K113B. The Frog Princess is the mistress of the storm. 28.
The younger prince marries a frog. She should be visiting his parents for the first time. A thunderstorm begins. Rain, lightning, thunder mean that the prince's wife washes, dresses, travels, etc.
Russians (Karelian Pomorie), Ukrainians (Poltava), Poles.
Central Europe. Russians (Karelian Pomorie) [the tsar tells his sons to shoot arrows; where he falls, take his wife there; Vasily and Fedor's arrows fell on the royal court, on the princely court, at the youngest Ivan in the swamp; there old lady in a hut; wanted to leave, but immediately began to sink; the king orders my daughters-in-law to sew on a shirt; the old woman cut the silk into pieces, threw it out the window: nannies, mothers, serve me as my father served and mother; the older daughters-in-law did the same, but only spoiled the silk; I had to buy it at the bazaar; and I. brought the best shirt; the next day he baked bread; the old woman poured the dough into the mouth of the oven; older daughters-in-law - too; bought bread; I. brought it, the king tried: eat a piece - otherwise your soul hurts; the king asks you to weave the carpet; the old woman promises a flying carpet; "Take it yourself. And when you sit down at the table and the thunder thunders, you say: This is my woman wearing colorful dresses. When it rains, you say: It's my woman who washes her face with spring water. And when the lightning flashes, say: This is my woman coming and go out to meet me." A beautiful woman comes out of the carriage; puts pieces behind her sleeve at the table; shook her sleeve: the Neva River was formed, ducks and eiders swam on it; the older daughters-in-law tried it - pieces and crumbs flew to the table and to the guests ; I. burned an old woman's outfit; Elena Prekrasnaya: now Koschey the Immortal will take me away; took me away; I. came to an elderly woman, this is an EP aunt; she sent me to her mother, who tells her husband, i.e. EP's father, to ask forgiveness; father sends to take his wife away from Koshchei, he himself cannot; Koschey suggests throwing a sword: who is taller; I.: I want to throw your sword on the cloud; Koschey angered, turned I. into an egg; Eagle Orlovich pecked, broke shell, but told I. to work in his kitchen; after a year of service and drinking kvass, I. threw a sword that fell back 3 hours - not enough; he still served - 6 hours; enough; the Eagle teaches: Hit Koshchei with my sword and only once 12 Koshcheev brothers to his own; I. killed Koshchei and his brothers, freed the EP, brought her to Orel; he tells her to work and drink kvass for two years; after the first year, like I., she throws a sword that falls three hours, after the second - six; we reached the house, the tsar gave I. the throne]: Razumova, Senkina 1987:72-82; Ukrainians (Poltava, Gadyach, c. 1978) ["Here, in the de facto kingdom.." The king sends his beautiful sons to look for brides: shoot arrows. The elder brother fires an arrow into the princess's garden, the middle brother shoots an arrow into the princess's court, and the princes take the brides. The younger brother gets into a rural swamp, a toad raises an arrow and does not give it back until the prince agrees to marry her, he tells his father, cries, he says this is his share, the prince takes the toad in wives. The king asks his daughters-in-law to weave a towel, the toad sheds his skin, goes out into the yard, screams, whistles, the female servants appear, prepare a towel with eagles sewn on - it turns out to be the best, his king keeps it for himself, gives the rest to the kitchen. The king orders buckwheat to be baked. Daughters-in-law spy on the toad's actions, they can't repeat it, the king praises her. The king invites his sons and wives to the "benket", the toad sends her husband forward, says that the rain means that she is washing her face, the thunderstorm dresses up, the thunder is approaching. The brothers laugh at Ivan. She arrives in a carriage, everyone admires her, puts pieces of food at lunch, leftovers in her sleeve, and her daughters-in-law repeats. He dances - a garden appears from his sleeves, a pole on which a cat walks, a lake overflows, swans swim. Daughters-in-law fall with bones from their sleeves to the king's forehead, and the queen's eyes. Ivan comes home, burns the skin of a toad, returns to the party. She finds out that Ivan has burned his skin, cries, turns into a cuckoo, tells her to look for it in the kingdom of far away with Baba Yaga's bone leg. Ivan goes after her, meets his grandfather "yak milk civy", who gives a ball pointing the way to Baba Yaga. On the way in the forest, I. meets a bear, wants to kill, he promises to be useful, sees a pike by the sea, wants to eat, it promises to be useful, he throws it into the water. She comes to the hut on the "chicken bottom", Baba Yaga says that Ivan's wife works for her brother on the island and comes to look in her head, advises him to grab it and run without looking back when he sees it. He comes to the sea, a pike appears, hits the water with its tail, and a glass bridge with golden railings appears from coast to island. On an island in the forest, Ivan gets lost, starves, a falcon kills a hare, Ivan eats it, then the bear spreads trees and helps him find his way. He goes out to the valley, to the glass palace, and can't find anyone. She finds his wife behind the golden doors, she becomes a cuckoo, takes him under her wing, and they come back. She says that her father cursed her and gave her to work for three years, now she is free]: Rudchenko 1870, No. 28:99-106; the Poles [the prince gives his three sons bows and orders them to shoot arrows; where she will fall an arrow, and there is a bride; the elder's arrow hits the daughter of a rich knight, the middle one hits the landowner's daughter, the youngest hits the frog in a silted pond; this is an enchanted princess; at the mother-in-law's name day daughters-in-law must bake bread; the frog tells me not to worry; 7 girls appeared, baked the best bread; now daughters-in-law must give an embroidered belt; 7 girls decorated the belt with gold, silver, pearls and diamonds; older daughters-in-law arrived at the party; the youngest Grand Prince says: if it rains, it is his wife who swims, if there is lightning, then she dresses up, if thunder, she has arrived; a beautiful woman enters the hall; prince runs into the house and throws a frogskin into the fire; the wife is in flames: if only a little more, the spell would be over, and now she is bewitched again for a long time; she has melted like a fog and has not been seen again]; Woycicki 1920:58-62.