K24C. An old man helps his wife get a bird. .23.27.-.29.

A young man comes to an old man (less often an old woman), who teaches him to get a magical wife by hiding her birds' clothes. Usually, a young man gives his clothes for the first time and lives with the old man until the girls arrive again.

Uttar Pradesh (Hindi), Kannada, Birkhor, Condas, Greeks, Western Ukrainians (Transcarpathia, Hutsulshchyna), Poles, Czechs, Balkarians, Georgians, Azerbaijanis, Kurds, Estonians.

South Asia. Uttar Pradesh, Hindi: Zograf 1976 [the young king's wife does not like his three younger brothers, especially his youngest; tells him to bring Anarzadi (the pomegranate girl); he goes to look for her; Rakshas in the appearance of a sadhu (hermit) gives a bunch of keys; in the seventh room, the young man sees skeletons; they laugh, say they were also princes, they were looking for A.; Rakshas pushed everyone into boiling oil; they told them to push them into boiling oil his own oil; after killing Rakshasa, the young man meets a real sadhu; he tells him to pick a flower from a pomegranate when the peri comes to bathe; you cannot look back when the peri calls; the young man looked around and fell dead, The sadhu revived him; the young man fell asleep at the well, the flower turned into A.; the liar took her clothes, pushed her into a well, lay down with the young man; he married a liar; A. became a rose in the well; her prince caught it; the wife pretends to be sick, a rose will cure her; she trampled on her, threw it away; a pomegranate grew; tells her to cut it down; a pomegranate flower falls from the core of the trunk, the prince hides it in the barn, finds A. in the morning, marries; a liar kills horses, smears her sleeping mouth with blood, accuses her; the prince orders A. to be cut into pieces in the forest; a grenade grew there, the poor man dug clay, knocked down a tree, A. came out of it, said that she would his sister; weaves scarves, the prince is looking for a craftswoman, she tells her story; the liar is executed]: 87-93; kannada [the mighty king asks four sons what they will do after his death; senior: I will continue my father's work on the throne; second: I will help my brother rule the state; third: I will lead the army; fourth: I will become king of kings, build my own city and marry four heavenly virgins; the king expelled his youngest son; once in the forest, he came to the old woman's house; she is the daughter of a sage hermit who lost control and raped a girl; then he was torn to pieces by a tiger, and The daughter who was born was ugly; her mother died and she became a hermit in the forest; as a result, she found power; the young man began to herd her cows; she told her not to take them north; he went and hid by the pond; Indra's four daughters came down, took off their sari, began to swim; he stole one sari; the maiden ran after him, promised to become a wife, he looked around in amazement, she took the sari and turned the young man into stone; the old woman found him and revived him; told him to take the sari and run to her house without looking back; he did so; the old woman turned him into a baby, and hid the sari inside his thigh, so that the seam was not visible; when the maiden came running, the old woman advised her to cover herself by giving a cotton sari; then she promised to return the sari if the virgin agreed to marry the young man; the young man and wife came to town; the king's servants saw the maiden, They reported to the king; he pretended to be ill, sent the young man to extract the venom of the serpent Karkotak; his wife sent him to the snake hole and gave a letter to the snake; on the way he saved the worm from the web; threw the letter into the hole; four snakes carried him to the lower world to the king of snakes; the letter asked him to marry his daughter and comply with his request for poison; returning with his second wife and poison, the young man gave the poison to the king's servants; when they opened the bottle, the tamarind standing nearby flashed and burned; the king ordered the poison to be buried deeper; sent the young man to bring the crocodile's bile; on the way, the young man let the young man on land into the water crocodile; the young man sent letters from his wife to the crocodiles; the king of the seas gave him a daughter, diamonds and bile; now the king asks him to go to heaven to Indra and find out how his late parents and brothers are doing; wives They wrote many letters, the young man jumped into the fire, the god of fire took him to heaven, where Indra gave him a daughter, letters to the king and minister, and returned him to the ground; on the way, the young man saved the ants when the anthill was flooded with water; the young man gave letters; inviting him to heaven - you must also jump into the fire; the king and minister and his families burned down; the young man made a poor brahmana king; he and four wives built a new city; at this time his father lost his kingdom and became a firewood seller; he came with his family to the young man's town; he sheltered them; gave his first wife's sari to his mother; his wife asked her for it, put it on and all four wives flew to heaven, and The city turned into a jungle again; the young man brought his brothers and mother to the city, where he made a brahman king, and went to look for wives himself; his wives met him and was the first to say that he should be tested by Indra, so that he would recognize him as a son-in-law; his wives took him to heaven, turning him into a fish in a vessel of water, and left him; I. tells 1) to collect the scattered sesame in 3 hours (the young man called the ants - they perform); 2) get the ring thrown there from the well (the frog took it out; when the informant met the hero with the frog, he was lowered; to do this, the frog threw the tadpole to be eaten by snakes at the bottom of the well, and found the ring himself); 3) cut the banana tree into three parts with one blow (the crocodile cut it); 4) recognize the first wife among three identical girls (the worm, now a flying insect, sat on her sari); I. arranged wedding; on earth, a young man conquered kingdoms; his father admitted he was right]: Ramanujan 1997, No. 3:5-15; birkhor [the Raja has 7 wives; a ghasi woman (gardener caste) brings them flower garlands; one day found an unusually beautiful flower in the river at the top, brought the elder wound; the rest demanded the same for themselves; the woman sends her son to the hill; this is her brother; Rakshas comes out, but does not eat the young man when he calls him his maternal uncle; sends him to another uncle, the third one; the third went for flowers, telling him to herd the cattle for 4 days, but not to drive them in a certain direction; the young man drove; there they swim in the pond daughters of the sun deity Sing Bong; one of the neighbors once told a young man that if their clothes were hidden, they would bring flowers; the girls first demanded that the young man swim and brush his teeth; when he ran, carrying his clothes, they shouted that they would give him the youngest as a wife; he turned around and turned into a cotton tree (Bombax malabaricum); the uncle went looking, cut down the tree, the young man reappeared; the uncle told me not to look back this time; the girls ran to their uncle's house and they had to keep their promise; at night the wife goes dancing with her sisters, and the boy, incognito, comes to them to beat the beat on the drum; each time he returns faster than his wife; he confessed to his wife that he wanted to return to his mother; his wife gave a flute: as soon as he plays it, his wife is next to him; one day a young man lost his flute, it was picked up by a stranger, his wife returned to his father in heaven; on the advice of his uncle, the young man sent his pet parrot to her; she returned and they decided not to part again and live in his own hut on the outskirts of town; a young man made a bed for sale, does not name the price; Raja bought it, does not sleep; at night he hears one of his legs go to town, killed thieves who stole gold from the treasury Raji came back, told her other legs; the second leg told how she killed a man hugging someone else's wife, and her wife too; the Raja understood the value of the bed; the young man asked not for money, but for the word Raji, their hut became a palace; kings used to have such power; the couple are happy in the palace]: Roy 1925, No. 14:475-486; condas [the widow has a son; he sees fabulous chittiga paggata flowers in the river, pulls it out, adorns her hair; the king tells him to get flowers and, otherwise he will cut off his head; the mother asks not to lament, but to go up the river; there are three giants, they should be called "uncle", they will help; the first giant sends to the second, the second to the third; he tells us to go to the lake, where the three fairies come to swim; we must take their clothes and run without looking back; but at the last moment the young man looked back and fell dead; the giant he was revived by covering him with banana leaf; the next time the young man ran to the giant's house and gave his clothes only after promising to marry the youngest maiden; during the marriage ceremony, the girl laughed and flowers began to fall from her lips; fairies cannot stay with people for long, so they gave the young man a zitra; if he started playing, the wife would come or the fairies would come to the rescue; on the way back, two giants gave a rope and a stick; When the young man returned to his mother, he played the zitra and the maidens appeared; the king's servants saw them; the young man took the flowers to the king; he wanted to take his wife and ordered him to bring lion's milk, hoping that the young man would will die; the fairies told the lions to accompany the young man; he brought a herd of lions to the king, he was frightened, the lions were released; the king orders to kill the poisonous snake; (likewise, the young man brought many snakes to the palace); now the king commands catch the most ferocious lion (the young man brought the lion); the king summoned the young man to the palace; the fairies brought a mouse with him; the servants threw him into a deep crevice, but the mouse dug a way out to the ground and the young man returned to mothers; now the king sent a young man with a letter to another king to kill him; the young man told the king to tie and beat the king with a rope and stick; he gave him his kingdom; the young man and the fairy began to rule there]: Schulze 1922, No. 10:57-64.

The Balkans. The Greeks (Epirus) [when the childless king finally had a son, he placed him in a glass castle with his teachers; one day a young man was brought meat and bone, he threw it, broke through the wall; his father a young man had to be released; he became a hunter; he chased a deer, got lost, ate his roots; a Jew appeared, brought him to the mountain, asked him to drop gold from it; to do this, he placed the young man in buffalo skin, the birds took him up the mountain, he threw gold to the Jew; the Jew took the gold, leaving the young man behind; while digging the roots, the young man found a passage, a staircase in it; she led to the palace, in which an old man with a beard chained knee-length; he teaches him to take 40 keys from his pocket, open one of the rooms with a stick in it; if you hit, any food will appear; the young man is full, his strength has returned and he freed the old man; the key to the 40th The old man took the rooms; said that behind him the lake, where three fairies fly, they had already killed many; the young man persuaded him to give the key; the old man: the youngest is the most beautiful, she swims after her sisters, we must take her clothes; you can't let her even touch the edge of her clothes; he let her, she tried to pull out her clothes but failed; the young man asked for a horse, the old man gave him a flying man; they stopped along the way to eat; a dervish came up, asked for food, said that his stick hit the head on orders and killed anyone; the young man asked to hold the stick, told her to kill the dervish, took the stick; this dervish was a winged brother virgins; the second brother came in the form of a Jew; he appeared and disappeared; the young man asked him to see the invisible hat, sent a stick to kill the Jew; the fairy says that no one will help her now; the king happy that the son returned; he gave his wife's clothes to his aunt for preservation; the wife asked her for clothes to dance; after receiving and dancing, she flew out the window, telling her to look for them in the glass city; prince returned to the old man, who gave a letter to his father, and he to his mother; the mother gathered the birds, the last to deliver the old Schnapphahn, who knew about the glass city; when the prince was carried, the supplies ran out, the prince cut off the meat from his own leg; in the city of Haji he said that the local king was at war with another; the young man promised to defeat the enemy alone; the prince's stick killed all enemy soldiers; the king presented as the winner youngest daughter; she did not want to at first, but when she found out that it was her husband, she was happy; they returned to the prince's country]: Kretschmer 1919, No. 61:287-296.

Central Europe. Ukrainians (Hutsulshchina) [the guy goes to look for the most beautiful bride; old man: Baba Yaga has three daughters, they will come to swim, we must hide the youngest's clothes, not give it back, despite requests that, like, she is naked; the girl went after the guy, begged her to give her a sleeve, grabbed her clothes, disappeared; old man: now she'll have to wait a year; this time the guy did not give the girl clothes, brought her wife into the house; left to the army; at this time, my wife shows people all sorts of tricks; I would also show if my husband's sister gave my dress; she gave it back, my wife flew away; my husband came back, went looking for her; another old man: wife for glass mountains; around Baba Yaga's house, on each stamen, one is empty; the wife gave a twig and a pipe; if you hang down, she will come to help; Baba Yaga demands to cut down the forest, plow the field and etc., collect and bake bread; the wife's servants did everything; standing in place of the valley (what is this?) with fish; we must pull out the one that is his wife; wife: I will wave my tail; my husband pulled her out; choose from three mares (the wife is middle); let my husband hit her lightly with that twig; Baba Yaga gave him her daughter]: Zinchuk 2006a, No. 54:150-155; Western Ukrainians (Transcarpathia, Khust Oblast, p. Gorinchevo) [The tsar has one son Ivan, it's time for him to get married, he only wants a native girl (SD). She takes a warrior with him and goes looking for her. He turns right, drives through the wasteland, sees a lonely mill. There's an old woman with knee-length lashes. He says hello and calls his mother sweet. She raises her eyelashes. I haven't seen a living soul in ages. She suggests taking a break and going to see her middle sister tomorrow. It gives a horse and a ball of thread, you have to hold on to the thread. A year later, I. reaches his middle sister. She has eyelashes down to the ground. The Tsarevich also greets her and calls her mother sweet. She raises her lashes and explains that she hadn't seen a living soul in 200 years. She suggests going to see her older sister in the morning. It gives a horse and a ball of thread. A year later, I. reaches his oldest sister. She says hello, calls her mother sweet. The woman barely lifts her eyelashes - so long. In the morning, he gives three wheat grains, tells you to go to the sandbank to the sea, put wheat under your tongue and turn into a hare. Eleven pigeons will arrive, but there will be no diabetes among them. The cabbage rolls will swim in the sea, rejoice and sing, then they will fly away, and only then will she arrive. This is what happens. When SD arrives, she sheds her feathers and goes swimming. The prince takes her clothes, wraps her in a handkerchief, runs to the woman, who tells her to sit on her horse and go on the road without looking back, although SD will run after him and ask for clothes. As soon as he looks back, the clothes will fall out of his hands, the CD will catch up, hit his mouth and go away. We should keep quiet. When you're at home, you should give SD regular clothes and then talk and hide your feathers. I. rides, the girl follows him, persuades him to return her clothes, she will be ashamed to walk naked around the city, she will not leave him anymore. He looks around, feathers fly out of his hands, SD hits I. on the mouth, flies away. The woman gives three other grains, turns him into a deer, he steals clothes, sits on a horse and rushes without looking back or talking. At the palace, SD wears home clothes, gives the feathers to her mother, who sews them into her retinue, which she wears once a year. They live happily, they give birth to a boy with five golden hairs on his head. I. goes hunting, the mother asks her daughter-in-law why she is so beautiful and does not have parents. She replies that her clothes are even more beautiful, and her mother-in-law did not see them in them. The queen rips off her retinue, the feathers fly up on the girl themselves, she flies away through the window. Ivan goes looking, and three years later he gets to the woman who helped him. She explains that his wife is overseas with her demon mother will need to be cunning. A wolf is serving in the mill. Baba will hide it at the bottom of the barrel, and the wolf will carry it to the other side of the sea. The barrel is heavy, the wolf decides not to serve anymore on the way and throws it into the sea. The barrel breaks on the shore, I. gets out of the sea, goes out onto a glass road, comes to the palace to an old demon, and is hired. She tells you to dig up the mountain, level it, plow it, and sow wheat. Wheat must ripen by tomorrow, he must harvest it, grind it, grind flour, bake rolls and give it to it early in the morning, otherwise he will be headless. I.'s pickaxe and shovel break, he sits down and cries. The demon tells his daughter to bring him food, he doesn't recognize SD, and she recognizes him. She tells me to eat, she pulls out a squeaker from under her right hand, squeaks, all the devils run away. The SD tells them to do whatever I. The next year, the demon gives a wooden trough, leads to the lake without end and edge, tells you to scoop out water, plant grapes, hand over three large bowls of wine in the morning, otherwise he will lose his head. The wife brings food, calls the devils together with a squeaker, and they complete the task. So I. served his second year. The devil says she'll give him more work in the morning. I. sees a prisoner who has already served in an iron furnace, on fire, on seven chains, who cannot warm up. He sits down and cries. A demon sends her daughter to find out what happened. She calls the devils with a squeaker, tells them to obey her husband's order. Ivan orders the hell to get him and his wife home by morning. The devils spread the red fly, Ivan and the SD sit on it, fly away. On the way, I. burns from behind a blue flame. This is a demon. He turns around, a demon grabs his eye. He is blind. The wife leaves him with his handkerchief in place, turns into a pigeon, overtakes the demon and, picking up two lumps of manure from the road, turns into a well under two sycamores. A heated demon bends down to get drunk, and the girl replaces I.'s eyes in her sinus with dung. He flies to Ivan, regains his eyes, and finally recognizes her as his wife. The demon rushes home, the prisoner from the furnace asks if she brought him a partner, who says she took his eyes, climbs into her bosom, finds manure. The prisoner laughs so much that he warms up. The demon flies back, flies to the border, bursts with anger. I. and SD get home, live happily]: Lintour 1979:5-11; Poles [a golden life has grown in the shepherd's field; he tells his three sons to guard him; when it is the youngest's turn, the bird took the sheaf; the young man for her; there is a house in the forest, an old man lies on that sheaf by the fire; the young man invited him to be his son; the old man's blind wife agrees; the old man gives sheep to herd, does not tell them to be allowed into the dry pond - the Rock Spirit will take away; gives the violin; the spirit drove the sheep; the young man gave him the violin to play, he broke the string; the young man promises to teach him to play, first straighten his fingers; the spirit put them in the split trunk; the young man let him go for his promise do not touch the sheep; the spirit points to the grass that will restore blind vision; the old people promise to get a girl for their adopted son; we must ride a goat to the sea; three ducks will fly, take off their clothes, become maidens; you need to hide the shirt with the one you like; the guy succumbed to persuasion, gave the shirt, the duck flew away; a year later the old man sends the guy again; bringing the girl home, the guy again took pity and returned shirt; the third time is the last; the goat (this is the old man) is carrying to another sea; the young man did not give his shirt, the old man gave the maiden a cape; the young man, his wife and newborn daughter went to visit him a real father; having a golden life, the shepherd became a prince; at a feast, the daughter-in-law asks his father-in-law to get her best outfit - the husband hides it in the chest; became a duck and flew away with her duckling daughter; that old man gives a young man masm to become a hare, fish, fly; the young man reached the top of the glass mountain; overheard that his wife was grieving without him, became human again; his wife's parents handed him the throne; he sent for the real father and then old man, made them ministers]: Shcherbakov 1980:115-125; the Czechs [two Magi ask for permission to spend the night when the princess gives birth; they look at the stars until midnight - only gallows flash; after midnight, everything is fine; the princess gives birth to a handsome boy with a gold star in his forehead; the prince called the travelers to their cronies; they named the prince Worldly beauty; the young man grew up and saw a book with this record and went for his betrothed; came to the Sun - he does not know, sends to the Wind, the Wind to the Month; he leads to the bridge and tells the horse to be let over it; a dragon appeared from under the bridge, ate the horse and fell asleep; after this young man crossed the bridge; his godchildren in the forest hut; the young man descends into a hole in the ground; he left them a handkerchief: if he turns blood, they must hurry to help; the young man came to the sorceress; she says that Mirskaya beauty on top of the mountain in a glass castle; with 12 maids goes down to the lake to swim; puts her golden crown in the grass; one of the maids must be shot; worldly beauty will lean towards her at this time you have to grab the crown and run without looking back; but he looked around and turned into a deer; the handkerchief was stained with blood; the godchildren came to the sorcerer; she says to shoot a golden bullet at the star on the deer's forehead ; he grazes among others, they were also young men; godchildren shot, the young man became man; the sorcerer again tells me not to look back; he looked around and became a bear; (same); sorceress: become a beetle and hide in horse skull; the young man grabbed the crown, did not look back, the godchildren pulled it upstairs; Worldly beauty with 12 maids followed, agreed to become the young man's wife; while they were sleeping, the maids became doves, godchildren they hear what they are talking about; the prince father will send a golden carriage to the young, by the will of the dragon it will fall into the abyss; next time: the father sends wine, the dragon will poison him; on the third night, when the young go to bed in the upper room, the dragon will get to them and kill the young man; whoever tells will petrify; the godson tells them not to sit in the carriage, not to drink wine; in the castle he stayed at the newlyweds bed, hacked the dragon; did not say anything and left ]: Nemtsova 1978:140-152.

Caucasus - Asia Minor. Balkarians (Western 1958) [Arabian, his young wife Ariu; he chased and wounded a deer; he reproached him: why did he ruin his life? there are black clouds in the sky, Arabian does not return for a long time; when he returns, Ariu looks at his ring, but it is still black; women in the country do not give birth; finally, the ring has brightened, the clouds have cleared, the women have become to give birth; Arabia has a son, Zharykbiy ("hot" means "joy"); he grew up with six peers born on the same day; the same deer is being chased, driven into the sea, dragged into a boat, the boat was carried away; some of the companions died; J. and the rest entered the land of monkeys and are forced to fight against lions; they are fleeing, monkeys and lions are chasing; A. crossed the river, his companions drowned; the merchant adopted A., told his youngest daughter not to leave him alone; despite the merchant's warning and his daughter's pleas, A. hired a merchant who promised gold and a daughter; his daughter was immediately given a choice; she says that those who left with her father did not return ; the merchant orders to slaughter the horse and get into the skin, the eagle will bring it to the rock, let J. drop the gold; after receiving the gold, the merchant left; J. killed the eagle, ate its meat; found the path, came to the forest, then to the tower, an old man in it; he went out; said that he was the leader of the birds, would go to the meeting and try to find out how J. could return home; while he was away, three eagles had arrived swim, shed their skins, became girls; J. hid his youngest's clothes; the girls spoke, put him to sleep, took his clothes and fled; the same again; the third time the old man tells him not to give up his feather clothes until his return; J. did not give the youngest's clothes, married her; homesick; his wife in the glare of an eagle brought J. to his native land; the rider says that he is one of those who have been looking for 40 years the missing J.; J.'s wife tells his story; the sun in the sky, the ring brightened; J. began to live with his wife in the tower, hid her clothes under the foundation; the wife found the clothes and flew away; he found them and returned them; the wife She herself ordered her clothes to be burned in the fire]: Malkonduev 2017:179-198; Georgians [the young man cries over the grave; tells the peasant that he is Tsarevich Dzhigan; he sailed with his comrades in a boat, she was brought to the shore monkey countries; they broke the boat; there were no horses, they rode dogs; only D. reached a country where merchants from India come every two years; the merchant offers a thousand gold coins and a girl for work; brings to the foot of the mountain, tells him to climb into the womb of a refreshed horse; the eagles raised the carcass on the rock; the merchant orders to throw down precious stones; D. managed to go down, came to the old man, the king of birds ; he leaves D. to guard the house, tells him not to open the door behind which the predators; D. opens, there is a garden, three doves flew in, became girls, began to swim; the old man returned, D. asks to marry one of them; he orders to steal the youngest's shirt, Shemshibano; the doves arrived a year later, D. took a shirt and married S.; the old man advises wearing the shirt until his wife gives birth to a child; D. hides it in a chest, his wife finds it, flies away, tells me to look for it in the city of Gevher; D. comes to that merchant again, but climbs into the horse's carcass without taking off his clothes or giving the merchant "for storage" gold; finds it again king of birds; only one bird knew about the city of Gevher; D. came to Father Sh, he is king there; two years later, D. and S. go to see his relatives; the wolf killed S., now D. cries at the grave; dug another, lay down in her, died; violets grew and stemmed]: Chikovani 1986:495-502; Azerbaijanis [Techmuz Shah has a son, Jagan Shah; one day he and seven friends went boating, the storm took her to unknown lands; D. for seven years was the king of monkeys who fought with half-humans (they split in half, then merge into one); his companions were captured and eaten; finally, D. fell into a copper country Miss; there a man promised clothes, gold and a beautiful daughter for a small job; he gave off a slave for his daughter; brought D. into the forest, ordered the horse to be slaughtered, climbed into its insides; the birds carried the carcass to rock; in the morning, a man ordered him to drop his precious stones, loaded him on the arch and left; D. came to an old man who was guarding King Solomon's birds; he forbids him to enter the same room; there pool; three doves flew in, threw off their covers, became girls, swam, flew away; the youngest Gulzar felt that there was a person nearby; the old man explained that the next time the Peri would arrive in seven years; we need to watch and pick up the clothes; G. moved D. to his father's country, had a wedding; G. hid his shirt in a hole, a building was built above it; but G. found a shirt, flew away, told me to look for it in the country of peri- Shah in Gavgariham Fortress; D. returned to Miss's country, came to the old man in the same way as the first time; he sent him to his brother, who has not 300, but 600 birds, and he sent him to another, who has 900 birds; only the oldest, who can no longer fly or walk, knew where this fortress was; the old man fed her, she brought D. to the throne of peri-shah; for leaving G., her father hung her twice a day for braids; arranged a wedding for D. and G., they returned to earth; D. destroyed the attacking army of the Shah of China, took his father's throne]: Bagriy, Zeynally 1935:355-372; Kurds [(end of a long story); son of a padishah Mirza Mahmood hired a rich man; he takes him to the seashore, tells him to slaughter his mule, gives him sleeping pills, sews him in his skin, the eagle takes him to the island; the rich man tells him to throw precious stones - then he will show him road; tells you to look back; there is a hole and bones of people, one person is barely alive; MM made his way down the fox hole, came to the old man; saw a portrait of a beautiful woman, fell in love; old man: I am also young, but outwardly grew old because of love for her; explains that there is a lake on the mountain, three doves will fly, throw off their feathers, become Gurias; we must hide medium clothes; MM returned his clothes after Guria promised to become his wife; the old man agreed to consider her sister; MM comes with her to his father's town; guria: if the hand of (another) person touches me, I'll fly away; wedding; once MM's wife was taken to a party; as soon as her the hand touched another dancer's hand, she became a dove and flew away; MM hired that rich man again; asked him to come closer and killed him with a stone; MM hid Guria's clothes again and burned them; returned home with her] : Jalil et al. 1989, No. 14:167-187.

Baltoscandia. Estonians (Rannu) [the king saw a spring in the forest that did not exist; leaned down for a drink, captured; released, promising to give up what he did not know at home; and then guessed that he had forgotten about his son; hell took it away and left the boy in the forest, but so that as soon as you knock on the stump, food appears; the young man has grown up; the old man teaches: three women will arrive, take off their clothes, they will swim; we must take the clothes that they put away from others; the guy takes clothes twice and the girl takes them twice; the third time the old man teaches not to show; the girl promised to stay; she is not a daughter like others, but was in them childhood kidnapped; hell tells me to build a stone bridge across the lake; cut down the forest and make beer {apparently finish all the work: sow barley, etc.}; the girl does everything; tame the black stallion; girl: that's the hell, you have to put a hot crowbar down your throat and hit the head with a hammer; recognize the girl among others (the handkerchief will be beveled to the left; then one leg to the side); now we have to run, girl left a spit to answer for her; the farmhand catches up with the devil, the girl became a herd of geese, the guy became a goose herd; then she was an ox, the guy was a plowman; the lake and the duck; hell to catch a duck in the lake, but the shores came together and he disappeared; the guy went to the house ahead; the girl: do not kiss anyone; but when he put his younger brother to bed, he kissed him and forgot everything; the girl came to the wedding with her new bride, the guy recognized her; asks guests what is better - an old gold ring or a new one; guests: old; guy told everything; wedding]: Mälk et al 1967, No. 51:121-126.