K56F. Rooster sharing, ATU 1533.

.14.15.17. (.21.) .27.-.29. (.30.) .31.-.33.36.

A person divides a roast rooster (goose) according to the social ranks of those present (the owner - the head, the daughters - wings, etc.), usually taking the most inconspicuous but meaty part.

Kabiles, Tunisian Arabs, Italians (Tuscany?) , Corsicans, Arabs of Syria, Lebanon, Iraq (Tibetans), Bulgarians, Greeks, Russians (Voronezh, Karelia, Pskov, Orel), Ukrainians (Galicia, Podolia, Chernigov, Yekaterinoslavskaya), Belarusians, Adygs, Balkarians or Karachays, Nogais, Dargins, Avars, Armenians, Turks, Kurds, (Burish), Latvians, Lithuanians, Lutsis, Estonians, (Veps, Kazan Tatars), Bashkirs, Kazakhs, Central (?) Yakuts.

North Africa. Kabila [the king makes riddles, if no one answers in 8 days, he executes everyone; the tree has 12 branches, each has 30 branches, each branch has 5 leaves; the youngest of 7 is the daughter of a coal miner to her father: a year; When he finds out who prompted him, the king wants to marry her; the servants bring gifts and ask his youngest daughter; - Where is the father? - Went to pour water into the water. - Mother? - Went to see something I've never seen before. - Brothers? - We went to strike and receive blows. The daughter began to share the chicken between family members and guests; father - head, mother - back, sisters - wings, brothers - breast, royal servants - legs; asked to inform the king that there were not enough stars in the sky, water in the sea, small feathers in the partridges; the king explained; the mother gave birth, the father was in a water mill, the younger brothers went to play with friends; sharing the rooster (understand; the brothers have a breast, because they defenders); the servants hid some of the jewelry (stars) and spirits (water in the sea); the king forgave the servants; after the wedding, he warned his wife not to interfere in his affairs, otherwise he would immediately send him back; the man tells how came to the city on a foal and the other on a mule; on the way he tried to make friends with the foal with the mule; sent him to find housing, and he took both animals away and put them up for sale; said that the foal gave birth to him mule; the judge ruled in favor of the owner of the mule; the king confirmed the decision when he saw that the mule was friends with the foal; the king's wife: Tell me in court that you sowed beans by the river, but the fish went out and ate it all; King: when is this If it happens, the world will end; foal owner: when will the mule give birth? Tsar: Who taught you? man: a voice from heaven; or from the terrace of the palace; the king allows his wife to take the dearest; she asks to share a meal with her for the last time; the king is drunk and fell asleep, the wife told the servants to immerse him with her things; when the king woke up, he ordered everything, including his wife, to be returned to the palace]: Mammeri 1996, No. 2:25-42; Tunisian Arabs: Al-Aribi 2009, No. 28 [the lumberjack's rich brother was greedy and did not help him. Once the woodcutter bowed to the king a chicken. The king ordered that it be divided among those present. The woodcutter gave the king his neck, his tail to the queen, two sons a thigh, and his daughters a wing each. He explained: The king is the head of the people, so his head, the queen is his mother, so she has a tail. As the ancestors said: "Goose is a mare for a girl." Princes are the backbone of society, so they have hips, and princesses will marry and fly away from the palace, so they have wings. As for me, if I'm allowed to sit with Your Majesty and be an advisor, I'll take a breast. The king thanked him and gave him gold. The lumberjack's brother wanted to do the same thing. I bought five chickens and bowed to the king, but could not divide them among those present. Then a woodcutter came and divided them according to the "three of us" principle. The king praised him and told his brother to give all his wealth to the lumberjack] in Korovkina MS; Bushnaq 1987 [when there is nothing to eat at all, the poor man tells his wife to borrow a chicken from a neighbor, cook it: he will take it the Caliph; he offered to divide; the poor man gave the Caliph a head, two viziers on either side of him, ate the rest himself; received 500 gold; when he learned about this, the rich neighbor brought 7 fried chickens; the Caliph: Am I eating more than my subjects? ordered 500 blows with a stick; in the bathhouse, Caliph Zobeid's wife hears the wife of the punished complaining about the ruler's injustice; the caliph called both donors and ordered to separate 5 eggs; the former poor man gave the Caliph and The vizier one at a time, and Zobeid three (the men already have two eggs); the rich man gave the Caliph three, the vizier and Zbeid one at a time, beaten again; the Caliph to his wife: I reward not for gifts, but for intelligence]: 371-373.

Southern Europe. Italians: Crane 1885, No. 108 [the prince got lost, went into the hunter's house, with a wife, son and daughter; stabbed a rooster; the prince gave his head to his master, his tail to his wife, his legs to his son, his wings to his daughter; at night hears the girl explaining to her brother what this sharing means; fell in love and, returning to the palace, sent a servant to the girl, telling her to hand over the cake in the form of a full moon, 30 pies and a roast rooster and ask, 30- whether the day of the month is in the forest, is the moon full and whether the rooster screamed at night; the servant on the way ate 15 pies, part of the cake and the rooster; the girl answered: the moon is dead, which is only on the 15th, and the rooster went to the mill, and that she asks to forgive the servant for the partridge; prince to the servant: if the girl hadn't stood up for you, you would have been hanged; the girl's father found a golden mortar and, contrary to her daughter's advice, gave it to her prince; he demanded a pest; a peasant: my daughter warned me! the prince orders his daughter to prepare a large amount of fabric from a tiny amount of linen; the daughter weaved 4 laces, sent them to the prince and ordered them to be made a loom; the prince came to the girl when her the mother died and the father worked; she does not unlock; he broke the door; the girl replies that the father is where he should be, and the mother mourns her sins; the prince married a girl; one day a peasant came with a cart and another and a pregnant donkey; she gave birth while both were in church, and the donkey's owner tied her to the cart; the first peasant said his baby boy; prince: so it is, because it is more likely that the donkey's owner tied her to the cart than the cart's owner tying it to a donkey; the prince's wife advised the donkey's owner to throw a net in the middle of the square and tell the prince that it's easier to fish with square than a cart to give birth to a donkey; the prince tells his wife to take what she loves more and return to her father; she put sleeping pills in the prince's wine and took him to her place; explained that he is the most for her expensive; they're reconciled]: 311-314; Knust 1866, No. 1 (Tuscany?) [the prince and his servant go to look for the bride; stays in a poor house in the woods; the prince shares the chicken: the owner's head, the mistress's stomach, the daughter's legs and wings, takes the rest with the servant; asks the girl in the morning Flavia as a wife; goes to war; F. gives birth to twins, the Queen Mother replaces them with a dog, tells the servants to kill the woman and children; they left them in the forest, they were picked up by a peasant; the prince returned, went into that house recognized his wife, returned her and children; the Queen Mother was executed]: 382-384; Corsicans: Massignon 1984, No. 63 [while hunting, the king and prince spent the night in a lumberjack's house; they say there is no food at home; the king ordered slaughter the chicken, and the prince divided it: the owner's head, the mistress's neck, the daughter's wings, the son's legs, the rest is with the king; at night, the husband and wife are outraged by how the guest shared the chicken, but the daughter explains: daughter will get married, the son has to walk a lot, etc.; the prince hears, decides to marry an intelligent girl; they stay at an inn; another man arrived, his mare necklaces, and the foal climbed under prince's cart; the prince claims that his foal, the bride objects; the prince is outraged by this and offers to part; agrees to note this; the girl put sleeping pills, brought the prince to her place; in the morning explained that she could not return to her place on foot, but she could not leave the prince without a cart either; once again convinced that the girl was smart, the prince married her], 104 [the prince and his servant lost their way hunting; the prince tells the servant to climb the pine tree if the light is visible; they came to the hut, the owner says that there is only goat's milk; the prince hears the rooster singing, tells the rooster to be slaughtered, and divides the meat: the owner's head, the mistress's neck, the daughter's wings, the rest was eaten by him and the servant; when those who came to bed, the owner is outraged by the guest's impudence; the daughter explains what he meant; the prince drew attention to smart girl; returning home, sends the servant to take the bag to the girl and say: here is the one who sings, a whole month and a full moon; on the way, the servant unfolded the bag, ate the rooster, 15 out of 30 pies, half heads of cheese; the girl tells me to give to the prince: the singer flew away, 15 days in the month, half the moon; the prince brings the girl to the palace, married her; inherited his father's crown; went to war; Queen Mother tells two servants to kill a pregnant daughter-in-law in the forest, bring her liver; the servants brought the dog's liver; the one left in the cave gave birth to twins; the lion told the animals to take care of the mother and children; the king returned, I came to the cave, sent a servant to buy clothes for the woman; she told me everything, he recognized his wife, the Queen Mother was executed]: 142-144, 237-240.

Western Asia. The Arabs of Syria [the king promised to find a job for everyone who comes; Faheem ("knowledgeable") also went, but decided that it was impossible without a gift; he bought lemon on the way for the last piaster; the king is pleasantly surprised; invites Fahim to divide the roast turkey; he gave the turkey head to the king, kept the breast for himself, the wings to the princes, the hips to the ministers, the tail to the king's wife; explained his behavior; the king generously rewarded F. and he gave half to the guards, otherwise they would not have let him in; F.'s wife told her neighbor; she sent her husband Naeem to the king; he is a wealthy merchant; he brought a bag of lemons as a gift to the king; guards and he was allowed in on the condition that half of what the king came would go to them; N. began to divide the turkey: the head to himself, the breast to the king; he ordered the fool to be cut off, but then he was simply kicked away; and F. became an adviser]: Abu Risha 2015:70-; the Arabs of Lebanon and Iraq [the merchant went bankrupt; brought the Caliph a chicken, who ordered it to be divided; the merchant gave the Caliph his head, two viziers wings, and took his own wings the rest; the Caliph generously rewarded him; the neighbor found out, sent her husband to take five chickens and rice to the Caliph; he ordered the chickens to be divided, who came could not, he was beaten with sticks; the wife spoke about this in the bathhouse; the Caliph's wife (Harun al-Rashid) told her husband; he summoned both and ordered them to split 5 eggs; the merchant gave the Caliph's wife 3 eggs, and the Caliph and the vizier one each, because they already have two; the neighbor gave the Caliph three eggs, and his wife Caliph and vizier one by one; the Caliph's wife ordered to reward the merchant and beat the neighbor]: Nowak 1969, No. 375:320-321.

(Wed. Tibet is the Northeast of India. Tibetans [when a takin (Budorcas taxicolor) fell into the river, the villagers upstream of this place, and the villagers downstream were arguing about who would get the meat; wife an elder who lived between both villages advised her husband to divide the carcass as follows: what's in front of the ribs is upstream, what's right behind {tail?} - living below, and the whole middle to him, the elder, because he lives in the middle; everyone is happy, they began to hold the elder not for a fool as before, but for a smart one; soon a leopard drowned in the river in the same place; ( They don't eat his meat), but the elder gave the same verdict as before; people thought he was a fool after all, they gave him the whole carcass and had to take it away]: Shelton 1925, No. 5:34-35).

The Balkans. Bulgarians [a poor man brings a rich goose or duck and asks for bread in return; a rich person to share a gift; the poor man gives his head to the owner, a zooka or neck to the hostess, his legs to his sons, his neck to his daughters , keeps the rest for himself; receives bread; another poor man brings five geese (ducks) to the rich, but cannot divide them; the first one is called again; the owner and wife are one, that three; sons, daughters - the same; the poor man takes two - and three of us]: Daskalova-Perkovska et al. 1994, No. 1533:489-490; Greeks: Legrand 1881:21-28 [the prince wants to marry a girl who speaks ornate; one day he hears a conversation a girl walking with her father, who does not understand what she is talking about; "We must put my feet on my shoulders", "Help me and then I will help you"; the prince comes to their house; "What happened is lost, but then it will be again" (speech about the missing dog); the girl gave a rooster: her father's head, her mother's carcass, wings to the prince, pieces of meat to the children; explains to her father what each share means; returning home, the prince sent the servant to take it to the girl 31 loaves, whole cheese, roasted rooster and wineskin of wine; ordered to convey: 31 days in the month, the moon is full, the morning songwriter is stuffed, the goatskin is tight; on the way the servant met friends; they ate 13 pies, half the cheese, all the rooster and half the wine; the girl ordered me to give it to the master: 18 days old, the moon is half, the songwriter is gone at all, the goatskin is in the folds; the prince beat the servant, but he remembered what the girl told me to add: in order not to upset the partridge, you should not beat trout; the prince married a girl], 29-37 [the king was told that the queen had a black lover; the king went hunting with him and killed him; the Queen found the victim, brought her head, ordered her eyes to be made of ring details, shoe jewelry from her teeth, a bowl from the skull; asked the king a riddle ("what ate is now below", etc.); if he is over 40 She can't guess the days, she will cut off his head; the king met an intelligent girl who divided the rooster (as in var. on p. 21-28); sent her a gift with his servant (the same as in var. on p. 21-28); solved the riddle queens, the queen was hanged; married a girl].

Central Europe. Russians (most records after the revolution; Voronezh, Karelia, Pskov, Oryol), Ukrainians (Galicia, Podolia, Chernigov, Yekaterinoslavskaya), Belarusians [Sharing goose: a poor man carries a goose's master, cleverly divides it into five, keeping most of it for himself; the rich man imitates him, but unsuccessfully]: SUS 1979, No. 1533:312; Belarusians [the man asks Mr. for the goose measure of rye; pan asks to be divided into seven; man: I'll hit the head (he's the main one), the lady's neck (the first behind the pan), my daughters on the leg to dance easily, the wing to write beautifully, my torso ; the pan was not stingy to give rye; the man's brother brought two geese, he does not know how to separate, called the first one; he shares: pan, lady and head (goose) - the holy trinity; then the same two daughters and a leg, two panychs and a wing, a man and two geese; the pan gave him both geese and rye, and drove his brother away]: Vasilenok et al. 1958:203-204; northern Ukrainians (Chernigovskaya, Nezhinsky y.) [the man brought the master a duck, he tells him to divide it; the man: the master's head, his wife a tail, his sons, his daughters wings, the rest to him; the master rewarded him; the rich brought five ducks, but could not divide; the master called the first man; one man and his wife - three, the other sons - three, daughters - three, he himself two - also three; the master rewarded him]: Malinka 1902, No. 72:365-357; Russians (Voronezhskaya, ca. 1940, p. Toida, Anninsky District (b. Bobrovsky u.) [The poor old woman sweeps and finds oats, dries it, grinds it in the mill and cooks a delicious jelly. An old man and an old woman take him to his master in the hope of a return gift. The master is angry and says he'd better get a goose. The old woman shines a splint, the old man weaves bast shoes, they earn money for a goose and take the master. The master makes me share it. He offers the master his head - as the head of the house, the lady's tail, because she is always at home, his sons - paws - they run around, his daughters - wings - will marry, and what is left to the old man and the old woman. Barin agrees]: Korolkova 1941, No. 13:62-63.

Caucasus - Asia Minor. Adygi [in Khozha's princely house (or others) divides the goose so that he gets the big piece himself; Iblis (Khoja's rival) tries to imitate him, but fails]: Tkhamokova 2014, No. 1533:206; Balkarians or Karachays: Aliyeva, Kholaev 1983 [a rich neighbor persuaded the poor to give him the only chicken - in return he will give him grain; the chicken is cooked, the rich man asks to divide it; he gives it to the owner head, tail to the owner, wings to the daughter, neck to the son, the leftovers to the one who shared; the owner is happy, gives chicken and gifts; after learning about the reward, another person brings five chickens, but cannot divide it into four; the poor man's name says that if you add one chicken to four people, it will be five, and one (i.e. himself) four will also have five; the rich man likes it, the poor man takes the chickens, and the one who brings four the chickens were left with nothing]: 36-37; Malkonduev 2017 [about the same as in Aliyeva, Kholaev 1983]: 942-943; the Nogais [the poor worker brought Khan a goose to be paid more; the khan demands to divide the goose; the poor man gives his head to the khan, his neck to the hansha (let him follow her husband), each daughter a wing (they will fly away), his sons legs (khan's support), takes his torso; the khan gave the poor man; a rich neighbor brings 5 geese, he cannot divide them into 6 people, the name of the poor man; he puts one goose between the khan and the khansha (now there are three), the other two between the daughters and sons of the khan (also three), takes two for himself (and there are three of them) ; Khan again gave the poor man, the rich man was left with nothing]: Nogai 1979, No. 36:156-157; Dargin residents: Aliyeva 2013, No. 31 [the poor mother's son brought the only chicken as a gift to the rich man; he orders to divide it; a young man gives his head to a rich man, a heart to his wife, wings to his sons, legs to his daughters, keeps the rest for himself; receives half a bag of gold as a reward; a neighbor wants more gold, brings five chickens; divide he does not know how, one of the daughters did not get anything himself; the rich man calls yesterday's poor man; he gives one chicken to his husband and wife (three), one to two brothers (three), one to two sisters (three), two keeps the rest (also three); gets half a bag of gold; the nuker says that the rich man will go broke, he goes to take the gold; asks the poor man where the middle of the earth is; he tells him to give it to him first a horse, a gun and clothes; shoots a nuker under his feet, he runs away, comes to serve another rich man; advises to demand half a herd from the first rich man: because his stallions are screaming, the neighbor's mares brought foals ; the rich man calls the former poor man; he comes to the village of the second rich man with five nukers, tells him to kill all the dogs: they dispersed the wolves of another village; if this is not possible, then the mares did not necklace themselves for the laughter of stallions; the rich man demands to sew an iron fur coat, the poor man tells you to make iron threads; rich man: you are still beardless; poor man: take a long-bearded goat; the first rich man gave his daughter to the poor man]: 144-147 (about the same as Osmanov 1963:39-41); Khalilov, Osmanov 1989 [the peasant brought a goose as a gift to Khan; he asks which part tastes best; peasant: tail skin; khan orders to divide the goose into six; peasant: the head to the khan, the tail to his wife, the wings to his daughters, the legs to his sons, the rest to him; the khan gave the peasant; the rich man brought five geese, could not divide; called the poor man, he shares: Khan with wife and goose - three, daughters and goose - three, sons and goose - three, me and two geese - three; Khan again gave a peasant; the rich man slaughtered a buffalo for Khan, said that the skin and tail tasted best; the khan was offended, called the poor man, who said that sour cream was made from buffalo milk; the khan gave him again]: 225-226; (cf. The Avars [Molla Nasreddin joined two horsemen who were going to steal sheep, stole three together, Nasreddin was offered to share the loot; two rams and a mall - three heads, two thieves and one ram - also three heads; thieves recognized the sharing as fair]: Osmanov 1972, No. 60:75-76); Armenians [the poor man has his last chicken, he ordered his wife to cook it and presented it to the king; he tells him to share the gift; man he gave his head to the king, his wings to two viziers, took his torso for himself, explained why; the king gave him gold; another vizier found out about this, brought a roast goose, but could not divide it; they sent for the poor man, he divided it the same way; the vizier deserves only 40 sticks; he received them]: Harutyunyan 1986:143-145; the Turks [bey received a roast goose as a gift, asked the peasant to divide it; he gave a bey the head (he is the head), his wife is the sacrum (she is the basis for everything), his daughters have wings (they will fly away); sons have legs (follow the parents' path), the rest is for themselves; let the poor man not get bones once, and meat]: Aganin et al. 1960:215; Kurds [the peasant stabbed the last goose, but there is no salt in the house; decided to take it yeah, change it to bread; yeah, tells him to divide the goose; his wife's neck, sons have legs, daughters - wings, stupid peasant - bones and skin, i.e. everything else; yeah, generously gave the peasant; a rich peasant stabbed five geese, but could not divide; sent for the poor; one wife and husband - Now there are three of you; second sons (three), third daughters (three), two for yourself - three too; yeah, he gave a poor peasant again, drove away the rich]: Jalil et al. 1989, No. 255:524-525.

(Wed. Iran - Central Asia. Burishi [husband and wife began to cook goat's head (and hooves); guests came; husband to wife: look at the children; wife shares: hooves to guests, husband's tongue, children's eyes, ears for themselves)]: Lorimer 1935, No. 19: 233).

Baltoscandia. Latvians [the man needs a forest for the hut, he brought a goose to the master; the owner needs a head and neck, he is wise and powerful; wings for a lady and daughter to fly in the sky; legs for sons to were diligent and dexterous; he took the rest for himself; the master was happy, gave forests; the old man brought six geese to the master, he did not know how to share; the former man: a master with a lady and one goose - three; both sons and one goose - too; a lady with a young lady and one goose too; me and two geese are also three; the master gave the man more forests, but the old man left with nothing]: Alksnite et al. 1958:461-462; Lithuanians [the old man took the master a goose to ask bread; the master's head is the head of everything; the tail is the mistress, the legs are for his sons, the wings are for his daughters, his carcass; the master is satisfied, rewarded him with money and bread; the rich man brought five geese; he cannot divide, call the poor; he divides so that there are three; a master with a lady and one goose; sons and a goose; daughters and a goose; he himself and two geese; rewarded again, and the rich is sent with nothing]: Lebite 1965:344-345; Lutsie (recorded in 1931 in Russian from a gypsy woman) [two cousins, the poor only has a goose; told his wife to fry, took the pan; the pan demands to be divided into 6 parts; poor man: panu - head, lady - heart, daughters - wings, sons - legs; And to me, as I am a stupid man, let the whole corpse remain; the man is awarded; the rich decided to take five geese, he does not know how to divide them into six; they called the poor man; he divides so that he almost gets it himself; the pan is happy, ordered to flog the rich man and take a hundred rubles from him, rewarded the poor again; "As if I don't have geese myself"; the pan calls both to him again; that the nicest, quickest, fattest and strongest? poor man's daughter: pleasant - sleep, strong - water, greasy - earth, quick - thought; the wife of a rich man advises to answer this way: pleasant - my wife and I, fat - our hog, strong - our horse, fast - our hound; the rich is punished again, the poor is rewarded; the pan tells the poor to make his wife weave clothes for six from a bunch of linen; the daughter tells him to take three sticks: let him make a loom; pan tells him to take out chickens from boiled eggs; the poor man's daughter asks him to grow peas by sowing boiled peas; the pan tells him to come unfed, not on an empty stomach, naked or dressed, not horse, not on foot, not on the road, not in the field; the old pan died, and the son was driving past the poor man's house and asking for a drink; he liked the poor man's daughter, he married her; the poor man had a mare necklace, the rich man says that it is his cart; the pan decided in favor of the rich; his wife: if the cart is cabbage turned over, and the heads of cabbage rolled into someone else's garden, whose are they? pan: the one who was carrying them; wife: which means the mare's foal; the pan got angry and ordered a divorce; the wife offers to drink tea for the last time, added sleepy remedy, brought her husband who fell asleep to her; pan recognized his wife's wisdom, no longer quarreled]: Annom et al. 2018:70-74; Estonians (Jõhvi; the plot is rare) [the peasant has many geese, brought one master, he asked to divide; head to master, legs - sons, wings to daughters, tail to the lady, the rest to him; the master laughs, gave money; the neighbor envied, brought five geese, could not divide; the first man was summoned; he had three each; two sons and a goose; two daughters and a goose; master and lady and goose; myself and two geese; came home with two geese and a neighbor at a loss]: Mälk et al. 1967, No. 123:401-403; Veps [husband and wife and the butcher neighbor went to the forest, got lost; the husband caught a black grouse, the butcher volunteered to share; my husband's head, he was the owner, I would smear my wife's wings, took the rest for myself]: Onegin, Zaitseva 1996, No. 6:54-55.

Volga - Perm. The Bashkirs [bai complains to Erense sesen that they cooked five geese for six, cannot divide them; bai, wife and goose - three, two sons and a goose - three, two daughters and a goose - three, two geese and E. - too three; the other bai asks to divide one goose; the head to the husband, the neck to the wife, the legs to the sons, the wings to the daughters, no one needs the torso, E. took it]: Barag 1990, No. 4:27-28; Tatars [the poor man went to the bay to ask for flour and brought a goose as a gift; bai ordered him to divide; poor man: head to bayu, neck to his wife (where the neck turns, the head will look there), wings to daughters (will fly away), legs to sons ( should run fast); buy happy, gave a bag of flour]: Bashirov, Yarmukhametov 1956:113-114, = Yarmukhametov 1957:161-162.

Turkestan. Kazakhs (Semirechye) [when the sage arrived in Baghdad, he stayed with Kaziy; when he heard his speeches, Kaziy realized that he had a man in front of him who could easily take his place and decided to pay him money for it for him to leave the city; Kazia's wife promised to settle the matter by other methods; served the guest boiled chicken and asked him to divide it so that everyone got it equally; Kaziy received a head, his wife a neck ( closest to the head), two servants are legs, two children are wings, the slave always following the mistress is the tail, the rest is a dear guest; then the hostess cooked 5 eggs, asked them to share; the sage could not; the hostess gave an egg to the guest and her husband, and took three for herself; since each of the men already has two eggs, now everyone has three; the sage asked not to talk about his defeat and left the city]: Pantusov 1902 , NO. 3:21-23.
Eastern Siberia. Central (?) Yakuts (from S.I. Bolo's archive, the place of recording is not specified) [the rich man brought Toyota 5 geese, who tells him to divide wisely; Toyon has a wife, two sons, two daughters, a rich man is unable to separate; toyon called poor man; he gives one goose to Toyona and his wife (now there are three of them), one to sons and daughters (they are also three), takes two (three again); Toyon rewarded the poor man, drove the rich man away]: Illarionov et al. 2008, No. 35:357-359.