J62C. The sister asks her brother to get the impossible.

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To kill a young man, an antagonist makes his sister (rarely: himself) want to possess wonderful objects, which are deadly to try to get. The young man goes to get items.

Sakho, Malgash, Kabila, Arabs of Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Portuguese, Spanish, Aragon, Basques, Sicilians, Italians (apparently all of Italy), Corsicans, French, Bretons, Germans ( Saxony-Anhalt, Austria), Syrian Arabs, Palestinians, Kashmiris, Hindi, Bengalis, Baiga, Greeks, Albanians, Bosnians, Bulgarians, Gagauz, Hungarians, Romanians, Czechs, Russians (Tver, Orenburg), Belarusians, Crimean Tatars, Abkhazians, Abazins, Adygs, Ossetians, Kumyks, Dargins, Avars, Udis, Megrelians, Armenians, Azerbaijanis, Turks, Kurds, Tajiks, Parya, Uzbeks, Shugnans, Rushans, Karelians, Lithuanians, Kazan Tatars , Kyrgyz, Oirats.

Sudan-East Africa. Sakho [the king has many wives, but all are barren; his vigilante hears the conversation of three maids, tells the king; one wants to marry a farmer, the other wants to marry a pastoralist, the third wants to spend the night with the king and to give birth to a son; the king spent the night with her, she became pregnant; the sage promises that she will give birth to a son with a gold spot on her forehead; tells her not to leave her with the king's wife, but to give her an old helper; but her wife bribed old woman; the king was told that a boy and a girl were born; the old woman put them in a basket, threw them into the river, and told the king that the mother had eaten her children; the king ordered the woman to be dressed in leather, forced to clean slop; the children were picked up and raised by a hermit; after his death, lions and hyenas continued to come to his brother and sister, as they did to a hermit; the caravan took brother and sister, brought them to their country; she the old woman recognized them by the gold mark on her forehead, told the king's wife; came to the girl disguised as a beggar, said that she would die if her brother did not get the demon king's wife's earring; the brother met her brother in the forest that hermit; he ordered the blind man to be given a means to heal his eye in one eye; the guard missed it, the young man took the earring from the sleeping queen, brought it to his sister; then returned, queen of demons fell in love with him, told him to bring the young man's sister to live with them; sent him on horseback in gold to where his father was, they met, but the king did not know that the young man was his son; the demon queen called the king to she told herself everything; he ordered the mother of the twins to be washed and dressed in gold; the childless wife and old woman were buried waist-deep in the ground, the cattle were driven over them]: Reinisch 1889, No. 23:155-175; the Malgashi [wishing marry Andriambahuaca, the older, middle sisters promise to weave silk clothes, the youngest Farah will give birth to triplets; A. takes sisters, loves F.; leaves on business; F. gives birth, sends a maid slowly bring fire; but sisters learn about childbirth when they hear a baby crying; two boys and a girl were thrown into the river in a chest, replaced with a bull's jaw, a broom stick, a hammer; F. was expelled from the village; he caught the chest the sorcerer Ranakumbe, guessed who was in him; the children grew up singing about their father; he returned, executed the evil sisters, returned F. with her children; near the village in the cave, a half-woman with one hand, one leg, speaks brothers' sister, what is she missing 1) a crocodile tooth necklace, 2) a hippopotamus (brothers kill a crocodile with a gun; hide behind a termite mound, hippopotamus fangs (?) they pierce him, they finish it off; bring necklaces); 3) Mamukur families; they have sharp tails; the brothers say they came from the west (the Mamukurs come from there), take their children away at night, give their sister their tails); 4) the Imasuampatan drum (the brothers say they came from the south, they take the drum at night); 5) God's son as husbands; the brothers went east to the well, where they took water for God Andriamanitra; they were killed; sister herself went; ordered her brothers to be revived, A. married her]: Zhukov, Kotlyar 1976, No. 154:385-392.

North Africa. Kabila: Dermenghem 1945 [The Sultan has two wives; when one gave birth, the other persuaded the old woman to replace the babies with kittens; the sultan sent the woman in labor to live in the stable; the babies were thrown in a box in the sea, the fisherman caught them; the boy was named El Goul Amelloul ("big white"), the girl Hadezzine ("the limit of beauty"); E. built a palace and laid out a garden; the old woman recognized them, advised them to get the Singing Bird, then the Golden Tree; E. brings both times; marry the daughter of the king of the guli; the youngest of the 7 daughters of the gulya agrees; the ghoul demands 1) to uproot the forest in a day, set up a garden, collect mature figs (the girl is all performs with a magic wand); 2) bring a bag of feathers (the girl calls the birds); 3) climb the rock and tell me what you saw there; girl: you have to dismember her body into pieces, throw them against a steep wall , they will turn into steps; E. did this, brought 3 eggs from the cliff; collected the pieces in a bag, the girl came to life, but she does not have enough ear; she tells E. to run, let E. take the thin horse; the ghoul pursues, the girl turned herself, E. and her horse into pieces of wood, the ghoul passed by, the fugitives returned to H.; the sultan and all the people came to the feast; the angel told the whole truth; the sultan returned his wife, the fisherman was made a vizier, and another the wife and old woman were tied to the tails of horses; everything is fine]: 49-55; Mammeri 1996, No. 4 [the first girl promises that if the king marries her, she will bake pancakes from one grain; the second - to make clothes from one wool , the third is to give birth to a son and daughter with a golden forehead; the king overheard and took all three, but the first two failed to fulfill their promise; when the third gave birth to wonderful children, the other two told the midwife to let them down they are in a chest in the sea, replaced by puppies; the king orders his wife to be thrown into a windowless dungeon and fed them with breadcrumbs; a childless fisherman caught a chest, his wife raised children; they were named Aziz and Aziza; they grew up; Aziz I noticed a boy, the king's son, in the palace, called him to play for money and beat him; they bought a good house; his fishing parents died; Aziz was hunting; the old woman came to Aziza and advised him to ask her brother to bring it to her lioness milk in the skin of a lion cub; if you wash yourself with such milk, you will become the most beautiful; the old man teaches you to take 8 rams to the lioness and her 7 lions; the lioness dala, Aziza washed herself and became even more beautiful; the old woman advises get a necklace of their pearls in a frame - the one who wears it will be beautiful; the old man tells you to cook 99 loaves, mirrors, daggers, camels; the cannibal giant is waiting for his 99 children; he must be shaved, give a mirror and a dagger around his neck; his children will be so happy to comply with any request; Aziz did the same to the cannibal's children; they ask them not to look at them while they were eating bread; Aziz looked, lost consciousness; the cannibal brought him to his senses; the old woman advises to get a singing golden bird; old man: none of those who tried to catch the bird returned alive; many birds will fly to the desert on the rock, the golden one is more everyone; you have to answer her a third time, then you'll grab it; there are petrified people everywhere; when Aziz answered, Yes! , the bird blew, he and the horse were also petrified; Aziza came to the old man, who directed it to the golden bird; I must not say yes, but grab the bird and let it go after promising to spell her brother; Aziza forced the bird To disgrace his brother and everyone else; when Aziz and Aziz returned, the king decided to kill Aziz, take the bird and marry Aziz; the bird screams about it, but the king does not understand; the old man orders all his wives to be brought including the one in prison; she was washed and clothed; the king asked her what to do with the other two wives and the old woman; she ordered them to be tied to the horse's tail, and she would make different things out of their bones: ash scoops , hearth stands, sticks to drive away dogs; feast]: 61-81; Algerian Arabs [both Sultan's wives are childless; he accidentally heard three girls talking; baker's daughter: if the sultan married me, I would be from one grain of wheat made couscous for everyone; the daughter of a carpenter: she would weave burnuses from a piece of wool; the daughter of a blacksmith: would give birth to two sons (one temple is silver, the other has gold; the other has a golden temple; the other has a golden temple; the other has a golden one pearl and diamond teeth) and a daughter who would shine brighter than the sun; the Sultan married the blacksmith's daughter; when she was giving birth, the two former wives agreed with Settoute's midwife, she replaced the boy with a puppy and let her go to sea in a box; the same year later with the second boy; a year later with the girl; after that, the Sultan ordered his wife to be kept on a chain with her dogs, fed like a dog; the children were picked up by a poor fisherman; Gabriel appeared to him and said that God would provide for them; when he died, the fisherman left the grown children with a powerful amulet: Baba-Morjan's golden bits; he should be addressed, "You, who are both spirit and wind"; he took them to their father's town; evil wives guessed everything, asked S. to help; she came to the girl and said that she was missing a mare with 10 foals; amulet: she is beyond the 7 seas, her front legs - lightning, rear - winds; you need to drive a golden pile (pieu) in the yard, in the morning there will be a mare with foals; S.: Hadd-Ezzine (ideal of beauty) is missing; amulet: she is among seven mountains under the protection of seven gulas; it is necessary sit on one of those foals and slip between the rolling mountains; every gulya needs to shave his beard, comb his hair, let the mirror look at themselves, then they'll be your friends; HE first hit the young man with horses and he lay for 40 days, but then agreed to go with him; wedding, feast; the amulet created all kinds of food in abundance; the sultan invited his brothers and sister and HE to his place; HE: we won't touch the food first than you call all your wives; the Sultan has to bring the one who is kept with dogs, washed and dressed up; HE tells her to tell her everything; the sultan is happy; the wives were burned, S. was torn apart by two camels]: Belarus 1982:52-64; Tunisia: Al-Aribi 2009, No. 23 [Once upon a time there was a beauty with her father. The king heard about her beauty and decided to marry her. The slaves became jealous and intrigued her. When she gave birth, they replaced the baby with a puppy. The king became angry and told him to leave his wife in the dungeon. He was about to go on the Hajj, and she asked him to give her a stone of patience. She began to complain to this stone about her life and tell her what had happened to her and how badly her slaves treated her. Once she complained about the stone, and the king hid and overheard her speech. Then he found out the whole truth, freed her, gave her son back, expelled all the slaves and replaced them with kind and obedient ones], 46 [the king went for a walk in the evening and heard the three girls talking about what they had dreamed of. The eldest dreamed that she had married a cook, the middle one dreamed that she was the king's chamberlain, the third did not want to speak, then admitted that she saw that she had married the king and had given birth to him a son and daughter. The king decided to make girls' dreams come true When it was time for the youngest to give birth, the sisters changed the boy for a kitten and left the baby by the river. A hunter picked him up and began to educate him. During the second birth, the girl was changed to a monkey. The hunter also found a girl and began to raise her. The king put his wife in the dungeon. The children grew up with a hunter; they learned from their neighbors that they were not native; the hunter told them that he had found them both by the river and had a lot of money with them. He didn't spend this money. The children asked them to build a palace on them. He complied with their request. The children looked like their mother, and the mother's sisters understood who they were. One of them went to the new palace, the girl met her and showed her the palace. She praised her, but said that there was not enough singing sparrow. My sister asked her brother to go looking for him. He gave her the ring and said that if its color changed, he was in trouble. I went to the woods. An old man met him and warned him not to turn to his voices, otherwise he would turn into a statue. The young man could not resist and turned around. The ring changed color, the girl went to rescue her brother. She did not turn to her voices, and the lion was asleep when she reached the sparrow. At the same moment, her brother came to life again, and the sparrow told them the truth about their birth. Brother and sister went to the palace, where the sparrow repeated history, the queen was released from captivity, the sisters were put to death] to Korovkin MS; Egyptian Arabs: Bushnaq 1987 [the king banned for three to light a fire at night; went around the city with the vizier; there is a weak light in one house; there are three girls behind spinning wheels; one wants to marry a royal baker, will eat plenty of bread; the second, for the royal cook, will taste different dishes; the youngest promises to give birth to the king a boy with gold and silver curls and a girl whose smile makes the sun shine and tears make it rain; they were sent for them the next day; two older sisters were frightened, and the youngest asked for proper clothes; they celebrated three weddings; the king's former wife decides to lime a new one; bribed the midwife, who threw the babies into the garden, put the puppy and a clay pot ; the gardener found the babies and his childless wife fed them; they grew up; the queen found out, called the midwife to tell the girl that she missed an apple tree with dancing apples and an apricot tree singing apricots; brother came to ghoul, cut his hair; ghoul sends him to his brother (the same); he sends him to his sister; if she rubs salt, then do not approach, and if sugar, venerate both breasts; gulya promised ask her 7 sons when they will come in the evening; turned the young man into an onion; her sons promise not to harm the guest, but to help him; the eldest will take him to that apple tree in a month, and the youngest instantly; brother Sister brought both trees; Queen: Bulbul Assiah (screaming nightingale) is missing; brother came to Ghoul, who flew with him to King Guley, the young man took the cage and brought it to his sister; the gardener told the king, the nightingale shouts about what was happening, the king returned his wife and arranged a party]: 89-94; Spitta-Bey 1883, No. 11 [at night, the king and vizier walk around the city, hear three girls talking; each says what she would do if she became the king's wife; the first will bake a cake for the king and all his troops; the second will sotket a tent for the king and the army; the third will give birth to a son and daughter with golden and hyacinth hair; when they cry, thunderstorm and downpour will begin, when they laugh, the sun and moon will appear; the king married them; the first two failed to fulfill their promise, are sent to the kitchen with the slaves; when the third wife gives birth, the other wife bribes the midwife, who replaced the children with blind puppies; the king orders his wife to be tied at the entrance, smeared with resin and that everyone spit on her; the midwife put the children in a box, threw them into the river; the fisherman found and raised them; the fisherman caught two beautiful fish, the young man (his name is Mohammed the Reasonable) carried them to sell, the king bought them; ordered them to continue; the king's wife understood who this young man was, the midwife promised to lime him and his sister; she sailed in a jug, persuaded the girl to bring a singing Arab-Zandyq rose; M. came to the cannibal, venerated his chest; she explained the way to the rose; in front of the goat, the meat, the clover in front of the dog must be shifted; take rose, leave without looking back, otherwise you will petrify; M. brought a rose; she does not sing; midwife: you need a mirror (same episodes); the rose does not sing again; midwife: you need her mistress Arab-Zandyk; the young man reached her palace, He looked out the window and called; after two shouts, he was half petrified, but grabbed AZ by the hair, let go after she had revived all the petrified; said that he was the son of the king; created a palace on the island, where that fisherman lived; M. invited the king to come to his wedding with his army; the vizier advised him to stock up on food, but the warriors could not eat everything they were offered; and when M. and AZ paid a return visit, their warriors did not fit into the city; M. threw a shawl over his mother in the palace; AZ told the whole story; the fisherman was made a vizier, and his angry wife and midwife were burned]: 137-151.

Southern Europe. Portuguese (multiple entries) [the youngest of two or three sisters says that if she marries a king, she will have children with a gold star on her forehead; the other sister wants to be a cook, etc.; king hears and marries the youngest; older sisters replace children with puppies; the wife is imprisoned or buried in the ground up to the neck so that everyone spits on her; children grow up; catching a talking bird (parrot), a singing tree, living water (often a fairy or St. Virgo helps); older brothers are petrified, turned into animals, etc.; younger sister or brother goes, receives from an old woman (St. Virgos) advice or magic items, returns brothers; children are invited to the king, demand that their mother be returned; the parrot warns that food is poisoned; the king sees stars on the children's foreheads; the bird about She tells everyone; the children and their mother were returned, the liars were executed]: Cardigos 2006, No. 707:156-159; the Spaniards [three sisters sewed; the eldest: if the king married me, I would make a dress that would fit in a walnut shell; medium: same (piñon shell); youngest: I would give birth to a boy and a girl with a star in their forehead; the king came up and asked what they were talking about; marry the youngest; she gave birth to wonderful children, but the older sisters replaced them with puppies, let them go in a box along the river, while the king was hunting; ordered his wife to be walled up; the miller picked up the box, his wife raised the children with his son; once the young men got into a fight and his own son, the miller, called the foster boy a foundling; he and his sister went to look for real parents; they met a gentleman who could not ajustar una cuenta; the young man helped him, stayed with his sister to work for him; after earning a lot of money, they went on and saw the palace; the king, the boy's father, lived there; the young man gathered craftsmen and built a better palace overnight royal; evil sisters recognized those who arrived by the star on their forehead; sent an old woman to tell the girl that the palace lacks las almenas repicando, they go and don't come back in the castle; the old man gives a pot, teaches: the castle will open at midnight, we must put almenas in the pot and run; the young man brought them; old woman: there is not enough green water playing; (same); third time: there is not enough singing green bird; the old man warned that the bird would be half dead, but we had to grab it and run; the young man began to wonder whether to take one, the castle closed, the young man and his horse were petrified; now his sister has gone; the old man has given a pot, he will revive his brother and horse; it is necessary grab a half-dead bird, run; when they returned home, the bird turned into many similar birds; the evil sisters decided to poison brother and sister, invited them to a feast; they took the bird with them, it became tell the whole story; the king ordered his wife to be released from prison; when she saw the children, she died of full feelings; the evil sisters were cooked in oil]: Camarena, Chevalier 1995, No. 707:709-713; Aragon [king marries the youngest of three sisters (tailors); she gives birth to him a wonderful son; because of the slander of evil sisters, the boy is brought up in a different family; his aunts recognize him and provoke him to go for magic with objects in the hope that he will not return; but he gets everything, including a talking bird; she exposes criminals]: González Sanz 1966, No. 707:91-92; the Basques [three sisters are spinning; the eldest says that she would like to marry a courtier, the middle one is a royal son-in-law, the youngest is the king himself; the king hears this, marries the youngest; she gives birth twice in his absence; the sisters write to the king that his the wife gave birth to a kitten, a puppy, a bear cub; the children (the eldest is a girl) are lowered down the river in a basket, they are picked up by a gardener; the king forgives his wife twice, tells them to put them in prison on the third, keep them hungry; foster parents are dead; an old woman advises young men to get a singing tree, a truth-telling bird, rejuvenating water; the older brother leaves; the old man warns not to turn to the noise, he turns around rocks; the apple he leaves rots; the same goes with his younger brother; the sister goes, does not turn around, brings water, revives the brothers, takes the tree and the bird; they invite the king to their place; the bird talks about everything; children sprinkle water on their mother, she is young again, her sisters are burned in the square]: Webster 1879:176-182; Sicilians [older sister: if she were the manager's wife, she would drink everyone from one glass and water would still remain; medium: if she were the wife of the wardrobe manager, she would dress everyone with one piece of cloth; youngest: if she were the king's wife, she would give birth to two sons with peaches in her hands and a daughter with a star on his forehead; the king hears it, sends it for sisters; the elders immediately demonstrated their skills, he married the youngest; the sisters are jealous, tell the midwife to replace the children with puppies; the king orders them to be sent mother to spin the mill (like an ox); the children were thrown away, three fairies flew by, one let them feed a deer, the other an inexhaustible purse, and the third a ring that would darken if there was something wrong with one of them will happen; the children have grown up, settled in the palace in front of the king's palace; the midwife persuades her sister to ask the brothers to bring dancing water; one of the young men goes in search, meets the hermit, who sends to the older one, this one to the oldest; he teaches you to enter a house where there is water, when giants and lions have their eyes open, when the door is closed; the young man has brought water, now we have to get a singing apple; getting a talking bird is the same; you have to silently take the bird's feather, dip it in the water, sprinkle the statues, they will come to life; the bird tells the young man about the fate of his mother, he answers something, turns into stone; the same with second brother; sister comes, she revives the statues; hermits disappear - they were those fairies; the king comes to visit, the bird tells everything; the king apologizes to his wife; the bird tells the midwife to throw them out windows, sisters cook in oil]: Crane 1885, No. 4:17-25 Italians [apparently in all cases or in most cases, the old woman persuades the girl to ask her brother to bring a magic bird] (Piedmont, Veneto [ Green Bird], Tuscany [Talking Bird, Green Bird], Umbria, Rome, Lazio, Campania, Abruzzo, Molise, Basilicata, Calabria), Sicilians, Sardinians [Green Thrush]: Cirese, Serafini 1975, No. 707:152-154; Italians (Florence, options all over Italy) [the king goes to eavesdrop on what his subjects say; older sister: if I married a royal baker, then in a day baked as much bread as the court needed for a year; average: if I married a royal winemaker, I would give all the courtiers one glass of wine; youngest: if I married a king, I would give birth he has three gold-haired children - two boys and a girl with a star in her forehead; the king summoned the sisters to the palace and fulfilled their wishes; the elders are jealous of the youngest; in the absence of the king, the wife gives birth to a son, then the second, then the daughter; her sisters replaced them with a monkey, a puppy and a tiger cub, each time telling the old woman to get rid of the babies; she lowers everyone down the river in a basket, the ferryman picks them all up; selling golden hair, the ferryman got rich and built a palace for the adoptees; the king saw a young man and a girl, invited them to the palace; the aunts ask the old woman for help; she tells the girl that she does not have enough dancing water ; the older brother goes in search; the old man teaches the guards to avoid if their eyes are open, not closed; the young man brought water; the old woman: there is not enough musical wood; the old man teaches again: there are scissors above the door, you must pass if they are open; old woman: the Green Bird (l'uccel bel-verde) is missing; old man: on the same mountain there is a garden in which the statues are; these are the ones who are petrified trying to get a bird; birds fly through the garden; you can't Answering a bird's questions - will you petrify; a bird tells its older brother who comes for it that his mother is walled up alive; "Walled up alive?" - and petrified; the same with the second brother; the sister is silent, pulled out the bird's feather, dipped it in the dancing water, revived the brothers and all the petrified ones; brothers, sister and bird come to the king's feast; bird: not one person is enough; the king ordered to remove the walled up, the daughter revived it with live water; at the feast, the bird ordered to eat only what she would try herself - the rest was poisoned; the bird ordered to coat the sisters with resin and burn it and throw the old woman out the window]: Calvino 1980, No. 87:315-322; Italians (Campania, Capri) [the king forbade lighting a fire at night, but three dressmakers always worked until midnight, hide it lamps in large pots; eldest: if the king married me, I would feed his entire army with a piece of bread; medium: I would prepare clothes for all troops from one piece of cloth; youngest: would give birth a son with a golden apple in his hand and a daughter with a gold star on her forehead; the spy told the king; he married the youngest; went to war; the Queen Mother told the midwife to replace the children born with puppies and throw them in the river; but the maid put them in a basket; the king ordered his wife to be imprisoned in a niche at the gate, giving only bread and water and that everyone should spit on her; the fisherman caught the children; when they grew up, the fisherman's own children they called them foundlings that their father had caught at sea; they left home and settled in the woods in an abandoned palace; the Queen Mother sent a midwife to persuade the girl to ask her brother to bring a dancer healing water from the Senavalli spring; hermit (this was St. Joseph) taught me what to do; when the young man is in the enchanted garden of the Alcina fairy, you cannot turn around, although there will be screams and roars around; the young man brought water; the midwife: now a singing apple; hermit (same); midwife: bring a talking bird; hermit: do not catch a bird, be gentle to it, it will come down from the tree on its own; gave you a wand, the young man revived those turned into stones; the king hunted, I heard singing, went into the palace; the bird: I will answer him myself; the king invited them to his feast; the bird told me to let the dogs taste the meat from the table; they fell in convulsions; the bird told me everything; The Queen Mother was forced to eat meat prepared for the freed queen and she died in agony; and the talking bird suddenly disappeared]: Zschalig 1925, No. 6:32-41; the Corsicans [eldest the sister expresses the desire to become the king's servant, and the youngest to become his wife; the king heard and acted according to the wishes of both; envious of his younger sister, the eldest tells the king three times that his wife gave birth a terrible freak, and every time he gives the girl born to the watchman and his wife; after the third time, the king put his wife under lock and key; everyone is surprised that the watchman has such beautiful daughters; the fairy tells the girls that they lack a singing tree and a talking bird; but if you follow them, you can't turn around; the eldest went, turned around, froze in place; the same with the middle sister; the youngest did not turn around, took a tree with as a bird, touched the older sisters with a tree, they came to life; the king comes, the bird tells him everything that happened; the queen has been returned, the maid has been executed]: Massignon 1984, No. 52:127-129.

Western Europe. French: Cosquin 1886, No. 17 [translated to Lopyreva 1959, No. 33:130-134; the queen gives birth after her husband leaves; mother-in-law writes to her son that his wife gave birth to a puppy and a kitten; he orders to put newborns in the casket, thrown into the sea; mother-in-law does so; the merchant finds babies; every day the boy has 50 ecus under his pillow, the girl has a gold star on his chest; the merchant's own son tells the adopter that he is just a foundling; children come to the castle of a real father, the old queen suspects bad things, tells her son to give the children difficult assignments; 1) bring dancing water, 2) a singing rose (the fairy gives); 3) a girl must get a talking bird ("the bird of truth"); the fairy teaches me to get it (only this bird says "it's not me", others will offer themselves), but the girl turns around, turns into a pillar of salt; taught fairy, brother takes a bird, disagrees with his sister; at a feast, a bird tells the truth; the old queen is thrown into boiling oil]: 187-189; Joisten 1991, No. 27.1 (Dauphin) [western 1950; the king's servant hears how one girl promises to grind flour if she is passed off as a royal miller, the other promises to bake bread if presented as a baker, and the third to give birth to the king beautiful children; the king fulfills their wishes; absence of a husband, the wife gives birth to a son and a daughter with a cross on her forehead, with a golden crown on her head; the mother-in-law replaces the letter, writes to her son that his wife gave birth to a puppy and a kitten; he orders to keep them, mother-in-law again replaces a letter, allegedly her son tells her son and daughter to throw them away, lets the children go down the river in a boat; the king returns, puts his wife neck deep into the wall, tells passers-by to beat her; children come to the country of people red; they grow up, they are given the ship to return; their mother's mother-in-law advises the girl to ask her brother to get 1) an apple tree; the old man tells the young man to go without turning around, he brings an apple tree, his sister plants it; 2 ) a dancing bucket (the same), 3) a talking bird; the young man hears his sister's voice, he turns around, stones, the ring left to his sister turns black; the old man gives the girl a sword and oil, with their help she revives all petrified, a living brother kills a lion guard with a sword, brother and sister return with a bird; a hunter finds them in the forest, the king calls to him, they see a woman embedded in the wall, asking them not to hit her; a talking bird warns that the king's mother put poison on their food; tells the whole story; the king returns his wife, burns his mother alive]: 184-188; Bretons [the widow baker has three daughters; The eldest says she loves the royal gardener, the middle loves the valet, the youngest loves the prince; she will have two sons with a gold star on their forehead and a daughter with a silver star; the prince walked and heard three marriages were concluded; jealous sisters agreed with the sorceress, who told the midwife to replace the newborn with a puppy, throw him in the basket in the Seine, picked him up by a gardener; the same with her second son and daughter; prince imprisoned his wife in a tower; the gardener and his wife died, the children were taken to the palace, they grew up; the old woman persuaded the girl to ask her brothers to get dancing water, a singing apple and a bird of truth; the brother goes in search , leaving the dagger: if the sister can't pull it out of the sheath, then the brother is dead; the dagger is stuck; the second brother went to look for the first one, leaving a rosary; if one bead gets stuck on a string, then he's dead; so and it happened, the sister saddles the horse and rides by herself; an old man with a long beard by the tree; calls the girl a princess, asks her beard to be cut off; she does it, he suffered for 500 years, no one has helped him before; teaches climb a steep mountain under the hail and wind; there are those who could not around the pile of land; there is a meadow of flowers and an apple tree above; you have to pretend to fall asleep; the thrush will go into the cage, you have to close it, this is the bird the truth; break off a branch with an apple (it's singing), collect dancing water from the source; revive brothers and other knights with drops of this water; in the royal palace, the sister shows a bird, etc.; brothers, finally, understand that their sister saved them and got the magic things; the bird of truth tells everything, the king tells no one to let go; returned the queen, her sisters and midwife were thrown into the oven]: Luzel 1887 (3), No. 7:277-295; Germans (Saxony-Anhalt or nearby, the author lived in Halle) [three shepherd's daughters, the eldest are smart, the youngest is simple; if the king marries her, she will make new shirts for all soldiers; average: will sew jackets and pants; youngest: the face of three children with gold crosses on their foreheads; the king heard, took the sisters to the castle and married the youngest; went to war, the wife gave birth to two boys and a girl; the sisters left them in boxes in the water, they wrote to the king that his wife gave birth to two puppies and a kitten; the king ordered her to be walled up, but give her food and drink; when he returned, the king walked in the forest, saw an unfamiliar wonderful castle and garden; in There is a pond where two young men and a girl with gold crosses on her forehead ride on horseback; he said this to his wife's older sister; she came and persuaded the older young man to get flowing water, a talking bird and singing tree; the young man left his handkerchief: if blood comes out, he is in trouble; on the way he met an old man overgrown with a beard and hair; cut his hair and he brought him to the mountain; said that he, an old man the duty was to feed the talking bird; if he turned around, he would petrify like hundreds of others; he did not turn to the voices of bears and snakes, but when he heard his brother's voice, he looked back and became petrified; the middle brother went; the old man let him shut his ears with a rag; turned to his sister's voice and also petrified; his sister did not turn around, the bird taught her to put flowing water into a flask and break off a branch of a singing tree; they should not fall into the wrong hands; after smeared the stones with saliva, the sister revived the brothers; they came to the old man, who wrote in his coffin and stone: I have lived enough; when they returned, they met the king and the bird told him everything; the king brought his wife and children back; the evil sisters were torn apart by horses]: Pröhle 1853, No. 3:10-16; Germans (Austria) [in the evening the king walks around town, hears three sisters talking; one wants to become a wife a gardener, another baker, a third king; the king marries her, passing her sisters off as a gardener and a baker; the queen gave birth to a son; his older sister replaced him with a puppy, put the boy in a barrel, threw him into the Danube ; the boy was picked up by a fisherman; the same year later, the middle sister replaced him with a kitten; the third time the queen gave birth to a girl, the sisters put a log; the king ordered his wife to be chained to the wall, every passer-by must I didn't care about her; brothers and sister grew up, the fisherman died; an old man came and told his sister about a talking bird, a singing tree, golden water; the older brother was going in search, the old man told him to go after the rolling with a ball, do not look back if thunder hits; the young man looked around, petrified; the same second brother; the sister did not look back, rode up the mountain, took the bird, which told me to collect water from the well, break off the branch, revive it brothers (and others); at home, the bird tells you to plant a branch, pour gold water; invite the king, give him poisonous grass; the king is outraged; the bird: if you can't eat poison, how could the wife give birth a puppy, a kitten and a log; the queen was freed, her sisters were executed]: Cerf 1992:167-174.

Western Asia. Syrian Arabs [one sister says she would like to marry a royal cook and eat delicious food; the second to the royal confectioner; the third to marry the king and give birth to an heir; the next day, the king sent for they fulfilled their desire; the king went to war, the queen gave birth to a son and a daughter; the sisters lowered the babies in a basket down the river, wrote to the king that the wife had given birth to a dead child; the king took his wife to the cellar; a childless man picked up a basket, named the children Jamil and Jamil; became a sheikh, and before his death told the children the secret of their origin; one of the evil sisters came to their palace and told Jamila that she was not enough silver water from the mountain of miracles; old man Jamil: on the mountain, the spring is guarded by the left, if his eyes are closed, then he looks, if open, he sleeps; Jamil passed by the lion and brought water; evil aunt: let will bring a golden tree; the old man gave a mirror to tell Jamila: if it gets dark, the brother is in trouble; on the mountain there is a peacock, Jamil grabbed him, turned into stone; old man: let Jamil grab the peacock while he sleeps ; the peacock told her to sprinkle silver water on the stones, all the petrified ones came to life; her brother and sister called the king to look at the curiosities: water, wood, and peacock that speaks the truth; the king ordered the evil to cut off sisters heads; the queen forgave them, but they soon died of gluttony]: Kuhr 1993:102-107; the Palestinians [the king orders the lights to be turned off for the night to test the obedience of the subjects; three sisters are spinning; left in the dark, one wants to marry the royal baker, the other wants to marry a cook, and the third wants to marry a prince to give birth to sons Aladdin and Bahaddin and a daughter Šamsizzha; the king learns about this, fulfills desires, older sisters, out of envy, put a puppy in labor, then a kitten, then a stone, the children are let in a box each time along the river, they are adopted by elderly spouses; the prince leaves his wife; the children grow up, aunts send an old woman to invite the girl to wish the Nightingale the Crier; Aladdin goes in search, leaves Bahaddin a ring; the hum sends him to his brother, that sister, she shows the tree where the Nightingale flies; contrary to the warning, A. says Solovye, "I'm here," who turns it into stone; then the ring clutches B.'s finger, he follows A., also stones; the sister is silent, the Nightingale catches in a cage, he tells him to throw the land from the molehill to the rocks, the brothers come to life; the Nightingale tells the king everything, who orders the midwife and two sisters to be beheaded and burned]: Muhawi, Kanaana 1989, No. 10:102- 111.

South Asia. Kashmiris: Knowles 1888:397-405 [The two eldest wives have daughters, the youngest is childless for a long time, then is about to give birth; the midwife says she will give birth to a crow, puts a crow, the older wives lay down the boy is in a box, lowered into the river, picked up by a gardener; the same a year later with his second newborn; in the third year, the youngest wife gives birth to twins, a boy and a girl; they are replaced by a pair of puppies, they are also the gardener picks up; the king moves the youngest wife to the hut; the old woman tells the queens about the gardener's children; they persuade her to invite her sister to ask her brothers to get a singing and talking bird; The elder brother goes, the yogi gives him a pebble that will lead to the mountain, you can't turn around to the noise and roar, otherwise you will petrify; then by the lake there is a tree and a cage with a bird; the young man turns around, becomes stony; the same with his middle brother; the youngest takes a bird, she tells him to sprinkle the rocks with lake water, the petrified ones come to life; everyone comes to the gardener, the bird creates a palace and food for everyone; the king comes, the bird comes to him all says; he drives away his older wives, returns his youngest and children], 405-408 [starting at p. 397-405; only two boys, each replaced by a puppy; the king sees them letting a wooden horse eat and drink; explains that she is inanimate; they say that a woman cannot give birth to puppies either; the king expels older wives, returns the youngest and sons], 408-414 [the vizier misses his beloved royal parrot, goes to look, a parrot is caught by a young woman, a grateful vizier promises to marry her king; he loves his new wife, others are jealous; she gives birth to a boy, his wives replace him with a stone, the king settles his wife with horses, she eats grain from a horse feeder; the boy is lowered in a box along the river, the man picks him up, raises him; the royal wives realize that this is the king's son; the midwife persuades the adoptive mother to send the boy bring a sandalwood with golden branches and pearl flowers; a woman at the source explains to throw lamb to tigers, cottage cheese to snakes, call devas uncles, pick up the tree; the boy did; wives are persuaded to bring a blanket for a tree; a boy rides a tiger, brings a blanket; a woman at the spring tells the king everything, he drives away the rest of the wives, returns the expelled]; north India, Mirzapur, Hindi [the king has 7 wives, no children; the fakir gave three apples to let his beloved wife eat; the king gave them to the youngest, she became pregnant; jealous older wives convinced the woman in labor that she should quit eyes, replaced the children with a stone, put them in a box and left them in a potter's furnace; the potter found and raised them; the maid noticed them, the queens handed her poisoned sweets, but the adoptive mother fed them the dog died; when the adoptive parents died, the grown-up brothers and sister went to the forest, where they met that fakir; he gave them a stick, a bowler hat and a rug; where to stick the stick, a palace will appear, out of the rug money is pouring in, the pot cooks himself; while hunting, the king noticed the palace; the queens understood what was going on, sent a servant to persuade her sister to ask the brothers to get a talking nightingale; fakir: who will come to to this nightingale and answer his question "Who are you?" , he would become petrified; the young man was silent and brought a nightingale; the king called his brothers and sister to him; the nightingale ordered not to eat food, but to give food to the dogs, they died; then told the king the whole story; the youngest wife, who sent crows to chase, returned them; the elders were buried waist-deep in the ground, shot with bows, fed to dogs]: Crooke 1892-1893, No. 340:83-84; Bengalis: Day 1914, No. 19 [daughters of a minister, merchant and priest they are friends with the daughter of a poor woman because she is extremely beautiful; the minister's daughter says she will make her husband a cloth that will not get dirty or old; the merchant's daughter: the fuel in the hearth will never turn to ash; cooked rice will remain no matter how much it is eaten; the daughter of a poor woman; will give birth to a beautiful daughter and a son with the moon in her forehead and stars on her hands; the king is looking for a seventh wife, because his six wives are childless; takes the daughter poor women; when leaving, leaves her a golden bell to ring when the fights begin; six wives persuade her to call twice; both times the king appears immediately; says she will not come again since she She called him in vain; the midwife replaces the children with puppies; the king orders his wife to be dressed in leather, she must drive crows and dogs at the market; the midwife slips the vessel with the children to the potter to put it in the oven together with unburned pots; but in the morning the potter and his wife find the vessels prepared for burning already burned, one of them contains children; the potter tells the neighbors that his wife gave birth to the children; when the children are 12 years old, the potter is dead, his wife has made a sati; the young man hunts, the king sees the moon on his forehead; the wives tell the midwife to settle the matter; she persuades her sister to send her brother to bring a flower from across the sea; the young man brings Rakshasi deer and rhinos, she and her husband are grateful, taught to go through the thickets and across the sea; the thickets part, the waters of the sea diverge, the young man goes dry; finds a beauty, takes gold and silver sticks; when she wakes up, the girl says that Rakshasi, when she leaves, puts her to sleep with these sticks; the young man is hiding; the seven-headed rakshasi says that her death in a pond in a box in a bee and a drone, they could Only a young man with a moon on his forehead can reach; a young man presses bees, all Rakshasa dies; together with a girl and flowers he returns to his sister; a girl tells the king the whole story because she knows her; six wives buried alive, the rest of the heroes are happy]: 236-256; Porozhnyakov 1990 [the king in disguise wanders around the city, eavesdropping on the conversation of three sisters; one wants to marry the royal gardener, the other wants to marry the cook, the third - for the king; the king fulfills their wish; when the queen gives birth, the sisters replace the child with a puppy, let them down the river in a pot; the same a year later, a kitten; in the third year, a daughter, replaced with a wooden doll; the queen expelled, the brahmana and his wife picked up the children, named Arun, Varun, Kiranmala; after the death of their adoptive parents, brothers and sister build a house; the hermit advises going to Mount Maya for golden trees with diamond flowers; A., K. come there, turn into stone; sister finds out when she sees rust on the blades left; puts on men's clothes, walks, ignoring the monsters, sprinkles statues with living water, all come to life; the golden parrot taught her what to do; the brothers, sister and parrot return, invite the king; he says he cannot eat the gold served to him on the plate; the parrot asks how a woman could give birth to a puppy, a kitten and a doll; everything is explained, the parrot also finds the queen; the sisters were buried alive]: 16-26; baiga [three wives are childless, the Raja takes the fourth; when leaving, gives birth to a bell; she rings idle, he promises not to come again; she gives birth to a son and daughter, wives let them down in a box into the sea, tell Raja that she gave birth to a stone, he sends her to chase crows from the field; sadhus picks up children; leaving, leaves them with magical power; a young man creates a palace; one of the Raja's wives tries to poison the children with cottage cheese; then advises them to get a lotus, he is guarded by rakshasas, snakes, tigers; a young man kills them; then the wife persuades her sister to advise her brother to marry the Stone Maiden; her voice turns to stone; the young man stones to the neck, but splits himself and others with a magic wand; marries; old Rakshas helps him; wives ask the raja to arrange a party, the food is poisoned; the Rakshasa eats everything; the young man calls his father to his palace; the wives are buried alive, the expelled is returned]: Elwin 1944, No. 4:204-209.

The Balkans. Greeks (Syros) [at night at work, the older sister says she would like to marry a royal cook, the middle sister would like to marry a treasurer, the youngest a prince and have three children, Sun, Month and Morning Star; the prince in disguise stood outside the window and heard, fulfilled the wishes of the sisters; went to war, leaving his wife pregnant; mother-in-law told the midwife to throw her children into the river, replacing her puppy, kitten and with a mouse; the midwife put the babies in the basket; the shepherd noticed that one goat was returning with an empty udder; found three children, raised them, placed them in a tower; mother-in-law sent her daughter-in-law to the chicken coop, and The prince did not ask about his wife again; once he saw a tower, a girl in the window, two young men taming horses near the tower; the prince thought that his children should be like this; the mother told the prince that he saw the elves; scolded the midwife, ordered the survivors to be killed; she came disguised as a beggar and told the girl that she lacked the branch that produced music; the brothers went in search; the monk he met explained that two dragons were guarding the branch; at midnight they would fall asleep and should be shot in their mouths; the brothers killed the dragons, brought a branch; when the king saw the young men, he rejoiced, and his mother said again that they were elves; the midwife persuades the girl to ask her brothers to get an all-seeing mirror; the monk: 40 dragons are guarding him, they take turns sleeping; the brothers killed them all, brought a mirror; the midwife: there is not enough bird Dikjeretto; when she looks in the mirror, she talks about what all people in the world say in any language; the brothers left her sister a shirt on: if they turn black, they are in trouble; the monk refused to help - why does a girl send her brothers to death out of a whim; they went to the bird and she turned them into stone; the shirts turned black, the sister went to look for brothers; the monk: you have to undress naked, go to the bird from behind and grab her legs; the caught bird told her to go for living water between the crushing rocks; the girl slipped through, the rocks tore off only a piece of her dress; the sister revived the brothers, they all returned, the shepherd had a feast ; the prince came, the girl showed him a branch, a mirror and a bird; the prince called them to his place; the bird ordered him to take it with him and let the girl invite the prince to try what she had cooked: eggplants, and inside diamonds; prince: how can eggplants contain diamonds; poultry: how can a woman give birth to a puppy, kitten and mouse? the bird told me everything; the prince returned his wife from the chicken coop; the midwife was beheaded, the queen was burned]: Hahn 1864 (2), No. 69:47-58; Albanians [when the young king took power, he banned the next night to light a fire; after changing clothes, he went around the city; overheard the conversation of three sisters; the eldest: if the king marries me, a hundred carpet on which all his warriors will fit; middle: I will make a tent; youngest: I give birth to a son and a daughter with a star on her forehead and a month on her shoulders; the king married all three; all three fulfilled their promises, but when the youngest gave birth, the king left, and the sisters told him that his wife had given birth to a cat and a mouse; the king ordered the wife to be placed on the stairs so that everyone would spit on her; the sisters put the newborn boy and girl in a box and told the maid to let her go along the river; the box sailed to the mill, the miller with they raised children as a wife; when he dies, the miller tells the young man in 14 days, but not earlier, to take the bridle hidden there in the grotto; the young man listened, took the bridle, ordered two horses to appear; they immediately moved brother and sister into their father's kingdom; brother started a coffee shop; the king came there and saw a young man with a star on his forehead; the aunts understood everything, sent the old woman to persuade the girl to ask her brother to bring a flower from The beauty of the Earth; the young man comes to the lamia, she does not know the way to the Beauty of the Earth, refers to his older sister, she refers to her eldest; the eldest: when you get there, give the lion brains and the lamb grass; they missed the young man he picked a flower and brought it to his sister; aunts: persuade her to bring a handkerchief of the Beauty of the Earth; the young man brought it; to get the Beauty of the Earth itself; the elder lamia: all her strength is in her ring; he enters the sleeping woman and takes off the ring from his finger ; The beauty of the Earth went with the young man; the king ordered a feast in the young man's cafe; the aunts told the servants to put poison in the food; but the Beauty of the Earth warned about it; the young man told everything; the king returned his wife and ordered chop her sisters apart]: Dozon 1881, No. 2:7-15; Bosnians [in Istanbul, the sultan banned lighting a fire for a month; the servants noticed a light; in the hut three sisters are spinning by candlelight; asking each other , what can they do to make the Sultan forgive them; elder: I will weld hominy for the entire army; medium: a hundred cloth to dress the whole army; youngest: I will give birth to a daughter with golden hair and pearl teeth and a son with with a golden hand; the sultan ordered the sisters to be brought; the first two failed to fulfill their promise and he sent them home, and married the youngest; when she was giving birth, the other wives were afraid that they would be ignored; The elder Badscha told the woman in labor that it was customary for her to blindfold; replaced the children with puppies; everyone advised her to break the woman in labor with horses, but one person should wait for the Serbian patriarch; patriarch: bury her waist deep in manure and starve her; she was buried at the crossroads so that everyone passing into it would spit; B. put the newborns in a chest and lowered them into the river, the miller and his wife found them; through they are so beautiful for a month that the pitchforks took them to their mountain castle; the children grew up and realized that they were not a pitchfork themselves, but people; ran away and asked the person they met what was the best place on earth; Istanbul; Sultan's palace, they went to bed under a fig tree and God built a better palace over them; B. came and told the girl% an invincible Moor lives on the plain; if your brother kills him, his sultan will reward; his brother brought his head; B. there are 5 more Moors; then 9; the same; on Mount Tman there is a horse Avgar, who is fattened by a pitchfork; towards a giant: we were 20, but could not take possession of a horse; another the giant overheard the pitchfork's conversation and told him how to catch the horse: leave the wineskin with water at the watering hole; when he saw the wineskin, the horse looked around, the young man grabbed him by the neck and tamed it; he gave three hairs to call him; B.: on In Jordan, a wreath of villas hangs between heaven and earth, and Jordan flows between the mountains Zmaygodia and Doxan, which are constantly beating peaks against each other; the young man summoned the horse A., slipped between the mountains, took a wreath, and On the way back, the mountains snatched a piece of meat from the horse's cereal; B. let your brother get the princess from the tower covered with ducats; she turns the grooms into stones; A.'s horse brought a young man there; the horse roared, rumbling like thunder, the girl was frightened and did not turn them into stones; greets the young man; asks the pitchfork how quickly they can move her tower, her, the boy and the horse to Istanbul; pitchforks: 3 days; other pitchforks: 2 days; still others: for day; chose them; when they arrived, tells the young man to wipe the face of the woman buried in manure with a handkerchief; when the Sultan sat the guest at the table, he threw a piece to the dog and she died; the Sultan called B., ordered to eat a piece, she also died; the young man called the Sultan to him; on the way home he freed his mother and brought her home; the Sultan came, everything was clarified; when the mother stood under a wreath from Jordan, youth and beauty to her returned, but she died happily; at weddings, 7 wives who helped B. were tied to horse tails]: Preindlsberger-Mrazovic 1905:99-116; Bulgarians: Daskalova-Perkovska et al. 1994, No. 707 [the king (who forbade lighting a fire at night) overhears the conversation of three poor sisters working at night (straight); the first two would like to marry the royal servants (blacksmith, coachman, etc.), the youngest would like to marry the king, give birth to him three wonderful children; gives birth to two boys and a girl (golden-haired, with the sun, a month and a star, etc.); envious sisters (mother-in-law) replace children, let them down in a chest into the sea or river; them the king's mother orders to bury them waist-deep in the ground; the miller (sailor, etc.) picks up the chest, saves the children; the king's mother, the old woman persuades her sister to ask the brothers to get wonderful objects (a waving tree, a talking bird, a mirror, etc.); without following the advice of the old man, the brothers turn into stone; the sister gets objects, revives the brothers (and all petrified ones); a singing tree or a talking bird tells the king is true; he returns his wife and children, punishes the guilty], 707C [(pp. 242-244: details of options; not only brother and sister warm like the sun and the moon, brother with the sun on their foreheads, sister with the moon on their throats, and etc., but the brother is the sun, the sister is the moon); the king (who forbid lighting the fire at night) overhears the conversation of the three sisters; the first two promise, if they marry the king, to do a lot of work (to dress the army, weave a huge tent, feed the army with one loaf, etc.); the third promises to give birth to wonderful children (golden braids, a star on his forehead, sun and a month, etc.); the king marries all three, but the elders are not fulfill their promises; the youngest gives birth to children; envious sisters (stepmother, servants) replace them with a puppy (puppy and kitten), let them down in a chest into the sea or river; the king orders their mother to be buried waist-deep in the ground (on at the edge of the garbage dump, lock them in a chicken coop, etc.); a miller (fisherman, shepherd, etc.) picks up children; sister is persuaded to ask her brother to get wonderful objects (a singing tree, a magic bird, etc.); c With the help of a wonderful horse, the brother gets everything; his mistress, a beauty who turned people into stones, takes possession of them; this beauty (a talking tree, a bird) tells the whole story to the king or is told by the children themselves; The king returns them and their mother, punishes the guilty]: 240, 241-244; the Gagauz people [the eldest of the shepherd's daughters: if the son of a padishah marries me, a hundred carpet that will cover the entire army; middle: I will bake bread for the whole army; youngest: I face a boy with a month on his forehead, a girl with the sun; the son of a padishah takes the youngest; leaves with his father; the wife gives birth to a girl Gn ("sun"), a boy Ay ("month"); mother-in-law and witch grandmother write a letter saying that the wife gave birth to two puppies; the children are lowered into the river in a box, their mother is buried waist-deep in the ground, everyone should beat her and spit on her; the poor picked up the children; they grew up, left, found a home, began to live there; the witch's grandmother persuades her sister to ask her brother to bring 1) an apple from Dnn Gzeli ("beauty of the world"); the old woman tells me to try bitter apples, praise the taste; drink from a spring of blood and pus, praise the water; if DG's eyes are open, then he is sleeping; brother wraps DG hair around his arm, makes him say where the apple tree brings apples; 2) a mirror from DG; 3) brought and married DG herself; the young man forgets that when his eyes are closed, DG does not sleep, she turns him into stone; his sister goes looking for him; old woman: grass in front of the wolf, the bone in front of the goat, must be changed in some places; bitter apples, a spring of blood and pus (like with a brother); wrap 99 DG braids around your arm, make your brother revive; she revives 99 men, the girl's hundredth brother, all three come back, the young man meets his father, who has already become a padishah; DG frees the mother of the children, gives the dogs the food that their mother-in-law and witch wanted to poison them; the grandmother was tied to the tails of 40 horses, and the mother-in-law was stuck with 40 knives]: Syrf 2013:174-181; Hungarians [the queen hears three sisters talking; the eldest promises to weave clothes from one hemp stem to the whole country and the entire army; the middle one to bake bread from one grain; the youngest - give birth to two children with golden hair; while the king is at war, middle sister Wheat and Grandma Iron Nose replaced children with puppies, threw cows under their hooves; cows gave them milk; the same with horses ; with pigs; then lowered in a box along the river; the king orders his wife to be walled up in a wall so that everyone would spit on her; the fisherman pulled out the box, containing a boy and a girl; they grew up and realized that their parents were not their own; the brother goes to look for a new place; the dragon wants to learn to play the clarinet; the young man suggests straightening his fingers, let him put logs in the crack, knock out the wedge, the dragon remains clamped; when he learns about the gold-haired ones, Iron Nose found his sister, persuaded her brother to bring a lilac bush with singing leaves; the young man came to the mistress of the raven demons, brought him, helped her get the bush; get an all-seeing mirror ; the same; beautiful Erzhik, whose fortress revolves in the boiling sea; the same; the old woman tore E. in half, reptiles climbed out of her, the old woman washed her, revived her, now she is safe; brother with E. and sister came to their father and mother]: Ortutai 1974, No. 3:92-112; Hungarians [the merchant got lost in the forest, promised the best of three daughters to the one who would bring him out and three more bags of coins: gold, silver, copper; hedgehog took him out; and the king got lost, also promised a daughter and money, not bags, but carts; the hedgehog also took him out of the forest; the poor man promised to adopt a hedgehog; in the evening he knocked on his door; told him to feed him, sitting him at the table, and not somewhere under the bed; sent me to buy a black rooster and an old saddle; I came on a rooster for my merchant daughter, chose the middle one; took her to him, she cries, does not want to; hedgehog: then come back, you are not worthy me, I'll only take the money; the hedgehog came on a rooster to the king; the eldest and middle princesses refused, the youngest and most beautiful agrees to do her father's will; on the way she asks to get into her carriage, and not to go to rooster: she is not afraid of the hedgehog and he does not disgust her; after that, the hedgehog turned into a prince, the rooster turned into a magnificent horse, the saddle turned golden; a marble palace appeared under a copper roof and on a cock's leg , all gold inside; when they learned of the happiness of the younger princess and the merchant's three daughters were desperate; one drowned in a well, the other in a pond, the third in the river, and the fourth also committed suicide (it is not said how), but the merchant's second daughter decided to destroy the princess; taking the guise of an old woman, she was hired into the palace; when the king went to war, the wife gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl; the old woman left them in a basket in the forest, and the Queen said that she gave birth to monsters and had to be thrown into the river; a white deer lifted the basket to its horns, came to the river, called a forest nymph, and she raised children for 7 years; once sent a girl with a mug bring water; she saw a golden bird, ran after her, and suddenly she had only the handle of the mug in her hands; the same happened to the boy; the bird explained that the nymph was not their mother and led her to her real parents; on the way we came across a pile of gold and dice; collected gold; stopped at an inn, where three gentlemen were playing dice; the boy also began to play and won all the money; one of the gentlemen said that there is a marble palace in the blooming garden; if you touch it three times with a gold stick, it will become a golden apple and can be moved wherever you want; they played this palace, the boy won and got a wand; when he reached the palace, he turned it into an apple; the bird brought the king, the boy's father and his sister, to the palace; ordered the apple to be turned into a palace again; gave a sign with the coat of arms and the names of the children on it; it can be show only to his father; the king wanted to come see the new palace right away, but the old woman gave him a potion and he fell ill; said he was going off on his own; advised the boy to get a talking tree; a boy whose name was Yanoshka, went in search; the hairy devil at the first castle asked if he was me, and sent him to his older brother, who gave a golden stick to open the stone fence; he had to go around the tree three times and run, otherwise the fence will close and I will turn to stone; I did the right thing, ignoring the beautiful dancers, ran home, and the tree was already in the middle of the garden; the king wants to go again to see the miracle, poisoned again; the old woman offers to get a bird to sing on this tree; I. came the same way (three devil brothers), went into the garden, reached the ninth room, but did not take it a sweet bird with simple feathers, and a golden one; immediately petrified; now her sister, her name Marishka, has gone; the same meetings; she took a rusty cage, revived her brother with a gold stick and they both returned; the bird sang in the tree; the king is poisoned again, the old woman offers to get a silver lake with goldfish; I went, the same meetings with the devil-brothers, the same rules (run around the lake three times); this time the king did not drink coffee with poison, he came with his wife; the young man showed the king a sign, the couple recognized the children; the old woman was burned at a sulfur stake]: Curtin 1890:517-545; Romanians [the king forbade lighting in the evenings fire; the servants found three sisters sitting in the light; the eldest promises to strain his hair for his coachmen, the middle to sew the horsemen, the youngest to give birth to two gold-haired sons; the king fulfilled their wishes; the elders are envious that they only spin and weave; they replaced the children with puppies; the king ordered his wife to be buried in manure, putting the puppies to her nipples; the children are descended in the box downstream, they were found and raised by a shepherd; their mother A year later, she gave birth to a gold-haired girl, who was also lowered down the river, replaced by a puppy, and a shepherd also found her; her aunts found out about this, sent her a sorceress; she told the girl that the Calman horse's feather would make her even more beautiful; the brothers went in search; there is hay at the well in front of the dog, and the bones in front of the donkey, the brothers changed them; they grabbed the feather from the horse's forehead, ran; the owner of the pen tells the dog, the donkey and the well to detain the fugitives , but they refuse; sister sticks a pen in her hair; brothers and sister came to the king's ball; sister talks about everything; king executes evil sisters, returns his wife and her children]: Bîrlea 1966:455-456 .

Central Europe. Czechs: Bogolyubova, Talova 2000 [the queen hears three girls talking; one will not marry, the other wants a widow, the third promises to give birth to a boy with gold, a girl with a silver hoop on neck; the queen marries her, goes to war, leaving her pregnant; his witch mother replaces the letter, the wife will give birth to either a person or a dog, sends back the order to drown the children, the servant gives their fisherman; Yenichek and Marzhenka grow up, quarrel with the fisherwoman's own children, she drives them away; they find a treasure, buy a castle; E. invites his father to visit, the witch mother puts him to sleep every time, comes under by his appearance, E. suggests that 1) goldfish, 2) a golden tree with songs, 3) a goldbird in a cage; the old man helps to get it, but the bird turns E. into stone; the old man teaches M. to pull out the bird's feather, revive the transformed; the king sees the mother in her clothes, finds children, the witch mother is burned and torn with oxen]: 319-328; Lifshits-Artemyeva 2017 (Moravia) [three girls came to the royal garden; one wanted would marry a royal servant, another a aspiring servant, a third a king and giving birth to a boy and a girl with golden crosses on their foreheads; the king hears this, marries the youngest girl, giving birth to the other two for servant and for the aspiring; the king went to war, the wife gave birth to the promised children, the old grandmother wrote that puppies; the king ordered wild animals to leave his wife in the garden; the animals did not touch her, the count saw and brought her to his castle; the grandmother lowered the newborns in a chest along the river, putting jewelry there; the fisherman found the children; they grew up and went to look for real parents; bought that garden, invited the king; the grandmother changed letter: there is not enough fountain from which gold pearls would flow; the godfather gave Frantisek a rod to open the mountain, monsters are chained inside; you should not look back, but collect water from the pond and pour it into the fountain - it will become pearl; grandmother in a year: you need grass to play music; godfather - grass seeds in the same mountain (same); in the third year: there is no bird to quail this grass; godfather: a bird in that mountain on tree; F. climbed on him, fell, petrified; Frantischka went by herself, quilted the stone with a twig, revived her brother; they brought a bird; they told the king everything; the count brought him his wife; his grandmother was burned at the stake]: 412-417; Belarusians [at the end of the village, the woman has three daughters; the eldest wants for the royal key man, the middle for the royal coachman, the youngest for the royal son; the prince overheard, married her and gave her sisters for whoever they wanted; The prince left, his wife gave birth, the sisters bribed the midwife, she replaced the child with a puppy, lowered it in a box along the river, picked him up by a fisherman; the same for the second time (kitten); the third time, a frog instead of a daughter; the king walled up the queen in a stone pole, her head outside, ordered her to feed bread and water; the fisherman and his wife died, the children live alone; his sister has a garden; Satan chipped in as an old man: there is no singing tree in the garden; the elder brother went to the mountain; old man: come back and don't turn around; the guy turned around, stoned; the same younger brother; sister wrapped her head, did not listen or look, collected living water and dug up a tree, took a bird; she revived the brothers with water; at home the tree sings, the bird on the window talks; tells them to call the king and queen and serve the fried puppy, kitten and frog; having learned the truth, the king freed his first wife, her sisters and midwife tied horses to their tails and let them into the field]: Romanov 1887, No. 61:295-298; Russians: Afanasiev 1958 (2), No. 288 (Tverskaya) [the tsar listens to the conversation of the merchant's three daughters outside the windows; one wants to marry the royal baker, the other for the servant, the third for the king himself, will give birth to two sons and a daughter; the sisters each time let the newborn in a box into the pond, they say that the queen gave birth to a puppy; the king is advised place the queen in the chapel so that everyone who passes by would spit in her eyes; but some would feed her; the royal gardener raised children; they built a house outside the city; while the brothers were hunting, the old woman persuades ask their sister to get a talker bird, a melodious tree and live water; the old man tells his older brother to go for the ice rink {ball?} , reached the middle of the mountain and disappeared; blood is dripping from the knife left; the younger brother is coming - the same; the sister is coming; the same thing, but went up the mountain; took the bird, it sent it to the tree, birds are singing on it, girl broke off a branch; collected living water and revived the brothers; brothers come to visit their father king, then receive him; he is surprised at the curiosities; the brothers confess that they are his children; the king stayed with them and returned his wife from the chapel], 289 (Orenburg) [the tsar overheard the conversation between the three daughters of the deceased merchant; the eldest wants for the royal baker, the middle wants for the cook, the youngest for the tsar himself, will give birth to two sons, whose hands are elbow deep in gold, legs knee-deep in silver, and daughter laughs, roses will fall, and pearls will cry; sisters replace children with a puppy, kitten, piece of wood, let everyone down the river in a box ; after the third time, the king slaughtered his wife in a pole; found the children, raised the general, then died; when the brothers were hunting, the old woman tells her sister that she does not have enough living water, dead water, and a talking bird; older brother goes in search; hairy old man: they go a lot, they don't return enough; the young man hears screams, turns around, gets stony; the same younger brother; sister goes, cut the old man's hair and beard, that warned you not to turn around; you must take a talking bird, collect water from the well, sprinkle it on stones; all people have come to life; the king is going to marry a girl whose roses fall from her lips; bird: this is your daughter; she told everything; the queen was released from the mortgage, her sisters were shot]: 389-390, 391-394.

Caucasus - Asia Minor. Crimean Tatars (Uskut - between Alushta and Sudak) [padishah forbade lighting the lights; went to check, went to the illuminated window; there are three poor girls; older sister: if the padishah married on me, I would make a tent for the entire army and half of the space would be left empty; middle: I would cook a cauldron of food and the food would not run out; youngest: would give birth to a gold-haired son and daughter; padishah tried everyone, but the older sisters did not fulfill their promises, and the youngest did, but the padishah just went to war; the older sisters replaced the children with puppies, lowered them into the sea in a chest; the padishah ordered his wife to be buried in the ground belt, and throw the puppies side by side; three daughters of another padishah sailed on the ship, picked up the chest; 8 years later, brother and sister grew up, went to look for parents; the padishah drove the hare, the boy caught the hare and carried it away; the wife sent an old woman to the boy; she advised him to ask his brother to get a pearl tree with singing branches and leaves; the boy came to the palace, the lion and the tiger were guards, he gave them meat, brought his sister a branch, from a tree grew up for her; the next time he grabbed a hare, her father recognized her son; her mother was dug up, her sisters were executed]: Radlov 2012, No. 43; Abkhazians [Bagdazhov sheltered three sisters whose relatives died; the eldest replied that she would make clothes for her husband's entire family from the wool of one ram; the middle one said that she would feed all her husband's guests with a bottle of vodka and a loaf; the youngest would give birth to gold and silver twins; B. went to the army, the wife gave birth to a boy and a girl, the sisters persuaded the old woman to replace them with puppies, the children were lowered in a jug along the river; B. ordered his wife to be left tied up at a crossroads; the old man noticed how two the children are sucked by goats's milk, raised them; the sisters and the old woman found out that the old woman persuaded the young man to marry the prince's daughter, whose gaze turned into stone; the prince ordered to fill the jug with tears, the jug was filled, the prince gave his daughter; the young man's sister is also married; his wife knows everything, ordered to untie the woman and bring her to her; they all came to visit B.; said that they would eat what was cooked by word, not on fire; people began to speak, the water was cold; B.'s son told their story, the meat was cooked; the old woman and sisters of his wife B. were thrown into the fire]: Shakryl 1975, No. 71:322-326; Abaza [stepmother tells her husband to expel three stepdaughters; the old man dug a hole in the forest, led his daughters to pick pears, the daughters fell into a hole; the youngest dreamed that it was necessary to dig a hole wall, they dug a way into the khan's cellar; the eldest says she can sew clothes for hundreds of people, the middle to feed them, the youngest to give birth to twins with gold and silver hair; the khan left, the wife gave birth to a gold-haired girl and a silver-haired boy; the sisters persuaded the slave replace the twins with puppies, lower the children in a barrel along the river; the khan ordered his wife to be sewn into the skin of a bull, leave him with the puppies at a fork in the road; brother and sister got out of the barrel and began to live; the khan met in the son's mosques, the sisters guessed it, sent the slave to persuade the gold-haired woman to ask her brother to get 1) the gold-haired Dshahyaka scallop; the one who uttered her name three times turned into stone; the young man took the scallop, while D. was sleeping; 2) the all-seeing mirror D. (same; sister sees a suffering mother in the mirror but does not know who she is); 3) D. (same, apple trees with golden fruits grew around the hut); 4) D. herself; her brother called out to her, petrified, her sister saw it in the mirror, said D. that she was more beautiful than her, she agreed, her brother came to life, married D.; she told the story of the twins; their mother was returned, her sisters and slave were tied to the tails of horses]: Tugov 1985, No. 67:201-205; Adygs: Aliyeva 1978, No. 29 [the eldest, middle daughters refuse to remove from their father legs, the youngest takes off; shares apples with the elders; the father digs a hole in the apple tree, masks it with a carpet, the daughters fall through; if they wish, the pit opens, food appears; the eldest promises to cook the khan clothes for one hundred riders, the middle one is to feed 50, the youngest to give birth to a son and daughter, half white gold, the other yellow; the khan leaves, the sisters replace the children with puppies, throw them into the river; the khan orders to put wife in bull skin, tied to the gate; hogouache dogs (PH, river mistress) took the children; attached mother sees her children come out of the water, sit on a stone; asks a passing woman to give her torment, does one cake with breast milk, the other on water, asks to leave it on stone; the boy gets a cake with milk, the girl gets a cake with water; when he learns that the children have eaten cakes, PH says that they cannot become her children, lets him go ashore; the poor man finds a home in the forest, the sisters of the khan's wife do not tell him; persuade his sister to ask his brother to get an unusual pigeon; PH teaches to call sour pears sweet, two take with you; call the muddy river transparent, praise the sands; the young man grabs the pigeon, the owner orders to keep the kidnapper, the sands, the river, the pear refuse; the sisters of the khan's wife persuade his sister to advise brother to marry Irish-Irish-Kahn; PH says that she turns those who come to her into stones; the young man is stony; her sister goes, A. looks around at her third cry, everyone comes to life; feast; the young man goes to Khan Father in guests on the condition that he untie the woman at the gate; angry dogs (these are the puppies thrown up) are friendly with him; the khan returns his wife, ties her sisters to horses; since then, princes and khans have not divorced wives]: 238-243; Kerashev 1957 [=Maksimov, Kerashev 1953:117-130; three daughters are naughty, the father digs a hole in the forest, lures his daughters with apples, daughters fall into a hole; the prince's companions find them; the eldest promises to sew clothes for the prince's entourage, the middle one promises to feed everyone, the youngest to give birth to a son with the sun and moon on her forehead, a daughter with golden hair; Pshi marries the youngest, marries the elders to her bacols; in the absence of millet, sisters throw newborns into the river, replace them with puppies; millet tells his wife to be buried waist-deep in the ground at a crossroads, putting puppies to their breasts; the river owner raises children; when they grew up, sends them to the ground; pshi finds them, brings them to her place; aunts persuade her sister to ask her brother to get 1) the golden bird of beautiful Su-Isuret; 2) her own mirror; 3) herself; he steals objects; asks SI to marry him, she turns him into a stone, he manages to call the mistress of the waters, she disagrees with him, he takes SI away; SI sees a woman buried to the waist in the mirror; everyone goes to free her; dogs Only her children are allowed in; evil sisters are tied to the tails of seven horses]: 210-220; Ossetians: Britaev, Kaloev 1959 [a widower marries another; stepmother tells her husband to get rid of his three daughters; he sprinkles apples over the pit, the girls fall through; their tears wash the way out; Aldar finds them; the eldest promises to sew clothes for the people from a piece of cloth, the middle one to feed everyone with a plate of flour, the youngest to give birth a boy with a golden crest, a girl with silver curls; when leaving, Aldar gives his pregnant wife a bell; sisters plug his horse's ears with silk; put puppies, leave the twins at the edge of the forest; Aldar tells his wife and puppies to be sewn in cowhide, wipe their feet on her; children grow up with a female; aunts persuade his sister to invite her brother to bring the girl from the Copper Tower; the horse carries the young man between interpreting mountains; after calling the owner of the tower, the young man begins to go into the ground, but when he sees his golden crest, the hostess agrees to marry him; the tower flies over the mountains to the young man's house; the aunts offer get a singing fur coat; a young man drinks water from an acidic river, eats sour apples, gives wheat to crows, meat to wolves, they let it pass; takes Shuba, she asks the guards to stop the thief, they refuse; Aldar comes to his son's castle, everything is explained; Aldar's wife is bathed in a milk lake, her sisters are torn apart by horses]: 193-204; Byazirov 1971, No. 18 [the widower marries another; stepmother tells her husband to get rid of his three daughters; he sprinkles apples over the pit, girls fall through; older sisters want to eat the one with sweet teeth (the youngest), but the youngest asks God for a shovel; sisters dig a way into Aldar's stable; servants surprised that food is lost, sisters are caught; the eldest promises to sew shirts for ten men, the middle glass of araki to drink ten, the youngest to give birth to golden-haired boys and girls; on the eve of childbirth, she rings the bell so that her husband's horses can hear, but the sisters cover their ears with cotton wool; offer to give birth on the roof so that the children fall into the burka; replace children with puppies; Aldar tells his wife and puppies to be sewn into a bag, no one cares about her; sisters send a woman to kill the dog and children, she leaves them alive; the dog feeds them; the sisters send the same woman to persuade her sister to ask her brother to get 1) a pig from the milk lake (brings), 2) a red-haired girl on the seventh mountain; the girl turns him into stone; the sister comes, defeats her, makes her brother revive; all three come to Aldar; he revives wife; feast]: 195-200; Kumyks [father agrees to take a new wife only if the leather boot under the roof decays; she finds out if her boot is rotting, getting married; tells me to get rid of three stepdaughters; father digs a hole in the forest, they fall into it; they dig an underground passage to the Khan's stables; the khan asks what gift each has; the eldest promises to sew clothes for forty horsemen, the average one to cook rice for forty guys, an egg filled in the shell, the youngest to give birth to a son with a golden tuft, a daughter with a moon-like forehead; the elders cannot fulfill their promise without the help of the youngest; the youngest gives birth, the sisters put their children in a chest, they descend the river, replace it with puppies; the khan tells her to be wrapped in skin, put it at the door; the fisherman picked up the chest, the girl Suvsar and her brother Tabulda ("foundling") have grown up; the khan meets him; the sisters guess who is he, they send an old woman to persuade S. to ask T. to bring a branch of a wonderful tree and wonderful water; T. comes to the palace, there is meat in front of the horse, hay in front of the dog, he changes it; praises thorns , lubricates the gate, takes away the branch and water, the gate, etc., refuse to hold it; the watered, wonderful tree grows; the old woman says to ask T. to get the beautiful Karachach; T. calls K., begins stone, after the third call, K. comes out, T. and previously petrified ones come to life; in the house of T. and S. K. burned an old woman who came in the stove; T. comes to the khan, offers a wooden pigeon to eat; says that a woman cannot give birth to a puppy either; Khan comes to K., she explains everything; Khan has figured out how to take K away . from the son; K. throws him off the glass mast; mother T. and S. were washed, her sisters were wrapped in cow skins, T. was chosen khan]: Ganiyeva 2011b, No. 53:479-488; Dargins [the Shah goes to check, not Does anyone light the light at night; outside an orphan girl's house, she hears three times how she promises to give birth to the Shah a gold-haired boy and a silver-haired girl; the Shah marries, leaves, tells the nukers to hang a red flag if promised children will be born, and black, if ordinary; the first wife tells you to replace children with puppies, throw children in a box into the river; the shah tells you to sew the young wife in buffalo skin, throw it at the doorstep, wipe it on her legs, don't care about her; a childless miller caught a box; a grown-up girl tells him to buy calico at the bazaar, embroiders a handkerchief with silver and gold hair, sends his brother to sell it; the Persian gives huge money, brother and sister go to the edge of town, build a palace better than Shah's; the elder wife sends a sorceress 1) to persuade the girl to ask her brother to get a special tree; the horse says it's behind the wall, guarded by fire-breathing dragons; the dragon king gives a tree; 2) get his brother an overseas wife; a sea horse carries a young man, he hits the beautiful woman with a golden whip, she wakes up, leaves with him; the vizier tells the Shah the truth, he returns his wife and children, his eldest wife was rotted in prison]: Osmanov 1963:97-102 (=Kapiyeva 1991:120-125; =Mazaev, Kasumov 1997 (1): 349-354); Avars [older sister promises to weave cloth for the tsarist army, the middle one to bake bread, the youngest to give birth to a son with pearl teeth and a gold-haired daughter; the king overhears, takes the youngest; while the king is at war, the sisters abandon their children into the nettle gorge, it is reported that the queen gave birth to a puppy and a kitten; the king orders her to be sewn into donkey skin, chained to the city gate, spit on her; The doe feeds the children with milk, leaves her empty castle, tells the boy to cover her mouth, the girl's hair; the widow catches golden hair in the river, the evil sisters tell this woman to kill the survivors; she advises the girl to ask her brother 1) bring a branch an apple tree that sings and dances; he slips on horseback between the crushing rocks, the tip of its tail is cut off, brings a branch; 2) marry the beautiful Ezenzulhar; he sees petrified at her castle the riders, E. calls, is stony himself; the sister has worn out her iron soles and staff; E. looks at her when she bares her hair, the petrified ones come to life, the brother marries E.; the king meets his children, frees wife, children take their mother to their castle]: Bulatova 1985:59-66; Udins [the poor man decided to kill his daughters, sent the eldest two to the forest for apples, the youngest followed, they did not find apples, they got lost; the elders offered to urinate, whoever has frothy urine will be eaten; they threw their soil; the youngest asked to leave for a while, found a cave with horses, raisins, dried apricots; the young king asks the sisters what they can; the elder promises to weave the carpet, it will fit the whole army; the middle one will feed the whole army with pilaf cooked in the shell of eggs; the youngest will give birth to a son and a daughter, the son will fall gold from his head, the daughter has silver; the sisters ask the midwife to replace the children with puppies; the king orders to bury his wife waist-deep, passers-by do not care about her; the children were thrown into the canal, picked them up, raised by a miller; the aunts sent midwife to ask the girl to be a maid; she persuades her to ask her brother 1) to bring a talking salb tree; the young man pulls the thorn out of the seven-headed maiden's leg, who helps to get it tree; 2) marry Shahsanam (dev helps again); the king calls brother and sister to him, the young man reveals the truth to him, the king frees his wife, her sisters and old woman are tied to the tails of horses]: Dirr 1904:96- 99; Megrels [King Jiki has three daughters; he spent all his fortune on their upbringing and training and died; they went on a journey, came to Prince Kucha; he asks what each was taught; the eldest: from a bunch of silk threads to weave fabrics for a whole army; medium: from a bunch of woolen threads; weave a dress for all the inhabitants of the kingdom; youngest: to give birth to golden children; K. married the youngest, went to war; the wife gave birth to a golden boy; her sisters threw him into the well, replaced him with a puppy; K. forgave his wife; the next time the wife gave birth to a girl, she was replaced by a kitten; K. ordered his wife to be buried up to the neck in the church yard, let everyone hit her on the head with sticks; his wife's sisters pulled the boy out of the well, put her in a box with the girl, let her into the river; the box was carried out into the sea, washed ashore; childless old men picked her up; the boy was named Alexey, the girl Magdana; A. realized that the old people were not their parents; brother and sister came to the kingdom of K.; M. had a handkerchief that created the fortress, A. knows how to predict the future; K. sends to find out where did the fortress come from, no one can enter; the old woman pretended to be a beggar, persuaded M. to tell her brother as if she had dreamed: Princess Changuri, daughter of King Changi of the Changet State between red and sitting on the white seas in a golden cage on the sixth floor of the palace; whoever jumps over the fence and removes the cage will marry C.; when leaving, A. said that if he dies, his dress will fall off the hanger, and if the horse dies, then the saddle would fall; A. reached C., but she told his horse to be petrified first and then to him; his dress and saddle fell, M. followed in his brother's footsteps; old man (this is C.'s father): you must hug your petrified brother and shout so loudly that he would come to life and C. would leave the cage; so happened; C.'s father gave him a box fulfilling requests; A. came to a feast with K.; his aunts gave him poison, but he threw it to the dog; the next day, A. called the kings to his place, ordered the box to set the table; told the whole story; mother A. and M. were opened, her sisters were tied to the tails of wild horses]: Gachava et al. 1890:24-32; Azerbaijanis ( Borchalinsky District, Tiflis Province) [the widow fisherman is married, the stepmother orders to take three stepdaughters to the forest; the sisters decide to eat the one who falls behind on the run, but the youngest digs a way to the royal stable, where horses are they feed raisins; Shah Abbas is surprised why horses are losing weight; the courtier caught the girls; the eldest replies that he can weave a carpet on which the army can fit, the middle one can cook scrambled eggs in eggshells for all troops, the youngest will give birth to two children with gold and silver hair; SHA marries the youngest; the wife gives birth to a boy Ibrahim and a girl Gullizar; the witch advises older sisters to let the children down in the box river, replace with puppies; SHA tells his wife to poke out her eyes, throw him into a hole, give a piece of bread and a mug of water a day; the Bogomolets caught a box, saved the children; dying, ordered them to go up the river; the gardener takes the children to for themselves; they knit bouquets, SHA is happy, calls the boy to her, talks to him; the aunts are in a panic; the witch persuades G. to ask his brother to get 1) a talking, singing tree (uprooted, brought); 2) a bird, who translates the words of a tree (brings); 3) marry King Guria's daughter; the king of demons gives a flying carpet, a stick (hit a stump that blocks the road), an invisible hat (they will order you to enter a hot bath, you have to become invisible, hide), a tablecloth (they will order to eat 40 pilaf boilers, the tablecloth will eat everything); SHA invites I., that: eat, my sleeves; SHA: can sleeves eat? I.: Can a woman give birth to puppies? The king executed his wife's sisters]: Bogoyavlensky 1899, No. 11:95-104; Armenians [=Nazinyan 1969:148-153; three royal sons heard three sisters talking; one promises her future husband to bake bread, which king is not I tried, the other tried to weave a carpet on which the king did not sit, the third to give birth to a son with a golden little finger and a daughter with golden curls; the princes marry these girls; the older sisters did not keep their word, the youngest gave birth, the sisters, out of envy, replaced the children with puppies; having received lime, the younger prince orders to wrap his wife in buffalo skin, put her in the square; anyone who passes by should spit on and hit her on the head with a hammer; the children were thrown into the sea in a chest, the fisherman caught him; the children grew up, went to look for their parents; the brother met their father and entourage, who by that time had become king; the king calls to the palace, sister advises not to go there; tells him to let go of the little fish caught by his brother, he released it; for this, the king of fish, Genie, brought him to his palace, offered to reward him; the young man asked his daughter for his wife and ring, allowing you to understand the language of fish; D. ordered not to take his wife to sea, otherwise he would run away; the girl's sisters found out, persuaded the old woman to advise her brother to get guri peri as a maid; the old man advises to hide the clothes of one of the girls swimming in the sea, run immediately; if the stalker sprinkles water on him, he will become petrified; the young man looked around, sprayed, petrified; his sister went, did not look back, began to beat the guri peri, made her brother revive; the young man took his wife to sea, she sailed away; the fish said that she was in her father's castle in the Blue Mountains; the young man entered her with a ring, she agreed to return; when the king, the king's daughter, came D. told her husband that it was his father; taught her to go to his mother, who was still standing in the square, to put roses, to say that even a mule could not give birth to puppies, and the king believed that a woman gave birth to them; sisters executed, the queen returned]: Nazinyan 2014:51-56; Turks: Borovkov 1938 [the padishah forbade burning the fire for three nights, three sisters worked, lit it, the courtiers advised to eavesdrop; the eldest wants to marry economist, eat plenty, average for a tailor, dress well, youngest for a padishah to give birth to children whose tears turn into pearls, and if they laugh, roses fall; sisters ask the old woman for help She puts two puppies to the woman in labor, throws her son and daughter in a box on the river bank; the padishah tells her to bury his wife waist-deep, does not care about her; the gardener finds children, gives the padishah roses; the sisters guess they send the grandmother, she threatens the gardener with the anger of the Shah, who takes the children to the cave, feeds them with a doe; the boy sells pearls; the old woman persuades her sister to ask her brother 1) bring the Dilryukyush-khanim bush; 2) her own mirror; 3) her own; her brother is attached to the giantess's chest, she helps; those who come to D. turn into stones, the young man has almost turned, D. revived him and others, became his wife, she is the daughter of Peri; servant D. is a giant Of, one lip drags along the ground, the other rises to the sky; D. cured her husband's mother, told everyone what happened, the Shah kissed his wife and children, forgave his wife's sisters]: 120-135; Stebleva 1986, No. 72 [the padishah has forbidden lighting a fire; three orphan sisters violate the ban, they must work; if the padishah married her, the eldest would weave a carpet on which the army and all the inhabitants would sit; middle if a pilava would cook a cauldron, it would be enough for everyone; the youngest would give birth to a boy with a month and a girl with the sun in her forehead; the padishah hears this, tells them to bring sisters; the older two admit that they only wanted to marry , sent to a goose stable; the youngest became the wife of the padishah, gave birth to the promised children; the sisters tell the midwife to lower the babies in the chest down the river, the mother to put the puppies; the padishah tells the wife to be buried on waist-deep at a fork in the road, no one cares in her face; an old dervish found children; when he died, he left them a ring (wearing a wishful arap), a skin and a whip (if you sit on the skin, whip it, a mop will deliver to any place or destroy what is ordered); brother and sister are transported to a fork in the roads in the country of the padishah; their mother's sisters find out about this, send the midwife to persuade their sister to ask bring a brother 1) a poplar with playing leaves; an arap brings to the borders of that country, teaches you to politely treat the half-blind Balkis Khan, she sends to the Nailan, the young man grabs the poplar, N. does not have time to turn the person who came into stone, B. does not detain him, because he was kind to her; 2) a bird from that tree (the same; you must drink it from a source of blood and a source of pus, praise him, they do not detain the kidnapper); but the tree does not play, the bird does not sing; 3) the owner of the poplar; the young man picked up the Zumranka bird that had fallen from the nest; their mother spat in the water he had prepared for him to die of poison, but the chicks explained that he helped them; Z. poured water, gave 4 feathers; N. gradually turns the young man into stone, but he burns feathers one by one; after the fourth he is alive again; N. returns with him by his wife; calls the padishah to guests, tells him to put a golden spoon in his pocket, accuses him of stealing; just as the padishah could not steal the spoon, the woman could not give birth to puppies; the padishah tells his wife to open and buy, return the children, sisters execute wives and midwife at the top of the mountain]: 293-299; Kurds [padishah hears three sisters talking; the first, if he becomes the wife of a padishah, promises to fly like a bird, the second to cook deliciously, the third to give birth gold-haired son and daughter; when the youngest gives birth, the sisters tell the old woman to throw her children in a box into the sea, replace her with two puppies; the padishah tells him to tie his wife and puppies at the entrance to the palace, beat them, feed them scraps and bones; the fisherman picks up a box, the boy is called Mirza-Mamur, the girl is Golizar; when he dies, the fisherman gives a magic stick; she creates a palace; helps to catch up with the doe he was chasing on foot padishah; sisters send the old woman to G., who persuades her to ask her brother to get Zardukhubar; the old man tells M. to approach the old woman in the garden, venerate her right breast; she gives Z.; Z. tells him to run, taking a comb, soap, a vessel of water; the old woman chases, the abandoned comb turns into a forest, soap into an icy mountain, water in the sea; the old woman drowns; the sister again sends the old woman to persuade her to get Khezaran-Bolbol; Z. kills the old woman with an arrow; the old man explains that the caller HB is stony, G. must come and spell; when G. calls HB for the third time, the stones will become human again; M. and G. return with HB, the old man- the adviser becomes a young man; HB tells the padishah the truth, evil wives were torn apart by camels, mother M. and G. were returned]: Rudenko 1970, No. 50:147-155.

Iran - Central Asia. Tajiks [the vizier goes to look for a padishah's wife to give birth to him; hears the shepherd's three daughters talking; if they became the wives of a padishah, the first to cook pilaf for everyone inhabitants of the kingdom, the second weaved a carpet all over the world, the third gave birth to a golden-haired son and daughter; the padishah took all three; in his absence, the younger sister gave birth; the wives exchanged children for a puppy and a kitten, sent the old woman threw the children away, she gave them to the shepherd; the padishah ordered his wife to be imprisoned; the children grew up, the padishah, not knowing who it was, took her son to her palace; the old woman, at the behest of his wives, persuaded the young man's sister get 1) a mirror showing the whole world; he brought it from divas; 2) a couple of talking parrots; brother comes to the garden, parrots turn it into stone; sister comes for him, calls by name, all the statues come to life; parrots tell the young man and padishah to look in the mirror; it shows wives pouring poison into all dishes and carpets; the shepherd tells the truth about the children; the children's mother has been released, her sisters have been punished]: Amonov , Ulug-zade 1957:115-121; parya [padishah went hunting, heard the vizier's daughter promise to sew him, if he married her, dastarkhan, on whom food is only increasing; bay's daughter is luxurious handkerchief; shepherd's daughter to give birth to an extraordinary boy and girl; padishah marries, wife gives birth in his absence, older wives replace children with puppies, throw them into the steppes, feed them by a gazelle; padishah tells hang the wife in a bag; after learning about the grown children, two wives send an old woman to persuade her sister to ask her brother to bring a talking nightingale; the brother comes to the deva woman, says hello politely again, she leads to a white maiden, a white boy brings the boy to the garden, he takes the nightingale, returns to his sister; the padishah comes with his wife, the nightingale warns the young man that the padishah's wife has planted poison into the pilaf; The padishah returns his suspended wife, ties the liar to the heated stallion]: Orange 1977, No. 1:150-153; Uzbeks [The White Shah is looking for batyrs to fight with the Black Shah; the bald one offers to take him; buys a thin oath, cares, she turns into a mighty horse; the bald man asks his mother if his father has a weapon left; a knife and a poker; he takes them; meets a young man; he tells him to rest, himself turns himself into a steel-clad horse, a steel horse, a magic sword in his hand, smashes the army of the Black King, tells the bald man to say that he has defeated the enemies himself; the Black Shah invites the victorious batyr and promises him a daughter; at the feast, the vizier offers to give the princess to the fastest rider; that young man appears again, gives a victorious horse, the bald one gets the daughter of the Black Shah; when parting, the young man gives bald folding knife: if you say "Vozpirahun", it will come to the rescue; the old woman tells the bald woman that V. is a girl; the old man teaches how to get into her castle; straw in front of the dog, bone in front of the camel, you need a bone change; say "V.", the div guard will fall asleep; cut off the cat's head, remove the bunch of keys from its neck; the old man teaches to go down to the bottom of the river to mother V.; she teaches you to tie 40 braids of sleeping V. to 40 pegs; V. found out bald, they began to live together; V. gives his portrait, but the wind flew in, threw it into the river; the fishermen pulled him out and told the king that V. wanted to marry him and sent a portrait; the old woman promises to get V. tells her to give her a boat, load her with carpets and fabrics; cuts her donkey's leg, tells the bald man that he broke his leg, the bald man sheltered her, against the wishes of V. and her mother; the old woman persuaded her to go to the river and get into a boat, took him to the king; V. sets the condition: to build three houses in 30 days; V.'s mother turned the bald man into a dervish, he came, began to drink with the king, the king fell asleep, bald and V. agreed to flee; at night bald climbed onto the fence; the robbers threw him into the hole, and V. mistook the chieftain for bald, he took her away in a boat; she killed him, returned to the robbers, promised to marry the one who would be the first to bring her abandoned girdle; swam home, the bald one also returned; the king found neither gold nor V.; they arrived at the White Shah, who gave his daughter and throne to the bald man; V. promised to give birth to a son and daughter and conceived, and the daughter of the White Shah promised two sons and is infertile; when V. gave birth, the children were replaced by puppies and thrown into the steppe; V. was thrown into the zindon; the elder of Khizrbuva picked up the children, ordered the goat to feed; the boy was Sohibkurol, the girl was Sohibjamol; they live in an iron castle; the midwife guessed it; advised the girl to ask her brother to get roses with birds curling over them; Hizrbuva gives the young man a magic sword, shows the way; the young man killed the divas, brought roses and nightingales; the midwife advises to ask for a white winged horse; H. taught to catch a horse; midwife: get the girl Sangil Sopoltosh; H.: drive up to the river, there are stones, these are petrified people; call 3 times SS; you'll be petrified up to your throat, but if you shout a fourth time, all petrified ones will come to life; the SS will ask everyone who called him; when he finds out that the young man was sent by H., he will call himself his girlfriend and the others again will turn her into stones; the SS ordered not to let the midwife in, the young man hacked her; he met a bald man while hunting, had to invite her to visit, but how to receive the king? H. promises to arrange everything; the pilaf from the small cauldron was enough for all the guests; H. told everything, disappeared with the iron lock; the evil wives were tied to the tail of a mare, driven through thorns; {about V. more it is not said}; the bald man gave the throne to his son; the SS gave birth to three sons; their father saw a girl in the mirror, the sons went to look for her; at the fork in three roads on the poles the inscription: 1) Maybe you'll come! 2) You'll get there, but you won't come back! 3) Don't take risks, don't go - death lies ahead! the youngest took the last road; helped the old woman get water from the house; stays with her; at night there are two moons in the sky: the second is light from the face of the daughter of the Western king; the young man went that way to meet Hizrbuva, gave a sword, the young man cut the divas with them, grabbed the winged horse, but he escaped, a piece of mane remained; then the young man gave a cake to the lion; ants; the lion gave a piece of mane, the ants allowed them to pass; other suitors were killed by a lion, died in ant possessions; the king will give his daughter to whoever throws millstones on the roof of the palace; the lion placed a millstone on the back of a winged horse, he threw it on the palace, the palace collapsed; having received a wife , a young man on a winged horse brought her to a place where he broke up with his brothers; one became a cook, the other became a stoker in a bathhouse; on the way, the brothers tied the younger hand, threw her into the hole, and said at home that they were heroes; the younger brother managed to give his wife a piece of horse mane; the wife summoned the horse, brought her husband; the elder sons were tied to the tails of mares, the youngest received the throne; then a feast with the Western king; the bald grandson began to rule two kingdoms]: Afzalov et al. 1971 (1): 174-200; Shugnans [the vizier hears the older sister promises to feed the city with a mug of flour, the middle sister to dress everyone if she receives yarn for a piece of cloth, the youngest - to give birth to the king a gold-haired son and a beautiful daughter; the king married all three; the elders did not fulfill their promises, the youngest fulfilled; the sisters invite her to invite everyone to the celebration, at which time they put them in bed puppies, throw a box with children into the ditch; the king orders his wife to be sent to collect thorns; the gardener picks up the children; they grow up, the older wives guess who they are; advise the girl to ask her brother 1) a dress from fox claws; brother comes to a bet, she gives a dress; 2) a magic mirror; a bet gives by asking his sister; 3) a talking parrot; the bet's husband followed him, turned into stone; the bet tells you to wash at seven sources, asking for forgiveness of sins; sister sees in the mirror that the brother sinks into the ground, comes, cries, sins are forgiven, the parrot arrives himself; the king sees the girl, sets the wedding day; parrot tells brother and sister their story; older wives are tied to stallions, their remains are burned; the youngest is returned]: Grunberg, Steblin-Kamensky 1976, No. 5:91-101; Rushans [the tsar has two wives - pregnant and barren; the husband went hunting, leaving the tambourine: if you feel pain, hit him; the barren wife hit the tambourine, the king returned in vain and left again; the barren gave the pregnant woman sleeping pills, replaced children with puppies, and threw the girl and boy who were born into the steppes; the king threw his wife and the puppies into prison; the steppe turned into a garden; the daughter treated her father with fruits and everything told; the king took the children to the palace; the old woman persuaded the girl to ask her brother to bring her a skullcap, then a dress, shalvars, shoes; then a talking parrot; whoever went after him turned into a stone and a tree; a parrot on the top of the tree is an arch; whoever calls him more than three times will receive it, and whoever does not will become a stone and a tree; the young man brought a parrot; the king returned his wife, who is almost completely puppies sucked; barren and tied the old woman to the stallion's tail and drove along the thorns; feast]: Sokolova 1959, No. 16:60-65.

Baltoscandia. Karelians [the poor widow has three daughters in her hut; the Turkish sultan overhears; the eldest promises to give birth to the whole city if the Sultan marries her; the middle one is to bake bread for the whole city; the youngest was to give birth to three golden children; the sultan married the youngest, sent the eldest to an obstetric school, and the secondary school to a bakery school; the wife gave birth to a son: golden arms, silver legs, a month on her temples, on the Big Dipper on her shoulders; the midwife lowered the boy in the basket along the river, said that the Sultan had given birth to a shirt; the miller picked up the baby; the same year later; the miller picked it up in his hand a girl; the sultan enclosed his wife in a stone building with a small hole, through it to give bread and water, everyone who passes by does not care about the woman; he married a midwife himself; the children have grown up; the old woman says that they lacked a beating spring, a ringing birch tree and a singing bird; the elder brother went in search; the old man gave a ball, he rolled to where there was music and noise; someone came up and turned the young man into stone; the same is the younger brother; the sister has gone; the old man advises her not to open her eyes before the ball stops rolling; then collect water, break off the branch, take the cage with the bird; the girl dipped the branch in the water and sprayed on the stones, they turned into many people, including the girl's brothers; the old man said that the brothers and sister were the Sultan's children; the brothers met the Sultan, invited them, told the mill bake pies with iron beads inside; the sultan could not eat; brothers: neither can our mother be where the Sultan placed her; the woman was returned, the midwife was shot]: Onegin 2010, No. 44:390-396 ; Lithuanians [the king went out into the city in the evening; hears the conversation of three seamstress sisters; if the royal footman took her, she would eat pies; average: if he took the royal chef, she would eat different dishes; youngest: if the king took it, I would dress beautifully; the king passed off the older sisters as a footman and cook, married the youngest himself; the king went to war; the queen had a son, the sisters threw him into the river, the dog was swaddled; the gardener saved the baby; the king ordered the dog to be released; the same next time (kitten); a daughter was born for the third time; the gardener took her; the king was told that his wife gave birth to a tree; he told her to be enclosed in a glass pole, passing by to spit on her and teasing her; the gardener died, the children grew up; the nun to the girl when she was alone at home: you miss a talking bird singing and playing wood, yellow water; you have to drive 12 months to the old man on the road, he will tell you what to do next; the older brother went; the old man gave a ball, we must follow him, climb the mountain, do not turn around if they frighten; he turned around, turned into a coal pole and rolled down the mountain; middle brother did the same; sister went, did not turn around, there is a bird with a long neck on the mountain, the girl threatens to strangle her, she tells her to bring water from a spring under the mountain and revive the petrified ones with it; the girl revived many people, the last brothers; the bird ordered to break off the twig - the tree would grow out of it; to collect some yellow water - there will be a lot; the king He meets his brothers three times, asks them to talk to their sister, they forget twice, he gives them three golden bullets, they fall out of their jackets, the brothers remember; the sister tells the king to come to visit; the bird orders to serve cucumbers, but remove the seeds from them and replace them with beads; the king is surprised; the bird in the cage: if cucumbers with beads cannot grow, then a woman cannot give birth to a dog, cat and tree; king returns the queen and children to the palace; the older sisters were torn apart by horses; they started shooting cannons at the feast; they put me in a cannon, shot, I flew here]: Kerbelite 2021, No. 29:204-212.

Volga - Perm. Kazan Tatars: Zamaletdinov 2008b, No. 18 [the stepmother ordered his stepdaughter to be expelled; the rich man took her as his youngest wife; when he leaves, the eldest promises to sew a shirt, the youngest to give birth to a boy with the girl; the eldest agreed with the old woman to replace the children with puppies, let them down the river in the chest; the fishermen caught him; the husband returned, ordered his wife and the puppies to be put in prison at the gate, who should pass through her knock; wolves chased him, an unrecognized grown son shot them; the old woman persuaded his sister to send his brother to bring his wife a mermaid; the horse helps do it; the old woman: you need a milk lake;" self-playing record" (same; a record in an egg, in a duck, in a chest, on an oak tree in the middle of the lake; the egg fell into the water, the old woman called fish, brought one); a fiery accordion; the young man took it out, only the horse burned down; the old man changed it to a baton that hits himself; the young man put a baton at him, took the accordion; he also received a reviving carpet, revived the horse; the mermaid wife told everything; the eldest wife and old woman were executed, the youngest returned], 24 [stepmother tells her husband to take three stepdaughters to the forest; father tied a mallet to the birch tree, she knocks in the wind, the girls think he is still cutting wood; they come to Mustan the witch; the eldest answers, that she slept to her mother's right, the middle one to the left, the youngest on the stove; throws salt into the chimney, the fire goes out, M. can't make a fire to cook the girls; they drowned M.'s daughter, ran away; throw the sharpener (mountain) , comb (thicket), mirror (sea); said M. that they swam across, tied a stone to their pants; M. drowned; the son of the padishah married the youngest, two viziers to the eldest and middle; the eldest promises to dress the whole city, average - feed everyone with the meat of one bull, the youngest - to give birth to a child with silk hair, pearl teeth, silver ass; the elders did not fulfill their promise; replaced the baby with a puppy, gave the child fisherman {it is further clear that there were two children}; the husband ordered his wife to be blinded, his arms and legs broken, put her under the door, did not care about her; the husband talked to the fisherman, found out the truth; he gave a tree leaf to heal crippled; sisters and their husbands were hanged]: 171-181; Yarmukhametov 1957 [stepmother told her husband to drive away three stepdaughters; he dug a hole in the forest under the apple tree, covered it with twigs, the daughters failed, the father left; they ate apples, then the youngest climbed on the shoulders of the elders, got out, came to the padishah, the girls were pulled out; the eldest promised to sew clothes for the whole army with one thread, the middle one promised to feed everyone with one cake the army, the youngest - to give birth to a son and daughter with golden hair and silver teeth; the elders fulfilled their promise, but envy the youngest that the padishah chose her as his wife; the padishah left, the wife gave birth to children, sisters they replaced the letter with a message that she gave birth to two puppies; replaced the children with puppies, gave them to the witch in the forest; the padishah ordered his wife and puppies to be placed in a hut, everyone should not care about her, took the older sisters palace; the children have grown up, the sisters have caused illness to their sister, she will be cured 1) a black horse; the old man tells you to whip the horse, grab the mane; 2) get a milk lake with a golden duck; the horse brings to the lake, tells whistle, the lake is transferred to the young man's house; 3) get Altyncech ("gold-haired") as a friend to his sister; brought the horse, A. screamed, the young man brought her home; she orders him to save his mother; children, then padishah, crawl to the woman on her knees; she forgives her husband; sisters are tied to the tails of horses]: 95-102 (=Marchenko 1993:217-226).

Turkestan. Kyrgyz [an old man and an old woman have seven goats and three daughters; the old man is angry with his daughters: they drank all the milk from the goats, he and the old woman did not get it; he tells the old woman to get rid of their daughters; finds currant bushes, brings home a few twigs with berries; daughters eat, want more; the old man offers to go with him for berries, tells the old woman to make three leather buckets without a bottom; takes daughters to currant bushes, suggests filling the buckets with berries as long as the brushwood is chopped; fits the ratchet like an ax sounds, leaves, migrates with the old woman and goats; one of the girls discovers the absence of a bottom in the buckets, patches up with branches and grass, the buckets fill; the girls go to the sound of an ax, find a ratchet, hurry home; in search of parents, they search the neighborhood, stumble upon a house, who is an exhausted girl; he explains that the old cannibal woman ate everyone and keeps her to drink blood; the girls run to the station, find their father's whetstone there, throw it, the whetstone becomes a rock; the cannibal chases, overcomes the rock for a long time; the girls find a comb on the stand, which turns into a forest; then the mirror turns into a lake; the cannibal asks how they ended up on the other side girls; swam across, tying trousers on her ankles and filling them with sand; the cannibal follows the advice and drowns; the girls are found by a childless khan with 40 wives, asks what skills they have; the eldest: maybe feed many people with a handful of oatmeal; medium: sew clothes from one sheepskin and dress many people; youngest: to give birth to her husband a boy and a girl with golden heads and silver tasks; Khan the youngest, marries the youngest; when the wife is about to give birth, the khan goes hunting, demands that a messenger be sent to him with news; 40 wives hire a witch, who throws the children in a box into the river, replaces them with puppies; two messengers arrive to the khan , the first talks about the birth of children, the second speaks of puppies; the khan orders his wife and puppies to be sealed in a bucket and hung in a tree; the girls' parents live on the bank of this river; the old woman discovers that goats come with empty udder, accuses the old man: he killed his daughters, and now he drinks all the milk; the old man watches the goats, they take turns falling to a drawer, children suck goats in the box; the old people bring children to They slaughter one goat with joy; children grow up, the old man plants barley for them, life is getting better, they are setting up a golden pillar in the yard; the old khan, hunting, stumbles upon old people with children, complains that even lonely old people have children, but he does not; he is sad at home; 40 wives suspect that this is not without reason, accuse the witch, demand that she deal with the children; the witch comes to the children, tells the young man that It would be good for a golden pole to tie a golden horse; the sister dissuades the brother, he is stubborn, then the sister teaches how to master the horse; the brother gets it; the khan meets the children again; the witch advises find the Sapan-Tash stone that makes wishes come true; then you can get subjects, form a khanate and make the young man's old father a khan; the sister again first dissuades, then teaches his brother; he takes possession of a stone and the girl he marries; with the help of a stone, the twins have subjects, a khanate is created, an old goat herd becomes khan, and across the river, a khan with 40 wives is built into the possession of a khan with 40 wives golden bridge; brother and sister visit Khan, bring him a cart of gold, ask for a bucket hanging on a tree in exchange; Khan, who has already forgotten what is in it, gives it to his twins; in the bucket is the half-dead mother of the twins, hers they bring him to life; the khan comes to visit, intending to ask the young man for permission to adopt his sister, recognizes his wife, he is told everything; the khan tied 40 wives to immense horses, and also executes a witch; a young man with a golden head and a silver ass becomes the khan of two khanates]: Ruslan Doutaliev, personal message. May 17, 2020: retelling the audio recording of the fairy tale "Zheti Echkilu Abyshka Zhana Kempir" (Old Man and an old woman with seven goats) performed by J. Alymbayeva, Department of Manuscripts and Publications of the Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz SSR, date of recording September 10, 1984, inventory No. 1a (2), recording time 31 minutes); Kyrgyz (Naryn Region, Zhumgal District, 1959) [rich and powerful Khan Aydarkan is childless; he goes with horsemen to meet three girls; the eldest replies that she can sew clothes for 40 horsemen per night, the average one can feed 40 horsemen with a handful of oatmeal, the youngest will give birth to a boy and a girl with golden breasts and a silver ass; the khan marries the youngest, gives birth to the oldest two as viziers; the eldest and middle have fulfilled their promises; the youngest gives birth when hunting; 40 Khan's wives a witch was bribed, she replaced newborns with puppies, threw the children into a groundhog hole, stoned her, Khan is told that his wife gave birth to puppies; Khan orders his wife and puppies to be taken to the big water and left there ; hero Akmat visited the city of Perishte (creatures, in the manner of a European hidden people) in his youth, with courage and strength got the Gray Rifle and the Gray Pacer there; childless; Gray pacer does not give Ride himself; trying to jump on him, Akmat finds himself at a stoned hole, hears crying, finds children, brings his wife, has a feast, among the guests is Khan Aydarkan; the children have grown up, the son is no worse Akmata, Akmat himself and his wife died, brother and sister stayed in their house; brother uses a Gray Gun, rides a Grey Pacer; he meets Khan Aidarkan while hunting, he envies the hero and is sad that he himself childless; 40 wives suspect that the children survived, the witch admitted that she did not complete the matter; in the absence of the young man, she comes to his sister; says that there are green and white apple trees in the city of Perishte; if transplant a white apple tree, it will bear fruit every day; the sister demands that her brother get her a white apple tree; he spends the night at Akmat's grave; a voice from the grave tells me how to get to the city of Perishte and get a white apple tree (you can't touch the green one); the young man brings a white apple tree, the sister is happy; the young man meets the khan hunting again, he returns home upset again, 40 wives send a witch finish what you started; a witch in the city of Perishte has a tree with three parrots sitting on its branches: colorful, red and loud; loud talks all day long; sister demands a parrot from his brother, who again spends the night at the hero's grave; voice: you can't touch a motley parrot; a young man brings a parrot to his sister, who entertains her; after the third meeting between a young man and a khan, 40 wives send a witch to kill his brother together with her sister; in the city of Perishte there is Kulanda, the beautiful daughter of the ruler, let her brother marry her; a voice from the grave; you must openly enter the city of Perishte, because they are afraid of the owner of the Gray Pacer and Gray gun; find a palace with 6 doors% when they all open, get inside, cut off a lock of hair from the sleeping beauty and only then wake it up, she will have to marry a young man; Kulanda agrees to go out married, but her three brothers cannot share the items left over from her late father; a chapan (will deliver anywhere), a needle (makes it invisible when stuck in the gate), and a pipe (if shaken, a myriad appears army; the young man offers three brothers to race, promises to give items to the winner, hides, taking magic items; meanwhile, the deadline of 40 days expires: the young man warned his sister that if will not return during this time, so he is dead; then the sister and her parrot will commit suicide; the Gray pacer will not have time to deliver on time; Kulanda calls the devas, the Black Dev will deliver overnight, the Gray in half nights, White in a moment; sister and loud parrot are already preparing to take poison; after a while, the Grey Pacer also arrives; the young man marries Kulanda; the parrot advises Kulanda to send gifts to Khan Aydarkan and invite him to visit; during the feast, the khan asks why the young man has not gone hunting three times for a long time, he explains, shows an apple tree, a parrot and Kulanda; the khan invites him to visit him; the parrot tells brother and sister that their mother has survived: two puppies have become mighty dogs, bring partridges to the woman; brother and sister bring their mother; Aydarkan tells him to cut off the witch's head and hang 40 wives; all happy]: Kebekov, Tokombaev 2007:35-42.

Southern Siberia - Mongolia. The Oirats (Karashar's merchants) [childless Bujin-Dawa Khan sends the dog Hasar to hunt; he sees the house, hears the old woman asking his three daughters what they have learned; alone if the DBH takes her to wife, promises to make a dinner for 500 people from one egg, the other to make a carpet for 500 people from the wool of one goat, the youngest is beautiful to give birth to a golden son and a silver daughter; H. told Khan that married sisters; the youngest becomes pregnant, 502 childless wives ask Tsok-Gyryl's eunuch for help; he replaces children with two puppies; BDH buries his wife and puppies alive at the crossroads of three roads; The CG puts real children in gold, silver, copper, iron, wooden, leather boxes (one in the other), lowers them into the river; they are caught by a fisherman; his old wife feeds the children; the old woman, then the old man dies; the old man tells him to come to the grave, on the third morning the young man catches a horse; hunts; the elder khatun Mani-Dara comes to his sister in his absence, persuades him to ask his brother to bring her 1) a branch of the Saikhan-Saglar tree; the horse tells the prince that the tree is guarded by three Mangyt-Khai about 15, 25, 35 heads; the prince pulls out, MX only cut off the horse's tail, the tree began to give everything you want; 2) take it in Saikhan-Sarane's wife, daughter of Zandan-Tengir; the horse carries the owner through a dangerous forest, a mountain, a sea of fire; the prince returns from the SS, who on the way turns people who had previously become trees and stones back into people; sister marries a hero; SS orders to dig an old grave, throw away dog bones, bring human bones, revives her husband's mother; she forgives DHL; throwing ash, SS turns CG into wild boar, 502 wives into wild pigs] :Bennigsen 1912:44-55.