K169. Pregnant roe deer. 29.32.33.

The hunter spares the stalked animal, noticing that it is a pregnant female and remembering his own pregnant wife.

Crimean Tatars, Nogais, Chuvash, Kazakhs, Dungans.

Caucasus - Asia Minor. Crimean Tatars [when hunting, the padishah did not shoot a pregnant hare, remembering his pregnant wife; the vizier says that he also has a pregnant wife; they agreed to marry children if they will be of different sexes; the vizier has a son Dahir, the padishah has a daughter Zöhre; the vizier died and the padishah raised D. as a son; when they are 15, the witch told Z. that D. was not her brother, but her groom; in anger, Z. broke the glass, which the old woman held in her hands; then the old woman said the same to Dahir; soon D. and Z. stopped going to school and instead indulged in love; the old witch reported this to the padishah and convinced her not give his daughter for D.; he must be sent to the city of Mardin, from where he will return only in 7 years; the ship is out of place; old woman: until these two talk, it will not move; D. settled in Mardin with a woman, she called him a son; he began working in the padishah's garden, where her husband was a gardener; the wind tore off her hat, the padishah's daughter saw a golden strand, fell in love; asks D. to bring her fruit, gives her a goose, then a turkey, a chicken full of gold; D. does not know about it, the named mother quietly hides gold; Z. gave a bald letter: she is being married; D. galloped home, the robber missed him; the witch advised the padishah put D. in a barrel and throw it into the sea; the barrel does not move until Z. says goodbye to D.; the barrel has sailed to the city of Gulistan; the padishah's daughter falls in love with D., the padishah is ready to give it away; D.: I will be 7 years old first give everyone who came to drink for free in a coffee shop at the crossroads; asked them to sing a song for coffee; one bald man sang a song he heard from Z. and handed a letter from her; D. sailed away in the boat, the padishah's daughter grabbed he was his clothes, but he cut off the floor; Z. hid D. in her place, covered with a burqa, noticed it on the chief of the guard; the witch to the padishah; pass Z. off as D. if he sings 4 verses without naming Z.; but D. named her and the hangman cut off his head; the witch tried to feed Z. D.'s meat so that she would forget him, but Z. pushed her down the stairs; stabbed to death at D.'s grave; the shepherd killed the witch, buried it between the graves lovers; white and red roses grew on their graves, and a thorn on the witch's grave]: Zherdeva 2020, No. 77; Nogais [Bozakbay tells Kazynbay to shoot at the hare, but he refuses: the hare pregnant, like his wife; B.'s wife is also pregnant, gives birth to a son Boztokli, K.'s wife is Kiyvaseker's daughter, friends agree to marry them in the future; B. died, Kazynbay's family migrated; Boztokli left Alchik under the woman's feet, she fell, spilled milk, scolded Boztokli: she lost her father and lost his fiancée; Boztokli asks her mother to fry millet, pressed her hand with a hot spoon, the mother admits that her son has betrothed; on the way, Boztokli greets seven mounds, addressing each "Gray Head"; at the well she throws a ring into the jug of the maid Kiyvaseker; the bride recognizes Boztokli; they want to pass her off as a hero, who sleeps for seven days, she offers to run; near Boztokli's house, leaves the bride in a tree, goes to her mother; Kiyvaseker sees the reflection of the khan's maid who comes to fetch water, takes it for her own; then notices K., offers to go down to look in her head, pushes her into the well, sat down on a tree with her two children (i.e. the babies K. gave birth to); replies that her nose stretched out while she cried, her arms were stretched out while she cried hardened by getting off the tree and climbing back in anticipation, etc.; servant B. finds K., hears her talking about what happened in a song; the servant goes home twice to tell everything, but everyone forgets once; the third time he deliberately tears his hat so as not to forget; the soothsayer tells B. to dig a hole from the well, put the children in it, they will cry, K. will come out of the well; B. grabbed K.; asked a maid, whether she wants 40 legs or a killing knife; she chose legs, she was tied to the tails of 40 horses]: Nogai 1979, No. 19:102-109.

Volga - Perm. Chuvashi [while hunting, the king wanted to shoot the fox, but saw that it was pregnant; he thought of his pregnant wife and decided to spare the fox; on the other side of the mountain, the king met the same fox the close associate also did not shoot, thinking about his pregnant wife; when they met, the king and his entourage agreed that if they had children of different sexes, they would marry them, and if alone, let they will be friends; both had sons; the young men grew up; the prince saw a portrait of the princess in the book, fell in love; the tsar says that 40 years ago he tried unsuccessfully to achieve this princess; gives the prince an army; it murmurs, the prince sends him home; sees 40 people beat one, and he laughs, buys the man lying for 40 camels loaded with gold; that man, Garambur, promises to get the princess; Light fires all night so that he, G., takes out the princess and finds the prince; in the morning the prince sleeps, the last fire goes out; G. scolds him but continues to serve; the princess in the chest; G. orders the prince to tie and kicked himself to her hair until she went down to the ground, promised to become a wife and gave up hair from her right armpit; the same from her left armpit; from her pubis ("from her chest"); they came to the house; the prince came in, there 12 robbers were feasting, the prince was thrown into the cellar; G. slowly took 12 swords out of the house, put the point up, rolled the millstones over them; 11 swords bent, and the 12th cut the millstones in half; G. took this sword, hacked down the robbers; the prince and his wife and G. began to live in the house; they forbade the prince's wife to unlock the barn; she unlocked it, two wolves, white and gray, came out, took her away; G. became a fly, flew to the wolves, they did the prince's wife is a maid; G. tells her to find out where the souls of the wolves are; they first say that there is a jamb under the window; the princess decorated the joint; in the broom the same thing; the white wolf: there is a red bull in the sky, a ram in the bull, in the ram a hare, a duck in a hare, there are two eggs in the duck; to get eggs, you have to whistle through the royal ring; G. prince: you have a ring on your finger; G. whistled into the ring, a bull came down from the sky; wolves ask them not to destroy them; G. tells them to create a palace next to the royal palace and take the prince and his wife there to the bed to wake up in their bed; the wolves did everything; the feast]: Chuvash tales 1937:255-264.

Turkestan. Kazakhs (eastern Kazakhstan) [while hunting, Sarybay asks Karabakh not to shoot at a female maral, because they also have pregnant wives at home; suggests marrying children if one has a son and another daughter; K. had a son, Kozy-Korpesh, S. had a daughter, Bayan-Slu; S. died after falling on a rock; predictor: if newborns get married, they will be unhappy; only brother S. Apsebay insists on marriage; after the death of S.'s wife, power in the family passed into the hands of the adopted Kalmyk Kodar-Kul, he must marry BS; to avoid this, the BS requires Kodar-Kul to count the cattle he dug wells, dug an artificial lake, smeared the shores with salt; he did everything (now it is lake. Tansyk); Kozy-Korpesh maims peers; throws stones at his grandmother's yarn; she advises him to find his bride better; Kozy-Korpesh put his mother's hand in hot wheat, she had to confess; mother asks a sorceress to prevent her son from going to fight with Kodar-Kul; she creates obstacles (a ferocious camel, a river, a forest), but they disappear because Kozy-Korpesh is not afraid; the witch has become a golden fox, disappeared into a hole; that's it what to put in the hole turns gold; Kozy-Korpesh gilded his hair; met A.; showed him his golden hair - this is the sign of the BS groom; Kozy-Korpesh was hired as a shepherd, opened up to the bride; Kodar-Kula sent Kozy-Korpesh to bring a heavy hammer; he found it and picked it up, but threw it into the lake; Kodar-Kula told the shepherd to get out, he threw it to the ground; Kodar-Kula brought the Kalmyk army; it was defeated, Kodar -Kula is captivated but spared; most of his relatives are on his side; Kozy-Korpesh is hiding; the old woman tortured the starling, forcing him to tell him where Kozy-Korpesh is; he was killed; BS found the body, the old man revived him for three days, The BS promised revenge; lured Kodar-Kulu into the well, ordered him to be thrown with earth and stones; ordered him to erect a high monument over Koza-Korpesh's grave; caravanbashi fell in love with her, his people erected a monument; BS promises to marry whoever jumps down from it; all suitors, including caravanbashi, jumped and crashed to death; BS stabbed and buried with Kozy-Korpesh]: Zhanuzakova 1977:177-197; Dungans [The Black Emperor and the Yellow Emperor killed a pregnant deer while hunting; both feel sorry because their wives must give birth; if they are a boy and a girl, they decided to marry them; C.'s wife gives birth to a girl Hiynur "black girl"), wife of J. - Juonsa's son (from "huon" means "yellow"); J. the emperor died, C. married his daughter to the son of another sovereign; H. chooses a lousy horse, he turns into a "heavenly horse"; H. is hired an employee to C. imperator, exchanges bracelets with his daughter; father-in-law wins and marries H.]: Riftin et al. 1977, No. 32:517.