K56b1. An old man with gold coals, ATU 751B* .15.27.28.31.
Thepoor man goes looking for fire. The old man gives him coals by the fire. At home, they turn into gold. An envious neighbor (brother) deliberately extinguishes the fire in his house and asks the old man for coals. His house is burning down.
Italians (Latius), Hungarians, Russians (Olonets, Vologda), Western Ukrainians (Ugric Russia), Belarusians, Latvians, Lutsies, Lithuanians.
Southern Europe. Italians (Latius): Cirese, Serafini 1975, № 751B*: 166
The Balkans. Hungarians [motive present]: László 1982, № 751B*: 266.
Central Europe. Russians (Olonetskaya, Vologda), Ukrainians (Ugric Rus), Belarusians [An old man with gold coals: a poor man goes to look for fire, meets an old man by the fire who gives him coals; at home these coals turn into gold; an envious neighbor (brother) deliberately extinguishes the fire in his house and asks the old man to give him coals; the rich man's house burns down]: SUS 1979, No. 751B*: 187.
Baltoscandia. Latvians [on Easter morning, an old man gives a poor man coals to kindle; houses turn coals into gold; a rich man also goes for coals, his house burns down]: Aris, Medne 1977, No. 753B*: 317; Lutsi [the poor brother has three children; there is no fire on Easter; he went to the rich man, who let dogs on him; went to the forest, there is an old man around the fire; tells him not to be afraid of dogs; gave coals and ordered houses to be scattered everywhere; house filled with food and goodness; the rich brother also went to the old man for fire; scattered the coals given by the old man, the whole farm burned down]: Annom et al. 2018:23-24; Lutsie (zap. 1936) [God came in under the guise of a beggar to the poor man; he received him, although he rolled a ball in the house; when he left, God let the coals be thrown into the oven, into the room, into the barn; gave a millstone; the whole house was full of goodness and food, the millstone grinded food; the master took the millstone; the rooster went return; meets, tells him to jump into his pants a fox, wolf, bear, lake; the master tells him to throw the goose into the goose pen; the rooster released the fox; to the sheep (wolf), horses (bear), into the hot bath (lake); the rooster was killed, cooked, the master ate, the rooster screams from his stomach; the master lowered his pants, the rooster has already put his head in, the servant cut it with a sword, the rooster escaped, the master was left without buttocks; gave the millstone]: Annom et al. 2018:231-235; Lithuanians: Kerebelite 1973 in Uther 2004 (1), № 753B*: 404