I120A. Enter the animal's ear .27.-.29.31.32.37.

Entering into the ear of an animal (usually a horse or cow) and going back, the character becomes handsome.

Moldovans, Russians (Arkhangelsk, Olonets, Vologda, Pskov, Moscow, Ryazan, Gorkovskaya, Voronezh, Kursk), Belarusians, Azerbaijanis, Latvians, Lutsies, Veps, Komi, Marie, Nanais.

The Balkans. Moldovans: Botezat 1981 [someone's horses trample on millet; father sends sons to guard; older, middle fall asleep; younger Talaesh grabs one of the horses; he tells him to take three hairs from him from manes; the king will pass off the youngest daughter as someone who rides the narrow stairs to her balcony and takes off the ring; T. first rides a white horse, his brothers overtake him and beat him; then summoned his horse Gaitan, who tells you to enter in one ear, leave the other, T. turns into a dressed groom; G. asks: to drive like the wind or as a thought? T.: in the usual way; seeing the rider, the brothers politely ask where he comes from; T.: from Slap in the face; almost went up to the balcony, but returned; the next day the same (T. tells the horse to lead him like the wind; answers the brothers, that he was from Kulakov); on the third day: as a thought; from Knutovsk; the princess gave T. the ring, touched his hair with her hand, it turned gold; the tsar ordered to check all the guys; when the kushma was pulled off T.'s head , everyone saw golden hair; the king moved his daughter and T. to a hut outside his possessions; but G. built a palace for them; war broke out, T. sat on a 105-year-old donkey, got stuck in the mud, ripped off the donkey's skin, this was seen by the king passing by; then he called G., defeated the enemies; the same second time (he sat on a nag, slightly wounded, the king bandaged his hand); the queen went into her daughter's shack, saw her son-in-law's handkerchief; the king went to see and went blind; he would be cured by the lioness's milk; G. brought him to the sleeping lioness, T. fed up with milk; G. turned T. into an old man, he met his sons-in-law, said that when he was young he went to buy milk, and only now he is returning; gave milk (it's cow's) to his sons-in-law for permission to stigmatize them; sons' milk did not help, and what his youngest daughter brought back their sight; everyone gathered, T. about everything told, ordered his sons-in-law to show stamps, the name "T." on them; the tsar gave him the throne]: 157-169; Moldovan tales 1968:222-231 [the herd eats the peasant's millet; the eldest, middle sons fall asleep, the youngest Vasile- the fool puts nettles and blackthorns next to him, does not fall asleep, catches bay, black, damn horses; the king will give the princess for someone who jumps to her window in a high tower and changes the ring on his finger; V. fits into the ear of a bay (next time a black horse, etc.) horse, comes out as a hero and with a weapon; only the damn jumped; the tsar gives his daughter V., settles in a hut; the enemy attacked, V. smashes enemies, The king tied his wounded hand, sees V.'s handkerchief at the feast; orders him to build a crystal palace and a bridge, next to trees with golden fruits and birds; horses do everything, turn the king into a pig].

Central Europe. Russians (Arkhangelskaya, 1908, Lapinskaya volost, 18-year-old girl A.S. Filatova, lived as an employee in various villages in Pomorye, composes ditties and songs | "folk poetess" |, illiterate) [ Before they die, the father tells his three sons to spend three nights at his grave. Two older brothers are afraid and ask for the younger Vanka, daughters-in-law offer "fat and oatmeal pancake" and he agrees. He talks to his father for two nights, and he falls into a coffin to the scream of roosters. The daughters-in-law hope that her father will eat Vanka, they do not feel sorry. On the third night, his father gives Vanka a golden ball and orders him to dissolve him and go wherever he points. The next day, the brothers go to fight for the princess "on the third floor", whoever jumps to her window and gets her ring stamped in the forehead will receive her as his wife. Roly takes the basket and goes to the forest, in fact he follows her brothers. He rolled out the ball, the horse jumped out towards him "there is a spark in his nostrils, there is a flame in his mouth", Vanya climbed into one ear - washed his face, dressed up in the other, came to the princess, did not jump only "two crowns". At home, the brothers tell Vanka about a young man who almost jumped to the princess. Vanka asks if it wasn't him, the brothers answer, definitely not him, "a slobber, a machine gun." The next day, everything repeats itself, Vanka did not jump only one crown to the princess. On the third day, Vanya jumped to the princess, and her ring remained in his forehead. Roly smears his face with clay and lies down on the stove. The next day, Vanya and his brothers, smeared with clay and soot, go to a feast with the princess. She cannot find her ring in the "rich and necessary" forehead, noticing Vanka, they decide to wash it and find the ring, the princess recognizes it, they get married. The brothers are jealous of Vanka]: Tseitlin 1911, No. 7:14-16; Russians (Olonetskaya, Zaonezhye, d. Shunga-Bor, 1926) [A man dies and punishes his sons: each of them spend the night on the grave. The first night, the eldest son refuses, sends Vanka the Fool. Roly the fool spends the night at the grave, the priest comes and asks who he is. Vanka answers. They go into the open field. The old man calls Sivko-Burko. Roly climbs into his right ear, crawls out through his left ear - he becomes young and beautiful. On the second night, the middle son does not want to go and sends Vanka. Vanka sleeps, his father gives him the best horse. On the third night, Vanka goes to spend the night himself. My father gives a horse even better than the first one. The princess built a nine-crown house. Condition: Marries someone who jumps and rips off the ring. The brothers went to get a ring. Ivan the Fool ran into the field, summoned the horse, climbed into his right ear and got out through his left ear and became young. I rode on the second horse and jumped 3 crowns. He summoned a third horse, and six crowns jumped over. He returned to the field, called Sivko-Burko, jumped over nine crowns, grabbed the ring. The princess hit him in the forehead. He returned to the field, became a fool, covered his forehead and finger with clay. At night, the house caught fire from a ring. The princess was looking for Ivan, had a feast, splashed her marriage on her hand, and saw a ring. I had to marry a fool. Tsar Trescites went to war against Ivan. The old king had two more son-in-law, they went to war against T., and Vanka went to war with them. Ivan was sworn in, he went to the field, called Sivko-Burko, did a great job, defeated the tsar. Son-in-law arrived and began to share the victory. Ivan wins for two belts from the back. The sons-in-law are bragging. T. attacks again, Ivan wins, gives his sons-in-law a victory for two buckles from his thigh. For the third time, T. wins and cuts off his head. He sells his head by the little fingers off his feet. Well done. The king gathers a feast and praises his sons-in-law. His wife brings Ivan. Ivan shows three times the ransom of his sons-in-law for the victory. This is the third time the sons-in-law repent. Ivan begins to live well until the Red Army Ruined]: Karnaukhova 2008, No. 8:67-69; Russians (from the collection of P.I. Kireevsky, Zap. Yakushkin) [before his death, the father tells his sons to sit in his grave for three nights; the first time the youngest fool comes; the other two times he is the same (the elders do not want, promise gifts to the fool); the father gets up from the grave, gives three horse hair; the fool burned them, the sivka-burka runs, the prophetic kaurka, the fool got into one ear - got drunk, ate, in the other - became handsome; the princess is sitting on the third floor; the king promises it to someone who will kiss her on horseback; a fool rides to the first floor on the first day, on the second to the second, on the third day he kisses the princess, she hits him with a gold ring; brothers every time they tell the fool how well the man came; the fool comes to the feast blindfolded, the princess recognizes him, takes him as her husband; the king asks his son-in-law to get golden feathers for the duck, gives the fool an old oath; he is hers kills, calls a sivka-burka, pulls out a duck, gives it to smart sons-in-law, for which he cuts off their little finger on their right hand; the same pig a golden bristle with 12 piglets (on the toe); a golden-maned mare with 12 foals; the horse tells her to beat her with copper, iron, tin rods; the fool cuts his sons-in-law out of the back with a belt; at the feast he shows the cut off, everything grows, the fool calls the sivka-burka, since then he has recognized lives royally]: Afanasiev 1958 (2), No. 182:10-15; Russians (Vologda) [when dying, father tells him to come to his grave for three nights; two clever married older brothers do not go, the younger Ivanushka is a fool goes, his father talks to him three times, teaches him how to summon an eternal kaurka sivka-burka; Nastasya the Beautiful will marry someone who jumps up to her window on the second floor of the house, she will take a note on his forehead; I. he fits into his ear, eats and drinks there, becomes handsome, N. puts a mark on his forehead with a ring; finds him, takes him as a husband; a three-headed serpent declares war on the king; the tsar calls three sons-in-law, I. on a thin horse, then summoned a sivka, cut off the snake's heads, gave it to his older sons-in-law for allowing them to be cut off their toes; the same was a six-headed serpent (hand to finger); nine-headed (cut out backs belts); I. sends N. to the tsar to wait for the kingdom to be handed over to his older sons-in-law; orders to show his arms, legs, backs; the tsar signed the kingdom of V., his older sons-in-law were shot at the gate]: Smirnov 1917, No. 38: 202-208; Russians (Vologda) [after the death of his wife, the old man took a yaga baba; he has a daughter, yaga has three daughters: one-eyed, two-eyed, three-eyed; stepdaughter grazes a cow, put her one-eye to sleep, climbed in the cow's ear, ate, got drunk and dressed; the lordly son came, she talked to him; then back in the cow's ear, went out, woke up the one-eyed; the same with the two-eyed; when the three-eyed stepdaughter went I forgot to put my third eye to sleep; my stepmother slaughtered a cow, my stepdaughter asked for a horn; apple trees grew out of the horn; sir: whoever brings me apples will marry him; apple trees are not given to the daughters of yagi baba, sir married his stepdaughter; while her husband was away, the yaga baba trot his wife; the nanny told her husband that the lynx would come running, shed her skin, feed the baby he had brought; the husband went by himself, grabbed and burned the skin; the wife became with a spindle, he broke it, became a woman]: Smirnov 1917, No. 41:213-215; Russians (Pskov) [two smart brothers, and Ivan is a fool; when he dies, his father tells him to guard his grave for three nights in turn; the elders brothers entrust this to I.; the father gives the goat golden horns, the golden bristle pig and Sivka-Burka; when you get into one ear, get out of the other, you become a good handsome man; who is the princess to She will jump up on the third floor and take out her portrait, to whom she will put her ring on her finger; I. rode Sivka-Burka three times, jumped to the first floor, the next day to the second floor, and finally to the third floor, received a ring; in his cabin it shines with fire, I had to tie my finger; I. was found with the ring, but he was in the form of an old fool; war began, I. smashes enemies on a heroic horse; against him a wasp (hero) , who was fattened for 12 days; he wounded I. in the arm and horse in the leg, the princess bandaged him; and I. immediately killed him; when I. fell asleep (not in heroic form), the princess saw her chain and scarf; leads to the king for treats; the king tells his sons-in-law to get goat-golden horns; I. gives his older sons-in-law a goat, for which he cuts off his little fingers from his hand; for a golden bristle pig, from foot to finger; now the king demands a mare and with her 12 sons; Sivka-Burka: this is our mother; we need to dig a hole, 12 skins on him and pour 12 barrels of resin; Sivki-Burka's mother will recognize his voice, come running, bite 12 skins, but not himself, and he will push her into a hole, even if I . will put a check; 12 stallions followed her; gave them to his sons-in-law, for this to tear off the skin belts from his back; when the king wanted to write off the kingdom to his sons-in-law, I. showed his little fingers and belts; his sons-in-law were torn on their ponytails, Vanya and his wife remained in the state]: Ploshchuk 2004, No. 39:112-124; Russians (Moscow) [dying, my father tells me to stay at his grave for three nights; the older brothers are afraid, Vanyushka goes all three times; on the third night the father gave the golden-haired deer, the pig a golden bristle and a mare about 77 foals; the princess on the porch will marry the one she puts her seal on; V. The mare got into one ear, got out of the other, became a good man, jumped up to the princess, she put a seal; V. was found in his miserable appearance, the princess wants another groom; the tsar promises her to that , who will bring a golden-haired deer; V. gives a deer to another groom, for this he cut a belt out of his back; gold pig bristles (the same - cut off a toe); a mare (the same finger from his hand); B. cut off presents to the tsar, receives the princess and the kingdom]: Vedernikova, Samodelova 1998, No. 49:107-110; Russians (Ryazan) [the old man had a son, a younger fool; when he died, the father ordered to watch the grave at night; the eldest does not want, the youngest went, the father: why didn't the big one come; the next night the middle son (the same); on the third night the fool went for himself; the father gives him a sivka-burka, a prophetic kaurka, runs - the earth trembles, There is flame in her mouth, smoke from her ears; the old man tells her to serve a fool; there is a rumor across the kingdom: whoever jumps on horseback and kisses the king's daughter on the balcony will marry her; the brothers went to watch; the fool goes to the forest mushrooms; shouted a sivka-burka, climbed into one ear, got out of the other; became handsome; galloped, almost kissed; galloped back; climbed into one ear, got out of the other, became the same; let go of Sivka, brought home a purse of mushrooms; on the third day, the fool kissed the princess, became a royal son-in-law; the tsar has two more smart sons-in-law; the king orders to get the firebird; two son-in-law went to hunting; the fool went on a nag; went to the outskirts; killed the horse ripped off the skin; called the sivka; the sivka got him a firebird; the fool lies, the firebird walks near him; the sons-in-law drove up and asked to give it to them; he agrees in exchange for the little fingers on his right hands; the sons-in-law agreed because they eat with gloves; the son-in-law's wives are happy; the fool is hung with daws, crows, goes; his wife cries; the fool keeps quiet; the king asks for son-in-law bringing a nightingale, that's not better; (same; a fool lies, a nightingale is sitting next to him in a cage; a fool gives a nightingale in exchange for toes; sons-in-law agree, because they are wearing shoes); the king orders to get a deer golden horns (same: in exchange for belts from the back; sons-in-law agreed because they wear shirts); the fool shows the king his little fingers, toes and belts from the back; tells how it happened; the king gives him kingdom, older sons-in-law out of sight; their wives cry, the fool's wife rejoices]: Khudyakov 1964, No. 9:78-79; Russians (Gorkovskaya) [dying, Alyonushka's mother tells her husband to give her a black cow; stepmother has two her daughters; she tells A. to herd the cattle and at the same time spin and weave; the cow tells him to climb into her right ear, get out of her left ear; at this time, cows and sheep weave, spin, whiten, roll canvases; the stepmother sent her own daughter to spy, she fell asleep; but the second daughter only pretended to fall asleep; the stepmother tells her husband to slaughter the cow; where A. buried her head, there is a well, where the tail is a birch tree grew, where the legs were apple trees; Ivan Tsarevich asked him to pick apples; branches rose from his stepmother and her daughters, and bent over to A.; the same with the well (when the stepmother tries to get water, water disappears); I. took A., a well, birch and apple trees followed; a boy was born; stepmother turned A. into a lynx; I. learned by ear, brings a child, the lynx runs up, sheds his skin, feeds, but then pulls the skin again; the servant teaches you to throw the skin into the fire; it will turn into a spindle, it must be broken and burned too, and A. held; the stepmother was executed]: Borovik, Mirer 1939, No. 93:232-237; Russians ( Voronezh, Bobrovsky district) [the tsar promises his daughter to the one who will kiss her through 12 glasses; younger brother Ivan the Fool whistles a sivka-burka, fits into one ear, gets out of the other handsome, breaks 6 glasses, comes back, fits into the horse's ear takes on his former appearance; the brothers tell him what a good man they saw; the same next time, breaks 12 glasses, the princess stigmatizes his forehead When he returns, he ties his head with a handkerchief; the king is looking for a labeled man, the princess is passed off as a fool, the other two marry smart, laugh at her; the king tells his sons-in-law to get the golden stubble for the pig; the fool calls the horse, two fellows jump out, ask what they need; fool: for a tent to be pitched here, a crib in the tent, and a golden bristle for a pig to walk nearby; brothers ask to sell, a fool in the form of a handsome man gives for the little fingers cut off; the same: golden-haired, golden-tailed deer, hand to little finger; same: golden-maned, golden-tailed horse, cut belts from the back; the fool tells the brothers to undress, proves that trophies he got it, remains handsome]: Afanasiev 1958 (2), No. 183:15-20; Russians (Voronezh) [The Tsar puts his unmarried beautiful daughter in the tower, promises her hand to anyone who jumps to her window and kisses her. Before he dies, the old man asks each of his three sons to guard his grave for one night. The elder Vanya the fool guards all 3 nights instead of his brothers. His father brings him a goat, golden horns, then a pig, a golden bristle, and on the last night a horse - "a golden mane and a golden bridle". The father orders the animals to be released into the field. On his father's advice, Vanya climbs his horse into one ear and gets out of the other, becoming handsome. The brothers go to fight for the princess's hand and refuse to take Ivan with them. Three times Vanya on a golden horse ("smoke is coming from his nostrils, fire is burning from under his hooves") jumps to the princess's windows, kisses her for the third time, and gets a stamp on her forehead. Mary the princess leaves the tower, waits for the groom, but he does not appear. The brothers realize that Vanya the Fool kissed the princess, and they force him to the king. The stigma is revealed and he is married to Mary. Vanya and the princes go hunting, catches magpies and crows on horseskin in the field, and brings them to the palace. The princes say that they saw the goat golden horns and the pig golden bristles, but could not catch it, Vanya boasts that he could. When they go hunting for the third time, Vanya calls a goat and a pig ("stand in front of me like a leaf in front of grass"), gives the animals to the princes, takes each finger and a belt from the back. At the royal feast, he proves that the princes did not catch animals and keeps them at home. With the help of a horse, he turns handsome and lives happily with his wife]: Baryshnikova 2007, No. 23:118-123; Russians (Kursk) [when dying, the father asks the children to come to his grave to read; the elders do not go by themselves , send Vanyusha; the late father sends a horse; V. He entered one ear, left the other, became handsome; the tsar had a daughter Elena the Beautiful; ordered to build a temple with 12 pillars, 12 crowns; sits upstairs on the throne; the groom must jump on horseback and kiss him on the lips; V. performed three times, K. recognized him among the audience]: Afanasiev 1958 (2), No. 180:6-7; Belarusians [after the death of his wife, the husband wants to marry his daughter; she goes to her mother's grave; mother advises asking the father to make the dress like stars and a month; then the same shoes; horses (the same); for the fourth time: let the widow take the widow with three daughters; the stepmother tyrannites with work; the cow helps: in one enter the ear, leave the other - the canvas is ready; the stepmother sends her daughter to spy, her own mother teaches her to sleep, removing the lice in her hair; the same with the second; the third eye inserted the third eye; sleep the peephole, sleep the other, and the third looks; the stepmother tells the cow to be slaughtered; bones and giblets are buried under the window, an apple tree with golden and silver apples has grown; no one can reach them; on a holy day we went to church, and the stepmother poured poppy seeds into the ash and ordered them to be cleaned; on the advice of her own mother, the horses did everything; dressed like a month and stars, the stepdaughter went to church; the prince smeared the threshold with resin, one slipper stuck; steel try on, only the stepdaughter came up; the apple tree leaned towards her; the stepmother comes to visit, turns her stepdaughter into a fox in the bathhouse, replaces her daughter; the midwife carries the baby, calls the fox, that throws off the fox skin, feeds; the prince spies, burns the skin; the stepmother and her daughter are tied to the horse's tail]: Romanov 1887:292-295 (=Potanin 1891:155-157).

Caucasus - Asia Minor. Azerbaijanis: Bogoyavlensky 1899, No. 8 [Para-Bash finds the diva's home and, while he sleeps, takes away treasures; when he went again, the diva swallowed him; son Shamil grew up, went to look for a deva; killed a snake, who crawled to eat the chicks of the Zumrrud gushi bird; Z. gives his pen; S. hit the rock with them, formed a passage to the diva's house, where he made his daughter tell him where her father's soul was; in the bank; S. broke the jar, the diva died , S. took his living father out of him; on the way home, the father pushed S. into a hole to take possession of everything; S. got out, cut his father, came to his mother; the king will give his daughter to someone who jumps to her on horseback; S. calls the horse with a pen, fits into his ear, becomes handsome, admits that he killed the terrible diva; wedding]: 65-71.

Baltoscandia. Latvians [the king, every night, disappears in a pile of hay; he tells three sons to guard the meadow; the eldest, the middle fall asleep; the youngest fool climbs to sleep under the haystack; a white mare with his two foals woke it up, he grabbed the reason and tamed the mare; she tells me to give it to her older brother, the older foal, to take the youngest; the elders sold their horses, and the youngest takes care of his own; the witch gives Queen poison: if you don't make a fool, he will kill you; the foal warns the owner twice; the witch tells the foal to slaughter; he advises the young man to ask permission to ride for the last time; the foal rose to heaven and descended in another kingdom; tells him to dress in a fur coat with his hair outside and answer "I don't know"; the king gave the idiot to the gardener; the young man shakes his bridle, any job at once fulfilled; tied the forest with a rope and drags her whole with him; the king tells three daughters to choose suitors; the youngest does not know who, the king has passed her off as a fool; but they live well; the devil demands people to eat turn for the royal daughters; every time the young man calls a horse, climbs into his ear, goes out in a luxurious outfit, kills devils (they have 3, 9, 12 heads; a sword, a horse are silver, gold, diamond); each time he climbs back into the horse's ear, regains its former appearance; the last time a giant demands a younger queen for 12 heads, the horse warns that 12 blacksmiths will come out with him; we must kill the blacksmiths first, because if they manage to hit the anvil, another 12 will come out, etc.; the young man killed the blacksmiths, but the giant drove him waist-deep into the ground twice, and the horse pulled him twice; the young man cut him off the giant's leg and then his head; the wife bandaged the wound with a handkerchief; in the evening she sees her fool's handkerchief; the fool became his favorite son-in-law, inherited the throne]: Alksnite et al. 1958:135-142; Lutsie (West 1893) [ when he dies, the father tells each of the three sons to guard his grave for three nights so that no one can eat the grass on it; the stems of the grass are copper, silver and gold; the eldest fell asleep before dawn; the horse rode with golden harness and golden saddle, ate everything; the next night the grass grew again, the same on the second night (a horse with silver harness and a saddle); on the third (with copper ones); the same with the middle brother; the youngest loafer, sitting on ash, nicknamed Cinderella, woke up before dawn, brought a golden horse to his stall; then a silver horse; a copper horse; in the village, a wedding, the elder brother went on a goat, the middle brother went on a goat, the middle brother went to hog; the youngest is told by the golden horse to enter the left ear, to leave the right ear, Cinderella became handsome; galloped past the brothers: the goat into the ditch, the hog into the puddle, the way to the master; the bride brings beer, he grabbed it and carried it, left it in the stable with a golden horse, sits in the house again on ash; a week later, a wedding in another village; all the same (silver horse); next time on a copper horse horse; in his stable, he told his older brother to go through the ears of a copper horse, the middle one a silver horse, gave them two brides, took the first one for himself]: Annom et al. 2018:247-254; Veps [the girl's mother died, the husband married Baba Yaga's sister, that daughter Varvey; stepmother and V. tyrant their stepdaughter; they go to the party, the stepmother hopes that Ivan Tsarevich will like V.; tells the stepdaughter to separate the oatmeal from the ash; the girl cries at her mother's grave; she tells you to cut off the twig, wave it crosswise, the work will be done; she will also send a horse and outfits; you must return before midnight; going into one ear of the horse and leaving another, the girl became beautiful; at the festival she was taken to the royal mansions; V. asks I. to pet the bone, he threw a bone at her, her leg broke; stepmother: we'll make a new one out of the hook; made her crooked wooden leg; I. smeared the door jamb with tar, the girl left, grabbed the jamb, the ring stuck; next time, separate the millet from the sand; I. threw the bone at V., her finger broke; stepmother: we will attach a die; the girl's slipper stuck to the doorstep; the third time, separate the flour from the ground; I. threw the bone, V.'s eyes leaked out; stepmother: let's insert the sheep; the girl's hat stuck; I. collects all the girls try on a ring, a slipper, a hat; they only fit Zamarashka; the wedding is being prepared; the stepmother tells her to go between her legs, sends her horses to herd, dresses her daughter in the girl's clothes; when the bride is riding, the girl shouts that they are carrying a poker leg, a wooden finger, a sheep's eye; the mother's daughter was stripped, naked under the bridge, the girl was dressed up; after 9 months she gave birth; stepmother thinks it's her daughter; goes through the bridge, broke the pipe, from there the voice, "Mom, it hurts!" ; the daughter is almost rotten, but the stepmother promises to make her wife I. anyway; tells his wife I. to walk between her legs and fly with geese, and dressed her daughter and brought her to the bedroom; the child cries; the goose asks the shepherdess bring her baby; seeing a flock of geese, the shepherdess asks if they have the mother of the child; they say that in another pack; in the third; the goose came down, shed its wings, began to breastfeed the baby; the same the second day; on the third, the shepherdess talks about everything I.; he came, burned his wings; I. says to his mother-in-law that he wants to slaughter a bull in the room; she hides under the bench; he hits her with an ax, every time he says that the bull kicked; finished off, the body was thrown away; the imaginary wife was cut into small pieces, put in a net, tied to the horse's tail; where the head fell, there was a rock, where the eye was a wormwood, where the nose was a spring, where the leg was there poker, where the ass is the turf (Kuna langtob pä, siga kasvab kallö, kuna silm - siga silmalähte, kuna nena - sige rodnik, kuna käzi - sihe harav, kuna döug - sihe kouk { transfer?} , kuna perze - sihe turbaz)]: Onegina, Zaytseva 1996, No. 3:42-51.

Volga - Perm. Komi [when he dies, his father tells his three sons to take turns coming to his grave for three nights; the elders Vasily and Fedor send the youngest named Sedun (always on the stove); he receives a horse three times: a bay, gray, golden-maned; hides them; the king has daughter Mary, Vasilisa, Marpida, they have blue, yellow, red scarves; whoever takes a handkerchief from the roof will marry the princess; S. enters the horse's ear, becomes handsome, jumps incognito three times on horseback, but takes only M.'s handkerchief; the king summons all the men, tells his daughters to marry those who have their scarves; the elders find an overseas queen and prince, M. Seduna; the king puts them in a stable; the king orders them to catch a doe; S. catches, gives them to his older sons-in-law, for this he cuts off the big toe; the same is the golden bristle of the pig, removes the skin from the back with a belt; the mare with 30 foals; the horse tells S. to cover it with skins, pour resin, shower it with needles; the mare hits the horse, but wounds himself against the needles, S. tames her; leads her; calls the king to the bathhouse, shows the leather belts and severed fingers; S. appears handsome; the tsar drives away his older sons-in-law with his wives]: Plesovsky 1975:77-91; Marie (mountain) [the horse tramples on wheat; the elder, middle brothers fall asleep, the younger catches a horse, he promises to come at his call; the king will pass off his daughter as someone who jumps on horseback to the third floor, where his daughter will sit; the younger brother gets into one ear of the horse every time, gets out the other, becomes handsome, jumps for the third time, receives a ring, a handkerchief, a note from the king promising to marry her daughter; in the morning, the princess looks for a betrothed among the audience; cries when she learns that a beggar has a ring; he, with the help of a horse, turns handsome, marries, reigns]: Akzorin 1995:62-83.

Amur - Sakhalin. Nanais: Aurora 1986, No. 36 [bald mergen in snot and chiryas asks the king for a beautiful daughter; says he is Palim Podo, who immediately gives a daughter; her older brothers call for hunting; PP turns into a bee, flies to a high mountain, becomes human again, asks his heavenly wife named Kiakta (Seashell) to send him his horse named Aktar; enters the horse's left ear, comes out handsome right hero; flies over his wife's brothers, kills all wild boars, returns home, becomes bald snotty again; the wife's brothers tell the king that they killed the wild boars themselves; the king arranges a feast , PP's wife goes there, that mergen flies to the feast; flies away; the wife returns home, sees her sleeping husband in the guise of a handsome hero; everyone is happy; the wife agrees that her husband will bring another wife to live with them - Kyact]: 216-220.