K179. As much gold as the bride weighs. .13.14.16.17. (.22.) .30.31.

As much (or more) gold (silver) as she weighs herself has been given or promised for the girl.

Nubians, Berbers of Morocco, Irish, Ugarit, Palestinians, Socotra, (Thai of Vietnam: so much gold and silver that 9 steps of the stairs will break under its weight), Lurs, Baluchis, Norwegians.

Sudan - East Africa. The Nubians [the man suggested that the lumberjack change his two bundles of firewood for a baboon; the baboon advised him to drive his wife away, promised to marry the princess; the king will give his daughter for gold, which weighs the same how much a girl; the baboon asks the princess to show how rich she is; the princess opens the treasury; the baboon stole the key, stole gold, bought the owner luxurious clothes, a horse, etc.; the woodcutter received princess; once laughed, his wife began to question why; the baboon advises to explain that he used to live in a palace made of gold and silver, and now in clay bricks; the princess wants to see this palace; a baboon comes to a similar palace; it is inhabited by a slave who took possession of the childless king's property after his death; the baboon says that the king has a son and will now arrive; (the slave runs away), a former woodcutter settles in the palace with his wife and people]: Basset 1903, No. 52:133-137.

North Africa. The Berbers of Morocco (Fez) [the sultan keeps her daughter in a glass palace; a black woman feeds her crustless bread and boneless meat; once a black woman fell ill, sent another; she brought normal bread and meat; the princess liked it; she began to knock her brain out of bone against the glass wall; a crack appeared in the wall, a fly flew in, it was jinnia; said that girls should marry; advised me not to eat, but secretly brought food to the princess herself; the Sultan called the applicants; let the daughter throw the golden apple herself at someone she liked; no one likes it; the cannibal took the form an impeccable handsome man; a fly examined him and confirmed that this was so; the sultan demands gold for his daughter by her weight; the cannibal delivered five times more; three months later, his son-in-law told the Sultan that he would like to return home; the sultan sent an escort - all his army; on the way, the cannibal ate everyone; the wife did not notice, because she was walking ahead; when the maid looked around, the husband said that he had sent the soldiers back, because his country was close ; the fly knew everything, but was afraid of the ogre; in the palace, the cannibal first ate the maid and then swallowed the fly; the wife gave birth, asked her husband for his parents to come, but he only pretended to send a letter to them; and he ate the baby himself; the same with the second child; old woman: to save the next one, pretend to be sick and go to your husband for herbs; under the supervision of an old woman and in secret from the ogre, the princess gave birth a beautiful girl; once a cannibal overheard his wife talking to an old woman; the old woman managed to carry the girl, and the cannibal swallowed his wife; but repented (he still loved his wife), broke her head against the wall and died; the old woman she took it out of his stomach and buried it; carried the ogre's body piece by piece and also buried it; when she died, the old woman gave the girl a cat's skin: in the form of a cat you will leave the cannibal land; the shepherdess picked up the cat, gave it to the Sultan's son; in the absence of the prince, the cat turns into a girl; the prince sees her, gives her ring; the girl disappears, the prince is going to search; the cat meows, the prince leaves her in the room, giving flour, etc., to cook cakes; finds his ring in a bag of cakes; stays in the palace and tells the Sultan to marry him to a cat; after the wedding, the cat threatens to kill her, she sheds off the cat's skin; The Sultan's second son is a dog; he tells his father to marry him; after the wedding, he demands that the dog become a girl; she bit him; in the morning the sultan sends a servant to the newlyweds, the dog bit to death him; so by many servants; the sultan shot the dog; after his death, a son who married a cat inherited the throne]: El Fasi, Dermenghem 1928:165-178.

Western Europe. The Irish [the weaver and daughter go for firewood; the rider asks to give him his daughter, offers as much gold as the girl weighs; the weaver agrees, tells his wife that the daughter is missing; the same with the second, with the third daughter, they give silver and copper for them; the weaver buries treasures, tells the truth to his wife; a son is born; at school he learns about the fate of his sisters, goes to look for them; shares bread with a red-haired man man; he gives a sword of sharpness, a fabric of abundance, a cape of darkness (i.e. an invincible sword, a magic tablecloth, an invisible cape); the young man consistently comes to his sisters; their husbands are a ram, a salmon, an eagle, at night they take the form of people; they give the young man a piece of wool, a piece of fin, a feather; a young man comes to a beauty kidnapped by an ogre giant, seriously injures him; a giant tells the beauty that his life is in a chest At the bottom of the sea, there is a duck with an egg in it; salmon take out a chest, rams break it, eagles kill a duck; a beautiful woman breaks an egg, a giant dies, a young man marries a kidnapped person, takes the giant's treasures, visits sisters, brings his wife home, returns magic items to the red-haired man; he says he is the brother of a ram, salmon and eagle]: Curtin 1975:26-36.

Western Asia. Ugarit [Keret follows the advice, but on his way to Udum he visits the sanctuary of Asiratu Tira, Goddess of Sidon, where he vows that he will give the goddess double or triple the weight of the bride, in gold or silver; (If I successfully take Hurraya to my house, bring the girl into my courts, double her weight in silver I will give, triple her weight in gold)]: Pardee 1997:336; Palestinians [poor infertile woman asks God to give her any son, even an animal; gave birth to a camel; named Jumail; he grew up and ordered him to marry the Sultan's youngest daughter, Princess Ward; the sultan asks for a daughter of gold worth her weight; D. brought the servants to the cave, they brought much more treasures from there; when V. came to her husband, he appeared as a beautiful young man; he is the son of the king of jinns; if V. she will talk about it, she will lose him; enemies attacked, D. defeated them, but the wife said that that rider was her husband; he was missing; the Sultan built baths where women could not pay, but should have tell stories; an old woman told how she spent the night in a tree; the earth opened, the prince and his entourage came out; his wife came and hugged him; witchcraft was destroyed, the prince can live on earth in a human appearance]: Bushnaq 1987:188-193; Socotra [when dying, the father tells his son to take his wife with as much silver as she weighs; one person asks for 700 thalers for the eldest daughter, and for the youngest, silver is equal to her weight; the person pays, but does not have enough; the person borrowed it on the condition that if he does not give it back in a month, the lender can cut a pound of flesh out of his leg; 3 pounds the moneylender read according to the calculations of the man's father, but 3 remain; a month later, the moneylender came; the man offers 3 pounds of French coins, but the moneylender does not agree; the wife ordered to go to the judge; herself dressed up as a judge; told the moneylender that he could carve a pound of flesh, but not a gram more or less, otherwise she would pay with his life; or let him take 3 pounds of silver; the moneyman took the money; the wife returned home before her husband and changed clothes]: Müller 1902, No. K: 149-151.

(Wed. Burma - Indochina. Thai Vietnam [a poor young man lives with his aunt; one day he sees ants catch but cannot carry a beetle and a worm; puts them in front of their hole; grateful ants invite it to their place, give it to them chicken leg; every morning he will find gold by her side; the young man tells his aunt to marry him the elder's daughter; he requires so much gold and silver to break nine steps under his weight stairs; a young man gets a wife; frivolously tells how he got rich; she takes a chicken leg to her parents; a young man sends a dog and cat to return it, otherwise they will have nothing to eat; across the river the cat crosses on the dog's back; the cat catches the rat and tells it to gnaw a hole in the chest; the rat brings a leg; at the crossing, the cat is forced to give the leg to the dog; swimming to the shore, it opened its mouth and the leg fell into the water; the dog came home guiltily; the cat stayed at the shore; told the crab to reach its leg; since then they love cats more than dogs, and they don't love each other]: Deheorge 1925:973-975).

Iran - Central Asia. Lura [the king has three sons, the youngest Jahantigh; his father's wife offered him love, J. refused; the woman grabbed him by the clothes, he cut off the piece of dress that was left in her hand, ran away; she accused him of an attempt on her honor; the king wanted to execute her son, but the vizier advised him to simply expel him; the older brothers left with the youngest; at night they take turns keeping the fire; when J. the wind blew out the fire; J. came to 16 demons; they cannot get the princess, because there are bells everywhere, which start to ring when they approach and the guards wake up; J. suggests stuffing them into the bells cotton wool; then tells the demons to go up one by one and kills everyone; kisses the princess and changes rings with her; brings a brazier to the sleeping brothers; in the city everyone claims that he destroyed it demons; when J. came, the king wants to give him his daughter, but he gives her older brother and moves on; in another village, the inhabitants are exhausted; the dragon closed the spring, every day gives water for sheep, bread and girl, turn of the royal daughter; clenching the back of the sword with his teeth, J. and the girl rushes into the dragon's mouth, ripped it apart with the blade of a sword; the girl marked the savior with dragon blood; all sources are here But they were filled; the men gathered, the princess found her savior; J. gave in to her middle brother, went on; J. comes to a city whose inhabitants are invisible; the fairy saw J. in a dream and will break the spell, if J. comes to her; when she saw him, she made everyone else visible; J. married his servant to the fairy and came to a city where there are only women; the fairy king invites everyone to overcome him, but no one can and he killed all men; the old woman teaches: we must take possession of the king's sea horse; hide in the stable; the horse will start, the king will come to give him sugar; so twice; the third time the king whips off the horse and leaves; then J. the horse will be pigeon; after defeating the king, he can be released only after he says "with my mother's milk and father's pain"; the fairy king gave his daughter J.; once his wife combed her hair and her hair fell into the river; his prince picked it up, the old woman promised to get the owner if she was given as much gold as she weighs herself; she came to J.'s wife; she did not want to keep her, but J. told her to keep it; the old woman persuaded J.'s wife to find out what his strength was; his wife pretended to be offended, J. admitted that his strength was in the blade in his arm; when he fell asleep, his wife took out the blade and gave it to the old woman, she threw him into the river, put the woman to sleep and took him to the prince; J.'s wife told him she was in mourning for 40 days; his older brother J. saw that his star had set and his middle brother knew how to be underwater; they came the middle one took the blade from the bottom of the river, J. regained consciousness; the brothers bribed the old woman to take J.'s wife out of town; J. returned his wife, ordered the old woman to be burned]: Amanolahi, Thackston 1986, No. 1:1-9; Baluchis [41 sons of one king go to marry 41 daughters of another; the younger Amat-sha agrees to send a sword in his place to stay in charge of the house; on the way back, the buzlangi (white diva) takes his wife; A. learns about this from a conversation between dervishes; A. goes to look for his wife; on the way he wins, takes Buzlanga the Ploughman and the Grain Grinder as comrades, hitting stones; at the night, first the Ploughman, then the Mukomol go to look fire; the Forty, who owns it, puts them under his knee; A. defeats him, takes him with the fourth companion; S. brings A. to the border of the country a white diva; A. kills him with a club, takes his wife; from two Kings S. dressed as A. fulfills the condition (to carry a heavy stone, eat a lot), receives the princesses, A. gives them to the Ploughman and Mukomol; A.'s wife's hair falls into the river, it was swallowed by fish, the hunter's son caught her, took it to the prince, he found hair; whoever finds the owner promises twice as much gold as her weight; sends an old woman, who persuades his wife to find out where her husband's soul is in the sword; throws a sword at a well, lures a woman into a box, brings the prince; The ploughman and Mukomol see blood instead of milk, fly in pigeons, wake up S., he pulls his sword out of the well, A. comes to life, S. returns his wife; A. visits his father]: Zarubin 1932, No. 11:134-150.

Baltoscandia. Norwegians [while in Turkey, a merchant buys a bride, giving gold for her weight; to do this, he borrows money from a loan shark (a Jew), promising a "pound of Christian flesh" as collateral; in his absence from his wife, three other men fall in love; she deceives them all and gets paid from them not to reveal the secret; her husband suspects her of infidelity, punishes and leaves her; she dresses a man and finds him in a foreign country where he is being held in captivity; as a judge, she releases her husband]: Hodne 1984, No. 890:195.