K100f1. Wild man, ATU 502.

.15.16.22.23. (.24.) .26.28.-.32.35.

A person (usually a king) catches a strange (anthropomorphic) creature. His son releases the wonderful prisoner, then flees from his father's anger or is expelled. A freed prisoner helps him. Cf. Motive K161.

Portuguese, Basques, Italians (Calabria), French, Bretons, Irish, Germans (Grimms, Switzerland, Austria; Schleswig-Holstein?) , Dutch, Flemish, Zhuang, Sinhalese, Yao, Russians (Murmansk, Arkhangelsk, Olonetskaya, Karelia, Vologda, Pskov, Ryazan, Kursk, Oryol, Voronezh), Ukrainians (Podolia, Galicia), Belarusians, Poles, Luzhitans (?) , Slovaks (?) , Crimean Tatars, Georgians, Armenians, Persians, Latvians, Lutsies, Lithuanians, Livonians, Estonians, Veps, Karelians, Finns, Danes, Swedes, Norwegians, Faroese, Western Sami, Mari, Mansi. {The Bulgarian and Persian plot indexes do not contain ATU 502, although Uther 2004 refers to these signs; Marie has a plot, but not in Beke 1938, No. 50:498-514, referred to by Kecskeméti, Paunonen 1974; it has not yet been possible to verify whether the Bosnians, Greeks, Romanians, and Kazan Tatars have a story; the Yakut versions in Ergis referred to by Uther are an obvious recent Russian borrowing}.

Southern Europe. The Portuguese [prince frees from the cage a green creature (an enchanted bird) captured by the king; flees home; further as in ATU 314 V-VII; the bird is disgraced when the giants are killed; the deceiver argues that the prince can do impossible tasks; the bird helps the prince; becomes a prince herself]: Cardigos 2006, No. 502:118; the Basques [the king caught Tartaro in the forest, locked him in the stable, summoned guests for tomorrow to show them a wonderful prisoner; the king's two sons play ball; the ball hits T. three times; he returns it twice and refuses the third; let the prince ask his mother see that he has an earache and pulls the key out of her pocket; then the boy put the key back, but when the king called the guests to look at T., there is no one in the stable; the king promises to eat his heart the culprit; the princes quarreled and one promised to tell who released T.; the Queen heard, gave her son money and told her to flee; Prince's name Little Yorge (clearly borrowed from French); he calls T. he tells another king to be hired as a gardener; everything he uproots will become even more magnificent the next day; three beautiful flowers will grow - let him give three princesses; the youngest received the most beautiful; she tells the young man that it is being eaten by a snake; T. gives the young man a horse, clothes and a sword; he quietly cut off 7 pieces from the princess's 7 robes; on the first day, the snake cuts off one head and the horse bit off the other; the next day, T. gives the young man other horses, clothes, weapons; introducing himself as the brother of the first young man, the prince cuts off 14 pieces from the princess's 14 robes; like on the first day (the snake again has a third head); for the third time, T. gives a bottle of special water; let the princess splash it on the prince after the snake regrets that he does not have a spark on his back - then he would burn everyone; the young man cut off one head, the horse bit off the second one, the dog the third; the prince every time says that he must go to Rome urgently; the coal miner brought heads, said that he killed the snake; the king hangs a diamond ring on the bell: who will pierce with his sword, he defeated the snake; T. gave the prince a sword, a horse, a robe; the prince took off his ring but galloped away; the king threw a spear and wounded him; in the morning the gardener's leg was bandaged; the prince shows the king this mother fleur-de-lis, a sign of royalty; wedding; prince asks to invite his parents and let his father eat the sheep's heart - half-baked and without salt (he promised to eat his son like this); the prince opened father, they were reconciled]: Webster 1879:22-32; Italians (Calabria): Cirese, Serafini 1975, No. 502:112.

Western Europe. The French (Nivernay; also Poitou, Haute-Brittany, etc.) [the king held a wild man caught in the forest in shackles and let him see him for a lot of money; the prince played with oranges, rolled alone into a cage with a wild man; he promised to give it back if the boy he would release him; taught him to tell his mother that he had lice in his head, and while she was combing it, he would quietly pull out her key; when he opened the cage, the boy asked his mother to comb it again and put the key back; when the king was about to kill his wife, the prince had to confess; the king ordered his son to be killed and his tongue and heart brought to him; in the forest, a wild man ordered the dog's tongue and heart to be taken to the king; gave the boy has a ring whose touch kills; the boy changed his clothes, hired to herd cows; he was told not to cross the border beyond which the giant's land; but good grass is only there, the young man drove there cattle; a giant meet him, a young man killed him with a ring; the next day he went to the castle of the giants and killed 11 brothers first, then their mother; in the treasure palace; when a local princess summons men to choose a spouse, a young man arrives in a luxurious carriage and the princess chooses him; he visits his father]: Delarue, Tenèze 1964, No. 502:221-223; the Bretons [the Lord of Reranrais Castle has three daughters and sons no; daughters ask their father to buy them a knightly outfit: they will go to serve the king, pretending to be men; the eldest Marguerite is going; the father dressed up as a robber, jumped out on the road in front of her, M. galloped back; the same with the middle Franseason; the youngest Allet jumped forward; told the king that her father specifically said that he had only daughters, wanted to surprise; the Queen fell in love with the new page; the maid of honor became pregnant and said it was the page's fault; Aleta had to reveal to the king who she was; the maid of honor was torn by four horses, the king married A., a son was born; the king's men captured the strange creature Murlu, put in a cage; the ball thrown by the prince hit the cage; M. promised to return it if the boy took the key out of the sleeping king's pocket and unlocked the cage; when leaving, M. promised to help the boy; the king swore kill whoever releases M.; the Queen tells her son to run; he sat M. on his shoulder and M. took him to the King of Naples's palace; the prince was told to herd pigs - not to let them into the forest, to bring the herd safe in the evening; M. helps, the pigs are safe, they multiply; sheep (the same; M. drove the sheep into the forest, did not allow the forest giant to eat them); cows (back to the forest, where grass is better; M. gave the prince a magic sword, the prince himself killed the giant, took gold and gems from his castle); sees the princess to be given to the snake; sends his retinue, calls M., who appeared in the guise of a mighty horse; on the first day, the prince cut off 6 heads; they grew the second day cut off all 7; the coal miner picked them up, called himself the snake the winner; showed his heads, and the prince (still in the guise of a shepherd) presented his tongues cut off; the coal miner was thrown into the oven; the wedding; M entered ., turned into a beautiful queen; it was she who tried to create an imaginary page; for this she turned into M. until the son of the imaginary page, that is, the girl, marries the princess; {at first it was said about maid of honor, not about the queen}]: Luzel 1887 (2), No. 4:296-313; the Germans [the royal rangers disappear one by one in the forest; an unknown hunter came; saw his hand stick out of the swamp and dragged him away dog; water was scooped out, there was a wild man with a rust-colored body; this is Iron Hans; the king ordered him to be put in a cage; the 8-year-old prince played with a golden ball, the ball hit the cage; JG promised it return if the boy takes the key from under his mother's pillow and unlocks the door; on the third day, the boy did it, and when JG began to leave, he asked to take it, otherwise his father would kill him; JG put the boy in the forest at the well, make sure that nothing falls into clean water; one day a boy accidentally put his finger in the water and it turned gold; then his hair fell; the third time the boy bent down, his hair plunged into water and turned gold; JG told him to go on a journey; if necessary, let him call him; the prince was hired by the castle as a cook and then as a gardener, hiding his hair under his hat - supposedly his head was scabbed; the princess noticed them, gave them gold coins, but the prince gave them to the gardener; the prince grew up; the war broke out; the prince called JG, who gave him a mighty horse instead of a lame mare; the unrecognized prince defeated his enemies; the king orders to gather people: let the princess throw the golden apple and the hero catch it; the prince caught him three times, appearing on a red, white, black horse in armor of the same color; the king orders to injure the hero with a sword; the hat fell, everyone saw golden hair; he showed all three apples, said that he was a prince himself; the prince's parents and another king arrived at the wedding; he was disgraced by JG, he was his riches gave to the prince]: Grimm, Grimm 2002, No. 136:443-449 (=Grimm, Grimm 1987:353-359); Germans (Switzerland, possibly Schleswig-Holstein, Austria), Irish, Dutch, Flemish: Uther 2005 (1), No. 502:287-288

Burma - Indochina. Chuang (Yunnan) [the sky was close to the ground, since then the tops of bamboo have been crooked as they rested against the sky; the thunder god emitted lightning, blinking his eyes, creating gusts of wind with his wings, blows legs - thunder, an ax and a chisel in his hands, destroyed everything with them; came to visit a man named Bubo; after eating and drinking, he decided that he should collect tax from farmers; B. offered him a choice of tops and roots ; he said that he was a celestial, so he chose the tops; B. planted a tarot, the thunder got rotten leaves and dry stems; the following year he chose roots and B. planted rice; the following year he chose roots, and B. planted rice; the following year the thunder promised to take both the tops and the roots, but B. planted corn and took the cobs; the thunder told his General Lumeng not to send rain anymore; B. told people to open the locks of the heavenly river, water irrigated the fields; then the thunder raised the sky higher, leaving only the sun and moon tree to communicate; B. led the people to take water from the underground dragon, but he was the thunder's brother and refused; then B. grabbed him by horns and told him to pluck his beard; the dragon gave him water; but in the third year there was drought again; the thunder sent General Lumang to repair the locks; B. climbed a tree into the sky, pushed L. into the river; one of the warriors, Qigao, warned that the thunder was going to kill people by drought; B. put his sword to the thunder's throat, making it rain; the thunder descended to take revenge, slipped on wet mats, caught and tied; B. went to get salt so that, after killing the thunder, he would pickle his meat; telling his children not to let him go, not to drink him, not to give him an ax; the thunder persuaded them (they gave him water with indigo paint, so he turned blue ), gained strength, flew out; gave his tooth, telling him to plant it: during the flood, only Fuyi and his sister will be saved; the thunder opened the locks of the heavenly river, and the dragon released the waters of the underground lake; B. swam in an inverted umbrella; the thunder wanted to hack him with an ax, but B. cut off his legs himself; the thunder was afraid that B. would be in the sky with the waters of the flood, threw off the water; B. fell with his umbrella on the mountain, crashed, his heart bounced to heaven and became Venus; F. and his sister escaped in a pumpkin (which grew out of a thunder's tooth); came out when the waters came down; turtle, bamboo: you must marry; brother and sister: if you come alive, let's get married; they killed a turtle, cut bamboo, they were reborn; Venera-B. also told them to marry: light fires on two mountains, if the columns of smoke merge, then you can; my sister gave birth to a piece of meat; they had it cut and scattered, people came out of the pieces; the thunder attached cockclaws to his feet instead of the severed feet; after the dragon's beard was pulled out, two pieces were left: his carp children had them ; Qugao has become an earthworm; when it crawls out, the thunder tries to cut it in half; if worms crawl out, it means a thunderstorm; shamans begin to know the future through turtle shells and bamboo stalks]: Miller 1994:137-150.

South Asia. The Sinhales [yaka (demon) are ravaging the kingdom; he was caught and put in an iron cage; while the king was at war, his five-year-old son entered the room where the cage was located and agreed to release the yak; he promised to help him; when did the king return {in a few years?} , he was going to execute his son; his mother gave him rice, money, a horse and told him to run; on the way, the prince met a man whom he asked to guard the horse while he was swimming; on the other side of the river they swam three princesses, noticed the young man; the man put on the prince's clothes and rode away; the younger princess saw it all; the deceiver called himself Manikka Settiyare, and the prince called his stable; the king invited the MC to evaluate him a gem (manikka); he said that his servant could appreciate it; the imaginary servant, i.e. the prince, realized that there was sand inside the stone and it was worth nothing; the king ordered the MC to give the servant a sword, he cut it the stone is sand inside; the younger princess asked the MC stable to herd her sheep and the shepherd to become a servant of the MC; after the prince began to herd the sheep, they bred incredibly; Yaka (another, not prince's friend) grabbed the king and released him for promising to give him three daughters; the king promises them to someone who can defeat Yaka; at this time, Yaka friend of the prince took the sheep and disappeared into a snake hole; the prince descended there; Yaka gave a sword and taught how to hack another Yaka who would go to pick up the princess; prince killed Yaka, cut off and hid his tongue; MC attributed victory to himself; same with two other princesses (two more Yakas) ; king promises daughters to be MC's wife; friendly Yaka gives prince a horse and a luxurious outfit; MC can't explain the lack of tongues in Yakas's heads; younger princess tells everything; MC decapitated, prince gets three princesses and a throne]: Parker 1910, No. 15:137-145.

Malaysia-Indonesia. Java [when Sesela was working in the garden, lightning struck; S. grabbed Old Thunder, brought Demak to the Sultan of the region; he put Thunder in an iron cage, S. ordered not to give a drop water; an old woman came, she was Thunder's wife, gave him coconut milk, he melted the cage, and returned to heaven with his wife]: Knappert 1977b, No. 14:51.

China - Korea. Yao (Guangxi, Wu. Yongxian City Luocheng; by Chang Zhenxia, "A study of images on stone sarcophagi from Shapinba", magazine. "Showen Yuekan", vol. 1, No. 10-11. Lu Zhenyu. Beijing: Zhongguo Shehui Shigan, 1962) [before the storm, a boy and a girl watched their father start repairing the roof; the father became angry with the thunder god Lei-gong and placed an iron cage under the roof eaves; L. holding a wooden axe, he went down, flapping his wings; the man stuffed it with his horn into the cage and told the children not to let him drink; L. begged the children to give him a few drops of water; breaking the cage, He pulled out his tooth and ordered it to be planted, and flew away; when he learned of what had happened, his father began to make an iron boat, and the planted tooth grew a gourd pumpkin; when the pumpkin was opened, countless teeth were inside; the children threw them away and climbed inside themselves; a downpour poured in, the water covered the ground; the father sailed in a boat to the iron gate and began to knock; the spirit of heaven ordered the spirit of the waters to drive away the waters; they immediately subsided, the boat fell, crashed, the man crashed too; the children in the pumpkin escaped; the boy's name was Fuxi, the same as Paosi ("pumpkin brother"); the children grew up, the brother invited his sister to marry; she offered to catch up with her; but F. ran the other way and ran out to meet his sister; they got married; the wife gave birth to a lump of meat; they cut it into pieces, began to go up to the sky's gate; the wind blew, unfolded the bundle, pieces of meat fell and became human; the person who fell on a leaf received the surname E ("leaf"), on a tree - Mu ("tree"), etc.]: Yuan Ke 1987:39-43; yao (man of Vietnam, border with China) [Lightning spirit Leung Kung descended to set fire a banana leaf house of Tiang Lo Ko's spirit; TLK caught it, turned it into a rooster, put it in a cage; if you give the Rooster even a drop of water, he will become a thunderstorm again; LC gave his beak for water, TLC filled him with water, LC flew to the sky; his beak became a tree with one fruit; to catch up with LK in the sky, TLK blocked the river, caused a flood; on the advice of the birds, the young Fu Hai and his sister sat in the fruit, escaped; LK destroyed the dam, the fetus from the FH descended on the mountain; Turtle, Bamboo advise brother and sister to marry; FH hits them, now they have stitches; FH still marries his sister, she gives birth to a fetus; people have grown out of seeds; After the flood, 12 suns, moons and stars appeared, God told them to dry the earth; Luong Vung shot the stars, leaving one sun and one moon]: Karpov, Tkachev 1958:260-262; Yao (Vietnam) [Chang Lo Co built a house, Thunder in the form of a rooster came down to destroy it, slipped, was caught, put in a cage; Phuc Hy (this is Shang Luo Ko's son) gave him wine, he regained his strength, broke the cage, gave the boy a tooth, told plant, a pumpkin will grow; PI and his sister climbed into the pumpkin during the flood, covered the hole with wax, took food and a couple of pets with them; Shang Lo Ko got on a raft, but the water suddenly slept, it crashed; the turtle advised PI to marry her sister; he broke her shell with a stone in anger, he grew together, but the traces remained; the same advice and episode with bamboo (knife marks); brother and sister went to bed on different on the banks of the rivers; two trees grew out of their bellies and intertwined; after three years, three months and three days, their sister gave birth to a pumpkin; their brother ordered them to sow seeds everywhere; when they came to the mountain, there were only three seeds left so there are few highlanders]: Dang Nghiem Van 1993:326-327.

Central Europe. Russians (Murmansk, Arkhangelsk, Olonetskaya, Karelia, Vologda, Pskov, Ryazan, Kursk, Orlovskaya, Voronezh), Ukrainians (Podolia, Galicia), Belarusians: SUS, No. 502 [Copper forehead: The prince frees his father's wonderful prisoner and is expelled from home for this; on the way, the uncle forces him to change clothes with him; arrives at the court of another king, where the uncle pretends to be a prince and a prince to a servant; with the help of a freed prisoner, he performs a feat (an enemy army or a snake wins) or gets out of trouble (he and the princess are saved from her uncle's machinations); the truth is revealed, the uncle is punished, the prince marries the princess]: 143-144; Russians (Terevsky Bereg) [someone steals apples from Tsar Danilo; two servants go to their mistresses, the old man caught a gold a peasant on a golden horse; Tsarevich Ivan, his arrow hit the prison window; the peasant returned the arrow, for which I. released him and gave him the horse; the tsar called the other kings of gold to watch, but the prison was empty; expelled prince; then a cook servant; invited I. to go down to the well for a drink; picked it up after I. gave him his clothes and promised to be called a cook; the imaginary prince marries Princess Mary, and the cook sent the end of the mouth; the golden peasant leads to him, gives a magic tablecloth, does not allow the horses to run away; behind the tablecloth, M. allows her to spend the night with her; next time he does the same (an inexhaustible bottle with 12 necks); for the third time - a gem; M. marries the real I.-Tsarevich, and the cook persuades the dumb boyars to lime I.; each time he comes out of the stove himself from his fingernail, beard from his elbow, offers tasks; as if I. boasted to create a church with all the clergy overnight; M. summoned the spirits, they did everything; next time: a ship, take a letter to Tsar Saltan, passing through needle ears; spirits they did everything; to get it "scary and terrible"; M. sends him to the old man; I. takes him as a servant and changes him to "scary and terrible", which is on the captain's ship; the old man also returned; M. and I. gave the king a ball, he developed, everyone died; M. revived everyone, and dumb boyars disappeared]: Balashov 1970, No. 6:48-56; Russians (Arkhangelskaya, Pomors) [Fedor Tsarevich is walking in the garden, someone is calling; this is a gloomy grandfather (DU) from underground pantry; asks his father to get the key and release it, promises to help; F. asked for the key and unlocked the door; expelled; he was given a soldier as a companion; he asked him to go down to the well; pulled it out how F. changed his dress and status with him; went on: 7 wives picked berries, one eye in all; F. asks the DU to give them eyes; came to another king, F. became a groom; the soldier persuaded the servants to say that F. can the king get Mary blue-haired from the kingdom of far away; the DU tells him not to take the king's ship, to pretend to do it himself; those sighted women sent each son, everyone can do something special; Marya demands to eat all the cereal (one of the servants ate); drink all the kvass (the other drank it); wash in a hot bath (DM himself blew and cooled); Marya rushed from the ship into the sea, the servant drank it, she was returned; she rose into the sky as a star; the stargazer found an extra star, the shooter shot, M. fell on the ship; everything opened; M. married the tsar, and the royal daughter married F.]: Razumova, Senkina 1987:211-215; Russians (Karelian Pomorie) [a hunter peasant put a snare for the happiness of his 12-year-old son; a firebird fell into him; the peasant took it to the tsar, who gave money and a stone house; put the bird in a cage, sent it invitations to look at the curiosity; Tsarevich Ivan played and saw it; the bird asks to steal the mother's key and release it; the bird flew out and returned 6 hours later; she has to sit for another three days; then after 8 hours is another three days, only then will she be able to rise high enough to fly to his kingdom; did not return again, I. quietly returned the key to his mother; the kings gathered decided that the royal family You cannot execute, but must be expelled; the tsar gave a thin horse and a footman, he is also Ivan; you need to get water; the servant says that if he goes down to the well, the prince will not be able to pull him out; the prince descended; I.- The footman forced the prince to change his clothes and status, only then pulled it out; in another kingdom, I.-footman offers to send the real I.-Tsarevich to herd the chickens; there are no chickens, they gave 300 hares to herd three years, for the loss will be punished; each pasture is a year; the hares immediately scattered; a firebird appeared, told not to worry, carried it to itself; the bird became king: he fought with another kingdom, fell into a snare; 11 months I. lives with the elder sister of the firebird king, she gives a bakery tablecloth; the tsar himself gives an accordion: if you start playing, the hares will gather; I.-Tsarevich returned, unfolded the bread pickle at home, played the accordion, came princess, sat for a long time; after that, the accordion does not work, I. cannot collect hares, the firebird brings her home again; the middle sister gives a lash to collect hares; the princess comes, I. everything says she gives a ring; after that, the lash has lost its strength, the firebird brings it to her younger sister; she would like to marry I., but he refuses; she gives special clothes; the firebird: when you come back, snakes will come out of the lake to demand a person to be eaten every day; I. will easily defeat the 6-headed and 9-headed, the 12-headed will cut off 10 heads, and two in no way; when the sun rises, you need to shout: look, your house is on fire! he will look around, heads will be cut off; gives the horn to gather hares; under the stone there is a horse and a kladenets sword; princess at home: do whatever you want with me, I agree to anything; lived with him for two whole days; servants: I was alone princesses; a serpent appeared, the king promises a daughter and half the kingdom for the victory over him; I. drank bottles from the firebird, there was a lot of strength, took out a horse and a kladenets sword; the imaginary I.-Tsarevich bought tongues from 6 heads, and this allowed me to cut off my toe and arm; the same after killing a 9-headed snake: cut off my belt from the back on your finger; when the 12-headed one has been fighting for two days; your house is on fire! falling, the serpent scratched I.'s right arm and leg; the princess bandaged her; took another belt from the imaginary prince; at the wedding, the princess orders that all servants, including the hare shepherd, should be present; he sleeps, because blood is dripping under the bandages; I.-Tsarevich came, brought his fingers and belts from the deceiver's back; hit him, the place was wet; inherited the throne; lived to a very old age]: Nechaev 1938:11-38; Russians (Vologodskaya) [Ivan Tsarevich was walking in the garden, saw the old man behind bars, with his beard wrapped around his body; he asked for water; he drank and flew out, promising to help; the tsar expelled his son; he he was hired by a groom to the king of Kashmir; the army of King Kampia approached, who demanded a daughter from the Kashmiri sovereign for marriage; that old man appeared and brought I. to his place, ordered him to drink a quarter of a bucket wines served by his youngest daughter; after that I. was able to throw a stone of 500 pounds; then the middle daughter (half a bucket, a stone of 1000 pounds), the eldest (bucket, 1500); I. returned to the stable, the elder became his to scold for his absence, I. hit his fist, his head flew off; the king got into the matter, forgave; the enemies were driven away, but an old man appeared with a copper head and iron hands; let him send his daughter, otherwise the three-headed man would come out of the sea serpent, will devour the people; one man volunteered to fight the snake, but when he saw it, he ran away; I. cut off the snake's heads, but the imaginary savior took victory for himself; the same with the 6-headed serpent; with the 9-headed; the princess called savior I.; wedding; deceiver expelled]: Burtsev 1897:307-323; Russians (Vologda, Veliky Ustyuzhsky U.) [someone is stealing golden apples; he was caught, this is Divy's husband, put him in prison; Ivan Tsarevich shot a bird, an arrow hit D.; he asks him to release - it will come in handy; the tsar gathered the boyars, those were ordered to expel I.; he went and thought about D. immediately appeared, led him; his wife poured an apple out of his horn twice and let him eat; after the second time I. was able to raise the damask club; D. sent him to hire a groom to another king, where he will kill a snake; one groom named Devkin's son did not like I.; D. once again brought I. a drink and an apple; tomorrow the princess will be given to be eaten by a snake; I. killed a snake, princess bandaged the wound with her handkerchief; Devkin's son attributed everything to himself; D. gave I. a magic wheel (it built a golden palace) and a harp to play magic songs; the princess recognized him, the wedding; Devkin's son was cut off head]: Burtsev 1895, No. 8:44-50; Russians (Orlovskaya) []: Kalinnikov 2017:21-30; Russians (Kursk, Timsky U.) [The Tsar has three sons - Vasily Tsarevich, Dmitry Tsarevich, Ivan Tsarevich. Someone mows the grass every night. The king and older brothers are on guard, they can't catch anyone. I. catches a peasant - himself from his fingernail, a beard from his elbow, brings him to his father, who puts him in prison. The next day, I. plays, shoots an arrow, and she ends up in prison. The man asks to let him out, promising to come in handy. I., while his mother searches in his head, steals the keys. The king, wanting to show the prisoner to the guests, discovers the loss, orders I. The princes propose to expel him. Ivan Tsarevich is given to Uncle Ivan. They go, they want to get drunk, they find a well in the woods. The uncle, threatening to drown I., forces him to recognize him as a prince, exchange clothes and horses, signing an agreement in blood. They come to see the prince. The false prince goes to the palace, and I. is sent to the bird's yard. The prince's sheep fell ill. The uncle says that I. He drives them into the forest, sits on a stump, complains about the peasant, because of whom he suffers hardships. The little man shows up, blows at the sheep, heals them. He leads I. to himself, in the glacier he gives a bucket of mash to drink, from which I. becomes strong. The peasant's mother gives a magic tablecloth and a stone that will glow brighter than 20 candles. I. are made a senior groom. He uses a tablecloth to treat the rest of the grooms. The next day, the prince orders the cows to be healed. Likewise, a man gives two buckets of braga to drink, and his mother gives a cane that can summon 12 musicians and 5,000 soldiers. I. walks and has fun. The next day he is ordered to cure sick horses. Same thing, three buckets. I.: If there were a pole, one end in the ground and the other in the sky, it would turn all the light. The little man gives half a bucket of braga of powerlessness. He gives three horses: "Gay, sivka-burka, eternal kaurka! Stand in front of me like a leaf in front of grass!" They served him for 33 years, tells them to serve I. as well, says goodbye. Prince gives I. a glass of vodka as a reward, I. drinks and goes to bed. When he wakes up, the windows of the wards are covered with black cloth. An old woman and an old man from the kitchen explain that a strong army rises to the prince, 3 inches in his forehead and 3 arshins in his shoulders. I. calls a horse, breaks the army. He calls the hero a broad-minded pig. The enemy hero shouts that he had no opponents in the world and demands: "Raise my eyebrows!" Fifteen people raise him, I. cuts off his head. Sleeps 6 days and 6 nights. When he wakes up, the barn blows down with his spirit. The old man reports that a soldier of 6 inches in his forehead and 6 arshins in his shoulders rises to the prince. I. sits on the second horse, breaks the army. Sleeps 9 days and 9 nights. The windows are black again. Old man: A soldier with 9 inches in his forehead and 9 arshins in his shoulders rises to the prince. I. sits on his "heroic horse". He calls the hero a broad-minded bull. The hero tells you to raise your eyebrows. Fifty people raise his eyebrows. They come together, they don't hit each other, both swords break in half. I.: "My father is riding your father to fetch water." The hero turns around, I. cuts off his head. He returns, marries his prince's daughter, leaves his uncle]: Belkin 1853, No. 10:533-536; Belarusians (Mogilevskaya, Western 1888-1891, d. Popova Sloboda, Radomlskaya vol., Chaussky district, from Kr. Nester Sergeyeva Vysotsky, 75 years old, illiterate) [Apple trees with gold and silver leaves grow in the royal garden, golden and silver apples on them, the queen has a dream - the uprooted and dug garden is sown with wheat and gold and silver grains, the queen dreams, the king gathers soldiers, they uproot the garden, sow it with wheat; wheat grows rapidly, is filled with gold and silver grains; a thief appears, the king announces a reward to whoever catches a thief; a soldier hides in a hollow and catches a winged thief by the beard at night, the thief is called the Copper Monster, he is put in a crypt; the royal son Ivan shoots sparrows, the arrow falls into the crypt, Copper In exchange for an arrow, the monster asks to open the crypt, tells how to trick him into getting the keys out of his mother's pocket, putting on the royal crown and walking past the sentries; the king's son does everything, lets go of the Copper Monster, he says that Ivan will be useful; the royal guests want to see the Beast, find that Ivan has released him, the king wants to execute his son, but the guests dissuade him and the king drives his son away; the prince meets soldier Ivanka, returns to the palace and begs his father for a soldier; the two of them leave, find a well, the soldier lowers the prince down on the ribbon (to get drunk and get water), agrees raise, only after exchanging roles, the prince gives the soldier his clothes, and becomes a servant; they reach a state where the tsar is looking for a daughter's groom, the soldier is received as a guest, and the prince is locked in a bathhouse; the tsar instructs the candidate to take 3 immense mares ("nyabylnitsa mares") to western meadows, fall out and bring them back, Ivan the Soldier calls his servant prince and instructs him to do so; the prince pulls mares under his knees, sits down, takes silk reins and goes to western meadows, where the mares disappear; the prince remembers the Copper Monster, he appears, takes the prince to his copper house, hovers he is in the bathhouse, puts copper clothes and a copper hat on the prince, gives him a glass of beer (which is drunk on Christmas Day), which makes the prince more powerful; the children of the Copper Monster find mares, tie them so that they lick the stars in the sky; they feast, the Copper Monster gives her eldest daughter's napkin on the road (the napkin makes wishes come true) and the prince goes back; drives up to the palace, rides all three mares, the tsar is surprised by the copper clothes, Ivan the Soldier explains this by stealing, the mares are beaten and driven back, the prince is locked in the bathhouse; the prince uses a napkin to arrange himself from baths are royal chambers, the sentries drink alcohol before bedtime; the princess comes to him, they feast, the princess asks to sell the napkin, but is refused - Ivan agrees only to give it; the princess leaves, the napkin folded, the bathhouse takes its former form; the prince is sent to herd mares in protected meadows, history repeats itself, this time the Copper Monster brings the prince to the silver house, sends nine sons in search of mares, and three to heat the bathhouse; the Copper Monster hovers the prince in the bathhouse, puts on him silver clothes and a hat, gives him beer (which he drinks on Sunday for Lent) is the prince's strength increases; the children of the Copper Monster catch mares from under the stone by the sea, tie them up, after the feast, the prince goes back, repeats the story of his previous return to the palace; at night, the prince with using a napkin, she again turns the bathhouse into royal chambers and gives her alcohol for hours, the princess comes, they feast, the princess asks to sell the napkin again, the prince agrees to give it in exchange for a night with the princess by candles and swords; in the morning, the prince is sent to herd mares in western meadows for the third time, history repeats itself; the Copper Monster leads the prince to the golden house, sends 11 sons in search of mares, 11 his daughters heat the bathhouse, the Copper Monster takes him to the bathhouse, then puts him in gold clothes and a hat, the prince feels very strong, the Monster gives him a glass of wine (which he drinks on Yuri's Day) for reducing strength; sons bring mares, catching them in the sky behind the clouds; after the feast, the prince says goodbye to his wife, sons and daughters of the Copper Monster; the prince returns back, the mares cannot do it take them, he drags them, when they return, the mares are beheaded, the prince is locked in a bathhouse; at night, the sentries let him out, he goes to the princess, they feast, but the night did not take place, because the princess breaks the agreement: puts out candles and removes his swords, the prince is angry and leaves; the king gives the task to defeat the enemy strongly, Ivan the Soldier goes to fight; the prince summons the Copper Monster, who gives a horse, a kladenets sword, a whip and copper clothes; the prince catches up with Ivan, whips him, then fights with the enemy, returns, sleeps for three days, the princess secretly comes to him at night; a new enemy comes, the prince remembers again Copper monster - history repeats itself, only with silver clothes, upon returning from battle, the prince sleeps for 6 days, at night the princess secretly comes to him; on the seventh day comes a new enemy, history Again, this time the prince receives gold clothes and a napkin from his youngest daughter to call for help from 12 heroes; this is his last encounter with the Copper Beast; in battle, the prince calls for help heroes, wins, the wounded returns, the tsar bandages his wound with his daughter's napkin and puts the ring on the princess's hand, Ivan takes off his gold clothes, sleeps 11 days in the bath; on a ring and bandage on the wound it recognizes the winner, plays a wedding; Ivan the deceiver is shot]: Romanov 1901, No. 43:395-404; Poles [Korolevich releases a wild (copper, iron, etc.) man from the cage; released helps him complete difficult tasks (climbing a glass mountain, rescuing the queen from the dragon's clutches, etc.)]: Krzyżanowski 1962, No. 502:157; Luzhitans, Slovaks: Uther 2004 (1), № 502:287-288.

Caucasus - Asia Minor. Crimean Tatars [Sultan Reshid has 4 sons, the youngest is 12 years old; the Sultan sowed golden wheat, poured the harvest into ingots; someone steals wheat; the eldest son went on guard, fell asleep; the same second; the third saw an arap, which jumped off his horse and began to mow wheat; the young man grabbed him by his long white hair, causing the arap to lose his strength; he was lowered into the cellar, tied to each hair with an iron weight; R. notified the neighboring kings, inviting them to look at the monster; the youngest son Kerim played ball, who fell into the cellar to the arap; K. found the key from his father, went down; the arap asked for the release of 10 hairs; then shook off the rest of the weights, summoned the winged horse; when he flew away, he promised K. to help him; the assembled kings asked R. not to kill his son, but only to expel him; K.'s mother wrote to her relative Dervish Sultan a request to shelter boy; Kerima was caught up with rider Ali, changed food supplies; K. ate salty cakes, wanted to drink; went down to the well; Ali made K. swear that they would change names and statuses; D. appointed the deceiver was his heir; he was going to marry D.'s daughter, but she disgusted him; the deceiver said that his servant could get 40 horses with golden manes and tails; K. drove the data he did not know where to go, he fell asleep; the arap carried him to his palace; the Arap's wife gave him a box in which a winged duldulle is easy to fly around the universe; the eldest daughter is a walnut, in which a table is magic; the youngest is hazelnut, wearing festive clothes; the arap himself gave three glasses of water, K. became one of the strongest heroes in the world; 40 days later, K. flew on a duldula to D., with him 40 horses with gilded manes and tails; the princess saw K. feast alone, fell in love; that night the capital was flooded with light; deceiver: the servant can find out where the light source is; K. came to the arap; he sent in search of eagles and nocturnal birds; it turned out that the sorceress's bird of paradise dropped its pen; K. spoke about this and was sent for a pen; he brought it; the deceiver sent for the bird itself; K. and the arap feasted for 35 days, then we went to the sorceress; at the gate there is a lion and a horse, they should be given meat and hay; they must drink from a rotten stream, praise the water; eat wormy pears, praise them; if after the third attempt you do not grab the sorceress will turn the cage with the bird into stone; the tree on which the cage dodged, but the third time K. grabbed the cage; the pear, the stream, the lion, the horse refuse to detain K. - he praised them; the old woman advises the deceiver to tell K. to get the sorceress herself; arap: now in the palace of the sorceress who will sleep, you must lubricate each door with fragrant oil; take an oath from the sorceress with all the sanctities of the world and heaven; her dwarf servant flew for the mistress; when they arrived, Kerim's oath expired; Ali was tied to 40 horses; D. married K. to his daughter and sorceress; the wedding was 40 days and nights]: Kondaraki 1875, No. 6:68-82; Ossetians (Ardon, North Ossetia) [Alard was captured, the prince released him, for which he was expelled; he and his accompanying guard were hired as workers by the neighboring tsar; the prince defeated the army of a hostile king, wounded, the tsar's daughter recognized him, the wedding]: Byazirov 1958, No. 82:334; Georgians [the prince frees his father's wonderful prisoner and is expelled for this; the vizier leaves and on the way, he persuades him to change clothes; when he comes to another king, he pretends to be a prince and a real prince as a servant; with the help of his father's prisoner he saved, the prince gains heroic strength and defeats the royal strongman; everything is clear, the vizier is punished, the prince marries a princess]: Kurdovanidze 2000, No. 502:48-49; the Armenians [the prince released the monster (janavara) caught by the king from the cage; The vizier, who was ordered by the tsar to kill the prince, let him go, took away his armband (buzmand), pretended to be a prince, married a princess; the prince killed the Black, Red and White Devas, defeated the enemy army saved the princess; the king, the father of the princesses, recognized the savior of his daughters, executed the vizier, and married his daughter to the prince]: Gullakian 1990, No. 502:24.

Iran - Central Asia. The Persians [Wolf, Leo, Eagle marry three daughters of the deceased Shah; their brother Malek-Ahmad is hired by a Jew; he feeds him for 39 days, tells him to slaughter a camel on the fortieth, climb inside; birds they take MA to the mountain; a Jew tells her to drop gems, leaves; MA comes to a dirty old woman, washes her; this is the mother of divas, she asks her sons not to kill him; he opens the forbidden forty-first door; there Yusuf Shah Peri is thirsty; MA gives him water, he breaks his chains, gives his seal, flies to Mount Kof; outside the forty-second door there is a garden and a stream, MA steals the clothes of one of the three dove girls; the wife gives birth two boys, divas bring them down to the ground; the wife asks for her clothes, tells them to come to Mount Kof for them; MA again hires a Jew unrecognized, kills him by throwing a stone at his head from the mountain; divas forgive him , but do not know the way to Kof; among the husbands of the MA sisters, only Orel can help: the mother of the bird under his command knows the way; asks to take fat tails and wineskins with her; the meat runs out, the MA cuts off a piece of the thigh; Having reached the goal, the bird puts the meat back; the MA shows Yusuf the seal, who sends his sister, her husband and sons to the ground with gifts; without MA, there is drought, hunger; MA makes a shah, abundance begins]: Osmanov 1987:243-250.

Baltoscandia. Latvians [the king catches a dwarf thief in his garden and locks him in the basement; the golden core of the king's son falls into the basement; the dwarf returns him provided that the Queen releases him; scattered the king drives his son away; he is hired by another king, performs feats, frees the royal daughters from the devil; a dwarf helps him with everything]: Aris, Medne 1977, No. 502:293; Lutsie (Western 1893) [king hears a voice: cut a stone; he hit a stone with a sword, from there came the king of stones (kivikuningas, KK); the king of men lured him into a trap, enclosed him in a fortress; the prince had a pipe, KK reached out and took it away ; I'll give it back if you steal your mother's key and open the constipation; if you find it difficult, think about me: I'll show up and help; if your mother is taken to hang, take the blame; the king has just called the other kings to see the miracle, but the room was empty; the king was going to hang his wife, the son said that he had released the KK; the king wanted to kill and eat him, but the audience only asked to send the prince into exile; they gave it with them a letter and a soldier; he lowered the prince into the well and took out water; refused to pull it out until he promised to change his status with him; another king mistook a soldier for a prince, promised a daughter; the servant king I asked for a day off, went to the sea, thought about the KK, he was already here, called him to his place; his eldest daughter gave him a whetstone to feed and drink; KK himself gave a gray horse; the princess took the whetstone; next time KK's middle daughter gave me an all-seeing mirror; KK himself called a horse: stand in front of me like a forest in front of the wind; gave it to the prince; the princess took away a mirror; for the third time, KK's youngest daughter gave me an accordion, at the sound to whom everyone begins to dance; KK himself gave a third horse; the princess took the accordion; the elder princess is given to a three-headed dragon (must - "black"); the prince summoned the horse; woke up from the princess's tears; killed a dragon that came out of the sea; tongues carved and hidden under a stone; the same with two other princesses; a soldier, a water carrier, a cook attribute victory to themselves; the younger princess sees her handkerchief with which she tied the hand of a wounded savior, on the arm of a sleeping servant prince; a soldier, a water carrier, and a cook do not know where the languages are and cannot pick them up; the prince married a younger princess]: Annom et al. 2018:143-156; Swedes [ the king captivated the wild man and the prince released him; flees home from his father's anger; then various motives as in ATU 300, 314, 530]: Liungman 1961, No. 502:119-120; Norwegians [prince (or just a young man) unintentionally releases a polar bear or a wild man his father kept in a cage; for this he is expelled from home; the freed person becomes his servant and assistant]: Hodne 1984, No. 502:113-114; Western Sami (Sweden): Qvigstad 1925, No. 502:18; Estonians (Yuri) [in the forest, the king saw a mushroom, and under it a dwarf with a big beard; brought it to him, put it in the basement, invited other kings to look at a curiosity; the prince boy was playing ball, he flew into the basement; the dwarf promised to give the ball if the boy stole the key from his mother; let him cry, his mother would take the key out of his pocket, and then like this But to return it; the Queen grew up and then told his father everything; he drove him away, giving him a horse and a servant; when the Queen went down to the well to get water, the servant swore that they would change roles, otherwise he he can't be pulled out of the well; another king's deceiver has become chief adviser, and the real queen has had to watch the horses; he laments his share; that dwarf came out of the stone, led him under ground; the eldest daughter gave a magic tablecloth and a copper whistle; if you whistle, copper horses and robes will appear, no enemy is afraid with them; next times the same (silver, gold horse and robe); A three-headed serpent coming out of the lake demands a royal daughter, otherwise it will ruin everything; the queen in copper clothes kills him, returns his daughter to the king; the same with the 6-headed (silver horse) and the 12-headed (golden horse) dragons; the younger princess bandaged the savior's wound; the deceiver bribed the warriors to say that he was the savior; the king wanted to give him his youngest daughter; she found the imaginary groom playing the pipe; he appeared to the king in gold, brought the heads and tongues of snakes; but the deceiver cannot; the queen is made a son-in-law and heir, the deceiver is thrown into a well]: Mälk et al. 1967, No. 71:204-213; Danes [in the forest everyone was gone; the king sent an army to surround the place; they found a huge man sleeping and shackled - covered in hair and with one eye in his forehead; put them in an iron cage in the tower, gave the key to his wife; they a seven-year-old son played with a golden apple, it fell into a wild man's cage; he would give it back if the boy opened it; taught him how to get the key from his mother; the boy asked his mother to look in his head and quietly pulled out the key; opened the cage, then, at the request of the wild man, two doors, then received his apple; the man gave him a whistle to call in case of danger; the boy locked the doors and slowly returned the key mother; when she was about to be executed, the prince admitted that it was his fault; the king ordered him to be taken to the forest; he whistled the whistle, the wild man took him to his underground castle; taught military training for 7 years, the prince became a handsome and strong young man; the man ordered his head to be dipped in a spring, his hair turned golden; took him to a royal castle, ordered him to hire an employee there, but not to show his hair; the prince began working for a gardener; called himself lousy, so he was moved to a separate hut; at his request (and with the help of wild man's witchcraft), any work was done by himself; the youngest of the three princesses saw him combing his golden hair; the king held a tournament in honor of his eldest daughter, the prince won on a bay horse; the princess threw a golden apple at him, but he threw it to the Duke's son; But with the second princess (on a raven horse; gave the apple to the count's son); the youngest daughter; on a white horse; kept the apple for himself, took the form of a gardener, showed the apple; opened to the younger princess; while hunting, the elders the sons-in-law did not get anything, the prince gave them game in exchange for their golden apples; the next day for the right to cut belts out of their skin; enemies attacked, the prince defeated everyone; the king found out the truth; wedding; at a feast The prince showed two other apples and talked about leather belts made by his older sons-in-law; the king drove them away with their wives]: Grundtvig 1878:227-251; Faroese, Lithuanians, Finns: Uther 2005 ( 1), No. 502:287-288; Karelians, Veps, Livons: Kecskeméti, Paunonen 1974, No. 502:229.

Volga - Perm. Marie [the prince clears the line and for this is expelled from the house; the policeman puts on his clothes; the devil saves the prince; with his help the prince defeats snakes; the truth turns out, the prince marries on the princess]: Sabitov 1989, No. 502:31; the Udmurts [the landowner caught a copper man in the field, locked him in a barn; he saw the landowner's adopted son through the window, persuaded him to release; the landowner drove him away; the young man hired another, got together with his daughter; he tells him to herd hares, promises to kill if even one runs away; the copper man gives a magic handkerchief, collects hares with it; then fills the bag in sheep languages; receives the landowner's daughter]: Kralina 1960, No. 54:146-148.

Western Siberia. Muncie [someone ruins the turnip garden; the father tells three sons to guard; the eldest, the middle fall asleep, the youngest grabs the Copper Man (MCH); he tells the horse to go home and tell the sisters that brother is in trouble; father and sons send news to the tsar, he pays 300 rubles for turnips, puts MCH in prison; the royal son Vanya fired an arrow from a toy bow, it fell on the roof of the prison; MCH teaches: roar and stomp with your feet, you will be offered different things, calm down when they give you a bunch of keys; open the prison, I'll get you an arrow; once free, MCH promises to help the boy when necessary; disappears; neighboring kings who came to see the MCH; dissatisfied; decide to give V. the coachman and expel him from the state; the coachman is Senpalt's uncle; V. wants to drink, S. lowers him into the well; promises to lift him up if V. agrees change roles and names with him and sign his blood; now S. rides in a carriage, and V. is a coachman; they come to another king, the imaginary prince asks to give his daughter; Tsar: feed 30 stallions for three days and three nights; imaginary Tsarevich: my uncle S. will herd; V. calls MCH, he takes him to his place, his older sister gives him a handkerchief (to wave - dancers, musicians, food); then back, MCH collects horses, there are 60 of them; the same the next day (the middle sister gives a box, people come out and ask for work; the horses are 90); on the third day (the younger sister gives an egg (it contains food, drinks, dancers, warriors); MCH is a Hiiro horse and a sword; 120 horses); this the princess sees, realizes that the shepherd is a real prince, not S.; S. demands a wedding the next day; the three-headed devil demands that the princess be given to him; V. kills him, S. says he killed; the same with chapters 6 and 9 devil; the princess bandaged the wound, then sees her handkerchief on the hand of an imaginary shepherd; at the wedding, the princess showed the second half of the handkerchief; S. was driven away, V. took the princess and inherited the kingdom]: Kannisto 1956, № 16:154-176 (=Kippar 2002:212-228).