I80B. The Forgotten Wind, ATU 752B. .15.16.27.28.31.
A person is allowed to control the weather to his own advantage. He sends rain in time but forgets the wind. Cereals remain unpollinated, bread will not be born.
Spaniards, Italians (Basilicata), Maltese, Ladins, French, British, Dutch, Friesians, Flemish, Germans (Schleswig-Holstein, Silesia, Austria), Slovenes, Bulgarians, Macedonians, Czechs, Slovaks, Ukrainians (Chernihiv?) , Belarusians, Swedes, Danes, Latvians.
Southern Europe. The Spanish [Christ with St. Peter wanders; Peter to Christ: you control the wrong way: the rain and the bucket are not on time; Christ gave Peter control of the weather for a year; rain, sun, everything is on time, but there is no harvest: forgot about the wind]: Camarena, Chevalier 2003, No. 752B: 55; Italians (Basilicata): Cirese, Serafini 1975, No. 752B: 167; Maltese [God promises the peasant the weather he wants; sends an angel to him; rain and the sun alternates best, but when it's time to harvest, it turns out that there are no grains; the farmer forgot to ask for the wind]: Mifsud-Chircop 1978, No. 752B: 241; frets: Uther 2004 (1), No. 752B: 407.
Western Europe. French, British, Germans (Schleswig-Holstein, Silesia, Austria), Dutch, Friesians, Flemish: Uther 2004 (1), No. 752B: 407.
The Balkans. Slovenes, Bulgarians, Macedonians: Uther 2004 (1), No. 752B: 407
Central Europe. Ukrainians (Chernihiv?) , Belarusians [Deputy God (Forgot about the wind): to a pious man taken to heaven (St. Peter), God instructs him to control the weather; he sends rain, sunlight and warmth to the earth in time, but forgets about the wind, which will not cause bread to be born; God removes his deputy from the one assigned to him cases]: SUS 1979, No. 752B: 188; Czechs, Slovaks: Uther 2004 (1), No. 752B: 407.
Baltoscandia. Swedes, Danes [God allows a farmer to determine the weather, but he forgets the wind; the story is known in a few records from Sweden, Denmark, Germany, and the Baltic States]: Liungman 1961, â„– 752B : 212; Latvians [God allows the farmer to choose the weather; the farmer forgets the wind and the ears are empty in autumn]: Aris, Medne 1977, No. 752B: 318.