K27z7a. Anyone who learns a family secret will die. .17.29.30.

A man is going to kill someone who found out why he brutally punished his ex-wife.

Iraqi Arabs, Megrelians, Bakhtiyars, Persians, Uzbeks, Paryas, Bartangans.

Western Asia. Iraqi Arabs [Hassan is the only son of a wealthy merchant; his father married him to a worthy bride, but H. disappeared in the morning; daughter-in-law asks her father-in-law to allow her to act as his son; became famous hospitality; Sheikh Hatim at-Tai (HT), who is also famous for his hospitality, invited her to marry him; she agreed to the condition that he find out what happened to her missing husband; HT went in search; in one city he ordered a new saddle to a saddle named Hasan as-Sarraj; HT was happy with the new saddle, but the craftsman suddenly cut it to pieces and returned the money; promised to explain his behavior. If HT told him the story of the shoemaker Yusuf al-Iskari; HT found him and saw him go up to the minaret every now and then and then and then and look around; the shoemaker promised to explain his behavior, if HT describes to him the story of the blacksmith Yakub al-Haddad; HT saw him; standing by an anvil, he hit his head with a hammer: first on the forehead, then on the temple, then on the top of his head; he fell and him they took him home; HT came and began to ask questions; but the blacksmith demanded that HT first tell him the story of the fisherman Dawud as-Sammak; he was standing on the riverbank and directing the crowd: people threw at handfuls of wheat and lentils; the fisherman is ready to explain if HT says what causes wind and rain; HT rode into the desert; two fought by raising clouds of dust; they argue over the flying carpet, let the man will judge them; HT threw a stone: who will bring it first; HT stood on the flying carpet and he brought it to the marble palace; there is an old man and a dog tied so that he cannot escape into the shade of the scorching suns; the old man reluctantly agreed to tell about himself; he is a genie in Suleiman's service; he gave him two mares; if you ride one, it would rain, the wind would rise on the other; gave him a magic wand turn people into animals; a dog is the wife and daughter of an uncle whom the narrator raised and married; one day he woke up and his wife is gone, like the rain mare; in the evening he cut his hand to stay awake and secretly followed his wife in the wind mare; saw a terrible efreet ask at the cave what had detained the woman: her children were crying and hungry; when his wife flew back, the narrator cut off efrita's head, put it in a bag and flew home, having time to go to bed before his wife returned; in the morning he asked his wife for fruit; wife: it's not the season; husband: look what's in the bag; the wife begged for forgiveness, but he turned her at the dog, keeps him on water and bread, and whips; the dog cried; the narrator was going to kill HT because he found out of his shame, but HT asked permission to go to the roof for his last prayer; flew to flying carpet; returned it to the genies, told the fisherman about the rain and wind, he talked about himself; one day he pulled out a huge fish; it regurgitated a diamond and jumped back into the water; a fisherman sold a diamond for a thousand gold dinars, but wasted it all to find that fish again; so he hits himself with a hammer - let HT kill him; HT: God punished you for refusing to spend money usefully, I you are not a judge; HT told the fisherman's story to a blacksmith; he began the story by asking HT to hack him later; he was a wealthy merchant, went with a caravan, leaving his pregnant wife in the care of his mother; multiplying his fortune, returned many years later, looked into the house: his wife and young man were there; he killed his mother, wife and alleged lover; in the morning he found out that it was his son; gradually he went broke and became a blacksmith ; strikes himself three times when his mother, wife, son stand in front of him and ask him what they did wrong; HT: May God increase your suffering, you brought it on yourself; after hearing the story of a blacksmith, a shoemaker also asks him to be killed when he finishes his story; one day a huge bird sat on the minaret; the shoemaker got up and grabbed her leg, but she soared into the air, carrying him; flew into the garden, everything was there for a feast, the man tried 39 dishes, but could not from the 40th; 40 colorful birds flew in; each: whoever tasted from my plate will become my husband; the fortieth bitterly: my brother; these are 40 enchanted daughters genie; a year later, the man has 39 sons and 39 wives; and then he encroached on the 40th; she flapped her wings and he is where he is now; HT: God gives chestnuts to the toothless; I will not cover my sword with the blood of someone who rejected God's blessing; HT gave this story to a saddler, who also asked him to take his life when he finished his own; he was married to the most beautiful girl, but in the morning she disappeared; every time he did The saddle, he paints her portrait and then cannot part with it and destroys the saddle so that the customer does not take it away; HT realizes that Hassan is in front of him and returned it to his wife; everyone is happy, but HT is still famous for his generosity]: Bushnaq 1987:94-104.

Caucasus - Asia Minor. Megrela (p. Chakvindzhi, Zugdidsky University) [{subline; sometimes not entirely clear}; the visitor promises the childless king that he will have a son Jimushieri, but he should not see an egg or hear such a word in his life; one day J. hears the word, tells tell her parents everything, leaves; the girl will marry someone who explains that there are "roses of hearts and longing hearts", the loser head to head for a goal; J. comes to the sad king, who will talk about it, but then he will cut off his head; the horse promises to carry J. over the wall; the king says that his wife fell in love with a 12-headed giant; the king's sister found out, his wife turned her into a white dog; the king cut off the giant's head, turned his wife into a falcon; J. rode away, married that girl, returned to his parents]: Petrov 1894:78-89.

Iran - Central Asia. Bakhtiyary [the only son of a rich man saw the merchant's daughter's face and fell in love; her father will give her away on condition that the groom finds out why a merchant keeps his wife on a chain and feeds her like a dog; young man went in search, fell asleep in the forest; heard chicks squeaking; killed a dragon when hit in his head with a stone; every year he ate the offspring of the Simurg bird; Simurg sees a sleeping man under a tree, thinks it's him killed chicks, grabs a stone to throw at a person, the chicks stop it; Simurg promises to help the young man; says that the merchant beheads everyone who tells his story; teaches how to avoid death, gives his feathers to summon her; before the merchant is going to kill him, ask permission to go to the roof to pray and burn the pen; she will fly and carry him away; takes the young man to the castle a merchant; he treats a dog like a wife and a woman like a dog; warns that he will kill a young man if he hears his story, unsuccessfully tries to dissuade him; once he let fish into the pool, became to swim; the wife was shy: there are males among the fish; the husband poisoned the fish; noticed that his two horses Wind and Cloud are losing weight; groom: you order to ride one or the other every night; when your wife , as always, offered him wine and sleeping pills in the evening, the merchant quietly poured it out, pretended to be sleeping; his wife pulled out his seal from his pocket, ordered a horse to ride in his name, and the diva galloped to the cave ; began to caress him; the husband rushed at the diva; the wife ordered the diva to kill him; because the merchant's dog bit the diva, the merchant managed to cut off his head; at home he chained his wife, and benefited the dog; the young man went up to the roof, burned the pen, Simurg took it away, the young man got a wife]: Lorimer, Lorimer 1919, No. 36:236-243; the Persians [the son grew up, asks the mother what kind of garden he is not allowed into; mother in response cries; he climbed into the garden, chased the gazelle, she turned into a girl; agrees to marry a young man if he answers her question; the room is full of suitors who could not answer; What he did Flower (Gol) to a cypress branch (Sanoubar - "cypress") and what did Cypress do to the Flower? A young man spends the night under a tree, hears three feather-doves talking; Gol is a butcher in the city, in front of his shop a dog in a gold collar; he cares for her; you have to get to him; the old man gives the young man a pen - if you burn it, a bird will arrive and save him; the butcher agrees to let the young man in for the night on the condition that he cuts off his head in the morning; during dinner, Gol feeds the dog food, and the woman in the cage throws leftovers; the butcher agrees say that the woman's name was S.; she was a beloved wife, but had a lover; G. began to fight with him, his wife grabbed G. by the scrotum, but the dog grabbed his wife's leg; G. killed his lover, put S. in a cage, now takes care of the dog; in the morning the young man burned the feather and the Seamorg bird took it to the gazelle girl; she was ready to become his wife, but he told Simorg to take her to Mount Kaf and throw it to the predatory beasts; the young man remained bachelor]: Osmanov 1987:105-109; Uzbeks [rich Atameta was famous for his generosity; one old man consistently approaches the 40 doors of A.'s house, receiving gold each time; but when he comes back to the first one, A. recognizes him; in response, he says that the daughter of another rich man has 160 doors in the palace and gives everyone; A. comes to that girl; she asks her to go find out why the residents of a distant city are crying; residents they refuse to talk to A., they beat him; one person tells him to ask the cripple - he screams the most; the cripple first demands to know why one young man was imprisoned in Zindan; a person sitting in Zindan demands learn about King Sanawar's relationship with his wife Gul; on the way, he kills a wolf who is about to devour the Samrak chicks; A. asks her to take him to King S.; he gives the rest of the pilaf to the dog and chickens; I agree to tell you why, but then he will hang A.; his story: the groom admits that S. Gul ("rose") leaves on horseback at night (so horses lose weight); S. rides after the palace of divas; seven-headed is her lover; S. consistently kills 40 divas who come out, fights with the 7-headed; wife refuses to help, and the dog bites the diva's leg; S. returned his wife and turned her into a chicken; S. did not have time to hang A.: the Simurg bird took him back; he told the story to a man sitting in Zindan; he explained what is even lower is his wife's palace, where she lets him in once a week; (hereinafter other stories: misfortunes through women); but A. still marries a girl]: Ostroumov 1890, No. 12:65-79; parya [padishah Sanavar (Sanavbar in written texts) loves his wife Gul; surprised that the horses are in poor condition; the groom offers to follow his wife; S. pretends to fall asleep; jumps G. to the cave, black in it habash; he hit G. with an iron spit for being late, but G. did not even moan; the padishah thinks: and from my caress she screamed; habash tells me to bring the padishah's head; he put another person in his bed; G. cut off his head, brought him habasha; habash: the padishah did not spare me, you will not spare me either, drove G. away; the padishah put G. in a cage and hung the cage at the door; feeds G. with scraps left over from hounds; people ask why this is so; S. is ready to tell on the condition that the listener will be beheaded]: Vinnikov 1977, No. 15:165-167; Bartangans [the tsar has three sons, nothing to eat, the eldest went hunting; chases the owner goes out for the goat; the prince: I did not know it was yours; the owner indicates where there are many goats; the prince is coming, there is a beautiful house, there is a girl in it; she will marry someone who says what Gul did to Sinavbar and what S. did to G.; the one who did not find an answer will be executed; in three years the elder prince found no answer; the girl cut off his head and threw his body into the well; the same with the middle prince; the youngest came to the tree by the pond; there is a three-headed dragon in the pond, the Simurg bird's nest on the tree; the dragon eats a cub every year, the last one is left; the prince cut off the dragon's heads; Simurg orders to prepare food: she will take it the prince to Mount Kof, where you can find the answer; there was not enough food, they returned; the next time they almost flew, the prince cut off the meat from his hand; when they arrived, Simurg regurged him and grabbed him back; gave a hair to call her; the prince met the old woman, asked a question; old woman: S. - tsar, G. - his wife; Tsarevich came in to them; S. sits on the ottoman, his wife in a cage; S. feeds the dog and throws leftovers to his wife; S. I agree to tell my story, but after telling it, he will kill the listener; G. goes to 41 divas every night; S. follows her quietly with the dog, spies on her; every diva slapped G. in the face, and she laughs; asks to go tie her horse so as not to be free; S. kills 40 divas one at a time; in combat with the main one, he prevails, but G. sprinkles sand under the diva's feet; after that, the diva knocked down S., but the dog saved him, squeezing his throat; S. tells the torturers to execute the prince, but he lit Simurg's hair, she took it away; brought it to that girl; the girl is sister G.; the prince orders to revive the brothers, otherwise she will tell everyone about G.; the girl pulled them out of the well and revived them, the prince returned home with her and her brothers]: Sokolova 1960, No. 9:47-55.