K56a7a. Girl and Frost (.28.31.)
Thestepmother tells her to leave her stepdaughter in the cold. She is polite to Frost, he rewards her. The stepmother's daughter or she freezes herself.
Central Europe. Russians: Gura 1965, No. 14 (Vologodskaya) [an old man and an old woman have three daughters, the eldest Marfusha is an old woman's stepdaughter; when she grew up, she tells her to marry Morozka; he is rich, and a hero; father left his daughter under a pine tree; Frost: is it warm, maiden? - 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 is 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; Afanasiev 1958 (1), No. 95 (Vologda) [eldest the old man's daughter Marfa, stepdaughter, the old woman harasses her two with work, pampers her two; tells them to take M. to the pine tree, pass her off as Morozko; at the pine tree M. answers Morozko that she is warm, he wraps her in fur coats, gives 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 are 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 into the cold; Frost gives her a fur coat for clever speeches, a dowry chest; the dog barks that the old man's daughter is being taken in gold, silver, and the old woman grooms do not take; the old woman tells her own daughter to be taken, she freezes; the dog barks that the grooms will take the old man's daughter, and take the old woman's bones; the old woman cries]: 140-143, 143-144; Baryshnikova 2007, No. 38 (Voronezhskaya) [The stepmother does not love her stepdaughter Natasha (a pleasing girl who is praised by everyone), orders her husband to take 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. The stepmother sees her frozen daughter, reproaches herself]: 162-165.
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.