K33c1. Becoming a lotus. .21.-.23.

Thrown into the water, the character is embodied in a flower (usually a lotus).

Tibetans, Shans, Khao, Northern India (Hindi), Konkani, Oraons, Ho, Baiga, Sinhales.

Tibet is the Northeast of India. Tibetans [the prince, out of mischief, shot a slingshot at the jug in which the old woman was carrying; she cried; the prince brought her water in another jug; she wished him to marry the Drolmakid fairy; she was an orange on a distant tree; you have to pick the fruit and not look inside on the way; the prince did so, opened the orange only at home; the parents married their son to D.; took a girl like her as a maid; she a witch; she offered to compare their beauty, look at the reflection in the lake, and in order to compare bodies rather than clothes, suggested D. take off her clothes and jewelry; pushed them into the water; the prince did not notice the substitution ; the groom said that a golden lotus had blossomed on the lake; invited the prince to dress as a groom so that the lotus would not be afraid; the young man picked the lotus and hid it, then put it in a vase; the witch burned it; it grew from the ashes walnut tree; a witch invited people to pick nuts and burned the tree again; one nut went to a poor woman and her son; someone cooks and tidies; mother and son caught her; but she does not leave them at home; one day she went out, the witch recognized the voice, told people to grab and burn the girl; but a palace appeared at the site of the burning; the prince came in and recognized his wife; when she heard about the palace, the witch ran there, began to go up, fell down and crashed; her body was burned]: Komissarov 1997:55-68.

Burma - Indochina. Shana [the youngest of the seven princes replies to his father that he marries only a fairy; the king orders to bring a wife in seven days, otherwise he will cut off his son's head; he goes from one hermit to another; the latter tells at noon, when the cannibal guard is sleeping, to enter the garden, pick the fruit from the top of the tree; temporarily turns the fruit into stone, the young man into a parrot; the cannibal finds nothing, returns to the garden; the hermit tells you not to cut the fruit before reaching the house; the young man cuts it in the forest, a beautiful woman appears from the fruit; the young man leaves it in a tree, tells her not to talk to anyone, goes for clothes; the woman comes behind water, sees a reflection, thinks she is beautiful, then sees a girl in a tree; knocks her down with a stick, kills her, hides her corpse, puts on her clothes, climbs a tree; tells the returning young man that fairies they get stupid from the heat in the sun; the prince marries her; a lotus grew up in the pond, the elderly couple brought it to their place; in their absence, someone cooks; they hide, see a girl coming out of the lotus, make a foster home daughter; she makes petal paintings, capturing the prince when he was a parrot, herself in a tree, and other episodes; for most, they were just garlands of flowers; the couple sold them at the bazaar, the prince saw, ordered the girl to be brought; the liar wife said she was a witch, the prince sent servants to execute the girl; they killed her, her eyes turned into two parrots, started a conversation, he was a prince I heard the whole story; 7 days later he waited for the fairy at the pond; brought her to the palace, the liar was executed]: Milne 1910:275-282; the shans [the husband loves his eldest wife, her daughter Nang Hsen Gaw, from her youngest daughter Nang E; the husband caught a lot of oysters, the wives came to carry the catch; the youngest ate everything herself, the eldest brought it; the youngest said that the eldest was a witch, she took everything; the youngest was killed, she turned into a turtle; the turtle asks daughter to bring cotton so that she could spin and weave; the mother DID NOT follow, pretended to be sick, agreed with the doctor to recommend a boiled turtle as a medicine; the turtle was caught, cook; she asks her daughter to bury her bones; the mother DID NOT give bones to the dogs, but ran away alone, the NHG took the bone, buried it, and a singing tree grew; the king sent servants to bring him a tree; they cut down with the best axes felling overgrows, servants are executed; the king promises to make whoever delivers the tree an heir if it is a man and an elder wife if it is a woman; NHG easily brings a tree, becomes a queen; an unrecognized mother She is NOT hired as a maid, led the Queen to the spring, stabbed her, buried her under the road, put her clothes on her daughter; the singing tree stopped and withered; the king allowed the sparrow to nest in the room, for which he told him everything; informed him about the replacement of the queen; the king ordered his imaginary wife to be cut off; a flower grew on the grave of the NHG, the man picked it up, brought it home; the man's mother is surprised that someone in the house cooks and cleans up; the woman peeked, crushed the flower, the NHG remained a girl; the sparrow told the king everything, who ordered the mother to be executed NOT, bring the NHG; the tree began to play]: Griggs 1902:66-76; khao [Kzu goes to change the tusks for salt, his wife Ka Dung gives him a bracelet; the crow tells KZ that her husband is lost, tells him to throw a flower into the water, that Ksh has in his hair, cross the vine to the other side of the stream, tells him to throw a flower into the water, tells him to the water rat gnaws through the vine, the KZ falls into the water, the lord of the streams settles it; Kzu loses his bracelet, he catches his wife's flower in the river, it does not have one petal; at home the Raven sits at a spinning wheel, hides his face; birds and squirrels tell Kzu about what happened, he kills the Raven with an arrow, the water takes out a flower, and a KZ appears from it with his bracelet]: Nikulin 1990:207-210.

South Asia. North India, Mirzapur, Hindi [three princes are married, the fourth youngest is single; daughters-in-law: does he want to take the Pomegranate Princess (Anar Shahzadi); the young man goes in search; the demon turns He is a crow, sends him to pick a grenade, but only one, otherwise the demoness will kill him; he takes the second, the demoness killed him; the demon revived him, made him a parrot, sent him again, he brought a grenade; the demon turned him to her husband, the demoness did not find it and returned; the young man went to prepare the wedding; at this time the princess came out of the grenade; the sweeper offered to exchange jewelry, pushed the princess into the well; the princess turned into a lotus flower there; daughters-in-law do not believe that the wife brought by the younger prince is the Pomegranate Princess; the prince hunts, the servant tries to get water from the well, the lotus jumps into the bucket and then jumps out; lets the prince get it; the liar tore the lotus and threw it away; a pomegranate tree has grown with a single flower; the liar ordered the tree to be cut down, and gave the flower to the gardener's wife; she she put it in a jug with a pomegranate in it, a princess came out of it; the woman adopted her; when she saw the beautiful woman, the prince decided to marry her; the liar pretended to be sick, demanded the girl's liver, received it; her; but a house appeared at the scene of the murder, with two peacocks in front of it and the princess inside; the prince persuaded the peacocks to let him in; she forgave her, her daughters-in-law admitted that it was a princess; the liar was buried waist-deep in the ground and shot with bows]: Crooke 1892-1893, No. 744:211-212; konkani (Goa) [the prince, taking the son of the vizier with him, went hunting; they left at the fork; the prince saw a bird with unusual plumage, I tried to get it, she takes it deeper into the forest; the bird: the princess inside the fruit is more beautiful than me; the prince returned home, but spent the night in the stable, where a black maid found him in the morning; prince persuaded his parents to let him go looking for the princess inside the fruit; went into the hut; old woman: many were looking for her, everyone turned into stone statues; tells him to leave the horse with her, turned her into a crow; when you will fly, do not turn around when you hear screams; these are turned into stones; if you turn around, you will also petrify; pluck the fruit and bring it in your beak; the prince did so; again in the form of a human being jumps back; near the house near the house the lake got off his horse and opened the fruit; fainted, and the gold-haired princess ran to the water; the black maid pushed her into the water, went to the prince who had come to her senses and said that after washing herself with water, darkened; everyone is amazed to see the prince with such a bride; the lotus blossomed on the lake, no one can pick it off, and the prince did it easily; the imaginary wife cooked the lotus and threw it out the window; there grew a tree - red vegetable pepper with one fruit on it; the imaginary wife cut it down and threw it out the gate; there was a huge tree with many fruits, people ate them; at the request of his wife, the prince ordered that the tree be cut down; people came pick up the fruits; the old woman sent her son, he played too much, the fruits were sorted out; she told him to at least roll a stump; the imaginary wife noticed a girl coming out of the stump to drive away the buffalo, which had begun to eat dried rice; sent servants to kill her, bring her liver and heart; but they let the girl go; she set up a hut in the woods, raised a talking parrot; the prince came there by accident; she does not unlock, but tells her the story; he told it all for his part; the princess opened the door; the black prince cut off the head]: Rodrigues 2020:246-259; Oraons [brother wants to marry his two sisters; they run away; suffer in the forest out of thirst, they ask the tree to bend down, it raises them to the sky to the lake; the younger sister throws her ring, the dried lake fills with water; after drinking, the youngest demands the ring back; the eldest enters everything deeper into the water, throws her ring, drowns; the youngest climbs a tree, cries; tears fall on the raja, who marries his younger sister; leaves her a flute, she blows aimlessly, the Raja says she is no longer will return to the sound; six childless wives throw the new wife's child into the lake, replace it with a broom; the Raja expels the woman in labor; under water, the older sister nurses the boy; the last one turns into a flower on the shore, the boy sits in a flower, is not given to the vizier, the raja, six wives; the aunt from under the water tells the boy to give the flower only to his own mother; the Raja washes and dresses the expelled wife, the boy approaches her; the raja Buries six wives under the threshold, brings back his wife and son]: Elwin 1944, No. 7:386-389; ho [six brothers are married, younger Lita is single; says she only marries Princess Bilbati; comes from one hermit to another, the latter explains that the princess is in the biggest fruit on the Rakshasa tree; turns L. into a bird that flies, but not the biggest fruit is enough, the rakshasa swallows it; the hermit revives Rakshasa from the excrement; on the second attempt, L. bears fruit in the form of a parrot; the hermit orders him to hit the edge of the well gently, but L. throws it with all his might, the princess goes out in the stream the light from which L. dies; the princess asks for a girl from a tribe (caste?) Kamar get water out of the well to revive the young man; she agrees only when the princess gives her her clothes; pushes her into a well, revives L., marries him; L. finds a flower in the well; his wife tears him; a tree grows out of the remains; the servant picks up the fruit, brings it home, the princess appears from it; the liar is ill: either she or the girl in the servant's house will die; L. orders that girl, servants, be killed they take her to the forest, she asks her to cut off her arms and legs, put her on the grave; the liar recovers; L. comes to this place, there is a palace; he stays in it, hears two birds talking, they tell it story; it is said that the princess comes to the palace once a year; the first time she escaped, a year later L. caught her; the liar was executed]: Bompas 1909:461-464; baiga [wives of four brothers advise the youngest fifth to find a wife; he came to live with the wizard Dewar; asked him for his wife; D. teach him how to knock down a fruit from a tree, which is beautiful Anarjodi; her 20 older sisters take care of her; a young man knocked down a fruit, sisters A. chased, but did not dare to break into D.'s house; D. ordered to open the fruit only at home; the young man opened it on the way; when he fell asleep, the bumblebee picked the flower from A.'s head, threw it into the well, A. disappeared; D. gave the young man call him magic ash; the young man summoned, D. returned his wife; one day Chamarin stole A.'s flower with a knocked out eye; she disappeared, and C. took her form; the young man did not notice anything, but they began to laugh at him; D. returned A., killed C.; the foreign king went with an army to take A. away, but the young man threw ash at his enemies, the ash turned into stinging insects and snakes, the enemies fled; the brahman saw the young man making love to his wife, cursed them: as soon as they hug again, both will die; so it happened]: Elwin 1949, No. 7:498-501; Sinhalese [two sisters go in search of husbands; animals they meet offer themselves; sisters of everyone they ask what they eat; reject bulls, jackals, and marry two plowman brothers (they said they eat dried fish, and the sisters said it was their food); each sister gave birth to a girl; the eldest the sister became jealous of the youngest, because she lived well, and the eldest was poor; decided to kill her; invited her to swim, pushed her into the river; became the wife of both brothers, fed both girls; the girls saw a white turtle in the river; the older sister's daughter tried to catch it, but the turtle sailed; and she sailed to the youngest's daughter and rubbed against her body; the eldest's daughter told her mother about the turtle and she said she would eat her; the youngest daughter came to the river, called the turtle mother and spoke about the danger; she ordered to keep the bone, leave it near the cow canopy, it would grow into a mango tree; the older sister sent the men to catch turtle; the tree grew; when the younger sister's daughter came to pick a mango, the branches leaned towards her, and when the eldest daughter, they rose high; when she learned that the older sister wanted to cut down the mango, the tree told the youngest daughter keep the chip; a vine with fruits grew out of it; the fruits are not given to one girl again and given to another; vine: find the root, throw it into the river, the Blue Lotus will appear; only the daughter of the younger sister may touch it; the older sister sent people to snatch the lotus, but it is not given; the king arrived; told his younger sister's daughter to snatch the lotus, took her and the lotus and took her to his capital]: Parker 1910, No. 11: 113-119.