K101. Girls Night Dances, ATU 306.

(.11.) .12. (.14.) .15.-.17.21.23.27.-.33. (.34.)

A girl or boy disappears at night. Usually, a girl's clothes or shoes are worn out overnight, or the young man looks sick and tired in the morning. A girl or boy is watched and seen how she or he spends the night in a different world.

(Ronga), Mamprussies (Berbers of Morocco), Spaniards, Portuguese, Basques, Italians (Campania), Ladins, French, Irish, British, Flemish, Germans (Schleswig-Holstein, Grimms, Austria), Saudia, Tibetans (Sichuan), Sindhi, Punjabi, northern India (Hindi) (?) , Bengalis, Kondas, Telugu, Romanians, Bulgarians, Greeks, Hungarians, Romanians, Slovenes, Serbs, Croats, Russians (Murmansk, Arkhangelsk, Vologda, Voronezh, Kursk), Western Ukrainians (Ugric Russia, Transcarpathia, Hutsulshchina, Galicia), Poles, Slovaks, Czechs, Adygs, Chechens, Turks, Persians (Khorasan), Tajiks, Pashtuns, Karelians, Finns, Estonians, Seto, Livonians, Latvians, Lithuanians, Danes, Norwegians, Icelanders, Swedes, Western Sami (Lyngen), Mordovians, Bashkirs, Kazakhs.

(Wed. Bantu-speaking Africa. Ronga (recent Portuguese borrowing): Klipple 1992, No. 306:132-133).

West Africa. Mamprusi [because the soldier did not drive her away from his fire, the old woman says that the ruler's 12 daughters (Nairi) disappear at night, wearing out their clothes and shoes; the treasury is exhausted by spending on new ones clothes; many tried to find out the secret, but executed (apparently losers are being executed); the old woman gives an invisibility cloak; the soldier pretends to be drunk and asleep; invisibly follows the girls down the underground passage; She touches the youngest several times, she feels something is amiss; everything is gold underground, girls dance with golden boys; so three nights; the soldier tells Nairi everything, the youngest girl admits that this is true; the soldier shows a branch of a golden underground tree brought and a handkerchief lost by one of the young men; gets married to Nairi's youngest daughter, part, and then all of his possessions]: Anpetkova-Sharova 1966, No. 45:80- 83.

(Wed. North Africa. The Berbers of southern Morocco [other children call the boy faultless; he asks his mother to cook hot soup, puts her hand in it, demands to tell him about his father; she said; taking a dagger, the young man came to another city, hired to sell bagels; captivated by its beauty, the princess sent a maid to ask the young man to bring her bagels; after the meeting, she ordered the mason to arrange an underground passage from her rest to the house bagel seller; told the black man to kill everyone who knew about the underground passage, also pushed the black man himself into the well; together with the vizier's daughter she began to go to the young man; he played the violin, and the girls danced; At night, Harun Arrashid and the vizier dressed as dervishes, walked around town; heard violin playing; went in and recognized their daughters; but they came back and went to bed before HA and the vizier returned; but then HA He ordered the young man to be brought in and ordered him to be cut off; however, when he found his dagger under his clothes, he realized that it was his son and married him to the vizier's daughter]: Stimme 1895, No. 14:114-119).

Southern Europe. The Spanish [the king promises a daughter to someone who finds out where she goes at night; losers are executed; the princess gives everyone wine with sleeping pills; a soldier quietly pours out wine; goes after princess and repeats her words; she tells the pine tree to fall, goes through the opening passage, turning into the wind, penetrates through the door without unlocking it, becomes a woman again, goes to bed; the soldier hides and then shows the king three forks, a handkerchief with royal insignia, a dudit and also takes three partridges with him; gets a princess]: Camarena, Chevalier 1995, No. 306:48-49; Portuguese: Cardigos 2006, No. 306 [the princess will be given to someone who finds out why she wears 3 (7) pairs of shoes every night; the hero does not drink sleeping pills, gets and wears an invisible hat; wearing magic shoes, walks through a copper, silver, golden forest; sees a princess dancing me with a devil (or she wears off her shoes on the way); objects brought from another world prove the words right hero; he marries a princess or a princess is punished (executed)]: 53-64; Pedroso 1882, No. 21 []: 85-90; the Basques [the poor shoemaker gives the beggar bread; he gives a hat that allows him to guess everything; king asks you to know what's in the luxurious vessel; crap; who the queen will give birth to; the shoemaker replies that looking at one side is a boy and a girl on the other; he is thrown into prison; the queen gave birth to people of different sexes twins; the king frees the shoemaker, asks why his daughter has worn shoes in the morning; the shoemaker overhears that evening saying, "Under all heaven, above all the thorns"; flies to a distant country, dancing all night; the shoemaker says the same words, flies after him; when it's time to return, he accidentally says "Under all the thorns", came back scratched; the king ordered the witch daughter to be burned ]: Barandiaran 1962a, No. 16:74-77; Ladins [the king has three daughters, each wearing 7 pairs of shoes per day; the king promises a reward to whoever solves the riddle; and if he does not solve it in three days, then will be executed; the soldier volunteered to try; on the last day, the old man gives an invisibility cloak, teaches what to do; the princesses went through the secret door to a place where the devil and witches play and dance; on the floor there are tips, so after every third dance, shoes must be changed; the soldier picked up shoes, brought them to the king; he condemned his daughters, rewarded the soldier]: Decurtins, Brunold-Bigler 2002, No. 3:21-25; Italians ( Campaign): De Simone 1994, no. 94 in Uther 2004 (1), No. 306:188-189.

Western Europe. The French (Nièvre; also Nivernay) [the princess wears 12 pairs of satin shoes every night; the king promises half a kingdom to whoever finds out her secret; and whoever does but fails will be brought in riding a donkey backwards; many princes try to follow the princess but fall asleep; the soldier took his 12 coins and went to Paris; 6 gave to an old woman, the remaining 6 to an older woman, bread to the last and the oldest; it is the fairies who wanted to test the soldier's nobility; the oldest tells us not to drink the wine that the princess will offer, gives an invisible hat; the soldier quietly poured out the wine and pretended to fall asleep; 12 more princesses appeared, they all went down the underground passage, the invisible soldier followed them; they went through a copper, silver, golden forest; a soldier in each one breaks off a branch; princesses hear but do not see anyone ; sail in boats across the water; the princess's carrier is surprised that she is so heavy; there is a castle on the island, music; couples are dancing; a soldier eats from the princess's plate, drinks from her glass; she's worried, decides to return; the soldier returns first; in the morning shows broken branches and a goblet that he quietly took with him; the princess is disgraced: the next night those 12 would have taken her forever]: Delarue 1957, No. 306:167-169; Germans (Schleswig-Holstein, Grimms, Austria), Flemish: Uther 2004 (1), No. 306:188-189; Irish [Prince paid to be buried; In the morning he shot a crow, which fell into the snow; the prince decided to marry only a woman whose hair was black as a raven's wing, her skin was white as snow, and her cheeks were blush as blood in the snow; he went to look for something like a woman; a red-haired man hired him for a year and a day with the condition that everything they got should be divided in half; he asked him to wait until he went to see a relative; naming the giant to his uncle, said that the king the east goes to kill him; the giant asked him to be locked in an iron house; the red-haired man demanded that he tell him where the dark cloak was; the giant had to tell him, but the red-haired man still did not released, he tried to get out and died; red-haired prince: there are trees around that woman's palace, each head, the last one is not yet; they came there; the princess gave the prince a comb: if not in the morning will return, be executed; the comb is gone; the red-haired man put on his dark cloak, followed the woman; she made a boat out of the shell, sailed to the giant on the island, gave him the comb, promised to give the prince in the morning eaten; when the giant put the comb in the chest, the red-haired man immediately took it; the woman spent the night with the giant and returned; along the way, an invisible red-haired man splashed water on her; in the morning, the prince showed the comb ; told the king that he had obtained a third of his daughter; the next day the same, scissors, not a comb; king to the prince: I hope you will get the last third; woman: get the last lips I have that night I'll kiss, otherwise I'll execute; these are the lips of a giant; the red-haired cut off the giant's head and brought it to the prince; ordered the woman to be tied up and that the king father and prince beat her; demons came out of her, she became an ordinary woman; she married a prince and gave birth to a son; the red-haired man offered to share what he had begun; the prince was willing to share his son, but the red-haired did not; said he was that buried dead]: Larminie 1893:155-167; the British [The Queen does not like that King Anne's daughter is more beautiful than her own daughter Kat; turns to the witch, Anne's head becomes sheep; Anne and Kat leave home; the Queen is ill, his parents say Sitting at his bedside, those who had never come back before; Kat quietly follows the prince when he gets up, drives up to the hill, enters the open passage, where he dances all night with the fairies returns; the next night, Kat steals an elf's wand, which restores Anne's appearance as a beauty; overhears the conversation between the fairies, who say that the prince will recover if he eats a piece of chicken; Kat married the prince, his younger brother to Anne]: Kharitonov 2008:229-233; (cf. the British [in Cornwell, the peasant son Jack promised to get rid of the giant who lived on the island; Jack dug a trap hole, the giant failed, killed him and brought treasures; the giant Blundebore promised revenge; brought Jack to his castle, followed another giant, Jack threw ropes around their necks and killed them; freed the girls; spent the night with a double-headed giant; put them to bed in bed at night a log; the giant beat him with a club; in the morning Jack said that at night a rat hit him with its tail; the giant offered to eat a puddy bowl of pudding, Jack put the pudding in a bag under his clothes; in the morning he ripped it open; the giant tried to do the same, his guts fell out, he died; the prince bought the dead from the lenders, and Jack hired the prince to serve; told the three-headed giant that a king with a thousand warriors was coming to him, locked him up, and when he released it, he was rewarded with an invisible jacket, a hat that tells everything, speeding shoes, a sword that cuts everything; the prince marries the princess; she tells me to find her handkerchief, otherwise he executes her; buddy- the spirit carries her to Lucifer; the invisible Jack follows, takes a handkerchief, the prince shows it in the morning; the princess demands to show the lips she kissed the next morning; Jack cut off Lucifer's head, the evil spirit has left the lady and she married the prince; Jack kills other giants, frees prisoners; saws the bridge supports, the stalker giant falls into the ditch, D. finishes him off; the giant Galligantua turns his daughter into a doe Duke; D. blows a horn, shatters turned into birds and animals; marries the Duke's daughter]: Shereshevskaya 1957b: 124-134 (=Kharitonov 2008:191-197).

Western Asia. Saudi Arabia: El-Shamy 2004, No. 306:115.

Tibet is the Northeast of India. The Tibetans (Sichuan) [the king's son, the son of a nobleman, and the son of a tarkhan (master) went on a journey, planting a tree; whoever is unhappy, his tree will wither away; the king's sons and nobles married; son Tarkhana saw three devils arguing over an invisible hat, a stick and a bag; the young man tells them to race, puts on a hat, takes away objects; sees a person collecting red leaves (turning them into monkey) and white leaves (restore human appearance); takes a stock of leaves of both kinds; ordered the stick to take him and that man's daughter to an island where there are no people and many fruits; a child was born; a young man went to get the eggs of the bird Garudi, and the wife told the stick to carry her and the child to her father; the young man fed three poultry chicks: one with meat, the other with tendons, and the third with bones; only a third was able to fly over the sea; the young man flew over it; rubbed the faces of his wife's children with red leaves, who became monkeys; under the guise of a llama, he said that there was a dangerous object in the house, which was the cause of the misfortune; the wife returned the stick, and the young man gave it back to the children's human form; received a drawing of a donkey that turns him into a donkey; the tree of the nobleman's son was half dry; the young man found him, he had an evil mother-in-law; the young man turned it as a donkey, sold him for hard work; comes to the king's son; his wife locks him at night and disappears himself; the young man, wearing his hat, follows that woman to the son of Tengria; he senses bad things, promises himself to come to a woman, forbids her to make a fire and hold a cat, tries to hand over the ring, and the young man intercepts it; the prince pretended to be sick, tells her to make a fire and give him a cat; the son of Tengria arrives in the form of a bird, the cat caught it, the prince threw the bird into the fire; the prince had a feast; the young man appeared, wearing that ring and bringing the dog; when he saw the ring, the prince's wife thinks that she is in front of her former lover, but the dog is embarrassing - suddenly he is a shepherd; she has grown cold to her lover, fell in love with the prince]: Potanin 1914:421-424.

South Asia. Sindhi [the fakir gives ash to the childless king Lalu: let him give him a drink of water to his beloved wife; a son Amul Malik will be born, when he finishes his studies, let him come to the fakir; the fakir leads AM to another country, they see the radiance emanating from the body of King Gulasta's daughter Princess Husini, AM asks the fakir, then the father, to help marry her; the Saiphal vizier comes to King G. to marry his daughter; H. sets a condition to live with husband in separate palaces; the fakir gives AM an invisible hat, says that H. loves a maiden named Suphed; every Thursday she and her maids enter the banyan, who takes her across the seas to the virgin's garden; the fakir teaches you to eat food brought for H. unnoticed, hide in a banyan; dev will ask H. to dance, give jewelry and clothes, steal and hide them, pretend to be asleep at home; she will come to look jewelry, you have to jump up and pick up her wings; instead, AM tells H. everything, she grabs her clothes and jewelry, flies away; the fakir tells you to follow H. on a winged horse; on the way he takes out a splinter from lionesses, she gives him two adult lion cubs as his assistant; sister X. teaches when H. and other peri come to swim in the lake, hide her clothes; the lion sits on her clothes; X. gives AM his nose ring, tells him to come with him, throw him in the jug to the maid, she will give it back to H.; the virgins will say that if AM is H.'s legal husband, he must identify his wife among a hundred peri; she will have this ring; the virgins gave three attempts, X . attached a ring for the third time, the maidens gave it to H. Amul Maliku; on the way back, H. kidnapped the maidens who lived in the well; the lions went down there (there is a whole country, a palace), tore the maiden, returned from H. to the ground on a winged horse; everyone returned to King L., lived happily]: Kinkaid 1922:75-88; Punjabi [the incense seller has a daughter Dorani; her friend flies with her to dance in front of Indra; once D. cut off a lock of hair, wrapped it in a sheet and threw it in the river; the prince found a leaf, smelled the aroma, fell ill with love; the king sent to look for the owner of the hair; D. agrees to marry, but will be with her husband only during the day, and will return to his father at night; but during the day the wife only sits silently on a chair; the gardener gave the prince powder to make him invisible; when his wife sat in the palanquin, the prince followed her, entered the house; she took a bath, sat down on a chair and told him to fly to the palace Indra; the prince grabbed his leg and was also in the sky; there her friend noticed that the chair was flying crooked today; by morning both Prince and D. returned to the palace, D. did not notice anything; the prince began to tell supposedly a dream, describing what happened at night; the next night everything happened again; when the prince began to dream again in the morning; D. admitted that it was so; asked not to accompany her that night; but a chair flies very crooked; girlfriend: it means that you revealed a secret to your husband; D. sang so sweetly that I. allowed her to ask him for anything; she chose a magic lute; I. department her, but asked no longer to come; D. stayed on earth with the prince]: Lang 2009:82-86; northern India? {attribution is divination, the origin of the texts is not specified; a number of other texts in the collection are definitely from northern India, not southern India} [the soothsayers warned the king that when his son reached 18 years old in danger; the king placed his son in an enclosed garden; but at the age of 18, the young man asked him to be released to hunt; the soothsayers allowed, but not to hunt on the north side; chasing game, prince and the vizier's son reached the palace with the garden; the servant said that the owner was the daughter of an incense seller; the king found him and agreed to marry her daughter as a prince; the girl agreed under three conditions; when she would appear to her husband, she will have seven blankets on her; her husband will not lift them up; at night she will return to her father; after 4 months the hermit gave the prince a ring; when he wears it, he will become invisible and can follow his wife, but should not touch it; at her parents' house, the prince's wife asked for rice; the prince also began to eat, the wife did not understand where the rice was going; the wife took off her blankets and wore a silver diamond dress jewelry; she sat down on the bed, flew, called Sister Rosa, who flew out of the river, they began to eat fruit, but the prince also began to eat and the fruit soon ran out; the same with Sister Emerald, she flew out The prince also took the wells, they began to eat cookies; then they all flew into the palace and garden, where the prince and son of the vizier once wandered; from there the bed went up to the Milky Way to Indra's Palace; I. unhappy that the fairies were late; began to beat the rhythm with a baton, and the maidens were singing; the prince quietly took the rod; at dawn everyone returned to their land; when his wife woke up the prince, he began to tell a dream describing what he saw at night; as the story progressed, the wife threw off one veil after another, the last one remained; the prince asked him to take it off, and his wife asked for that ring to be handed over; the prince did not give it back; the wife showed him face and said that he would not see her again; flew away; the vizier's son found that hermit, but he said he had no power over Indra's maidens; we must find the Grand Master; he had been sleeping and awake for six months; maybe influence I.; the prince found it; the hermit said that the maidens would fly to the lake near the destroyed palace, leave their blankets; you must grab your wife's veil and run without looking back; but when the wife promised to stay with him, the prince looked around; turned to ashes, and his wife grabbed the veil and flew away; the hermit revived him and warned him that he would not be able to do it again; this time the prince ran to the hut a hermit; the fairies promised to give him a wife if he identified her among them; hermit: she would have a gold thread around her neck; the thread was around the neck of a fat, ugly black woman; the prince chose her and she turned to his wife; hermit: while you can't touch his wife, she is still a fairy; he put them both on the carpet and brought them to I.; I. did not want to give the prince his wife, for this is the maiden he loved himself; but returned them in exchange for stolen by the prince; without him, I. could not be the master of the storm; I. turned the heavenly maiden into a mortal and gave it to the prince; they had many children; after the death of his father, the prince reigned, and the vizier's son became vizier]: Thornhill 1889:15-66; Bengalis: Bradley-Birt 1920, No. 4 [son of Chief Merchants Ruplal dreams of a girl with golden skin and hair like a black cloud; malini (m.; sexy aggressive woman) who was collecting flowers for the merchant's wife said it was her niece; but R. would only be able to see her face after the wedding; in fact, this girl is Princess Kanchanmalal; she, K., herself saw R. in a dream when he saw her; K.'s servants went to look for R. and R.'s servants for K.; they met and agreed, exchanged portraits; M. stole K.'s portrait from R. and changed it as if the bride was blind and hunchback; m ordered not to look at K. when she was brought; R. did so, did not agree with his wife, moving her to the hut and considering her a witch; R. agreed to marry his niece M., but there were no preparations for the wedding succeeded; R. decided to go on a trade trip, but the ship did not move; the sailors said that R.'s wife should give him permission; she demanded that R. take her with him; he put her in a separate boat; M. ran along the river bank, drowned R.'s ship, but K. saved R. and his men; R. thought she saved M.; M. threw K. into the water and then allowed R. to remove the blindfold; he noticed a leaf lotus, picked up and saw the true image of K. on it; when she learned that K. was in trouble, her 7 sisters went down on a chariot from Indra's palace and took K. to heaven; R. saw K. in a chariot, understood everything; lost consciousness and woke up old man; reason: a disapproving look thrown at him by one of the celestials; he will regain his former appearance if someone who loves him all day long; this person himself will turn into a palm tree (palm wine is made from it); the mother refused, M. drove R. away, but her niece agreed; he was also caressed by K.'s invisible hand; R. became rich; at the top of the palm tree, into which M.'s niece turned into, saw K.; she said that from now on she would be with him during the day, but not at night; in 7 days she would return him and his niece M.; R. pretended to be sleeping, followed K. quietly grabbed her chariot and also found himself in heaven; replaced the tired drummer, played well; Indra noticed K.'s look at R.; K. admitted that she had an earthly husband; I. allowed her to live on the ground, left her a chariot and gave her a fan to revive his niece m; but m managed to turn her into a snake; I. went down, his elephant drank the water of the pond, at the bottom of which there was a snake; I. touched the snake and the girl appeared; but the snake did not disappear, but grabbed the frog that I. turned m into; the snake always clutches it in its teeth, but did not swallow it; happy R. stayed with two wives]: 116-125; McCulloch 1912, No. 27 [prince sees Kotvala's daughter (chief of police) Nritokali on the roof of her house, falls ill with love; the girl manages to persuade the whole family on pain of death; she sets conditions: her face will be wrapped in seven fabrics, and She will spend the nights not with her husband, but in her parents' home; after living for some time with N., who does not even show her face, the prince turned to a hermit; he gave pills that made him invisible; the prince went after N., he entered her room, saw two maids washing and masking her, bringing her food; in the morning he spoke about it, pretending to have a similar dream; the same the next evening; N. noticed that someone ate part of the food; in the morning the prince tells her about it; on the third night he ate all the food; on the fourth night, three more maidens came to N., all of them climbed a tree and it took them to Indra's heavenly palace; on the fifth night the prince also climbed the tree; the maidens, including N., began to dance; the prince himself replaced the poorly playing drummer; I. gave the dancers garlands, who gave them to the musician, the invisible prince took them for himself; in the morning At home, the prince talks about this to N. and shows garlands; N. apologizes; the next night, the prince accompanies N. without hiding; I. is outraged that N. brought a mortal to him; promises that she will become a bat; but if someone demolishes the temple where she lives in one night, plows a field on the site, grows rice, and feeds 10,000 brahmanas, the curse will be lifted; the prince turned to the hermit, who gave the wish-fulfilling rope and a stick; they fulfilled I.'s condition, N. became a woman again, the prince and she settled in his palace and lived happily ever after]: 283-303; condas [with the king and queen son; they decided that they did not need more children; but after 10 years they wanted another child, made sacrifices to the gods; however, immediately after the birth of their youngest son, both died; he was raised by his aunt; baby all time cries and falls silent after she promises that he will marry a maiden who touches a stone into gold and the earth into cereals; at school, the prince quarreled with another boy; he called him a sorcerer who caused his parents to die; the prince was shocked, climbed into the cave, stayed lying down; when he was found and brought to his aunt, he reminded her of her promise - it was time to fulfill it; for him they married the princess, but at the wedding he asked her to turn the stone into gold; she could not, the prince rejected her; they sent her again to look for the bride; the servant, who went north, stayed in the village with the brahmana and saw his daughter turn a brass plate into gold; her name was Geiramma; the brahmana was brought in a palanquin to the queen (i.e. the prince's aunt) and she ordered him to bring his daughter, otherwise he would be executed; G. agrees to marriage, provided that she would be with the prince during the day and returned to her father at night; after the wedding, the prince and aunt thought that this would not last long, but even after a few years, G. sat in a palanquin and went to her parents; the prince dressed as poor, followed her; when G.'s parents fell asleep, she opened the magic book, and then a white elephant descended from the sky for her; the prince grabbed by his tail; at Indra's palace, G. joined 6 other heavenly maidens; the prince asked the old drummer to give him his seat; 7 maidens began to dance in front of I.; as a reward, G. asked I. for permission always willing to be either on earth or in heaven; he gave her a ring to do so; she came to thank the drummer without recognizing her husband; he asked for an I. ring and G. gave it to him as a reward ; G. returned to the ground on the elephant's back, and the prince clutched his tail; in the morning they were both in the palace; the prince began to tell G. his supposedly dream, describing everything that happened at night; G. asked to show her the ring persuaded her to give it to her, put it on and flew to heaven; the prince went on a journey; saw a snake crawl through the tree to the nest, about to eat the chicks; he cut the snake apart, they turned into three mountains; parent birds have arrived, each with an elephant in their claws and beaks; chicks for parents: we will not eat until you help our savior; one of the birds put the prince on his back and accompanied by another the birds brought I. to the palace; that is, G. polluted herself by communicating with a mortal, I. sent both to earth; G. no longer left at night and, as a heavenly fairy, became the ruler of the country]: Schulze 1922, No. 23:113-123; Telugu [king and vizier agreed that if they have children of different sexes, they will marry them; the queen's son is lazy and sloppy, and the vizier's wife has a daughter clever and beautiful; girl agrees to the marriage on the condition that at 6 pm she will go to her father's house and return from there at 6 am; out of shame, the prince rushed into the well but did not drown; the old man gave him a magic ointment to turn into a fly and follow her wife; she came to the pond; five maidens descended from the sky on a white elephant, all of them began to play and swim together; the prince stole one pearl necklace; at home describe what he saw, as if telling the content of the dream; the wife understood everything and asked me to return the necklace; he said he would return it only after she stayed overnight; she asked me to wait one night ; she told the heavenly maidens about everything (the necklace belonged to the eldest of them); they suggested that the prince fly with them to Indra; take the form of a musician playing the drum; I. would ask for information a wife among other virgins, a fly will sit on her knee; that's what happened; the prince and wife returned to earth to the palace and began to live together]: Venkataswami 1923, No. 34:82-88.

The Balkans. Romanians [a handsome young farmhand does not look at girls; dreams three times of a fairy telling him to go to the emperor; is hired by the emperor's gardener; the emperor's 12 daughters secretly dance at night, wearing a pair of shoes overnight; their father promises any of the daughters to whoever finds out why shoes wear out; trying to solve the mystery, 11 young men go missing, the rest give up trying; the fairy tells the young man grow two laurels; with a laurel flower, a young man sneaks into the girls unnoticed; the eldest opens an underground passage, the young man follows the girls, steps on the younger one's dress, others do not believe her that anyone is watching them; after passing through a forest with silver, gold and diamond trees, the girls approach the boats, 12 men take them to the castle on the island; the younger sister's boat is heavier than the others, sitting in it an invisible young man; on the way back, the young man broke off a silver branch, put it in a bouquet for his younger sister in the morning; the next day, a gold one; when he learns that his sisters are plotting against him, the young man takes the second laurel flower, his mind worsens, he wears luxurious clothes; in a new look, recognized only by his younger sister, the young man openly comes to watch the girls; his younger sister does not allow him to drink the drink of oblivion, the spell dissipates; a young man marries a younger princess, others also marry; the wife burns laurels so that the spouses remain equal]: Browne 1915:389-400; Bulgarians: Klyagina-Kondratyeva 1951 [the tsar is surprised that daughters are worn out every morning; the daughter promises to marry the one who will follow her; 29 young unaks fell asleep, lost their heads; the simpleton goes to sleep in the evening, wakes up when he comes for the princess snakes; they throw golden flowers to each other, the simpleton catches them, hides them, tightens the bark from the tree he hid behind, follows them, breaks off a stone from the bridge; the serpent jumped over the princess river, the simpleton went to hell, arguing over a frying pan, a stick (hit the pan with a stick, it will take it where necessary) and invisible hats; undertakes to divide, puts on a hat, flies away in a frying pan; in the house the snake hides the golden apple he used to play with the princess; gets home before the princess and the snake, pretends to sleep all night; tells the king about everything, showing flowers and apples; receives the princess and half the kingdom]: 57-62; Kovachev 1914 [the princess wears off a pair of shoes every night; whoever she married died; the gypsy watched, at night the princess went dry by sea, the gypsy followed her; she entered the cave, there the Sun ate fish, and the Moon ate lamb; the princess offered them a silver bowl; when the Sun and the Moon were gone, the princess returned; in the morning, in her presence, the gypsy told the king everything; the princess died]: 39-40; Greeks [the princess's shoes are trampled in the morning; the king promises a daughter to marry someone who reveals the secret, executes losers; the poor man sees three arguing over wonderful objects (invisible hat, boots- speeders, staff, sword); offers to give them to the winner, takes them away himself; with their help he follows the princess, takes evidence of what he saw, presents them on his return, marries the princess (many variants)]: Megas 2012, No. 306:34-35; Serbs (Mala Kopashnica, Leskovac; western from a factory worker born in 1927, heard from her mother) [the princess fell in love with the devil; he appeared to her in any form and on the night she was disappearing; the guard at the door of her room did not notice anything; the king promised a daughter to marry whoever solves the mystery; a soldier undertakes to find out; one night a soldier stood outside the window and saw him enter the room A gadfly in, and then two gadflies out of the room; the soldier followed and watched as the gadflies flew to the house, and later the princess returned; the next night in the house, the soldier's devil hid under bed; the devil had a blind father; he told him to bring him 12 stakes, support his eyelids, then he would see who was in the room; but the young devil and the princess only laughed; while the princess eats, she drops the pieces, the spoon, fork; the soldier quietly picks up everything and hides it in his pocket; before going to bed, the devil from the princess began to throw a golden apple - the soldier hid it; when they fell asleep, he hid the golden shoe; delivered everything to the king; in the morning the king demands that his daughter answer; she confesses and says that she is about to die; let the soldier come to church for dinner three nights in a row; each time the old man teaches him what to do; on the first evening, the princess became the grave to eat the soldier, but did not know to look behind the altar; at midnight she lay down again in the grave and said that she was starving; the same the next evening (the soldier hid behind the door); on the third in the evening at the bell tower, on the fourth, behind the cross at the princess's grave; when she got up, the soldier lay down in her coffin and closed the lid; when the rooster screamed, a snake crawled out of the princess's mouth and she was alive again and a beautiful girl; they walked hand in hand around the church; the king saw them, arranged a wedding, the soldier inherited the throne]: Eschker 1992, No. 10:61-64; Hungarians, Slovenes, Croats : Uther 2004 (1), No. 306:188-189.

Central Europe. Russians (Murmansk, Arkhangelsk, Vologda, Voronezh, Kursk), Ukrainians (Ugric Rus, Transcarpathia, Galicia) [Night dancing: the princess goes to unclean and dances with him; a hero in an invisible hat goes after her; receives her hand as a reward]: SUS 1979, No. 306:110; Russians (Terevsky Bereg) [princess and cook stumble 7 {pairs} overnight shoes; king: daughter, half the kingdom and throne after my death to the one who would guard my daughter; Gol-Kabatskaya volunteered, fell asleep, his head was cut off; the other - the same; the third promised the kisser of half the kingdom, he gave him invisible hat and speedboat boots; pretends to fall asleep; then invisibly follows the girls through the copper, silver, golden forest, each time he breaks off a knot; they cross the river, the men are dancing in the house; they returned, he was before the girls; he tells everything to the tsar and shows the broken branches; the guy received everything, as promised, gave half of the estate to the kisser]: Balashov 1970, No. 39:123-126; Russians ( Pinega or Zaonezhye, Vaimushi, 1927, E.M. Korovin, 37 years old) [The soldier returns home from duty, stops at the old lady's place for the night, finds out that the king is unable to figure out where his daughter is going at night ("new shoes every night"). The soldier is called to find out if he is given a room next to the princess's room and three nights. He asks the old lady for help, she promises if he fails to follow the girl in the first two nights. Two nights in a row, the girl reads a book, then waves her handkerchief, and the soldier falls asleep, the mirror tells her he is sleeping, and she leaves. On the third night, the soldier turns to the old woman, she gives him a handkerchief and self-propelled galoshes (1 step = 7 miles). The old woman teaches that you need to "tail" yourself and the girl with a handkerchief on the nose, when she runs, put on galoshes. The soldier performs, does not fall asleep when the girl reads the book, the mirror tells her about it, she tears the book and breaks the mirror, puts on new shoes, runs away. A soldier in galoshes runs ahead and lies down on the road, she stumbles and falls. He resolves the dispute between the devil and the goblin over the invisible hat and the flying carpet, throws two sticks, promises to return items to the one who brings his first, puts on an invisible hat. The princess runs into the house to the snake, he leads her to the garden, the soldier follows them. The serpent picks three apples for the father, mother and princess, and the soldier does the same. The princess and the snake dance and have fun, the soldier returns. The soldier tells in front of the princess everything he saw, and she confesses. The king marries his daughter to a soldier. She finds out how he managed to keep an eye on her, he talks about the rug and hat, she takes it to the forest on the carpet and throws it there. A soldier tastes the berries of two trees, notices that some of them grow horns, others fall off, and their faces become more beautiful. He picks both berries, changes clothes with the peasant, sells berries at the princess's palace, the cook tastes, becomes more beautiful and buys them for the princess. A soldier sells the berries that the horn grows on. The king announces that he will marry half his kingdom or princess to someone who will save her from her horns. The soldier promises to cure the princess: he drives her around the city - everyone must see her horns, otherwise he will not be cured, and cuts with iron bars, for which the soldier asks for three days to eat and drink in the city for him are free. He cuts her with twigs and gives berries for three nights, gets a girl married. He admits that he is her husband, lives happily with his wife, becomes the royal heir]: Nikiforov 1961, No. 87:211-215; Russians (Vologodskaya; d. Terekhov-Malakhov, Belozersky U. of the then Novgorod Province) [The Tsar dies. Young Ivan Tsarevich has heroic strength and lives with his mother. From another land, its ruler Burzachilo Poganoe writes to fight against him. An/ is looking for a horse. Lots of horses, but whoever she sits on will fall. If you put your finger down, it falls. She walks through the city in sadness, meets an old woman: why did she think about it. I. replies that how does she, an old witch, know the royal thought. He changed his mind, returned to the old woman, tells his misfortune. Old woman: His grandfather's horse is standing in the earthen stable. He's already eaten the ground knee-deep. We have to go out into the green garden, shout well done, whistle like a hero, the horse will give a voice. I. tells her mother everything, she is happy. I. goes to the garden, screams, whistles - the horse responds. I. finds a shield in the ground, goes down the stairs, where a horse is chained 12 chains. When he sees I., he breaks his chains. I. asks the horse to serve him as he served his grandfather. The horse asks him to let him go for 7 days to walk in green meadows and silk grasses, and during this time get a golden saddle. The saddle is made by a hundred craftsmen, but it is either small or large, not suitable for a horse. I. is walking around the city, the same old woman advises you to take the saddle hanging in the corner on the left in the corner, which is covered with moss, and gilding it, it will do. After 7 and I. days, he goes out into the open field, screams well done, whistles like a hero, the horse comes running, the ground trembles, the saddle is just right. I. goes to war without troops. The horse helps by trampling enemy troops with its hooves. I. takes Burzachilo Pogany prisoner, who asks not to kill him, but to tie him to a stirrup, take him to his kingdom, imprison him and feed him meager food. I. puts him in prison, maids bring him food. BP suddenly refuses to take food from them, demanding that the sovereign herself bring it. When she hears a sigh, she brings BP, falls in love with him, begins to feed him better, and plans to kill her son with him. BP is a terrible sorcerer, he knows everything, tells I. to find a three-headed snake and bring his liver lungs to heal the queen. I. agrees, calls the horse, who informs that his mother has fallen in love with BP, tells him to wear three cast-iron lats and go to his mother for a blessing, although she will not give it. The mother refuses to bless; he goes to his godmother for a blessing. The horse is running, the earth is trembling, mountains and valleys jumping, rivers and lakes are covered with its tail. They don't reach three miles, they start baking with fire. Molten first armor flows down from I., the second verst, and the third at the last. The horse tells you to look at the golden hair in his mane: when it starts writhing, cut it to the left with a sword. I. cuts off the snake's three heads, takes the lungs and the liver. The horse says his mother sent him to death on purpose. Upon returning, I. first of all goes to the PSU, he unlocks it. The mother throws away the lungs, the liver, the PSU advises her to send I. bring the lungs of the liver of an 8-headed snake. The mother again refuses to bless her son; he goes to his godmother for a blessing. The horse tells you to wear 6 cast-iron lats on him and himself. When they drive 6 miles, the fire melts all the armor one by one. The horse tells you to look at the golden hair in his mane when it starts writhing - cut it to the right with a sword. I. cuts off the snake's six heads, takes the lungs and the liver. When he returns, he goes back to BA, he denies it. The mother throws out the lungs, the liver, on the advice of the PD, sends I. to bring the lungs of the liver of a 9-headed snake. He refuses to bless I. again; he goes to his godmother for a blessing. The horse tells you to wear 9 cast-iron lats on him and himself. When you drive 9 miles, the fire melts all the armor one by one. The horse tells you to look at the golden hair in his mane when it starts writhing - cut it to the left with a sword. I. cuts off six heads of the snake, but he waves his trunk and knocks I. out of the saddle. I. falls down and falls asleep in a heroic dream for 9 days and 9 nights, and the monster suffers from him. The horse decides that I. is dead and flees to their kingdom. The mother rejoices, releases BP from prison, brings her to the palace, drinks and has fun. Iyu wakes up, throws off her monster, grieves that there is no horse, goes wherever her eyes look. It comes to a hut in the woods. There's a blind old man sitting in it. Without seeing I., he recognizes him and says hello. Says he knew his dad. He explains that he was wounded in one battle, after which his eyes were covered with wild meat. He could behold Ivan Tsarevich if he was tied up with wild meat with something. Ivan Tsarevich blindfolds his eyes with his belt. The old man takes him to the vast realm. I. gives him some money and leaves his belt at his request, or he won't make it back. She asks to spend the night in the kingdom. The king allows it. It is announced to give up any of the three daughters if I. solves their dreams, otherwise he will cut off his head. I. does not sleep at night, he watches. The princesses get up, wash, drink from one bottle - they are covered with feathers, from the other they become winged and fly away. I. uses the same bubbles to go after them. The third sister is more cunning, noticing that it is noisy and loud today, the other two decide that it is because they ate and dressed up. They fly to another realm to visit their lovers, three brothers princes, and their father is told that they are dreaming about it. I. steals the personalized rings of princesses and princes. Watching princesses get rid of their feathers and wings with bubbles, does the same. In the morning, the princesses tell their father that they flew to another kingdom in their dreams and sat there with the princes. I. says what he saw and shows his rings. The king allows you to marry any daughter, I. chooses the youngest, beautiful, and gets half the kingdom. His wife gives birth to him two sons. I. goes to his kingdom with his wife and sons. She discovers that the mother and BP live in the palace as husband and wife, hangs up a BP, and the mother forgives. The horse comes running, rejoices, I. caresses him, keeps him at home. Sons grow up to be heroes, everyone respects them. Mother dies, I. happy with his wife]: Sokolov, Sokolov 1915:29-34; Russians (Vologda) [Elena Prekrasnaya (EP) wears out her shoes every night; the shepherd undertakes to find out what's going on; if she can, The king will give him his daughter; he follows her to the copper forest, hides a leaf; two imps are fighting next to each other over speeding boots; shepherd: whoever counts all the leaves on the trees faster will receive; put on boots, and devils are still running around; the same in the silver forest (gets an invisible hat); in gold (a self-cut saber); an invisible shepherd sits next to the EP and drinks vodka that her lover adds to her; when he returns, the shepherd tells everything and shows the leaves; the EP summoned her lover with a letter, the shepherd, who became her husband, destroyed his army with his sword; after learning about the wonderful objects, the EP ran with them to her lover; the shepherd went look, devils grabbed him in the copper forest; he explained that he did not have the items; they taught him to bribe the girl, hit the ground - you will become a horse; EP tells him to cut it, and let the girl bury a piece and grow up." apple trees"; orders to be cut down, let the girl throw a chip into the pond, there will be a swan; the king takes off his clothes (and he carries objects with him), enters the pond; we must fly ashore, become human and take possession of objects ; the shepherd killed the king, began to live with the EP]: Burtsev 1895, No. 9:51-58; Russians (Vologda) [the tsar has children Ivan and Mary; the garden was guarded by soldiers, the general fell in love with him; refused the tsar; the tsar: a You give it to a soldier; general to a soldier: why are you talking about me like that; soldier: you give it the same way; the general complained to her parent, he put the soldier in prison; and M. is in love with him; dug in there and she began to go to the soldier; the king wants to marry I. to Nastasya from the thirtieth kingdom; she sent a sword in her suitcase: at which end is the sock and which handle is in? soldier: put the suitcase in the milk, the handle will turn up; which of the 12 pigeons is the oldest? they will peck in total, and this one will walk around; M. told Ivan; soldier: if I. goes to N. alone, he will not return; M. released the soldier from prison; he took 12 drunks with him; took the devils away on the way (they they argued; I.: who will run faster) an invisible hat, a samovar tablecloth, a flying carpet; N.'s drunkards lay down where, and the soldier on the feather bed; N. came and cut off the corner of the vest; the soldier cut off everyone; I. arrived; N .: I need exactly the same dress and shoes as mine; the soldier stole, made new ones, I. showed; now N. demands that I. do what she did at night; I. in an invisible hat follows her to the king of the sea ; repeats and presents everything; at home, the soldier returned to prison; then with M. to the king; showed documents in which I. wrote him three-thirds of the kingdom; I. went to the kingdom of N., and the soldier married M. and inherited throne]: Ivanitsky in Burtsev 1895, No. 11:70-84; Russians (Voronezh, 1939) [A beautiful royal daughter does not want to study, meets a magician, who puts her on a chair and teaches her science, advises how choose a groom is to make a riddle, if the applicant does not guess the hand, "head off the shoulders". An Indian prince comes to marry, the princess brings him to the "rich hall where the horned chort lives" treats him with wine, he falls asleep. In the morning, she tells her father that the groom slept all night and is beheaded. The same thing happens to the second contender, the nobleman. A retired soldier scoops up water in the river, pulls out cancer, asks him to be released, gives him an invisible hat and advises the soldier to boldly marry the king's daughter. The soldier asks the bride to pour him wine in mugs and falls asleep. Cancer appears, the soldier gets into his mouth and wakes up. The hero puts on an invisible hat and watches the princess. She goes to the garden, summons magic around the gazebos, eats and drinks. The soldier repeats all her actions. He approaches the rakit bush, looks in all four directions, pulls a branch and descends underground. She alternately approaches the copper, silver and gold wells, washes and drinks. The soldier does the same thing, but takes with him three crust from each well. The girl comes to her 12 sisters, tells them that the groom got drunk and fell asleep. Sisters show gifts from their suitors. The soldier climbs up to them, quietly picks up the gifts and the goose from the table, falls, the sisters hear a rumble, run to the window, but do not see the soldier. When they return to the table, they see it missing. The princess goes back, but cannot get drunk from the wells, cries, shouts "my soul is burning". The soldier overtakes her, returns to the place where he fell asleep, takes off his hat. The princess wakes him up, but he tells him where she was at night and what she did, she admits that he solved all her nightly riddles. The king does not want to give his daughter for a soldier, and another contender for the princess advises to give the groom a task: to go there, I don't know where, to find something, I don't know what, "so that it's not seen, but pleased." The princess gives the soldier a ball, orders him to follow the thread when the Serpent hits him, to say that the soldier is a servant of the Russian tsar dog, then she will not touch him. This is what happens, the snake offers a treat to the soldier, orders Ursa to set the table and tablecloths, and the treats appear on the table themselves. The serpent gives the soldier the keys to open the borders, and flies to fight the enemy - the Serpent with 9 heads. She wants to bring the soldier to Tsar Ursa, she promises that she will go with him and orders him to flee across the border so that the Serpent cannot kill the soldier ("he will bite and rub his bones for flour"). On the land of another Serpent, about 6 heads, Ursa orders to exchange it for a barrel, promises to return to the soldier if the Serpent does not name her until they cross the border. A soldier crosses the border, a Serpent appears with 6 heads, threatens to eat, burn with fire, and the soldier offers to feed the Snake. He has doubts, because he needs a lot of food. Ursa sets the table with plenty of treats. The serpent realizes that he does not need to fly with Ursa every day to fish and exchanges Ursa for a barrel from the soldier. The soldier crosses the next border, calls Ursa, and she ends up with him. A Serpent appears with 12 heads, wants to eat a soldier, who feeds the Snake with the help of Ursa. The serpent changes its self-propelled sword to Ursa. A soldier gets caught in the rain, does not know how to warm up, Ursa advises ordering a self-made sword to beat the Snake, the sword cuts down all 12 heads. The soldier comes to the king, says that he served him for 20 years and demands that the king served him, orders the sword to cut down the king's head. The soldier calls all soldiers, orders the protection ("workers' and peasants' kingdom") of the poor and orphans, and distributes land to soldiers. The soldier turns the keg, and the crystal palace appears. Among other things, a bayun cat lives there, from whom the storyteller learned to tell fairy tales]: Tonkov 1949, No. 11:181-189; Ukrainians (Transcarpathia) [at night the princess goes to hell dancing, wears off her shoes; the servant hides under the seat of the carriage, sees everything, brings an apple, shows the king when he sees an apple, the princess falls dead; guards are left at the coffin in the church, they disappear; a servant, a neighbor, goes to guard advises not to stand in front of the coffin; he stands outside the door, the dead princess gets up, sees no one; the second night behind the analogue, the third night behind the iconostasis; she looks for him, he lies down in the coffin, they argue who lie there, roosters sing, the princess comes to life, the servant marries her]: Verkhovyna's Tales 1970:362-364; Ukrainians (Hutsulshchina) []: Zinchuk 2006a, No. 96:287-293; Poles [the king will give his daughter for that , who finds out why his daughter stumbles so many shoes; the hero manages not to drink a sleepy remedy, he follows the princess's carriage to hell, where she dances with the devil; the hero quietly picks up objects that can confirm his story; he either marries a princess or, when exposed, she dies]: Krzyżanowski 1962, No. 306:90; Czechs: Bogolyubova, Talova 2000 [the king is surprised why the shoes daughters are worn out; the hussar agrees to guard; the princess and the maid go through the hatch under the bed; the hussar follows them, carries away the invisibility cloak and self-carrying saddle from two debators, in tin, in a silver, golden forest, breaks off a branch, the devil does not see it; eats the dinner served to the princess, everyone wonders where the food and bowls went; the princess dances, the hell does not want to let the bride go anymore, the princess asks to let her go for the last time; the hussar returns earlier; he tells everything to the king, he passes off his daughter as a hussar; to prove what he saw, the hussar shows his wife broken branches; the wife He orders to make the same cloak and saddle, accuses the hussar of deception, the king drives him away; in the forest he eats an apple, horns grow, a pear - horns disappear; goes to sell apples, the princess has horns; under the guise of a doctor with pears tells the princess to tell her what's in her heart, she brings a cloak and a saddle, the hussar flies away, the princess remains horned]: 290-295; Curtin 1914 [the queen does not want to marry; his father brought him to the hall where portraits of all unmarried princesses; one face to the wall; the father reluctantly shows him, the son falls in love; dressed as a commoner, went to the city of the chosen one; two fight over an invisible hat and a staff, who will take me where I need to go; Queen: whoever brings me the dart thrown first will receive items; wearing an invisible hat, picks up the staff, enters the princess's palace; is hired as a gardener; spies how the princess meets the dragon at night; tells the staff to take himself to the dragon palace, where he brings the princess for the night; the queen hides the patterned handkerchief given by the dragon to the princess; the dragon and the princess notices that someone else is eating rice from the plate they are eating from; the princess tells the dragon to take her back soon; the neighboring king demands a princess, threatens war; she promises to marry someone who will fulfill three assignments; the neighbor started the war; the gardener queen asks to be placed commander-in-chief; wearing an invisible hat, cut off the heads of enemy generals at night; the same the next night; enemies accused each other in treason, began to fight each other; the enemy was defeated, the neighboring king gave half of his possessions; became chancellor; promised to leave if he did not get the princess; she asks the dragon to come up with a dragon impossible assignments; dragon: get laughing apples; crying quince (they are in his garden, the queen overhears the dragon, brings it); for the third time, the dragon advises ordering him to bring his dragon's tooth, i.e. his own; the queen put all the dragons to sleep, snatched them in the tooth; the dragon told the princess that he would not meet again, because a tooth that pulled out could cut his throat; the queen told the princess's father everything, returned to his father and married the girl his father chose for him]: 227-242; Czechs (Moravia) []: Lifshitz-Artemyeva 2017:380-387; Slovaks [the king has only daughter Flower; the Queen will give her only to someone who will save her for three nights in a row, and whoever fails will be headless; the other king has three sons; the eldest comes, refuses to talk to the poor three times, goes to bed with the princess, falls asleep, and when woke up, she's not around; in the morning the queen smirks; after the third night, the prince was beheaded; the middle prince is the same; the younger one is kind to the poor; one has long legs, he can climb to any height, instantly enter remote areas; the second sees everything; the third can eat or drink a lot; on the first night, the second sees a golden rose fly out of the princess's room; the long-legged falls into a wonderful garden, picks a rose, gives it to the queen in the morning; a bird the next night; a swan on the third; the third beggar drinks water from the lake so that the long-legged can catch the swan; the younger prince gets princess]: Dobšinský 1970, No. 22:122-128.

Caucasus - Asia Minor. Adygi: Uther 2004 (1), No. 306:188-189; Chechens [two traits are arguing over a samovar boiler, a sheaf that carries anywhere, invisible hats; edging tells them to race, flies away in a sheaf, taking the cauldron and hat; the prince promises not to kill him if he finds out why his daughter weaves the canvas before the evening and then dissolves it; the invisible edge follows the prince's daughter; she ordered three pairs of scissors from the goldsmith, puts one pair of edges imperceptibly for himself; the silversmith has three hats (the edge takes one); brings everything to a one-eyed person; he stabbed and ate a ram, an edging He put one rib in his pocket; in the evening he told the prince everything, showed his things, the prince gave his daughter to him]: Malsagov 1983, No. 34:155-156; taty [the rich man does not tell his son to go east; he goes, falls in love with the daughter of the padishah, falls ill with love; the father goes to marry her; the padishah stipulates that the daughter will be with her husband during the day and will return to herself at night; the elder gives the young man an invisible hat; the young man watches wife; every night she flies in a golden chest to seventh heaven; there are 39 other girls there; a woman tells them to play the carp; the boy's wife is fake; the first time the young man plays quietly for her, the second grabs a woman, promises her not to harm; a woman has to agree that the padishah's daughter has fallen in love and betrayed them; the spouses return safely and live a normal life]: Kukulla 1974, No. 10:85-96 (=Kapiyeva 1991:386-397); Turks [after the death of his father, the younger brother is idle; the elder decides to sail by ship to Egypt, but the youngest crept aboard the ship; in Egypt, the youngest for a long time waits for the elder, decides to go, meets three people fighting over his father's inheritance: an invisible hat, a flying carpet and a lash, spurring the carpet; the young man fires an arrow: which of the debators will be the first to come running with her back, gets everything; takes objects himself and, invisible, flies away; the padishah promises a daughter and half a kingdom to someone who finds out where his daughter goes at night; invisible, the young man follows the princess, flies with her and efreet on the shield; efreet is surprised why it is so heavy; a young man breaks off branches in a forest where trees are made of silver and diamonds; trees cry: the son of man torments us; the next forest is gold and precious stones (same); in the palace, the princess is given a pair of slippers, the young man hides one; they give the second pair, he hides again; the princess walks barefoot; black peri, one lip to the sky, the other to the ground, asks furiously where the princess has been missing for so long; the servant serves a sorbet, the young man pushed his hand, the cup broke, he hid the fragment; eats the food he brought, hides spoons and forks; Peri is also concerned, advises the princess return as soon as possible; the young man cut off his head, the voice "Woe, the son of a man killed the king" was heard; on the flying carpet, the young man returned before the princess, pretended to be asleep; the young man says everything, presenting the padishah recognizes the elder brother in the crowd; asks the padishah to give the princess and half the kingdom to the elder, and his magic objects will be enough for him; and that's what happened]: K& #250; nos 1901:102-111.

Iran - Central Asia. Persians (Khorasan, entry 1) [Kačal overcomes sleep and the sight of 7 princesses disappearing at night, they go to their lovers; the next night he takes the king with him; he kills older princesses, and the youngest is married to K.]: Marzolph 1984, No. 306:66; Tajiks [the princess tells her father to marry her only as someone who makes her speak during the night; this fails, the grooms are executed alone for others; Tsarevich Kuri-Kosym ("Blind Slanting") received an invisible hat from the old man he met; the first night he could not get the princess to talk, but the guards who came in did not see him; the next night unnoticed followed the princess; an old woman came after her; two women dressed the princess in beautiful clothes in the cemetery; the same in the cave; they arrived at the peri garden; the princess became intoxicated; the KK took off her clothes and put her on, came to Peri and began to sing; when KK put the princess on her clothes again and she returned to the garden, the Peri asked her to sing again, but she did not know the song that Peri liked; the next night, KK begins to tell the princess about her adventures; she tells him to be silent and agrees to become his wife; they came to Peri together; their queen wants KK for herself; KK refuses; then they are told to come every night, otherwise the Peri will burn down the city; KK and his wife flee to his country, and the peri city is burned; the wedding and that one for 40 nights]: Niyazmukhamedov 1945:96-101; Pashtuns [Shah's daughter hears the conversation of the Maina (pink starling) and a parrot: a fairy named Zabzibana keeps a jug of magic oil; the shah promises a daughter to whoever gets it; the shepherd convinced the vizier's son to return home, and went to buy oil himself; the diva shoemaker sent him to his older brother, who took him to his eldest; the eldest took him up the mountain to the fairy fortress; there is an old woman, she was kidnapped as a baby, she has a fairy daughter Gulkhandana, she serves as a vizier for the Shah {i.e. Z.?} ; G. tells her mother that someone who kills a camel diva will marry her, this requires her handkerchief; the old woman stole her daughter's handkerchief, gave it to the shepherd, he killed the diva; pretended to jump over the ditch three times ( this is also a condition for marriage); married G.; t a gave an invisible hat and a flying carpet; the shepherd flew to the pool; doves flew in, threw off their clothes, became fairies, began to swim; the shepherd gave his clothes for Z. promised to marry him too; when the shepherd missed his homeland, G. and Z. gave a violin: play and we will come with an army; the divas carried the shepherd; when hungry, the shepherd played the violin, G. and Z. killed a lot of cattle, fed a diva; the diva offers to change the magic baton, chain, flying carpet to a violin; the shepherd changed and then ordered the diva to tie the chains, beat the baton; he gave everything; the same with the second diva : his handkerchief, no matter how much you put in it, will not be filled; the shepherd gave the Shah a bottle of Z. oil; the shah gave him the princess, and she drove the shepherd away; the shah sent the vizier's son to him; the shepherd and the vizier's son flew to the island; G. and Z. were offended, threw all the magic things into the sea, leaving only a handkerchief and an invisible hat; on the log, the shepherd and the son of the vizier sailed home; the shepherd decided to sell the ring he gave Z.; the Shah liked it so much that he gave his daughter for the son of the vizier; he complains to the shepherd that as soon as he lies down with his wife, he loses consciousness and does not remember anything until morning; the shepherd in an invisible hat follows at night the wife of a friend in an invisible hat; she and the diva are flying on a flying carpet, dancing with fairies, throwing jewelry on the floor; the shepherd picked everything up in a handkerchief; one day the shepherd took off his hat, liked the fairy lady, she took it to her husband; he asked her for a stick that took all the water in any body of water; so he found and returned the items thrown by the fairies into the sea; summoning G. and Z., told them to eat the Shah's daughter, which had deceived him, and the wife of the vizier, who flew to the diva; went forever to the kingdom of Zabzibana]: Lebedev 1958:121-126.

Baltoscandia. Western Sami (Lyngen): Qvigstad 1925, No. 306:15; the Danes [when his father died, gave Johannes 7 marks; he bought them a dead man, whom the lenders threw out of the grave; in the forest with him a man came to ask him to be called Friend; the old woman carried brushwood, broke her leg, a friend cured her with wonderful oil; the eagle and the falcon began to fight, fell dead; The friend took eagle wings and paws with them falcon; princess demands to guess what she thinks three times, hangs unlucky contenders in her garden; while I. sleeps, Friend turns into a falcon, flies after the princess, hits her with brushwood, she thinks hail; flying out of the palace, she flies to the mountain, knocks, opens a terrible troll; in the hall on the throne, a troll and a princess, animals and reptiles dance; the troll advises the princess to think about her gloves, A friend hears it ; says I., he answers the princess; next time he talks about shoes; the third time the troll flew after the princess, told her to think about his head, his friend cut it off, hid it in a bag, gave it to I.; I. opened the bag, it has the head that the princess thought about; gets a wife; A friend tells me to put a tub of water by the bed; I. dips the princess in her, she turned into a duck, a swan, I. did not let go, she became human the spell has dissipated; A friend says he is the dead man, disappears]: Suritz 1991:54-58; Norwegians [the king promises a daughter to someone who finds out why her bashmaks are worn out every morning; the youngest of three The brothers do not take the princess's sleeping pills; when invisible, he watched her travel underground to a foreign country to dance with three princes/elves; he brings a silver goblet from there, who confirms his words, receives a princess]: Hodne 1984, No. 306:67-68; Icelanders, Swedes, Livs: Uther 2004 (1), No. 306:188-189; Karelians [old people have three sons; The elder comes to the king to hire workers; the king tells him to find out where his daughter goes at night; the boy waited at the princess's door, could not find out, the king ordered his nose to be cut in half, and salt was poured into the wound; the same with the second son; the youngest Tuhkimus on the way hears a dispute between two invisible people over inheritance - invisible hats; throws a stone - whoever catches will get it; put on his hat himself and left; staying invisible, went into the princess's room; she descends on a rope through the window, gets into the carriage, T. then; the coachman is surprised that the carriage is going slowly; we arrived in the copper forest, boarded a copper boat on the lake, stuck to the shore, where the silver forest, got into a silver sleigh; then a silver boat; then a golden forest, a golden horse and a sleigh; in a golden house an ugly old man; there is food on the table, the old man wonders why eating fast disappeared, apparently the girl was hungry; the old man and the girl began to "play"; after that, T. put the table, chairs and the old man himself in his bag, ordered to remain silent; the princess is surprised that the boat is heavy; on the way, T. breaks off gold, silver, copper branches; at home T. tells the king what he saw, the princess replies that everything is a lie; T. orders him to bring his bag; no one can pick him up; he brought it and opened it himself; inside horse, sleigh, table, etc.; the old man jumped out the window and left, the copper, silver, gold items remained; T. married a princess]: Onegin 2010, No. 13:149-154; Finns [squandering wealth and youth , the king went on horseback to another country; it is a custom to throw away the bodies of those who did not leave an inheritance (to pay for the funeral); for the remaining three stamps, the king buried one of the dead; the guy asks to take him as a servant; we'll agree on his salary later; arranges everything at the inn, cooks a proper dinner for the king; asks the owner to give him an old hat; the same at the next stand courtyard; takes a rusty sword; on the third, an old purse; in the city of mourning, the 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 she will say who she kissed in the evening; the servant puts the ring in the king's pocket; wearing an invisible hat, he sees that the princess did not go to kiss her parents, but met a monster in the garden; rusty compartment with a sword, the monster's head and hid it in his purse; in the morning the bridegroom king showed his head; the princess is happy, because she did not kiss voluntarily; wedding, a son was born; the servant demands payment: the son's life; cut off the boy head, but he is alive and well again; the servant was the spirit of that buried tramp]: Konkka 1991:228-238; Estonians: Järv 2009 (1), No. 20 (Avinurme) [princess spends 7 pairs per night bast shoes; the king promises a daughter to someone who finds out what is wrong, cuts off the head of those who do not know; the soldier does not sleep, sneaks into the garden after the princess, sees her pluck, throws an apple, opens the entrance to hell; soldier also throws an apple; three devils fight over a magic tablecloth, leaps and bounds of boots, invisible hats; the soldier promises to award them to whoever brings the apple he throws first; he takes everything himself, catches up princess; eats and drinks unnoticed; steals a box of soldiers; proves in the morning that she went to hell with the princess (she says this means that the soldier ate the food, because usually there was too much); gets princess; defeats an alien king who has attacked him by letting soldiers out of the box; returns everything to him after victory; inherits the throne], 21 (Sangaste) [the king has three daughters, their heels are worn out in the morning; soldier undertakes to find out what is going on; the beggar gives him an invisibility cloak; in the garden, princesses open a passage under the bush; the soldier then breaks off a branch of a silver, golden tree; sees princesses dancing; these branches shows as proof that he has been to the dungeon; the king gives him one of his daughters as his wife]: 99-102, 103; setu [the princess disappears every night unknown where and stumbles 7 couples shoes; the king promises to give it for someone who solves the mystery; when he dies, a rich man bequeathed money to his eldest son, an average hat that allows you to see everything {obviously without being noticed}, At the last moment he gave his speedboat boots to the youngest; the middle son is dissatisfied with what he received; the youngest puts on his hat and boots, comes to town, is hired by the king as a soldier, promises to solve the mystery; the young man sees as a sleigh without a horse comes for the princess, is taken to the king who lives at the bottom of the sea, the young man barely has time to catch up with the sleigh; they rush through the copper, silver, golden forest, the young man breaks off a branch every time; the princess is fed and watered in the palace, then she dances in a room where the floor is covered with sharp carnations; the young man picks up the shoes trampled and discarded by the princess; when the last couple, the princess, is trampled dances barefoot, hurts his legs; before leaving, the young man picks up a golden plate with the name of the sea king on it; in the morning he tells the king everything, showing evidence (branches and a plate); gets a princess]: Sandra 2004:192-202; Lithuanians: Kerbelite 2014, No. 119 [Mrs. disappears at night; bet with a shoemaker: if he watches her, she will cut off her head, and if not, she will cut him off; shoemaker quietly follows her into the well; snatched the feather from the bird in the garden; picked up a grain of sand when we drove through the burning house; snatched the feather from another bird; when the bear carried the lady to the den, she dropped her handkerchief the shoemaker picked it up; when he returned, the shoemaker showed evidence; in order not to lose her head, the lady gave him half of her wealth], 120 [the queen takes three knots of dresses in the evening, and returns to one dress; king: whoever follows and gets hair from under his daughter's arm, I'll marry her; the poor man has a plane saddle and an invisible hat; he flies through a diamond, gold, silver forest; dancing, the queen changes dresses; the poor man stole a diamond plate and fork; broke off a branch in the silver, gold, diamond forests; when he returned, the poor man showed evidence; agreed not to take the queen, but to receive ransom], 121 [Pan's daughter wears 12 pairs of shoes overnight; Jonas sees two fighting over speeding boots, an invisibility cloak and a glass on which to cross the water; offers to race carries objects; follows the lady twice into the hole to the silver one; to the golden forest, broke off the branches, the lady had to return; the third time through the glass through the water; the lady explains the line that she is two nights old prevented; J. stole the dresses brought by the devil: the stars' dress should be worn before the wedding, the sun dress during the wedding, the moon dress after; in the morning he presented evidence, received an award; once pan asked J. to play at the wedding; panychi dance, run their fingers along the wall and smear their eyes; J. also anointed: he is on a stump, around the devil, the girl is hanged from a willow; he came to live with Mr.], 122 [12 daughters of the king Shoes wear out every night; the king promises a daughter to whoever finds out what's going on, executes those who can't; the old man advises the soldier to wash his face with the same water as the royal ones - then he won't fall asleep; royal the stairs down, the soldier followed, stepping on the youngest's dress; she thinks the dress is clinging to something; 12 queens carried the queens across the sea, the soldier in the youngest boat; the soldier broke the blooming branches trees, came back before the queens; chose and received the youngest queen], 123 [every night the queen wears 12 pairs of shoes; the old man gives a man a bag, an invisibility cloak, a flying carpet, a hat turn into anyone; ordered not to drink anything at the queen's - you'll fall asleep; the devils took the queen in a carriage, the man followed; hid a gold goblet in the bag; the next night, the devils were looking for an apple, he became with a needle in the crevices of the tree; the next night, the key from the wheel, the carriage broke; the devils began to look for the wheel, the man hid the imp in the bag; presented everything in the morning; married the queen]: 293-295, 295-298- 300, 300-302, 302-304; (cf. Kerbelite 2001 [on Christmas/Zagoveny/ during a party, a guy hears girls agreeing to ride a hive for peas; climbs into an empty hive; a girl sits on a hive and says that the horse carries heavily; the guy picks peas and brings them to the party/everyone understands that girls are witches]: 255; Veckenstedt 1883, No. 40 [the princess refuses the grooms, says she already has a husband; the king quietly watches his daughter; at night three people take her away in an iron chariot; one day a stranger promises to find out a secret; becoming invisible, he rides with the princess; in a wooden chariot hanging in the air the castle drinks a drink intended for the princess; then they arrive at the stone castle, in the crystal castle; there is her dragon husband and their son; a stranger cut off his son's tail, he died; upon returning to The tail showed confirmation of his words; the princess became the goddess of the underworld, her name is Beslea]: 196-198; Latvians [the princess wears out her dress during the day; the servant watches, jumped on the back of the carriage in which the devils took the princess; they go through the silver, gold, diamond forest, across the river like on ice, to the castle; hears the devil answering the princess that his strength is in the egg in the hallway; the servant took the egg; on the way back three the forests came after the carriage; the servant broke the egg, the devils lost their strength; but the king did not give the servant a daughter; he found apples that grow horns and disappear; gave it to the king and the princess; removed the horns for a promise to give him a princess; wedding]: Niedre 1952:156-159.

Volga - Perm. Mordva [Vanya is leaving the service; stopped in a forest hut, climbed onto the stove; the old man pulls out a magic mirror, but does not see it; asks to leave; he has three daughters; asks him to serve for a year, take care of Sivka, and he and his daughters will leave for a year; daughters flew away with doves, the old man in a whirlwind; a year later, the old man gave a sword that cut down the army for his service, his daughters speedboat boots, an invisible hat, a self-shaking wallet; in the city the princess disappears every night; unsuccessful guards are beheaded; Vanya takes care; the invisible catches up with the princess, hits the face with a broom, she thinks it's hail, Vanya returns faster than her; the next night he smeared his dress with mud; on the third night he flew to the palace, where the princess and the prince would marry; the footman agreed to help; Vanya took the wedding dresses and tore the rest; Vanya brings footman with him; he confirms Vanin's story; Vanya shows wedding dresses, marries a princess; the prince went to war, Vanya destroyed his army with his sword; his wife changed her sword, gave it to the prince, that chopped Vanya, tied the pieces in the barrel to the horse's tail; the horse came to that old man; the old man and his daughters boiled them in copper, silver, gold cauldrons; the water was poured out, the apple tree grew: the trunk was copper, the branches silver, golden apples; Vanya, who came to life in the form of a falcon, flew to take revenge on the prince; settled with the old man, became a horse, ordered him to sell it, the prince bought it, his wife realized that it was Vanya; the horse tells the maid to bury a drop of him blood when they slaughtered; an apple tree grew, it was cut down, the maid picked up a chip, Vanya had previously taught her to throw a sliver into the bath; the sliver became a drake, the prince undressed, began to catch it; the drake became Vanya, took possession of a sword, hacked the prince and his wife, married a maid, released the old tsar imprisoned in the tower]: Samorodov 1972:160-177; Bashkirs: Barag 1989, No. 5 [orphan Umys with his last money bought a foal from an old man; saved a girl from a burning haystack; she turned out to be the daughter of a snake king; tells her father to ask her father for old chekmen (protects from arrows), a hat (invisible), boots (speeders) and a sword ( fires); the princess disappears at night; wearing an invisible hat, W. sees her being taken away; W. defeated the army of devas; W. then waved his sword, eget returned the princess, the king passed her off as W.; W. defeated the army of devas; the wife asks , what is the secret; W.: in a shovel; she tells her lover to replace the shovel; then W. tells the truth, the wife replaces wonderful objects; the devas captured W.; he asks to cut it into pieces, put it in a shroud, shroud stick to the saddle, the horse will take him home; the king of the devas took his wife W. his wife, imprisoned his parents; the snake princess caught the crow, forced the crow to bring living and dead water, raised her dicks dead, alive revived; taught him to turn into a drake; the drake lured the Deva king, who left wonderful objects, W. flew up to them, captured and executed the Deva king and a traitor wife], 6 [buy wants to know where he spends his nights his daughter; with an invisible ring, Bald undertook to find it out; pretended to be drunk and fell asleep, followed the girl himself; she came in a stroller to the stone garden (Bald broke off a stone leaf); the same in iron, copper, silver gardens; in the garden of the seven-headed maiden with whom the girl was dancing, stumbling seven pairs of shoes, Bald picked up a gold knuckle, came back before the girl, told Bayu, showed what he hid, bai married him to his daughter; his wife gave him drink, told him to throw him into the sea on the island; the old man returned him, giving him rejuvenating and aging apples; Pleshivoy's wife thought to eat rejuvenating, but ate old; Bald pretended to be a tabib, promised to cure, beat his wife for a long time, she promised to become a faithful wife, he made her beautiful again]: 54-61, 61-63.

Turkestan. Kazakhs [the wife died, leaving two sons, the husband took another; when he left, he said that he had a bird of wealth; the fortuneteller tells his wife's lover that if you eat the heart of a bird of wealth, you will become padishah, if the right wing, you will understand the language of animals and you will spit gold; the wife slaughtered the bird, but the cook fed the heart and wing to the boys; the younger brother hears sparrows talking: their mother hired a robber to kill them; they give him gold, run away; three horsemen ask for help to share their father's inheritance: a flying carpet, an invisible skullcap, a gold box; boys take items , leaving gold for the horsemen; the older brother was chosen khan (the bird fell on his head), the youngest flew away on a flying carpet; the old man says that the khan's daughter wears 40 pairs of shoes per day; who can guess , why will she beat the girl in the dice, she will marry, unlucky applicants will be executed; the girl wins everything, but her younger brother has an inexhaustible supply of gold; Mystan Kempir advises to replace box; before execution, the younger brother puts on an invisible hat, flies away on a flying carpet; finds fruits in the forest that turn into a wolf, forty, again into a man, and handsome; the young man gives the last an apple to a maid, and turns the khan's daughter into forty; in the form of a mullah, she restores her human appearance, but reports that the khan's daughter wore off her shoes when she went to debauchery the giant at night , here is his head; cuts off the head of the khan's daughter, flies to his older brother; he says that the viziers kicked him out of the palace, now he is a beggar; the younger brother turns the viziers into wolves; brothers return to their father, kill their mother and her lover; magic objects return them to their former owners]: Kanbak Shal 1985:271-278.

(Wed. Southern Siberia - Mongolia. Khalkha Mongols (Dunsurun) [Tushmyra's clever son (ST) is friends with Khan's stupid son (SH); heard that people want to kill the CX and persuade Khan to appoint the heir to the ST; tells a friend, they are fleeing ; Chutkur children cannot share an invisible hat; ST suggests giving it to the first to reach the tree and back; covered with a cloak and wearing a hat on top, disappears with the CX; the same with the girls who are shulms (friends get a pair of flying gold and silver shoes); in the forest, CX falls asleep, and ST sees people who tried to find a treasure at night and left in the morning; friends under white and black stones they found silver and gold, silver and goldfish; then they eavesdrop that someone who would vomit goldfish and silverfish would be chosen as king; friends showed fish, both were offered to become kings, but the ST refused; the new khan got the young widow of the former king; she never combs her hair in front of her husband and his friend; ST watches; at midnight Khatun went out and flew away; in the cave her lover blackbearded Darji Dam; promises strangle her husband three days later; they play checkers; when they return, ST advises CX to play checkers with his wife, mentioning the name of King Chutkur DD; say that he plays worse than him; Khatun is excited, DD complains; in the morning, ST advises the CX to beat his wife with a whip so that she gets up early; the next day, an iron loop descended into the CX yurt, but ST cut her off; DD promises to fly as an eagle; ST throws the eagle into the fire; only khatun snatched him out with forceps; DD wants to drive his mistress away, but she begged to be allowed to meet him at least once a month; DD and Khatun meet when the moon comes close to the Pleiades; DD is on the moon, Khatun on the Pleiades]: Beningsen 1912:26-32).