K115A. A dove at the entrance. (.33.34.38.)

When the character hides in the shelter, the turtledove makes a nest there. Enemies decide that no one has entered or left the cave or room for a long time.

Uighurs, sirongols, north Ryukyu.

Turkestan. The Uighurs [Turfan, Mazar Tuyok: a cave with the graves of seven righteous young people; recorded by V.I. Roborovsky and Rubguzi, 14th century manuscript; according to Roborovskoms, five Turks went to search for the true God, to serve him; they came to the local king, he declared that he was God; the king's learned cat held a lamp on his head at night; the Turks let the mouse go, the cat chased her, dropped the lamp; they realized that the king was autocrat, since he cannot cope with the cat; they secretly fled, the king's warriors chased; the young men met the shepherd with the dog, they went with them; they wanted to drive away the dog, interrupted its paw with a stone, but the dog She asked her not to drive her away in human language; they carried her in their arms; all seven (five young men, a shepherd and a dog) hid in a cave in the Tuyyuk Gorge; the dog lay down at the entrance; they fell asleep, and at the entrance immediately A hanging tree with pigeon nests grew; pigeon droppings covered the tracks of the fugitives; when the travelers woke up, they sent a friend to town to buy food; it turned out that the money was out of date, 300 years had passed; The ruler of Turfan asked the young man to take him to the cave; he went in and did not return; the ruler and soldiers did not dare to enter; the young men and the dog fell asleep again; these saints will wake up again on Judgment Day to bless Allah; Przhevalsky at Lake. Lobnor saw a mazar where six Muslim saints with a dog]: Chvyr 2009:266-267.

Southern Siberia â€" Mongolia. Shirongoli: Potanin 1893, No. 44:249-250 [], 250 [a lonely burhan sits in the cave at the monastery; he was a lama who fled from King Landarma of Tibetan; he ran on a white horse, which he painted in black color; when it swam across the river, the horse turned white again; when they saw a white horse instead of a black horse, they stopped chasing; went into the cave, where the llama disappeared and froze in a sitting position; the pigeon killed There's a lot of dust on his face; they thought he was dead and left.]

Japan. North Ryukyu (version 1) [a group of people fleeing enemies, hiding in a hollow; there was a turtledove's nest in the tree; when the enemies approached, a dove flew out and the pursuers decided that there was no one there; That's why they don't eat turtles in this village]: Ikeda 1971, No. 967:215.