K134. The planted treasures. .14.-.17.22.23.27.-.31.34.
Treasures are thrown at the guest to accuse him of stealing.
Tunisia, Spaniards, Portuguese, Catalans, Italians (Veneto), Sicilians, Sardinians, Corsicans, Walloons, Old Testament, Jibbali, Viets, Hindi, Ancient Greece, Greeks, Romanians, Russians (Karelia), Ossetians, Chechens, Georgians, Armenians, Azerbaijanis, Turks, Uzbeks, Karelians, Tuvans.
North Africa. Tunisia [The king's first wife is childless. He married a second child, who gave birth to a boy and died soon after. Then he married a third. And they both loved the royal son very much, but then his new wife also gave birth to a boy and hated her stepson. She began to persuade the king to change the order of inheritance in favor of her youngest son. The king refused. Then she came up with an insidious plan - she stole the royal tiara and threw it into her stepson's room, but the king did not believe it and said that the thief would never show off the stolen goods like this, and more I became convinced of my eldest son. The Queen then ordered the guards to grab her stepson while he was sleeping, tie him up and take him by boat to another kingdom. That's what happened. No matter how much the king looked for his son, he did not find him and died, and the kingdom passed into the hands of his youngest. The eldest son was immediately taken to the king of this kingdom, and he told him his story. The king made him a vizier and married him his only daughter. Then the prince wanted to go to his father, but the king said he would go first. He arrived, found out that his son-in-law's father had died and demanded that his son, the king, pay his father's debts. He refused and the war began. The prince won and his stepmother died during this war, and only her selfishness killed her. The prince became the legitimate king, forgave his brother and made him a vizier]: Al-Aribi 2009, No. 76 in Korovkina MS
Southern Europe. Spaniards (Extremadura) [Maria de Ornero has a loafer and lazy son, Juan lazy; he was hardly persuaded to go for firewood; a fish on the shore asks to be dumped into the water, X. reluctantly does; for this, the fish promises to fulfill all his wishes; he asks that he not carry firewood, but his firewood; the king sees it from the palace; H. remembered that the king has a daughter and wished her from him became pregnant and for a boy to be born holding a letter addressed to him; when the baby was born, all the men were summoned; H. was the last to come; the letter was addressed to him; the king kicked out his daughter, she began to live in Juan's mother's house, cries all the time; Maria asks her son to comfort the poor thing; he tells the fish to create a palace, the princess is happy; the king was called for christening; H. asks for fish to be in the king's pocket turned out to be a golden pear; after the feast, H. announced that there was not enough golden pear; it was found with the king; H. told everything; the wedding; H. and the princess are happy]: Camarena, Chevalier 1995, No. 675:689-691; Catalans [wife falls ill and dies; husband sees a snake crawl up with a flower in her mouth, revives the woman; she runs away with a soldier (sometimes with one of her husband's friends), the husband finds her; the soldier hides her husband in her clothes something accuses him of stealing; his husband is hanged, someone revives him with a snake flower; he takes revenge on the kidnapper (or traitors)]: Oriol, Pujol 2008, No. 612:610; Portuguese: Cardigos 2006, No. 675 [the lazy guy is sent for firewood; caught a fish; she asks her to let go, for which all his wishes will come true; he tries: he saws herself, a woodpile of firewood brings him home; when the princess is over laugh at him, he wished her to become pregnant; she gave birth to a son, the boy defines his father in a crowd of men who come; they are imprisoned together (thrown in a barrel into the sea; expelled); they create a palace next to the royal palace, there is a golden tree in the garden; the guy orders a magic column to appear; asks for wealth and beauty; invites the king to visit, mocks him; a golden fruit falls into the king's pocket, the king is accused of stealing; the guy or princess reveals he is as innocent as the king, who did not intend to steal]: 152; Pedroso, No. 17 []: 72-74; Italians (Veneto) [ a pregnant woman steals parsley from a witch's garden; she catches her and promises to pick up half of the child when he is 7 years old; when the deadline is over, the witch cut the boy lengthways; one half stayed with her, the other returned to her mother; Half grew up, began fishing, caught an eel; he asked him to let go, for which he sent him a full net of fish; half caught him again and let him go, eel made all his wishes come true; the princess saw the Half and laughed; he wanted her to conceive a child with him; when she gave birth, the witch doctor advised me to gather everyone in a year noble men - the boy will name his father himself; no one was found; then the poor were gathered and the boy gave the apple to Polovinka; after the wedding, the young, together with his son, were placed in a barrel and thrown into the sea; Half wants the barrel to be brought ashore, to have a lot of food, it would become whole, a palace will appear - all named after an eel; the former Half called kings to a feast, warning not to take silver and gold apples; two apples are missing, they ended up in the pockets of the former Half's father-in-law; he explains: just as you don't know why you got the apples, your daughter did not know why she got pregnant; everyone forgave each other, it's all good; they're still alive if they're not dead]: Calvino 1980, No. 34:99-102; Sicilians (Agrigento) [Prince married Princess Teresina and suggested that if any of them died, the other will spend three days in the crypt with the deceased; T. died; while in the crypt, the prince saw and shot the snake; the snakes brought grass and revived it; the prince revived his wife, they got out; settled in France; the prince went into trade; going on business on a ship, promised to announce his return with three blank shots from a cannon; T. was kidnapped by the captain of the Neapolitan army, she stayed with him and forgot her husband; he was hired by the Neapolitan army; at the parade, T. and he recognized each other; at the feast, the captain threw a silver fork and knife into his pocket; they were found, the prince was taken to death; he asked for one of the soldiers who were his friend, to revive him with the grass he took with him; the daughter of the Neapolitan king is ill, he promises her to whoever will cure her; the prince gave her his herb but said he was married; let the king appoint him commander-in-chief; at the feast he threw a golden fork and knife into the captain's clothes; the captain and T. were smeared with resin and burned]: Calvino 1980, No. 179:645-648; Sardinians (Nurra) [ Peppino is the son of a wealthy merchant; against the wishes of his parents, he married Mariorsola, the daughter of a poor carpenter; his father immediately sent his son on business, after which M. fell seriously ill; a year later P. returned, M. recovered, but soon fell ill again and died, telling P. to read funeral prayers on her; P. almost forgot, then asked the sacristy to open the crypt; two lions broke into the church, one killed the other, and then he revived with grass; P. revived M. with the same grass; hearing the voice of the deceased in the morning, P.'s mother fainted and killed herself when she hit her; the same with the maid; P. and revived them; M. forgot the ring by the sea, P. followed him, but M. also approached the shore, saw her by the King of Muscovy and took her away on his ship; P. sailed for her, but when she became queen, she refused to deal with him; told the servant to put silver in P.'s pocket spoons; spoons were found, P. was waiting to be hanged in prison; told the confessor everything, giving him that grass to revive him; P., who came to life, came to the king of the seven crowns, revived his deceased wife; he made it heir; the King of Muscovy and M. also arrived at the coronation; at the feast, P. tells everyone to tell stories, tells his own; asks the King of Muscovy what such a woman deserves; he: she needs hang, burn the corpse and scatter the ashes in the wind; they did so]: Calvino 1980, No. 194:691-695; Corsicans: Massignon 1984, No. 43 [two brothers Good and Bad (Benfa and Malfa) went on a journey ; M. offered to eat B.'s food first, refused to share his own, gave a little in exchange for B.'s eyes; he climbed a tree above the spring for the night; hears the animals talking; fox: the daughter of the Spanish king went blind; lion: vision can be restored with the leaves of this tree; in the morning B. rubbed his eyes with leaves and saw the light; healed the Spanish princess and married her, received a crown, arranged a party, and gave everyone small money; M. also came; King B. ordered him to put gold in his pocket; M. is accused of stealing; B. comes to his prison, says who he is and what happened to him; M. is released, goes to that tree; the animals have torn him to pieces, knocking down a tree], 101 [the merchant got confused with the accounting department; a girl came up, immediately failed all the accounts; the merchant married her; one day, returning from Africa, he found out that his wife had fled with the captain of the ship, taking everything he could; the merchant threw everything, went wherever he looked; the old woman teaches him that the captain would arrange for the merchant to be shot; let him give a rose to the guard before his execution and teach him how to revive him; Coming out of the grave alive, the merchant comes to the city, where the black flags are; the princess is dead, and those guarding her coffin are found dead in the morning; the merchant volunteered to be in church at night; the old woman at the inn teaches hide in the baptistery; the next night under the bell; then in the altar; the princess is disgraced, the merchant gets her hand and throne; as king, inspects the troops; does not see the guard who saved him from the grave - he is in prison; the guard is returned and dressed; the king tells him to slowly put a bag of tobacco in the pocket of the captain who took the king's wife while he was still a merchant; the captain and the cheating wife was ripped apart by horses]: 101-103, 221-226.
Western Europe. Walloons [a young man is hired by a master for 7 years; he must heat cauldrons, he should not see what is there; he sees and sees that flames are souls in hell; when calculated, the devil promises him help; at the inn, two girls, whom the young man does not pay attention to, throw precious cups in his pocket; he is accused of stealing and must be hanged; a young man calls for help from the devil and he tells the girls to be asked if they are instructing their charges; they say yes; a whirlwind hits and the girls are hanging in a noose; the young man returns home enriched]: Laport 1932, no.*475:57-58.
Western Asia. Old Testament [brothers envy Joseph, throw him into a ditch in the desert; Judas advises not to kill him, but to sell him to caravans; brothers tell Jacob that Joseph was picked up by a lion; in Egypt, the chief Potiphar buys Joseph's bodyguards; P.'s wife offers herself to Joseph, I. refuses; she tears her dress, accuses I. of violence; in prison, I. solves the butler's dreams (three days later) will be free, held in high esteem), a baker (will be executed); solves Pharaoh's dream, appointed to oversee Egypt; older brothers come to Egypt for bread; I. tells them to return for Benjamin; releasing him, I. puts a cup in his things; V. is accused of stealing; I. opens to his brothers, Jacob brings the people to Egypt]: Gen. 37-46; Jibbali [mother died leaving two sons; boys came to the grave, from there a bird flew to them; the elder invited the father to remarry; the stepmother decided to lime the stepsons; put poison in the food; the bird informed the boys about it; the old woman advised the stepmother to pretend sick; the husband asked the old woman what to do; she ordered the bird to be killed; the maid cooked it; the elder brother ate the head, the younger brother ate the heart; the brothers left home; separated at a fork in the roads; the youngest came to town, fell asleep in a mosque; the minister found a purse of gold on this place, gave it to the boy; he lived with the old woman, found gold under her head every morning; the old woman said this to the Sultan's daughter; she called the young man, offered to spit, he regurgitated the gold ring, she swallowed it; he bought a flying carpet at the bazaar, came to the Sultan's daughter, flew with her to the island; when he left the carpet, the Sultan's daughter flew to he went home, but the young man stayed on the island; found three varieties of berries: some turn into a donkey, others grow horns, and others restore their normal appearance; he swam to the mainland, came to the city, offered pregnancy product; the old woman ate, became a donkey; he released her when she returned him the chest {apparently with the gold she was taking}; offered berries to the Sultan's daughter, she grew horns, he freed her as she returned the ring and the flying carpet; he built his own house; his older brother came with the camel caravan; when the caravan was leaving, the younger one put in an expensive dish; then sent people, they the elder was accused of stealing; he was brought to the younger one, the brothers got to know each other, told them what happened to them, stayed together]: Müller 1907, No. 13:52-58.
Burma - Indochina. Vieta [daughter left home early; her brother saw her, did not recognize her, got married; once he looked in his wife's head, found a scar; she said that she played with her brother as a child and he hit her head with a stone; the husband was horrified, but kept silent and went on a merchant voyage; in one place, the hostess secretly carried a golden turtle onto the ship, accusing the ship's owner of stealing; he had to hand over the ship; he abandoned a fruit with a note into the river, my wife found it, learned about a turtle, as well as about a dry tree that begins to turn green when transplanted on special soil, as well as about two cats that keep all night lamps on her head; the wife took a jeweler with her (he melted the turtle into an ingot), changed the ground and let rats see the cats; the owner and her husband had to become sailors on the ship; they were thrown into the water, they became a pair of killer whales]: Coyaud 2011, No. 6A: 16, 44-47.
South Asia. Uttar Pradesh (ethnic group not specified; translated from Hindi) [the merchant's son said he would only marry a girl who would agree to be spanked five times a day with a shoe; found a daughter village merchant, got married; the merchant's son took off his shoe, the wife said: "Oh my husband, I'll let you hit me with my shoe five times, but only when the things you've earned are in this house by yourself. In the meantime, everything in here doesn't belong to you but to my father-in-law!" ; the son went to trade; stopped for the night at the spring; she hid her silver bowl among his belongings; in the morning she said that the bowl was gone and that whoever found it would have to give everything property; took the cup out of his bag, the merchant gave her all the goods; went on, met the lame man; he said he had pledged his leg to his father; demanded to take the money and return his leg; the merchant had to give him money; then he met a one-eyed man, who said he had pledged his eye to his father; demanded to take the money and return his eye; the merchant gave him the last money; came to the butter maker, he took him to as an assistant; the merchant sat in front of the press all day and squeezed oil from sesame seeds; wrote a letter to his father: "I bow low to you, father! I'm happy with my fate. I rose high, and I had great riches in my hands. Your son"; having received the letter, the father was happy; called his daughter-in-law, began to boast; the daughter-in-law read it and realized that her husband was not rich and everything in the letter was fiction; dressed in a man's suit, went with her servants to her husband; arrived in the village where he worked; promised the butter maker whatever he wanted in exchange for an assistant; the butter maker agreed, took gold; the young merchant did not recognize his wife in dressed as a man and went to her service; she, having prepared cookies and salty foods, told the servants to eat as much as they wanted, but did not dare to drink; the merchant son disobeyed, and on the orders of his wife they gave him two stamps; on the way back she shot a deer and told the servants to take a deer's leg and eye with them; we met a one-eyed rogue who demanded his eye; a woman: "Many people pledge their eyes to us gave. Well, take out and weigh your eye, and then we'll find an equal weight"; the rogue got scared, left; met a lame man, the woman told him to tear off and weigh his leg first (only then he'll get it for sure the same one); then they stopped at the house at the spring; she took her silver bowl and hid it among the merchant's wife's belongings; when the thing fell asleep, the wife took out the bowl and put it in its original place; in the morning the bowl was not found in travelers, but in the belongings of the hostess; therefore, as agreed in advance, the merchant's wife received all the good things; when they arrived at her native village, the merchant's wife told the servants that she should go away; came home, She changed into her usual dress; then a merchant came and said to his wife: "I have been to distant countries and brought great wealth. Now I can buy you a shoe," she replied, "Tell me first who branded your back? Who bought you and brought you home? After all, all the money you took from home is gone. What kind of wealth did you get that you're so crazy about?" ; the merchant asked for forgiveness]: Zograf 1976:218-223.
The Balkans. Ancient Greece (The Biography of Aesop, XXIV, 124-141) [When Aesop visited Delphi, he did not like people and said they were descendants of slaves; to prevent him from defaming them, Delphi they hid a golden bowl from the temple in E.'s luggage; E. tells several parables, but the Delphi are inexorable and are about to throw it off a cliff; E. jumped himself, and the plague befell the Delphi]: Gasparov 1991:79-83; Greeks: Hahn 1864 (1), No. 8 (Epirus) [a childless woman asks God to give her at least half of the child; the half asks her mother for an ax and a mule, brings firewood from the forest; the princess saw him, called him the maid, they began to laugh; the half threw his ax and rope, left; saw a fish in the lake, caught it, she asked her to let it go - she would teach her how to make any wishes come true; "At God's first word, and for the second fish, let the mule be loaded with firewood!" The mule is loaded; the half brought him to the palace, the princess laughed again - a mule with firewood without an ax and rope; half wants the princess to be pregnant; she gave birth, and when the boy started walking, the king gathered all the men and told the boy to give an apple to his father; the apple rolled to the Half, the boy called him dad and gave the apple; the king wanted to kill his daughter, child and Half, but The courtiers advised them to put them in an iron barrel and throw them into the sea, putting figs for the child; the princess asks the Half if he answers or does something only after she gives he has a fig tree; tells the barrel to stick to the shore and open, a rain canopy appears; a palace with everything inside; the king saw the palace, sent servants to fry hazel grouse there; the doors ask each other if it is possible let those who come in, let them in; objects respond; the servants are so amazed that the hazel grouse burned down; the king sent others - the same; came by himself; Half asks for a fig again and, when he receives, creates luxurious food; the princess asks him to cast another spell: let one spoon be behind the head of the royal boot; asks all the dishes if everything is here; when she asks for spoons, one answers from the boot; king: someone put it, it's not fair; princess: you also did wrong to me; Half tells me everything; they move in with the king, Half becomes a bodyguard and gets married the most beautiful slave]: 45-53; Paton 1901, No. 18 [a poor widow gives her son an ash cake; in the forest he shares it with a wanderer; this is Christ himself, he gives the young man the gift of fulfilling his desires; on the way out of the forest the young man does not want him to carry firewood, but they do; the princess laughs when he sees him, he wants her to become pregnant; the king summons all the men so that the boy born can identify his father; the young man comes Last, the boy throws an apple at him; the king puts his daughter, child and boy in a box, throws it into the sea; the young man tells the box to dock on a deserted island in front of the king's palace, creates a palace with servants; the king comes to visit, the young man creates a bridge for his return; at the feast, the young man puts gold dishes on the king; says that just as the king did not touch her, he himself did not touch his daughter, but was with her thrown into the sea; the king admits he is wrong]: 197-200; Romanians [the princess gets pregnant and does not say from whom; the king promises to give her to whoever the boy born hits with a wand; he hits a simple guy; the king puts his daughter and this man on a ship and sends him to sea; they harbor, make a hut; the husband releases the barbel fish, she gives scales that fulfill wishes; they ask for food, drink, a palace, golden and silver bridges to the royal palace; the king and his army come across the bridge to visit, but does not recognize his daughter; she quietly throws a golden chicken into his bag; her servants find and accuse her king stealing; king: don't know who did it; daughter: I don't know who got me pregnant either; everyone goes back to the palace, wedding]: Bîrlea 1966:448-449.
Central Europe. Russians (Karelian Pomorie, Virma; a brief summary of a text from the archive of the Karelian branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences) [the husband revives his deceased wife, she cheats on him and becomes the colonel's wife; the first husband serves a soldier in the regiment of her second husband; the wife hides the colonel's watch in her first husband's clothes, he is accused of theft, tried, shot; with the help of a magic book, the soldier comes to life, wanders; cures the king's daughter; marries her; takes revenge on the colonel, kills his first wife]: Razumova, Senkina 1974, No. 387:392; Russians (no place of recording) [poor man caught a pike; she asks to let her go, promises fulfill any wishes; on Easter, the princess gave alms to everyone she met, and went around the peasant; he wished her to become pregnant and give birth to a son; the king ordered the boy to be carried to all homes to point out father; he held out his hands to the poor man; the king married him to his daughter, put them all in a barrel, let them go to sea; the man first wants the barrel to be carried ashore, then for the palace and garden to appear; son grew up, went far away to look for a bride, defeated his rival, married the Queen, invited kings to visit his parents; the king, his mother's father, also came; when the guests left, they became search because the duck is missing; that ex-man orders a duck to be under the king's hollow by pike's command; the daughter told me everything: the father is not to blame, but she was innocent then; everything is fine]: Afanasiev 1958 (1), No. 167:411-414.
Caucasus - Asia Minor. Ossetians (Irons, Tualgom, Alagir Gorge) [when she dies, the wife gives her husband a shoe and a thimble: let her marry someone they will fit; the shoe fits only her daughter; the daughter asks build a seven-story house with secret rooms: if anyone comes to kill her father, she will hide him; the father builds a house with a wooden pipe in the middle; when the father is gone, the daughter is wrapped in wolf skin and climbed into the pipe; not finding her daughter, the father drowns the house in the river, leaving one pipe, returns to her former poor house; the daughter comes out of the river as a wolf, runs towards the forest; on the way she meets a guy, who is happy that he will have a trained wolf; brings the wolf home, leaves him in the golden room; the guy's 7 sisters go to the river to swim in the evenings; the girl wants to go with them, they don't let her in; the guy brings her ashore a wolf, sees him shed his skin; a guy takes his skin; a girl asks for it back, he gives it back, they come to the golden room; his seven sisters start knocking; a young man: will not open them until they are not they will marry; sisters cry: they do not want to marry a brother with a wolf; the young man threatens to kill himself; when they serve the wagon, the girl comes out covered in gold; they have a golden boy; the girl's father comes unrecognized, he is hired as a laborer; cuts off the boy's golden strand, kills him, puts a bloody knife in his mother's pocket; her hands are cut off, left in the middle of the field; the angel (zed) says he will let a golden spring go, and as soon as she hears a murmur, let her wash her and child's wounds with this water; mother and son are alive again, healthy and seven times more beautiful than they were; an angel leaves a woman and her son in a golden tower; one day two men come, one of them is the woman's father; she punishes him not to touch the grapes or give them them to be eaten by snakes; the father says he does not eat grapes; when he falls asleep, the daughter smeared the knife with grapes juice, put it in his pocket; in the morning she "finds" a knife; says that as he did not eat these grapes, she did not kill her child; gave her father to snakes to eat; her husband comes back, they live well]: Sokayeva 2010:156-164; Chechens [when dying, the wife tells her husband to take a woman her golden dudes will suit; the husband has been looking for 15 years, only his daughters have come up; she orders to build a tower of gold; tells the builders leave a hollow pole inside, hides in it, the father furiously threw the tower into the river, one young man and his father pulled out a pole, brought it into the room; at night someone eats food in the room; for the third time, a young man waited for the girl, married her; she gave birth to a son; the unrecognized father came disguised as a beggar, stayed overnight, stabbed the boy, put a knife in his daughter's pocket; the husband gouged out his wife's eyes, cut off his hands, tied She drove the baby to his back; by the river she called to God; he sent an angel with a pen; throw a pen - all wishes will come true; the mother is healed, the son came to life; the angel also left a golden whip for her son; the son grew up , together with his mother, came to the village, stayed with an old woman, people gathered there; the young man put a golden whip under the sweat of his father's horse, accused him of stealing; said that he also accused him mother; everyone is reconciled, everything is fine]: Malsagov 1983, No. 39:167-169; Georgians: Kurdovanidze 1988 (2), No. 95 (Sighnaghi District) [when dying, the wife tells her husband to marry the one her koshi will suit; they came only daughters; the daughter demands to build a house, tells the carpenters to put a hollow pole inside, she will hide in it; the father will break the house angrily, let the carpenters throw the pole flat into the water; the prince pulled out the pole, put it in the house he built; at night the girl comes out of the pole, eats, hides again in the morning; the prince waited for her, married, the wife gave birth to a golden-haired boy; the wife's father comes disguised as a beggar, cut the child's throat, put a knife in his mother's pocket; her breasts and arms were cut off, her eyes were gouged out, the child's body was hung around her neck, driven into the desert; the child did not decay, it was growing; the Lord sent the crow to find out that happens, he drank blood, replies that nothing; the dove tells everything; the Lord tells him to run a napkin over the woman's body, she becomes healthy; passes a sliver that fulfills wishes; woman comes to live with an old woman, asks to invite the prince to visit; he sends cooks to the old woman to cook dinner; they see a beauty, a pheasant is burned; the prince demands an explanation, comes to the old woman; when goes back, the mother tells her son to put a twig under the prince's saddle, shout why he stole it; "Just as you did not know that you had a twig under your saddle, my mother does not know who cut my throat"; all explained, everything is fine]: 140-147; Chikovani 1954 (Kartley) [the sister of five brothers is widowed, she has two boys; the brothers' wives hate her; killed a bull; a horse; they tell husbands that their sister stabbed her; then killed a baby; a brother blinded his wife, left her children in the forest; boys were fishing; one fish asked her to let her go; returned, bringing the woman's eyes; began to work, got rich, and where the brothers stayed, crop failure; they came for bread; mother told her eldest son to throw a ring uncle unnoticed; the ring was found; sister to brother: as you did not take the rings, I did not kill the child; brother tied his wife to the tail horses], No. 10:67-70; Armenians: Bogoyavlensky, 1894, No. 5 [after his wife's death, the husband decided to marry someone her clothes would suit; when the daughter wore her mother's dress, the father decided to marry her; The girl turned to God, who sent an angel, who placed her inside the beam of the house; her father burned down the house furiously, but the beam fell into the river, and she was picked up by the servants of another king, using her to build a house; returning from hunting, the king finds the house tidy; he remains guarded, sees a girl coming out of the beam, taking her as his wife, she has given birth to a son; the queen's father came disguised as a beggar, cut off her son's head at night, put the knife in the queen's pocket; the king tortured her and drove her out; she heard a voice: wet the handkerchief in the spring, put the child's head against the body, he will come to life; in the morning the queen and child wake up in the palace; through For several years, the king stayed in the forest, telling the servants to fry the meat; they noticed the palace, went there and began to fry, but the meat burned, because they were fascinated by the hostess's beauty; she anointed the burnt piece blood from his little finger; the king found him particularly tasty; he came, did not recognize his wife; she ordered the servants to throw a gold bracelet to the king; ordered him to search, accused him of stealing; explained everything; forgave the king]: 194-199; Gullakyan 1983, No. 675 [the lazy man let go of the caught fish, it promised to fulfill all his wishes; according to him, the princess became pregnant, was expelled with the lazy man; the lazy man built a palace, and the king came to them; if desired, a lazy golden spoon was under the king's hat - he was convinced that the princess could get pregnant by the word lazy]: 34; Azerbaijanis [brother married, daughter-in-law disliked her dumb sister-in-law; twisted the parrot's neck, accused her sister-in-law; killed the horse (same); took her son to the old woman for upbringing, said that her sister-in-law had killed him; her brother ordered her sister to be taken to the forest; she ran after the hare, went to the palace ; the owner of the palace told her that she was no longer dumb; she herself was the daughter of a padishah, and the hare is the chief magician; they took refuge in the forest from the vizier who killed her father; one day her brother got lost and went into the palace; sister threw a golden apple and a ring into his clothes; sister: this is how your wife slandered me; my brother made my wife tell me where his son is, he left her in the forest]: Nabiev 1988:94-96; Turks: Boratav 1990, No. 3 [the widow's son is idle and stubborn; the other young men have left him in the forest; the green snake wants to bite him; he tells her he doesn't care; then the snake gives him the power to her name immediately get everything he wants; he asks first for food, then for the padishah's daughter to get pregnant, then return home immediately; when the princess gave birth, the padishah imprisoned her waiting for the boy will grow up and indicate who his father is; after 7 years, all the men were gathered, the lazy man was the last to bring him, the boy called him father; the padishah kicked out his daughter and her son, she began to live with a lazy man; persuaded him to ask to create a palace; hiding her appearance, invited the padishah; when he left, according to the green snake, his clothes were covered with a golden bowl cover; the daughter opened: you also do not understand where you got it this cap, as I did not understand why I got pregnant; princess wedding with a lazy man]: 27-31 (=Stebleva 1986, No. 18:54); Eberhard, Boratav 1953, No. 69 [the poor man regretted the fish; she promises to fulfill all his wishes ; he wants the princess to become pregnant; a boy is born; all men are told to pack up, let the boy throw the ball at his father; he threw it at that poor man; they are expelled; the poor man tells the palace to appear; the padishah has come to visit; the owner tells him to have a valuable item in his pocket - as if stolen; princess: you don't understand where you got this thing as I didn't understand why I was pregnant]: 76-77; Dmitriev 1967, № 63 []: 340-344.
Baltoscandia. Karely (Finnish Karelia) [the youngest son is Cinderella, an irresponsible muddy; when he dies, the father tells his sons to take turns guarding his grave; the eldest sends Z.; the father speaks from graves, tells to wash in the spring, Z. turns into a handsome man, a mighty black horse appears; then Z. takes its former form, the horse disappears in the spring; the same when it is the middle son's turn (horse the colors of the water); on the third night, a white horse; the father asks what to give his son, he chooses wisdom; in winter he catches pike in the ice-hole, lets him go, which gives him the ability, saying, "By pike's command, in my opinion I want to" to fulfill any wish; Z. tells the buckets to go home themselves; the next day he tells the ax to cut down trees, the sleigh to carry firewood from the forest themselves; the king ordered to find out the secret, give him a drink Z., but he told himself not to get drunk; comes to the king in the stove; tells the princess to fall in love with him; the king will give her for someone who rides a horse to the top floor of the castle; Z. appears as a handsome man; not jumps on the first two horses, jumps on white, the princess puts her seal on his forehead; the king marries him to his daughter, but throws both into the sea in a large iron barrel, she sails to the island; Z. by pike's command, he tells the barrel to fall apart, creates a palace and a bridge across the sea; the king invites Z. and his wife without recognizing them; Z. says that he does not have a goblet; the king orders everyone to be searched, promises to execute who stole the gold goblet; before that he put the cup Z., but the goblet, by pike's command, ends up in his own bag; Z. tells the king who he is; and his wife returns to his island, abandoning proposed half of the kingdom]: Schreck 1887, No. 8:50-63 (=Goldberg 1953:72-90).
Southern Siberia - Mongolia. Tuvans (Toja) [old Sÿmeldey tells his daughter that he will go to Ai-Khan for a drink of milk; she teaches me what to do and how to respond; A.: 1) "In the middle of the blue lake, there is a sandalwood without a top, 15 the branches are raw, 15 are dry"); if S. does not guess, A. tells him to cut off his arm and head (the moon in the first and second half); 2) count the years of a polar bear with a black head (the daughter sewed three dried ones each human skulls to his father's clothes on the right and left; the bear says that he is 110 years old, but he has never seen such a seven-headed creature); 3) weave a rope of ash (weave it from a sedge, pull it between poles, set fire, it will be covered with ash, but will remain stretched); A. tells S. to drive home 6 oxen, milk them, cook tarak; the daughter tells them to be driven into the pen, sits down in the morning to comb her hair; A. arrives, asks how much hair she has; she: how many steps your horse has taken; forbids entering the yurt - her father gives birth there; if the father cannot give birth, then how to get milk from oxen; A. tells S. to come with her daughter; writes the names of all living beings on the pole, and deliberately misses the falcon and the kite; S. did not notice this, the daughter noticed; A. passed off daughter S. as his son; came to Saryg Khan, he put him under gold and silver pillow, accused of theft, crucified on four stakes; sent four warriors to his camp; crucified A. asks for obscure words; daughter-in-law understands, orders to kill three warriors, Let one be a guide, go with the army; they release A., Saryg Khan was captured]: Samdan 1994, No. 9:307-321.