K35a3. The master becomes a servant.

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To get the privileges that the hero has, the deceiver manages to change clothes and names with him, he pretends to be him.

Nyanja, (tangale), Italians, Ladins, French, Bretons, Baiga, Muria, Tamils, Sinhales, Albanians, Romanians, Bulgarians, Greeks, Russians (Terek coast, Karelian Pomorie, Arkhangelsk, Olonetskaya, Karelia, Vologda, Kursk, Oryol, Voronezh), Belarusians, Ukrainians, Crimean Tatars, Abazans, Georgians, Estonians, Lutsi, Karelians, Lithuanians, Kazan Tatars, Mari, Uighurs, Mansi.

Bantu-speaking Africa. Nyanja [when he dies, the mother tells her son to go to her brother; another boy went with him; he offered to move him across the river, asked for permission to wear his clothes; at his uncle's house he pretended the son of a deceased woman, and her real son was sent to chase crows from the field; every time a big crow flew in, dispersed others, shouted that her son was sent to chase crows; a child hears and sees it tells his uncle; the boy is returned, the deceiver is killed]: Holland 1916:140-141.

(Wed. West Africa. Tangale [the king promises a daughter to the one who brings the crow; Kayo puts the goat's skin above the hole, the crow flies, falls; K. carries her to the king; stays in the house of the blind man, gives him a crow; he does not gives away, marries a princess himself]: Jungraithmayr 2002:449-455).

Southern Europe. Italians: Calvino 1980, No. 3 (Menton) [the poor man cannot find a godson for the child; asks a person to agree; after the christening he gives a purse of gold and a letter; young man, when will grow up, must come to him with this letter and inherit the English crown from him; along the way you can't take cross-eyed, lame, lousy, etc.; the young man grew up and set off; the young man went on a journey; the young man got rid of the scythe and the lame man, agreed to the offer of a man who looked healthy; at night, he stole money, a letter and a horse at the inn; the young man caught up with the thief, but he forced him at gunpoint the gun to call himself a servant, and to recognize the heir to the English throne in his companion; he took off his wig and it became clear that it was a bastard; the king received the impostor and asked for the release of his kidnapped daughter from the island, where she is being kept; the impostor sent a servant; an old bearded sailor advised to demand a three-deck ship from the king; load cheese on one deck, bread crumbs on the second, and carrion on the third; teams do not to recruit, we'll swim together; they got cheese on the island of rats, bread crumbs on the island of ants, rotting meat on the island of vultures; rats, ants and vultures promised to help any minute; on the last island, the Sibiana fairy promises to free the princess if those who sailed meet three conditions; 1) level the mountain (the rats leveled); 2) separate the peas from the lentils (the ants separated); 3) get a barrel of living water; the young man tied a cup to each vulture's neck, who brought water and filled the barrel; the young man brought the princess to his father, but the impostor sent the murderers to slaughter him; but the old sailor brought that a barrel of living water and revived the young man; the young man told the impostor that he had bathed in a barrel of boiling oil; the impostor stabbed a dagger into his heart and threw himself into the oil; the wig surfaced and a lousy head appeared; "This is my old enemy," exclaimed the king; married the young man to his daughter and appointed him heir], 79 (Pisa) [Prince Fioravante is in love with the weaver's daughter Sandrina; to distract me from thinking of marrying an uneven, king sends him to his brother in Paris; on the way, F. entered the house, where a robber lived, he forced him to change clothes and call himself a servant, and took the place of F. himself; in Paris, the local king appointed F. to serve in the stable; the deceiver tells the king that the servant boasted to bring horses that no one can tame; F. goes to the pasture, the mare comes up and tells him to sit on it; F. brings horses; the deceiver persuades F. to send back Princess Isolina, who disappeared when she was 14; the king considers her dead; F. with the mare on the ship, tells the mare to catch the fish, put her in a crystal goblet; when they They sailed to India, the mare told to catch the bird, place it in a golden cage; in the monastery, F. asked him to show him S.'s grave; unearthed it - I. is imperishable in gold and diamonds; but it is impossible to separate it from the plate, on which she lies without finding the lace that was on her head; abbess: the lace fell into the sea; the mare: throw the fish into the sea, she will bring the lace in exchange for freedom; the bird took the lace from two dolphins and brought it; F. pulled I. out, but her soul was on a high mountain; the released bird brought a vial with the soul of I., I. came to life; the king is happy; the mare orders to accept the king's invitation to a feast on the condition that she, the mare, too will come; F. is silent at the feast, and the mare tells everything; advises to tie the robber to her tail; galloped, the robber died; F. marries the princess, the mare says that he forgot her; asks to be cut off head; he did it, the mare's first love came out of the mare's body; F. regrets that he is already married, gives S. a rich dowry and marries a merchant]: 7-12, 288-293; Keller 1981 (Ticino) [the prince knocked on someone's house, asked for a drink; the owner asked him to become his son's godson; the prince called him Valoroso ("brave"), left a note: when the boy is 14, let him come to his service; the young man he was ashamed, asked to give the note to another, who pretended to be a godson, received a position (the prince had become king by that time); V. was hired to clean the stable; the imaginary V. decided to get rid of him, said to the king that the young groom could get a golden bird; the king ordered to get it, otherwise he would execute; the old woman ordered to ask the king for a golden cage and thread; the bird flew into the cage, V. pulled the thread and slammed shut door; imaginary V. persuades to send V. for the Queen of the Moors from the green country; old woman: ask for a ship with musicians, dancers and food; three giants carried him across the seas, V. fed them meat and bread, they are grateful, let Schächtelein summon them; ants appeared, V. fed them, they also let Schächtelein summon them; the birds, the eagle gave a pen; the queen of the Moors requires execution three tasks; 1) separate rice, millet and corn mixed in a bucket (ants perform); 2) cultivate a huge field (giants perform); 3) bring water from sources of living and dead water before sunrise (thrushes bring); the king has a feast; the imaginary V. stabbed the present with a dagger; the Queen of the Moors cut the body into pieces, revived it with living water, V. became handsome; the imaginary V. wanted the same, the queen poured him dead water; married V., he became king]: 214-219; ladins [the midwife tells the poor man to take the first person he meets as godfather; this is the king of the island at sea; when the young man reaches 17, let he will come to marry his daughter; on the way, the young man leaned down for a drink; a dwarf with a sword jumps out of the water, forced him to change roles; the king is surprised that his godson is ugly, but promises to give his daughter back; a dwarf moved her to another island, where it is always dark; said that a servant did it; the king wants to execute the servant; the old man advises asking the king to give three ships of meat to send for the princess; the young man sailed to bear islands; leopards; eagles; fed everyone meat; bears and leopards don't know where princesses are; eagle gathered its people, one old eagle led to a dark island; there's an old woman and white mice; mice they brought the kidnapped princess to the castle; the young man put on the eagle's plumage, flew to the princess; the bears, leopards, and eagles summoned by him killed the dragon; the young man burned the corpse, threw ash into the sea, bears, leopards, eagles became knights, mice girls; the young man returned to the king, cut off the dwarf's head, married a princess]: Decurtins, Brunold-Bigler 2002, No. 29:87-90.

Western Europe. The French (Haute-Marne) [the English king hunted in France, chased the bird, did not catch it, spent the night in a poor house; the hostess just gave birth, the king agreed to be a godson, called boy Eugène (E.); left a letter - let the young man come with him when he is 17 years old; E. set off; before that, the godmother (marraine) warned that if he meets a hunchback or crooked, we must go back; E. returned twice, but the third time his humpback classmate Adolf, E. went with him; at the inn A. stole his horse; when E. caught up with him, he forced E. swear that he would say that he was the king's godson, A., not E.; the king believed; promised to give his daughter to his godson, but she was kidnapped; all the courtiers fell in love with E. (who was called A.) and A. was hated; A. says that E. boasted to get a giant's mule; the old man teaches: the giant has a thrush, he sings loudly, he must cross the sea when the thrush sings; the giant gave the mule on the condition that E. would return it later; A. persuades the king to tell E. to get the giant's thrush; the giant gave the thrush with the same condition; the giant's lantern (the same); find and return the king's daughter; the old man teaches you to ask for help; he tells you to build a ship without using iron, take with you a mule, a thrush and a donkey, 300 virgins; on the way, the giant weaves, the virgins spin; on the way, a fish castle, they it is necessary to crumble the bread, the fish missed the ship; the king of fish let his fin call it; then the ants - E. gave them millet, the king of ants gave them a paw; then the rats (gave bread - wool); crows (meat is a feather) ; giants (E. gave a lot of bread - a hair from the king's beard); the princess in the queen's castle with silver legs, turned into a lioness spewing fire; the lioness is glad; the queen orders to bring 300 measures of canvas, woven by virgins (E. gives); further tasks: 1) a garden on the site of the mountain (the giants removed the mountain, the rest of the helpers set up the garden); 2) bring living and dead water; the crows gathered, but no one knows where is the water; two old drunken soldiers appeared; the first was imprisoned, but released at the request of the second - otherwise he would not bring water; they went underground, collected water; the queen sent pigeons knock over the bowls, but the crows drove them away; the giant teaches: first demand that the Queen restore her human appearance, then kill her by splashing dead water in her face; returning to her father, the princess asked to postpone the wedding for 8 days; said she dropped the ring into the sea; the fish did not know where the ring was, the same two drunken soldiers took it out; the princess asked for her castle, where she lived with the Queen; giants, ants and others delivered; then A. called E. to hunt, shot him, threw him into a hole; the princess saw crows, revived E. with living water; E. showed the king his letter, married the princess; A. was burned alive]: Cosquin 1886, No. 3:32-43; Bretons: Luzel in Cosquin 1887 [the son of the French king got lost hunting, spent the night with a coal miner whose wife had just given birth; left a letter that the boy Louis (Petit- Louis), when he grows up, must bring him - he will be admitted to the palace; sending his son, his father tells him not to deal with the humpback, lame, leper; L. left the first two; contrary to the advice of the horse, picked it up shining pen; when he leaned to the spring, the leper pushed him, took the horse and the letter, received him at the palace; L. was hired there as a groom, found his horse; the leper notices the light spreading from pen; tells the king that L. boasted that he could get a princess with golden hair; various animals join L. on the way; with their help he carries out the princess's tasks; she, when she arrives at the king, demands that her silver castle be delivered to her; she threw the keys to it into the sea; the king of fish pulls them out; the princess demands that the groom be young, this requires living and dead water; the horse teaches L. how force the crow to bring them; the princess sprinkled dead water on the king and married L.; (hereinafter referred to as the cliff, living water does not appear)]: 294-295; Lopyreva 1959, No. 65 [the king answers the coal miner what he will have himself godparents; gives half of the castle; son Charles grows up, goes to his godfather; the old woman tells him not to drink water on the way; the traveler persuades him to take a sip, snatches out half of the castle given by the kingá, jumps to the king, mistaken for a godson; S. is hired into the palace as a shepherd, the deceiver recognizes him, tries to destroy him; says that the shepherd promised to find out why the Sun is red in the morning; the old man gives S. a wooden horse to get to the Sun Castle; the mother of the Sun tells him not to eat a boy; the Sun says it tries to shine brighter, because Princess Tronkolen dazzles with her beauty in a nearby castle; imaginary the godson suggests sending S. for T.; the old man orders to take food to the king of ants, the king of lions, the king of hawks; they promise to help; T. accepts him, tells 1) to divide the seeds of clover, flax, hemp, turnips and cabbage (ants perform), 2) cut down an alley of oaks (lions perform), 3) level the mountain (hawks perform); T. arrives at the king, says that he will marry a real godson, and the false one is the devil; burned in the stove]: 302-312.

South Asia. Baiga [poor parents leave their newborn in the forest; he is raised by a tigress; he steals Raja's son's fiancée for him; tigers and leopards come to the wedding; they want to eat the newlyweds, young man shot animals with a bow; a young man and his wife come to people; a barber tries to kill him, puts on a young man's clothes, takes his form; his wife invites him to shoot tigers, who kill a barber; Raja promises to recognize as his son-in-law the one who pulls the young man's bow; he himself comes from a blacksmith who hides from a barber, pulls a bow, gets a kingdom]: Elwin 1944, No. 3:424-426; muria [the youngest of two orphan brothers go to the forest, assisted by a wild buffalo, brings him good clothes; the young man goes to marry the priest's daughter (i.e. to serve time for his wife in his house); while he is swimming, the Monkey steals his clothes, takes the form of a human being; both come to the priest, the Monkey says that the naked young man is from the lower caste; the eldest daughters take the monkey as the groom, the youngest the boy; the Monkey only pretends to work on the site; a young man knocks down all the trees with one blow, immediately sets them on fire; his fiancée spies; saves seed rice for him; he collects an unprecedented crop, plays a wedding; a buffalo brings his elder brother; the young man's wife's elder sister beats the Monkey, marries the boy's brother]: Elwin 1944, No. 4:426-430; the Tamils [the prince and the minister's son went on a journey; an elephant took a daughter from one king; an elephant took a daughter are surrounded by four circles of defenders: jackals, leopards, tigers, elephants; the prince defeated jackals and leopards; pulled the tigers out of the quagmire, he became his friend, recalled his tigers; the prince returned the princess, received as a wife; he retired in the forest out of need, at which time an underground demon took the princess away, and the minister's son did not even resist; the tiger called the animals, they dug a hole into the lower world, the prince lowered the chain there, went down, killed the demon, sent his wife and another princess kidnapped by the demon upstairs; the minister's son threw off the chain, came to the princess's father under the guise of a son-in-law; the princess asks to postpone the celebrations for six months; prince turned to the deity, became a kite, flew to the ground; began to live with a garland seller; makes the best; threw a ring to his wife, she recognized him; everything was clarified; the minister's son was forgiven]: Natesa Sastri 1886:208 -230; Sinhales [with great difficulty, the king captured Yaka, who was eating people, locked him in an iron house; while the king was at war, his five-year-old son released the yak; he promised to help him; when the king returned { in a few years?} , he was going to execute his son; his mother gave him rice, money, a horse and told him to run; on the way, the prince met a man whom he asked to guard the horse while he was swimming; on the other side of the river they swam three princesses, noticed the young man; the man put on the prince's clothes and rode away; the younger princess saw it all; the deceiver called himself Manikka Settiyare, and the prince called his stable; the king invited the MC to evaluate him a gem (manikka); he said that his servant could appreciate it; the imaginary servant, i.e. the prince, realized that there was sand inside the stone and it was worth nothing; the king ordered the MC to give the servant a sword, he cut it the stone is sand inside; the younger princess asked the MC stable to herd her sheep and the shepherd to become a servant of the MC; after the prince began to herd the sheep, they bred incredibly; Yaka (another, not prince's friend) grabbed the king and released him for promising to give him three daughters; the king promises them to someone who can defeat Yaka; at this time, Yaka friend of the prince took the sheep and disappeared into a snake hole; the prince descended there; Yaka gave a sword and taught how to hack another Yaka who would go to pick up the princess; prince killed Yaka, cut off and hid his tongue; MC attributed victory to himself; same with two other princesses (two more Yakas) ; king promises daughters to be MC's wife; friendly Yaka gives prince a horse and a luxurious outfit; MC can't explain the lack of tongues in Yakas's heads; younger princess tells everything; MC decapitated, prince gets three princesses and a throne]: Parker 1910, No. 15:137-145.

The Balkans. Albanians: Dozon 1991, No. 12 [the king spent the night with a wealthy Wallachian shepherd; that night the mistress gave birth; the king ordered the boy to learn languages and give a cross; when the young man is 15, let comes to him and presents a cross; the young man grew up, went to the king, went down to the spring; the servant, threatening to throw a stone at him, forced him to change his clothes and status; swear that his young man would not he would expose; he promised that he would be released from his oath only when he died and was resurrected; the king kindly received the deceiver, and the young man was among the servants; the deceiver pretended to be sick and asked to send his servant (i.e. young man) for cabbage, which is being guarded by Luby; in a dream, an old man appeared to the young man; ordered him to take 14 measures of honey, 14 milk and come at noon when Luby is not at home; on the way, the young man met that elder; he teaches: in Luby's house clean the walls of the tone, hide, leave honey and milk; Luby will eat and ask the person who brought this dish to appear; ask for cabbage; eat three stumps, and he, the old man, will give a head of cabbage on the way back for deceiver; that's what happened; the deceiver pretended to be sick again: we must get the Beauty of the Earth; the old man tells us to ask the king to give him a thousand lambs, rams, a hundred measures of wheat and honey and 10 brooms; throw lambs to eagles, wheat to ants, honey to bees, rams to lions, clean the walls and door to the chambers of the Beauty of the Earth with brooms; animals will ask what reward the young man would like; ask lions, bees, ants and catching fur, feather, etc.; if fur, etc. is burned, the animals will come to the rescue; the Beauty of the Earth asks the guards why they did not stop the young man; guards: you did not feed us like this, did not clean us; she tells us divide the mixture of wheat, barley, rye and land overnight (the ants separated); bring living water from behind the crushing mountains (eagles: at noon, the mountains stop for half an hour; they brought a young man who collected water and they brought him back); identify her among 12 girls (a bee sat on her); the deceiver asks the king to kill the young man, he did it himself; the Beauty of the Earth sent a servant to bring the victim, revived him with live water; the young man was able to tell the king everything; the deceiver was torn into four trees; the young man went to visit his parents, leaving the king's wife the robe he had bought for the Beauty of the Earth; ordered him not to give it to her until he returned; there were dances and the Beauty of the Earth refused to participate without this robe; the king's youngest daughter secretly handed it to her; she tells the young man that he will find it, wearing out three pairs of iron shoes; wearing out his shoes, he stopped at a tavern, where food is free: you just have to tell us what he saw along the way; one person told how he dropped a bottle of water, went down to the ravine and saw 12 girls bathing; the young man went to the ravine, grabbed his wife's clothes and threw it into the fire; the beauty stayed with the young man forever]: 83-96; Elsie 2001 [peers tell the young man that his brother is Pasha in Baghdad; his mother admits that this is so, afraid for son; he goes, meets barefoot, comes back; goes again, meets again, he imposes himself as fellow travelers; the young man is thirsty, lowers him barefoot into the well; pulls him out for his promise to recognize him as Pasha's brother, and to become barefoot himself; Pasha accepted them; imaginary brother wants to get rid of the present; persuades Pasha to offer him difficult assignments; 1) kill Kukshedra (dragon; young man kills); 2) get his daughter Persian shah; a young man goes on a journey, meets, takes as his companion a runner drinking the river (catches up with hares); kills a snake that tried to eat the eagle's chicks, which gives its pen; he does not step on an anthill, the queen of ants gives a wing; the shah requires 1) eat 300 plates of food (eats a drink); 2) overtake horsemen (the runner overtakes); 3) separate wheat, barley and millet (ants share); get living water from a cave on a mountain at the end of the world (an eagle brings it); Pasha's imaginary brother kills the present with a sword; the Shah's daughter splashes living water on that, he comes to life; reveals his secret to Pasha, because dead and alive does not have to follow the oath to remain silent; the deceiver was burned in the stove], 17 (without pagination); Serkova 1989 [going out in a storm with a lantern for the midwife, the husband saved the king, who could crash rocks; the captain baptizes the boy, tells him to come to Istanbul when he grows up, but not to take a beardless man as a companion; he imposes himself as a companion, invites the young man to go down to the well, takes an oath from him change status and clothes with him; the king (obviously the former captain) considers the beardless godson, the young man a servant; the old woman teaches him to kill the monster that guarded the water, an elephant with diamond skin, and get The beauty of the earth, follow the road that says "you will go, you will not return", do not go where you "return"; give meat to eagles, grains to ants, honey to bees; they miss, promise to help; the mother of the Beauty of the Earth tells 1) disassemble three varieties of grain overnight (ants disassemble), 2) get a ring from the river (eagles tell ducks), 3) identify her daughter among 12 girls (the bee sits on her); eagles carry the young man and the Beauty of the Earth to Istanbul; the beardless kills him, cuts him to pieces; the beauty of the earth revives him with living water; after dying and resurrecting, the young man is free from his oath, tells the king everything, marries the Beauty of the Earth; the beardless man is hanged]: 136-151; Romanians [the king has a pear tree, three birds with iron beaks eat fruits at night; the older princes fall asleep; the younger mouse asks for crumbs; he wakes up when the birds arrive catches one, brings her into the house, she turns into the Beauty of the World, they sleep together; the maid cuts off her golden curl; the Beauty of Mira is offended: let the prince look for her on a glass mountain; fly away as a bird; Beauty of the World - the daughter of another king; he demands one of the princes to be her husband; the elder goes, the father puts on a bear skin and frightens him, he turns back; the same applies to the middle woman; the old woman advises the youngest to choose a horse, who eats hot coals, take the sword and armor that his father used when he went to marry; the prince was not afraid of his father; he tells him to avoid the red-bearded and beardless; the beardless imposed on satellites; rejected twice, but the third time convinced that everyone here is beardless; lowers him into the well and refuses to lift him before the prince does not agree to change roles; calls him the White Moor (BM); at the court of the Red King, a beardless man sends BM for a jewel from the lion garden; then for a gold-haired deer; the horse kills a beardless man, the prince regains his status and marries the Beauty of the World; after weddings take his wife home, with them the Destroyer of the Nine Lands (RDZ) so that the prince's horse can climb the glass mountain, shoves him with puddy horseshoes, and blindfolds all the wedding guests; one untied the bandage, the horse fell to his knee; during this time, BM's mother died, the father remarried; the stepmother put poison in BM's food and on the bridge he should ride on; RDZ leads past the bridge, throws food to pigs, burns the clothes offered; he has to explain and as the story progresses he becomes stony; KM gives birth to a beautiful child; the couple dream that RDZ can only be revived with the blood of their child; three drops of blood fall on petrified, he comes to life]: Bîrlea 1966:431-433; Bulgarians [the king left his pregnant wife, went to another; ordered a son to be sent to him if a boy is born; the mother sends her son a cake to school, the sent bit her; sends her with another person, he did not touch; she thinks that he will be loyal to her son, sends her son to his father, giving that man as his companion; on the way, the guide tells the young man to go down to a well for water, allows you to get out for the promise to give the paper and change roles; the impostor lives with the king; to get rid of the young man, he sends a matchmaker to another king who killed his daughter's suitors; ways the young man saves ants, eagles, storks, fish, they promise to help; the king orders 1) to disassemble the mixed grain overnight (ants disassemble), 2) to revive a baby who died 3 years ago (the stork brings alive water), sail to the princess on the island (the eagle carries), 4) get the ring dropped by the princess into the sea (she pulls out the fish); the prince brings the bride, the impostor hacked him down, the princess revived him with living water; the king executed an impostor, married his son to a princess]: Klyagin-Kondratyeva 1951:73-77; the Greeks [the tsar sails on a ship, finds himself on a foreign shore, goes to a shepherd; baptizes his newborn son; leaves a ring and a note; it does not tell you to accompany the lame, blind, beardless (baldchin); the young man goes to look for the godfather; takes the lame, the blind, but they are slow, he leaves them behind; the beardless offers let him down to get water into a well; takes an oath that he will give him a ring and a note, will remain silent to death; the king sends a young man to herd cows, takes the deceiver for a son; the young man understands the language of birds and animals, laughs at swallows; the deceiver persuades the king to send him to bring him 1) the Pipiree bird from India; the maid teaches how to fly a flying horse, avoid the fire, the young man brings a bird; 2) bring Gold-haired; the maid explains what to take with him; the horse wakes up the young man, he kills the snake that devoured the eagle's chicks; she first thinks that it was the young man who killed the chicks, the chicks explain; the eagle gives a pen; the horse tells you not to trample ants, the young man feeds them with grain; the ant gives its wing; the young man saves the fish aground, it gives a seed; he saves bees from the water, feeds them with honey, they give a sting; the king promises to give his Gold-haired daughter, if the young man 1) pulls out a ring thrown into the sea (the fish bring), 2) divides the mixture of different grains (ants perform), 3) brings the water of life; the eagle tells you to go to the interpreting mountains, fills the young man's golden vessel with water; the king believes, ordering the Moor to be killed and revived; 4) identify the bride among 40 girls (the bee sits on her); the young man brings Gold-haired; the beardless tells him to get it an apple from the very top, the young man falls, breaks, the beardless buries it; the gold-haired revives it with living water; the young man is released from his oath; the beardless is tied to the horse's tail]: Megas 1970, No. 33:83-93.

Central Europe. Russians (Murmansk, Arkhangelsk, Olonetskaya, Vologda, Kursk, Oryol, Voronezh), Ukrainians (Podolia, Galicia), Belarusians: SUS, No. 502 [Copper forehead: Tsarevich frees his father's wonderful prisoner and for this is expelled from home; on the way, the uncle forces him to change clothes with him; arrives at the court of another king, where the uncle pretends to be a prince and a prince - for a servant; with the help of a freed prisoner, he performs a feat (an enemy army or snake wins) or gets out of trouble (escapes with the princess from her uncle's machinations); the truth is discovered, uncle punished, the prince marries the princess]: 143-144; Russians (Terevsky Bereg) [someone steals apples from Tsar Danilo; two servants go to their mistresses, the old man caught a golden man on a golden horse; Tsarevich Ivan, his arrow hit the prison window; the peasant returned the arrow, for which I. fired it and gave the horse back; the tsar called the other kings of gold to watch, but the prison was empty; expelled the prince; thus, the servant- cook; invited I. to go down to the well for a drink; picked it up after I. gave him his clothes and promised to be called a cook; the imaginary prince married Princess Mary, and the cook sent the end of his mouth; the golden man leads to him, gives him a magic tablecloth, does not allow horses to run away; M. allows him to spend the night with her behind the tablecloth; next time the same (an inexhaustible bottle with 12 necks); the third time is a gem; M. marries the real I.-Tsarevich, and the cook persuades the dumb boyars to lime I.; each time he goes out from behind the stove himself from his fingernail, beard off his elbow, offers tasks; as if I. boasted to create a church with all the clergy overnight; M. summoned the spirits, they did everything; next time: the ship, take the letter to Tsar Saltan, going through the needle's ears; the spirits did everything; get it" scary and terrible"; M. sends him to the old man; I. takes him as a servant and changes him to "scary and terrible", which is on the captain's ship; the old man also returned; M. and I. gave the king a ball, he developed, everyone died; M. She revived everyone, but the dumb boyars disappeared]: Balashov 1970, No. 7:48-56; Russians (Karelian Pomorie) [a hunter peasant put a snare for the happiness of his 12-year-old son; he was hit by a firebird; a peasant took it to the king, who gave it money and a stone house; put the bird in a cage, sent invitations to look at the curiosity; Tsarevich Ivan played and saw it; the bird asks to steal the key from his mother and release it; the bird took off and returned after 6 hours; she had to sit for another three days; then after 8 hours, three more days, only then she would be able to rise high enough to fly to her kingdom; never returned , I. quietly returned the key to his mother; the kings gathered decided that the royal family could not be executed, but must be expelled; the king gave a thin horse and a footman, he was also Ivan; water must be obtained; the servant says that if he if he goes down into the well, then the prince will not be able to pull him out; the prince descended; I.-footman forced the prince to change his clothes and status, only then pulled him out; in another kingdom I.-footman offers to send the real I.-Tsarevich to herd chickens; there are no chickens, they gave 300 hares to herd three years, they will be punished for the loss; each pasture is a year; the hares immediately ran away; a firebird appeared, ordered not to worry, carried it to her; the bird became king: he fought against another kingdom, fell into a snare; I. lives with the elder sister of the firebird king for 11 months, who gives a bakery tablecloth; the king himself gives an accordion: if you start playing, the hares will gather; I. - The prince returned, unfolded the bread pickler, played the accordion, the princess came, sat for a long time; after that, the accordion does not work, I. cannot collect hares, the firebird brings home again; the average the sister gives a lash to collect hares; the princess comes, I. tells her everything, she gives her a ring; after that, the lash has lost its strength, the firebird brings it to her younger sister; she would like to marry I., but he refuses; she gives special clothes; firebird: when you return, snakes will come out of the lake to demand a person to be eaten every day; I. will easily defeat the 6-headed and 9-headed, the 12-headed will cut off 10 heads, and two - no way; when the sun rises, you should shout: look, your house is on fire! he will look around, heads will be cut off; gives the horn to gather hares; under the stone there is a horse and a kladenets sword; princess at home: do whatever you want with me, I agree to anything; lived with him for two whole days; servants: I was alone princesses; a serpent appeared, the king promises a daughter and half the kingdom for the victory over him; I. drank bottles from the firebird, there was a lot of strength, took out a horse and a kladenets sword; the imaginary I.-Tsarevich bought tongues from 6 heads, and this allowed me to cut off my toe and arm; the same after killing a 9-headed snake: cut off my belt from the back on your finger; when the 12-headed one has been fighting for two days; your house is on fire! falling, the serpent scratched I.'s right arm and leg; the princess bandaged her; took another belt from the imaginary prince; at the wedding, the princess orders that all servants, including the hare shepherd, should be present; he sleeps, because blood is dripping under the bandages; I.-Tsarevich came, brought his fingers and belts from the deceiver's back; hit him, the place was wet; inherited the throne; lived to a very old age]: Nechaev 1938:11-38; Russians (Arkhangelskaya, Pomors) [the prince's arrow hit the Firebird's cage; the Firebird promises to give it back if the prince releases it, promises to help; the tsar drove his son away, giving him a footman; he offers the prince go down into the well; raised them for his promise to change clothes and status; the prince was told to herd the goats; they run away, the Firebird brings them in the evening, gives the prince a magic tablecloth; the princess peeked asked for a tablecloth, the prince gave it back; received harps from the Firebird, the goats were gathered again; the dying grandfather of the Firebird gave the prince a heroic horse for saving his granddaughter; on him, the prince smashes enemies, gets the royal the crown; gives the footman, for this he cut off his big toe; the same twice more (cut off the finger from the other leg, then his finger); the princess must marry the footman, but the prince showed her fingers; wedding]: Razumova , Senkina 1987:152-157; Belarusians (Mogilevskaya, Western 1888-1891, d. Popova Sloboda, Radomlskaya vol., Chaussky district, from Kr. Nester Sergeyeva Vysotsky, 75 years old, illiterate) [Apple trees with gold and silver leaves grow in the royal garden, golden and silver apples on them, the queen has a dream - the uprooted and dug garden is sown with wheat and gold and silver grains, the queen dreams, the king gathers soldiers, they uproot the garden, sow it with wheat; wheat grows rapidly, is filled with gold and silver grains; a thief appears, the king announces a reward to whoever catches a thief; a soldier hides in a hollow and catches a winged thief by the beard at night, the thief is called the Copper Monster, he is put in a crypt; the royal son Ivan shoots sparrows, the arrow falls into the crypt, Copper In exchange for an arrow, the monster asks to open the crypt, tells how to trick him into getting the keys out of his mother's pocket, putting on the royal crown and walking past the sentries; the king's son does everything, lets go of the Copper Monster, he says that Ivan will be useful; the royal guests want to see the Beast, find that Ivan has released him, the king wants to execute his son, but the guests dissuade him and the king drives his son away; the prince meets soldier Ivanka, returns to the palace and begs his father for a soldier; the two of them leave, find a well, the soldier lowers the prince down on the ribbon (to get drunk and get water), agrees raise, only after exchanging roles, the prince gives the soldier his clothes, and becomes a servant; they reach a state where the tsar is looking for a daughter's groom, the soldier is received as a guest, and the prince is locked in a bathhouse; the tsar instructs the candidate to take 3 immense mares ("nyabylnitsa mares") to western meadows, fall out and bring them back, Ivan the Soldier calls his servant prince and instructs him to do so; the prince pulls mares under his knees, sits down, takes silk reins and goes to western meadows, where the mares disappear; the prince remembers the Copper Monster, he appears, takes the prince to his copper house, hovers he is in the bathhouse, puts copper clothes and a copper hat on the prince, gives him a glass of beer (which is drunk on Christmas Day), which makes the prince more powerful; the children of the Copper Monster find mares, tie them so that they lick the stars in the sky; they feast, the Copper Monster gives her eldest daughter's napkin on the road (the napkin makes wishes come true) and the prince goes back; drives up to the palace, rides all three mares, the tsar is surprised by the copper clothes, Ivan the Soldier explains this by stealing, the mares are beaten and driven back, the prince is locked in the bathhouse; the prince uses a napkin to arrange himself from baths are royal chambers, the sentries drink alcohol before bedtime; the princess comes to him, they feast, the princess asks to sell the napkin, but is refused - Ivan agrees only to give it; the princess leaves, the napkin folded, the bathhouse takes its former form; the prince is sent to herd mares in protected meadows, history repeats itself, this time the Copper Monster brings the prince to the silver house, sends nine sons in search of mares, and three to heat the bathhouse; the Copper Monster hovers the prince in the bathhouse, puts on him silver clothes and a hat, gives him beer (which he drinks on Sunday for Lent) is the prince's strength increases; the children of the Copper Monster catch mares from under the stone by the sea, tie them up, after the feast, the prince goes back, repeats the story of his previous return to the palace; at night, the prince with using a napkin, she again turns the bathhouse into royal chambers and gives her alcohol for hours, the princess comes, they feast, the princess asks to sell the napkin again, the prince agrees to give it in exchange for a night with the princess by candles and swords; in the morning, the prince is sent to herd mares in western meadows for the third time, history repeats itself; the Copper Monster leads the prince to the golden house, sends 11 sons in search of mares, 11 his daughters heat the bathhouse, the Copper Monster takes him to the bathhouse, then puts him in gold clothes and a hat, the prince feels very strong, the Monster gives him a glass of wine (which he drinks on Yuri's Day) for reducing strength; sons bring mares, catching them in the sky behind the clouds; after the feast, the prince says goodbye to his wife, sons and daughters of the Copper Monster; the prince returns back, the mares cannot do it take them, he drags them, when they return, the mares are beheaded, the prince is locked in a bathhouse; at night, the sentries let him out, he goes to the princess, they feast, but the night did not take place, because the princess breaks the agreement: puts out candles and removes his swords, the prince is angry and leaves; the king gives the task to defeat the enemy strongly, Ivan the Soldier goes to fight; the prince summons the Copper Monster, who gives a horse, a kladenets sword, a whip and copper clothes; the prince catches up with Ivan, whips him, then fights with the enemy, returns, sleeps for three days, the princess secretly comes to him at night; a new enemy comes, the prince remembers again Copper monster - history repeats itself, only with silver clothes, upon returning from battle, the prince sleeps for 6 days, at night the princess secretly comes to him; on the seventh day comes a new enemy, history Again, this time the prince receives gold clothes and a napkin from his youngest daughter to call for help from 12 heroes; this is his last encounter with the Copper Beast; in battle, the prince calls for help heroes, wins, the wounded returns, the tsar bandages his wound with his daughter's napkin and puts the ring on the princess's hand, Ivan takes off his gold clothes, sleeps 11 days in the bath; on a ring and bandage on the wound it recognizes the winner, plays a wedding; Ivan the deceiver is shot]: Romanov 1901, No. 43:395-404; Russians (Kursk, Timsky y.) [The Tsar has three sons - Vasily Tsarevich, Dmitry Tsarevich, Ivan Tsarevich. Someone mows the grass every night. The king and older brothers are on guard, they can't catch anyone. I. catches a peasant - himself from his fingernail, a beard from his elbow, brings him to his father, who puts him in prison. The next day, I. plays, shoots an arrow, and she ends up in prison. The man asks to let him out, promising to come in handy. I., while his mother searches in his head, steals the keys. The king, wanting to show the prisoner to the guests, discovers the loss, orders I. The princes propose to expel him. Ivan Tsarevich is given to Uncle Ivan. They go, they want to get drunk, they find a well in the woods. The uncle, threatening to drown I., forces him to recognize him as a prince, exchange clothes and horses, signing an agreement in blood. They come to see the prince. The false prince goes to the palace, and I. is sent to the bird's yard. The prince's sheep fell ill. The uncle says that I. He drives them into the forest, sits on a stump, complains about the peasant, because of whom he is suffering. The little man shows up, blows at the sheep, heals them. He leads I. to himself, in the glacier he gives a bucket of mash to drink, from which I. becomes strong. The peasant's mother gives a magic tablecloth and a stone that will glow brighter than 20 candles. I. are made a senior groom. He uses a tablecloth to treat the rest of the grooms. The next day, the prince orders the cows to be healed. Likewise, a man gives two buckets of braga to drink, and his mother gives a cane that can summon 12 musicians and 5,000 soldiers. I. walks and has fun. The next day he is ordered to cure sick horses. Same thing, three buckets. I.: If there were a pole, one end in the ground and the other in the sky, it would turn all the light. The little man gives half a bucket of braga of impotence. He gives three horses: "Gay, sivka-burka, eternal kaurka! Stand in front of me like a leaf in front of grass!" They served him for 33 years, tells them to serve I. as well, says goodbye. Prince gives I. a glass of vodka as a reward, I. drinks and goes to bed. When he wakes up, the windows of the wards are covered with black cloth. An old woman and an old man from the kitchen explain that a strong army rises to the prince, 3 inches in his forehead and 3 arshins in his shoulders. I. calls a horse, breaks the army. He calls the hero a broad-minded pig. The enemy hero shouts that he had no opponents in the world and demands: "Raise my eyebrows!" Fifteen people raise him, I. cuts off his head. Sleeps 6 days and 6 nights. When he wakes up, the barn blows down with his spirit. The old man reports that a soldier of 6 inches in his forehead and 6 arshins in his shoulders rises to the prince. I. sits on the second horse, breaks the army. Sleeps 9 days and 9 nights. The windows are black again. Old man: A soldier with 9 inches in his forehead and 9 arshins in his shoulders rises to the prince. I. sits on his "heroic horse". He calls the hero a broad-minded bull. The hero tells you to raise your eyebrows. Fifty people raise his eyebrows. They come together, they don't hit each other, both swords break in half. I.: "My father is riding your father to fetch water." The hero turns around, I. cuts off his head. He returns, marries his prince's daughter, leaves his uncle]: Belkin 1853, No. 10:533-536; Ukrainians (Transcarpathia) [Yurko's 12th son goes to look for a godfather who gave him a letter at the christening; this is the king; the grandfather offers Yu to be his servant, pretends to be his godson; the king does not believe, orders to bring Tsar Poganin's golden-haired daughter; Yu goes, the bird, the ant, the bees promise to help; P. tells 1) disassemble the grain (birds, ants disassemble), 2) identify the bride among 12 sisters (a bee will hit her eye); grandfather kills Yu in the forest, the bride revives him with live water, his grandfather was torn by horses]: Tales Verkhovyna 1970:356-361.

Caucasus - Asia Minor. Crimean Tatars [Sultan Reshid has 4 sons, the youngest is 12 years old; the Sultan sowed golden wheat, poured the harvest into ingots; someone steals wheat; the eldest son went on guard, fell asleep; the same second; the third saw an arap, which jumped off his horse and began to mow wheat; the young man grabbed him by his long white hair, causing the arap to lose his strength; he was lowered into the cellar, tied to each hair with an iron weight; R. notified the neighboring kings, inviting them to look at the monster; the youngest son Kerim played the ball, he fell into the cellar to the arap; K. found the key from his father, went down; the arap asked for the release of 10 hairs; then shook off the rest of the weights, summoned the winged horse; when he flew away, he promised K. to help him; the assembled kings asked R. not to kill his son, but only to expel him; K.'s mother wrote to her relative Dervish Sultan a request to shelter boy; Kerima was caught up with rider Ali, changed food supplies; K. ate salty cakes, wanted to drink; went down to the well; Ali made K. swear that they would change names and statuses; D. appointed the deceiver was his heir; he was going to marry D.'s daughter, but she disgusted him; the deceiver said that his servant could get 40 horses with golden manes and tails; K. drove the data he did not know where to go, he fell asleep; the arap carried him to his palace; the Arap's wife gave him a box in which a winged duldulle is easy to fly around the universe; the eldest daughter is a walnut, in which a table is magic; the youngest is hazelnut, wearing festive clothes; the arap himself gave three glasses of water, K. became one of the strongest heroes in the world; 40 days later K. flew on a duldula to D., with him 40 horses with gilded manes and tails; the princess saw K. feast alone, fell in love; that night the capital was flooded with light; deceiver: the servant can find out where the light source is; K. came to the arap; he sent in search of eagles and nocturnal birds; it turned out that the sorceress's bird of paradise dropped its pen; K. spoke about this and was sent for a pen; he brought it; the deceiver sent for the bird itself; K. and the arap feasted for 35 days, then we went to the sorceress; at the gate there is a lion and a horse, they should be given meat and hay; they must drink from a rotten stream, praise the water; eat wormy pears, praise them; if after the third attempt you do not grab the sorceress will turn the cage with the bird into stone; the tree on which the cage dodged, but the third time K. grabbed the cage; the pear, the stream, the lion, the horse refuse to detain K. - he praised them; the old woman advises the deceiver to tell K. to get the sorceress herself; arap: now in the palace of the sorceress who will sleep, you must lubricate each door with fragrant oil; take an oath from the sorceress with all the sanctities of the world and heaven; her dwarf servant flew for the mistress; when they arrived, Kerim's oath expired; Ali was tied to 40 horses; D. married K. to his daughter and sorceress; the wedding was 40 days and nights]: Kondaraki 1875, No. 6:68-82; Abazins [disguised as poor, the padishah sleeps in a poor house; that night a son was born there; when leaving, the padishah leaves gold and a letter with which the young man, when he grows up, must come to the padishah if he wants to marry; when the young man goes on a journey, his father warns him not to take a beardless man as a companion; the beardless asks for companions, agrees to go on a close road, where there is no water; he lowers him into the well for water and picks him up after the young man has given the padishah's letter; the beardless pretends to be a young man, and he pretends to be a groom; wants to marry an overseas beauty, asks send an imaginary groom for her; on the way, the horse tells her to feed the eagle, bees, throw fish into the water; the fish lay down on the water, the horse crossed the sea over it; the girl's father wants a death cure for her daughter (eagle brings); get to know the bride among other girls (a bee is spinning over her); get an abandoned ring from the bottom of the sea (the fish got it); before leaving, the daughter stole a bottle of immortality medicine, which she hid father; the girl told the beardless man to ask the padishah to kill the groom boy, then revived him; he told the padishah everything - death and resurrection freed him from the word given to the beardless; beardless torn by horses]: Tugov 1985, No. 46:125-131; Georgians [the prince frees his father's wonderful prisoner and is expelled for this; the vizier leaves with him and persuades him to change clothes on the way; coming to to another king, pretends to be a prince, and a real prince as a servant; with the help of his father's prisoner he saved, the prince gains heroic strength and defeats the royal strongman; everything is clear, vizier punished, prince marries a princess]: Kurdovanidze 2000, No. 502:48-49; Armenians [the prince released from the cage a monster (janavara) caught by the king; a vizier who was ordered by the king to kill the prince, let him go, took away his armband (buzmand), pretended to be a prince, married a princess; the prince killed the Black, Red and White Devas, defeated the enemy army, saved the princess; the tsar was the father Princess - recognized the savior of his daughters, executed the vizier, and married his daughter to the prince]: Gullakian 1990, No. 502:24.

Baltoscandia. Estonians (Yuri) [in the forest, the king saw a mushroom, and under it a dwarf with a big beard; brought it to him, put it in the basement, invited the other kings to look at the curiosity; the prince boy was playing ball, he flew into the basement; the dwarf promised to give the ball if the boy stole his mother's key; let him cry, the mother would kneel, take the key out of his pocket and then return it; the queen grew up and then told his father everything; he drove him away, giving him a horse and a servant; when the Queen went down to the well to get water, the servant swore that they would change roles, otherwise he would not pull him out of the well; The deceiver became another king's chief adviser, and the real queen got to watch the horses; he laments his share; that dwarf came out from under the stone, led him underground; the eldest daughter gave a magic tablecloth and a copper whistle; if you whistle, a brass horse and robe will appear, no enemy is terrible with them; next time the same (silver, gold horse and robe); coming out of the lake the three-headed serpent demands a royal daughter, otherwise it will ruin everything; the queen in a copper outfit kills him, returns his daughter to the king; the same with the 6-headed (silver horse) and 12-headed (golden horse) dragons; the youngest the princess bandaged the savior's wound; the deceiver bribed the warriors to say that he is the savior; the king wants to give him his youngest daughter; she found the imaginary groom playing the pipe; he appeared to the king in gold The robes brought the heads and tongues of snakes; but the deceiver cannot; the Queen is made a son-in-law and heir, the deceiver is thrown into the well]: Mälk et al. 1967, No. 71:204-213; Lutsie (West 1893) [the king hears a voice: cut a stone; he hit a stone with a sword, the king of stones (kivikuningas, KK) came out; the king of men lured him into a trap, enclosed him in a fortress; the prince had a pipe, KK reached out and took it away; I'll give it back if you will steal your mother's key and open the constipation; if it's hard for you, think of me: I'll show up and help; if your mother is allowed to hang, take the blame; the king has just called the other kings to see the miracle, but the room is empty; the king was going to hang his wife, the son said that he had released the KK; the king wanted to kill and eat him, but the audience only asked to send the prince into exile; they also gave a letter and a soldier; he lowered the prince into the well, took out water; refused to pull it out until he promised to change his status with him; another king mistook the soldier for a prince, promised a daughter; the servant king asked for a day off, went out to to the sea, thought of KK, he was already here, called him to his place; his eldest daughter gave him a whetstone that feeds and wateres; KK himself gave a gray horse; the princess took the whetstone; next time the middle daughter of KK gave it an all-seeing mirror; KK himself called a horse: stand in front of me like a forest in front of the wind; gave it to the prince; the princess took the mirror; for the third time, KK's youngest daughter gave me an accordion, at the sound of which everyone starts dance; KK himself gave a third horse; the princess took the accordion; the older princess is given to a three-headed dragon (must - "black"); the prince summoned the horse; woke up from the princess's tears; killed a dragon that came out seas; tongues carved, hidden under a stone; the same with two other princesses; a soldier, a water carrier, a cook attribute victory to themselves; the younger princess sees her handkerchief with which she tied the hand of a wounded savior, on the hand of a sleeping servant prince; a soldier, a water carrier and a cook do not know where the languages are and cannot pick them up; the prince married a younger princess]: Annom et al. 2018:143-156; Karelians (northern, Tungud district) ) [they caught the firebird, gave it to the king; the king ordered the execution of whoever would release it; the bird asks the prince to get the key from his mother, he took it out and released the bird; expelled accompanied by a soldier; goes down into the well; the soldier picked him back for his promise to give his horse and change clothes; the soldier was mistaken for a prince by another tsar, the real prince was sent to herd hares; they ran away; the swan girl flew in, and she was firebird; they live in her palace; then they come back, she gives a whip to gather hares and talyanka; he plays, the princess falls in love with him; he is sent twice more to herd hares, the swan is a girl every time helps; they want to give the princess a three-headed snake, the prince killed him, cut out his tongues; the soldier (i.e. the imaginary prince) said that he killed; agreed to give his thumb for his tongues; the same 6- and 9-headed snakes ( thumb; belt from the back); the princess is passed off as a soldier, she tells him to check if he is healthy, everyone sees flaws; the imaginary shepherd explains everything; marries the princess]: Stepanova 2000, No. 113:194-200; Lithuanians [on his way, the servant forces the prince to change his status with him; in the end, everything is explained and the deceiver is punished]: Balys 1936, № *403D: 35.

Volga - Perm. Kazan Tatars: Zamaletdinov 2008a, No. 73 [someone steals padishah apples; he watched, caught a golden bird; called other padishahs to look at it; the bird asked his son Arslan for it let go, he let go; the padishah wants to execute his son, agrees to expel; he takes the son of another padishah as his companion; suggests that one of them be considered the son of a vizier; throws a stick - who is faster to it will swim; she is closer to him; after that A. must obey; the deceiver married the eldest, A. married the middle daughter of the padishah; everything is doing well; the deceiver is jealous; says that A. can make his hooves rich a hundred horses, silver their hair; A. calls the golden bird, she does everything; when she becomes a girl, takes A. to heaven, where her sister is; both give him a magic tablecloth; the same, a hundred cows to have golden horns, tails in a chain; sisters give an accordion that plays any melody; the same is a hundred goats with golden horns and silver hair; sisters feed apples that give strength; give fluffs to summon a horse; enemies attacked; A. fed his mare to birds, summoned a heroic horse; defeated his elder son-in-law and viziers, then enemies; so three times; the padishah brought A. closer to him, who ordered the elder son-in-law to be expelled]: 391-407; 2008b, No. 33 [ the rich man (hereinafter referred to as the padishah} wanted to take the gold he had in his palaces, but someone said that only Altynbay could take it; the rich man stayed with the old man; at that time his wife gave birth, the boy was named Altynbay; rich man: when A. is 18, let him come to me; A. comes to his teacher named Hatfa, who asks him to take him with him; lowers him into the well for water; pulls him out for water a promise to change his clothes and name; the imaginary H. was received honorably by the padishah, and the real one became a groom; H. (i.e. imaginary A.) pretended to be sick, water from the spring will heal him, let A. bring him; the horse tells him to kill him, catch a crow; when his mother arrives, let him bring water to the zyamzes; then revive him horse; the horse tells him to keep half a bottle for himself; H. demands the daughter of a padishah named Hakim; on the way A. killed bears that destroyed a hive, an anthill, a lake with fish; bees, ants, fish promised to help; X . orders to separate yellow millet from black millet (ants separated); revive his long-dead ten-year-old son (A. moistened his lips with water); the princess orders him to get the ring that fell into the lake (the fish took it out); when A. was sleeping, H. came and cut off his head; his wife revived him with water; only the real A. was able to open palaces with gold; H. was tied to a horse's tail]: 262-270; Marie [the prince frees the devil is expelled from home for this; the policeman puts on his clothes; the devil saves the prince; with the help of the released line, the prince defeats snakes; the truth turns out that the prince marries the princess]: Sabitov 1989, No. 502:31.

Turkestan. Uighurs (Khotan) [King Khotan agreed to marry his son to King Yarkand's daughter; the prince went with his bald servant, stopped to wash; he sat on his horse, put on his clothes, and came to Yarkand under looking like a prince, ordering that a man who would come on such a horse in such clothes should not be allowed into the city; the prince had to sit on a bald man's horse and wear his clothes; marrying Princess Yarkanda, bald said that the young man was good as a shepherd; the real prince was allowed to herd cattle; the old man taught him words that make people, animals and objects stick together and unstick; bald he stuck to the princess, all the viziers to them, the king himself; to the judge - a piece of meat, a dog, he himself to a donkey; King Yarkand promised to forgive the young man for promising to paste them; the prince told everything; received a wife, bald hanged]: Jarring 1946, No. 6:109-120.

Western Siberia. Muncie [someone ruins the garden, steals turnips; the father tells three sons to guard; the eldest, the middle fall asleep, the youngest grabs the Copper Man (MCH); he tells the horse to go home and tell the sisters that the brother is in trouble; the father and sons send news to the tsar, he pays 300 rubles for turnips, puts MCH in prison; the royal son Vanya fired an arrow from a toy bow, she fell on the roof of the prison; MCH teaches: roar and stomp your feet, you will be offered different things, calm down when they give you a bunch of keys; open the prison, I'll get you an arrow; once free, MCH promises to help the boy when necessary; disappears; neighboring kings who came to see the MCH; dissatisfied; decide to give V. the coachman and expel him from the state; the coachman is Senpalt's uncle; V. wants to drink, S. lowers him into the well; promises to lift him up if V. agrees with him to change roles and names and sign his blood; now S. rides in a carriage, and V. is a coachman; they come to another king, the imaginary prince asks to give his daughter; Tsar: feed 30 stallions for three days and three days nights; imaginary prince: my uncle S. will herd; V. calls MCH, he takes him to his place, his older sister gives him a handkerchief (wave - dancers, musicians, food); then back, MCH collects horses, there are 60 of them; the same the next day (the middle sister gives a box, people come out and ask for work; the horses are 90); on the third day (the younger sister gives an egg (it contains food, drinks, dancers, warriors); MCH - Hiiro horse and sword; horses 120); the princess sees this, understands that the shepherd is a real prince, not S.; S. demands a wedding the next day; the three-headed devil demands that the princess be given to him; V. kills him, S. says he killed; the same with 6 - and with a 9-headed line; the princess bandaged the wound, then sees her handkerchief on the hand of an imaginary shepherd; at the wedding, the princess showed the second half of the handkerchief; S. was driven away, V. took the princess and inherited the kingdom]: Kannisto 1956, No. 16:154-176 (=Kippar 2002:212-228).