Palau, Ngaju, Chinese (Liaoning) *, (Namuzi*), Greeks, (Serbs), Crimean Tatars, Kalmyks, Talysh, Azerbaijanis, Persians, Tajiks*, Uzbeks, Baluchis, Kazan Tatars, Bashkirs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Altaians*, Khakas, Tuvans, Tofalars, Buryats*, Khalkha Mongols*, Udege, Amami Islands, Japanese (Tohoku).
(Wed. Bantu-speaking Africa. Chuka, Embu, Amberre, Mwimbe [The Sun sent the Mole to bring people the elixir of life; he met Hyena on the way; fearing that she would have nothing to eat, Hyena begged him give her the elixir of life, gave her the Elixir of Death instead; The mole confessed what he had done to the Sun, who told him to live underground]: Abrahamsson 1951:19).
West Africa. Krachi [the cannibal toucan killed people; Wulbari convened his people for everyone to choose their subjects; the goat said that its people are grass, the dog is people; V. sent the dog to take it to people the elixir of life to revive those killed by the toucan; she found a bone, began to gnaw, put the elixir aside; the goat passed by, took the elixir, poured grass on its people; so people die forever, and the grass is reborn every year]: Scheub 2000:263 (brief in Abrahamsson 1951:6); Liberia [people send the Cat to the sorcerer for the elixir of immortality; on the way back, he puts what he has received on a stump He swims in the river, forgets the errand; he is sent to find the missing, but the elixir has already soaked in the stump; so the felled tree grows out of a stump again, while people die irrevocably]: Bundy 1919, No. 3:408; (cf. . limba (Sierra Leone) [Kanu told the Snake to give people the elixir of immortality; but Toad took it and spilled it along the way, so humans are mortal]: Scheub 2000:103).
Micronesia-Polynesia. Palau [Obagat wanted to put a stone in people's breasts to make them strong and not in need of food; however, Tariit (water shepherdess aka coot, Rallus pectoralis) advised it is better to give people breath, but O. did not agree; sent his son to water the man and make him immortal; T. arranged that the Hibiscus populneus tree quietly pierced the vessel from a tarot leaf containing water; the woman lost her immortality, and the hibiscus became tenacious, any branch, if planted, grows; O. hit T. on the head with a stick, now it is red striped with blood] : Kubary 1873:222-223 (probably the same text, but from a different edition, quoted in Anell 1964:21, in Frazer 1924:259-260, in Grey 1966 (2): 116-118).
Malaysia-Indonesia. Ngaju [(according to Schwaner 1853:179; in a brief paraphrase of Dixon 1916:160, reference to Hupe 1846:138); there were two trees in the sky, one appeared, broke off under the weight of birds sitting on it, and the second winged creature fell into the Sangiang River (S. - the category of heavenly spirits), tried to destroy it by the Serpent who lived in it, but the build-up washed ashore, a woman arose from it, made a boat out of leaf a banyan, sailed along the river to the sea, where she met a man who had arisen under the influence of waves from a floating log; the first six times she had miscarriages, each became a woman, they gave birth to different creatures different gods and spirits (the first gave birth to Djangan Hatuen Peres, the leader of diseases); the seventh time, sons Mahadara Sangen and Mahadara Sangiang were born; Sangen took the embryos of plants and animals and descended to earth; there, from the marriage of two trees, an egg was born, in which a lifeless female image; Sangen went to heaven for living water; at this time, Angoi breathed breath and wind into the woman, made her blood from the rain, bones from bamboo (probably); Sangen, who returned, spilled living water in anger, she sprinkled the plants; they now grow back when cut off, and humans are mortal; he killed A., cut the corpse, and snakes, tigers, and other harmful creatures; his marriage to that woman gives birth to people; Sangiang gave birth to many gods, including a guide of souls to the world of the dead, Sangsang Tempon Tellon]: Schärer 1966:68-71.
China - Korea. Chinese (Liaoning, Kharachin-Zooi-Mongolian Autonomous University; Western 1984; illiterate peasant woman 57 years old, village. Panlonggou, city Niangniangmiao, wu. Jianchang) [In ancient times, people had a tail at birth, and it dried up three years before death. Parents, fearing that people would know about the child's life span, began to pull out their tails at birth. A man died, everyone gathered and began to cry. Hearing crying, the Jade Emperor ordered the donkey to go down to earth to find out what was going on. Then he gave the donkey (paper) with an inscription on longevity to give it to people, but the donkey hung the paper on the cypress tree. A few days later, the Jade Emperor heard sobs again, everything happened again, and the donkey hung the paper on the pine tree. Since then, pine and cypress trees have been evergreen all year round, and people have been dying as before. The jade emperor became angry and exiled the donkey to earth, allowing him to return to heaven 100 days later. On the last day, the young daughter-in-law was about to cross the river, and the turtle advised her to sit on a donkey. The donkey was stained with menstrual blood and could not return to heaven. He has become an enemy of the turtle and every time he needs to cross the river, he stops in the middle of the river and relieves himself to annoy the turtle with the smell of urine]: Liaoning 1994:306; (cf. namuzi [three brothers cultivate the land, the ground is untouched again in the morning; they find an old man turning back layers of land; they want to kill him; the old man says there will be a flood, no work meaning; tells the older brother to make a boat out of metal, the middle one out of wood, the youngest of leather; the youngest takes his younger sister into his boat, the older brothers' boats have drowned; the water has descended, the rest of the people have drowned; brother and sister see two columns of smoke; sister takes a flute, goes one way, brother takes a knife, goes to the other; enters the house, there are human bones; the children explain that the parents have gone to catch the brother's corpses and sisters, the rest of the corpses are taken out; the brother runs away; comes to where the sister married; she tells me to eat little, the brother does not listen; he is killed; but only he knew how to light a fire, carry water, grind grain, herding goats (crows, frogs, dragons, peacocks know, but not everyone can); therefore, the brother has to be revived; seven daughters of Father Heaven come to swim, take off their wings, the young man hides the youngest's wings; says that they were gnawed by mice; the maiden promises to marry the one who would return her wings; she found her wings, returned to heaven; he climbed after her; father-in-law and mother-in-law began to scald his hair, for people's bodies used to be covered with wool; the wife intervened, the hair remained only on the head; the father-in-law demands 1) to dig up nine fields (the wife tells you to leave a hoe at each field, they work themselves); 2) burn the felled vegetation (leave nine torches); 3) dig up the seeds again (same); 4) sow buckwheat (leave the seed vessels at the edge of the field); 5) harvest the seeds again (leave the bags by the field); but three seeds not enough; they were taken away by a gorlinka, his wife tells her to shoot in the morning, the hero takes seeds from the goiter, brings them to his father-in-law; 6) recognize the mother-in-law in the form of an animal, bring her (the wife tells you to grab the first sheep); 7) get to know the father-in-law (it will be yak); the young man gets a wife, cattle, they are sent to the ground; the mother-in-law tells them not to sing, the young man sang, the cattle ran away, some of the wife managed to cover her skirt, these animals became domestic, the rest became wild; the couple can't do anything, poor, sent the Crow with nine bowls of tears to heaven to his wife's parents; The raven felt thirsty on the way, drank tears, told his father-in-law and mother-in-law that theirs daughter and son-in-law are rich and prosperous, drowning the hearth with pork, wiping themselves with grain; father-in-law was angry, sent tigers and boars to the ground, who ravaged the few fields that the young had; The Bat volunteered to bring nine tears to her heavenly parents; but her heavenly father-in-law and mother-in-law did not answer what to do to live normally on earth; the Bat said she would sleep outside, but hid herself behind the bed; I heard my mother-in-law say: don't they know that three stones should be placed on the hearth, then children will be born; put the roof of the house on poles; put irrigation ditches to the fields; when mother-in-law finished, father-in-law noticed the Bat, threw a pestle at her, and since then her nose has been flattened; The Bat brought these three news to earth, people have begun to live normally]: Lakhi 2009 (1): 67-152).
The Balkans. Greeks: Dähnhardt 1910 (Kalavryta, northern Peloponnese) [one of Alexander the Great's officers told his sister that he had extracted the water of immortality, persuaded her to drink this water and wash herself with it ; after washing, she splashed the water outside, it fell on the chicken and {untranslated word; probably wild onions - see. Megas}; since then, chicken sheds and rejuvenates every year, and wild onions are green even when pulled out of the ground]: 263; Megas 1970, No. 75 [after learning about the water of immortality, Alexander on Bucephalus slips between crushing rocks, killing dragons, collecting immortal water into the vessel, comes back to sleep; his sister, seeing a vessel of water, poured it on wild onions, so they never wither; A. turned his sister into a siren with a fish tail so that she suffers forever; but she loves her brother; asks the sailors if A. is alive; if you say that he is dead, the storm will raise from grief, the ship will sink; we must answer that he is alive and reigns]: 200-202; (cf. Serbs [God gave the angel a golden mug and sent it to carry the water of life; but the one sent did not return; angry God turned him into an owl (house owl) and told other birds if they caught her, deliver to him; the owl hides in the hollow and only appears at night when other birds can't find it]: Eschker 1992, No. 73:251-252).
Caucasus - Asia Minor. Crimean Tatars [Suleiman ordered the genies to build a palace out of diamonds and rubies; they built it; people asked if S. was going to live forever; S.: is there a cure for death? he was advised to drink live water; S. called the people; the hedgehog was the last to arrive; almost climbing the steps, he rolled down because he was old; S. told the ant to overhear that the hedgehog would talk to himself; hedgehog: he is going to drink live water; when he becomes an old man like me, love will laugh at him; Zumranka's bird brought S. live water, but he sent it back; she flew back, dropped the bottle and it crashed over Yemen; S. sent her to see what had grown there; it turned out that coffee (the origin of coffee)]: Radlov 2021, No. 22; the Kalmyks [Khan Tengriev and Khan Asurov looked down - only water; Burhan Bagshi turned one of his khubilgans into a turtle and launched it into the water; shot it - the turtle capsized on its back; earth was created on her stomach; Khan Asurov and Khan Tengriev descended on it - darkness was all around; they began to filter the waters of the ocean - the moon appeared on a silver wagon with a white horse pulled into it; then a golden sun pulled by three salt horses; then a vessel with an immortal arshan; khan asurov: I will take it for myself; Khan Tengriev was sad; the manjak stole it, left the vessel with arza; Khan's associates, after drinking it, became intoxicated; Arshan drank the double-headed Araha, filled it with his urine and disappeared; Vajrapani went in search; the Sun showed the way to his mind with his chin; the Moon pointed her finger; V. caught up with Araha, cut him in two; chained one half to the Moon's cart, the other to the Sun's cart; Araha promised to torment the Moon every three months, the Sun every three years; when Araha was cut in two, the immortal arshan that spilled out of it fell on juniper and pine trees, they became evergreen]: Basangova 2017, No. 1:33-35; Talyshi: Asatryan 2005 [Khidr owns living water that he wants to sprinkle people so that they can gain immortality; a crow who is entrusted with this mission, trying to sprinkle himself, spilled water from her beak onto a boxwood tree, since then it has been evergreen]: 20 (=Arakelova 2006:122); Bagry 1930 (3) [Alexander went east to look for eternal water; the groaning old man said he drank water, his body grew old, now he cannot die; A. poured water, the old man is gone, it was Archangel Gabriel, sent by God to prevent man from becoming immortal; drops of water fell on spruce and juniper, now they are forever green]: 24-26; Asatryan 2005 [Saint Hizr gave water from the paradise spring to the Earth's crow, ordered them to sprinkle it on people's heads so that they could find eternal life; the crow took water, flew, sat on a tree boxwood, decided to pour water on my head, but the water spilled onto boxwood, which turned evergreen]: 20; Azerbaijanis [the fairy tale fully coincides with the legend of living water in Nizami's Iskander-nam ( Baku, 1940:369-376)]: a commentary to Potanin 1972:317; (cf. Armenians [the spruce tells Christ to depart so that he does not suffer from its smell; H. blesses the spruce, tells him to be evergreen]: Ganalanyan 1979, No. 234:102).
Iran - Central Asia. Persians: Donaldson 1938 [In the west, in the everlasting darkness of Zulmát, near Mount Kaf, there is a spring of living water; the soil around is hot; you can only go there with permission Khawji Khizr; Alexander went there with 40 horsemen; XX. allowed me to pass, explained how not to burn his legs; A. filled the vessel; going out into the bright world, hung it on a branch; Crow flew in, drank water , overturned the vessel, the liquid spilled onto the tree; the tree became evergreen (p.142: therefore, cypress or pine are considered sacred), the Raven is immortal, and A. did not drink living water; some of A. they picked up stones in a dark land, they turned out to be gold; others decided to come back and take them too, but XX did not meet them again and they did not find a way]: 92; Osmanov 1987 [Iskander Zulkarnain found out that Mount Kaf in the cave of Mrak has living water; it is 70 years to go there; he took fifteen-year-old boys with him; despite the prohibition, he took his father alone, putting him in a chest with dried fish and straw; at the entrance to the cave, father advised me to throw straw, the horses saw it in the darkness, entered; leaving the other end of the cave, the father advised me to throw fish into the springs; in one dried water came to life, there was living water; I. rewarded father and son; ways back The hedgehog told I. that he drank living water, began to live forever, but turned into a hedgehog; I. poured water on the roots of citrus fruits, palms, pines and fir trees; now they are always green]: 238-239; Tajiks ( northern Tajikistan, everywhere) [Khudovand gave the crow water from the Zumzum/Zamzam well in the Mecca region to bring it to a man so that the man could live for a thousand years; the raven croaked and dropped water from his mouth, drops fell on juniper, since then it has been evergreen, growing for a thousand years]: Rakhimov 2007:79-80; Uzbeks [in old age, Iskander Two-horned orders to bring it to the water source of immortality; the old man says to him, who also conquered the world 3000 years ago, drank living water, and was soon overthrown; now everyone considers him a murderer; I. did not drink water, spilled it on three ellies; they are still green]: Rogov 1980:223- 224.
Volga - Perm. Kazan Tatars: Gilyazutdinov 2015, No. 271 [the Bulgarian ruler sent one of his warriors to fetch the water of eternity; the batyr found a spring, took water into a leather bag; returning back, went to bed on the river bank. Ashyt; put the bag at his feet; when he saw a dream, he pushed the bag with his foot and knocked it over; water spilled between the fir trees and the pines; they became evergreen, and the batyr stayed on the banks of that river], 272 [many people dies, the horseman goes for living water; the captive in the palace of the king of divas shows him a source of water, gives him a mirror and a bar; the diva chases after him, the horseman throws a mirror, it becomes the sea, the bar becomes mountains; divas and horsemen fight, divas break the vessel with a saber, living water pours out to the roots of fir trees, since then conifers have always been green]: 266, 266-267; Bashkirs [hero Ural reaches a source of living water (Yanshishma); a decrepit old man advises W. not to drink from the spring, otherwise death will not bring relief from the torments of old age; W. did not drink, spilled water on pines and spruce trees that became evergreen]: Sagitov 1981:136-141.
Turkestan. Kazakhs: Potanin 1972, No. 8 [it was a custom in the country of Garun al Rashid to kill old people; father tells his son that he is also being executed; G. is looking for eternal water, the escaped old man says to dig into anhydrous steppe; son brings water and stones that have become gold; Alimbet Khan says that he drank water and cannot die for 1000 years; G. decides not to drink; (the text below is spoiled, sketchy; there are the words pine, wood, juniper)]: 99-100; Coyaud 2012, No. 68 (Kazakhs of China) [the old man drove the deer for a long time; he ran up to the spring, sprinkled water on his wounds and galloped away unharmed; the old man drank from the spring , became 20 years old; his wife also went, drank so much that she became a baby; the old man went and saw a giant; he complained that because of this water he could not die now, his life is meaningless and lonely; they decided to pour water on conifers: pines, spruce, cryptomeria, etc.]: 148-152; Kyrgyz: Ledenev 1987 [khan orders to kill everyone over 40 years old; then ordered to bring black worms: until they will bring, will levy a tax; one horseman hid his father in a chest; he ordered to dig up bay's grave, there were worms; next time Khan; Khan wanders all the time; father: kill a black dog that makes Khan to move from place to place; stopped, but there is no water; father: dig where the cows stop and start hitting their hooves; the young man had to confess that he had a father; Khan repented but told his father young men to find living water; he led him to a rock from where water was dripping; said that under his feet a man who drank living water and lay for centuries until he turned into green juniper; Khan was frightened and ordered to pour it out living water; the old man poured it on juniper; since then it has been evergreen]: 128-130; Sabyr uulu 2008 [The old sage has aged and is in the care of his only son and his wife. They take good care of him. An era of turmoil is coming - everyone is fighting with each other, rushing from place to place, people are exhausted. Even Khan is in trouble. The old man tells his son that it is the fault of a black moth, who haunts everyone and drives everyone from place to place. She undertakes to teach her son how to destroy this moth. He sends his son to the khan with this news, the khan is delighted, agrees, gives the old man's son gunpowder and a good gun. The old man teaches his son how to find a black moth - the son must separate himself from everyone and, when he migrates again, monitor the last rows of nomads, in which poor and disadvantaged people walk, who do not belongings, livestock, mounts and pack animals. They will be immediately followed by a frozen black, four-eyed dog, which is this haunting moth. The old man's son shot this dog and gave it to Khan; according to the old sage, this dog's skin and carcass are a very valuable medicine. Peace comes, the people are blissful. Khan generously gives Starikov's son, making him his horseman. After a while, the khan summons the horseman, says that he hopes for his prowess and the wisdom of his father, asks him to find a source of living water for him, and wants to become immortal. The old sage reluctantly shows his son the way to a source of living water. Dzhigit collects a wineskin of living water, when he leaves, stumbles upon a decayed corpse, which begs not to drink living water by example - he was mortal, drank water, and now he has not been able to die for many years. Dzhigit brings water to the khan, talks about a living corpse, the frightened khan does not drink water, and hangs his wineskin on a pine tree. Khan wants to see the immortal dead, and the horseman brings him to the place. Khan asks the corpse if it is possible to restore its human appearance. The skeleton asks for four fifteen-year-old girls, and the khan brings him four girls from poor families. Two are put in the arms of a skeleton, they are rapidly aging and dying. The skeleton grows flesh, becomes human, but very decrepit. Two more girls are put back in his arms, they also grow old, become old women, and the skeleton becomes a middle-aged man. The raven finds a wineskin, tears it apart, living water flows to the pine tree, the raven drinks it until it vomits, he feels sick of juniper, so the crow regains longevity, and the pine and juniper become evergreen]: 217-218.
Southern Siberia - Mongolia. Altaians: Anokhin 1924 [Ulgen created human bodies, sent Raven to Kuday to ask for souls for them; he gave them, the Raven carried them in his beak; flew past the corpse of a camel, a horse, When he saw the cow's corpse, he shouted, Carr, what eyes! Souls fell into the coniferous forests, which became evergreen; at this time Erlik gave the dog guard a warm fur coat, breathed his soul into people's bodies, their bodies came to life]: 18; Dyrenkova 1929 [Ulgen, having created the body human, sends a crow to Kuday to ask for souls for his creation]: 123; Nikiforov 1915:241 [Ulgen, through the Raven, took souls from heaven for humanity, but when he saw that Yerlik was already managed to breathe his soul into the human body, scattered the "souls of immortality" through coniferous forests and mosses], 243 [the hunter saw a cedar, from the top of which water ran into a stone box; put dried fish in it, it became swim]; khakas: Butanayev 2003 [living water was in the hands of Irlik Khan; a swallow carried it out of the ground; I. shot her with a bow; the arrow cut her tail, the swallow threw it out of her mouth stolen water; Living water spread over conifers and also fell on the sweaty grass - "azanat"; since then they have been forever green]: 39; Dyrenkova 1929 (Sagais) [Kudai created 10 men and 9 women; from only the Raven agreed to fly for mogu su (eternal water) to let them revive; on the way back he was tempted by carrion, spilled some of the water; as punishment he became black, and people lost immortality]: 123; Katanov 1907, No. 397 [Kudai told the old man that there would be a flood, ordered him to make a raft, put all creatures on it; the Devil (Ainá) tells his wife to drink him, not to board the raft until until he says in his hearts, "Sit down, damn it"; the mammoth and the eagle refused to sit down, decided to pull it out anyway; but the birds and the eagle were tired, sat on the mammoth, he and the eagle plunged into the water; the old man sent the crow for with living water; he did not carry it, spilled it on pine, rose hips, spruce and cedar; therefore the trees are evergreen]: 417-418; Tuvans [Burgan-Bakshy created living water to make everyone immortal; Ara-Hoo her Swallow secretly; BB asked Shulba which direction AH had gone, he pointed to the sky; BB asked the Sun, it pointed to the moon; asked the Moon, she said: Here he is; TT cut AH with a sacred rod; the lower part fell to the ground, the upper part slipped away; the water that had flowed out of the body fell on cedar, spruce, Turkestan and Siberian juniper, fir, pine; because the Sun and Moon gave it away, AH swallowed them, but they came out of his empty body; this is how eclipses happen]: Alekseev et al. 2010, No. 7:49; (cf. Tuvans [Noyon's son knows the languages of birds and animals; together with the khan's son he stops under a tree; hears a raven explaining to the crow how the khan's son can take possession of Shurindyn Khatyn; it is necessary make an unusual cart, SH will go out to look, we need to take it away; friends take the HK, and then walk under the guise of beggars; the same raven tells the crow that they cannot pick up boots, fur coats, sit on horses met; and then there will be Abyrga-moga 10 fathoms long; Noyon's son cuts boots, fur coats, horses; kills a snake, but blood splashed on the SHH; if you wipe it, the black spot will remain, you must lick it; Khan's son reproaches his comrade for wanting to kiss SHH; Noyon's son explains everything, turns into stone; SHH holds a cup, waits for living water to drip from the sky; let her husband hold; he fell asleep, spilled; ShK She held it again, but only one drop fell; with it she revived Noyon's son, but he no longer knew languages and crafts; if the khan's son hadn't spilled living water, all people would be knowledgeable]: Potanin 1883, No. 162:542- 544); the Tofalars [a man met people with horse hooves; they stabbed their daughter to feed him; he rode off on a horse; they chased, armed with iron hooks; they fell behind when he jumped over the swamp; a man came to people riding hares; a sable killed one of them; a man killed a sable; for this they promised him living (eternal) water; the man returned home, told women to prepare to meet eternal people; when women saw hares riding hares, they laughed; eternal people did not give water, but splashed out on cedar, spruce, pine trees; these trees became evergreen; people mortal because those women laughed]: Katanov 1891:89-90 (=1907:654-655; =Rassadin 1996, No. 39:95-96); Buryats [The Raven drinks eternal black water and is therefore durable; God sent him to carry it man; he sat on a pine tree on the way; the owl frightened him with a scream, he spilled water; since then, the pine tree has been evergreen; you have to take water from the spring in the morning before the raven can get drunk; he arrives early and gains immortality]: Potanin 1883, No. 43:210-211; Khalkha Mongols: Benningsen 1912 (St. Zain Hure, Sede) [The swallow took out a few drops of living water, carried it in her mouth to sprinkle people and give them immortality; the wasp bit her, the Swallow dropped the water, the drops fell on pine, cedar and lingonberries, now they always green; The swallow bit off Ose's tongue, now she doesn't sing but buzzing]: 21 (retelling referring to another Mongolian source in Yeongdong 1989:56; see below Taube 2004); Yeongdong 1989 [gods and asuras they foamed the ocean of milk, from there the sun, the moon, and a jug of nectar appeared; the asuras took the nectar, Hormusta and Vishnu stole it from them; the ruler of the asurs Rahu became one of the gods, took a place among celestials; when nectar was offered to him, the moon god recognized him, Vishnu cut off his head; garlic appeared from drops of blood, juniper from nectar; the etiological ending is characteristic of Mongolian text (apparently absent in Indian and Tibetan versions)]: 54-56; Potanin 1881, No. 25c [In ancient times, there was only water: there was no land. One llama descended from the sky and began to interfere with the ocean with his stick... Because of that interference, a ball of earth thickened from the middle of the ocean: further interference hardened the earth into a quadrangle. After that, two swans descended to that land: the llama turned the female's nail into a woman, and the male's leg into a man. In ancient times, there was a llama (the narrator thought it was the one that interfered with the ocean with a stick). He created all animals and birds, including the crow. After drawing beautiful water in a cup, he handed the crow and said, "Put this water one drop on every person's head so that they are immortal." The crow flew and sat in one place on the cedar. Croaking - a precious cup fell out of my mouth, water spilled: three plants grew in that place, eternally green, always fresh, not dying: kosh, cedar, dzergen and artsa, juniper... The crow returned to the llama . He asked her, "Where is the water?" - "Spilled". Then the lama said to the crow: Well, let you have Hara-kire (Black Crow) for this name: You will have no other food but the eyes of dead people]: 166-167; 1883, No. 43c [Burkhyn-Bakshi gave the Raven his drink of immortality, arashan, ordered him to pour it on the man's head; she sat on a spruce tree, waited for a man; Owl frightened her with a scream, she spilled arashan; since then, the spruce has been evergreen]: 210; Taube 2004 , No. 7 (Sukhebator aimag, eastern Mongolia) [The swallow decided to bring people the water of immortality; on the way she was bitten by a Bumblebee (Hummel), the Swallow screamed, dropped drops of living water from her beak, they fell on pine, cedar and ephedra, so those are evergreen; The Swallow pulled out Bumblebee's tongue, the bumblebee is now only buzzing]: 20; Mongols (Ordos) ["Ordos ardyn ulger". Hohhot, 1992:287; Burhan Bagsh sent a crow to bring people the nectar of immortality and health; he saw a mouse dying, lowered it, spilled nectar on the caragan bush; for this, BB told him to sit on even in the cold high place and hunt for mice; sent a hare to tell people to eat once a day and wash their face three times; the hare forgot everything and came back; BB threw a whip at him, his tail fell off, became small and The tail is a black spot; BB told him to be prey for everyone, including crows; sent a bull; he confused him, told him to wash once a day and eat three times; BB told him to work for people]: Yegupova 2012:25-27.
Amur - Sakhalin. Udege people: Arsenyev 1995 (2) [the man decided to go to the ends of the earth and sky; overtook flying hazel grouse, black hazel grouse, killed them; ordered skis to fly like a bullet; saw that the sky was beating against the ground; when It rises, becomes lighter and quieter, when it goes down, it becomes dark, the wind increases; the half-human stone half-animal wants to kill him, he hits him with an arrow; pulling out an arrow, he breaks his knee; asks the Raven to fly to his house for medicine; returning, the Raven sits on cedar, oak, etc.; as a result, nuts, acorns, blueberries and all other berries and fruits appear; the person recovers, promises The crow, that he will not be killed, that he will always find meat; returns with his wife; their third child Manga waits three years in the womb for the father to say that the earth is ready; born a little earlier time, so the land is not arranged in the north, it's winter there; M. goes there]: 169-172 (quail in Lebedeva et al. 1998, No. 105:471-473); Nikolaeva 2003, No. 4 [the boy grows rapidly, wears old father's clothes, goes skiing to kill his enemy; kills Iron Bird with an arrow, noticing a hole in her neck; taking out an arrow, accidentally injures himself in the knee; consistently asks animals and birds to bring medicine for parents; Mouse, Fox, Raven answer that it is better to eat him when he dies; the Raven flies, gets medicine, sprinkles it over the cedars, brings the rest to the young man; he recovers, marries; parents' homes No, but two aspens have grown; the young man tells his wife not to cut or cut them; she tries to cut them with a knife; when he returns, the young man sees his father's head bandaged; the wife explains that she cut unintentionally]: 28-29; Podmaskin, Kireeva 2010 [Egdiga leaves her parents to destroy Salemkoi's cannibal iron bird; three times she defies the spell of the frog girl (does not drink from her bucket, pierces it with an arrow, kills her hazel grouse brother); kills S. with an arrow; taking out the arrow, scratches himself, the poison penetrates his body, E. begins to become covered with moss; Fox, Raven, Rook refuse to bring medicine from E.'s parents, they answer that they will eat his meat, peck his eyes; The raven flies, but on the way back, part of the medicine drops, lingonberries, blueberries, and medicinal herbs grow from the scattered ones; E. gets up and walks, but half overgrown with moss and became a devil; kills a frog girl; girl Bole ran away from him with roe deer; came back; he asks for help, she cuts him in two (vertically) with an ax, cutting off the damn half; the second half becomes a normal person; E. takes B. as his wife, leads to his parents; no, alder and birch have grown near the house; the wife pulls bark from them, blood flows; the parents come to dinner with their cheeks torn off; then they are again made trees, B. takes care of them]: 131-136.
Japan. Amami Islands [Journey and Tradition Magazine 6-5, 1933, article by Shomu Nobori; In ancient times, humans were immortal because every year on January 1, a Chinchin bird (probably a mountain wagtail) messenger of God, brought water of youth; people washed their faces with it and rejuvenated themselves; one day a bird was resting in a tree, and a crow attacked it and wanted to eat it; the bird flew away and at that moment spilled water on the tree . People have been dying since then, and this tree is rejuvenating every year (shedding its bark)]: Naono Fukasawa 2015; Japanese (Tohoku, Fukushima Prefecture; 2 entries) [Shakyamuni Buddha sent a crow man is the cure for immortality; resting on the tree, the crow croaked and the medicine spilled on the root of the tree. That's why trees live for a thousand years and people die early. When people die, crows croak and apologize]: Naono Fukasawa 2015