K61c1. An overheard demon secret.

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A person will die if he does not find an answer to the demon's question. A person or an acquaintance accidentally finds out the answer when he hears a demon talking to himself or another demon. See motive C29.

North Africa. Egypt: El-Shamy 2004, No. 500:253-254.

Southern Europe. Spaniards [mother screams that her voracious daughter ate five servings of pate; at this time the king is coming, asking what the noise is; mother replies that her daughter hid 5 balls of thread in a day; king takes the girl to the palace, leaves her with a mountain of yarn; the dwarf promises to do the job, but the girl must guess his name; a neighbor tells her mother that at night she saw a dwarf in the forest spinning, Saying his name is Perico de los Palotes; the girl says the name, the dwarf goes crazy]: Camarena, Chevalier 1995, No. 50:374-375; Catalans [king hears miller saying as if his daughter can turn grain into gold; promises to marry her prince, or if that is not true, executes her; a dwarf turns grain into gold for promising to give him her first child; a girl marries a prince; a dwarf asks her to guess his name - in which case she won't take the child away; the servant hears the dwarf singing with his name; he tells the prince's wife about it, the child stays with her]: Oriol, Pujol 2008, no. 500:106; Italians (Campaign): Cerise, Serafini 1975, No. 500:112; Sicilians [a woman sent her daughter to her mother; she once ate all the fish she brought by her neighbor, lied that a neighbor did not give anything; her grandmother began to beat her; answered the prince who was passing by that she was beating for excessive hard work, the girl spun three balls of linen a day; the prince took her to the palace; promised to marry if she the month will hide 90 balls; the devil (Mastru Paulo) promises to do the job if she says his name at the end; the king is upset that his son's fiancée is sad all the time, promises a reward to whoever cheers her ; one peasant says he heard someone singing (rhymed poem) about spinning in the forest, calling himself Lignu di Scupa ("broom handle"); the girl laughed; she gave the name a trait, he lost her power; wedding]: Gonzenbach 2004a [1870], No. 9:59-62; Basques [mother beats her lazy daughter but tells the prince that if she wants, she will be able to sew seven shirts in a day; the prince brings a canvas, promises marry if a girl makes shirts; she does not know how; a witch offers to do a job, but in a year she must remember her name, otherwise she will be in her power; the prince marries, but the wife is always sad; one day An old woman comes, says she heard another old woman jump and say that no one will remember her name Marie Kirikitoun; the prince's wife was happy, wrote down her name; when the witch came, she named her]: Webster 1879:56-58.

Western Europe. The British (Suffolk) [the woman baked five pies, told her daughter to leave them on the shelf to soften the burnt crust; the daughter ate them, the mother was gone; she began to sing that her daughter ate five pies; the passing king asked what she was singing about; she was ashamed, she said that her daughter had hidden five balls of yarn at once; the king married his daughter on the condition that 11 months she will live in abundance, but for the twelfth she must spin five balls a day; the devil offered his help on the condition that at the end of the month the king's wife guesses his name, offering three names every night; on the last night, the king tells how he saw a spinning devil hunting singing that his name was Tom Tit Tot; a woman calls the devil's name, he disappears]: Fison 1899:10-17 in Riordan 1987:133-138; Scots [someone steals cabbage from the widow's garden and her three daughters; the eldest guards, the giant takes her with the cabbage; tells them to weave cloth; elves come asking for food , she does not feed them; the porridge is burned; the giant hits her, throws her into the chicken coop; the same with her middle sister; the younger one feeds the elves; the elf comes taller than others, promises to weave cloth if the girl guesses his name; she feeds an old woman, who accidentally sees an elf weaving underground, says he is Pyriglup; she tells the girl about it; the elf leaves all the cloth; the grateful giant agrees to take the basket herbs as a gift to the girl's mother; she hides her older sister in the basket, the giant carries her; the same middle one; she sits down for the third time; when the giant began to leave, the sisters scalded him to death with boiling water]: Kharitonov 2008:410-418; the French (Lorraine) [the devil offers a woman to weave a hemp cloth for free from threads she loaned if she guesses his name; she fails; unless she does If you guess in two hours, he'll pick up the canvas; she goes to the forest for brushwood past the tree on which the devil weaves, saying his name is Ropiquet; when she calls this name, the devil roars away, leaving canvas for a woman]: Cosquin 1886, No. 17:268-269 (translated into Lopyreva 1959, No. 12:31-32); the French (Dauphin) [to find out the age of the Devil wandering along the roads, a man climbs a tree with his teeth covered honey and riding in feathers; seeing him, the Devil says he has been living for a hundred years and has never seen anything like it]: Joister 1991, No. 67.4:362; Germans [the miller tells the king that his daughter can spin out straw gold yarn; the king tells him to bring him a girl, gives him straw and tells him to hide the gold yarn by morning, otherwise he will kill; the little man does the work; the king gives more straw the next night even more; the first time a girl pays a necklace, the second time a ring, and the third time she promises to give her future son; the king marries the miller's daughter; a year later, a man came to pick up baby; agrees to waive the requirement if the Queen finds out his name in three days; one of the messengers sent to look for unusual names says that he saw a dancing man in the forest who shouted his name was Rumpelstiltskin ("The Clamushka"); when he heard the Queen's answer, the man who came furiously tore himself in half]: Grimm, Grimm 2002, No. 55:193-196 (=Grimm, Grimm 1987:157-159); Welsh , Irish, German (Austria), Frisians, Flemish, Ladins: Uther 2004 (1), No. 500:285-286; Germans (Black Forest) [(in Swabian)]: Hubrich-Messow 2006, No. 134 : 96-97.

South Asia. North India, Lucknow, Hindi [Bhat (genealogist) and his wife did not follow the custom of making scorpion and snake figures and scolding friends two days after a women's party; sister bhata ordered It was for a snake to bite him; but he noticed a snake and it was killed; his wife chopped it to pieces and put one in a pot, the other in a pan, the third in her hair, tied the fourth to her belt, and squeezed the fifth into oil, which is in the lamp; she put the rest of the pieces under the legs of the bed; asked her husband a riddle - if she does not answer, she will kill him; "Who is in her hair, some on the belt, some in a pot, some in a frying pan, some under four legs, who is in the lamp"; the husband said he would answer tomorrow and went to his sister in the morning; they both came to the pond and heard the lamp into which the snake was squeezed complain to the other lamps gathered there: she was late for their meeting, because - and then the whole story; the husband answered his wife, she was surprised and did not kill him]: Crooke 1895, No. 622:210-211; the Bengalis [Rakshas brought Vikramaditya two skulls, asking for a week to determine which one is male and which is female; on the eighth day he will appear and, if no answer is found, will eat all the people and animals in the kingdom; the people fled; the evening before the parish Rakshasa Kalidasa found himself in the forest and climbed a tree; there he heard a pregnant Rakshasi asking her husband when he would feed her properly; Rakshasa explains that tomorrow, because people will not be able to answer to his question; a soft wire must be inserted into the ear of the skull; if its end falls into the throat, then the skull is male, and if it comes out of the mouth, it is female, because women cannot keep secrets; K. resorts to B ., reports an answer to Rakshas in the morning, he left]: Mukharji 1904, No. 9:36-40.

The Balkans. Slovenes, Bosnikas, Greeks: Uther 2004 (1), No. 500:285-286; Hungarians [daughter is lazy and cannot spin; when the king passes by, her mother starts beating her; replies that she she hid all the underwear in the house in gold threads; next time she is a wattle fence; the king marries the girl, brings her a cart of linen after the wedding; cries that day and night; a man with big ones climbs out the window a mustache and a huge beard; promises to hide linen in gold threads if the Queen says his name in three days; royal hunters return from the forest; one tells how he saw a man jumping over the fire little man; he shouted that his name was Patsimantsi and that he would soon get a bride; when P. comes, the queen calls him by name; the king admires the gold yarn; brings a new cart of linen; the queen taught three ugly old women (one hunchback, the other had a lip on her chest, a third tongue up to her stomach) to come beg and say that they had become freaks because they were spinning all the time; the king rushed to wife and banned spinning]: Ortutai 1974, No. 18:309-313 (=Ortutay 1969:359-368 in Kippar 2002:231-236).

Central Europe. Czechs, Poles: Uther 2004 (1), No. 500:285-286; Slovaks [a young master is looking for a bride; a widow has three daughters; two are spinning and the third Hana is asleep; the mother explains what if you give her spin, she will even hide the straw from the roof; the master marries her and leaves her in a large room with all kinds of yarn; if she does not hide it by morning, she will kill her; Ganka cries; a man in red appears hat, promises to teach her how to do the job; but in a year he will be back and if G. does not guess his name, he will marry her and take her away in a wheelbarrow; G. not only turned all the yarn into gold threads, but also had time to sleep; the husband was delighted, fell in love with his wife; she told him her secret; on the last day he found himself hunting during a thunderstorm; he noticed smoke, looked into the hole; there someone sings and dances, saying that his the name is Martinko Klyngáš; the husband told his wife, who named the demon, he threw his red hat on the floor and disappeared into the wall where he came from]: Dobšinský 1970:21-25; Luzhitans [pan sees a father beating a lazy daughter; brings oat straw silk to him; a dwarf turns straw into silk for promising to marry him; pan sees silk, also prepares to marry him girl; Mr.'s servants hear a dwarf calling the girl his fiancée in the forest and saying that she will laugh when she hears his name Tsiketarushk; a dwarf appears at Mr.'s wedding, asking him to guess his name, the bride laughs, guesses, the dwarf disappears]: Romanenko 1962:124-126; Ukrainians (Transcarpathia) [Trait name: for the assistance (release) provided, parents must give the child a line; he agrees return the child if they guess his (trait) name; the name was accidentally overheard from the devil]: SUS, No. 500:143.

Baltoscandia. Icelanders [a peasant tells a lazy wife to hide her wool over the winter; spring is near and his wife has not started work; a woman suggests hiding her wool behind her on condition that she guesses three times her name; the frightened wife confesses to her husband; he looks into the cave, sees the woman spinning wool, hums that the peasant's wife does not know her name is Gilitrutt; the husband tells his wife; when he hears his name, demoness leaves; woman becomes hard-working]: Simpson 1972:86-89; Lithuanians: Vėlius 1998:21 [(western 1962); the weaver left for a while, laume sat in her place; promised to leave if she guesses her name; the weaver came out, overheard laume singing, Tki, tki, Krauzele; the weaver said Laume's name was Krausele; laume left in anger], 21-22 [(west 1923); laume stays with people, while they don't know their names; three laume came to the wedding; a coal fell on one, the other said, You're burning, Dėgė; - If I'm Dėgė, you're Špėgė; - Nokuže, let's go home]; seto [the young king will never find a suitable bride; hell promises the daughter of a poor tailor to make her queen if she promises him her first child; father advises to agree; devil gives in : if a young mother calls a line by name before the child is baptized, he will leave her alone; the king sees a girl, marries her; she is pregnant, tells her mother-in-law everything; she goes to the forest, sees her around the fire The devil dances and sings that his name is Heltsila; the young queen calls the trait his name, it disappears]: Sandra 2004:341-343; Latvians [Assistant's name. 1) A boastful girl promises the king silk (gold) from hay (straw, moss). The king agrees to marry her if his promise is kept. But she can't do it. The girl is crying. The old man does the job for her, but she must guess his name or he will take her child or herself. A year later (also: on his wedding day), the old man comes for a fee, but the girl says his name, accidentally overheard by her (king, shepherdess) in the woods. 2) The devil promises the master to build a wax palace (bring it out master from the forest), for which the master must guess the name of the trait, otherwise he will take his soul (child)]: Aris, Medne 1977, No. 500:292; Swedes: Cosquin 1886 [the legend of the church in Lund, published 1868; giant J & #1237; tten Finn promises St. Lawrence to build a church; when the church is ready, he demands to guess his name, otherwise he must give him the sun and moon or both eyes; before the deadline, St. L. hears the mother saying to the child: if If you're smart, your father Jtten Finn will be back soon and bring the sun and moon or the eyes of St. Lawrence]: 271; Liungman 1961, No. 500 [mother brags that her daughter can weave anything, like brocade from straw; king: if this is true, I will marry this girl, and if it is not true, I will execute him; little man promises to do anything if a girl guesses his name; someone sees this little man dancing around the fire, repeating his name; the girl deliberately gives the wrong names twice; when she called the right one, little man I tore myself in half out of anger]: 117-118; Norwegians, Danes, Faroese, Finns, Estonians, Sami: Uther 2004 (1), No. 500:285-286.

Southern Siberia - Mongolia. Inner Mongolia's Mongols (Chahars) []: Heissig 1985, No. 8:137-145.

Japan. Japanese [(only 1 completely authentic version that meets the definition of motive); the river washes away the bridge every time the carpenter finishes building it; an ogre appears out of the water, promises to build a bridge, if the carpenter then gives him his eyes; the bridge is ready in two days, the carpenter runs to the mountains, hears the ogre's children singing that Ogre Six will soon bring the carpenter's eyes; the cannibal agrees not to dazzle The carpenter, if he says his name; the carpenter calls (only the third time), the cannibal disappears]: Ikeda 1971, No. 812:187-188.