J32C. A demon comes to harm the deceased.

.14.16.17.27.-.30.33.

At night, a demonic character comes to the grave of the deceased, intending to harm him.

Egyptian Arabs, Germans (Grimms), Iraqi Arabs, Greeks, Western Ukrainians, Kabardian, Ingush, Gunzibs, Megrelians, Armenians, Azerbaijanis, Turks, Talysh, Persians, Munjan, Baluchis, Kazakhs.

North Africa. The Arabs of Egypt [when dying, the sultan gives three sons three assignments; the elder must replace him on the throne; the brothers must give their three sisters to three dervishes; his sons must protect him for three nights the grave; only the younger prince guards the grave, kills the demon every night; gives horses and demon equipment to the wet nurse; the sultan will give three daughters to the one who climbs on horseback to the mound; the younger prince takes horses and demon equipment, defeats Ingognito three times, takes the princesses to the same wet nurse; he and his brothers marry them; at the wedding, the eldest's wife is kidnapped by a demon; with the help of an old man, a young man brings her back; the demon comes again, but his brothers kill him]: Nowak 1969, No. 122:136

Western Europe. The Germans [the rich peasant suddenly realized that he was living unrighteously; when the poor man came to borrow grain, he gave him twice as much as he asked for, but on the condition that he spent three nights after his death his grave; three days later, the rich man died and the poor man came to the cemetery; a retired soldier came up and agreed to spend the night with him; at midnight, the devil came for the deceased; offered a purse with money to the watchmen are gone; soldier: fill my boot with gold; hell went for the money, and the soldier cut a hole in his boot; hell brought gold three times, but the boot was empty; hell wanted to take it away, but the rooster sang]: Grimm, Grimm 2002, No. 195:566-569 (=Grimm, Grimm 1997:435-438).

Western Asia. The Arabs of Iraq [when dying, the father orders three sons to guard the grave; the elder Omar and Zeid do not go, all three times younger Muhammad comes; defeats the white, black, red horsemen who came take revenge on his father, takes their horses; on these horses he overtakes the king's daughter, the daughter of the vizier, the daughter of the chief justice; he marries the princess himself, gives others to his brothers]: Lebedev 1990, No. 23:147-130; Iraqi Arabs [ dying, the sultan tells his three sons to give three sisters for three dervishes who will come to guard his grave; only the youngest guards, deyu descends from the black cloud, opens the grave, the young man cuts him off the head, cuts off, hides his lips, eyes, nose, takes the maiden mare to his nanny; the same for the next two nights (the devil descends from the red, from the white cloud); the neighboring sultan gives away three daughters, tells them to get it the young man pulls them out of a deep hole three times on horseback and dressed as devas at gallop, leaves them with a nanny; gives the eldest two to his brothers; during the wedding, the younger deva takes the bride away; the young man goes to look for her consistently gets to sisters and their dervish husbands; the latter gives 7 pairs of iron shoes to reach the kidnapped; dev married the local king; the old woman promises to help the young man; disguised as a girl he enters the kidnapped person; pulls out a sea mare, flies away with his wife; wedding again, stalker dev killed]: Stevens 2006, No. 47:275-286.

The Balkans. The Greeks [father tells his sons to guard his grave for three nights; or give three sisters first to marry them (cannibal, lion, eagle, or others); older brothers fall asleep, the younger one kills many-headed monster; fights a doghead (many other episodes)]: Megas 2012, No. 304:32-34

Central Europe. Western Ukrainians (Transcarpathia, Tyachiv district, p. Dulova) [The tsar has three sons and a daughter, the eldest sons study well, the youngest Ivan Farmudz is stupid, Pepelyanik. The brothers decide to find out why their father has one eye crying and the other laughing. The oldest one comes first. The king reads, there is a saber on the table, he swings at his son, he runs away, the king throws his sword after him, and she pierces the door. It's the same with the middle son. When the IF enters, the king swings, and the IF puts his head on the table: the king has the right to kill him. The king reports that he was sold to an unclean man in his mother's womb. When he dies, the devils will smash his bones across seven powers, so one eye cries. But he hopes his sons will protect him, so the second one laughs. He tells you to cook 7 fathoms of firewood, dig a grave in 7 fathoms deep, sons spend the night near the grave and burn a fire, sabers in their hands, three snakes will arrive at night: at 9 o'clock - three-headed, at 10 - 6- head, at midnight - chapter 12. If someone comes for a sister, give it back. The king is dead, the brothers spend the night at the grave. The elders fall asleep. IF kills a 3-headed snake, blood almost flooded the sleepers. The IF puts logs under the heads of sleepy brothers. Kills the 6-headed, the blood almost flooded the sleepers, the IF seats sleepy brothers. A 12-headed serpent arrives. Ivan cuts 6 goals, then 6 more, but one always comes back to the place. The IF pierces the snake's neck and presses it to the ground, the blood cools down, the head cannot grow. Blood flows like a river, and IF puts the sleepy brothers standing still. The fire went out, the IF climbs the ash tree, the light is in the distance, the IF is walking, the forest is on the way, two women ask to judge who is the oldest. It's Night and Day. The IF ties them to poles at a distance, tells them to remain silent until they return, otherwise they will cut off their heads. It comes to a fire of 300 fathoms of firewood, robbers (sprays) sleep around. The IF cuts off the stick, splits the end and pulls out the smut in a split, but the coal falls on the senior robber. The IF runs away with fire. The robbers wake up, the younger and middle do not see anything, the eldest gets up, his head rises above the trees, he sees the IF, steps several times, catches up with the IF, puts it in the palm of his hand, brings him to the fire, calls it an ant, promises to kill for stealing smut. IF calls himself the best thief in the world. The robber demands help to steal the king's daughter. The sun never shone on her, the wind never blew on her forehead, golden hair on her head, her beauty is indescribable. The robbers have not been able to steal it for three years: there is a golden rooster at the royal gate and as soon as they approach, he starts singing and the army shoots. The IF crawls up, kills a rooster, finds the room where the girl sleeps, calls the robbers one by one, cuts everyone's head, changes rings with the sleeping princess, leaves a note: IF hacked three snakes, Night and He tied the day to trees, shot a rooster, cut off the heads of the robbers, and exchanged rings with the princess. Night and Day are asked to let them go: it has been dark for 7 days. The IF judges this way: in summer it should be a long day (a lot of work, the harvest must ripen), and in winter it should be short. Night and day sign an eternal contract. The IF returns, cuts the frozen blood of snakes, the brothers who wake up fainting with fear. The Interfax rules the state. At midnight, musicians come and demand to give what their father ordered, otherwise they will leave no stone unturned. The IF throws their sister out the window. The musicians are playing, the wind is blowing - a train of 100 carriages flies across forests and seas. The neighboring king promised a daughter to whoever would kill the thieves. A gypsy servant finds the bodies and pretends to be their murderer. Preparing a wedding. The IF is late, the gypsy demands not to let him in, but the king lets him in. The Interfax ridicules the groom, expects execution for insulting the future royal son-in-law. At the gallows, she tells me what he did and where he put the letter, shows the princess's ring. The people rejoice, the army and servants disperse the gypsies. After the wedding, IF goes to his brothers, the king lets him go, but forbids him to take his wife with him, who was not shining in the sun or blowing the wind: she will be kidnapped by the wind. The IF does not listen, the whirlwind takes the princess away. The queen gives three years to find her daughter, otherwise she executes her. The IF wanders, there is a hole in the trunk of the oak tree: "This is where the wedding with Farmudz Mariika came in." The IF comes to a small hut like a box. There, his brother-in-law tells his wife to cook: her brother starves to death. He puts the IF to bed, asks the horse where the IF's wife is. Horse: In the seventieth country, the Filthy King stands for a cook. Pogany also has a horse, his older brother, he is stronger, he will catch up, the poganin king will cut Ivan to pieces. You have to put a bag on the horse so that the horse will then bring the chopped one. The brother-in-law equips the IF on the road, the horse brings him to the realm of Poganin. Ivanova's wife is just on her way to the well with the buckets, singing plaintively. The IF puts her on a horse. At the same moment, Filthy's horse laughs. Poganin grabs an iron pitchfork, rushes into the staff, finds out that the IF stole his cook, but he has time. He snaps his teeth and eats two wagons of nuts, smokes two wagons of tobacco, sleeps for two hours, takes a sword, sits on a horse and starts after him. IF Horse: It burns the fire because the Filthy King is catching up. Let the IF ask Poganin to cut him with a sword, throw him in a bag and put him on his horse. This is what happens. Poganin picks up the cook. The brother-in-law tells his wife to bring a trough from the attic in advance, folds the pieces of the IF body, pours it with healing water, and everything grows together. The brother-in-law has two souls, he blows on his body, releases one of them, the soul enters the IF, and he comes to life. His brother-in-law explains that he won't be able to revive him again. His mother, who is the oldest over half the world, could help, knows a lot, but she can eat it when she sees it. The IF has been going to her for six months. Baba feels it from a distance, roars: she has been living in this place for 10,000 years, but has not seen an earthly person, she has not eaten fresh human beings for 3000 years. The IF calls her a sweet mother, a dear matchmaker, and says that her son sent him. Baba wants to see it but promises to eat it. He takes two iron poles, 10 m each, supports his eyelids, otherwise they cannot hold on. The IF talks about everything, the woman feels sorry for him. He sends him to his husband, but there is little hope that he will regret it, he is even angrier, he is 6 months away. He feeds him with tin dumplings, he does not feel hungry during the journey. My grandfather senses it from an even greater distance, 15,000 years, has not seen a person, he has not eaten human beings for 5,000 years. The Interfax calls him a sweet father, a dear matchmaker, says that he has been pardoned and sent by his wife as the oldest in the world. Grandfather: I ate millions of people, but I have never met such an affectionate and kind person. She wants to watch and then eat it. It supports the eyelids with iron poles 20 m long. He regretted, feeds the IF with steel dumplings. It gives two twigs that grow out of the ground. There is a basement under the house, there are two horses, one must be hit with one twig and the other with another, he gives these horses because he is old, the horses must be obeyed, they will do everything. The IF goes down into the dungeon, sees wooden tremblers on four legs, hits them with a twig - the tremblers turn into a stallion and a mare. The horse is happy, asks you to take him out of the basement, take a wooden ax, cut three thousand fathoms of firewood, and light a fire. A wooden ax cuts trees into ready-made logs. Horses eat fire, eat ashes 100 meters deep, drink all the water, drink the lake three times: now they are invincible. The horse tells you to take diamond clothes out of his left ear, and a saddle with a bridle for a woman from his right ear. The horse asks how to carry it, IF: so that neither he nor the horse is harmed. The horse is happy to have waited for a good king. Pogany's horse is his son. They arrive at the well, the IF dresses his wife in diamond clothes, puts him on a mare, and rises above the sky. The horse in the filthy king's stine laughs. They're flying in pursuit, there's no time to wait. Pogany's horse calls his father and mother, asks him to wait for him, otherwise he will be tortured by the scum. They advise you to fly into the sky, throw off the pollen. Poganin is still falling, and if he fell, it would rumble with all the thunder and the earth would crumble. The horse rushes after his parents, flies with them. The light is all over the sky, people think the whole world is on fire. The old king cries with joy, IF invites brothers to a feast]: Lintour, Chandey 1965:9-29.

Caucasus - Asia Minor. Kabardian residents: Aliyeva, Kardangushev 1977 [when he dies, the prince orders his three sons to guard his grave for three nights; each time his younger brother goes; defeats the rider, takes the weapon and three horses: the bay, white, black; the prince will give his daughter to someone who knocks down a needle hung on a pole, wins the race, defeats the bull; each time, the younger brother who arrives incognito wins three different horses; gets princess]: 82-86; Ingush [when dying, the old man tells his sons to guard the grave: he dreamed of a wonder and it will come to disturb him; the elder brother asks his younger brother named Ovdilg ("fool") to go instead of him; a red horse like a leopard comes running, begins to tear the grave with its hooves, O. tamed him; the same with his middle brother (white horse); on the third night, a black horse; everyone gives O. his hairs to summon him; prince gives away three daughters, the youngest is Harsen Nars with a golden head and silver hands; O. jumps to three towers on three horses, takes and hides three girls; gives the elders to his brothers, XN takes for himself; Biydolg Bare kidnaps her; O. comes successively to the son of the Sun, the son of the Month, the son of the Star; BB has a three-legged guling horse; BB asks him twice if we will catch up before lunch; he replies that we will catch up with everything; BB crushes O. takes HN with his wolf club; the son of the Sun, the son of the Month, resurrects O.; the son of the Star tells him to go to the mountain where the Guling mother is screwed; tear the muscle off her hand, feed the wolf, otherwise he will wean the guling leg; now O. has a four-legged guling and BB has a three-legged; BB can't catch up with O., guling goes to the ground, BB dies; wives drive O.'s brothers out to look for him; O. kills three Enjal monsters; brothers put in a sword at the door, O. cuts off his legs against her, the brothers take the guling; blind and armless come to live with O.; while three cripples hunt, XN's fire goes out; she comes to the yeshapyats; they give a sieve of ash, from above coals; on the ash trail, the yeshap mother finds a house, drinks HN blood; for promising not to kill her, yeshapikha gives O. a bar, he cures the cripple; O. kills yeshapiha; O. kills and revives the brothers, drives them away]: Malsagov 1983, No. 8:55-71 (=Tankieva 2003:31-48); Gunzibs [father tells his sons to guard the grave for three nights after his death; the eldest, middle go to bed; the youngest kills a rider on a black horse, who comes to ruin the grave of his enemy, takes the horse and jewelry; the next two nights the same thing (to a horseman on a blue horse, on a blue horse); he hides horses; the king will give three daughters to those who jump on horseback the river; the young man wins three times, takes the girls, the brothers do not recognize him; he gives them a princess, a horse, gives them treasures, leaves on a white horse with the younger princess]: Berg 1995:234-243; Megrelia: Stepanov 1898, No. 15 [when he dies, the father tells his three sons to watch his grave; the eldest two did not dare to go to the cemetery; the younger Gedlachi the fool cut off the head of a beast that rushed to dig up the grave; father went out, gave a horse; the horse ordered him to take out what was lying there from his ear; there were horse ammunition, clothes, weapons; the king would give his daughter to someone who would fly on horseback to her 2nd floor; unrecognized G. is completing the task receives the princess, forgives his brothers their past ridicule]: 47-50; Wardrobe 1894, No. 2 [when dying, the king orders him to guard his grave for three nights and give three sisters as those who ask; the elder hears a rumble and sees how someone sometimes he dug up the grave, grabbed the corpse, cried over it, and then buried it and disappeared; the same with his middle brother; while they were away, the youngest gave the three sisters to those who came for them; the youngest cut the monster in two, but he blood filled the candle; the young man noticed the light, went to it, telling the rooster not to scream so that morning would not come; after crossing the river, the young man saw demi (=devi) sitting by the fire; grabbed the smut and rushed flee; the smut went out when crossing; he returned, but captured; the Demi are told to get three princesses from the castle; the young man climbed the wall and killed all the demis one by one as they got up; went to princesses, gave each a ring (his youngest), returned, took fire, plunged a sword into the stone, allowed the rooster to sing, returned to his father's grave; the king promises daughters to whoever pulls the sword out of the stone; he could only a young man married his youngest, gave it to his older brothers; the king gave the younger a flying carpet, the young and his servants flew it, but the flying monster took the princess away; the young man went in search; came to three demi, married to his sisters; they said they saw Kazha-Ndii-Kerkun ("fast silicon-like demi") carry a gold-haired beauty and they only managed to tear out the curl of her hair; the young man recognized his wife's curl; demi- his sons-in-law gave him a horse and a dog; he came to K.'s house; when he was taking his wife away, the gate called K.; he easily caught up with the young man, chopped them to pieces; the dog collected them, loaded them on a horse, he came to the demy-sons-in-law; the youngest He revived him, gave him a three-legged horse; when K.'s horse caught up, the three-legged one and K.'s horse slowed down; the young man cut K. in half and returned his wife]: 112-118; the Gunzibs [the father tells his sons three after his death nights to guard the grave; the eldest, the middle go to bed; the youngest kills a rider on a black horse who has come to ruin the grave of his enemy, takes the horse and jewelry; the next two nights the same (rider on blue, on a blue horse); hides horses; the king will give three daughters to those who jump across the river on horseback; the young man wins three times, takes the girls, the brothers do not recognize him; he gives them a princess, a horse, gives them a gift treasures, leaves on a white horse with the youngest princess]: Berg 1995:234-243; Megrelia: Stepanov 1898, No. 15 [when he dies, the father tells his three sons to guard his grave; the eldest two did not dare to go to cemetery; the younger Gedlachi the fool cut off the head of the beast, which rushed to dig up the grave; the father went out and gave him a horse; the horse ordered to take out of his ear what was there; there were horse ammunition, clothes, weapons; the king will give his daughter to the one who rides her on horseback to the 2nd floor; the unrecognized G. completes the task, receives the princess, forgives his brothers past ridicule]: 47-50; Wardrobe 1894, No. 2 [dying, the king orders three nights guard his grave and pass the three sisters off as those who ask; the elder hears a rumble and sees someone dig up the grave, grab the corpse, cry over it, then bury it and disappear; the same with the middle brother; while them no, the younger one passed off the three sisters as those who came for them; the youngest cut the monster in two, but his blood filled the candle; the young man noticed the light, went to it, telling the rooster not to scream so that morning would come; after crossing the river, the young man saw demi (=devi) sitting by the fire; grabbed a smut and rushed to run; when crossing, the smut went out; he returned, but captured; the demi are told to get three princesses from the castle; the young man climbed the wall and killed all the demis one by one as they got up; went to the princesses, gave each a ring (his youngest), came back, took fire, plunged his sword into the stone, allowed the rooster to sing, returned to his father's grave; the king promises daughters to the one who would pull the sword out of the stone; only a young man could, married his youngest, gave his older brothers; the king gave the younger a flying carpet, young with servants flew it, but the flying monster took the princess away; the young man went in search; came to three demi married to his sisters; they said they saw Kazha-Ndii-Kerkun ("fast silicon-like demi") carried the gold-haired beauty and they only managed to pull out the curl of her hair; the young man recognized his wife's curl; the demy-sons-in-law gave him a horse and a dog; he came to K.'s house; when he took his wife away, the gate called K.; he easily caught up the young man, chopped them into pieces; the dog collected them, loaded them on the horse, he came to the demy-sons-ons; the youngest revived him, gave him a three-legged horse; when K.'s horse caught up, the three-legged one lit up and the horse K. slowed down his run; young man cut K. in half and returned his wife], 8 [when he died, the father tells him to read the psalter for three nights; the elder and middle sons refused, the youngest read three nights, received three horses and a blessing from the father; the king will give his daughter to someone who will fly to the top of the castle on horseback and kiss the princess; the young man consistently tries three horses, on the last one he reaches his goal; wedding; the Queen Mother fell ill, asked her son-in-law to bring deer milk living between the black and white seas; it brought it and it recovered]: 112-118, 140-141; Armenians (recorded in Baku in Arabic alphabet; all names are Turkic, but the author of the record is Armenian) [dying , the king tells his three sons to guard his grave for three nights and give three sisters to marry first; the elders do not go to guard, the youngest kills horsemen on red, black, white horses; gives sisters for a heron (Leilek Padishah), a dove (Gogerchin Padishah) and an eagle (Karakush-padishah); according to the father's covenant, the brothers built a mosque; pigeons: it is deficient - the seven-fin nightingale (Eddi-Tukli) does not sing, belonging to Köse; the younger prince goes from one son-in-law to another, everyone teaches what to do; you must go to the princess, tie her with her own hair, make her swear to follow you with the bird; Kösa pursues, kills the prince, takes the girl and the bird; Karakush revived, this time the girl sat on a plain foal, K. could not catch up; the brothers left daggers at the door, the youngest fell on them, brothers they brought the bird themselves, are preparing a wedding with the princess; the youngest has recovered, hired a tailor, pulls out the magic flying dresses that the princess asks for from three nuts; arrives unrecognized and beats his brothers, then disappears; opens; wedding; brothers tied to horse tails]: Bogoyavlensky 1892b, No. 10:116-126; Azerbaijanis [when dying, the king orders three sons to guard his grave for three nights; Melik-Ahmed and Melik-Jamshid did not go, Melik-Jamil went; a black rider approaches, promised to punish the king; MD killed him, hid the horse; the next two nights the same, the horse and the rider are white; red; another king warned that three dervishes would come in 40 days, and his three daughters should be married off; the older brothers did not pay attention, MD gave away the sisters; the neighboring king would pass off three daughters as jumping there is a wide ditch on the horse; the Melik-Jamila brothers and other suitors could not, the unrecognized MD jumped three times on black, white, red horses, in clothes removed from those horsemen, each time takes one of the princesses away, hides in a secret place; then he gave the elder princesses to his brothers, took the youngest for himself; once they were all visiting the king; someone's hand lifted MA's wife into the air, carried it away; voice: I'm keos ("beardless") with three hair; MD came to him when he fell asleep for seven days; his wife said that his soul was in a glass vessel; a swallow flew out of it, MD killed her, Keos died, MD and his wife returned to his brothers]: Bagriy, Zeynally 1935:222-226; Turks [when dying, the padishah tells him to guard his grave for three nights; whoever can do this will receive the throne; three sisters must be given off as the first to come to marry; eldest son hears a rumble and noise at night, runs in fear; the middle one is the same; the younger Mehmed kills the dragon; he asks to be hit with a sword a second time, M. says that his mother gave birth to him once; saw an old man with a white one (day) and black (night) balloons; tied his hands to prevent him from letting go of the day, came to 40 robbers, offered them help steal treasures, killed one at a time when they went up the wall; cut a snake; saw three sleeping princesses, fell in love with his younger brother; returned, cutting off the dragon's noses and ears; untied the old man; his elder brother had already become a padishah; at the insistence of his younger, the sisters were given to the lion, the tiger, the bird Anka (he is the padishah peri); the king of the castle, where M. killed 40 robbers and a snake, agrees with the vizier to identify the hero by arranging a bathhouse for all men; M. is identified: he does not have a sword; he asks the younger princess; the king: but the demon wants her- a whirlwind, so she is sitting in a steel room; M. received the princess and his brothers her sisters; as soon as M. went to the forest, a whirlwind took his wife; M. goes in search, visits three sisters, each husband shows the way; M. takes his wife, downloads away; the whirlwind woke up on the fourth day, slowly packed up, caught up easily, tore them to shreds; allowed his wife to collect the bones; she loaded them on her horse, told them to go, where he needed to go; he came to Anka's wife; Anka gathered all the birds; the old owl was the last to appear, she was alone in the Garden of Eden; from there she brought living water, Anka revived M.; he returned to his wife: let her know What is the life of the whirlwind; he admits: at the seventh sea level there is an island, there is a bull, a box in it, a dove in the box; on the mountain there is a spring, once a year 40 sea horses come to him, one must be tamed, it will take you where it is necessary; M. took out a box, took his wife, killed a pigeon, the whirlwind died, M. became a padishah]: Kúnos 1901:112-133; (same motives in Steblev 1986, No. 26:97-105); Talyshi [dying, father tells three sons three nights come to his grave; only the youngest goes three times, sees a rider wearing a white horse on a white horse, with a white sword, who wants to dig up his father's body, the young man kills him, hides his clothes, throws his body into the well; the same with black, with red riders; the padishah announces that whoever jumps over the pool and carries his daughter can marry her; he has three daughters; a younger brother, wearing clothes and sitting on a white rider's horse , grabs a girl, brings it to an old man; the same with her two sisters (on a black horse, on a red horse); brothers (not knowing that the rider is their younger brother) manage to injure the young man in the arm with an arrow; he explains everything to the brothers three brothers married three daughters of a padishah]: Asatryan 2005:33-40.

Iran - Central Asia. Persians (Farce, Khorasan) [only the youngest of the three princes does not sleep guarding his father's grave; every night he kills a rider who comes to ruin the grave; each of the three horses gives their hair, with with which you can summon him; horses help you complete difficult assignments and get three princesses - for yourself and your brothers; options: horses are sorceress maidens; jump over the pool; remove oranges from the top of a glass pole; brothers throw the youngest into the well, save him, the brothers were burned]: Marzolph 1984, No. 530:111-112; Munjans [the tsar has two sons from his beloved wife, one from an unloved one; before By death, he tells him to guard his grave for three days; the eldest, middle sons see a cloud and fire at midnight, run away in horror; the youngest is ready to shoot, the divas asks not to do so: he owes his father three horses, gives call them hairs; another king has no children, a malang gives him an apple, three daughters will be born, one must be given to him; daughters have grown up, the king will give them for someone who gallops off a goat attached to the top walls; the younger prince on a magic horse fulfills the condition, takes all three princesses, gives the elders to his brothers, takes the youngest for himself; the Malang stole her; the prince goes to look for her; his sister, married a diva, advises not to go; on Kone-Cloud, the prince takes his wife away, but the Malang catches up and takes it away again; Saint Khyzr: there is a foal in his cell, give him nuts, raisins and cheese, dragon guards - tail fat; chase again; the prince's horse advises the Malang horse to throw it off - the prince will feed them raisins and cheese; the prince and his wife return to their brothers and bring his sister stolen by the diva]: Grunberg, Steblin-Kamensky 1976, No. 23:243-249; Baluchi: Zarubin 1932, No. 16 [a dying father tells his three sons to guard his grave for three nights; the elders refuse, the youngest kills every night a wonder who has an upper lip to heaven, the lower one is to the ground; the king promises daughters to the one who jumps 40 wells on a horse; the young man fulfills the condition three times, receives all three]: 198-201; 1949, No. 4 [a noble man has two sons with one wife, the youngest is from the other; when he dies, he tells them to guard his grave for three nights; the older brothers refused to go, the youngest went three times; asks his mother to give him his father's sword; each time he kills a rider who comes on a black (mouse, kaur) horse, began to tear up the grave; hides horses, clothes, etc., says nothing to his brothers; the king will give his daughter to a house whose horse will jump over the ditch; the young man jumped over the ditch three times, each time on horses of a new suit, received three princesses for his brothers and for himself; he shows them horses and girls; all three got married and achieved their wishes fulfilled]: 40-52.

Turkestan. Kazakhs [every year, a half-golden mare brings the same foal, but a cloud descends and carries it away; the eldest, middle son cannot protect the thief, the youngest shoots, hears a scream, a woman's finger falls out of the cloud; goes in search; a white horseman comes to the grave of the deceased khan at night, tramples on her, the deceased suffers; the khan's daughter promises to marry the one who will save her her father from torment; a young man guards and whips a woman in white, she hides; the daughter of the deceased offers herself to a young man, but he promises to think; on the river, a hand sticking out of the water sinks boats; a young man tears off her ring, her hand disappears; he comes to three tents, overhears the conversation of three girls; these are the ones who stole stallions, tortured the dead, sank boats; each expresses a desire to marry her victorious young man; the young man comes in, the girls agree, but their virgin brothers must be killed; the young man kills two; when he fights the third, the virgin sister throws wheat under her brother's feet and ash under the boy's feet; the virgins fall, are killed, the young man takes wives and stolen horses]: Castagné 1932:51-54.