K38e1. Copper Forest, (ATU 511) .14.-.16.27.-.29.31.32.

Characters drive (pass) through a forest with two or more types of metal trees (copper, silver, etc.).

Kabiles, Portuguese, (Italians), Irish, French, Hungarians, Romanians, Moldovans, Czechs, Slovaks, Russians (Terek coast, Vologda), Ukrainians (Hutsulshchina), Ossetians, Turks, Swedes , Norwegians, Danes, Western Sami, Karelians, Estonians, Seto, Lithuanians, Latvians, Komi, Mordovians, Bashkirs.

North Africa. Kabila [the prince has two eldest sons with Arab wives and the youngest from his cabin wife; the elders abuse the youngest; he begged his father to let him go on a journey; when they found out, the sons of the Arabs went too; the father tells us not to stop in the golden forest and the silver forest; the elders insisted on spending the night in the golden forest; the Lephsa dragon came at night; the older brothers hid in fear, and the younger cut off his head; in the morning the elders said that they had killed the dragon; the youngest pretended to be grateful to them for his salvation; the same with the dragon in the silver forest; here the shining girl says that he saved her and should now marry her; the young man asked her to wait, gave her his shoe, which was so small that no one else could wear it; the youngest returned to the brothers; when all three of them went on, said that he forgot her shoe and returned to the girl; they went, stopped under a tree, the girl gave her jewelry to the young man and fell asleep; the crow took them away; he chased her; the girl woke up and saw that the young man disappeared, put on the man's dress he had left and rode his horse; came to the judge, handed down a mild sentence under the guise of a young man, the people asked the judge to make the imaginary young man their successor; the judge's daughter in him fell in love and her parents passed her off as an imaginary young man; on her wedding night, her imaginary husband prayed until morning, and the next night the girl confessed everything and promised that her husband would marry them both; the judge's daughter was not her gave it away; the young man came to the city, hired a Jew to cultivate his field; found a pot of gold; the Jew gave it to the young man; he came to the sea, asked the sailor to watch over his gold, but he took the pot and He sailed away with him; the young man came to the city, where the prince gave everyone an ax to cut down a tree; whoever cut down will receive his daughter and execute others; but after the fourth blow, the felling overgrown every time; the young man saw the tree was the nest of the crow that had taken the jewelry; knocked down the tree on the third blow, refused to take the prince's daughter, only took the jewelry from the nest; he came to the city where his wife was; he did not recognize her, but she recognized him asked the bathhouse attendant to take him to the bathhouse; while the young man was washing, the bathhouse attendant took the jewelry; they came to the judge (i.e. his wife in disguise); the young man told his story; the judge asked the bathhouse attendant what was the punishment The priest deserves, he said that he was in exile; the wife opened up to her husband, showed him and his second wife; the young man himself took the place of judge, sent the bathhouse attendant into exile]: Frobenius 1921b, No. 42:188-198.

Southern Europe. Portuguese: Cardigos 2006, No. 306 [The princess will be given to someone who finds out why she wears 3 (7) pairs of shoes every night; the hero does not drink sleeping pills, gets and wears an invisible hat; wearing magic shoes, walks through a copper, silver, golden forest; sees a princess dancing me with a devil (or she wears her shoes on the way); objects brought from another world prove the words right hero; he marries a princess or a princess is punished (executed)], 511A [stepmother tyrants stepdaughter, father's bull guards her; he has a magic tablecloth in his ear or horn; either he helps her find food or spinning helps; stepmother watches the bull; pretending to be sick, asks him to slaughter; stepdaughter runs away with him; the bull carries her through the copper, silver, golden forest; tells him not to touch trees, but she accidentally touches them and takes them with her; because of this, the bull must fight demons every time; the girl lubricates his wounds; he tells him to kill and bury him, everything that appears in this place a girl needs it; or a murdered bull turns into a prince and marries the girl]: 53-64, 126-128; (cf. Italians (Piedmont; the text is combined from two one-story stories - the beginning is from one, the end is from the other) [at confession, the priest tells the young man that stealing from thieves is not a sin; he came to the forest to the robbers; they say they are also sinless because they rob tax collectors; a young man loaded the robbers' treasures on a mule and brought them home; hired the king as a shepherd; he warns not to chase sheep across the stream; there a serpent that eats sheep; when the young man was on his way to the pasture, the princess threw him a cake out of the window; across the stream, the young man sat on a stone to eat a cake, and the sheep began to graze on the good grass; crawled out from under the stone three-headed serpent; a young man killed him with his staff; one of his heads had a crystal key; the young man opened the crystal door to the dungeon with them, where crystal servants are ready to serve in the crystal world; the young man gathered crystal flowers, gave the princess; in the other two heads a snake has the keys to the silver and golden worlds; the king announces the tournament; the young man wins three times on crystal, silver and gold horses; marries on the princess]: Calvino 1980, No. 13:40-42).

Western Europe. France, Ireland [the "copper, silver and golden forest" motif exists in France and Scandinavia; the only Irish version is recorded in Canada]: Liungman 196:130.

The Balkans. Hungarians: Curtin 1914 [a man with many children went to look for a godson for his newborn son and daughter; the merchant agreed, took the children to his place; they grew up, brother and sister began to play; sister lost, but her brother (his name is Miklos) returned everything to her; then her brother lost, but her sister refused to return what he had won; her brother cursed her and was immediately carried away by the dragon; her brother went in search; hired to herd the king's horses; 13 swans flew in and became girls; the most beautiful one approached the young man; forbade talking about her; a princess approached the young man at the ball, but M. refused to dance with her, saying that his fiancée was more beautiful; the king was furious; then M. showed him his girlfriend; she accused him of betrayal and flew away; M. went in search; the miller sends two bags of flour to the magical realm every day, placing them on his wings vulture; now, instead of flour, he put M. in one bag; when the neck was flying, it rained and the flour got wet; he threw off the lighter bag in which M. was in; he fell into the forest; a young man was nearby, saying that his waited; told the blacksmith to make 24 pairs of iron shoes and gloves for them; while M. and his servant climbed the mountain, shoes and gloves were demolished; they went through the copper, silver, golden forest, came to a clearing where swan maidens fly; but the servant blew into the flute given to him by the blacksmith's wife (she was a witch and wanted to marry M. to her speckled daughter); M. fell asleep in an unawakened sleep; the servant smeared him whiskey M. woke up with ointment, which was also given by the blacksmith's wife, but by that time the swan maidens had flown away; so three times; the swan maiden said that she would not fly again; realizing what was going on, M. hacked down the servant and went to look again beloved; came to the dragon castle that kidnapped his sister; her name is Tlonka; her son was born strong, found where the wine of power is hidden, gave his mother, her brother M. drunk, drank himself, nailed the dragon to the wall in the room behind the iron door; they came to the castle where those 13 virgins slept; M. woke them up, stayed with his wife, the sister's son disappeared]: 120-140; Ortutai 1974, No. 7 [the wife died, the poor man took another one, from that 5 daughters and three , four, five, six and seven eyes, the last one on the back of his head; the mischievous ox teaches the owner's son to take food from his right horn; the stepmother sends daughters to spy; each time the young man waits for all eyes will fall asleep; I forgot about the seventh eye; the stepmother asks her husband to slaughter the ox; he tells the young man to sit between his horns, flies away; they fly into the copper, silver, golden forest; every time the ox tells him not to tear off a flower, a young man picks; an ox defeated a copper wolf, a silver forest lion; a tiger, a dragon, a hare in gold; a tiger killed, a hare tore him up; the young man picked up a horn; a herd came out of it at rest, the young man does not know how to put it back; a witch drives him for a promise never to marry; a young man marries a miller's daughter, who leaves bread and a scoop with a broom at the door; the witch tells you to open the scoop, broom, bread refuse; the witch admits that the mill is stronger than her and bursts]: 158-164; Jones, Kropf 1889 [the king's eye laughs and the other crying; three sons ask him why this is so; he He is angry, but then confesses; laughs because his sons will become kings themselves; cries because two in black stole a pelican from him, whose singing makes him younger; sons jump in search; two the elders do not pay attention to the beggar; they did not look for a bird, but began revelry; the youngest gives alms; the beggar teaches: a bird in the church for the Operencian Sea; the witch has two horses, she asks to herd them for a year; her a year is three days, her horse is her daughter, they will disappear in the clouds or underground; here's a whistle, it can cause the king of mosquitoes, the king of fish and the king of mice; as a reward, you should ask for a thin foal under the heap manure; we need to take the foal to the bridge, wash it in the river; it will become a flying horse; mosquitoes, fish, mice helped bring the horses back; then the beggar explained that you can only cross the sea twice a year at at the end of the forest and in early spring, when two trees on its opposite banks kiss each other; crossing the trees to the other side, the young man walked gold, then silver , then a copper forest; each has an old woman, he asks them; two Jesuits who stole the bird live near the church; but she does not sing; the young man took the bird, the old women gave him gold and silver; upon his return, the young man met his brothers: they were forced to work in shackles; the brothers cut off his arms and legs and took the bird away; he was picked up by a swineherd; he smeared his arms and legs with bloody clay and they grew up; the bird sang, everyone became 17 years old; he tied the brothers to horses and then hanged; the father gave his youngest son half the kingdom; they are still alive, if not dead]: 250-262; Romanians [handsome young the farmhand does not look at the girls; dreams three times how the fairy tells him to go to the emperor; is hired by the emperor's gardener; the emperor's 12 daughters secretly dance at night, wearing out a pair of shoes during the night; their father promises any of the daughters to someone who finds out why shoes wear out; trying to solve the mystery, 11 young men go missing, the rest give up; the fairy tells the young man to raise two laurels; with a laurel flower the young man quietly penetrates the girls; the eldest opens the underground passage, the young man follows the girls, steps on the youngest's dress, others do not believe her that anyone is watching them; after going through the forest with with silver, gold, diamond trees, girls approach the boats, 12 men take them to the castle on the island; the younger sister's boat is heavier than others, sitting in it an invisible young man; on the way back the young man broke off a silver branch, put it in a bouquet for his younger sister in the morning; the next day, a gold one; when he learns that his sisters are plotting against him, the young man takes the second laurel flower, his mind sharpens, on it luxurious clothes; in a new look, recognized only by his younger sister, the young man openly comes to watch the girls; the younger sister does not allow him to drink the drink of oblivion, the spell disappears; the young man marries younger princess, others get married too; wife burns laurels to keep spouses equal]: Browne 1915:389-400; Romanians [the mighty king always laughs with his right eye and cries with his left eye; he has three son; mighty tall Florea, tight strong Costan and younger Petru are tall but girlish in character; the older brothers refused, P. agreed to ask his father about his eyes and received a slap in the face from him; but he it seemed that the left eye was crying less and the right eye laughing more; and he asked again; both eyes laughed at the father: that three sons are good, but they are unlikely to be able to protect themselves from their neighbors; therefore laughter and tears; but if you bring water from the well of the Morning Dawn fairy, I will wet my eyes and both will laugh, for I will understand that the sons are brave; F. rode the best horse to the border of his father's possessions; there is a bridge and a three-headed dragon: one jaw in the sky, the other on earth; F. turned, but did not return home a year, month and day later; K. went; the dragon also has three heads; also turned, but did not return home; P. went, dragon 7 heads; the horse stands on its hind legs, P. has returned to take another horse; the old nurse: you need the horse your father rode; he replies that the horse has long fallen, and there are only scraps of bridle in the stall; the nurse tells bring such a fragment and hit the pole with it; then a beautiful horse appears under the precious saddle; now there is a 12-headed dragon at the bridge; the horse tells you to cut off the main head and flies forward - one day like the wind , the other is like a thought; in front of them there is a copper wall, as well as copper trees, bushes and herbs; flowers whisper, but the horse forbids them to be plucked; otherwise they will have to fight Velva; but he plucked to see her; she horse mane, deer antlers, bear face, ferret eyes, bodies of various creatures; after three days of battle, P. put a bridle over the velva and it turned into a beautiful horse; this is the brother of P.'s horse, who was bewitched; so galloped through a copper forest; then silver (still another velva horse); golden (same, the strongest and youngest of these horses are disgraced) ; now they are driving through the frozen country of Saint Sereda, and there is fire around the edges; this is the frost that makes the calf in the womb of the cow freeze and the rocks crumble; when they reach the house of St. Sereda, she gave a box that will show the way home and tell you who is doing what now; P. asks about his father; a box: his eldest sons have taken away his power; now they are traveling through the red-hot land of St. . Thursdays (Joi, Jupiter); rocks began to melt under their hooves; from the cool valleys, where springs and flowers, girls turn to P.; St. Thursday: Next will be the country of St. Fridays, tell her my wishes for good health; it is not cold or hot there; but darkness has descended and Tornado's daughters are in it; Tornadoes guard Friday's house; the horse tells me to throw a copper wreath, the spirits rushed behind the wreath ; a silver wreath showed Friday and she allowed her to enter; Friday is an ancient old woman; when the world arose, she was a child; asks for a mug of water from the spring of the Morning Dawn Fairy on the way back; gave the flute, the sounds of which make them fall asleep; in the morning P. fed his horses with hot coals; Friday: leave one horse here now, and enter the Fairy dismounted; she has a terrible appearance: owl eyes, fox face, claws cats; her gaze deprives her of reason; the Fairy's palace where the earth touches the sky; flowers along the way; neither warm nor cold, eternal twilight; P. sedated the giant watchman and seven-headed dragons with a flute; the milk river is not in sandy or jelly shores, and on shores made of gems and pearls, flows quickly and slowly at the same time; lions with golden skin and iron teeth; beautiful fairies sleep in flowers; P. tied to a sleeper He woke up the giant's fingers, told him to carry him across the river - then we'll fight; but the giant hammered P. into the ground to his knees, and P. to his waist; giant P. to his chest, P. his neck; then a half-bound giant agreed to carry P., standing with both legs on different banks of the river; on the table in front of the fairy's bed, the bread of strength and the wine of youth; he bit off bread and took a sip of wine, kissed Fairy, put a golden wreath on her, picked it up water and left; gave water to Friday; Thursday warned not to communicate with people on the way back; gave a handkerchief protecting against lightning, spears and bullets; a knowledgeable box warns: the brothers found out that P. would bring water, they want to kill him; P. does not believe him, broke the box; the brothers met him, asked him to get water from a deep well, left it there, took the Fairy's water and came to their father; the Fairy woke up and sent all the guards they did not find it; they did not find it; the Sun looked for 7 days, but P. was where its rays did not reach; the Fairy ordered darkness to come, and now only the king father, who saw the light from that water, began to see, but everyone else did not; Florea came to see the fairy, but could not say how he got that water; the Fairy blinded him; {the same with his middle brother}; The fairy told everyone to come to her so that the winds, flowers, springs, people and giants would all cry; Friday sent tornadoes to look for P.; and only one spring breeze heard P. end up in the well; now there were only bones and ashes; Thursday boiled ashes in a cauldron with the dew of life, she got an ointment, she was rubbed bones, P. came to life; tells the horse to fly fast like a curse; came to Fairy, kissed; the flowers bloomed, the sun shone, the world came to life again; P. brothers found sight to see his happiness]: Kremnitz 1882, No. 20:237 -295; Moldovans: Botezatu 1981 [Tsarevich Fat-Frumos; when he dies, the king orders him to pass off three sisters as snakes that will come for them; FF gave snakes 3, 6, 12 heads; FF finds in one of the rooms portrait of Ilyana Rozolyana; took it, after going through a copper forest, came to the elder sister's copper palace; her snake husband gave him strength; the same with his middle, older sister (silver, golden forest and palace); husband of the elder tells me to go to Och; he gave two cornflowers to turn into a fly and back; we must pass 24 IR brothers; FF entered, moved twice, turned off the lamps a third time, took an oath with IR to become her three horses his husband; she gave the keys to all rooms, forbid him to enter one; FF unlocked the lock, chained a snake with 24 heads; asks for hay and water; ate, drank, fell off the chain, then ate a herd of oxen and 12 barns bread, tells FF to get out; the horse asks the snake whether to jump like a thought or like the wind; like a thought; IR took the serpent from the silver forest; next time from the copper forest; this time the older sister's husband gave FF 25 snake powers, and the snake has 24; FF won and killed a snake; during the struggle, IR gave wine and bread to FF, not a snake; wedding]: 209-217; Moldavian tales 1969 [three fellows kidnapped three princesses; the king promises a reward to whoever finds his daughters; Calin the Fool and his two older brothers go in search; K. guards at night, kills three-, four-, eight-headed dragons; the latter's blood has filled the fire; K. goes into the light met, tied Evening, Midnight, Dawn so that the day would not come until he returned; 12 dragons and their mother sleep around the fire; K. takes coal, but also meat; dragons wake up, tell her to bring his daughter The red king (they themselves cannot, because they are afraid of a puppy with a rooster); K. leads the dragons with him, kills one at a time when they climb over the city wall; K. took off the ring from the princess's finger; cut off his tongues dragons; in their lair killed one dragon and the other ran away; fed and let go of the bound Evening, Midnight, Dawn; passing through a golden, silver, copper forest meets three kidnapped princesses, each cooks food for his dragon; kills two dragons; when he fights a third, both call a crow, but K. calls him a blessed king, the raven pours water on the dragon's flame, which dies; when K. falls asleep, brothers they cut off his legs; he was found by an armless one; K. grabbed the runaway dragon, who showed the lake; when K. and his sister plunged, their legs and arms grew; they killed the dragon; the princess is given to a gypsy who, allegedly, killed dragons; K. sends his ring, is recognized, showed his tongues; a gypsy with a bag of nuts was tied to the horse's tail; where the nut fell, a piece of body fell off; K. gave the princess to the former betrothed; K. came home, his wife was made a maid; he offered to throw a core up; when it fell, it crushed his brothers]: 158-168.

Central Europe. Czechs: Bogolyubova, Talova 2000 [the king is surprised why his daughter's shoes are worn out; the hussar agrees to guard; the princess and the maid go through the hatch under the bed; the hussar follows them, carries them away an invisible cloak and a self-supporting saddle from two debators, in a tin, silver, golden forest, breaks off a branch, the devil does not see it; eats the dinner served to the princess, everyone wonders where food and bowls were shared; the princess dances, the hell does not want to let the bride go anymore, the princess asks to let her go for the last time; the hussar returns earlier; tells everything to the king, he passes his daughter off as a hussar; in proof of what he saw, the hussar shows his wife the broken branches; the wife orders him to make the same cloak and saddle, accuses the hussar of deception, the king drives him away; in the forest he eats an apple, horns grow, pear - horns disappear; she goes to sell apples, the princess has horns; under the guise of a doctor with pears, she tells the princess to tell her what's in her heart, she brings a cloak and a saddle, the hussar flies away, the princess remains horned]: 290-295; Lifshitz-Artemyeva 2017 (Moravia) []: 379-380; Nemtsova 1978 [the king sends three sons to see the world; the eldest reaches the copper forest (father: I walked there before breakfast), middle to silver (he walked before lunch), the youngest Lezhebok on a thin nag, who turned into a flying horse, gets to gold; the local king complains about Baba Yaga and her dragon sons; L. cuts an army of dragons with a rusty sword, but new warriors appear in place; when she kills Baba Yaga, her army has disappeared; L. returns, tells his father everything; says that Baba Yaga's three sons stole their daughters his friend, the owner of that castle; L. killed many-headed dragons, brought back the daughters of the castle owner; his father tells L. that the Iron Monk is stronger than him; he is in the castle on a chicken leg; JM turned L. into millet and ordered peck him to the rooster; the princess kidnapped by ZhM asks if L. can be revived, what is the soul of ZhM; JM: you have to be between two sabers hanging on the wall; life in an egg in a golden duck; the prince stabbed the rooster, took out a millet seed, L. was born; L. caught a duck, took an egg in his mouth, turned JM into a wild boar, which ran into the forest; wedding]: 172-190; Slovaks [the king has three sons, the youngest is Popolvár, sits by the stove; the king invites them to see the world; the elder goes to the copper forest, brings a branch; the king: my mother and I went there for breakfast; the middle one brings a branch from the silver forest; the king: we are there with Mother went at noon; when P. was about to go, a plain horse tells him to take him and ask his father for a rusty sword; the horse turns into a beautiful horse; tells him to feed him oats and fire; saber magical, it will cut anyone; after passing the golden forest, they come to the castle, to Father P.'s friend; he tells how they fought together with the witch; tomorrow she will come with her army; P. killed the witch, her army instantly disappeared; P. returned to his father, who was happy; said that the witch's sons, dragons, kidnappers of his friend's three daughters; he showed the way to the eldest princess; she gave P. a ring that increased strength a hundredfold; P. and the three-headed dragon began to drive each other into the ground; P. drove him up to the neck and cut off his heads; the same with his middle sister (the ring increased strength 200 times, the dragon has 6 heads); with the youngest (strength increased 300 times); leaving the princesses to their father, P. galloped home; the father wants to marry his sons to those princesses; but P. is not happy, wants to know if there is anyone stronger than him; father: Iron Monk; he knows other people's thoughts and can turn anyone into anything; the horse says he will take him to ZhM, but won't go any further; when we got to my father's friend, it turned out that JM just stole the younger princess; P. drove up to his castle, he trembles (shaking) on the chicken leg; JM turned P. into a millet seed, and the rooster pecked him; the princess asked if he could return to his former shape; JM: There are two fighting each other in the room with a friend; if you throw the swords turned between them, the former shape will return; the princess killed the rooster, took out the grain, revived P., hid it in the back room; persuaded JM to say what his strength was; every 7 years and just today the duck is flying over the sea; whoever eats its eggs will get the strength that JM now has; after putting JM to sleep, she told P. everything; he grabbed the eggs a moment before the JM and swallowed them, turned the JM into wild boar; P. married a princess and reigned]: Dobšinský 1970, No. 50:257-269 (=Nmcová 1970:164-185); Ukrainians (Hutsulshchina) [The Golden Horse: Carries a Boy Through copper, silver, golden forest; the horse is eventually killed]: SUS 1979, No. 511A: 146; Russians (Teresky Bereg) [princess and cook wear seven pairs of shoes per night; the tsar promises a daughter and half the kingdom to the one who finds out what is going on; gol Kabatskaya (GK) volunteered, fell asleep, his head was cut off; the second one goes to the kisser; he gave an invisible hat and speedboat boots for a promise give half of the future wealth; follows the girls through the copper forest, broke the knot, the princess heard a crunch, but no one can be seen; the same silver forest; golden; the cook says it's her every time touched your dress (shawl); the carrier across the river: why is your boat heavy today? princess: they ate a lot; after dancing, the GK returned before the girls, pretends to sleep; shows the king branches of metal trees; received the princess and half the kingdom, gave half of his wealth to the kisser]: Balashov 1991:64-71; Russians (Vologda) [Elena Prekrasnaya (EP) wears out her shoes every night; the shepherd undertakes to find out what's going on; if he can, the tsar will give him his daughter; follows her to the copper forest , hides a leaf; two imps are fighting over speeding boots; shepherd: whoever counts all the leaves on trees faster will receive; put on boots, and the devils are still running; the same in the silver forest ( gets an invisible hat); in gold (self-cut saber); an invisible shepherd sits next to the EP and drinks vodka that her lover pours her; when he returns, the shepherd tells everything and shows the leaves; EP summoned her lover with a letter, the shepherd, who became her husband, destroyed his army with his sword; after learning about the wonderful objects, the EP ran with them to her lover; the shepherd went to look, and the devils grabbed him in the copper forest; he explained that he did not have the items; they taught him to bribe the girl, hit the ground - you will become a horse; EP tells you to cut it, and let the girl bury a piece, grow an "apple tree"; order to cut it down, let the girl throw it a sliver into the pond, there will be a swan; the king takes off his clothes (and he carries items with him), will enter the pond; we must fly ashore, become human and take possession of objects; the shepherd killed the king, moved on with EP]: Burtsev 1895, No. 9:51-58.

Caucasus - Asia Minor. Ossetians [an orphan runs away riding a sheep, they jump through a metal forest {probably through copper, silver, gold}]: Sokayeva 2004, No. 511A: 64; Turks [after the death of his father, the youngest the brother is idle; the elder decides to sail by ship to Egypt, but the youngest crept aboard the ship; in Egypt, the youngest waits for the elder for a long time, decides to go, meets three people fighting over his father's inheritance: stealth hats, airplane carpet and lashes, spur the carpet; the young man fires an arrow: whoever of the debators is the first to run back with it will get everything; picks up objects himself and, invisible, flies away; the padishah promises daughter and half a kingdom to someone who finds out where a daughter goes at night; invisible, a young man follows the princess, flies with her and efreet on a shield; efreet is surprised why so heavy; a young man breaks off branches in the forest, where trees are made of silver and diamonds; trees cry: the son of man torments us; the next forest is gold and precious stones (the same); in the palace, the princess is given a pair of slippers, the young man hides one; they give the second pair, he hides again; the princess walks barefoot; black peri, one lip to the sky, the other to the ground, furiously asks where the princess has been for so long; the servant gives a sorbet, the young man pushed him his hand, the cup is broken, he hid the fragment; eats the food he brought, hides spoons and forks; peri is also concerned, advises the princess to return as soon as possible; the young man cut off his head, the voice was heard "Woe, son the king killed the man"; on the flying carpet, the young man returned before the princess, pretended to be sleeping; the young man tells everything, showing the padishah evidence of what he saw (tree twigs, etc.); he finds out in the crowd older brother; asks the padishikh to give the princess and half the kingdom to the elder, and his magic items will be enough for him; and so it happened]: Kúnos 1901:102-111.

Baltoscandia. Swedes: Cox 1893, No. 117 (southern Smaland) [stepmother tyrannites stepdaughter, she herds cattle; a white bear helps; she calls him with a golden whistle; he is trapped; a girl goes to bear through silver, gold, diamond forests; contrary to being asked not to do this, every time he tears off a leaf, then wild animals chase them; the bear asks him to kill, throw him body at the source; the girl puts on a bear skin, is hired to the castle as a dishwasher; when she whistles at the golden whistle, the gnomes cook dinner, bring magic dresses; she goes to church; loses her shoe; her Everyone is told to try it on; wedding]: 47; 1907 [when dying, parents leave their daughter a cow; she tells her not to sell it; riding a cow, a girl comes to the forest, where the leaves are silver and golden; the cow warns not to touch them, the girl touches them, wild animals immediately tore the cow to pieces; taking the cow's heart, the girl comes to the royal castle; buries her heart, lives next to the hut; from the heart An apple tree has grown, the king tries to pick apples, the branches are raised; he asks the girl's permission to eat apples, she gives it, the branches bend down; the king listens to the girl's story, marries her]: 195; Norwegians: Cox 1893, No. 319 [a troll takes a girl and a boy underground; the girl has become a maid, the boy is a shepherd; the ox teaches him to get the pipe out of his ear, blow, a tablecloth appears- magic; the troll sent the girl to find out why the boy is not losing weight; the fairy (huldre) put her to sleep; then the troll attached two sleepless forty eyes to the girl's neck; is going to kill the boy and the ox; the ox tells them to run; they drive through a brass, silver, golden forest, the boy happens and touches nothing; on the mountain, a princess, an ox climbs the mountain; the king will give it to someone who three times will be able to find it; she hides in an ox's ear, in a pin, in loaves of bread; an ox indicates where to look; wedding]: 447; Hodne 1984, No. 511A (Nordland) [an orphan young man finds a caterpillar on his parents' grave and He fattens it; it grows into a bull (ox); the young man sits on it, leaves; they drive through three forests - with brass, silver, gold leaves; every time the bull must fight monsters, because the young man violates the prohibition to touch the leaves; the bull orders him to be slaughtered, turns into a prince; the young man marries his sister and receives half the kingdom]: 119; Danes [stepmother tyrannites stepdaughter; she herds cattle; the red bull tells you to get food out of its horn; they run away; contrary to the prohibition, the girl breaks a twig when they jump through the copper forest, the bull fights the copper bull; then the silver one in the silver in the forest; gold kills him; the girl keeps the bull's right ear, it gives her everything she needs; is hired as a maid in the kitchen; comes to church three times in a different form; names objects: water, comb, towel; running away for the third time, loses his golden shoe; wearing a gold dress, sitting in a golden carriage, he is behind a shoe; wedding]: Cox 1893, No. 59:24-25; Western Sami [guy hired a giant as an employee; chose the largest tree; the giant climbed to the top, the guy sat on the butt; replies that he is not tired at all; bringing the tree, the giant tells the guy to go into the barn, but not in stable; horse: tomorrow you will be asked to launch the boat; say that if you venerate it, the boat will shatter to pieces; the giant lowered it himself; asks you to take the oars; guy: if I take it, they will break; then (all fishing gear will tear); when they return, the horse tells you to go into the barn, slaughter the cow, cut the heart in half; the cow is the life of a giant; if not dead, cut it into small pieces; then they will jump away, taking a box (Bühse), a sword, a piece of sulfur, a flint, a comb; when they gallop, the horse asks if the guy hears and sees anything behind him; like the wind is whistling; the horse: it's a giant came to life; throw sulfur: water area; the giant ran home for a ladle, drank water with the help of a ladle; wanted to leave it to pick it up on the way back, but the bird: if you leave it, I'll take it; I had to go again run home to carry; flint is a mountain; a giant runs after a storm (again about a bird); the crest is a forest, ran after an ax (bird); the guy on horseback rode to a world where the giant does not go; ahead copper forest, you can't break branches; the guy broke the last one, a giant in copper clothes appeared, the horse defeated him; the same with the silver forest and the giant; with the gold one; now the horse told the young man to hire the king; he always wears a copper hat so that he could not see the gold (Goldhut); told the king that he had scab; became a gardener, the youngest of the three princesses saw him take off a copper hat; she asked her father to pass her off as a young gardener; her sisters chose noble young men; her younger son-in-law called a horse, shot a lot of birds, gave them to the elders, and brought only an owl; wedding; horse young man: you forgot about me, cut off my head; he cut it off, the horse himself turned into prince charming {the end without the details common in one-story fairy tales}]: Poestion 1886, No. 21:84-92; Karelians ( Kalevalsky district) [the old people have three sons; the eldest comes to the king to hire workers; the king orders to find out where his daughter goes at night; the guy was waiting at the princess's door, could not find out, the king ordered to cut his nose in half, add salt to his wound; the same with his second son; the youngest Tuhkimus hears a dispute between two invisible people over inheritance - invisible hats; throws a stone - whoever catches will get it; he put on his hat himself and left; remaining invisible, he went into the princess's room; she descends on a rope through the window, gets into the carriage, T. then; the coachman is surprised that the carriage is slow; we arrived in the copper forest, sat down on the lake in a copper boat, landed on the shore where the silver forest was, got into a silver sleigh; then a silver boat; then a golden forest, a golden horse and a sleigh; in a golden house an ugly old man; food on the table, the old man wonders why the food quickly disappeared, apparently the girl was hungry; the old man and the girl began to "play"; after that T. put the table, chairs and the old man himself in his bag, ordered to remain silent; the princess I am surprised that the boat is heavy; on the way, T. breaks off gold, silver, copper branches; at home, T. tells the king what he saw, the princess replies that everything is a lie; T. orders him to bring his bag; no one can pick it up; he brought it and opened it himself; inside there was a horse, a sleigh, a table, etc.; the old man jumped out the window and left, the copper, silver, gold things remained; T. married a princess]: Onegin 2010, No. 13:149-154; Estonians [the king has three daughters, their heels are worn out in the morning; a soldier tries to find out what is going on; a beggar gives him an invisibility cloak; in the garden, princesses open a passage under the bush; the soldier then breaks off a branch of a silver, golden tree; sees princesses dancing; presents these branches as proof that he has been to the dungeon; the king gives him one of his daughters as his wife]: 21 ( Sangaste): 103; Seto [the princess disappears every night unknown where and stumbles 7 pairs of shoes; the king promises to give her for someone who solves the mystery; dying, one rich man bequeathed money to his eldest son, an average hat that allows you to see everything {obviously without being noticed}, gave the youngest speedboat boots at the last moment; the middle son is dissatisfied with what he received; the youngest puts on a hat and boots, comes to town, is hired by the king as a soldier, promises to solve the mystery; the young man sees a sleigh without a horse coming for princesses, being taken to the king, who lives at the bottom of the sea, the young man barely the sleigh manages to catch up; they rush through the copper, silver, golden forest, the young man breaks off a branch every time; in the palace, the princess is fed and watered, then she dances in the room where the floor is strewn with sharp carnations; the young man picks up the shoes trampled and thrown away by the princess; when the last pair is trampled, the princess dances barefoot, hurts her legs; before leaving, the young man takes the gold a plate with the name of the sea king on it; in the morning he tells everything to the king, presenting certificates (branches and a plate); receives the princess]: Sandra 2004:192-202; Lithuanians: Kerbelite 2014, No. 120 [royal c in the evening he takes away three knots of dresses, and returns in the morning in one dress; king: whoever follows and gets hair from under his daughter's arm, I'll give her to his wife; the poor man has a plane saddle and an invisible hat; he flies followed by a diamond, gold, silver forest; dancing, the queen changes her dresses; the poor man stole a diamond plate and fork; broke off a branch in the silver, gold, diamond forests; when he returned, the poor man presented evidence; agreed not to take the queen, but to get a ransom], 121 [the king's daughter wears 12 pairs of shoes overnight; Jonas sees two fighting over speeding boots, an invisible cloak and the glass on which to cross the water; offers to race, carries objects; follows the lady twice in the hole to the silver hole; to the golden forest, broke off the branches, the lady had to return; for the third time through the glass through the waters; the lady explains the line that two nights prevented her; J. stole the dresses brought by the devil: the stars' dress must be worn before the wedding, the sun dress during weddings, moon dress - after; in the morning he presented evidence, received an award; once the pan asked Y. to play at the wedding; the panychi dance, run their fingers along the wall and smear their eyes; J. also anointed: he stump, around the devil, the girl is hanged from the willow; he came to live with Mr.]: 295-298, 298-300; Latvians [the princess wears out her dress during the day; the servant watches, jumped on the back of the carriage in which the devils were taken away princess; they go through a silver, gold, diamond forest, across the river like on ice, to the castle; hears the devil answering the princess that his strength is in the egg in the hallway; the servant took an egg; on the way back three the forests came after the carriage; the servant broke the egg, the devils lost their strength; but the king did not give the servant a daughter; he found apples that grow horns and disappear; gave it to the king and the princess; removed the horns for a promise to give him a princess; wedding]: Niedre 1952:156-159.

Volga - Perm. Komi [three brothers and sister buried their mother under the stove, their father under a millstone, went to look for happiness; the eldest climbs a silver birch tree to break silver branches; sister warns that he will get stuck; he really can't go down, stays on a birch tree; the same with his middle brother (golden birch), with his younger brother (pearl); the girl came to the prince's house, hid under an overturned vat, began to sing a song about her brothers; the prince's eldest, middle sons cannot find a singer, the youngest finds it; the girl says she heard him promise to help her out brothers; they find a younger brother, the prince's son waves his sleeve, stuck on a pearl birch tree descends; the same with the brothers on gold and silver birches; the girl marries the prince's youngest son]: Plesovsky 1975:15-17; Mordovians (Erzya) [mother died, children are small, husband married Baba Yaga's daughter; she has 7 daughters - One-eyed, Two-Eyed, etc. to Seven Eyes; stepmother does not feed her sister and brother, tells her to row manure from under the cow; the cow tells her to milk; the stepmother is surprised that the stepdaughter and stepson are getting fat, sends Semiglazka to watch; the girl looks in her hair, says, "Sleep a peephole, sleep second.." etc., Seven-eyed falls asleep; so with everyone; the last one is One-eyed, her huge eye does not fall asleep, she tells her stepmother everything; she tells her husband to slaughter a cow and kill children; the cow negotiates with children, that when they start slaughtering her, she will run, let them jump on her back, taking a stone, soap and a spindle; her stepmother is chasing, the cow tells her to throw a spindle (thorny thickets), a stone (a mountain) ), soap (soap mountain, it is slippery, stepmother has stopped chasing); they drive through iron, copper, silver, golden forests; every time the cow tells not to break off the branches, but the sister each time she replies that she will need them, takes them with her; they settled in a mushroom leg house covered with nettles; one day a silver bull came and demanded that the cow come butting at the silver one for the fact that the children broke the silver branches; the cow won, the bull fell to pieces; the same with the copper bull; but the plain iron goby broke it into pieces himself]: Paasonen 1941:236-257; Bashkirs: Barag 1989, No. 6 [buy wants to know where his daughter spends his nights; with an invisible ring, Bald undertook to find out; pretended to be drunk and fell asleep, followed the girl himself; she came in a wheelchair to stone garden (Bald man broke off a stone leaf); the same in iron, copper, silver gardens; in the garden of the seven-headed maiden with whom the girl danced, wearing seven pairs of shoes, Bald picked up a gold hat, came back before the girl, told Bayu, showed what he had hidden, bai married him to his daughter; his wife gave him a drink, told him to throw him into the sea on the island; the old man returned it by giving rejuvenating and aging apples; Bald's wife thought to eat rejuvenating, but ate the old one; Bald pretended to be a tabib, promised to cure, beat his wife for a long time, she promised to become a faithful wife, he did again her beauty]: 61-63; Khusainova 2014 [after the mother's death, brother and sister get a brown cow; stepmother tells her to slaughter her; children ask for permission to ride a cow; she takes them to the forest - gold, silver, copper; every time, despite her brother's ban, the sister tears off a leaf and hides it in pigtails; then turns into stone; the cow tells her brother to burn three hairs from her tail; sister comes to life, stepmother turns into stone]: 57-58.