K119c. The thunder king and queen young. .28.-.32.34
Thefather of the bride, who was tricked by a zoomorphic assistant to marry a poor young man (motif K119), is the thunderstorm lord.
Russians (Arkhangelsk, Vologda, Gorkovskaya, Samara), Ukrainians (Podolia), Belarusians, Latvians, Lutsies, Estonians, Mordovians, Tuvans, Oirats, Khalkha Mongols.
Central Europe. Russians (Arkhangelskaya, recorded on a steamer on the river. Pinega, N. Utkin is from Kemi, 1921) [Gregory Vysota lives in a dirty hut and never washes. The fox promises to marry him a royal daughter, he does not believe it. The fox goes to the king, bows from the GW, asks the measure to weigh the pearls, the king tells the servants to leave some resin on the measure, and the Fox stuck one pearl. He comes to the king again, asks the quadrangle to measure silver, sticks a piece of silver. He returns the quadrangle, brings the king a herd of forest animals from GW, marries GW for the princess, and the king invites GW. The fox finds him a shirt, he washes himself, sits in the bushes by the road, the Fox tells the king that robbers attacked them on the way and took away their property, asks for clothes and a carriage, and the king gives them. The princess falls in love with a washed and elegant GW. After the feast they go to the groom. The fox runs forward and warns the shepherds that the king with thunder and the queen with lightning are coming and will burn them if they say that the land belongs to the Serpent, let them say GW. The fox runs to the house of ZL, warns that a king with thunder and a queen with lightning are coming to him, and advises him to hide in a hollow. The tsar and princess and groom learn from the shepherds on the way that they are passing through the GW lands and coming to the ZL house. The fox suggests burning a tree in which the hollow, the Serpent dies]: Ozarovskaya 2009, No. 29:281-283; Russians (Vologodskaya) [Stepan Bogaty is poor, the only occupation is to "wander into the forest" for mushrooms. The fox offers to marry him the royal daughter. Lisa Vasilyevna finds a penny, runs to the tsar and asks Stepan Bogaty to "measure copper". He returns the measure by investing a penny in the chip so that the tsar can make sure that Stepan measured copper. It's the same with a silver coin, then a gold coin. The Tsar believes that Stepan is rich and agrees to give him his daughter. The fox tells Stepan to drown the last horse in the swamp, smear himself with mud and go to the wedding like this. He tells the king that ten Stepan's carriages and horses drowned in the swamp. Stepan is washed, dressed in the best dress - he is not used to such clothes, and when asked by the king about S.'s strange behavior, the fox says that he is not used to such worthless clothes. Tsar: I don't have a better one. A wedding. The Tsar asks Stepan twice when they will go to him - he is silent. She consults with the fox, who tells her to invite the king to her place and follow her. He's running ahead. Running past herds of cows, sheep and horses owned by Master Tsygarin, he tells the shepherds to answer the king that this is Stepan's herd. He runs to his master's house, where the lady's name day is celebrated, makes the owners hide in the hollow ("King Thunder and Queen Molonya are coming"). The Tsar, Queen and Stepan come, inspect the estate and go out into the garden. The master and lady hiding in the hollow become stuffy, they start screaming. When asked by the king, the fox says that devils live in the hollow. The tree was burned, Stepan remains the owner of the estate]: Burtsev 1895, No. 24:126-130; Russians (Gorkovskaya) [Ivan Pechinsky is lying on the stove; the fox promises to marry him; Mikola Gorsky and Tsar Thunder; fox to the Thunder King: IP marries, but his father MG keeps all his wealth in oak; King Thunder sends clothes for individual entrepreneurs; the fox warns the shepherds: to answer that they are herding the surrender of his son to MG, or the Thunder King with thunder will kill and burn with lightning; after the wedding, they come to MG; the fox asks the Thunder King if he can hit the oak; the oak to pieces; it is the fox who quarreled with MG and took revenge on him so much]: Borovik, Mirer 1939, No. 17:21-24; Russians (Samarskaya) [the merchant's son is taken as a soldier; writes home that he became an officer; then a general; every time he asks for money; the father came - the son serves as a soldier; he gave the horses he took with him a real general, and asks his son for a wolf ticket; the son and two comrades came to the palace, where petrified people; they ate, two fell asleep, and the guy began to read a special book; at midnight three black people came out girls in wool, asking for two more nights to suffer; after the second night they are half white, after the third they are completely white; one of them, the sovereign of this kingdom, took the boy as her husband; once he rode in a carriage to his father, on the way he drank everything in the tavern, came poor, hired to herd goats; when he drives him past the balcony, the guy plays the pipe, the goats are dancing; his wife came for him, the wedding, but they are beggars {further transition to the story Kuzma Skorobogaty}; "today they were married, and tomorrow they rushed to Thomas; and Thomas has neither a stake nor a yard"; the fox told the merchant that Thomas has five herds and herds ("a horse herd, a horned herd, a herd of sheep, yes a herd of goose, yes, there is a herd of pyrino, and there is a herd of chicken"); in the village where Thomas lived, the Serpent Gorynych lived there with the Serpent Gorynovna; "these herds were theirs, and the fox boasted that they were Thomas the Rich"; "the mountain ones are coming mine", and the fox ran to Snake Gorynyvch and Zmeya Gorynovna, told them to get out of the house; Tsar Thunder and Queen Molonya are coming to your house! The king will kill and the Queen will burn!" the fox tells them to climb into a rotten deck; tells the shepherds to say that the herds of Thomas the Rich, otherwise the King will kill and the Queen will burn; when the merchant and his men arrived, the fox advised him to shoot the deck, Thomas's estate got it; after the wedding, a fox comes, asks for a lamb, then a single file; like this every day; Tom let the dog go at her, the fox in the hole; asks his eyes, legs, how they helped her escape; asks tail; "And I dragged across the floor so that the dogs would catch up with the fox and pinch"; the fox gave Serke's tail, who pulled it by the tail and tore it; Thomas the Rich began to live badly and make good money]: Sadovnikov 1884, No. 14:80 -84; Ukrainians (Podolia) [pan in the form of mercy was going to marry the manager to his daughter, and he replied that he did not need such a girl for nothing; the pan was going to hang him, but he ran away and was sitting outside the village in a clay shack; the cat brought him bread and ordered him to write to King Thunder: I will marry your daughter, and send hares as a gift; signature: Tsar Glinsky; the cat carries a letter and says to the hare that it asks not to oppress them and so as not to be afraid; let the hare go not alone, but with others; Thunder took hares, and his daughter gave her ring to give to Tsar Glinsky; then the same with foxes and wolves; the cat led Glinsky to the bridge across the river, bought a hat, threw it into the water and told Glinsky to climb into the water; told Thunder that Glinsky's army had drowned; the tsar sent new clothes; Glinsky was silent at the feast; the cat explains that he had better clothes; when it's time to go to Glinsky, the cat runs forward, tells the shepherds to answer that it is not the herds of the snake queen that are herding, but the herds of Tsar Glinsky; says to the snake that Thunder has taken up arms against her, tells her to hide in willow; offers Thunder to hit the willow, the snake spilled with resin; the commissioner went to his former lord and explained why he abandoned his daughter; he himself became a senator]: Levchenko 1928, No. 483:329-332; Belarusians [Ivan works for three owners for a year, but takes only a penny and throws it into a well; sits under a shock to eat; fox: hello Ivan, Tsar Kopitsky; he shared bread and bacon with her; fox promises to marry him to Thunder's daughter; the fox tells the bears that the Thunder is calling them to the party; then wolves; hares; Thunder says that King Kpitsky gives him animals; but it's a shame to come himself: the robbers attacked and everything was taken away; Thunder sends clothes, a wagon; a church appeared above the well where I. threw a penny with the inscription: Ivan, Tsar Kopitsky; after the wedding, the fox runs and tells the shepherds of different cattle to speak that they are herding cattle not by a snake, but by Tsar Kopitsky; the snake says that the Thunder is at war, he is hiding in a hollow, the fox tells them to shoot a tree with a cannon; I. a hundred to reign with the Thunder Daughter]: Romanov 1887, No. 34:222-224; Belarusians [Popelyshka and the cat lived; the cat offers to throw out the daughter of Thunder and Lightning; they agree; the cat warns that the bridges on the road are full of holes; he sewed a lot of hats at home, threw it into the river - all people drowned; after the wedding, the cat runs to the snake's house, tells the braids, the reapers to tell them that these are Mr. Popalyshka's lands, otherwise Thunder and Lightning will burn them; the same applies to the shepherds; in the palace, the cat says that in the oak tree serpent, Thunder and Lightning incinerated him]: Romanov 1887, No. 36:226-227.
Baltoscandia. Latvians [A lazy boy and a cat. (Also: the guy doesn't kill the fox, she promises to marry him a princess). The cat lures herds of animals to the king (thunder), saying that they are sent by the cat's master, and marries the princess on his behalf. When the guy goes to the palace, the cat runs in front and reports that his master has been robbed. (The fox throws his hats into the river and says his master's servants have drowned.) After the wedding, the king goes to see his son-in-law's property. The cat runs in front and punishes all shepherds to say that they belong to the cat's master. The cat drives the devils (witches) out of the palace, frightening them with thunder. They hide in a tree (in a haystack of straw), where they burn (also: they are killed by lightning). The cat's master, the lazy guy, gets the palace]: Aris, Medna 1977, No. 545B: 298-299 (version in Grishina 1993:208-213); Lutsie (West 1893) [poor guy, he has a smart cat, promises to marry; went marry the daughter of the Thunder King; hares: trouble, run after me; Thunder: The Ash King marries his daughter, sends hares as a gift; the next day, a fox; then wolves; leads the owner to the Thunder, pushes into the sea, runs to the Thunder: horses and servants drowned, only the owner escaped; Thunder sends clothes; the cat rejects twice: the owner was better; the third time it's okay, good; the cat leaves the feast, runs to hell (tige): trouble, Thunder is coming, that's it will destroy, hide in the oak tree that stands in the meadow; one poor devil swept away, the cat to him: hide even in this bone (luuakonts); Thunder: this bone will not allow life, and an oak tree in the meadow; the thunder destroyed them with lightning; the cat: everything is fine now, you can raise children]: Annom et al. 2018:255-258; Estonians [parents are dead, my son inherited only a cat; he promises to get a wife for the owner; on the way to the Thunder King ( piksekuningas) shouts to the hares that trouble, let them run after him, the hares run, the Cat locks them in the pen, tells the Thunder King that the Ash King (tuhakuningas) marries his daughter, sends hares as a gift; then he also brings foxes and wolves; leading the groom, pushes him into the sea, tells the Thunder King that the whole retinue has drowned, the groom has remained naked; the Thunder King sent clothes, asks why the Ash King looks at her in surprise; the cat replies that his clothes were better; while the wedding is feasting, the Cat runs to Vanahalb Castle, tells him to hide, for the Thunder King is coming; everyone hides in an oak tree, the youngest imp in the broom; the cat says that the broom and oak will not let the young live, the Thunder King breaks them with lightning]: Normann, Lätt 1968:142-144.
Volga - Perm. Mordvians [handsome Damai has only a tub of oil; the fox steals oil, Damai caught her and began to beat her; the fox promises to marry him the daughter of the Thunder King; Thunder praises D.'s power and wealth; advises to repair bridges, otherwise D. Bogatyr is heavy; he takes D. to the Thunder, on the way he tells the shepherds of geese, turkeys, cows, horses to say that they are herding the herds of not the seven-headed Karyaz, but Damai; she hardly knocked down the iron bridge, told D. to undress and jump into the river; at Thunder, the fox meticulously chooses clothes for D. instead of the supposedly drowned one; tells Karyaz to hide 7 piles of oak firewood; he notices that he will come to life from the ashes, if only the ashes do not dissipate in the wind; the fox encourages Thunder to burn the firewood and then scatter the ashes; asked for a chicken as a reward; instead, D. gave her a bag in which the dogs; the fox untied it, they gave her tore]: Yurtov 1883, No. 20:119-135 (about the same Anikin 1909: {p.?}).
Southern Siberia - Mongolia. Tuvans [Oskus-ool herded Karata Khan's herd, the lamb broke his leg, O. is afraid that K. will kill him; Lisa {Dilgizhek, i.e. "Fox"} promises to marry him to Bilig, Kurbusta Khan's daughter; by rainbow goes up to heaven, tells Kurbustu Khan that Karaty Khan wants to give his daughter for him; on the ground he bathes O. in warm water, making him handsome; leads to Kurbusta Khan; says that the groom is wet from the rain, Kurbusta Khan gives him new clothes; Lisa teaches O. to call himself Chichen Taji; runs to Karata Khan, says that Kurbusta Khan is angry and will strike with lightning; advises him to hide in a hole with his entourage, fill the entrance with a stone; he tells the rest that Khan's new son is O.; he goes down with B., lives well; lightning broke the stone and everyone who hid under it]: Hadahane 1984:18-22; Oirats (burguts, p. Buren-Gol) [the fox promises orphan Boroldai that he will bow to her; tells Mangys that Ter-Khan wants to kill him with lightning, he must send him 50 white khadaks; brings them to T., says Bai Boroldai wants marry his daughter; tells Mangys that T. still wants to throw lightning at him; M. sends an army to the sea, it catches Ertene (a kind of magic tablecloth); the fox carries him to T., meets him, takes a wolf with him, a bear, a tiger, a lion - all these are gifts from Boroldai, T. puts animals on a chain; T. takes ertene, feeds everyone; the fox tells M. that he is afraid to beg T. not to throw lightning again; let M. hide in a hole with his family ; tells the shepherds to answer Ter-Khan that all the cattle belong to Boroldai, otherwise T. will kill them; gives the palace to M. I fight; the fox asks T. to throw lightning into the hole where she has "rotten cattle"; eats the dead]: Potanin 1883, No. 111:379-381; Mongols: Mikhailov 1962 [after losing his father, the young man was left without property, wanted shoot a fox, she promises to marry him to Khurmaster Khan's daughter; says that Bayan-Bornoy ("accordion" means "rich") wants to take his youngest daughter; that B. is richer than H.; she will give a lion, a tiger, a panther for the bride, bear; tells the animals that they are invited to the wedding as guests of honor; says H. that B. lost everything at the crossing; H. borrowed clothes; tells the animals to allow them to be confused, put them into a cage - then they will not be afraid and invited; and B. will ride a lion; H. is delighted; it is time for B. and his wife to go to their place; the fox tells H. and his retinue to go north (where the 95-headed mangas Inderme rules; the fox speaks to him that another mangas wants to eat everyone - let I. and all his people hide in a hole and pile birch trees on top, wait 21 days; tells his subjects to meet B. - then they will become immortal; For 10 days, B.'s wife hears noise from the pit; fox: these are dead people who have become devils, they must be destroyed; H. hit the pit with thunder and killed everyone in it; the fox remained a wise adviser]: 72-77; Egupova 2012 [" Mongol Ardyn Ulger", ed. P. Horloo. Ub., 1969:27; a fox asks a poor young man to hide her from hunters; helps her get rich; to get wolfskin, asks for a bell; tells the wolf to sit on the ice at night, an old man will come and will give it; the wolf is primerz, the young man killed him, sold his skin; the wolf wants to compete, the winner will eat the other; the fox offers to squeeze the juice out of the white stone, extract water from the ground, uproot the growing tree; teaches the young man to crush an egg, dig up a tree in advance, bury a vessel of water; the lion ran away in horror, told the tiger, that wolf; the fox tells the young man to say: "Cook the tiger's thigh, the lion's brisket and give it to the wolf ; when the tiger comes, wear his legs"; the tiger ran away, the wolf died trapped; the fox promises to find a wife for the young man; comes on his behalf to Hormust to marry his daughter; H. demands dowry: the four strongest creatures - a tiger, a lion, a snow leopard and a wolf; the fox tells all four that X. divides his property and gives it to everyone; tells X. to prepare an iron tower; leads animals there, supposedly for treasure; says H. that she was going to cook a feast; she came to the 12-headed mangas herself, says that she married Khan Hormusta's dagina; mangas looks through the spyglass: the bride is really going; the fox: hide in a hole for three days, so that the bride would not be afraid; says Hormusta that mangas is hiding in his possessions, H. killed him with lightning; the young man began to live with his daughter H. in the former mangas possessions]: 3-8.