K151. Goldfish, ATU 555.

(.14.) .15.16. (.17.21.) .23.26.-.29.31.-.34.36.-.38.

The magic assistant satisfies the poor man's simple desire. The poor man or his wife is asking more and more. In the end, the assistant punishes the petitioner (usually by selecting everything that has been given). {Many references to texts outside Europe in Uther 2004 are not related to the ATU 555 story and do not include the K151 motif. In particular, this applies to the Arab and Ossetian versions}.

(Tunisia), Sicilians, Sardinians, Italians (Veneto, Tuscany, Rome, Molise, Basilicata, Calabria), Spaniards, Aragon, Catalans, Portuguese, Ladins, Dutch, Frisians, Flemish, Walloons, French, Irish, British, Alsatians, Germans (Grimms, Schleswig-Holstein, Austria), (Tibetans), Meitei, Nepal, Koreans, Chinese (including Liaoning), Hungarians, Serbs, Slovenes, Romanians, Bulgarians, Greeks, Poles, Czechs, Slovaks, Russians (Arkhangelsk, Olonets, Vologda, Pskov, Voronezh, Tambov, Ryazan), Ukrainians (Galicia), Belarusians, Nogais, Turks, Norwegians, Swedes, Lithuanians, Latvians, Livonians, Estonians, Setu, Warriors, Veps, Karelians, Finns, Western Sami (Finland), Mari, Mordovians, Udmurts, Bashkirs, Kyrgyz, Chelkans, Khakas, Tuvans, Buryats, Evenks (Podkamennaya Tunguska), Nanais, Manchus, the Japanese.

(Wed. North Africa. Tunisia ["Rebaba and the Amazing Treasure". Once upon a time, Saadoun was with his wife, Saida. They didn't have kids. And so God gave us a son, Suadat. During the afternoon, during the midday heat, he always rested in the mosque. Then one day he saw a rebaba jump out of a crevice in the wall and started dancing, and at the end of the dance he threw away a piece of gold and hides again in the crevice. At first Saadun was afraid, then he got used to it and took a piece of gold every time. So he became rich, built a palace, married his son and decided to extract all the treasure that was within the walls of the mosque. So he took his instrument and came to the mosque. Rebaba came out of the crevice again, but this time sad, she did not dance, but simply looked at him judgeously, threw a piece of gold and disappeared. Saadun hit the wall where the crevice was and suddenly found himself in the desert. By evening, he went to the seashore and realized that he would die here. Saadun repented of his greed and asked God for forgiveness. Then suddenly a black mount appeared, sat on its back, flew over the seas and oceans, and found himself near his old shack, where his wife and son were waiting for him. So he lost it all]: Al-Aribi 2009, No. 12 in Korovkina MS).

Southern Europe. Catalans (everywhere, including Mallorca and Minorca) [a fisherman caught but released a fish; or a man climbed a beanstalk {and climbed into heaven}; man is promised {fish and probably St. Peter or God} wish fulfillment; his wife demands more every time, as a result everything is lost]: Oriol, Pujol 2008, No. 555:121-122; Portuguese [the fisherman lets the fish go and it fulfills wishes fisherman's wife; she demands more every time and finally loses everything; same motive with poor girl and God]: Cardigos 2006, No. 555:139; the Spanish [Francisqueta lived in a cave at the spring and owned only with a water jug; God asks if she is happy; F. will answer that yes, but a house would also be nice; then asks for a cow; cowhide clothes; husband; to be the wife of a mayor ("Don't call me anymore Francisquita, call it Mrs. Alcadessa"); F. woke up - she only has a jug and a cave}: Camarena, Chevalle 1995, No. 555:538-541; Sicilians [Owl asks God to make her human; then rich ; king; God does everything; but when, contrary to his wife's advice, asks to be made a god, he turns her into an owl; now he shouts "My trouble" at night and his wife says "Your fault"]: Kabakova 2006, No. 72:130; Aragon [the fisherman caught the king of fish, let him go for promising to save him from poverty; the fisherman's wife wants more and eventually the king of fish takes everything away]: González Sanz 1996, No. 555:88; Italians (Veneto, Tuscany, Rome, Molise, Basilicata, Calabria), Sardinians: Cirese, Serafini, No. 555:130; ladins [the fisherman threw the net and caught a goldfish; she asks not to kill it, promises to make use of desires; he asks for a home and a good life; soon the wife sends a fisherman to ask for the castle and servants; the fisherman also does this; then the wife wants to become God and decide the destinies of nations; the fish tells the fisherman go home; his old cabin is there]: Brunold-Bigler, Widmer 2004, No. 29:195-197.

Western Europe. The Irish [a fisherman caught a flounder, she asks her to let go, promises to fulfill every wish; when he told his wife, she told him to ask for food and drink; then a new home; castle; be queen; be Lord God; after that, the fish tells the man to go home - there's the old hut there]: Muller 2006, No. 42:69; Alsatians []: Lefftz 2006, No. 14:213-218; Germans [caught flounder said that she was an enchanted prince and the fisherman let her go; his wife Ilsebill sends her husband back to ask for a house instead of an old hut; then the castle (the sea rages more and more each time); to become queen; Empress; Papess; God; after that all that was asked for was gone]: Grimm, Grimm 2002, No. 19:65-73 (=Grimm, Grimm 1987:61-67); French: Cosquin 1887 (Normanidia) [man named Mis& #232; re ("Poverty") meets the Lord and St. Peter, asks for alms; the Lord gives him a bean; he plants him in the hearth; the bean grows through the chimney to the sky, M. climbs the stem, there is St. Peter; he promises that M. will always have food and food at home; M.'s wife demands that he go to heaven again and again and turn to St. Peter is increasingly demanding; as a result, M. is as poor as at the beginning]: 173; Delarue, Tenèze 1964 [at the end, husband and wife turn into night birds]: 383-385; Walloons: Laporte 1932, № *779.I [old Coufi-Coufou lived in a barrel; Jesus was wandering under the guise of a beggar, she sheltered him; for this he gave her a house with a garden; six months later she asked for and received a cow and a pig, then a castle; the next time she refused to communicate with an insignificant beggar; everything was gone, KK was back in the barrel; (and other options - the woman refused to give Jesus water)], *779.II [Jean, who lived among fields, comes to the gates of paradise and asks St. Peter is a beautiful wife, then a son; then she wants to become God himself, and let his wife be St. Virgin, son by Jesus; when he descends to earth, Jean is again alone in the field]: 77-78, 78; British, Germans (Schleswig-Holstein, Austria), Friezes, Flemish, Dutch: Uther 2004 (1), No. 555:325-326

(Wed. Western Asia. Syrian Arabs [the fisherman caught the fish, she asks to let her go, he will have a new home, but he must not let it slip; the wife insists, the fisherman tells everything, the house disappears; so twice; for the third time the fish tells you to cut it into 6 parts, let the wife eat two, the mare to bury two; the wife gave birth to twins, the mare to foals, two flowers have grown; one of the brothers leaves, chases the gazelle, finds himself in empty city; meets an old woman, her dog barks, he hits her, the old woman turns it into stone; one of the flowers dries up; the second brother goes in search; the old man gives a ring, explains where to go; with this A young man comes to the city with a ring, from there to the old woman, she is kind, disagrees with his first brother, gives a magic wand if necessary to call her for help; brothers fly home on airplane carpets]: Kuhr 1993: 244-247).

Tibet is the Northeast of India. Meitei [the king saw a poor man wobbling under the scorching sun and gave him his umbrella; the poor man thought he could now ask the king and his horse; the king went mad and took the umbrella ]: Oinam et al. s.a.; (cf. Tibetans {the summary is schematic and approximate, but the essence is roughly conveyed} [King Utposhadha has a tumor on his head; she came out a beautiful boy Mandhatar; he grew up and was away when his the father died; demanded that all the regalia be brought to him where he is at the moment; the hermits were annoyed by the sound of crane wings, they made the cranes weak and unable to fly; for this, M. expelled them from his state; seeing people farming, M. ordered that all cultivated plants fall from the sky; so happened; the same happened; the same happened with fabrics and clothes; then rain from precious stones, but only above the royal palace; M. asks if anything remains outside his subordination? such a dvipa remains; M. and his thousand sons go there and ruled there for thousands of years; then another dvipa is the same; in the Uttarakaru area on Mount Meru there are white spots; this is rice growing and ripening by itself for himself; then M. sees some trees in the same place: these are desire trees from which the inhabitants of that country take clothes for themselves; M. came to those lands and enjoyed their grace for thousands of years; etc.; finally, M. went to the palace on Mount Meru, where 33 gods lived; on the way he subdued 500 rishis; M. included the naga and various gods who guarded Meru into his army; M. mastered everything; in the city of Sudarśana, robes on trees four colors, and the others had all possible decorations; any four-color dishes, musical instruments, etc. also grew on the wish trees; and in conclusion, the king of the gods Shakra planted M. next to him and they became the same and equal; the war between the gods and the asuras began; the asuras took possession of part of the fortifications of the city of the gods, but M. defeated them; then M. thought he was better than the gods, and this was his end; he immediately fell ill; when he died, he said that the desire for wealth and power was endless and pointless, sacrifices must be made; after that, many thousands of people abandoned everything and became hermits]: Ralston 1906, No. 1:1-20).

South Asia. Nepal (ethnicity not specified - Nepali?) : Jason 1989, No. 555:29

China - Korea. Koreans [the hunter caught a deer, it turned out to be a fairy, begged him to let him go; the hunter's wife calls him a fool, tells him to ask the deer for money; then home, wealth, servants; {obviously, a deer at the end takes everything away}]: Choi 1979, No. 125:44; Chinese (mostly Shandong, also Anhui) ["The Fisherman and His Wife"; sometimes a person asks for more]: Eberhard 1937, No. 555; Chinese ( Liaoning; Chaoyang County, Tbilisi Liujiazi village Weiingzi, an illiterate Mongolian peasant, spoke Chinese) [husband and wife are begging, felt sorry for the puppy, took skin from them to sell later; they dreamed: it would be nice to have a house, beds, blankets, and silver bars; the puppy began to bring silver bars to the old people; they built a house, bought what was boring; but they were cruel to the puppy, chasing him brings more and more silver; once an old man stole from neighbors a piece of meat, hid it in a pile of brushwood; the puppy carried the meat back, replacing it with his crap; it froze; the old man sent his wife to get meat, began to chew the crap; realizing what was going on, they decided to kill the puppy; but he spoke, promised to punish them for depravity and greed; they ran, fell, the old man became a stone, the old woman became a tree; the puppy relieved them; and since then dogs have marked trees and stones with their urine]: Liaoning 1994, No. 139:307.

The Balkans. Hungarians [The Fisher and His Wife]: Domotor 1988, No. 555:461; Bulgarians [the old man is going to cut down a tree; a bird living in a tree asks not to do so; promises to fulfill his wishes wife; she asks for more and more - to be a boyar, a goddess, and let the bird serve her; then the bird takes everything away]: Daskalova-Perkovska et al. 1994, No. 555:207; Greeks [fisherman catches (goldfish) and lets go (for promising to fulfill his wishes); he asks for food, then home; or he does not ask for anything, but listens to his wife; he must not tell his wife where the luxurious house came from; either an old man or an old woman they climb into heaven on a grown cabbage stalk and the old man who finds himself there fulfills his wishes; the wife wants a palace, wealth, to become queen, papess, mistress of the sea, God; after that, the fish or the heavenly old man takes everything away; either the wife insists and the husband tells us where the wealth comes from; then it disappears]: Megas 2012, No. 555; Romanians [the lumberjack laments out loud about his poverty; voice: what do you want? - Eat. - Dig in the corner of the garden and you'll find a treasure. - Sir, what is your name? - Merlin. Come in a year - you will tell me how you managed the money; in a year M. asks if the person wants anything else; - To be the head of the village; in another year: let my son become bishop; another year: daughter let him become the director's wife; his wife advises to go thank M. again, but the man went to say that he no longer needed him; after that, his son and daughter died, war broke out, soldiers hostile armies ravaged his farm to the ground, the farm had to be sold; with a basket and an ax, the man went back to the forest]: Mawr 1881:15-18; the Serbs [St. Sava spent the night with a peasant; at night a spark fell on the straw and the house burned down; Sava is grateful that the owner woke him up and is ready to grant his wish; first he wants only a new house; then he He summons Sava again and again until he makes him king and gives him a young queen instead of his old wife; when the queen wanted Sava to be her service himself, he returned everything to square one status]: Eschker 1992, No. 78:256-260; Slovenes: Uther 2004 (1), No. 555:325-326.

Central Europe. Russians (Arkhangelsk, Olonetskaya, Vologda, Pskov, Voronezh, Tambov, Ryazan), Ukrainians (Galicia), Belarusians [Kotok golden pubis (goldfish, wonderful tree): fulfills all the wishes of the poor old man's wife (a good house, an important rank, etc.); when she expresses a desire to become the Virgin Mary (queen of the sea), everything disappears and the old man returns to the old shack]: SUS 1979, No. 555:157-158 (many texts); Russians (Arkhangelskaya, Pinega, 1927, p. Tserkova-Gora, a 12-year-old schoolgirl, some of her stories are retelling from readers) [The poor old man catches a golden pike, she promises to fulfill any wish, he lets it go. She tells his wife about this, she orders the old man to ask the fish for a new hut. The wish comes true, she demands that the old man ask him to make his wife a noblewoman, queen. The last wish to have servants does not come true, the pike disappears and the old man can no longer catch it. The old man and the old woman stay in their poor hut with a rotten deck]: Karnaukhova 1934, No. 107:210-211; Russians (Arkhangelskaya, Pomors) [the old man began to cut the forest; bird: don't destroy nests, you will have it bread and salt; at home bread and the solold woman sends back: the house and the lake; carbas and gear; to be afraid of us; the bird turned the old man and the old woman into hunting dogs, the hunters found them, let them on wolves and bears]: Razumova, Senkina 1987:83-85; Russians (Olonetskaya): Belova, Kabakova 2014, No. 140 [=Azadovsky 1947, No. 52:204; the woman sent her grandfather to cut wood; the linden tree asks her not to cut wood - there will be firewood; firewood is chopped at home; then the old woman sends them to the linden tree for bread; then wants everyone to be afraid of them; the old man comes back, stumbled on the doorstep and became a bear; the old woman also stumbled, became a bear; from them bears happen], 141 [about the same as in (140); the old man wants to cut a linden tree to sell and buy bread]: 109, 109-110; Russians (Vologda) [The old man and the old woman live near the forest, the old man follows with firewood. He hits the stump with an ax - the cat jumps out, begins to resent that he was woken up. He asks what the old man needs, he asks for a new hut. She returns - the wish is fulfilled, but there is no firewood, the old woman sends it back to the forest. The story of the cat repeats itself, the old man asks for firewood, now the old woman sends him for food - receives barns full of flour, sends him for furniture - receives him, and so does the old woman for clothes. The old woman wants to become a queen - she is fulfilled. In the end, she demands to be made Virgin Mary, to which the cat does not respond and "goes into the stump." The old man returns to his old dilapidated hut]: Burtsev 1895, No. 22:122-123; Russians (Voronezhskaya, 1964, p. Kamenno-Verkhovka, Novousmansky district) [The old man catches goldfish and asks it for a new hut and trough. The old woman is unhappy that her husband asked for so little, demands that he ask to make her a noblewoman, the fish promises. The old woman orders the servants to bring her husband, wants to become the mistress of the sea so that the goldfish are "on parcels". The fish is silent in response to the old man's request, wiggled its tail and swam away. The old man returns to a collapsed hut and a broken trough. "And the father started the old woman (?) beat"]: Kretov 1977, No. 22:39-40; Kuzmina et al. 2005, No. 7/21 [the bean is going to cut a linden tree, she asks not to cut, promises a new hut; then the bean asks for richness, nobility; when he began to ask for the kingdom, a linden tree turned him into a bear; therefore, a bear's paws look like human hands]: 107-108; Russians (Ryazan) [the man plowed, complains to the lady about his life; replies that he wants to be a master; she made him a master; now she wants to be king; lady: you will always be dissatisfied, be a bear; this is where the bear came from]: Smirnov 1917, No. 240:134; Poles [fisherman lets go of caught fish for a promise to fulfill his three wishes; or a man goes up to the gates of paradise; his wife wants her husband or herself to become prince, king, dad, God; fish first fulfills wishes, but eventually a fisherman loses everything he got]: Krzyżanowski 1947, No. 555:180-181; Slovaks, Czechs: Uther 2004 (1), No. 555:325-326.

Caucasus - Asia Minor. Nogais [the tree asks the old man not to cut it, promises to fulfill the request, he asks for firewood; the old woman complains that the firewood is small, tells him to ask for flour; the tree's leaves have turned yellow, it promises to give flour; the next day, the old woman says that it is snowing, it turned out to be flour; the old woman wants gold and silver; the leaves of the tree are almost opal; the old woman is afraid that they will now be robbed, tells me to ask the tree to be afraid of them; the tree's last leaves fell, it turned the old woman into a fox, the old man into a bear]: Aliyeva 2013, No. 107:467-468; Turks (the only record in Ankara) [the fisherman caught a fish, that asked her to let her go, he agreed, the fish promises to fulfill his wishes; the fisherman's wife wants 1) a big house; 2) a palace with servants; 3) turn her and her husband into a king and queen; 4) kill and fry this one itself fish; after that, everything that appears disappears]: Eberhard, Boratav 1953, No. 70:77.

Baltoscandia. Estonians (southwestern Estonia, Tõstamaa): Järv et al. 2015 [a similar option from Palamuse to Mälk et al. 1967, No. 80:265-269; the poor tenant (saunik) was too lazy to go to the forest, went to the neighboring pasture, he began to cut down an old tree (from the sacred grove); a gray head appeared from under the root: why are you cutting? man: wife, children; old man: go home, there is already a woodpile; the man decided to go back to the tree with an ax, ask for the barn; then let him be full of goodness; then become a judge; landowner; general; when asked to make him king, the old man got angry, made him a bear; and his wife, having inherited all his wealth, married a noble gentleman; he met a bear and shot him]: 35-36; 2016 [the tree asks a man do not cut it, promises to pay off; man wants all barns and chests at home to be full; man comes again, wants to become the elder of the county; landowner; prince; when he wants to become king, a tree replies that this is too much and turns him into a tree; when the trees creak, this old man cries, regretting his recklessness (nutab oma uhkust)]: 53-54); seto: Järv et al. 2015:43-49 [ the man went into the forest, cutting alder, birch, aspen, bird cherry; when he began to cut the oak tree, he begged not to cut it, said that the man's yard was full of firewood; the man came again with an ax and demanded that it be made landowner; does not know anything, does not know how to dress, what a lighter, a gun is; asks to return it to its previous state; but the oak promises that a person will get used to it, the former landowner has taught everything; man demands money from oak; it must be carried home in bags from oak; man, wife, son and daughter carried it, tired and died, wolves, dogs and birds ate it; it was not an oak tree, but St. Peter], 51 (1980) [the boy lived with his grandmother, caught a goldfish, she asks to let her go, gives her a box that fulfills his wishes; asked his grandmother for food; then a house; a car; vodka; drank, drove across the bridge, fell into the water and drowned]; Veps: Onegin, Zaitseva 1996, No. 88 [grandfather goes fishing, comes across a goldfish, she fulfills all the old woman's requests, gives a trough, a hut, but does not fulfill her desire to be queen], 124 [okushok gives old people a new hut, a trough, plows the land; however, the fish does not fulfill the grandmother's further wishes: to give her dishes, cattle, sow, reap, threshing, baking bread, cook for her]: 208, 210; Sami Finland (Inari, Colt), Karelians, Leaders: Kecskeméti, Paunonen 1974, No. 555:231-232; Livonans, Finns, Icelanders: Uther 2004 (1), No. 555:325-326; Swedes: Balzamo 2011, No. 130 [old woman expresses stupid wishes]: 191-192; Liungman 1961, No. 555 [a fisherman caught a goldfish that promised to fulfill his wishes if he lets it go; or the beans or cabbage grow to heaven, a person goes up there and fulfills his desires by St. Peter; the fisherman's wife wants a good home first, then more and more; when she demands that she be turned into God the Father, everything she received is lost]: 161; Norwegians [the poor fisherman caught a fish that in fact, an enchanted prince; he let her go; the fish consistently fulfills the wishes of the fisherman's wife, but eventually takes away everything it gave]: Hodne 1984, No. 555:132; Lithuanians: Kerbelite 2014, No. 89 [the poor man asks the old man more and more; when he expresses a desire to be God, he makes him, his wife and children dogs], 90 [the same: the donor is a stump]: 200-202, 202-203; Latvians (Livonia) [husband and wife they always quarreled and lived in a tub; a bird with lightning eyes offered to move them to a good house, taught them to call her with a clap and ask for what they needed; they moved to manor house, then husband wanted to be king and wife God; the bird brought them back to the tub]: Brivzemniax 1887, No. 136:277-278.

Volga - Perm. Marie: Sabitov 1989, No. 555 [Wonderful tree: fulfills all the wishes of a poor man (good household, important rank, etc.); when he expresses a desire to become a bailiff, that's it disappears, the poor man turns into a bear; (many texts)]: 34-35; Chetkarev 1948 [the firewood is over, the wife sends her husband to the forest, he is going to cut a linden tree, a voice from the hollow asks not to cut, says that firewood already at his house; so many times, a person asks for more and more (house, cattle, money, headman, foreman; when he asks to be made a bailiff, i.e. a big master, to ride in the downy feather bed, wakes up in the den as a bear; "the bear is a lordly breed, descended from the back"]: 89-91; Anderson 1935:11-15 in Kippar 2002 [the poor man goes to the forest to cut down Christmas trees to build a house; the spruce says that for you don't need to cut it down, mark the plot and go to bed; in the morning the house is ready; he is back with an ax to the spruce, you need a yard; then money; came again: everything is there, no respect; spruce: now people will be afraid of you, and you people; the man became a bear, the bears are shy]: 117-118; Beke 1938, No. 17 [the fisherman could not catch anything for a long time; finally caught a goldfish; she asked her to let her go, promised to fulfill his wishes if her call; the wife sends to ask for a new trough; then the house; then beer and vodka, supplies, the servant; when the old man returns, his wife has a new man; he goes to ask for fish himself: if he does not feel well, even if he feels good old woman too; when he returns, the old man sees their old hut and crying old woman]: 55-59; Mordovians [the old man went to cut an oak tree; the bird from above screams: Dil-dil, grandfather, don't ruin my nest, I'll give you something ask; the old man asks for firewood; at home the wife sends to ask for money; son and daughter-in-law; become king; become god; after the last request, the old man became a dog and the old woman became a cat]: Samorodov 1972:157-159 (in Kecskem éti, Paunonen 1974, № 555:231-232 text defined as Erzyan); Udmurts [the old man wants to split off a splint from the birch tree, it promises to fulfill all his wishes; the spouses are getting rich; the old woman tells ask the old man for something terrible to make them all afraid; they turn into bears; (the origin of bears)]: Klabukov 1948, No. 44:129-131; Bashkirs [the old man brought a chock, began to stab, a bird pops out, ready to fulfill her wish; the old man asked for firewood; the old woman every time tells me to ask for something else (food, become a merchant); after she wants to become a queen of the forest, a chock and that's it What was requested disappeared, and the old people turned into forest shurals - horned, covered with wool, with green beards]: Barag 1989, No. 47:214-216.

Turkestan. Kyrgyz [the old man went to buy firewood, began to cut down a tree; a golden bird flew out of the tree, asked not to cut, promised to do whatever he wanted; the old man asked to bring him so much home firewood so that he could heat plenty; in the morning, the doorstep was full of firewood; a few days later the old man went to cut the tree again and asked for a white yurt; then wished to become a bay, have herds of white cattle; Información suplementaria the old man wanted to become a khan; cut down the plane tree, but the bird did not appear; returned home - there is nothing there; only the old woman says: greed will not do well]: Sabyr uulu 2008:41-42.

Southern Siberia - Mongolia. Chelkans (p. Kurmach-Baigol, recorded during trips between 1934-1952) [the orphan boy was starving and went hunting; he chased the squirrel, which hid in the hollow of a stump; the boy began to cut it; the squirrel asked what he needed; the boy replied that he wanted to eat at least one to his fill once; the squirrel told me to go home and go to bed; when the boy woke up, it turned out that instead of an open, smooth place, a small house with a roof appeared, and instead of clothes made of leaves, he was wearing clothes made of matter; the boy took the food out of the oven and ate; then went to the same stump and began to cut it; the squirrel asked what he needed now; the boy said: "Now, in addition to eating, I need a house, let it be a big house with three or four floors, let there be a lot of people there, and let there be a shop on one of the floors"; the squirrel told me to go to bed; when the boy woke up, he saw a three-four-story house on one of the floors there was a shop, but there were no people leaving or entering it; the boy went to the stump, knocked on it and told the squirrel that he wanted to be a great merchant; the squirrel also fulfilled this wish; the boy again went back to the stump and told the squirrel he had decided to be a great deity; the squirrel agreed and told him to go to bed; the boy did as she said; when he got up, he was just like at the beginning, dressed in leaves and in a hut; the boy went to the stump, but no matter how much he knocked, the squirrel did not come out; the boy split the stump and scattered the chips, but the squirrel never came out]: Baskakov 1985:103-104; Khakas [to the old man and the old woman an old man came in; they complained about their poverty; the old man gave them food and firewood; now the wife sent her husband to ask for a house; in the morning the house is ready; then cattle; people; to become chief; minister; king; God; former poverty returns]: Katanov 1907, No. 621:544-546; Tuvans [the golden bird asks the old man not to cut down the tree in which it lives, promises to fulfill any desire; he asks for firewood; on the next day he asks for a white yurt; white cattle; the old woman asks her husband not to be greedy, but he wants to be a khan; there is no bird, the old man knocked down a tree, and the next morning they have their old black yurt full of holes]: Hadahane 1984:53- 54; the Buryats [the man who made wooden dishes began to cut the birch tree; she asked to stop, promised to fulfill his wish, he wanted to become a merchant; then a king; because only birch knows that he is not a king, sent servants to cut it down; the birch tree tells them to stop: their king has become a bear; when meeting a bear, you must say "Tsar Man, give way"]: Dugarov 1990:329-330.

Eastern Siberia. Evenki (Podkamennaya Tunguska) [the hunter agreed not to shoot at the capercaillie; he gives the plague, his wife and the farm; the hunter asks that the firewood be cut by themselves and rushed into the hut; the squirrel and the fish themselves they were mined; when he wanted the capercaillie to be his employee, he flew away, everything he received was gone]: Suvorov 1956:27-28.

Amur - Sakhalin. Nanais [at the request of his wife, the poor old man went to buy firewood; asks him not to cut the tree; the next day all the firewood is covered with firewood; then the wife sends the old man to the tree for food; clothes; the old woman wants a tree in their yard; in response, the tree drops a log on her when she goes out into the yard; the old woman tells the old man to cut down the tree; then wood, food, clothes, all immediately disappears]: Sam, Sem 2020, No. 69:327-334; Manchus [old ginseng can turn into a person of any gender and age; one became a 20-year-old boy, met another boy, they fraternized; Ginseng led him to his mountain; if necessary, let the named brother come on the first day of the seventh month and call him; the bird will take him away; the poor young man decided to take advantage of the offer, the bird brought him to a huge meadow of ginseng; he took five or six roots, bought a field and an ox; envious of the rich man, decided to come again, dug up many roots, sold it, lived in the palace; decided to dig up the main root and give to the emperor; when he took up the spade, there was thunder, the ginseng was gone; the next day, the palace and all the acquired property burned down; people saw a ginseng bird over the fire]: Bäcker 1988, No. 15:110- 115.

Japan. Japanese (1 entry in western Kyushu; another in northwest Honshu, but its authenticity is questionable) [a fisherman catches and releases a goldfish; his wife sends her husband three times to ask for a new home - increasingly large; when the husband comes back after the third time, he has an old poor hut in front of him]: Ikeda 1971, No. 555:148.