K56a5b. Any weather is good. .15.17.27.28.31.

A person kindly answers the question of characters who embody the weather at certain periods of the calendar cycle, was awarded. The other one scolds these characters and is punished.

Spaniards, Maltese, Italians (Naples), Syrian Arabs, Slovenes, Serbs, Bulgarians, Greeks, Poles, Ukrainians, Russians (Vologda, Pskov, Voronezh), Veps, Lithuanians.

Southern Europe. Spaniards (Valladolid) [in a hungry year, a peasant goes begging, meets two people, they ask him about each month, he praises him (rhymes), they give him a wand that fulfills wishes; another farmer scolds him all the months, a stick given to him hits him]: Camarena, Chevalier 1995, No. 480C: 367-370; Maltese: Mifsud-Chircop 1978, No. 294 [one brother is poor and kind, the other rich and arrogant; the poor comes to the house for 12 months, praises everyone to heaven; on behalf of his brothers, January gives him an inexhaustible source of food; after learning about this, a rich brother goes by the months; he is rude to them; January gives a baton that beats a rich man], 480.II [a poor woman lives by sifting flour from a rich woman, shaking out clothes at home and making bread from the collected flour dust; when she learns about this, the rich says shaking clothes out in her house; she (or a poor man) meets a group of men without knowing it's months; they ask what she or he thinks about everyone; she or he praises everyone; January gives a tablecloth- a magic, a stick, a bag of money; when he finds out about this, the rich man comes to months and scolds everyone; the stick hits him, he does not know how to stop it]: 24, 128-131; Italians (Naples) [Cianne is stingy and rich, his brother Lise is poor; he went on a journey; in inclement weather, shivering from the cold, he went to an inn where 12 young men were sitting by the fire; they invited him to warm up; with a gloomy look, one asked what L. thinks about the weather; L.: that every month of the year he does his duty; we must rely on the will of the sky, and not try to do things our own way; otherwise we want sun in winter and clouds in summer; young man: you You think wisely, but you will not argue that this March is very rude, sending rain, snow, hail and frost; L: don't just scold him, spring begins with it; the young man was happy because he and was Mart; gave L. a wish-fulfilling box; in the morning he opened it and asked for a warm palanquin with porters; everything immediately appeared; then asked for food, clothes, etc.; when C. found out about everything, he came to the same inn; when asked about the weather, began to vilify March with swear words; it would be better if March were excluded from the number of months; Mart gave a whip; if you want anything, say "Whip, give me a hundred!" ; when he got home, C. said so, but the whip did not give money, but began to beat him; L. stopped the whip and explained that C. was to blame; C. pleaded guilty and became good]: Basile 2018:485-490 (=Basile 2000, No. 26).

Western Asia. Syrian Arabs (Damascus) [the mother had difficulty persuading her son to marry; but the daughter-in-law was angry, told her husband to leave her mother-in-law in a deserted place; the son left his mother, promised to return soon, disappeared; two men, Winter and Summer, came up to her, asked what part of the year she thought was better; she praised both; they made a gold coin fall from a woman's lips every time she said; on the fifth day, her son became shamefully, he came back, found a pile of gold; his daughter-in-law told her husband to take her mother to the same place; she scolded both winter and summer; they ordered the old woman to spew intestinal gases out of her mouth every time she said; left]: Kuhr 1993:64-68.

The Balkans. Slovenes [stepmother sends Maritsa to wash black wool white, her own daughter white; a beautiful woman whitens M.'s hair; in winter, stepmother sends M. for berries; she meets 12 yunaks, answers that all months are good, and March is the best, picking berries; the own daughter replies that everyone is bad, barely escapes from the weather; the master comes to marry M., the stepmother hides her in the trough, offering her own daughter, but the rooster shouts where M. is; wedding]: Wratislaw 1890, No. 57:298-301 (=Arkhipova 1962:117-119); Serbs [stepmother tyrannites stepdaughter Maritsa; sent her hair to bleach - gave her own daughter white, M. - black; rivers, a beautiful woman comes up to M., turns black wool into white; in winter, stepmothers send M. for berries; towards 12 yunaks, they ask which month is the best; M.: everyone is good, but especially March; the yunaki are happy, they showed where to pick berries; when it got warmer, the stepmother sent her own daughter; she says that the months are bad and March is the worst; a thunderstorm began, the girl barely reached home; the master came to marry M.; stepmother she hid it under the trough, showed her daughter; the rooster sang: Maritsa is in the trough! matchmakers took M. away; she died an easy death because she was friends with a pitchfork for 12 months]: Tesic 2017:56-60; Bulgarians: Daskalova-Perkovska et al. 1994, no.*480 ₅ [stepmother sends stepdaughter at night for water or for berries or flowers in the middle of winter; she meets 11 men and one woman, which is 12 months of the year; they ask me which one is prettier; she replies that everyone is good, they do what's wrong with her Gold falls on her lips; stepmother sends her own daughter, who replies that everyone is ugly or worse than December, January and February; months tell snakes and lizards to fall from her lips]: 174; Klyagina-Kondratyeva 1951 [=Karaliychev 1984 (2): 5-8; stepmother tyrannites her stepdaughter, sends her stepdaughter to fetch water at night; they have gathered there for 12 months; grandmother Marta asks if the girl eats dry dogwood, she gratefully takes it and eats; replies that all months are good; Marta makes flowers and chervonets fall from the girl's mouth when she laughs or talks; stepmother sends her own daughter, she throws dogwood in Marta's face, says that's it months are not good; when she comes back and starts talking, snakes and lizards fall from her lips, nettles fall from her lips; since then they have appeared in the world; and her stepdaughter was kicked out and married by a passer-by well done]: 92-95; Greeks: Kretschmer 1919, No. 22 (Corfu) [the woman went to the field and fell into a hole; she was there for 12 months, asked which one she liked best; she praised everyone; they filled her handkerchief and basket with gold; another old woman went there and said that every month with a flaw, everyone was bad; she was filled with snakes and asked to open it when she was with her family in indoors; snakes ate everyone]: 223-224; Legrand 1881 [a woman went for brushwood, went into the house, there are 12 young people; these are months; they ask which one is the worst; a woman praises everyone, they fill her bag with money; when she found out, another woman went, taking the biggest bag with her, scolding everyone; when she opened the bag, snakes crawled out and ate it]: 11-14.

Central Europe. Poles [stepmother sends stepdaughter to get fire; on the advice of the Mother of God, she turns to three (frost, wind, month) or 12 characters; when asked which one is better, she replies that everyone is good; the reward goes to the coals, which turn into gold at home; the stepmother sends her own daughter, who praises only the month she likes; gets fire and he burns her, or brings the coals that are at home turn into reptiles, and they devour her with her mother]: Krzyżanowski 1962, No. 480B: 153-154; Ukrainians (Poltava) [Poor widow cannot feed her children, she goes to beg. A white old man in black shoes asks her: "Why, babo, frost?" , she says, "God multiplies yogo." Frost liked the old woman's sincerity, he does not freeze her, gives her good things, she gets rich, builds a new hut, and takes care of the poor. A neighbor is trying to find out how she got rich. He goes to the same place, when asked by frost, he answers "I won't take yogo". The old man freezes her]: Samsonova 1914:317-318; Russians: Gura 1965, No. 14 (Vologodskaya) [the old man and the old woman have three daughters, the eldest Marfusha is an old woman's stepdaughter; when she grew up, she tells her to marry - for Frost; he is rich, and also a hero; father left his daughter under a pine tree; Frost: is it warm, girl? - Warm, Father Frost; after the third time M. ate alive; then Frost wrapped her in fur coats, warmed her up; in the morning the old man arrived - his daughter has fur coats and rich gifts; the old woman tells her daughters to be taken; they swear each other with a friend, they answer Frost that it's cold, they scold the frost, they are ossified; the old man brought the dead girls; made peace with the old woman, they passed M. off as a neighbor]: 221-222; Kuzmina 2008, No. 52 (Vologodskaya) [stepmother in winter tells her husband to take his stepdaughter to the forest; he took her daughter to a birch tree; at night the girl: "You are frost, frost, God has killed you, Frost, throw me a knife"; a knife fell from the sky, she cut the ropes; then asked for clothes; a chest with different clothes fell; when the father arrived and took his daughter back, the dog yaps, "The girl is lucky, only the money is strumming"; the stepmother beats the dog, tells her husband to take her to the forest her own daughter; she turns to Frost (her stepdaughter taught her so), "You are frost, frost, damn you"; Frost froze her; dog: "My grandfather is lucky, only the bones are strumming"; stepmother is upset, but then she fell in love with her stepdaughter]: 131-133; Afanasiev 1958 (1), No. 95 (Vologda) [the old man's eldest daughter Marfa, stepdaughter, the old woman harasses her two with work, pampers her two; tells them to take M. to the pine tree, pass it off as Morozko; at the pine tree, M. answers Morozko that she is warm, he wraps her in fur coats, gives her a box with gifts; in the morning the old man brings M. alive; the old woman tells her daughters to be taken; they are rude to Morozko, they say that they it's cold, they freeze; the old man brings the dead; the old woman scolds, but puts up with her stepdaughter, marries her], 96 (Kursk) [the old woman tells her husband to take her stepdaughter to the cold; Frost gives her a fur coat for clever speeches, dowry chest; the dog barks that the old man's daughter is being taken in gold and silver, but the grooms do not take the old woman; the old woman tells her own daughter to be taken, she freezes; the dog barks that the groom's daughter is the old man they will take it, and the old woman's bones are taken; the old woman cries]: 140-143, 143-144; Baryshnikova 2007, No. 38 (Voronezhskaya) [Stepmother does not love her stepdaughter Natasha (a pleasing girl who is praised by everyone), orders my husband takes her to the forest, he does it. The girl clears the ground from snow, sits under an oak tree. At night, Frost-Red Nose comes to Natasha and asks if she is cold. She says it's warm and that God brought Frost. Frost Blue Nose and Frost Grey Nose come. The girl is respectful to everyone, she answers the same. The eldest, Gray Frost, leaves the girl a coat, a shawl, galoshes and a chest of goodness, and the girl gets dressed. The stepmother bakes pancakes at her stepdaughter's wake, makes Natasha's dog bark about being taken dead and giving a pancake, but the dog barks that the girl is being taken alive and rewarded. The stepmother forces her husband to take her daughter Masha to the same place. At night, the girl talks disrespectfully to Frost, says that he "brought the hell", he hits her forehead, she freezes in the snow. The stepmother bakes pancakes again, retrains the dog again. Stepmother sees her frozen daughter, reproaches herself]: 162-165; Ploshchuk 2004, No. 32 (Pskov) [stepmother told her husband to take her stepdaughter to the forest; he tied a plaque to the birch tree, she knocks in the wind as if he was still cutting wood, and he left himself; the horse's head rushed, asked for food, put to bed, the girl did everything; Frost gave the girl a fur coat, felt boots, horses and a chest of goodness; the dog barks: the grandfather's daughter is going home; the woman sent own daughter; she is rude to a horse's head; in the morning her head tells her to get into one ear, get out into the other; the girl has aged; the frost froze her very much; the dog: the grandfather of the bone is lucky; the woman saw her daughter without riches and cried]: 98.

Baltoscandia. Veps: Onegin, Zaitseva 1996, No. 47 [mother died, Alyonushka remained; the man took another wife, that daughter Masha; stepmother took A. to the field, put him on a haystack; A. had one shirt and shoes, and frost is cracking; Frost: is it warm, girl? A.: warm, but not summer, good, but not her own mother; Frost gave felt boots; the next morning he gave the same coat; then a warm handkerchief; stepmother did not find A., and the father found and brought home; his wife spread out, tied it to a haystack , she froze there], 54 [the stepmother has her own daughter; in winter she tells her husband to take her stepdaughter to the forest and leave her there, putting her on a haystack; Frost asks the girl if she is cold, she replies yes; he gave her felt boots, a fur coat, a handkerchief, mittens; the father brought his daughter dressed as a lady; the stepmother sends her own daughter; she responds rudedly to Frost (Toad in your mouth!) , he froze it; the dog barks: the old man's daughter was brought in gold and silver, and the old woman's daughter's bones are carried in a sack]: 166, 185-186; Lithuanians [in order not to take care of her mother-in-law, her son-in-law left her in winter in field; a man came up and asked if it was cold; she replied that let it freeze, it was now his time; Frost liked it, he gave her warm and beautiful clothes; when he found out, that man's brother, who stayed with mother, took her to the field; she replied: let him die, frost; he should freeze her]: Kerbelite 2014, No. 112:278-279.