Yu.E. Berezkin, E.N. Duvakin

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K27z2f. Biting doll, ATU 571C. .15.16.29.

A poor girl buys a doll (goose) that defecates in gold. When the neighbors took the doll, it only stained the house. It's been thrown away, the prince uses it to wipe himself off, it sticks to his ass. No one can help, but it's easy for a poor girl to do it. The prince is marrying her.

Spaniards, Catalans, Aragon, Italians (San Marino, Tuscany, Campania {Pentameron}), French, Turks.

Southern Europe. Spaniards (Andalusia; also Castilla, Murcia) [the widow has two daughters, the youngest Mariquita 16-17; she never owned a doll, and then at the bazaar an old woman offered to buy from her cheaply; dissatisfied her mother locked her in the room with her doll; at night the doll asked for relief; in the morning there were gold coins on the floor; M.'s godparents were surprised at the unexpected prosperity in the poor family; asked to borrow the doll for the night; she asks out of need, in the morning everything in the room is in crap; the godfather threw the doll away, she fell into the king's garden; the prince went to relieve himself in the bushes, wiped himself off with a doll, and it stuck to his ass; no one can tear it off; the king promises to marry the one who does it; all the girls tried, M. recognized her doll, took it, the prince married M.; M. decided to return the doll to the old lady, but even her house disappeared]: Camarena, Chevalle 1995, No. 571C: 597-600; Catalans [poor woman sends her daughter to the bazaar; she buys a doll that defecates with gold coins; envious neighbors kidnap her but do not know the magic Words, the doll stained the house; it was thrown away, it has grown to the prince's clothes; the girl separates the doll from the prince and marries him]: Oriol, Pujol 2008, No. 571C: 129; Portuguese [older sister or the mother knits socks (rugs), and the girl sells them; changes them for a doll; she defecates with gold; a neighbor borrowed her, but the doll only stained her clothes; she threw them out the window; the prince picked up a doll and that dug her teeth into his ass; the king promises to marry the prince to someone who can tear the doll away from the prince; the heroine does it]: Cardigos 2006, No. 571C: 144-134; Aragon [the girl bought a doll, that defecates in gold, the family became rich; a neighbor stole a doll, but instead of gold she defecates crap; the neighbor's husband threw the doll outside the palace fence and it stuck to the prince's ass; only the girl was can save the prince from this trouble, he married her]: González Sanz 1996, No. 571C: 88; Italians (San Marino, Tuscany, Campania {Pentameron}): Cerise, Serafini 1975, No. 571C: 138; Italians (Campania, Naples) [two poor sisters, Lilla and Lolla, bought a goose at the market; at night she started pooping gold coins; the neighbors were surprised that the girls got rich, dug a dig and that's it they saw; one of them, Vasta, persuaded her to lure her a goose to lure her geese; but the goose only spoiled everything; the kumushki twisted her neck and threw her on a pile of sewage; the prince was passing by, his stomach was upset, he wiped himself off with a dead goose; she dug into his ass, no one could tear it off; the prince promised half the kingdom to someone who would save him from misfortune, if it was a man, and if it was a woman, he would marry her; when Lolla, the youngest of the sisters, came up, and the goose immediately flew up to her and began to caress her; the prince married Lilla, passed Lolla off as a worthy man, ordered her to be flogged and kicked out of town]: Basile 2018, No. V.1:480-484; the Maltese [the poor woman has a daughter; she kicked her out the door for disobedience; the girl received a magic doll; then her parents greeted her again; the neighbor did not allow the girl spend the night at her house; the girl's father refused to lend the doll to her neighbor, but her mother insisted on giving it; the neighbor scolds the doll and she spoiled her in bed twice; {throws the doll away}; comes to this place the king to relieve his need; {the doll is stuck to his ass}; the old man advises to announce that the king will marry the girl who can save him from such misfortune; parents do not let their daughter go; they are forced to do so do only under threat of execution for anyone whose daughters do not appear before the king; {the king marries a girl}]: Mifsud-Chircop 1978, No. 571C: 193.

Western Europe. The French (Occitania; "the plot is typical of Italy, Provence, Turkey") [three poor sisters have one dress for three; the youngest went to buy another dress, but the man persuaded her to buy a doll; at night the doll asked for a napkin to relieve her need, gold coins were on the napkin; the neighbor came to the sisters in the evening, pretended to doze off, stole the doll; in the morning, seeing only crap around, the neighbor threw the doll into the latrine; when the king went in, the doll stuck to his ass; the king promised to fulfill the wish of the one who would save him from the misfortune; when the younger sister came, the doll recognized her and rushed to her; the king married a girl]: Delarue, Tenêze 1964, No. 571C: 478-479.

Caucasus - Asia Minor. Turks (1 entry in Ankara) [the poor girl earned per day is only enough to buy a doll; at night she defecates with gold {produziert nachts Gold}, the family gets rich; midwife the grandmother stole the doll, but she only stained her bed; she threw it into the water; the fisherman caught it and threw it away too; the poor girl found it again]: Eberhard, Boratav 1953, No. 172:195.