Yu.E. Berezkin, E.N. Duvakin

Thematic classification and distribution of folklore and mythological motifs by area

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K52c1. A penis instead of a fish. (.32.) .33.34.36.39.

Demonstrating his strength, a shaman, sorcerer, or other character with magical powers makes the home in which he and others are staying begin to fill up with water. Sometimes it is said that this water is an illusion. One episode: a magician tells those present to take birds or fish that have appeared with the water, or they start catching them on their own initiative; when the water disappears, people see what they are holding in the hands of not caught animals, but your penises or something else.

(Kazan Tatars), Kazakhs, Baikal and Trans-Baikal Buryats, Western (Vilyuisk) and North-Eastern (Verkhoyan) Yakuts, Forest Yukaghirs.

(Wed. Volga - Perm. Kazan Tatars (Tetyushlinsky District of Bashkiria, 1984) ["One day, old people who gathered for a friendly dinner asked Galya Chokry: "They say you have magic, show us too!" "All right," Gali Chokry agreed, "I'll show my art, only too much, no offense. Look, see?" And he pointed to the stove. And they lay on the stove to dry the guests' boots. And what do old people see? There are not boots on the stove, but floating ducks. Then Gali Chokry ordered: "Slaughter the ducks!" One of those present quickly grabbed a knife and began to cut off each duck's head one by one. When he finished it, lo and behold: the ducks were gone, and all the boots had their socks cut off. The old people were amazed, groaned, and began to beg Khazret: "How do you do this? Teach us." "To do this, put the carcasses of seven swallows in a sealed container, put the dishes in the stove and steam them," said Gali Chokry"]: Gilyazutdinov 2015, No. 109:120).

Turkestan. Kazakhs: Komarov 1905 ("Kyrgyz") ["Mutton is cooked in 10-30 cauldrons around the yurt, and bucks entertain guests by playing (kobyz or dombra} and singing, or showing tricks. His funniest prank is when the bucks look away. For example, bucks tell those sitting in a yurt that it will be flooded and that every man should catch pike and every woman should catch a duck. There is a general stir, but the water disappears after a few minutes, and the guests hold anything in their hands. Of course, everyone's laughter is rising again"]: 790; Tursunov 1999 ["The Yakut Oyuuns allegedly did a trick performed by Baisakal and Tabynbay's Kazakh bucks Tulkibayuly (from the Shomekei family, knee bozgul; 1860-1925): during the campaign, the yurt was allegedly filled with water in which large fish swam {hereinafter referred to as a retelling of Yakut data from Khudyakov 1969:346-347}"; information about Tabynbae-bucks was reported to the author folklore collector Alkuat Kainarbayev]: 92-93.

Southern Siberia - Mongolia. Baikal Buryats (Olkhon Territory, 1903) ["In the old days, about 100 years ago, Russian officials once summoned Buryat shamans and shamans to see how they would shamanize and, if possible, exterminate them. A young shaman, beautiful Modon, came from Transbaikalia. From Kuda, Irkutsk Province, he was shaman Akhaitan. He had a friend Dalashi. From the Junta (Irkutsk Province) - Hutoohein Hubuun Muzhi. They first crushed a stone, the size of a cow, on Tophoi [possibly: Tophor], Mount Verkholenskaya, through spells. They were imprisoned in the city and set them on fire outside. They blew out the water and put out the fire. To show their power, we climbed the cathedral on horseback and shamanized there. Officials asked for another miracle. Then the shaman let water from the window into the room in the presence of officials. It flowed like a river, and in it omuli, omuli... each other is fatter. Officials caught fish. Then it turned out that they were holding on to their members..."]: Zhamtsarano 2011:76; Trans-Baikal Buryats (pos. Aginskoye, Aginsky Buryat District Trans-Baikal Territory, 1961, from an informant born in 1881) [The Irkutsk authorities decided to test the shaman Modoon, invited her to the city; it took six days to travel from the mountain on the slopes of which she lived to Irkutsk on horseback; M. covered this distance in six o'clock; she swam across Lake Baikal on the way: it was not visible on the water, only two of its canes were floating on top; when she came to the officials, they said they wanted to see its magic; she ordered open the windows; water poured in, different fish came; M. told those present to fish; people started doing it; after a while M. asked if they had caught all the fish; it turned out that people they hold each other: some by the hand, some by the leg, and some by the ear or nose; officials wanted to punish M., she did not mind; she was taken outside, quilted with rods on the back in front of a large crowd; then they saw that M. was sitting on the roof - they also whipped the wife of one of the officials on the back; M. was imprisoned; then it turned out that she was sitting on the roof laughing; when they looked into the prison, they found that there the wife of one of the officials is present; M. was released]: Tugutov, Tugutov 1992, No. 112:280-281.

Eastern Siberia. Vilyui Yakuts (1920s) [ancient shamans flooded the yurt and filled it with crucian carp; then asked those present to take a knife and peel a few crucian carps; when people took fish and a knife and prepared to clean it, it turned out that There was no water, no crucian carps, and they sat holding a knife with one hand and their penises with the other]: Popov 2008:55; Verkhoyan Yakuts (late 1860s) ["The shaman will then open the door of the yurt and there will be a lot of water in it. In this water, the shaman will throw a net and he will get whitefish. The shaman will grab it with one hand, and the other holds a stick and hits it, then gives the fish to someone from the household. "Tighter, stop well!" , - the shaman will tell him. He holds this white fat fish tightly with both hands to his stomach. But there are a lot of fish in the water released by the shaman, and the shaman will catch so much of it that everyone present will give fish, and they hold it tight like the first. Then the shaman walks, walks around the yurt, sings songs and finally says: "Well, let's fish!" Everyone wants to give him fish, he will see: but there is no fish, but he has a genital organ in his hand (both men and women). That means the shaman fooled everyone. Then the shaman will open the door again: there will be no water or net, and no one will know where it all went"]: Khudyakov 1969:346-347.

SV Asia. Forest Yukaghirs (p. Ridiculous Verkhnekolymsky Ulus) ["In the village, men harassed one person: "Show me what supernatural you have!" He finally agreed: "I'll show you, just gather some men in the house, without women." We've gathered. He waved at the corner of the house and it opened. The water came into the house, and they began to raise their legs. Fish swim a lot. Some of these guys are already setting up nets. The branch boat is floating - he put someone in the boat. I gave fish to all the men. "Did you get all the fish?" "That's it!" He waved his hand - the water went away, the doors closed. "Well, now give me your catch." They look - they hold their genitals in their hands. Since then, they've stopped harassing him"]: Zhukova 2008:31 (cf. [two Russians and a Yakut came to dispossess the Yukaghir shaman; they demanded something to be shown; the shaman closed the window, stuck four knives in the door and told those who came not to leave the house; the door opened water poured in, rose to the ceiling; burbot appeared, played in the water and swam outside; those who came asked for something else; the window opened, the bears came in, began to fight; then the horses came in, too began to fight, ate each other; then half the man appeared and left after a while; the shaman and those who came went down to the river; the shaman asked if they saw fish; they replied yes; the shaman told them to catch it; the fish (Chukuchan) went along, people began to grab it; the shaman told them to stand up; those who came got up, saw that they were holding on to their penises; they were ashamed, promised the shaman not to touch him again]: Nikolaeva et al. 1989 (2), No. 45:25-27 {slightly different translation into Kurilov 2005, No. 62:439-443; the same text with little editing or a very similar version in Zhukov 2008:31-32}).