K100G. Sacrifice a son, (ATU 516C).

.12.-.17.21.-.23.27.-.33.35.

To revive or heal a friend (heal himself, fulfill his vow), the character agrees to sacrifice his little (young) son (children). A murdered child usually comes to life, or the person's willingness to make a sacrifice is sufficient to satisfy supernatural forces.

Mamprusi, Amhara, Arabs of Egypt, Libya, Algeria (?) , Morocco, Kabyles, Berbers of Morocco, Spaniards, Catalans, Portuguese, Italians (northern Italy, Campania; probably also other regions, including Tuscany), Ladins, French, Bretons, Germans (Pomerania, Hessen), Old Testament, Palestinians, Bahrain, Kuwait, Syria, Lebanon, Saudia, Socotra, Eastern Tibetans (Sichuan), Kirati, Kashmiris, Punjabi, Himachal plowmen, Rajastanis, Bengalis, (Baiga, Tamils), Albanians, Bulgarians, Hungarians, Romanians, Bosnians, Poles, Czechs, Slovaks, Russians (Terek coast, Arkhangelsk {and other provinces?}) , Ukrainians (Pokutye, Kievskaya), Belarusians, Abkhazians, Balkarians, Ossetians, Ingush, Nogais, Avars, Kumyks, Megrelians, Armenians, Azerbaijanis, Turks, Kurds, Pashtuns, Finns, (possibly: Estonians, Livons; in the table inserted, but we need to check), Karelians, Finns, Latvians, Lithuanians, Bashkirs, Uighurs, Southern Khanty.

West Africa. Mamprusi [after the death of the naba (ruler), the servant shows his son the inheritance, except for the chest, which the naba asked not to open; the son opens a portrait of the beauty in it; the son of naba finds the princess , lures him onto the ship, brings him to his place; on the way, the servant hears three vultures talking; 1) when he meets the naba sits on a horse, 2) wears a wedding dress, 3) sips a golden glass feast, he will die; if anyone tells him, he will be petrified; the servant does not allow the naba to sit on his horse, tears his dress, takes away the goblet; naba orders him to be executed, he says he is stony; three years later the stone says he will come to life, if naba sprinkles his son's blood on him; naba kills the boy, the servant comes to life, revives the child with magic powder; everyone is happy]: Anpetkova-Sharova 1966, No. 46:84-89.

Sudan - East Africa. Amhara [the mother helped the prince find a faithful friend, even if he came from a poor family; another king marries her daughter; a ransom must be paid (the king generously provided his son with treasures) and identifying the bride among beauties; the prince is drunk twice, he does not notice the bride; a friend finds out that he is sleeping pills, tells the prince that he is getting married; they all sail home on the ship; white, red, goldbirds report to the prince's friend, that if the prince 1) shoots the gun that his father gives him when he meets him, 2) sits on the horse served, he will die; if a friend shoots or jumps on the horse first, the spell will pass; 3) what a snake lurks in the newlyweds room; if a friend talks, he will petrify; a friend shoots, jumps on a horse, the king is surprised; at night he kills a snake, everyone thinks he hid to kill the prince; before A friend explains everything by execution, he is stony; the bird tells the prince's son that if the father donates his life, the friend will come to life; the prince feels sorry for his son; the youngest son was born, the prince discussed the case with the wise men, the boy was killed ; a friend came to life, touched the victim, he also came to life]: Anpetkova-Sharova 2010:375-380.

North Africa. The Berbers of Morocco (Fez) [the Sultan finally had a son, Sidi Mohammed (SM); he imprisoned him in an underground palace, with him a servant to teach him; when his mother accidentally discovered SM, his sultan He cut off her head in his eyes; after that, SM was able to go out into town; one day he came across an old woman; she yelled: let you marry Aruaj bin Ilak! (AI); SM went in search; on the way he bought a young man named Sidi Mohammed Bu Rjilat (BR), whom the local sultan hung by the legs for not wanting to reveal the secrets of magic to him; he promised get AI - let the SM send his father's army back; get the guards drunk, they fell asleep; swapped the lamps at the AI's bedside; sent SM; AI gave him an earring, bracelets from his arm and leg; SM presented them her father; he agrees to marry if SM indicates which cocoon (the closed space where the bride is) - AI; BR suggested; on the way home, BR warns: until they reach his land own efreet, SM must not get off the horse, otherwise his wife will be kidnapped; but he got off his horse as needed, AI disappeared into the air; BR went to efreet, who kidnapped BM; asked the shepherd what he does when she brings sheep; shepherd: I knock on the gate with a stick; the new wife, who was kidnapped by Ifrit, lets me in and lets me out in the morning; BR changed clothes with the shepherd, found AI, told her to find out what life was like efrita; in the middle of the sea, there is a dove on the tree, there are three eggs in its nest; break the first, the efrita will be engulfed by a red flame, the second will be blue, the third will remain only ash; with the help of his efreets, BR obtained eggs; when Ifrit died, the prisoners were sent home; SM, AI and BR go three; two girls cut off the heads of travelers at the bridge; SM cut the bridge with a sword, took one girl for himself, gave the other to BR; now each has two wives; weddings; AI gave birth, and BR's wives fell ill; only the blood of a newborn would cure them; SM sent him to slaughter his son; but it turned out that BR only wanted to test his friend, he had a son himself; but wrote that he needed more blood; SM sent a daughter born to a second wife; friends are happy and have married children]: El Fasi, Dermenghem 1928:151-164; kabila [prince came to the well to give the horse a drink; the old woman asks wait for her jug to fill; they quarrel, the old woman tells the prince to bring the Sunny Maiden (SD) into the house; the prince lost his peace; called the old woman to make peace; put her hand in the hot soup: tell me how to find SD; she says that SD is the wife of a black king in the high mountains (but SD herself is white); on the way, the prince sees a man being executed; the local king explains that he is a murderer, his This is not the first time he has been tried, but the prince buys him back, giving him four times more gold than his weight; Ali Demmu (that's his name) promises to become a loyal servant; in the city of blacks, he breaks into the king's bedroom; he sleeps tied up himself with SD (legs, belt and neck); AD stabbed the king, SD advised him to wear his clothes, they left the palace, came to the prince; AD ordered to hide the SD in a box and not open it on the way; while he was fetching water, the prince opened the box, the spirit stole SD; they met a shepherd driving sheep to the sea; AD asks him, the shepherd replies that he serves the one who steals brides, has recently brought a new one; he lives across the sea, you can get there on the back of a black sheep; AD changed clothes with the shepherd; the shepherd further explains that you have to go into the yard and call a woman to milk the sheep; this time a new wife of the spirit will come out; when SD came out, AD the sheep head to her; SD is surprised, AD says who he is (pretending) to accuse her of running away, SD objects; they agreed to wait until night; the spirit tells SD he is going to sleep with her that night; SD: Then tell me what your life is; on a rock in the sea, a dove sits on an egg, in it the life of the spirit; Hell sailed on a sheep to a rock, took out a dove with an egg, came back, broke the egg; but inside the dove was a second egg, so the spirit did not die, although it lost its strength; Hell brought SD to the prince; sent the shepherd to the island, let him take all the treasures of the spirit; Hell, SD and the prince spent the night under a tree; Hell hears the conversation of two birds: a snake will crawl, turn Hell into stone; to revive him, the prince must strangle his son over the stone; when the son was born, the prince brought him to the statue and strangled him; AD came to life; birds: if you rub the child with droppings from our nest, he will come to life; Hell took out the droppings, revived the boy; everyone is happy; Hell stayed with the prince and he married him]: Grim 1983:99-119; Arabs of Egypt, Libya, Algeria (?) , Kabila [Devoted Servant Petrified (Killed) and Then Restored to Life]: El-Shamy 2004, No. 516:274-275; Moroccan Arabs, Kabilas (and other Berbers?) Algeria, Arabs of Egypt [Hero's child has to be sacrificed or given away so is to save hero's friend; {it is not certain that the sources mentioned by al-Shami really have this motive; Mehri and Jibbali, whom Ash-Shami also mentions, does not exist}]: El-Shamy 2004, No. 516C: 279-280.

Southern Europe. Spaniards [the widow's son rejects the crafts offered by his mother; wants to become a painter, his mother apprentices him to the master; the prince dreamed of the Flower of Beauty, tells the master to paint it portrait; he is desperate, but the student performs the task overnight; the prince is happy, but wants the painter to go with him for the beauty; the student advises taking him with him under the guise of a son; old master soon he was tired and the prince agreed to let him go; the prince and the young man stayed in a house in the woods; the table was set, the beds were ready; while the prince sleeps, the young man hears Juan and Pedro talking; finds out that the Central Committee is overseas, throw un cuerno de llave into the sea, a bridge will appear; the Central Committee is guarded by a giant and lions, we must find them sleeping; after taking the Central Committee, the prince and the young man run away; the giant does not have time to cross the bridge, but orders that on the wedding night of the Central Committee wolves ate, and if this does not happen, let her petrify after the birth of her first child; when he gets home in the forest, the young man does not sleep, hears H. and P. talking again, learns from him about the giant's curse; in wedding night, in order to fight off wolves, the king must surround the city with an army; wolves were slaughtered, but after the birth of a child, the Central Committee became petrified; the young man goes back to the house in the forest; finds out that the woman will come to life if marble was rubbed with her son's blood; the prince agreed, the woman came to life and they had new children; the painter's apprentice stayed in the palace]: Camarena, Chevalier 1995, No. 516:444-450; Catalans [thanks help a hunter, a man marries a queen and becomes king; after a while the hunter comes to the palace; says that he is ill and will be cured only by the blood of the royal children; the king kills them, the hunter rubbed his blood; the king goes to find out how his guest feels; finds the children alive and well, and a crucifix on the bed; realizes that the hunter was Lord]: Oriol, Pujol 2008, No. 516C: 116 ( Catalan text with this episode also in Camarena, Chevalier 1995, No. 516C: 452-453); Portuguese: Braga 2002 (Algarve) [the prince is friends with the shoemaker's son; the king doesn't like it, he gives his son the shoemaker of money to leave, but the prince leaves with him; they release the princess tied to the tree, the prince marries her; when the lovers sleep, the shoemaker's son hears the conversation of three doves sitting on three crosses standing side by side; first: when the prince sees an orange tree and eats the fruit, he will die; second: when he drinks water from the spring, he will also die; at night, a seven-headed room will climb into the newlyweds room the monster will kill them; and whoever hears and tells will turn into marble; the shoemaker's son did not let them eat an orange or drink water; at night he killed the monster, but a drop of blood fell on the princess's cheek; the son of a shoemaker tried to erase it, and the princess decided that he wanted to kiss her; the prince wanted to kill him, he had to tell him everything, he was petrified; the prince put a statue in his garden where his children played; cried and asked how to revive a friend; voice: kill children and sprinkle blood on the statue; the prince did so; a friend came to life and children too]: 128-131; Cardigos 2006, No. 516C [the young man goes on a pilgrimage to Fulfill a vow taken by parents, or to find someone willing to become a priest in his place; he determines who to choose as his companion: this person has taken a smaller part of the pear they ate; at night, the companion lies down in the young man's place and is killed in his place; miraculously resurrects; later falls ill with leprosy; says that he will be healed only with the blood of a child; the young man sacrifices his own son; the child comes to life healthy]: 132; Pedroso 1882, No. 6 [the prince went on a journey with him and his friend Pedro; one day they stopped, the prince went to look for water and disappeared; P. hears the laundresses talking, they are witches, they discuss this story; one felt sorry for him, brought him to the palace, where orange and lemon trees were everywhere, but not people; P. began to pick the fruits and throw them on the ground, they turned into princes and princesses; The prince, whom P. serves, also took on a human form; immediately fell in love with one of the princesses; P. does not sleep at night; hears the witches talking: the princesses will see a cute mule, ride him, and he will throw her off; whoever hears and tells will turn into marble; the princess will see a pear tree, pick and bite the fruit, immediately die of poison; whoever reports it will become marble; the same: he will step on the bridge, the bridge will collapse; fourth witch: at night I'll turn into a ghost, break through the window into marriage, decapitate the prince and the princess; on the way, P. killed a mule, picked and buried pears, paid the workers - let will destroy the bridge; demanded permission to spend the night in the same room as the newlyweds; after striking the ghost with a sword, P. hit the princess's face, bleed; the prince accused P. of trying to kill his wife; P . asked permission to have a feast before his death; told me, turning into a stone, starting with his feet; the prince ordered the statue to be left in his room; a year later, the prince's wife gave birth to a boy; the witch to the prince: revive P., you must wash the statue with the blood of your murdered son; the prince told his wife that their son fell and died; a mausoleum was built for him; during the celebration of P.'s revival, the boy also came to life]: 25-29; ladins [the master knows how to settle quarrels, so everyone loves and needs everyone; when he is ill, he promises to go to a hermit if he recovers; he has recovered, but did not keep his promise; the same for the second time; died the third time; appeared to his son; says that he will avoid purgatory if the son goes to the hermit instead of him; let the mother give her three apples; the son will meet another young man who says he is also going to the hermit; it is necessary how to accidentally drop an apple; if the companion pretends not to notice, it is better to get rid of it; and if he does, you should eat the apple in half with it and move on with it; first person you meet the man did not pick up an apple, so did the second; the third was a weak old man, he picked it up; the young man took him as his companion; they stopped at the inn; the old man was sent to the stall, and the young man was given a nice room; In the morning, the old man asked where the young man was; the owner said that he had already left; the old man insisted that he be allowed to examine the rooms; the young man's body was in bed, his head was cut off; the old man took his body and head came to the hermit, began to pray at the altar of St. Virgins; his head grew to his body, the young man came to life; when they separated, the young man promised to fulfill the old man's every wish; married, he has two children; the old man came and asked the parents to release blood from the children and he swims in it; they did; the old man bathed and healed, and the children came to life]: Uffer 1973, No. 12:35-40; ladins [the gentleman knows how to settle quarrels, so we love and need everyone; getting sick, promises to go to the hermit if he recovers; he recovered but did not keep his promise; the same for the second time; died the third time; appeared to his son; says he will avoid purgatory if the son goes to the hermit instead of him; let the mother give her three apples; the son will meet another young man who says that he is also going to the hermit; it is necessary to accidentally drop the apple; if the companion pretends not to notice, then It is better to get rid of it; and if he does, you have to eat an apple in half with it and move on with it; the first person you meet did not pick an apple, the same did the second; the third was a weak old man, he picked it up; the young man took him as his companion; they stayed at the inn; the old man was sent to the stall and the young man was given a nice room; in the morning the old man asked where the young man was; the owner said he had already left; the old man became insisting that he be allowed to inspect the rooms; the young man's body was lying in bed, his head was cut off; the old man took his body and head, came to the hermit, and prayed at the altar of St. Virgins; his head grew to his body, the young man came to life; when they separated, the young man promised to fulfill the old man's every wish; married, he has two children; the old man came and asked the parents to release blood from the children and he bathes in it; they did; the old man bathed and healed, and the children came to life]: Uffer 1973, No. 12:35-40 (=Decurtins, Brunold-Bigler 2002, No. 92:241-247); ladins [the king educated his son named Giuan; Prince Gundi knew three more words; the king sent Jiuan to Gundi to learn these words; Jiuan said he loved Gundi so much that he would rather kill him than part with him; both came to see his father Jiuana; he promised to marry his son a princess of bygone times, did not tell him to go into the same room; Jiuan decided to enter, Gundi had to follow him; there was a book on the table in the room; at that time he entered king: if they hadn't opened the room, he would have brought the princess, and now let them go pick her up; they stopped in a hut with a fat lamp on; Jiuan fell asleep, Gundi overheard the three people who came in girls; the eldest told the youngest that the princess of yesteryear lives in such a castle, the doors are open from 11 am to 12 pm; the next day, Gundy brought Jiuan to the castle, they took the princess, returned to the hut; Jiuan and the princess fell asleep, Gundi was awake; those sisters came in, the eldest told the youngest that at the entrance to the palace, the young men would be offered clothes, they were poisoned, they should be thrown away; in the palace there were cups of wine, then But; on the wedding night, a black bird will fly in, mutilate the princess's face with its claw, you must wipe her face with a handkerchief, otherwise she will become a freak; older sister to Gundy: you are awake; if you tell us what you hear, you will be petrified; Gundy threw away his clothes and cups; a gust of smelly wind carried away the sorcerer king; on his wedding night, Gundy hid by the bed, a bird flew in, he wiped the princess's face, and Jiuan accused him of wanting to take his wife. promised to execute; Gundi told everything, petrified; the princess gave birth to two sons; Jiuan went to that hut, learned from the sisters' conversation that if Jiuan slaughtered the children and sprinkled blood on the stone, Gundi would come to life; now Gundi, who was alive, went to the hut to learn how to revive the children; older sister: the wounds must be sewn up, sprinkled with water on a certain rock; the sisters asked Gundi to spell them up; let him come back to the hut; there will be no lamp or beds, but a chair; you have to sit down, a snake will appear, rush at him, you have to kiss her tongue, she will become a girl; so three snakes will be sisters; let him marry anyone, but He will also take the rest to the palace; he married his youngest]: Wildhaber, Uffer 1971, No. 55:186-194 (=Decurtins, Brunold-Bigler 2002, No. 10:40-50); Italians (Tuscany, Abruzzo, Molise, Basilicata, Puglia) {the index does not include a separate motive; given its presence in at least two versions (from northern Italy and from Campania), at least one version is also likely to be present in central Italy}: Cirese, Serafini 1975, No. 516:122; Italians: Basile 2018 (Naples) []: 440-451; Crane 1885, No. 17 (northern Italy) [the elder prince does not want to marry, the youngest cannot find a bride to his liking; sees a statue, promises to marry someone who looks like her; an older brother goes in search; buys a dancing mouse singing a bird; finds a girl, lures her to the ship; a bird that has arrived screams that when the younger brother will get a mouse, a bird, they must be killed; after handing over the girl, you must be silent, otherwise you will be petrified; the younger brother does so; the older one thinks that the younger one wants a girl for himself; the younger about everything says, turns into stone; the sorcerer says that the statue will be revived by the blood of the children born by the young queen; she is distracted, the children are killed, the king's brother has come to life; the mother is terrified, but the children come to life]: 85-87.

Western Europe. The Bretons [prince goes to marry King Dahlmar's daughter; in the forest, a servant hears demons talking in a tree; one says that the prince could create a bridge across the river from a branch from a hedge; to dress up as a woman, to introduce himself as a princess's friend, the king would let him into the tower; the prince gets the princess, brings down the bridge when a chase enters him; D. threatens from the other side; at night in the forest demons it is said that robbers will undress the newlyweds, who will resist, who will take clothes from the old woman's hut, who will help the drowning person, who will tell the prince everything in less than a year and a day, will be petrified; the servant sets fire to the old woman's house, drowns the drowning woman; at home, the prince makes the servant tell everything, he becomes stony; the prince listens to demons talking in the forest that he must slaughter his son, sprinkle blood on his servant's figure, then pour blood into the baby's mouth, both will come to life; that's what happened]: Luzel 1995:67-77; French (Nivernay) [mother asks Prince Émilien to marry but he refuses; after her death she sees a portrait beautiful Émilienne, goes in search; Jean is a loyal servant with him; hears 30 characters talking to his "father Rocklor" (Roquelaure), who tells them about the dangers that await the prince and that he is must do; to get across the river, you have to rub the wheels of the carriage with moss, a bridge will appear; the princess is guarded by a witch and a hundred sorcerers in the form of predatory animals; she must be given a golden spinning wheel and thrown sleeping pills; drivers will offer the prince their wagons, drink sellers will offer them to the thirsty princess - they must all be chopped; the person drowning in the pond should be shoved away from the shore; the one who talks about when he hears, he will petrify; Jean does everything; the princess thinks that he is a sorcerer himself and asks the prince to put Jean in prison forever when he arrives home; Jean is forced to tell everything, he has turned into stone; When a son is born, the old lady says that if he is killed and the statue is sprinkled with blood, Jean will come to life; the prince does so, the old lady revives the boy]: Millien 1908:27-34; Germans (Pomerania) [king complains to the peasant that he is childless; peasant: you will have a son; son Charles was born, the king asks the peasant how to reward him; peasant: I also had a son Friedrich, let him be brought up with yours; once F. threw a bird shot by Charles into a stream and it came to life; F. remembered that there was a source of living water; the king built a palace; on the wall of the last room it is depicted as an enchanted princess became a rock for the days of the sea; K. fell in love, goes with F. to save her; they spend the night in a house in the forest, where everything is done by themselves; at night F. does not sleep; a woman in black enters, with her father; says that under one corner of the castle is the golden ball (Gotsel), which will lead to the target; the next night: at a different angle, the sword: if you hit the water with it, the sea will part; the third: the golden rod, it will open 12 doors, the princess will throw herself around K.'s neck; that's right, they've returned to that castle; for three nights, a woman in black again tells her father what will happen to the princes; the wooden bridge should be the first F. step, and if K. steps, they will all fail and die; during their absence, their father married a witch; she will serve poisoned wine, F. must hit the tray with that sword, the guilt will spill; a horse will approach the princess; if she sits on it, he will carry her further through the air than she was; F. must stab him with a golden dagger; that's what happened; the dog licked the wine and died; K. married princess, they have children; but the Queen turned F. into stone; K. comes to the house in the woods himself; the first night a woman in black reports that the Queen has turned F. into stone; the second, what if K. slaughters her the eldest 12-year-old daughter with a golden dagger and will smear the stone with blood, F. will come to life; in the third: that the dagger is too heavy, but there is a bowl next to it; if you drink it off, you will have strength; when F. came to life, he dipped the girl's body in a source of living water and it has come to life; the brothers ask the witch queen if she wants to drag the tail of a leaps and bounds all her life {to be tied to a horse's tail? Leben lang einen sieben Meilen langen Schwanz nachschleppen} or die 9 times; she chose the latter because she can only die once; but they revived her in living water each time and then executed her again]: Jahn 1891, No. 7:36-44; Germans (Pomerania) [after hearing about the beauty of the English princess, the king's eldest son began to wither away from love; the king allowed him to go to England; the younger brother arranged everything; three the princes dressed up as merchants, showed jewelry and precious dresses, the princess wanted to see more, boarded the ship, he sailed; when he learned that the prince had taken her away, agreed to marry him; the king sent the fleet is in pursuit, but the younger prince made holes in advance all the ships and they sank; three witches promised to return the princess; flew in the guise of ravens; the younger prince is awake and hears their conversation; one will take the image a beautiful horse, the princess will sit on it and he will fly with her to her father; the second will poison wine for the princess; third: if the young enter the bedchamber, they will fall dead, for the air is poisoned; witchcraft will dissipate if someone enters before them and draws the sign of the cross three times in the air with a dagger; whoever hears and tells will be petrified; the younger prince stabbed the horse, splashed wine, broke in front of newlyweds in a bedchamber; the king imprisoned him; a year later he told the king everything; petrified to his knees, then to the chest, then whole; the princess gave birth to two children; her husband dreamed that if he they will be slaughtered and sprinkled with the blood of the petrified, he will come to life; the younger brother has come to life and the older's children too]: Jahn 1891, No. 8:44-48; Germans (southern Hessen) [the king is sick, but will recover when he hears Felix the bird singing ; whoever of the three sons gets it will inherit the throne; the brothers parted at the crossroads by the tree; whoever returns first will wait for the others; the elders meet the bear and refuse to answer him, the youngest Ferdinand tells him everything; the bear points out the castle where to hire; take a wooden cage with a bird, not transplant the bird to another cage; for his diligence, the prince has been appointed chief of birds; but F. transplanted Felix into a golden cage; as soon as he was outside the castle gate, Felix shouted, F. was captured; a bear appeared: promise the king to get the most beautiful girl for him; the king let F. go, the bear put him on his back and quickly took him to another castle; the local king has three daughters, the youngest is the most beautiful; you recognize her: she is wearing the poorest dress; and don't try to take her brocade dresses with you; F . regretted leaving expensive outfits, the princess screamed, F. was captured; the bear teaches again: promise the king to get the fastest horse for him; the bear brought F. to the third city; take the horse with with a wooden saddle, do not take gold; but F. again did not listen, the horse shouts "Thief!" , F. was captured; begged the bear to help him out again: promise the king to get the most expensive gem for him; the bear brought F. to the mountain, which opens for one hour; there is no need to be afraid of lions and tigers; you must take a stone in a simple wooden box; but F. took the gold box and filled all his pockets with gems; an invisible hand gave him the back of the head and F. flew out of the cave; bear: I'm the one who pulled you out: a minute later the cave would close; now select the best stones for the king; the king gave the horse; when the princess came out to look at the horse, F. picked it up and carried it away; having received the bird for the princess, took the princess away again; the bear warned him not to stop home, but F. stopped under that tree and fell asleep; the brothers came, took everything for themselves, and Ferdinand was thrown into the lion's lair; the bear took pity again and brought F. to his father's castle; unrecognized F. got a job at the stable; his dull horse immediately rejoiced; when he saw F., the silent phoenix bird sang; F. married the princess, his brothers were expelled; his wife gave birth to a son; the bear came joyfully accepted; asks for repay: cut your son in half with your hand to make it easier for me to swallow him; F. closed his eyes and raised his sword; immediately the bear's skin fell and he himself turned out to be a prince; got his kingdom, and then he built a castle next to Castle F. and lived there]: Wolf 1851:229-242.

Western Asia. Old Testament [God said: "Take a son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah and offer him there as a burnt offering on the mountain I will point you to. Abraham got up early in the morning, saddled his donkey, took with him two of his youths and his son Isaac; he chopped wood for the burnt offering, and got up to the place God had told him about. On the third day, Abraham looked up and saw that place from afar. And Abraham said to his young men, Stay here with the donkey, but my son and I will go there and bow, and we will return to you. And Abraham took wood as a burnt offering, and put it on Isaac his son; he picked up fire and a knife, and they both went together. And Isaac began to speak to his father Abraham, saying, My father! He answered, "Here am I, my son. He said, Here is fire and wood, where is the lamb for the burnt offering? Abraham said, "God will find a lamb for Himself as a burnt offering, my son. And they both went on together. And they came to the place that God had told him about; and Abraham built an altar there, laid out wood, and, having bound his son Isaac, put him on the altar on top of the wood. And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to kill his son. But the angel of the Lord called him from heaven and said, Abraham! Abraham! He said, Here I am. The angel said, "Do not raise your hand against the boy and do nothing on him, for now I know that you are afraid of God and have not felt sorry for your only son for Me. And Abraham raised his eyes and saw, and behold, behind Aries, entangled in his horns more often. Abraham went, took a ram and offered it as a burnt offering instead of [Isaac], his son.]: Gen. 22, 2-13; the Palestinians [the fisherman caught a huge fish; she tells him to take it to the Sultan; the water in which it is wash it, give it to the mare, let the sultan and his wife eat the meat, and the fisherman and his wife; then children will be born; the fish smells bad, but the fisherman spoke about its wonderful properties; count the eggs in the pan, but do not count the months a pregnant woman; a mare gave birth to two foals; the king gave his son to a fisherman's wife to feed both; prince Hasan, fisherman's son Hussein, he is smarter; when are they 15 years old? his mother is unhappy that he is holding the fisherman's son by his brother; they sat on horses born at the same time as them and went on a journey; they stayed with an old woman; she says that the local sultan is evil; his daughter's suitors give impossible assignments, the failed ones are cutting their heads; more than 300 princes have already died; the old man teaches Hussein to gain trust in the guards, they will miss, then wait until he falls asleep a man with a big mustache, steal his key and go to the princess; when Hussein entered, the princess mistook him for Hassan; gave her ring, necklace and curl; the king demands signs from her daughter; Hussein brings ring; necklace; curl; king: this is not a princess's curl; Hussein: if we do not give your daughter, we will defeat your kingdom; the vizier advises you to give it away; old man: on Hasan's wedding night, my wife and I will die; bury; you will see so much gold, how much coal; on his wedding night, Hassan left Hussein alone, but he secretly went to the old people; after the funeral, the brothers built a mausoleum over their grave and took the gold; one day Hassan began to watch what kind of dowry did the wife bring in the chest; a bird flew in and took the necklace; Hasan ran after her barefoot and in his underwear; found himself at the old woman's house; spent the night there; found a necklace in the bird's nest; sold from he had one stone, bought clothes with this money; hired a job; Hussein dressed Hassan's wife Kadiem, became an assistant himself, and they began to go to cities to find out about Hassan; Hassan came and did not recognize him in the kadia Hussein; said he returned 10 gold to the jeweler, to whom he sold the necklace stone, but he said he knew nothing (the stone costs 10,000 gold); Hussein sent for the jeweler; he denied everything; Hussein ordered write a letter to his wife and seal it: give him the stone from that necklace; the stone was brought; the kadiy imprisoned the jeweler for three years and Hussein for 4 days; this is to prevent him from going anywhere; Hussein came to prison and explained to Hassan that Kadi was his wife; everything is fine; they returned to their father king; Hussein hears doves talking under the tree: if Hussein does not sleep, it's good; he must stay alone for the night Hassan ; a demon will come to kill Hassan, Hussein will kill him; otherwise he will be accused of killing Hassan; if Hussein talks about something, he will become petrified; he killed the demon, put the body in a bag and went to bury him; he was grabbed guards, accused of murder; the king ordered to tell, he turned into a stone pillar; Hassan put up a tent next to the stone to die there; sitting in a tent, he hears the doves talking; tomorrow the wife will give birth; if To kill a newborn on that rock, Hussein will come to life; if you put a loquat branch (Eriobotrya japonica) around the child's neck, he will also come to life; Hassan did so, everyone is alive and well; Hussein married his daughter Vizier]: Littmann 2016:160-183; Bahrain, Kuwait, Syria, Saudi Arabia: El-Shamy 2004, No. 516:274-275; Kuwait, Qatar, Emirates, Lebanon Syria [Hero's child has to be sacrificed or given away so is to save hero's friend; {it is not certain that the sources mentioned by al-Shami really have this motive; mehri and jibbali, who are ash -Shami also mentions, he does not exist}]: El-Shamy 2004, No. 516C: 279-280; Socotra [to choose a friend, Sultan's son Muhammad calls the young man, offers food, leaves himself; he does not touch the food, M. rejects him; so with many; only Saleh ate everything, M. makes him his friend; they go hunting gazelles; they notice a ship carrying a beautiful girl; they look for her everywhere, find her in a distant land; this is Einá (Eyna), the daughter of the ruler; she comes to young men, but M. sleeps; so twice; the third time Saleh manages to wake M., E. teaches how to find her room; the upper floor is built of the skulls of grooms who tried to do this before; S. finds E., gets it, but gives it to M.; on the way home, E. and M. spend the night under one tree and S. under another; hears three birds talking; the snake will crawl up, spit on E.'s cheek, if the poison is not wiped off, E. will die, and if S. tells, he will petrify; S. erases the poison, M. almost killed S., thinking that he tried to kiss E.; the next night; M. will be thirsty, towards him a man with a bucket of milk, it is poisoned; S. knocks the vessel out of M.'s hands, E. again prevents M. from attacking S.; at the third night: M. finds a golden rod, if he hits a horse with it, the horse will die; S. puts his hand the rod breaks; at home M. arranges the trial of S., S. tells everything, turns into stone; his wife gave birth, three birds told her that if the baby was slaughtered, S. would come to life; E. did so, S. came to life]: Naumkin, Kogan 2013, No. 22:186-187 (with additions to the full English translation).

Tibet is the Northeast of India. Eastern Tibetans (Sichuan) [the hare poisoned the old woman's bread; that namazade stone with glue, the hare stuck; the old woman promises to execute the hare with the most painful death; he suggests planting it in a pot and throw it off the mountain; the pot broke, the hare ran away; the old woman again smeared the stone with glue, the hare was caught again; promises to marry the old woman's son to the youngest of the three princesses; the traveler goes to the nunnery to perform sacrifice; hare: they only let them go there naked, leave the horse and clothes here; the person who came naked was badly beaten because they mistook Aku Tambe for the cunning, who just ran naked; on the way, the hare stole silk from his idol, put the guy in his boots instead of insoles; in front of the princess's eyes he threw out silk and put a new one; ordered him to be sent to the bride; in the house, the devil sambo said that an army was coming at him, let him hide in the cauldron; the hare covered the cauldron with a lid, made a fire, the devil melted; the hare fed the guests with this broth; shows the chambers; gold and silver are the dowry for the bride of the deceased older brother; the bones are those ignorant who are on his at the wedding, they got drunk and were executed; half-alive prisoners - they got drunk at their middle brother's wedding; drunk guests left the bride and ran away; to see if the old woman's son, the hare, was grateful pretended to be sick, sent the owner to the llama; he ran ahead and pretended to be a llama; "we must cut out my son's heart and feed the patient"; the owner brings the knife, the hare gets up and stops him; the son of an old woman with lived happily as a family, and the hare ran away into the forest]: Potanin 1914, No. 19:416-419 (reprinted in Komissarov 1997:240-244); kirati [the judge's son and the minister's son are friends, born on the same day; the judge's son married; he wants to find a bride for the minister's son; friends travel, spend the night under a tree; the judge's son sees a serpent swallow their horses but lost the jewel in which his life is; the judge's son took a stone, a snake died, the judge's son cut his stomach, the horses came out alive; with this stone, friends come to the lake, the water recedes, they see the palace, marry the minister's son; she goes to mourn the snake father; the other the king hunts, sees the girl, is blind with love; the old woman finds a girl, calls the warriors, they refer her to this king; the judge's son finds out that the old woman has a fool son covered in ash; takes his form, takes him away a girl; both friends and a girl spend the night under a tree; the judge's son sees a snake crawling to the falcon's nest, killing a snake; falcons tell their mother about this; in response, she talks about the threats that await the young ; a tree will fall on them, a bridge will collapse under them, they will be buried by a landslide, elephants will trample, wedding food will be poisoned, a snake will crawl into the bedroom at night; if the hearing tells, he will turn into stone; the judge's son makes the minister's son and his girlfriend go before dawn, wade across the river, etc.; the minister's son is dissatisfied every time; the judge's son broke into the bedroom, killed a snake, the minister's son thinks he wanted kill him; the judge's son tells everything, becomes stony; manages to say that he will come to life if the minister's son spills the blood of his first child on him; the wife killed the newborn, the judge's son has come to life; he has gone to live in another country]: Heunemann 1980, No. 5:67-75.

South Asia. Kashmiris: Beck 1987, No. 24 [almost exactly like Sadhu 2002; Akanandum means "only son", the name is given by the father; he is not a king, but a poor brahman; 7 sisters; A. kills and cuts the body of a yogi, and not a father; everyone should eat meat; only one of the sisters finds the strength to call A.]: 81-85; Sadhu 2002, No. 21 [the king has only daughters; the yogi promises the birth of a son, if the boy reaches 12 years old, let they will call Akanandun; 12 years later, the yogi came, made the king cut his son's throat himself, cooked the meat, poured the soup into the cauldrons, told the mother to go down and call her son; the son appeared alive, and the yogi and cauldrons disappeared] : 63-66; Punjabi [while hunting in the forest, the king sees a portrait of a beautiful woman; a faithful vizier goes to look for her; at night the king notices the radiance; it is a serpent crawling out of a well who puts precious stone; the king covers the stone with ash, the serpent dies; going down into the well, the king finds the beautiful woman whose portrait he saw, takes her as his wife; she loses her shoe in the river, the laundress finds it, brings it to another king; he sends an old woman, she lures the beautiful woman into the boat, takes her away, and steals a gem; the kidnapped woman promises to marry the king in three months; the vizier finds her; the cat and the mongoose, with the help of rats, find and the stone is taken away from the old woman's house; the vizier and the kidnapped run to the river, the stone separates the waters, they cross the dry; the husband of the rescued woman, brought by the vizier, offers two swords or two horses; an old woman chooses horses, she is torn apart, tied to them; on the way home, the vizier hears birds talking warning of dangers for the king; prevents them (kills a white horse that would kill the king; does not let you drink from the spring; removes the gate that would press down those who entered; kills the snake in the couple's bedroom; a drop of snake blood falls on the queen's cheek, the vizier washes her, the king thinks he is encroaching on his wife's honor; The vizier tells everything, turns into stone; in a dream, the king learns that his son's blood will revive the transformed man; accidentally scratches his son's hand with a sword, blood falls on the stone, the vizier comes to life]: King 1926, No. 14: 84-89; himachali plowmen [a girl named Renuka; when she is 9 years old, she was taken to a distant village; she misses her parents, but she must be accompanied by a brother and she does not have a brother; she promises to do it Ashta bali sacrifice (8 animal species) if a brother is born; he was born, raised and came for a sister; she begins to make a sacrifice, but when it comes to goats, a thunderous voice requires that the sacrifice was made by a man; she offers herself, but the voice requires a male sacrifice; R. decapitated both sons, put the bodies on the altar; the voice demands that heads be placed on the altar as well; R. enters the room where she left her heads - her sons are alive and well; voice: goats can now be sacrificed; together with her brother and sons R. comes to their parents]: Seethalakshmi 1960, No. 24:79-81; Rajastans : Roy Chaudhury 1972, No. 12 [Marwari harvested a rich wheat harvest, but prices fell and he did not want to sell wheat below cost; went to the guru for advice; he ordered a black antelope to be delivered to him; M . brought; the guru wrote something on a piece of paper, tied it to the antelope's horn and let it go; then drought began, followed by hunger; M. sold wheat at a fabulous price; the ruler Sidh Raj found out that where the black antelope stops, the grass turns green again; the astrologer said that someone used an antelope to bewitch the rain; SR caught an antelope; the paper says: to make it rain again, paper must be lowered into the water; as soon as this was done, a storm began with a shower; SR came to the hut where Bhat lived, a bard and geneologist of the neighboring king; only his wife was at home, she warmed and fed the king; he promises to comply with any of her requests; she says she will contact her when needed; SR left, and her returning husband began to vilify his wife for accepting a man in his absence; did not believe it was the king; the wife: whoever of us is wrong, let him fall ill with leprosy; the husband fell ill; the wife brought him to the king; said that her husband would be cured of leprosy if he washed himself with the blood of the king's only son; the king gave his consent; the prince's head was cut off, Bhat washed himself in blood and immediately recovered; his wife connected the prince's head to his body, she grew and the prince came to life], 12 [Prince Jagdev quarreled with his father, took his wife and children and came to another king; he paid him 2,000 coins a day; the courtiers murmur; on a rainy night, the king hears women laughing from one city gate and crying from another; sends J. find out what is going on; gives the same instructions to the guards; J. found out that Fates are crying, for the king will die tomorrow, and those who take his soul to heaven are laughing; J. asks the laughers if there is anything to help; those they say that someone must sacrifice himself; J. offers himself - he only goes to say goodbye to his wife; the wife agrees with his decision and will also die, and in order not to leave children orphans, they must also be killed; in the eyes of laughing J. cuts off the head of his eldest son; they say that it is enough; resurrect the boy and give 50 years of life to the king; when he returns, J. is silent about what happened, not knowing that the king was watching; warriors they say that there were no women at all; the tsar shames them and tells them everything]: 73-77, 78-83; Bengalis [(Russian translation in Porozhnyakov 1990:30-47); the prince and the minister's son travel, spend the night in the forest, They see a snake crawling out of the pond with a jewel on its head; leaving the stone, crawling away to hunt; they hide the stone in horse manure; the serpent dies; they see a palace in the pond, go down, there beautiful, the prince marries her; the minister's son goes home for his retinue; another prince sees the first wife when she goes ashore; the old woman lures her, she is taken away with the treasure; the minister's son penetrates her, takes her to her husband; in the forest he hears two birds talking; the king will send an elephant to his son, who will sit on him, fall, crash to death; if he enters the palace through the lion's gate, they will collapse, crush him; at a feast he will choke to death with a fish head; a cobra will bite the prince on his wedding bed; whoever told the prince about this will become petrified; he will come to life if he is sprinkled with the blood of the baby to be given birth to the prince's wife; son the minister sits on the elephant himself, orders the gate to be destroyed; at a feast, he takes his head off the prince's plate with a fish; hides in the bedroom, kills a snake, a drop of blood falls on the prince's wife, he licks her; he has to To say it all, he turns into marble; the prince cuts the newborn in half, the minister's son comes to life; after taking the remains of the child, he returns to his wife; she asks the goddess Kali for help, for the husband is always gloomy; she revives the child; everyone is happy]: Day 1914, No. 2:17-52; (cf. baiga [after dinner, the farmhand asks a gonda peasant to tell a fairy tale; he is too lazy, he goes to sleep; the farmhand sees and hears how four tales came out of the womb of the gonda and decided to kill him, since he is too lazy to have them tell; first: when the gondas come to my son, the first sip of food will turn into needles, he will swallow them and die; second: I will become a tree, I will fall on it; third: I will become a snake, I will bite him; fourth: I will find water , when he crosses the river, it will wash it away; the servant snatches out food, tells him to run quickly past the tree, kills the snake, pulls the owner out of the water; he demands to tell us what is going on, the servant is petrified; Gonda's daughter-in-law threw her child on this stone, the farmhand came to life; but the gonde drove him away; so "don't trust the gonda, the woman and the dream"]: Elwin 1944, No. 1:302-303; Tamils (informant: this story is for me read from the book) [when the son of the Raja and the son of the vizier grew up, the fathers handed over their posts to them; but first they went on a journey; one day the young vizier went for food; the young Raja saw a crawling snake, killed her, put a ring on his finger that fell out of its mouth; this ring spreads the waters, he went into an underwater tunnel; there is a girl; the killed serpent is the rakshasa that kidnapped her; she becomes a wife Rajas; tells them not to leave their refuge; the husband does not listen; another Raja sees them; the old woman pretended to be an unhappy widow; the Raja took her to their refuge, although his wife did not want to; the old woman gave the young man a potion she put the body in the coffin, took the ring; before that, the young man told his wife how she and the vizier lost each other; and that the vizier's son is able to revive the dead; the wife promises the Raja, who sent the old woman, to become his wife, but a year later; in the meantime, he asks to feed 1000 people for free and send to her everyone who has lost a friend; 4 days before the deadline, the vizier returned; pretended to be the old woman's son, lured her her ring; he was brought to the girl, everything was clear; at night they went down into the underwater tunnel, the vizier revived the raja, all three jumped into their kingdom; at night, the vizier hears two parrots talking; now a banyan will fall on the raja; and if he survives and climbs the platform, the platform will collapse and the Raja will die; and if he is saved, the cobra will bite him on the bed; whoever tells will be petrified; you can revive it by sprinkling a stone with the blood of his only son; the vizier dragged the sleeping raja from under the banyan, who fell; the horse jumped over the platform; in marriage, the vizier hid under the bed, killed the snake, and a drop of blood fell on the wound's chest, The vizier erased it with his finger and then the Raja woke up; the vizier was sentenced to burn; he told everything and petrified; the couple cut off his son's head% the vizier came to life and revived the boy]: Blackburn 2005, No. 5).

The Balkans. Albanians [two brothers decide to marry a giant Vampiri and a woman from overseas; they meet V., who swallowed them, then belched them, brought them to him; they agree with his wife V. that finds out where V. keeps his life; V.: in the garden; in the door; his wife covers the garden and the door with a handkerchief; V.: in the mountains in the heart of a bear; twins cut off the bear's head, a fox jumped out, a hare in a fox, two in a hare doves, they brought them to V., killed them, one married his wife V., both went to pick up his wife for another; they eavesdrop on the hell in the hole telling his son to throw 3 black and 3 white stones into the sea, a bridge will appear; forgets to say "whoever hears will petrify"; they returned with the woman Beauty of the World (Kleine Schöne der Erde); only the eldest went to listen to the devil's conversation with his son again; hell: the bride has There are 3 snakes in the stomach, they will kill the groom on the wedding night, and whoever hears and tells will petrify; during the wedding he comes to listen again; hell: the bride has already killed 30 suitors; you have to kill snakes at the moment when they will begin to crawl out; whoever hears and gives will become petrified and blind; the brothers demanded that the groom not go to the bride the first night, but leave him in the room; kill the snakes; in the morning he told everything, petrified; A year later, after giving birth to a son, the wife sends her husband to listen to the devil; hell: if you kill the son, the brother will come to life; the wife killed the baby herself, blood dripped on the statue, the brother comes to life and the baby too]: Lambertz 1952:21-29; Bulgarians [seeing a portrait of a distant beauty, the prince and his servant set off; on the way out of a conversation between birds (crows, eagles, sparrows), the servant learns how to lure a beautiful woman out of her home; from a conversation birds learn about the dangers that threaten the prince and that the one who discovered the secret will petrify; averts dangers, the prince demands to explain his strange actions to the servant, he says, turns into stone; The prince learns that the servant will come to life from the blood of the prince's child; kills the child, both the servant and the child come to life]: Daskalova-Perkovska et al. 1994, No. 516:192; Bulgarians [God tests the faith of three brothers, whose prayers he fulfilled; the two elders did not live up to his trust; he came to the youngest's house in the guise of an old man with festering wounds; he was warmly received; explained that only the flesh of a slaughtered man and a baked male child, the only one owned by the parents; the couple decided to sacrifice their son; the child survived in the oven, and the coals turned to gold]: Rakhno 2014:52-53; Bulgarians [four The brothers went to work; God took the image of an old man and went with them; one would like the water in the spring to turn into wine; the other would like a grave and two poplars to be replaced by a pile of grain and oxen; the third is for crows to become sheep; everyone explains that he wants to start his own business primarily to help the poor; God fulfills everyone's wish; with the fourth he comes to the wedding; says that the bride should give to the young man he brought; the argument: who has a vine stuck in the ground and will immediately bring grapes; God did this, the wedding audience dried up; after a while time God, in the form of an old beggar, visits those whom he has benefited; the first three refuse to shelter him; God turns wine into water, sheep into crows, etc.; the fourth's wife takes care of the guest, but says that they are so poor that they bake cakes from manure; God turns cakes into bread; tells them to kill one of the children, bake it and serve it to him; parents do so; God tells them to open the oven; the child is alive and healthy, playing with golden apples, gold coins around; spouses got rich]: Leskien 1915, No. 21:87-93; Hungarians: Domotor 1988, № 516* [{summary short and unclear}; two friends look the same; one of them is looking for a wife; the other is helping, maimed; the first kills his children to cure a friend; takes revenge on opponents]: 461; Ortutai 1974, No. 11 [the son of a farmhand grew up, went on a journey; people carry 12 carts of reeds, he asked for a reed, did not find what he needed; he found two reed bushes by the sea, made guns and sabers out of reeds; now his name is Maly with the Reeds (K.); came to the king; it turned out that his indistinguishable from the queen; tells him that he met a girl who will give her father only for someone who is just as rich; the king also does not marry his son to someone who has less money than the king; K. the queen to the girl, they lured her to the ship, took her away; at the night, K. hears the vultures talking; the horse will throw the queen, he will kill; a faithful servant will shoot a hare, hit the queen; the 12-headed dragon in the wedding night will take the bride away; whoever tells will petrify; K. shot a horse, a servant; asked permission to remain in marriage; cut off the dragon's head; he is asked to explain; he told and petrified; two sons were born; the beggar orders to sprinkle the stone with the blood of these children; K. came to life; the king gave him the keys to 99 rooms, did not give him back the hundredth; K. spies through the keyhole; there are three baths, maidens arrive- swans, take off their outfit, bathe; they say that if you hide the clothes, you won't come back; K. made the key, hid the youngest's clothes, gave her another one, married her; the wife warns not to give her her old clothes, if others ask; they are invited to the wedding, everyone asks the wife to dance in her old clothes, because she will dance even better; K. brought it, his wife put it on and flew away, ordered her to look for her in the fortress on high mountain, star above it; K. comes to the mother of the Sun; The sun is back, does not know about the mountain, advises Uncle Wind to ask him; The wind tells him to follow the thorns bush {tumbleweed?} ; at the mountain, the miller put K. in a barrel of flour, which the neck raises to the top of the mountain every day; he picked it up, he opened himself to his wife, stayed with her on the mountain]: 251-264; Shustova 1994 [Korolevich Yanko despite At the will of the father, he goes to look for the bride, marries the Golden Flower; the faithful servant hears the conversation between crows (the evil king will cut the bridge), pigeons (send an enchanted carriage), eagles (will send robes that will burn them wearing); whoever tells will become petrified; the servant does not allow him to cross the bridge, cuts the carriage, tears his robes; at home, when he learns what the servant has done, the old king tells him to hang; the servant explains everything, stones; I. goes to look for Happiness and Good Luck to revive the servant; on the way, the miller asks to know why he is poor, three girls, why they are not married, the river, why there are no fish in it; Happiness and Luck tells you to revive the petrified with drops the blood of a newborn son, someone must drown in the river (I must cross first, then say it), girls should not take revenge on the garbage in the face of the Sun (i.e. when it has already risen), the miller should not be stingy, angry; a horse thief drowns in the river, girls get married, the miller gets rich; the old king dies of fear when he sees a servant come to life]: 158-168; Hungarians [the king put his daughter in the tower to isolate her from men; one of the two wanderers lifted the stem up to the window, the smell made the girl pregnant; her father put her in a barrel, threw her into the sea; the barrel was nailed to the island, the girl got out gave birth to a son, he grew up, sailed across the strait to the mainland, bringing apples to his mother; his mother herself baptized him in the name of his father of the sun, his godfather of the month and his star cousins; his name Beautiful Szérus; a hussar costume and sword fell from the tree to him; on a tree trunk he transported his mother across the strait; towards the giant, S. hacked him down; brought his mother to the giants' castle; the king of giants met with mother S., they decided to get rid of S.; the mother pretended to be sick: we must bring the bear cub and eat his heart; the bear gave a bear cub; when she saw him, the mother said that she had already recovered; the same with wolf cub; lion cub; mother suggests S. jokingly tie his thumbs - will he be able to break; cannot; the giant agrees to fulfill his last wish; S. asks to put three whistles in his mouth, given by a bear, a she-wolf and a lioness; the lion grabbed the giant, the wolf the woman, the bear broke his fetters; S. cut the giant, pieces of meat into the trough, the second, the water, left his mother between the troughs; left with his animals; you need a bride; the bear advises you to ask the sun - Father S.; the lion brought them all to heaven; the sun does not know about brides, advises to turn to the month; the month to the stars, or rather to the Morning Star; neither star knows, let the winds ask, they are blowing everywhere; they replied that his betrothed sleeps in a golden cradle at the bottom of hell, she is rocked by 42 traits; S. and the beasts have returned to earth; the count himself tried to get this girl, promised to help; S. grabbed the girl, the devils in pursuit; the lion threw the brush (forest), the handkerchief (the sea); the bear threw three pins (three mountains to the sky); the devils could not overcome them; the count took the girl; she would marry only someone who could milk three golden mares; the animals milked; she would marry someone who buys in their milk heated to a boil; the animals cooled him, S. swam, became handsome; the count also wanted to swim, the animals heated the milk, the count cooked; the girl was about to marry S., he went out into the garden, fell asleep, the count's younger brother cut off his head; the animals saw a snake whose snake cut in half with a scythe, it carries healing grass; the lion stepped on the snake's head, the animals took the grass, the snake hit the lion with its tail, ripping off its hair, leaving only its mane; first, the head was attached backwards in advance, I had to redo it; at this time, the count's brother is preparing the wedding; the lion and the wolf tore him apart; the wedding; S. dug up his mother, who ate the giant's meat, took a sharp bone, put her son in bed, she pierced his heart; the animals revived him with that elixir taken from the snake, his mother tore his mother; a son was born; when he is 7 years, 7 months, days, hours and minutes, his blood should be sprinkled on 3 stones; S. did it, three his animals became princes again, the castle of the giants is their castle; son S. did not die, they only took blood from him; they are all alive if they did not die]: Dégh 1965, No. 8:109-126; Romanians [the king has a pear a tree, at night three birds with iron beaks eat fruit; the older princes fall asleep; the younger mouse asks for crumbs; wakes up when birds arrive, he catches one, brings it into the house, she turns into The beauty of the World, they sleep together; the maid cuts off her golden curl; the Beauty of the World is offended: let the prince look for her on a glass mountain; fly away as a bird; the Beauty of Peace is the daughter of another king; he demands one of princes as her husband; the elder goes, the father puts on bear skin and frightens him, he turns back; the same with the middle woman; the old woman advises the youngest to choose a horse that eats hot coals, take a sword and armor , which his father used when he was on his way to marry; the prince was not afraid of his father; he tells him to avoid the red-bearded and beardless; the beardless imposed himself as companions; rejected twice, but the third time convinced that everyone here is beardless; lowers him into the well and refuses to lift him before the prince does not agree to change roles; calls him the White Moor (BM); at the court of the Red King, the beardless sends BM for with a jewel from the lion garden; then for a gold-bearing deer; the horse kills a beardless man, the prince regains his status and marries the Beauty of the World; after the wedding, he takes his wife home, with them the Destroyer nine lands (RDZ) so that the prince's horse can climb the glass mountain, shoves him with puddy horseshoes, and blindfolds all the wedding guests; one untied his bandage, the horse fell to his knee; at this time, BM's mother died, the father remarried; the stepmother put poison in BM's food and on the bridge he should ride on; the RDZ leads past the bridge, throws food to the pigs, burns the clothes on offer; he has to explain and as the story progresses, he becomes stony; KM gives birth to a beautiful child; the couple dream that RDZ can only be revived with the blood of their child; three drops of blood fall on the petrified person, he comes to life]: B₂ rlea 1966:431-433; Romanians [the king leaves, leaving his son Ionece for himself, but refusing to take one key; he breaks the ban, enters the room, sees a portrait of a beautiful woman and faints; goes to search; in an empty castle, food is served by itself; a dragon lives there; the girl advises to swap barrels of living and dead water; I. fights the dragon, she drinks dead water, I. kills her; then kills her daughter; goes to Ciudad de Obilă; his slave finds out what his life is; first he says it's in the door jamb, then he's in the sword in the basement; I. enters the basement, there are hundreds of prisoners; he Ciudă de Obilă kills, and returns the slave to her friend - this is his wife; defeats the hero Kazarkina, who ate everything; frees her for promising to obey him; {many details, not all clear}; Kazarkina tells Ionita what she learned from the conversation of pigeons: her father wants to kill him; as the story progresses, K. becomes stony; I. kills her father, frees his mother; I.'s wife dreams that if K. sprinkles blood on them baby, she will come to life; they cut off the baby's head, K. revived puts her in her place and the baby comes to life]: Bîrlea 1966:433-435; Romanians (Banat) [the emperor had a son and his friend the king has a daughter, but the girl was immediately kidnapped by a dragon; the young man grew up, the nurse explained what kind of beauty he was dreaming of in his dream; he went in search, with him the hero Wilisch ("joyful") Witiásu (from Hungarian vitéz) , knight); they went through a field of suffering, then a field of flowers; they cannot be torn, although they ask to do so; one flower jumped on his hat itself; the queen of flowers wanted to cut off the prince's head, but the flowers confirmed that the prince is innocent; she sent the knights to the old woman Saint Sereda; she does not know where the dragon is, sent her to Holy Friday; she sent her to Holy Old Woman Sunday; Sunday gathered animals and birds, the last a kite appeared; explained that he was flying from the dragon and dislocated its wing; Sunday told him to show him the way to the dragon; they came to the princess; the dragon smelled them, rushed, BB threw them into the ground, and the prince into the cloud; but BB is immortal, he got the prince; they told the princess to ask the dragon what his strength is; they hid themselves; the dragon: you have to hit the surface of the milk oler three times with your hand; a kite will emerge; if it to win, then I will die; BB defeated the kite, came to the dragon, tore it in half; when they were approaching the prince's city, the Empress sent her son's bride a shirt; BB tore it: whoever wears it, that petrified; the emperor sent two horses, BB also chopped them; at the wedding, BB drank a glass of wine and petrified; the prince found out that the stone should be sprinkled with the blood of a newborn; the finger of one of the twins was cut off, BB came to life; the prince's parents stopped hating his wife and fell in love with her]: Schott, Schott 1975, No. 11:75-83; the Bosnians [the sultan went blind; found out in a dream that he would see the light if he rubbed his eyes with fat from the king of fish; a crown on his head and stripes on his body; Sultan's son Rahman and his servant go to the sea, caught the king of fish; he asks R. to let him go, promises to help; fearing his father's anger, R. runs away; meets a stranger, they go together, his name is Schahbas; it's time to guard R. at night; he chased a hare, he fled into failure, a giant jumped out; it repeats itself, this time two warriors and a beautiful woman are in failure; they they say that this is their sister, they have been sitting here for 8 years; they marry R., but they tell her to guard her; at night she is carried away by a giant; the brothers are going to cut off R.'s head; S. asks to wait two weeks, he will return them sister; he found the giant's palace, killed him, hiding behind the door, returned the girl; in the city he shows shoes taken from the giant's palace, they go to the daughter of Sheikh al-Islam; the Sultan's daughter wants the same S. returns to the giant's palace, brings another couple, for which the Sultan agreed to give his daughter for R.; R. and his wife and S. go to Father R.; stay in the city; while R. and his wife are sleeping, Sh. four forks: 1) Father Sultan will send Rahman a horse, which will cause his death; 2) Rahman will be given a goblet, if he drinks, dies; 3) Rahman will be swallowed by a dragon; 4) who tells, will petrify; S. compartment for the horse her head, when she fell on the grass, a flame rushed; the hand of the Tatar, who held out the goblet, was cut off, he fell, the flame again; at night, in the room where R. sleeps with his wife, a spider came down from the ceiling, became a snake, a snake as a dragon, S. cut off his head, threw him into the sea; in the morning no one knows where the Sultan went (he was that spider and dragon); S. talks about everything to R. and is stone; R.'s wife gave birth to a son; in a dream, a voice told She kill the baby and smear the stone figure with his blood; S. came to life and the baby too; S. gave his three hairs to call him for help if necessary, left; he was the king of fish]: Schütz 1960, No. 38: 278-292.

Central Europe. Czechs, Slovaks: Uther 2004 (1), No. 516C: 304-305; Poles [a queen falls in love with a girl than a portrait he sees or dreams of a portrait; with the help of a servant or brother, he finds her and takes him away; when he hears birds or demons talk, the servant learns about the dangers that the Queen faces: dragon poison, poisoned clothes, drowning in the river, a snake in the royal room, a mad horse, etc.; he removes threats, but is forced to explain his behavior and turns into stone; he will be revived by the blood of his master's child or a remedy brought from afar; the queen kills the child, the servant comes to life and the child also]: Krzyżanowski 1962, No. 516:167; Russians (Terevsky Bereg) [the elder prince asks to let him down for a walk on an open field; disappeared; the same middle; younger Ivan: Let me go, and I won't Let me go - I'll go; I got to the brothers, the forces are dark and dark against them; I. drove around her, entered the house, there the girl weaves a crumb; she will click with stuffing {the kind of crest for the surf is a duck} - a horse and a man will jump out to service went; I. cut off the stuffing, shot the girl; the brothers beat the force and burned the house; they are going - the stove, under it a hole; I. asks him to lower, there are three houses and three girls, each wiped her kingdom into an egg and pocket put it down; the brothers raised two girls; the third to Ivan: they argue over me; stayed with I. in the lower world; I. sees a man, the other hits him on the head with a hammer, the man asks him to redeem him; after the third time ( the price is first 100, then 200, 300 rubles, I. bought and brought him to the ground; he promises to bring him to the ground; led to the sea, the whale sailed, he limited his hand, became a ship; sailed, the servant does not sleep at the wheel; three birds flew in; first: I. went to the earth horde, took his beautiful wife and a prudent woman; second: why happy, his own mother died, his father married Baba Yaga, his stepmother would give him wine, he he will drink it and tear it apart; the third: and whoever hears and retells, will petrify knee-deep; the next night the same (the stepmother will bring her shirt; he will petrify up to the waist); on the third night: the stepmother will bring a silver spoon, I. He will sip and tear it apart; he who told everything will be petrified; they sailed; the servant threw wine on the dog, he disappeared; threw his shirt on the goat, he disappeared; and threw the spoon out the window; after telling everything, he petrified; the old man: the son will be born, releasing blood from under his throat on a stone, the servant will come to life; the son also came to life, only the scar remained]: Balashov 1970, No. 40:126-133 (=1991:86-101); Russians (Arkhangelskaya: Severnaya Dvina) [y Tsar's son Ivan (Vanyusha); the tsar locked one of the rooms; I. took the keys, broke into the room, there was a portrait of a beautiful woman, he fell in love with her; went to pick up the bride, with him a faithful servant, also Ivan; they came to the ship to the country where the princess lived; they sell mirrors; the princess came to the ship to see, they sailed; the princess likes I.-Tsarevich; the servant hears the crow's prediction: they will come home, sit in a stroller, it will explode, and whoever tells will petrify knee-deep; they will give a poisonous shirt (petrify to the waist); they will go to bed and, if they do not smear their eyebrows with blood, they will not wake up (it will petrify completely); the servant chopped the stroller, burned shirt; smeared the princess's eyebrows with blood, began to lick, I. woke up and decided that the servant was kissing the young woman; I had to tell everything; "the statues were placed in the room"; I. had a son; I. had a dream: the servant will come to life, if you slaughter his son; they did so; I. came to life, followed by a boy]: Mitrofanova, Fedorova 1966, No. 9:117-118; Russians (Arkhangelskaya, Pinezhsky District, d. Lebskaya. AND. Golchikov, born in a village, runs a cooperative in Mezen, "apparently read a lot", 1927) [The Tsar's eldest son Egor the Brave goes to look for a bride, finds himself in a forest hut, an upper room with "velvet removed, sewn in gold", Egor chooses the eldest of two pigeon girls. Baba Yaga treats gingerbread, mash and wort, Egor gets drunk and falls under the table. Baba Yaga gets angry, calls him a drunkard and throws him and his bride into the cellar. The royal's middle son Fedor the Important goes after the bride and finds himself in a golden palace, sees a poor room and a girl inside a dirty shop, marries her, Baba Yaga treats him and a drunk with throws a girl into the underground. The youngest son, Ivan Tsarevich, wants to go to look for his brothers, but his father does not let him in. The old woman advises to tell her father that he dreamed of a thin royal cellar, and behind 12 doors and locks there is a horse the same age as Ivan, in front of him is heroic armor. The king realizes that someone told his son about the basement, but gives him a horse. Ivan raises the cellar by the front corner and pulls out a kladenets sword, a long-lasting spear and heroic armor. Ivan comes to Baba Yaga's hut (leaves a spear and sword on the floor - no one can lift it anyway), asks about his brothers, refuses to eat Yaga's treats, throws the table through the window with his right hand, knocks out the frames. She pulls out two snakes burning with fire, and Ivan cuts off their heads with a sword. He tries out Baba Yaga, where his brothers are, cuts her head off, sends her brothers to go to their father. Ivan goes on to "get the betrothed". In the field, he frees the hero for beating the royal daughter, promises to marry her himself, "if she is a good girl", the hero promises to be Ivan "Oron Faithful to death". Ivan sees the princess, has been looking for a more beautiful girl for 5 years, but he does not find it. He sees a tent in the field, brings his horse to someone else's, they eat together, he decides that sleep will get along with the owner of the tent. He goes inside and falls asleep. Both heroes snore. No one wants to kill another at night in their sleep, waiting for the morning for a fair fight. In the morning, he sees Oron Verny in front of him, who says that Martha the Beautiful-Golden Breast is the most beautiful. Ivan spies on her walk in the garden, jumps over the wall on horseback and carries her away. Koschey the Immortal catches up with them, cuts Ivan, takes Marfa. The raven kills the bull and hides under its skin, crows fly in and it catches the crow, does not let go until its crow brings alive and dead water. It revives Voronenka and Ivan Tsarevich. They come to Marfa the Beautiful, who lives in a stone house in the swamp. She turns the Raven into a fly, she hides Ivan in a chest. When Koschey appears and senses the Russian spirit, she says that a well-fed bird flew from Russia, dropped its scythe (bone) into the pipe, which is why it smells from the oven. Marfa feeds, gives water to Koshchei, asks where his death is, he deceives her twice ("Stupid woman! Who will throw death in a holic/box?"). He admits that death in an egg-bunk-cellar on Buyan Island. She asks Koshchei to bring her a Russian cook, Ivan gets out of the chest and goes with Oron for Koshchei's death. When we were swimming across the sea, Ivan wanted to shoot the pike, but Oron felt sorry for it. He also stops Ivan on the island when he wants to kill a gyrfalcon. Oron pulls out the oaks above the cellar, Ivan opens the box, catches the hare, an egg falls into the sea, and a pike carries it out. Ivan breaks the egg, Koschey dies, Marfa says his house needs to be burned; while the house burns, a gnat comes out of it. Ivan's native kingdom is captured by Baba Yaga, turns into a queen, and Ivan's parents gouge out their eyes and puts them in prison. It forbids residents to tell Ivan the truth, whoever says will turn into stone. Approaching his kingdom, Ivan spends 3 nights in a tent. Every night, pigeon girls, the wives of Fedor and Egor, arrive and say that Baba Yaga wants to destroy him with her gifts. Oron hears this and asks Ivan to give him his gifts in gratitude for his help. The queen offers Ivan a cup of wine, he gives it to a friend, who pours it out, the wine eats away at the floorboard. The mother gives a black horse, Oron beats him to death (this is a snake), she is offended that her son gives gifts to his servant. Gives him a golden carriage, Oron cuts it. Queen and Ivan want to execute Oron, who tells the truth about Ivan's parents and he turns into stone. He tears Baba Yaga, frees parents, brothers and their wives, smears his eye sockets with live water, and they see the light. Ivan misses his friend, puts a stone at the head of the bed. At night, he dreams that his son's blood can bring Oron back to life. She kills her son, collects blood and cries. Oron revives, he smears Ivan's son with live water and he also comes to life]: Karnaukhova 1934, No. 141:280-287; Russians [promise nannies to the little prince Vasilisa Kirbityevna (V.) as his wife; he grows up goes for his wife; the debtor is beaten on the square, whoever buys it, the Immortal (K.) will take his wife from him; Ivan Tsarevich (I.) buys him, this is Bulat well done (B.); B. brings V. for I., returns twice, smashing the chase; at night, K. kidnaps V.; I. throws his ring into the milk with which V. washes, asks him to know where K.'s death is; he first replies that he is in a broom, in a goat (V. decorates them); on the island oak, a chest under the oak tree, a hare in it, a duck in a hare, an egg in a duck, there is the death of K.; I. spares the dog, eagle, cancer, they grab a hare, duck, egg, K. dies; B. hears the conversation of 12 cabbage rolls that have turned into girls; dog, horse, cow I. will attack him, kill him; whoever tells him will petrify; B. kills animals, I. orders him to be executed, he says he is stony; two years later, a voice made of stone asks I. to slaughter his son and daughter; their blood makes B. come to life, children also come to life]: Afanasiev 1958, No. 158:369-375; Ukrainians (Pokutye) [mother died, pan took another; son sees a portrait of his mother and goes to look for a bride who would be just as beautiful; I did not find it; Mr. has a well with good water; everyone who comes for her is shown a portrait; one person says he knows such a beauty; goes with a young man; does not sleep at night, hears three doves talking; the king has a golden daughter; whoever looks her in the eye will become petrified; you have to go to her on a straight road, and she has not to drink wine; the companion teaches the young man to look only at that girl's feet; and only only after tasting, but not much, the food offered; the young man did everything and said that in front of the girl's throne, the stones are loser grooms; the second time you can look to the waist; the third time you can look to the waist drink wine and look into the face; the girl is happy, the wedding; the young man with his wife and companion go home; the healer teaches his stepmother to serve young poisoned wine, and the stepson a mad horse; the companion ordered not to drink wine, not sit on a horse; a companion protects the peace of the newlyweds; killed a snake that crawled out of the crack, blood splashed on the lady's face, he erased the blood; the watchmen peeked, the stepmother said that the stepson's companion kissed the lady; the healer gave her stepmother poison: the drinker will become a stone wall; a voice from the wall: christening tomorrow; we must take the baby out of the stroller and put it under the wall; the child cried, the father wiped off a tear and wiped his finger on wall; satellite came to life, a whole and healthy baby in his arms]: Zinchuk 2005b, No. 48:319-325; Eastern Ukrainians (Kiev): Rakhno 2014:51-52 (Kanevsky U., p. Dudari, recording by P. Chubinsky) [three orphan brothers went to work; the old man offered them to be their foster father; married; the eldest wanted to have oxen and cows, the middle one wanted to have a mill and a pond, the youngest wanted to give birth to him bread; then he would not forget God and help the poor; the grandfather went around the world, and he was God; he came to his older brother, begged for alms, he refused; the old man looked at his house and household - everything broke out and burned down; the same with the average (did not give flour, the mill burned down); the youngest took it to his house; learning that the old man's fatal illness can be cured if the child is baked, the mother put him in a frying pan and I put it in the oven; when I opened it, the child is safe there, playing; old man: God gave it for not forgetting the poor], 52 (Zvenigorodsky y.) [three comrades; one wanted a herd, the second wanted an apiary, the third a wife with whom he would live in harmony; God gave everyone; came with the apostles to check hospitality; the first two refused, the sheep became daws , hives with stones; the wife of the third disguised God from rags into a white shirt; the old people asked to donate the child to them; the wife left him overnight in the melted oven; in the morning he plays chervonets there]; Belarusians (Mogilevskaya, Chaussky district, p. Radomlya, 1888-1891) [The Tsar asks God to have a son. The son appears, Ivan Ivanovich. It grows not by the hour, but by the minute. Parents promise to marry Elena the Beautiful. Ivan is seventeen years old and wants to get married. Parents do not allow: "I'm still young". Ivan gets angry and goes to another city where Elena lived. She comes and asks where she is. He is told that she is being guarded by a good fellow Pilach. The merchants want to take Elena away from him, for this purpose he is taken to the square and attacked. The next day, he should be given a hundred blows. And he'll ask for a hundred dollars for it. To whoever does this, he promises to give Elena. Ivan is advised not to give money right away. On the first day, he is taken to the square, given a hundred blows, but no one pledges money for him. The old woman warns Ivan that on the second day P. will be taken out, given 200 blows, and he will ask for 200 shots, but they should not be given. On the second day, P. is taken out, given 200 blows, and no one gives money for him. The hostess warns Ivan that on the third day, when P. asks for money, it should be given. On the third day, P. withdraws, Ivan offers money, and P. takes him to Elena the Beautiful. P. brings Ivan to Elena, Elena is not interested in Ivan. The three of them spend some time. After a while, Ivan wants to walk or take a ride. He asks P. to do this, and P., together with Ivan and Elena, are leaving the city. Ivan's father wants to take him away from P. and sends an army after them. P. knows that there will be a chase, but doesn't say anything about it in advance. P. deceives Ivan and Elena, saying that he is a good coachman, but he does not have a coachman's hat and he should go after her. He leaves Ivan and Elena and goes to meet the army. The army asks him if he has seen Ivan, P. and Elena. P. says it's him. The battle begins. P. kills everyone with a stick except one soldier, who is punished to return to the king and telling him that there should be no more chase. In response, the king sends twice as many troops in pursuit. P. feels that they are being chased again. He deceives Ivan and Elena for the second time, saying that he is a good coachman, but he does not have a coachman's belt. P. leaves Ivan and Elena and meets the army again. The army asks him if he has seen Ivan, P. and Elena. P. says it's him. Kills everyone again with a wooden stick except two soldiers. He punishes them to tell the king to stop chasing. For the third time, P. feels chased, saying that this time he lacks long-booted boots. He goes to meet the army. The army asks him if he has seen Ivan, P. and Elena. P. says it's him. Kills everyone but three. P. returns to Elena and Ivan, but they are not there. The horses carried them to Koshchei the Immortal. The KB takes Elena to her rooms, puts Ivan in special rooms and orders her not to feed her, and leaves himself. P. comes to the design bureau's house. He asks Elena where Ivan is. She tells her to steal food for him and feed him, and ask him where Koshcheev died. P. leaves. KB is returned. Elena weeps and asks her to tell her what his death means. Koschey says he's in a broom and leaves home. P. comes, asks Elena, says that the KB is lying, and tells her to decorate the broom with ribbons and put it by the closet. P. leaves, KB returns. He sees a broom, orders it to be burned. Elena asks for the second time what his death was. The KB says he's in a goat and leaves. P. comes and asks Elena. She tells her to decorate the goat with ribbons and flowers, and gild the horns. Elena does as he says. KB comes back, gets angry, tells me to give the goat to the dogs. Elena asks for the third time what his death was. Koschey tells us where his death is: three years to go to that place, there is an oak on the sea, a hollow in the oak, a chest in the hollow, a duck in the chest, an egg in the duck, the death of KB in the egg. KB leaves, P. comes, finds out everything. He asks Ivan for money for three years, and Ivan gives it. After two and a half years, P. was hungry. I met a cat, wanted to eat it, but the cat asks not to kill it, promises help. Then he meets the wolf, wants to eat, but the wolf asks not to kill and promises to help. Then he meets the dog, wants to eat, but the dog asks not to kill and promises to help. P. reaches the sea, sees the island, doesn't know how to get there. There is a wolf, the wolf takes him to the island. A cat appears and pulls the chest out of the hollow. P. sits on a wolf and returns to the seashore. P. breaks the chest, a duck jumps out of it. The dog helps to catch a duck. P. tears a duck, an egg falls out and falls into the sea. P. thinks what to do. He pulls out his hair, makes a fishing rod, throws it into the sea, catches goldfish. The fish asks not to kill and promises help. The fish goes looking for an egg. He asks fish, asks crayfish. The fish finds the egg and gives it to Pilach. P. returns with him to Koshchei's house, throws an egg on the stove, KB wants to grab it but cannot, the egg burns/roasts, the KB dies. P., together with Elena and Ivan, go to Ivan's kingdom. Ivan and Elena feel sleepy on the way and fall asleep. P. lies under the carriage. Three pigeons arrive and discuss that Ivan's father is happy to return, and Ivan's mother wants to poison him and Elena the Beautiful. She will make tea, and she will not be able to drink it, she will have to pour it on the floor, where this tea will be spilled, and it will catch fire. And whoever hears and says will become a knee-length stone. Only P heard it.. Ivan and Elena wake up and move on. Elena and Ivan want to sleep again, fall asleep, and P. lies under the carriage. Three pigeons arrive again, saying that Ivan's father is waiting for him, and his mother wants to poison him. She will cook the roast, you can't eat it, you need to scatter it on the floor. Wherever this roast hits the floor, the floor will burn. And whoever hears and says will become a stone to the waist. Only P heard it.. Ivan and Elena wake up and move on. Elena and Ivan want to sleep again, fall asleep, and P. lies under the carriage. Three pigeons arrive for the third time, saying that Ivan's father is happy to return, but his mother is not. She wants to put knives and sabers in bed and cover them with beautiful pillows. You can't go to such a bed, you have to lie down on the floor. She'll see them lying on the floor and she'll climb through the window to strangle them. When she climbs through the window, she should cut off her fingers. And whoever hears and says will be all stone. On the way, P. tells Ivan and Elena everything. Ivan and Elena come to visit their father. The father is happy, and their mother sings tea, but they pour this tea on the floor, the floor lights up. Mother brings roast food, they don't eat, they scatter it on the floor. Their mother makes a bed for them, but Ivan and Elena do not lie down in it, but lie down on the floor and see their mother climbing through the window. Ivan cuts off her fingers, she falls down and shouts: my father's son stabbed me. The public gathered in the morning and wanted to execute him - shoot him. Ivan says that one person told him everything, so he did so. People ask Ivan who this person is. Ivan calls P.. P. is asked how he found out. P. talks about pigeons: pigeons arrived for the first time, they said: Ivan's mother would make tea, and it would be impossible to drink it, it would be necessary to pour it on the floor where such tea would spill, and it would catch fire there. And whoever hears and says will become a knee-length stone. And P. becomes knee-deep stone. P. says further: pigeons arrived for the second time, they said that Ivan's mother would cook the roast, you can't eat it, you need to scatter it on the floor. Wherever this roast hits the floor, the floor will burn. And whoever hears and says will become a stone to the waist. And P. became waist-deep stone. P. talks about the third time pigeons arrived and said that Ivan's mother wanted to put knives and sabers in bed and cover them with beautiful pillows. You can't go to such a bed, you have to lie down on the floor. She'll see them lying on the floor and she'll climb through the window to strangle them, and then she has to cut off her fingers. And whoever says it will be all stone. P. becomes all stone. Ivan is acquitted, he marries Elena the Beautiful. They are having a son. Ivan has a dream. In a dream, P. tells him that in order to resurrect him, you need to cut the baby's little finger and anoint the stone crosswise with blood. Ivan goes to Elena, says Elena agrees, they cut their finger, collect a drop of blood and smear the stone crosswise. The stone falls apart, P comes out of it.. He still lives with Ivan and Elena]: Romanov 1901:1-7; Belarusians (Mogilevskaya, Gomel district, d. Kupreevka, 1888-1891) [Ivan Tsarevich plays cragley with the lads. He throws a stick at cragley, the stick hits the grandmother, hits the leg. Grandma says that Ivan should not walk with her, but Tsar Kirbit has a daughter, Kirbitovna. Ivan decides to find her. He goes for several days without knowing where. On the third day, he drives past the forest. There is a hut by the forest. Ivan sends a footman to ask where Princess Kirbitovna lives. Ivan does not wait for a footman and goes to ask himself, go into the hut, there is a grandmother there. She asks her about Princess Kirbitovna, she promises to teach him how to find her. He says that King Kirbit has a good fellow Bulat, who wants to beat Kirbit, break it and stab Kirbit. Kirbit will sell Bulat at the bazaar. Grandma tells Ivan to go to the bazaar and buy someone who will be iron-clad. Ivan goes to the bazaar, looks for Bulat and finds it. Ivan asks Kirbit how much he sells Bulat for. For 100 rubles. Ivan says it's expensive and doesn't buy it. Ivan returns to his grandmother, who asks if he bought Bulat. Ivan says it's expensive. She says she has to pay and puts him to bed. In the morning, my grandmother feeds and sings Ivan and tells him to go to the bazaar and buy Bulat. Ivan goes, meets Kirbit, asks how much he sells Bulat for 200 rubles. Ivan says it's expensive and doesn't buy it. Ivan returns to his grandmother, she scolds him for buying Bulat and puts him to bed. In the morning, she feeds him, sings and says that he should go to the bazaar and buy Bulat, and if he does not buy him, he will be beheaded. Ivan comes to the bazaar, finds Kirbit, asks how much he sells Bulat for - 300 rubles. Ivan buys Bulat and brings him to his grandmother. Bulat asks if Ivan wants Tsarevna Kirbitovna. Ivan says he doesn't know how to get it. Bulat says Kirbit has a seven-winged horse outside the twelve gates. If Ivan gets a horse, he'll also get the princess. Bulat instructs Ivan how to get to the stable: come and tell the guards that Kirbit told Ivan to go to the stables. That's what Ivan does. The guards don't believe it at first, but then they let Ivan in. Ivan reaches the last gate. The guards don't want to let him in, Ivan replies that since the others let him in, so should they. They agree and let Ivan in. Ivan takes a horse and leaves. She comes to her grandmother and asks how to get Princess Kirbitovna. Grandma replies that Kirbit will go to church to pray that he sold Bulat, Ivan should also go to church, and he will see Kirbitovna there. Ivan goes to the church, waits for everyone to leave, and sees Kirbitovna. Asks her if she'll go for him. The princess replies that she will take a towel down from the tenth floor for him. Ivan comes home, tells Bulat, Bulat tells him to go to her. Ivan arrives at the princess's window, she smells it and goes down on the towel. The Tsarevna gets on a horse and they leave together. Night falls, Bulat feeds them and puts them to bed. Bulat puts on his armor and stands on guard. He hears Kirbit's army is following them. Meets them. The soldiers ask if he saw Ivan and Tsarevna. Damask smashed them all and left five people behind. He tells them to go to Kirbit and tell him not to send any more troops. He wakes Ivan and the princess up, feeds him and puts him on a seven-winged horse. Day goes, night falls, Bulat feeds them and puts them to bed. Bulat puts on his armor and stands on guard. This is the second time Bulat hears that Kirbit's army is following them. Bulat defeats everyone again, except a few, tells them to go to Kirbit and tell them not to send any more troops. Again, Bulat wakes Ivan and the princess up, feeds him and puts them on a seven-winged horse. Day goes, night falls, Bulat feeds them and puts them to bed. Bulat puts on his armor again and stands on guard. For the third time, Bulat hears Kirbit's army is following them. He meets them and breaks them all but five people. Again, Bulat wakes Ivan and the princess up, feeds him and puts them on a seven-winged horse. Day goes, night falls. Ivan asks to stay for the night, Bulat refuses and says that we should continue to go. Ivan is demanding an overnight stay. Damask is angry, but he feeds and puts Ivan and the princess to bed. Damask does not take armor and goes to the road with his bare hands. Hears Kirbit's army again, six regiments. They ask him where Ivan and the princess are. Damask grabs an oak tree in 4 girths and breaks everyone, leaving only ten people. He sends them to the king to tell them not to send an army. Bulat wakes Ivan and the princess up, feeds and puts them on a seven-winged horse. Day goes, night falls. The second time Ivan says it's time to spend the night, Bulat refuses. Ivan insists, Bulat agrees, puts him to bed. Damask again goes out onto the road with his bare hands, hears Kirbit's army, ten regiments. They meet the army, they ask where Ivan and the princess are. Damask grabs an oak tree in eight girths and kills everyone, leaving only the blind and lame alive, and sends them to Kirbit. Bulat returns to Ivan and the princess, and the horse is seven-winged without a head, Ivan is headless, but the princess is gone. Damask rips open the horse's belly, pulls out the demand, and sits inside himself. Two crows, young and old, are flying. A young man sits down to peck a horse. Damask grabs it on his leg. The old crow asks to let his son go, Bulat asks him if he knows where the living and dead water is. The old crow says Bulat should tie him two bottles under his wings: for dead water under his right wing, for living water under his left wing. Dead and alive water outside twelve gates. A raven arrives at a dead water jar, and the guards want to catch it. The raven is collecting dead water. Then he also collects living water and returns to Bulat. Damask tears up the crow's son, smears it with dead water, then alive, the crow's son comes to life. Bulat lets them go. Damask revives Ivan and then the horse. He scolds Ivan for not listening to him before. They sit on a horse, they go. They come to the snake house on twelve sticks. Ivan walks into Tsar Idol's house, where the princess is. King Idol asks Ivan why he has come. Ivan takes Idol by the hair, puts it in the palm of his hand, and the other claps and throws it out the window. Ivan takes the princess, puts her on a horse, and they leave. They go, night falls. Bulat is in custody. Birds fly by, singing a song that Ivan's stepmother is preparing poison for him: whoever eats it will disappear, and his wife will herd pigs. And whoever tells us will be made of stone. Bulat will be Ivan and the princess, he feeds him, they will go on. Night is falling. Bulat wants to stop, Ivan refuses, Bulat again says he should spend the night, Ivan refuses. The princess urges Ivan to listen to Bulat. They spend the night. Damask puts them to bed and stands in custody. Birds fly by, singing a song that Ivan's stepmother is preparing him a fur coat with a gold and silver star, with creeping and flying reptiles. Whoever wears this coat will be lost, and his wife will herd pigs. And whoever tells us will be made of stone. Bulat returns, there will be Ivan and the princess, he will feed him and go on. They come to Ivan's house. Mother meets Ivan and wants to wear a fur coat. Bulat wears a fur coat instead of Ivan. Kills bastards who were wearing a fur coat. Servants bring food to Ivan. Damask takes food from the servants and drops it on the floor. Bulat wants to sleep in Ivan's room. Ivan resists, Kirbitovna urges him to listen to Bulat. At night, the mother sends three idols to tear Ivan's head off and steal Kirbitovna. Damask rips three idols off their heads. He wants to remove blood from the floor, Ivan wakes up thinking Bulat wants to kill them. Ivan orders Bulat to be shackled and killed. Bulat asks for a prayer, and he talks about the birds that warned him about Ivan's mother. Bulat is stony. A year later, Ivan and Kirbitovna had a son. Ivan has a dream: Bulat asks him to take out his son's heart, anoint himself with it, then Bulat will come to life and his son will be alive. Ivan sends Kirbitovna to the church, and he tells him to cut off his son's head, cut his chest, take out his heart and anoint Bulat with it. Damask comes to life. Ivan and Bulat go to Kirbitovna's church. Servants bring a son. They put their hearts in, put their heads on, poured dead water, poured live water. A feast for the whole world]: Romanov 1901:7-14.

Caucasus - Asia Minor. Abkhazians: Bgazhba 2002 [{another text on the same story}]: 128-131; Inal-IPA 1977 [the son of a sledge's sister (brother) was brought up with a dog's human son; on a hike they entered a deserted house; the nephew of the sledges fell asleep, and his friend was awake; the angels who arrived predetermined the fate of the sleeper: he would burn on his way to his beloved, drown, the dragon would devour him on his wedding night; into stone will turn into someone who, hearing this, gives it to another; the dog's son saves a friend from death twice; hiding in the newlyweds house, kills the dragon; the nephew of the sledges, not understanding what is going on, grabs him; he says, he is stony; the nephew of the sledges kills his son, cooks in milk, pours it on a stone; both a friend and a boy come to life]: 33; Shakryl 1975, No. 26 [the prince has three sons; the eldest dreams of beauties, asks allow his father to go after her; the prince gives him a man named Swarthy Hajjaja as his companion; they come to the Adaoua Palace, the CX kills him, hides the corpse, puts the severed ear in his pocket; princely son gets a girl, on the way back they spend the night again in the Adaua Palace; CX hears three angels talking; they say that 1) tomorrow at the crossing, the wind will tear off the prince's wife's hat, he will rush after her, drown; 3) if not, he will fall off his horse in a clearing, crash to death; 3) if he reaches home and shoots in joy, the devils will turn the bullet back at him; whoever hears and tells will petrify; CX persuades the prince does not rush for his hat, do not race, do not shoot; at a feast, the prince offends him with a word; CX tells him everything, shows Adaua's ear, becomes stony; the prince goes into the forest; in a dream a man tells him to cook his son, throw the cauldron on a stone; the prince throws the child into boiling water, pours the contents of the boiler onto the stone; in the morning both the child and the CX are alive; the prince adopts the CX]: 132-139; Balkarians (Western 1967) [the childless khan had a boy; he was given to Myrzaev Kanmyrze; he matured; MK does not tell him to run after the hare into the hollow; the young man violates the ban, there is a portrait of the girl; he asks MK to get her; MK penetrates the fortress; the girl teaches how to cover the horse with buffalo skins, mix glue with sand; her father's horse will fight with the MK horse, but will peel off his skins, and this horse will cut off his meat; the horse is tamed, begins serve MK; brought his wife to a young man; now MK decides to get for another young man who showed him the entrance to the fortress, his wife's stolen from him; lay under a pine tree, heard a noise; it was the dragon who wanted to eat two eagles; MK killed a dragon; eagles: every year the dragon devoured our mother's chicks; when she arrives, her tears will rain and cause mudflow, and the wind from the wings of the summit will bend; the eagle brought MK to the fortress of Dzhansyza- Mujiza ("soulless, lifeless"), who stole a woman; MK teaches the kidnapped woman to ask what DM's soul is; DM: in a broom (she dressed a broom like a girl); (hereinafter referred to as a pass in the story); DM reports that his soul is in (what- then), in a deer, there are three pigeons in it, they have three flies; the eagle catches up with the flying ones each time; the MK crushed the flies, DM died; the eagle takes the MK to the upper world; the meat supply is over, the MK cuts off a piece from its calves; the eagle swallowed MK and regurgitated healthy; KM and her pupil son and daughter-in-law go home; hears two voices: the bridge will fail; MK does not enter the bridge; the next night: the khan wants to take away the bride from the pupil; in marriage, MK killed five attackers and then turned to stone; let the daughter-in-law give birth to a boy, he must be slaughtered, the stone washed with blood; it happened, but the boy is alive; MK killed everyone who tried kill his pupil]: Malkonduev 2017:442-447; Balkarians [no one knows why the prince is losing weight; the old woman promises to find out; brought fat and thin sheep into the room of the sleeping prince; When he wakes up and sees sheep, the prince speaks to himself; a skinny ram, like himself, love for an unknown beauty exhausts him; the king let his son look for a beautiful woman, a slave with him; at night he hears a conversation between two spirits, a mother and a daughter; mother: to get a beautiful woman, you have to turn to such an old woman; a slave brought the prince to an old woman; she explains that the virgin and the dragon who guards her sleep 7 days; you must tie the sleeper to the bed and carry it away; untie it after the girl swears by her black horse; the horse must also be picked up; the dragon did not catch up with the fugitives, only tore off the black horse's tail; the slave hears the conversation of spirits again; the prince marries, a son will be born; a serpent will come out of the pole in the bedroom, swallow everyone; the snake can be killed; whoever talks about it will petrify; the slave cut the dragon, took out the pieces; The prince woke up, began to demand explanations; the slave spoke and became petrified; the wife demanded that the prince learn from those spirits how to help, otherwise he would leave him; mother spirit: the stone must be sprayed with her son's blood; the prince's wife stabbed her son, the slave came to life; the couple found a live baby in the cradle; everything is fine]: Tulchinsky 1903:76-80; Ingush: Malsagov 1983, No. 36 [=Tankieva 2003:13-14; brother married, convened spinners, spinners and sister asked him to tell a fairy tale, he refused and went to bed; his sister looked in to him, saw three spirits condemning him for refusing to tell a fairy tale; the first one will send him tomorrow for a fur coat to his aunt, he will become a hound, he will bite, he will die; the second will become a snake, crawl into the left sleeve of the fur coat, bite when a person tries to wear it; the third: who heard and told, will petrify; sister went with brother, killed the hound with scissors; cut off the left sleeve of the fur coat; the brother tells me to explain, the sister told me, petrified; the brother lay down by the stone; in a dream he heard: kill his son, fields with his blood a stone, his sister will come to life; wife She held the baby herself, her husband cut her, her sister came to life; when they returned home, they were met by a revived child]: 159-160; Tankieva 2003 [the son from the womb asks her when he will be born; she postpones childbirth, he tore her stomach, got out; at the age of 16 he demands him to marry; the neighboring prince is afraid of a young man; at his request, the healer offered the young man's mother to get a bride living just around the corner in the golden tower; only four-hearted black Nege {Nogai} is suitable for companions; the young man sleeps, N. hears the doves talking: these people have planned an impossible task for them; the girl's 7 brothers received them well; told the young man not to open one door; he discovered, after her, Walker on chains, who tried to steal the girl; the young man released him; he chained him and took the girl away; X. sleeps for seven days, awake for 7 days; N. comes, tells the girl to find out where H.'s soul is; on Mount Sarmak, his hare is in his head, there is a box in the hare's head, there are three chicks in it; but Sarmak can only be killed with a sword moistened with H. urine; N. moistened H.'s sword with his urine, killed Sarmak, brought chicks, H. died, the brothers passed his sister off as a young man; on the way back, N. hears the pigeons talking again; X. has three brothers, one will become an apple tree, the other a spring; the third can only be killed with the same sword that H. killed; N. does not give get drunk, cuts an apple tree; the young man tells him to petrify, the girl refuses to live if N. does not live; the healer tells the young man to sprinkle his son's blood on the statue; the young man stabbed him, N. and the boy came to life]: 284-288; Ossetians [Uastyrji, in the form of an old man, promised three brothers working in the field to fulfill their wishes; the eldest wished them an excellent harvest, the middle wished herd breeding, the youngest, on the advice of his mother's brother, a good harvest wife and mistress; W. brought him to the wedding, saying that this girl should be his wife, not who she now marries; let him be the first to heat from the glass in the old man's hands (and intended for the groom); this was successful, a dispute began - who is the real groom; W. ordered both to stick a dry branch into the ash of the hearth and cook a rooster; who will have a branch green and the rooster will jump out of the cauldron alive, this is the real groom; he turned out to be a young man whom W. patronized, he got a wife; a year later, unrecognized W. came to test the brothers; the first two refused to give grain and meat, W. turned them into stone ; to the youngest, the imaginary beggar said that he would be cured if someone stabbed his child and he rubbed his blood; the couple agreed; W. took out the boy's heart, rubbed his blood; the imaginary beggar was younger, and the child came to life]: Miller 1881, No. 16:156-158; Nogais [in the old days, when a dog's tail was cut off and turned into a sheep, when someone with 40 horses died and had 40 friends escaped when the mattress the rich man was still sewn, and the poor man's mattress was sable, three horsemen walked along the steppe; they saw a flock of swans, then black and white sheep; the first wished swans, the second sheep; they passed by camels, horses, and a garden , melons, an old man approached them; gave the first swans, the second sheep, and the third wished a faithful companion; the old man: there are only three of them, two are married, and the third has a wedding today; the old man teaches what to do, the young man received wife; the wife sewed a fur coat, the young man exchanged it for a cow with calves, a cow for a horse, a horse for a burka, a burka for a whip, a whip for a bed, the wind carried the bed from the bridge into the river; the wife approves everything every time and does not complain; that old man came to test the young man; the first did not even say hello, the second stabbed a cat for the old man; the old man turned the first into a pig, the second into a dog; came to the third, said he was sick, he needed blood a baby; a young man took his son, wanted to slaughter him; the old man blessed him and disappeared]: Aliyeva 2013, No. 91:408-410; Kumyks: Ganiyeva 2011b, No. 35 [the merchant finds a golden shoe, hides it in a chest, his son finds, wants to marry the owner; Bavt's friend accompanies him; the young man falls asleep twice in the girl's garden, sprinkles salt on the wound on the third night, does not sleep, takes the girl away; B. hears Satan saying that in the marriage the girl will be eaten by a snake at night, and whoever tells will petrify; B. hid in the bedroom, killed a snake, the young man sees a sword, thinks that B. wants to kill him; B. explains everything, has become a stone; the young man goes to look for a cure, hears Satan's words: we must slaughter a two-year-old son, smear the stone with his blood; the young man only touched his son's neck with a knife, a drop of blood fell on the stone, B. came to life, the son survived]: 332-337; Khalilov 1965, No. 66 [son Hana is losing weight; to find out the reason, a neighbor cuts a thin ram for him, hides; the young man wonders out loud why the ram is thin, because there are plenty of herbs; he himself is thin because of love for Bermes, daughter of Almas -khan; khan lets his son look for B., Khan's stepson accompanies him; they spend the night in the house, the stepson does not sleep, hears the devils talking; after capturing B., we must throw nuts to the ants; on the way, the stepson collects nuts, throws on ant piles; when they bring B., the brothers spend the night in the same house; hell says that when they return, they must destroy the Kunatskaya room, protect B. from Azhdah, who is in love with her, who will fly to wedding night; if someone overhears and passes the words of the devil to another, it will turn into stone; the stepson hides in the ticket that when they return, they must destroy the Kunatskaya room, protect B. Nschikhudal the ram, for herbs are abundant in peace, Azhdah kills; the khan's son thinks that he was going to kill him, the stepson has to tell everything, he turns into stone, the khan's son grieves]: 178-180; Avars [son refuses to lie down with Halun, chosen by his father, promises to marry Queen Gunzari, whose portrait his father showed; beauties in bird clothes fly to swim in the lake, the young man sits on G.'s clothes; she promises to marry him, but first he must fly home; when the young man arrives at the appointed place, H. tells the servant to stick a needle in his clothes, the young man falls asleep, G. flies away, telling the servant to let him the owner will cut the stake and the bolt; this is the servant and H., the young man kills the servant, drives H. away; goes with the vizier to look for G.; they stay in the house; the young man sleeps, the vizier hears the conversation between the old master and the girl; on the shore seas under a brushwood stone, you must hit the water with it, the sea part, drive to G.'s palace; whoever gives the story to another will become petrified; the same on the way back, the young man will die from a stallion and a snake; the vizier kills a stallion, a snake, licks a blood stain from G.'s cheek; the young man thinks that the vizier kisses her, promising to execute the vizier, makes her tell the truth, the vizier becomes stony; G. gives birth to a son, kills, smears him with blood petrified vizier, both come to life]: Saidov, Dalgat 1965:198-207; Megrelians [attacked by the Turks, one daughter-in-law left the baby in the forest, ran away; the king's son, who loved to hunt, saw Ndemi, on whose chest a boy of his age plays; asked the king for an army; ordered to cover the clearing with straw, burn it; Ndemi ran away, the boy stayed; he was taught to live like a human being; he is smart and strong; the king forbid his son to enter one room; Ndemi's pupil broke down the door, there was a portrait of the beautiful daughter of black Ndemi; the king had to let his son go, Demi's pupil went with him; black ndemi gave his daughter, but warned that a white ndemi from the lower world could kidnap her; the prince sent an Ndemi pupil to inform his father about the wedding; at this time, the white ndemi took the bride; Ndemi's pupil ordered him to be lowered through the hole into the lower world world; the swineherd said that the white ndemi was having a wedding feast; disguised as a beggar, the Ndemi pupil approached the bride; advised him to find out what the soul of the black ndemi was; he first said that the dog was the wife began to caress the dog; then: in a deer in the forest; a ndemi pupil shot a deer, a hare jumped out of it, a box in the hare, with two flies in it; Ndemi's pupil blinded them; came to the black ndemi, tortured the flies , he died; Ndemi's pupil sent the princess and gold to the ground in a basket; when the servants picked him up, they cut the rope; he clung to the stones, climbed to the ground; he and the young went to the kingdom prince; at night, Ndemi's pupil does not sleep; three angels in a tree: the young father will give him a gun, it will shoot him; give him a young dress, it will burn it; whoever reveals the secret will petrify; Ndemi pupil ordered to give the gun and dress to the servant and maid - both died; the young had a son; the pupil Ndemi naked his sword and looked; the boy shouted that he wanted to kill him; he told everything and petrified; old woman: cook a hundred ears of Ndemi and a son, pour it on a stone; the Ndemi pupil came to life, and the king's son also recovered]: Petrov 1890, No. 2:279-291; Armenians (Ararat Valley) [poor man and his wife on They came to the city of Turtamba for birth, but it was too late and the gatekeeper did not let them in; the wife gave birth to a boy; the king had a dream: a man born at the city wall would tear his head off; the king ordered to buy and kill a baby, but the servant moistened the diapers with the blood of a bird, left the boy under the bush; the doe fed him; he became incredibly strong; the king's servants hardly managed to seize him; his name was Jeyran-ogly; he quickly learned science; The prince is not allowed into the 40th room, he entered, there was a portrait of a beautiful woman, he went in search, D. was with him; the devas were amazed at D.'s strength, unquestioningly gave their sister to the prince; while she was sleeping, the prince took the keys tied to her braids, unlocked the rooms; in one there is a white deva, pilaf and water in front of him, but he could not reach it; the prince tied the chain, the devil pulled up the boilers, ate and drank everything, broke the chains and took the prince's fiancée; D. went to take it away, and the devas chained the prince to a pole and put a lamp on his head; D. cut off the white maiden's head, brought the girl, cut off the heads of five devas, spared two; the king realized that D. this is the boy he dreamed of; ordered the servant who spared the boy to be beheaded; D. hears three pigeons talking; the king will send a horse for D. to sit on - you will burn; he will be locked in a room with a snake; if a drop of her blood touches his body, D. petrifies; D. tells the groom to sit on his horse; D. killed the snake, but petrified; the prince's wife dreamed that her two children should be killed and the stone should be moistened with their blood; she did, D. came to life; cut off the king's legs first and then his head]: Ioannisian 1968:136-145; Azerbaijanis: Bagriy, Zeynally 1935 [childless king Mamed-Hasan hears an order to cut in half in a dream an apple swimming in the pool, eat half with his wife, give the other to the shepherd; the king was born Melik-Mamed, to the shepherd Melik-Ahmed; the king keeps them locked; once the cook left a bone in the dish, the boys became to play with it, broke the window, saw the sun; asked the king to allow them to go hunting; chased the gazelle, ended up in the castle; there the young man gave MM a portrait of a girl, MM fell in love; king: this is Gully Gah-Gah, sister of seven diva brothers; MM and MA visit her; she says that her brothers tell the grooms to float the board down the river so that it does not touch the water; fill the cauldron in which the people sitting in the corners 7 blacksmiths do not hear each other's hammers hit; teaches what to say in order for the work to be done by itself; the divas gave their sister MM; she asks not to unlock the 40th room in which the divas, but MM unlocks, the divas took the wife MM; MA met two companions, they lowered him into the diva pit, he killed him, they picked up the girl, left MA in the hole; the girl ordered him to play the flute: a dwarf would come, want to listen, for which she would take him out pits; at this time, Ahmedi-Kemkorek (one of the two companions) wants to marry a girl; she tells her to deliver the jewelry she was carrying; MA hired a jeweler, sent a dwarf to bring jewelry; MA killed AK, took the girl and sister AK; the girl warns: the king will send a horse to kill MM, a falcon to peck out his eyes; in the form of a snake he will crawl into marriage; they must be killed; MM needs an explanation, MA told, petrified; MM's wife gave birth: swallow: if the wife kills her son, MA will come to life; she killed; the second swallow gave a feather, the baby came to life; three apples fell from the sky: one is mine, the other is yours, the third to the one who said this]: 155-167; Bogoyavlensky 1899, No. 1 (Chaily, Kazakh district, western Azerbaijan near the Armenian border) [the dervish gave the king two apples for the queen and wife of the vizier, both gave birth to a son; in a room where his father did not want to let him in, Tsarevich Kush saw a portrait of the beautiful woman; Vizier's son Agil went in search with him; he bribed the old woman, she helped K. enter the princess's garden, but he fell asleep; then A. disguised as a girl; K. and the princess run away, A. catches up with them; while K. sleeps, A., and then the awakened princess, smash the army of pursuers; A. hears the conversation of three doves; if K. and the princess catch the gold the horse, then the golden dog, will be petrified; in marriage they will be devoured by a boa constrictor; whoever hears and transmits will petrify; A. killed a horse, a dog, K. is dissatisfied; A. killed a snake, but K. did not believe his explanations; he all said, petrified; the princess ordered K. to go to the place where the doves were; one of them: if K. kills his son and stains the stone with his blood, A. would come to life; the princess ordered to kill her son, A. came to life, and after him the child; everyone is happy]: 26-34; Turks [the prince and his friend come for the princess; she already has a fiance; the friend stays in women's clothes to think that the princess is there and the prince is running with her; then a friend with the princess's sister catches them up; a friend learns about the dangers, but if he tells, he becomes petrified; a friend eliminates dangers, but is forced to talk about it, turns into stone; the prince has a son; the prince finds out that a friend will be revived by his son's blood; blood has been shed, both friend and son come to life {many options, one is close to Azerbaijani}]: Eberhard, Boratav 1953, No. 214:254-258; Kurds [Padishah has a son Mokaddam (MD), at the vizier - Mohammad (MM); MM learned, MD dropped out of his studies; MM fell in love with the daughter of a distant padishah, MD went with him to get her; MM pulled a splinter out of the leopard's paw, helped the ants cross the stream, they promise help by hitting a hair; MM and MD stopped at the old woman; she tells him to work for a gardener, he will inform the padishah about the matchmakers; the padishah demands: 1) get a dog to defeat his dog (MM brought a leopard); 2) separate the wheat from the millet in the barn (the ants separated); 3) eat the salt barn; MM dug into the padishah's daughter, learned from her to say: "What a whole barn of salt, what a pinch"; MD gets married, they're going back; MM went forward, hears three doves talking; 1) if MM and his wife come to the tower, they will burn; 2) if they sit under a tree by the spring, they will turn into wolves; 3) MD's father poisoned the horse's stirrups, if MD will put his foot in the stirrup, burn; if MM reports all this, it will petrify; MM destroyed the tower, muddy the spring and cut down a tree, killed a horse; MD is angry, but then his father died of love for his wife, MD forgot about MM; MM hears the doves again: the dragon is coming to eat MD; MM killed the dragon at the entrance to the palace, entered the chambers with a bloody sword, MD thinks that MM wants to kill him and his wife; MM told everything, petrified; wife gave birth son; doves: if she stabs her son at MM's feet, he will come to life, and if she tells, he will petrify himself; the wife stabbed, MM came to life; the dove threw a feather, MM ran it over the neck of her son, who also came to life; feast]: Rudenko 1970, No. 58:210-218.

Iran - Central Asia. Pashtuns [a king with a bone stuck in his throat is healed by the alleged murder of his son; he took a deep breath and the bone fell out]: Darmestetter 1890 (Old Man, 1890, vol. II) in Malov 1934:321.

Baltoscandia. Estonians, Livs: Uther 2004 (2), No. 516:303-304; Finns [having squandered his wealth and youth, the king went on horseback to another country; it is a custom to throw away the bodies of those who are not left an inheritance (to pay for the funeral); for the remaining three marks, the king buried one of the dead; to meet the guy, asks to take him as a servant; we will agree on a salary later; everything is fine with inn, prepares a proper dinner for the king; asks the owner to give him an old hat; the same at the next inn; takes a rusty sword; on the third, an old purse; in the city there is mourning, a monster Demands a royal daughter as his wife; she is ready to marry the king who has arrived if he brings her a ring thrown under the table and then tells her who she kissed in the evening; the servant puts the ring in the king's pocket; wearing invisible hat, saw that the princess did not go to kiss her parents, but met the monster in the garden; cut off the monster's head with a rusty sword and hid it in her purse; in the morning, the bridegroom king showed his head; princess is happy because she did not kiss voluntarily; wedding, son was born; servant demands payment: son's life; cut off the boy's head, but he is alive and well again; the servant was the spirit of that buried tramp]: Concca 1991:228-238; Karelians [when leaving, the tsar leaves his wife the key, tells him not to let his son into one of the rooms; he notices a keyhole, asks his mother to look in his head, quietly takes out the key, unlocks the door, there is a portrait of a beauty in the room with the caption "Beautiful Scaton"; the prince withers, he has to be allowed to look for the COP; he goes to the widow, she tells him to buy the first thing she meets; three men are taking him on his grandfather's sleigh, he yells, and they hit him; the prince wanted to buy it, but the grandfather rushes at him with an ax; widow: without buying a grandfather, you won't get the COP; the prince bought it, the grandfather became an assistant; sends gifts to the COP, arranges her wedding with the prince; on the way back she hears birds talking; the prince's mother died, he took Syuoyatar, she will add poison to the prince's tea; whoever tells will petrify; the same: S. will give the prince and his wife after the bath, new shirts, they are poisoned; when they go to bed, S. will turn into a snake and kill them; the old man threw his glasses on the floor, threw his shirts into the oven; in the young's bedroom he cut off the snake's head with a sword; told how everyone It was, as he told, turned into stone; the prince inherited the throne; when his wife gave birth, killed the child and smeared the statue with blood; the old man came to life, brought living and dead water, revived the boy]: Onegin 2010, No. 33:310-315; Latvians [Faithful Servant. The prince, seeing the portrait of the princess, falls in love with her. She and her loyal servant are going to look for her. After luring her to the ship, she goes home. At night, the servant overhears three crows talking about the dangers that threaten young people, they will be served poisoned wine, a shirt, a damn horse, the bride should not dance on the wedding night, etc.). The servant prevents all misfortunes, but the prince suspects him of malice and is going to execute the servant. The servant says everything, turns into stone. He is revived with the blood of a prince's child, then a child comes to life]: Aris, Medne 1977, No. 516:296; Lithuanians [father gives his son to study a magician; in three years he must recognize his son among 1) bulls (one will step aside), pikes (splashes out on the edge of the tub), pigeons (sit on the stove); how to identify, the shepherd teaches, the father takes the son; asks to say what the raven is shouting about; "That the father will bow to his son"; offended father He pushes his son into the sea, he is swallowed by a fish, in her stomach there are two fishermen with a shuttle; they make a fire, fry fish meat, she dies, pops up, they go out; the prince goes to marry the queen, takes the student the wizard as companions; the king sets riddles, the unguessed person will be cut off; the young man wears the prince's dress, solves riddles (the king releases a goat with goats, the young man releases the wolf who tore them apart; the same - chicken and hawk; then tells the prince to release the nightingale and the lark himself {all this is not explained directly}); the prince gets a wife; the young man hears the conversation of two birds: 1) the stepmother princess will bring it to the young poisoned wine, 2) will send you to ride on immense horses, 3) snakes are hidden in the bedchamber; who tells, will petrify; the young man seems to inadvertently pour wine, kills horses, kills a snake; a drop of blood drips on the young woman, the young man wants to erase her, the princess shouts that he wanted to kill the bride; at the place of execution, the young man tells everything, turns into stone; after the birth of his son, the father finds out in a dream that blood the son must be anointed with a stone; the baby's finger was pricked, the young man came to life; beggars come to his chambers, it turns out his parents; the raven told the truth]: Lebite 1965:206-211; Swedes [prince fell in love with a beautiful woman when he saw her portrait; his faithful servant lured her to the ship and brought her to the prince; he hears birds talking, predicting that the prince and his wife would die because of a horse, food, etc., and whoever tells them about it petrifies; the servant eliminates dangers, but is forced to explain his strange behavior to the prince and turns into stone; young spouses agree to sacrifice their children to revive the statue; servant Children also come to life; the plot seems to be unknown in Norway]: Liungman 1961, No. 516:139.

Volga - Perm. The Bashkirs [son has learned the bird language; father and son are sailing on a ship; the son has to convey the words of the birds: the father taught his son, and he will drive him to death; the father pushed his son into the sea, swallowed him whale; the young man had a mandolin, he made a fire out of it, cut off and baked the whale's heart; he died, threw it on the island, the young man cut a hole, went out; the prince's ship sailed to the island; the birds said that his father the prince's bride will require a beautiful carpet, and this carpet in the forest for the old man and the old woman; who tells, the legs will petrify; the second condition: let nightingales sing in the garden (petrify to the knees); third: during the wedding the king will hit the table, the groom and friends will petrify; whoever tells will petrify to the waist; the young man took out the carpet, sang like a nightingale himself; he was the first to hit the table, the king and his men were petrified for three days; the prince took the bride away , the young man sent the ship of the pursuer-king in the other direction; on the shore, the stepmother will put him in a stroller, the horses will be carried into the abyss; he will put a nine-headed maiden in the basement of the bedroom; the young man hit the horses, killed the deva, but when he licked drops of blood from the forehead of the prince's wife, he thought that the servant was encroaching on his wife; he had to tell everything, he was petrified; the old woman in a dream told the prince to wash the statue, his son under his son's blood bury it; both the boy and the child came to life]: Barag 1989, No. 62:291-295.

Turkestan. Uighurs (Lobnor dialect) [the king has a bone stuck in his throat and cannot eat; a doctor invited from afar said that the king will recover if he drinks the blood of his young son; taking the child And the kid, the doctor, climbed onto the roof and told the king to stand by the smoke hole; the kid began to crush and he bleat loudly; the king thought it was the voice of his dying son, cried out loudly, and the bone came out; when he saw the boy alive and unharmed and found out how it was, he appointed the doctor as the vizier of the right side]: Malov 1934:21.

Western Siberia. Southern Khanty (b. Konda, S. Patkanov, 1888) [A childless old man set fire to his barns so that smoke could rise to Heavenly Father and Heavenly Mother-why doesn't he have children? Heavenly Father sent a son, who gave three seeds, let the old man let his wife eat; she gave birth to a boy, he grew up quickly, came to one of the ends of the earth, the bear and the wolf let him see the old woman, who gave him a name Like Aspen Leaf, the Agile Husband (VM); he returned home, only one foal from his father's herd did not bend at his arm, he took it; tells his father to marry him one of the three royal daughters; the father was beaten, expelled; the priest's youngest daughter was given without dowry; his wife refuses to look in his head - she did not even look aside where the Merchant, the Wanderer (KS); his flying horse brought him to the old woman; she says that no one returned from the city of CS; gave a bundle of 60 silver rings; the next old woman gave a ball of thread, the third gave a white towel; teaches how to avoid a mountain of human bones, throw rings to 60 warriors, cross the bridge across the sea; the warriors shot, only pulled three hairs out of the horse's tail; the CS's mother turned the VM into a needle, hid it from her son; he orders to show the person who came, became his brother, ordered his wife to be beaten, when she arrives magpie and gets out of her magpie skin, with three silver bars; the wife is forty again and flew away; the COP does not tell me to open the seventh room; in others - frogs and lizards, in the seventh - the girl is CS's sister; the VM married her; goes to fight the seven-headed menqua, tells his wife not to leave the house at that time; cuts down the menqua warriors, but there are more and more of them; then he cut her husband, who carved warriors out of flint like sparks, destroyed warriors, hit something with a sword; at home I found out that the COP had left the house - he hit him, why did they release him? they found the body, put it in the coffin; wife: mother-in-law wants to kill you; he entered his mother-in-law's house, fell into the lower world; there the old man and old woman adopted him; they do not tell him to herd the cattle in the Menqua estate who stole them eyes; but grass is better on the other side, the VM drives cattle there; hacked one-, two-, etc. -headed menkvas; the seven-headed man cannot cut down his head, he drove him into the ground, the menkv asks him to take his white towel, wrap it around his neck, then chop it; then the VM cut off his head; came to the Menkwa mother, fights her, changed buckets of strong and weak water; the old woman's daughter shows that the old woman should be stabbed chin; VM did so, killed an old woman; daughter tells her to burn her, sweep away frogs and lizards that will crawl out of her into the fire; VM tells the girl to jump over the fire - if she used to live with a man, she will fall into fire; she fell, she also had lizards, he burned them; he took the eyes of the old people, brought them, they saw the light; told them to prepare meat, put firebirds on their backs; she brought the VM to the ground, the last two pieces he cut off his legs from his calves; the firebird regurgitated them and put them back; the wife lies between two men; the VM wanted to hack them, the wife: these are your sons; the VM cut the youngest son, sprinkled blood on his body of the COP , he came to life; revived his son with live water; his wife's brother (i.e. CS) set up a copper playground for games, the VM made a silver one; everyone lets a block of stone on his site with his foot; the VM takes flint, sparks they turn into husbands; when he lets his stone, he breaks the arms and legs of the CS people, tears them apart; the COP lets the VM and his wife (i.e. his sister) go home to the VM - he cannot live with a hero who is stronger than him; on the way, they go to those three old women, the wife turns them young; at home, the VM climbed onto the roof, looks into the house, where his parents are quarreling over a spark; he poured water or snowed, putting out their fire; swear; he opened up, his daughter-in-law turned them young; VM scatters chips brought from another world, they turn into a populated city; abundance is all around]: Lukina 1990, No. 88:220-237.