K14A. Thrown into the furnace himself, ATU 910K.
.11.14.16.17.23.27.-.31.33.34.
Theantagonist tells you to kill the one who comes first to the appointed place in the morning. The hero is accidentally delayed, the antagonist himself or his wife or son is killed.
Beti, Kikuyu, Berbers of Morocco, Irish, French, Germans (15th century manuscript), Saudia, Ancient India, Punjabi, Marathi, Oriya, Tamils, Sinhales, Albanians, Macedonians, Poles, Russians ( Arkhangelsk, Vologda), Ukrainians, Belarusians, Crimean Tatars, Abkhazians, Adygs, Abazins, Aguls, Georgians, Armenians, Turks, Tajiks, Uzbeks, Ishkashim, Danes, Swedes, Lutsi, Estonians, Karelians, Kazakhs, Karakalpaks, Kyrgyz, Salars, Dungans, Buryats.
Bantu-speaking Africa. Beti [Adanfege boy is more famous than the chief and he wants to kill him; tells himself to cut his hair; A. asks his mother to cook corn and feeds the chief while she cuts his hair; the chief orders his hair back, A. - corn; the leader ordered to dig a hole for A., and he made a move from it to his mother's house in advance; the leader arranged a running competition and ordered the soldiers to kill the one wearing the scarlet outfit at the finish line, and the son the leader will be dressed in white; A. convinced him to change clothes, the leader's son was killed; the leader gave A. a goat - so that in three days he would have three kids; A. cuts wood: we need to warm the waters, my father gave birth; the leader sent A. inside the palace, where his boa constrictor swallows incoming people; if the boa constrictor leaves the palace, the chief will die; A. said the boa constrictor that the leader is waiting for him; the chief is dead, A. took his place]: Paulme 1976:207-209; kikuyu [dying, the father bequeaths his son not to meddle in other people's affairs, not to trust his wife's secrets, not to miss secret men's meetings, not to go to bed at the bottom of the valley; bury his finger; a beautiful tree grows out of his finger; everything they want to know his secret; one person tells his daughter to marry a young man; when his wife gives birth to a boy, agrees to tell her the tree's name - "My father's finger"; the wife leaves, taking the child, tells the father he tells everyone; the young man leaves, stays with the rich shepherd, he has a young son; when everyone stays in the valley for the night, the young man leads the owner to the mountain; at night, those who remain in the valley were washed away by the mudflow; one day by accident sees the shepherd's wife with her lover; is silent, but the wife thinks he will tell; accuses him {it is not said what exactly}, but the husband immediately agrees to kill the young man, although he fell in love with him before {very likely that the accusation is sexual harassment}; the master tells the shepherds to dig a hole and bury in it whoever comes first in the morning; sends a young man; but he sees a secret meeting of men, stays with them; the master sends his son, the shepherds bury him alive; people investigate the case, everything is explained; the master executes his wife, leaves the property to the young man, commits suicide]: Gagnolo 1953, 18:11-14.
North Africa. The Berbers of Morocco [a man often came to the king; the minister is jealous; after inviting that man, he treats him with garlic dishes, and then pretends not to think that the king can't stand the smell garlic; then says to the king that that man is talking all about the smell of the king's mouth; the king summoned the man, saw him cover his mouth, sent a letter to Qaeda (the chief of the fort), in who was ordered to shoot the applicant; the Minister waited for the man and volunteered to hand over the letter himself, hoping for a reward; the Kaid read the letter, his servants took the minister, took away his clothes and shot him; Seeing the man alive, the king asked him, found out everything and appointed Minister]: Leguil 1988, No. 17:81-93.
Western Europe. Irish [the family has two young servants; one young man is noble and kind, the other is evil and envious; one day, when her husband returned, angry showed him through the window how good he had fallen to his wife's hand; husband arranged with the workers to throw the first one into the melting furnace who comes in the morning and asks on behalf of the owner if his assignment has been completed; {the pdf page is missing; obviously the good young man is late, and the angry one came to make sure that he was thrown into the oven and thrown there himself}; the wife tells her husband that she was bitten in the hand by a snake, but the good young man sucked the poison; the husband is shocked, but then a good young man comes in; then the husband handed all things to his wife and ended his life lamenting the death he had caused]: Kennedy 1875:122-125; the French [in Alphonse Murdago (d. 1284), a legend timed to coincide with Toulouse, and the young man served Mass in honor of the Virgin; fablio Du roi qui volt fere ardoir le filz de son seneschal: after the death of a seneschal, the king takes up his son; an envious courtier inspired the boy to turn away from the king on the grounds that the king seemed to hate the boy's mouth, and told the king that the boy turned away because he disgusted the smell from the king's mouth; the king ordered the forester to breed a fire, throw the first one who came there and sent the boy; the latter went to the hermit, served a service, while the courtier went to the forester and was burned]: Sumtsov 1894:24; Germans [ a 15th-century manuscript published by Pfeifer in 1858; the father gives two tips: not to miss a day without impoverishment in church and to sympathize with the joys and sorrows of the person he will serve; the young man was hired; the other a servant named Krasny accused him of courting his mistress: he is cheerful when she is cheerful and sad when sad; the master sent the young man to a place where he was to be burned; but the young man went to church; Red went to find out if the young man was killed, thrown into the furnace himself]: Buslaev in Sumtsov 1894:18.
Western Asia. Saudia (Mecca) [the enemy of Islam, the prophet Abu Lagab, ordered a slave to be thrown into the well first to come, and sent Mohammed to fetch water; blinded with impatience, AL went To see whether his order was carried out, M. came before M. and was thrown into the well; the faithful still throw cursed stones at this place]: Sumtsov 1894:21.
South Asia. Ancient India [Katha Sarit Sagara Somadeva, early 12th century, in translation. Brockhaus 1839, ch. 20:107; the queen persuaded her husband to fry the Brahmana Falabghuti who lived at the court and make a sweet roast with it; King: Who will be the first to enter the kitchen and ask him to cook dinner faster, throw him into the oven; on the way, F. met the royal son, asked him to carry out his assignment; the child was served at the royal table; in a collection of fairy tales by Dshanmini Bgarata (13th century), King Kuntal's Minister wants lime a child in which he predicted a king; sent him to the forest with a slave, but the slave felt sorry for the child; under the name of Chandragazy, the boy grew up in the prince's house; the minister found out about this and sent him a letter ordering him to give poison to the giver; C. fell asleep by the lake, Minister Vishay's daughter sent a letter (instead of visham, "poison", Vishaya), C. married her; to kill her son-in-law, the minister tells the slave to hide in the temple and kill the one who brings flowers; the minister's son undertook to carry them and was killed; C. received the crown]: Sumtsov 1894:20-21; Punjabi [Prince Ram Singh in a quarrel with his stepmother, goes on a journey; the old guru gives advice goodbye: 1) obey unquestioningly to who you serve; 2) don't talk badly about anyone; 3) don't lie; 4) don't try to portray yourself as equal to those above you; 5) if someone reads a holy book or preaches, stop and listen; in the city, the prince hired a vizier's bodyguard; the Raja, along with the vizier and his entire entourage, went on a journey; they found themselves in a waterless country; the old man says There is a well, but it has evil spirits; the vizier tells RS to go down there; a giant appeared and, pointing to a pile of bones, asked what the mortal thought of my sweet wife; RS: I think it is impossible to find another one ; the giant was delighted and said that RS was the first to have eyes; the rest had to be killed; asks what reward the young man wants; RS: allow all people to use the well; after that, RS became Raja's close associates and treasury keeper; Raja's brother, planning to remove him from power, offered RS his daughter; he hoped to take possession of the treasures; RS remembered that it was not necessary to be equal to those taller than you refused; then brother told Raja that RS insulted him and his daughter; Raja ordered RS to be executed; sent soldiers to a tower outside town; we must kill someone who comes to ask when they will finish the construction; in the morning, the Raja sent RS with this question; he heard a sermon in the temple and stayed to listen; Raja's brother, disguised himself, went to the tower, seeing only builders and a few soldiers and asked when the tower would be finished; he was beheaded, brought Raja; he found out the truth, raised the RS again; RS lived a happy life]: Lang 2009:74-78; Marathi [the king's son was born with 6 fingers on leg; this was considered an ominous omen; soon the king was killed by enemies, his wife rushed into the funeral fire, the boy was rescued by a maid who died soon; he is begging in the city of Kuntalpur; when came to the palace, the brahmanas told the vizier that the boy would become king and would inherit the vizier's wealth; the vizier sent servants to kill the boy, but they spared him, cut him off and brought the sixth finger to the vizier; the boy King Kulinda picked him up, his wife raised him and gave him the name Chandrahasa; when C. reached the age of 15, he decided to fight against the king's enemies; obtained wealth; the king sent part to the ruler of Kuntalpur, who he had in submission; the vizier arrived and recognized the young man; sent a letter to King Kuntalpur, allegedly to introduce him; the vizier's daughter found the young man sleeping, read the letter, changed the order to poison the sent by order to marry him; at this time, the vizier captured King Kulinda and took his wealth; when he returned and learned that C. had become his son-in-law, the former vizier sent two murderers to the temple and ordered C. there is worship; but the son of the former vizier told C. that King Kuntalpur urgently summoned him to marry his daughter and hand him the throne; the vizier's son was killed; the vizier committed suicide by hitting his head against column; C. asked the goddess to revive the dead, she did and they improved; C. freed King Kulinda; in Maharashtra this story is described in the sacred books]: Sheorey 1973, No. 7:42-47; oriya (dombo) ) [The man has both legs paralyzed; he called the other two to help him make the wattle fence; he can't reach it taller, they hold him and he weaves him; the rich passerby laughs: it would be easier if the two themselves worked; the paralyzed says he knows best how to offer to buy three tips for 3,000 rupees; don't let go of the vessel you hold in your hand; eat before you go, and when you go, take your time; don't tell others what you've heard; promises a refund if the person who bought it doesn't resell these tips for a high price; the king bought them for 4000 rupees; when he took water out of the well, on a jug the serpent lay; the king did not let go of the jug and the servant killed the snake; they came to another king and the one who came was going to kidnap that daughter; the local king ordered that whoever came be thrown into boiling oil; the cook persuaded the king first eat and go slowly; the local minister went, thrown into oil; the son of another minister ran away with the king's daughter; the king learned about this from the cook, but did not say anything to the local king and was released]: Tauscher 1959, No. 26:62-65; Tamils: Natesa Sastri 1884-1888, No. 4 [the prince is the embodiment of virtue and the son of the vizier is vice; but the prince is friends with the vizier's son; they got lost hunting, the prince reproached his son the vizier of his commitment to vice, who blinded him and abandoned him; the prince climbed into the temple of Kali and locked the gate; opened K. for promising to restore his sight; became a temple minister; grateful K. sends him cure the princess, whom she punished with blindness; the prince regains the princess's sight and marries her; the vizier's son, expelled by his father, accidentally comes there; the prince makes him close again; he speaks to the old king that his son-in-law is actually from the lower caste; the king tells the servant to kill his son-in-law and daughter; at one time, the son of the vizier promised the prince, if he marries, to give him his wife for one night; to the celebration was more complete, now she demands to fulfill her promise; the old queen sends a girl like her instead of her daughter; the servant breaks into the prince's rest, but kills not him, but the sons who were there the vizier and that girl; everything is explained], 15 [the old brahmana regularly comes to the king to show respect; the king sends him to his bedroom to bring a sword, and the brahmana finds the queen with the vizier there; leaves silently; the queen tells her husband that the brahmana attempted on her life and demands his execution; the king tells the servants to prepare a pot of boiling oil and throw someone into it who comes in the morning to ask if everything has been done. In the morning, the brahmana went where the king told him, but a friend invited him to eat breakfast; and the brahmana's father told him never to skip the morning meal; at that time the minister came to the torturers and asked if everything had been done , he was cooked in butter; when the brahmana came with the same question, the torturers ordered him to tell the king that the order had been carried out; the king ordered his wife to be hanged and appointed a brahman minister]: 35-62, 185-192; Tamils [The Raja died when his son was 5 years old; the enemies looked for the boy to kill, but people gave him to a gypsy who left him in the forest; the poor Raja hunted and picked him up; after that, his wealth began to grow rapidly; a powerful neighbor found out everything and when the boy was 15, paid a visit and asked him to send the young man to him for a while; the adoptive father gladly agreed because he did not know who the boy was; strong Raja ddal to take a letter to the young man ordering him to kill the bearer; near the target, the young man fell asleep; Raja's daughter saw him, read the letter and ordered the messenger to marry her; returning, Raja told his son-in-law that, according to the custom, he should light the temple lantern; sent oil to the temple, and told his men to kill the first one who came with a coconut oil vessel; he sent his son there; he met a young man and asked him to carry out an assignment for oil; he was beheaded; the young man himself became a raja]: Blackburn 2005, No. 13; Sinhalese [the king takes the pupil; after the queen gives birth son, decides to kill him; bulls and carts did not trample, did not crush the boy, he returned from the forest; the king sends the pupil with a letter to the potter to burn the giver in the oven; the son asks the pupil to recoup for him, carries the letter himself, is burned; the king sends a pupil with a letter to another king; the princess opens him, replaces him, the applicant is not executed, but married to a princess; the king is dying lists property, does not have time to say that he DOES NOT GIVE all this to the heir]: Volkhonsky, Solntseva 1985, No. 95:231-233.
The Balkans. Albanians [a rich man went to buy sheep, stayed in a poor house where the woman just gave birth; at night he sees three worlds (Greek moirs) enter, the eldest predicts that a boy born will marry the daughter of a guest staying at the house; second, that man will hire a murderer, but he will kill him, not this boy; the rich man bought the baby and left him in a hole in the mountains; and the eldest Mira began to bring a goat and give it milk; the shepherd wondered why the goat no longer had milk, found a boy, called Visoji'dhas (goat feeder), raised it; after 20 years, the rich man met a shepherd, I understood everything, sent the young man to his wife with a letter: let the servants chop him into pieces and cook him in a cauldron; the young man stopped under the poplar, dozed off, the second world replaced the letter with an order to marry him to the daughter of a rich man; he returned, decided to kill his son-in-law, hired the grooms to slaughter the first person who came to the stable; the third world appeared in a dream to the young man's wife, ordered him not to be allowed into the stable early in the morning; covered himself with a cloak, the owner went by himself find out how things are, he was killed]: Lambertz 1952:106-112; Albanians []: Dozon 1991, No. 13:97-108; Macedonians [a merchant at the night heard three maidens of fate determine the fate of a newborn; one gave him 7 years of life, the other 12, and the third gave him a lot of the merchant's property; he bought the child and threw him into the ravine; the shepherd picked him up, called Nyden, raised him; the merchant sent him to his wife as if for money with by order to kill the giver; the old man copied the letter, Found married the merchant's daughter; the merchant tells people to throw the first person to come for water into the well; the wife kept N., the merchant went to find out if he was abandoned himself thrown into a well]: Sumtsov 1894:15; Bulgarians (Lamsky District) [a rich merchant sleeps with a shinkar's wife; that night the shinkar's wife gave birth to a boy, died; one of the maidens of fate decided that the boy would survive and inherited the merchant's property; he bought the baby, left him in a hollow; the shepherd picked it up, called Gorcho ("forest"), raised him; the merchant takes him home, promising to kill him on his daughter, but preparing to kill him; tells the guards winegrowers kill whoever came for wine; the daughter did not let the young man in, the merchant went to cope, he was shot, G. married his daughter and inherited the fortune]: Sumtsov 1894:15-16.
Central Europe. Poles [the merchant despises the poor people whose house he went to hide from the rain; hears sparrows say that a boy who has just been born to the poor will become his daughter's husband and heir to him wealth; the merchant offers the woman in labor to take her child to make him happy, she agrees, i.e. she has many other children and her husband has just died; leaves the baby in the hollow of a tree; picked him up a woman picking mushrooms; called it Znaida (The Foundling); at the age of 7, he kills a snake that crawled up to the same merchant who slept in the clearing; from a conversation with Z., the merchant understands that this is the same child, suggests to adopt him; throws him under a mill wheel; the miller saved him, gave him an alms collector, the boy went to the monastery, began to study; at the age of 14 he saved the merchant from wolves; he, realizing that Z. was in front of him, hit him with a knife, he rode off on his horse; he was picked up by the merchant's wife and daughter, brought to his house; the merchant leaves for 8 years on business; his wife sends Z. to look for him, he accidentally saves him from the fire; the merchant sends a young friend with a letter to immediately marry his daughter as a applicant; he was attacked by robbers; Z. accidentally picked up an abandoned letter in the forest, the merchant's wife gave Z. his daughter; the merchant hires people to dig a hole on ways to the apiary, they must bury anyone who gets into it; in the morning he sends his son-in-law to the apiary; he saves a woman from robbers on the way, she turns out to be his mother; the merchant went to the apiary, fell into a hole, his buried; Z. inherited his property and business]: Dombrovsky 1992:84-97; Belarusians [a wealthy merchant spent the night with a poor peasant; St. Ilya and St. Nicholas, in the guise of beggars, determined that a newborn lamb would be eaten by a wolf, and a newborn boy would inherit the merchant's wealth; the merchant fried the lamb, but the wolf took it off the table; the merchant bought the child and left in a linden tree hollow; hunters found him, raised him, he went to a merchant at a brewery, met his daughter; the merchant sent him to another factory with a letter to throw the giver into the cauldron, but he went to church, into the cauldron his acquaintance, who undertook to carry the letter, is abandoned; the merchant sends a young man with a letter for the second time, he goes to church again; the merchant goes to make sure that he is well cooked in the cauldron, abandoned himself; well done marries his daughters]: Dobrovolsky 1891:293-295 (retelling in Sumtsov 1894:12); Ukrainians [the plot is very popular]: Sumtsov 1894:13-14; Eastern Ukrainians (Kharkiv, Kupyansky, etc.) [Marco the Rich's devils serve as workers; he called the Lord and St. Peter; they came in the guise of beggars; MB ordered them to be locked from the barns, then into the pigsty, the Lord blows the doors every time; MB tells them to go to the poor widow; she gave birth to a son at dawn; an angel asks the Lord what to give the baby; he replies that the baby will get all the MB property; MB bought the baby, put it in a stump and covered it with snow; the merchants saw that the child was sitting on a stump and green around him grass; merchants picked it up, one person raised it; MB found out, sent a letter to his wife, ordering him to kill the applicant; the old man changed the letter with an order to marry the young man to his daughter; MB sent his son-in-law to inspect the farm - let him come to one place at dawn, and then the devils will strangle him; his wife did not let him in in the morning; MB went by himself, the devils strangled him; var.: after buying a baby, MB threw him into the sea; he swims and plays with golden apples; fishermen sell the baby to merchants; MB buys it again, throws it in a barrel into the sea; the boy was picked up and raised by monks; devils do not strangle MB, but workers throw him into a pot of boiling water]: Ivanov 1890:80-83; Russians (Arkhangelskaya, 1907, Ust-Tsylma, Lower Pechora, Pyotr Rodionovich Pozdeev, epic teller) [Sirotina asks Mark the Merchant for the night, who lets her sleep on the table, she predicts happiness a child born that night (the seventh child of a poor man). A merchant buys this child from a poor peasant for 100 rubles, takes it to the forest and leaves it under a spruce tree. The child is picked up by a passing merchant and raised as a son until the age of 17. Mark comes to the merchant and finds out about the grown young man, asks him to be his son-in-law. Sends the young man home with a letter saying to kill a "kid". But the merchant receives a letter instructing her to marry the "kid" to her daughter. When he returns, Mark the merchant tries to kill the kid again: he orders the workers of the salt factory to send anyone who shows up at night to the cauldron, no matter what they say. In the evening, Mark asks his son-in-law to check if the workers are sleeping, but his wife persuades him not to go. Mark wants to check if his son-in-law was killed, he goes to the factory himself, the workers throw him into the cauldron. All the property goes to his son-in-law]: Onchukov 2008, No. 28:135-136; Russians (Vologda) [a wealthy merchant Marco had a daughter, he had a feast; "Everyone comes to visit me, but Jesus Christ did not visit me"; He ordered to lay the carpets - maybe he would come; soon a wanderer walked over the carpets, M. told him to go to the backyard; at night an angel appeared to the wanderer: the crippled wretched had a son; Jesus: he marries daughter M. the maid overheard, said; M. ordered the child to be thrown into the snow; but the snow parted around, the flowers grew, the merchants picked up the baby, said M.; he bought the baby, threw it into the sea in a smothered barrel; the monks picked it up; the monastery became rich; the boy grew up, began to sing on the kliros; M. saw, found out, bought, sent a letter to his wife to kill the giver; the wanderer changed the letter: marry his daughter; M. ordered workers boil a boiler of water and throw whoever comes at night into it; sent his son-in-law to check the workers; but the daughter persuaded him to wait until morning; M. went to check him himself, he was thrown into boiling water; Kalekin's son inherited all his wealth]: Burtsev 1895, No. 37:166-170; Russians (Vologda, Kirillovsky University) []: Sokolov, Sokolov 1981, No. 72:278-281; Russians [breeder Marco Bogaty spent the night with a peasant; he had a son; an angel: his name was Andrey, and his happiness was Markino; MB bought a boy, threw him into the snow; the master picked it up, raised him; MB came to the master, liked the servant A. he liked him, asked where he came from; MB bought him and sent him home with a letter ordering him to kill; the holy father replaced the letter with an order to marry his daughter; MB ordered the workers who melt cast iron to throw A. into the heat as soon as he arrived; feeling unkind , his wife did not let him in; MB went by himself, he was thrown into a fever, Andrei got everything]: Afanasiev 1958 (2), No. 306:444-445;.
Caucasus - Asia Minor. Crimean Tatars [merchant Abyl Aziz ordered to hit a maid who was pregnant with him; the servant stabbed her without noticing that she was giving birth; the shepherd picked up the child; three years later AA I talked to him, understood everything, bought the boy, put it in a chest, threw him into the sea; the fishermen pulled him out; after 6 years, AA visited them, understood again who this boy was, gave the money for him and sent him to his home with an order to kill the messenger; the boy was met by AA's daughter, rewrote the letter: pass off her daughter as a visitor; AA returned, told the servants to make a fire in the cave and throw the first one to come at him; wife told me not to go, AA went by himself, thrown into the fire]: Zherdeva 2020, No. 11; Abkhazians [Prince Nakharbey travels around the country, stayed with a poor man; the owner's wife gave birth to a son; one of the women jokingly suggests to marry the newborn for the daughter of the prince, who is visiting; N. took the boy, hung the swaddled man from a branch in the forest; the young man Shryn from the prince's retinue is outraged; the child was found by a shepherd, called Karshv (perhaps from named after Tsar Cyrus); the prince and his companions stay with the shepherd, who tells the story to K.; the prince orders to tie K., take him to the princess, gives a letter with him; Shryn lets a competent Turk read the letter, they they replace him with an order to marry K. to the prince's daughter; the returning prince orders his entourage to shoot K. when he goes to the spring in the morning; S. warns him not to go; without hearing shots, the prince went by himself and he was shot dead in the dark; K. became a prince, brought the shepherd's parents and family to live]: Shakryl 1975, No. 80:365-373; Adygs: Kerashev 1957 [a peasant of his one-year-old son buys three for a lot of money old man's advice; 1) do not disdain poor treats, 2) do not marry a brunette with gray eyes, 3) do not prevent lovers from getting married; Pshi's son goes to marry him, the bride is a brunette with gray eyes; after he wants to marry him, the young man refuses, she tears her clothes, accuses her of attempted violence; asks her husband to burn the young man; he gives him a letter ordering him to burn the first one who comes to the fire, sends where a hole with dry bushes is made; a young man stays with a poor plowman, falls asleep, is late; at this time, Psha's wife came to the pit, she was thrown into the fire; the young man arrives at the place where the girl must marry a turtle; persuaded her to do it; at night the turtle burst, a handsome man appeared, said that the spell had been removed; helps the young man make peace with his son Psha]: 165-176; Tambiev 1896, No. 2 (Kabardian people) [y the old man fell bulls; he exchanged new ones from the young man for three tips; 1) not to marry a gray-eyed brunette and not let those you love marry; 2) do not disdain anyone's bread and salt; 3) do not drag for anyone wife; in the absence of a young man, his widowed father marries a gray-eyed brunette; she offers herself to his stepson; he refuses, she tears her clothes, accuses him of violence; the father tells him to prepare a hole, burn there is fire in it, throw at it the first person who comes in the morning; tells his son to go there and ask the torturers if they have obeyed the order; on the way, the peasants ask the young man to have breakfast with them; he became drunk and fell asleep; when came to the torturers, who replied that they had thrown the young man who was the first to come to them into the pit; the young man left home, stayed in the house, where the beautiful woman offered him love; her husband was a huge frog; but the young man I still disagree; well done from the frog's skin; he killed 99 young men who succumbed to the spell, and did this as a friend and brother]: 175-181; Abazans: Tugov 1985, No. 85 [dying, the father gives advice to his son; 1) Do not feed a thin relative, it is better to feed a thin sheep; 2) do not be dishonest with someone who trusted you; 3) do not refuse food; the first advice is broken: the son took a relative boy with ill character; hired the prince as a farmhand; his wife began to molest him, the young man refused; she accused him of harassment; the prince asked who was ready to execute the young man, and a relative boy volunteered; The bakers were told to light a fire and throw at it the first person to come in the morning; the farmhand was allegedly sent to buy bread, but he stopped by the workers who invited him for breakfast; the prince's wife went to see was the first, she was thrown into the oven; the prince believed the farmhand, gave off his daughter for him, drove the farmhand's relative out of the village], 86 [at the insistence of the prince's son, the poor man buys two oxen from the prince for three advice; 1) on Do not marry gray-eyed; 2) go to someone who says "You will be a guest"; 3) do good; the prince took his gray-eyed stepmother, who began to molest his stepson unsuccessfully, accused him; the prince ordered to dig a hole, make a hole fire, throw the first one to come; sent his son, the shepherds called him to visit; then the wife went to see, she was thrown into the fire; the prince was convinced that the advice was fair]: 262-263, 264-265; aguly [ Mullah predicted to the merchant that his daughter would marry a shepherd. The merchant decided to prevent this: he forced the shepherd to divorce his pregnant wife, married her himself, and then stabbed her and took the boy out of her belly. Another shepherd found the boy and fed him goat milk. The young man, who had grown up, was met again by a merchant and realized that the child he wanted to kill was still alive. He asked the shepherd to give him the young man and sent him to his home with a note asking him to kill the young man. When the young man arrived at the merchant's house, the merchant's daughter fell in love with him and copied the note so that the young man would marry her. The merchant arrived and decided to deal with the young man by sending him to the orchard for grapes and ordering the guards to kill whoever enters the garden. The merchant's daughter gave the young man grapes from home; the merchant himself entered the garden, who was shot by guards]: Maysak 2014, No. Sh7:473; Georgians: Bogoyavlensky 1894a, No. 8 (Imereti) [the witch doctor predicted to the rich man that his property will go to the son of a poor neighbor; the rich man took the boy to the forest and left him there, but he was raised by a hunter, called the Foundling; the rich man went to the hunter's house, understood everything, sent the young man home with a letter; St. The spirit in the form of a priest replaced the letter: not to kill the messenger, but to marry his daughter; when he returned home, the rich man ordered the workers who were burning lime to throw into the oven whoever came before dawn; ordered daughter to send her husband; she forgot, but told her father that she sent it; the rich man went by himself, thrown into the oven]: 65-67; Chikovani 1986 [the rich merchant spent the night in a poor house; that night the owner's wife gave birth; two flew in a dove; one says that at the age of 12 the boy will fall off a tree or drown; the other: no, he will get all the merchant's wealth that lies here; the second prevailed, the pigeons entered it in the book of destinies; the merchant bought the newborn, left the baby in a tree at the top of the mountain; the king's huntsman found him, the boy was brought to the palace, named Elovik; the merchant heard the name, learned the whole story, sent E. to his home with a letter, who ordered the giver to be killed; the old man he met read it, ordered the giver to marry the merchant's daughter; when he returned, the merchant ordered the servants to throw the first person in the morning into the oven to burn lime will come; the wife heard, tells E. not to go to the stoves, but to take a walk and return; the merchant himself went, thrown into the oven]: 229-236; Armenians [when he dies, the father tells his son, when he hears the bells ringing, immediately go to pray in churches; do not cross the river without knowing the ford; wait for a knowledgeable person, even if you lose a few days; do not travel at night, wait out the night where darkness has found; the young man became a merchant; on the way from Tiflis insisted that they should not wade across the river; another merchant did not listen and drowned; then a local resident showed a ford; a rich merchant takes a young man into business; sends him to his wife in Ganja; she seduces him, he refuses; when her husband returns, the woman complains to him that his partner has attempted on her; the merchant tells the baker to throw the first one who comes in the morning into the oven; the young man hears the bells ringing, walks not to the bakery, but to the church; the merchant's wife comes to the bakery, is thrown into the oven; everything is clear, the merchant paid the young man but asked him to leave; the young man tells the drivers to spend the night not in the village, but nearby, where darkness caught; at night he sees a robber dragging something to the cemetery; finds a wounded girl there; healed her, married her; she turned out to be a princess who refused to marry the treasurer's son, he sent to kidnap her her; one day she asks her husband to sell a gem; he sells it to the son of a treasurer without knowing who he is; after visiting the treasurer's son, the young man invited him to his place; at night, his wife stabbed him and told her husband to bury it the corpse is in the cemetery where they wanted to bury it; the couple flee; at night, the husband sees a red cloth with jewels in his wife's hair, takes it off to sell it, the crow takes it away; the husband goes to Istanbul alone, hired as a gardener, finds a cloth under the poplar on which the crow's nest; left alone, the wife, disguised as a man, started a caravanserai; her husband came there, not recognizing the woman, and looking daughters and son came to her father and treasurer; everything turns out, everyone makes peace, the young man's wedding with the princess]: Nazinyan 2014:94-105.
Iran - Central Asia. Tajiks [the merchant's son married but continues to study; his father gives him 100 gold three times, tells him to trade; he spends money three times buying advice from an old man; 1) if you eat someone's bread, remember this; 2) do not give up what is offered in the morning; 3) if you raise your right hand against someone, think and stop it with your left hand; the father kicked out the son, he went to the baker; his wife became his to seduce, he refused; she told her husband that the worker wanted to dishonor her; the husband tells the bakers to throw the first person to enter the bakery in the morning; in the morning, the owner sends the merchant's son to pick up Somon's flour and take him to the bakery; S. invites you to have tea first, the merchant's son recalls that you can't refuse the invitation in the morning; the baker's wife decided to stop the murder, but she herself was thrown into the oven as who came first; the owner rewarded the merchant's son and sent him home; there he sees a man sleeping next to his wife; wants to kill them, but stops and finds out that it is his son]: Amonov 1980:250-255; Uzbeks [bai gives Nurulla money three times to trade; he buys tips at the bazaar: wake up his wife before going to bed; every lover likes his beloved; don't give up the morning proposals; father died, thieves took all N.'s property, took him to a cave, beat him half to death, left outside the house; his wife tells N. to hire a day laborer; he leaves with a merchant; he is asked to go down to get water in cave; there is a terrible diva, he killed everyone; asks who is more beautiful: a peri sitting next to him or a frog; N. says that his beloved is sweet to a lover, a diva gives a lamp with gems; tells him to buy at the bazaar more black pepper; water flowed from the cave; N. bought a kitten in one place; mice defeated merchants in the caravan parking lot; N. released the kitten, the merchants generously gifted him; the lamp received from the diva N. wants sell to the padishah; the vizier advises to persuade the gardener to kill the first person who came, send N. to the garden in the morning; on the way, the old man invited N. to drink tea, and the vizier went to the garden to check the execution of the order; the gardener blew his head off; the padishah thought it was Allah's will and paid for the lamp; in Samarkand, N. released the kitten again; people whose mice gnawed through bags of flour paid generously; N. bought pepper, and then sold it at exorbitant prices in Istanbul; when he returned, he saw his wife sleeping, and a horseman not far from her; slaughtering the cauldron, but remembered the advice; wife: this is our son]: Afzalov 1972 (2): 197-203; Ishkashim (I.I. Zarubin's recording, 1915) [merchant son Muflis tells the king about his adventures; when he died, his father ordered him to remember God, thank him for salt, if he ate at anyone's place, go take care of his mother; but M. went with a caravan to Turkestan, where he was robbed by robbers and barely returned home alive; he met an old man, who took him into the house, made him an heir; Khoja's young wife offers to kill him and to marry her; M. refused, she rushed to him, he accidentally knocked out her tooth; she tore her stepdaughter's shirt (from her husband's other wife), accused M. of assaulting the girl, and she allegedly protected her; Khoja tells the slaves to throw into the oven the one who comes first to the garden in the morning; sent M. to see how the bricks are being burned; but on the way, M. heard music and visited the boys to have fun; Hoja's wife went check whether M. was burned, but thrown into the oven herself; stepdaughter confirmed M. was right; Khoja married her M.; later Khoja and M.'s wife died; the tsar awarded M.]: Pakhalina 1959, No. 1:167-170.
Baltoscandia. Danes [when Svend goes on a journey, his father tells him to laugh, cry, rejoice, grieve with everyone; his mother goes to church and ask God for God's blessing; S. is hired servant, gains trust; another servant, out of envy, draws the master's attention that S. always laughs or grieves after the mistress; the owner sends him to people who burn bricks, tells them to throw them in the stove was the first to come in the morning; on the way, S. went to church, and the envious servant went to see if S. was thrown into the oven and thrown himself; the owner was convinced of S.'s honesty; the neighbor argues that he could introduce to the sin of the most honest servant; S. was sent with a letter to his neighbor's wife; he got drunk there, he lost everything at cards; but S. honestly told the owner everything, who made him the heir to the estate]: Grundtvig 1920:187-192 ; Swedes [it is predicted that a poor baby will be the heir to a rich man; he buys a child and leaves him in the forest or descends the river in a box (or leaves herds on the way, on the road, etc.); the child is saved and brought up; after identifying the young man, the rich man sends him home with a letter ordering him to be killed, but the letter is replaced by an order to marry his master's daughter; then the father-in-law sends his son-in-law with by errand, hoping that he will be thrown into the oven; but by coincidence, the rich man himself or his son is thrown into the furnace; or the father-in-law sends his son-in-law to bring three hair from the beard of the devil; on the way, the young man promises to find out answers to the questions he is asked; why does the tree not bear fruit, the water has disappeared in the well, when the suffering of a certain creature living in the water ends, how to cure the princess when the transporter will be released from his duties; the woman in the house pulls out his hair and gets answers to his questions; the father-in-law goes along his son-in-law's path and remains working as a carrier]: Liungman 1961, No. 461:107; Lutsie (1893) [a beggar and his wife and a merchant spent the night in the same hut; the merchant hears angels asking God what happiness the child will be; God: will inherit the merchant's goodness; the merchant bought a baby from a woman in labor, wrapped it up, hung it in the forest for the branch; the king hunted, found the boy, raised him; he is smart and growing fast; the merchant bought the boy again, tied him to the wing of the mill; the miller started the mill: he does not move; he saw what the boy was holding, took the merchant bought the young man again, brought him to his place, the merchant's daughter fell in love with him, they got married, but the merchant wants to kill his son-in-law; sent him to hell; the islanders ask to know why they are plowing- they sow but bread does not grow; on another island: why do apple trees not bear fruit; on the third: why there is no hay; hell has a captive princess: there are fences of the head on iron stakes, only one stake is empty for your head; turned the young man into a needle, stuck it in her hair; says the line that he brought the smell of man with him; at night she pretends to wake up three times when she dreams, hell explains; on the first island, residents must cross on 4 sides; white stone must be dug in the apple orchard; hay harvesters must also be baptized; the young man took the trait's treasures, then received gold from the islanders; merchant gathered drunks, ordered firewood to be burned; whoever comes first in the morning, throw him in the heat; but the son-in-law talked to his wife, the merchant went to see, burned himself]: Annom et al. 2018:79-83; Estonians: Kippar 2002 ( Saarema) [a wealthy merchant hopes that Jesus will visit him; even built a glass house to the clouds; a beggar came, the merchant began to drive him away, his five-year-old daughter forcibly persuaded him to spend the night in the bathhouse and give bread; he began to talk to her affectionately; a white bird knocked on the window several times asking what the fate of such a child was born; the beggar answered; the one who was now born in Arista would become a son-in-law the merchant and will inherit his property; the merchant hopes to lime him; when the boy became a young man, the merchant took him into service; the young man and the merchant's daughter fell in love with each other; the merchant took the young man on a trip, sent him back by letter to his wife: kill the bearer; to meet him that old beggar, ordered to show the letter, returned it; when the young man gave it to the merchant's wife, it says: marry the young man to their daughter; the merchant who returned pretended that satisfied; told the soap maker to throw someone who would come to the soap factory early in the morning into the cauldron, sent his son-in-law there; that old man told him to go later; the owner went to find out if his son-in-law was thrown into the pot, the soap maker threw him himself, son-in-law inherited everything]: 16-20; Mälk et al. 1967, No. 124 (Tori; story all over Estonia except Läänemaa) [in winter, a rich landowner spends the night in a farm; a farmhand has given birth to a son; a voice is heard: this one the boy will inherit the landowner's wealth; he asked to give the boy to him, left him in the forest; after many years he comes to the forester; he tells how he found a baby in the forest and now he has become a big boy; the landowner gives the forester money, orders him to send the receptionist to his home with a letter; it orders to kill the applicant; the old man met the guy, went with him, replaced the letter with an order to immediately marry the applicant to his daughter; returning and finding out what happened, the landowner tells the lime-burning workers to throw the first one who comes in the evening into the oven; sent his son-in-law there; he went to the manager; the father-in-law himself went to find out if he had been completed order; workers threw it into the oven; son-in-law is happy with his wife]: 404-405; Karelians: Evseev 1981 [a merchant meets a priest who is going to baptize a child; he says that the child will become the merchant's son-in-law; merchant buys a child from his parents, descends the river in a trough; a miller picks him up; after 17 years, a merchant visits a miller; realizes that this is the same boy; buys it, sends it to his home with a letter to his wife to kill the applicant; halfway, the old man asks the young man to show the letter, replaces another with an order to marry the applicant with the merchant's daughter; the merchant decides to lime his son-in-law; sends him to a distant city to ask a lot does he have money; on the way, the young man is asked to know why the oak tree dries; where did the keys to the barn go; when the carrier is free from his job; the woman hides the guy in the chest, asks her husband the hell questions; that says that the merchant has only half of the money on earth; the oak dries because the girl gave birth and buried a child under him, she must serve a prayer service, sketch out the land; the keys are in her pocket at the very hell ( who gives answers); let the carrier say "In the name of the father and son and the holy spirit", push the boat away, that person will become a carrier instead of him; the soul is a feature in the egg, in the bird, in the box, in the chest, in the stone; the guy gets an egg, the hell dies; the carrier says the guy is the first to come back, learns from him how to get rid of his duties; the guy gives the keys, tells him how to revive an oak tree, returns rich; the merchant goes for his money, remains a carrier]: 287-291; Stepanova 2000, No. 112 (northern, Tunguda district) [The Savior spends the night in the merchant's house; they knock at night, the woman gave birth to a child, they ask the Savior what share he will give; he tells the child to live his share; next time, the share of the owner of the house; the merchant bought the child and threw it into the snowdrift, another person picked it up, the merchant bought it again for big ones money; raised; let him go to sea in a barrel; the young man sings, he was nailed to the monastery shore, he began to sing in the monastery; the merchant found out, bought him, sent him home with a note to be killed at home; the Savior changed a note to marry the merchant's daughter; the merchant tells his son-in-law to find out where his wealth is; on the way, the bridge asks him to know how long he still has to serve; the carrier - how much to work; oak - how much stand, he is already rotten; the son-in-law comes to the house without doors, the woman picks him up through the window, hides him; her damn husband comes; she casually asks questions; the husband replies that when he hits him with a rod on on the bridge, it will turn into ships, on the oak it will become gold; let the carrier leave the one in the boat when he transported him, he will remain in his place; the woman's husband promises to greet the merchant's son-in-law, gave him a staff; son-in-law filled the ships with gold, gave advice to the carrier; at home, the merchant tells the workers to kill his son-in-law when he goes to give the horses hay; the son-in-law lay down, the merchant went himself, he was killed instead of his son-in-law, his son-in-law became the master]: 186- 188.
Turkestan. Kazakhs: Sidelnikov 1952 (Turgay University) [=1971 (1): 71-82; the vizier invited the khan to wear simple clothes, go see how the people live; in a poor yurt, his wife is about to give birth; the vizier says that the boy who will be born will become the son-in-law of the khan and his, the vizier, the ruler; the khan bought the boy, put him in a chest, threw him into the river; the fisherman picked him up and raised him; the khan and the vizier are wandering again; the vizier points out to one of the boys playing: he will be the khan's son-in-law; the khan bought the boy again, sent a letter to his younger vizier, in a letter an order to kill the giver; but the vizier felt sorry for the boy and kept it; the young man matured; the khan recognized him, wanted to execute him, but then enemies attacked and the khan went to war, leaving a letter with a new order to kill the applicant; the young man fell asleep, the khan's daughter saw him, changed the letter ordered a young man to marry her; gave birth to him two sons; three years later, the khan returned; ordered the vizier to burn in the oven the first person who would come to the bakery in the morning; in the morning he sent her son-in-law to check the bakery; but the son-in-law remained listen to the birds in the garden; Khan went to see for himself whether his order had been carried out; thrown into the oven; the young man was made a new khan]: 237-241; Sidelnikov 1974 [the young man gave a herd of horses to a man for three wise advice; where you tasted bread and salt, do not be a rival; if you get ready to eat in the morning, do not refuse (even if you are full); if your right hand starts a fight, let your left hand separate it; for losing a herd, father kicked out the young man; he became the khan's bodyguard; the khan's wife fell in love with him; the young man remembered the first advice, refused; she complained that the young man was bothering her; the khan told the stokers to throw the first one into the hot coals, whoever will come in the morning; sent a young man for a bag of coal; on the way he met an old woman, she asked for bread and salt; at this time, the khan's wife ran to the stokers to see the young man, her for the last time they threw him into the coals; the young man explained to the Khan how it turned out; he rewarded him and let him go; the young man (now not so young) came home and saw a man next to his wife; wanted to hack him, but bargained; the man turned out to be his son]: 29-32; Karakalpaks [when dying, the king gives his son advice: 1) go to bed on a hill on the way, not in a ravine; 2) do not do bad to someone from whom he ate bread and salt; 3) do not refuse to eat in the morning; during the famine, the young king led a caravan of camels with jewelry to buy food from the merchant with whom the king father did business; at night he lay down on a hill, and others in the ravine, soaked in the rain and smeared themselves in the mud; the merchant had two wives, the youngest began to seduce the king, who refused; she scratched her body, accused the king of trying to rape her; ordered her to be divorced tandoor fire and throw the first one to come there; the husband agreed; the younger wife sent the king to the tandoor; on the way, the old woman asked him to come in to eat; the youngest wife, not to be recognized, put on an old robe , came to see the tsar's ashes, the day laborers threw it into the fire, ran away; the tsar found the burnt corpse, explained to the merchant, brought food to the starving]: Volkov, Mayorov 1959:110-113; Kyrgyz [first the person he meets teaches the young man to call beautiful not a beauty, but his beloved; the second not to be a rival to someone who has tasted bread and salt; the third is not to give up morning meals, not to wait for the evening; the young man is hired to the caravans; a bucket lowered into the well, the worker who climbed after him disappears; a young man climbs, sees a diva and two women, the diva asks which one is more beautiful, the young man answers according to the advice, the diva gives water; the merchant rewards him; he stays with a friend, his wife tries to seduce him, he refuses, she slandered him in front of her husband; the husband asks his baker friend to throw a man into the oven who tomorrow he will come for bread; on the way, the young man comes to a friend's house for breakfast; the owner's wife comes to the baker first, she is thrown into the oven; the husband realizes that the young man is not to blame; wiser and rich, the young man returns home]: Brudny, Eshmambetov 1963:237-240 (=1977:149-152); salars (Eishe Ahvar, Xunhua-Salar Autonomous County) [an orphan young man worked as a farmhand, earned three hundred money and decided go learn words; I met an old man who taught him the word "sit down!" for a hundred money ; another person taught him the word "listen!" for the same fee , and the third with the word "torment!" ; on the way, the young man met a companion; they decided to stay at a hotel; the companion said: "Let's stay at a hotel on the river bank!" ; the young man said: "If we stop, [then] we will stop where it is high!" ; finally, we stopped where it was high; in the morning we went home to the companion; on the way, the companion said to the plowman on the arable land: "Send this young man for lunch! When he comes back, throw it into the well!" ; the young man had lunch and saw a crowd of people; as soon as people sat down, the young man remembered the word "listen!" ; everyone listened to his word; the companion sent his son to see if the young man had been thrown into the well; the son went and saw people sitting on the road listening to a speech; he also sat down, but then said that he once, and went to the arable land; the plowman threw him into the well; then an orphan young man came to the arable land; his companion also came and asked the plowman why he did not throw the young man into the well; the ploughman replied that he had abandoned it, and added: "You said yourself: "Whoever comes first, leave it!"] : Tenishev 1964, No. 37:76; Dungans: Riftin et al. 1977, No. 31 (Gansu) [], 32 (Gansu) [Loshi-Prostak buys tips at the bazaar: fear the inn that is in the hole; it will rain heavily, don't hide ; on the way, you will hear the story - listen to the end; the lamp will fall, oil will pour on your head, your head is not mine; you will recognize the words (mysterious text), say them to Joo Wun; the old man immediately disappeared; at night, all merchants except L. sat in a hole, died in a mudflow; when he met a stranger, L. did not accept the offer to hide from the rain (the stranger was a robber); L. stayed with his older brother, who and his wife agreed to burn him in stoves, then it will work well; in the morning he was sent to take lunch to the potters; L. stopped to listen to a story told by a man; lunch was taken by his older brother's son, and the craftsmen threw him into the oven; at home, L.'s wife took the robber as her lover; accidentally knocked over oil on her husband, who refused to wash his hair; at night, the robber came to cut off L.'s head; thought that women were smearing her head with oil, cut off his head his mistress, not L.; L. was accused of murdering his wife, he said those words, the names of two people there; they seemed like showdowns, they were executed, and L. remarried]: 174-178, 179-184; Yusurov 1970 [his wife gave Hunlin 10 coins, sent for shopping; at the bazaar he bought advice from the old man: work everywhere, never be lazy; next week: if they are rude and the work is hard, still be patient; the third time: when you meet feasts, go, eat and drink with them; H. hired a caravan man, who sent him to get water, H. remembered the advice not to be lazy, went down to the well, there were three grenades; he remembered that his wife asked him to buy her grenades, sent his wife with a caravan he met; hired the old owner of porcelain workshops; his young wife offered him to kill her husband and take her; H. was not rude, but refused; the wife accused H. of being her molested; the owner sent H. with a letter to the workshop ordering the bearer to be put in the oven; on the way, H. met the feasts and stayed with them; the owner's wife felt sorry for H., she came and volunteered to take them the letter instead of her; it was burned; the owner understood everything, paid H.'s salary and let him go; at home H. saw the palace; wife: pomegranates were cured of diseases, she sold a grain, became rich]: 178-182.
Southern Siberia - Mongolia. The Buryats [khansha did not like the herdsman; the khan reluctantly agrees to kill him, tells the servants sent to the forest to kill the first one who comes; the herd accidentally rides the wrong road, the khansha goes to see to be executed, the servants kill her, believing that the khan wants to secretly execute his wife for some offense; the khan realizes that he was in a hurry]: Eliasov 1959:123-126 (=Dugarov 1990:201-202).