K73A. Child substitution. 11.-.17.22.-.38.

Ill-wishers of a woman in labor replace a baby with animals or inanimate objects (they inform the baby's father that his wife gave birth to an animal or object). See motif K73.

Tanga, Suto, Wai, Sapo, Loma, Hausa, Krachi, Lobi, Malgash, Sudanese Arabs, Morocco, Algerian Arabs, Tunisia, Egypt, Kabila, Portuguese, Spanish, Basques, Sicilians, Corsicans, Italians (Piedmont, Liguria, Veneto, Tuscany, Umbria, Rome, Lazio, Campania, Molise, Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria), Sardinians, Ladins, Maltese, French (Ariège, Haute-Brittany, Lorraine, Provence, Niverne, Dordogne, Gascony, Dauphine), Bretons, Germans (Saxony-Anhalt, Grimms, Swabia, Austria), (Welsh), Irish, Palestinian, Iraqi Arabs, Tibetans, Lepcha, Mustang, Burmese, Shans, Taunyos, Lao, Khmers, Palaung, Zyaray, Kashmiris, Punjabi, Himachali Pahari, India (Hindi), Konkani, Marathi, Assamese, Bengalis, Muria, Sora, Birkhor, Gondas, Kondas, Oraons, Tamils, Aceh, Timor, Tetum, Sangihe Islands, Kalinga, Lisu , Koreans, Bulgarians, Croats, Greeks, Hungarians, Albanians, Bosnians, Gagauz people, Romanians, Slovaks, Czechs, Poles, Russians (Murmansk, Arkhangelsk, Olonetskaya, Pskov, Novgorod, Vologda, Tver, Moscow, Kaluga, Smolensk, Oryol, Ryazan, Gorkovskaya, Kursk, Voronezh), Ukrainians, Belarusians, Crimean Tatars, Nogais, Abkhazians, Abazins, Adygs, Balkarians (and Karachays?) , Terek Cossacks, Ingush, Kumyks, Dargins, Avars, Gunzibs, Lucks, Udins, Swans, Megrels, Georgians, Armenians, Azerbaijanis, Turks, Kurds, Persians, Tajiks, Parya, Uzbeks, Bukhara Arabs, Yagnobs, Shugnans, Rushans, Yazgulyams, Baluchis, Lithuanians, Latvians, Lutsies, Estonians, Seto, Finns, Karelians, Veps, Eastern Sami, Danes, Swedes, Icelanders, Mordovians, Mari, Udmurts, Kazan Tatars, Bashkirs, Karakalpaks, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Uighurs, Salars, Dungans, Tuvans, South Altai Tuvans, Tofalars, Altaians, Buryats (only Khorin and Chita?) , Mongols, Oirats, Dagurs, Tundra Nenets, Northern (?) Khanty, Eastern Khanty, Southern Khanty, Northern and Southern Selkups, South, Western, Baikal and Far Eastern Evenks, Nivkhs, Japanese.

Bantu-speaking Africa. Tanga: Nassau 1912, No. 22 [Njambu married Nyangwa-Mbwa; she gave birth to Mbwa ("dog"), he has a human mind; N. took three more sister wives: Majanga kept clean, Inyanji behind the garden, Mamendi promised to give birth to twins; she gave birth to them, but the sisters left the babies to pigs, put two anthills in bed with blood]: 169-173; 1915, No. 17 [the older sister marries a merchant's agent. the youngest is for the merchant himself; promises to have children named Sea, Sun, Moon; gives birth three times in the absence of her husband; both mother-in-law and sister replace children with a cat, pig, dog]: 48-51; suto [previously A childless wife gives birth to a son with a moon on her chest, another says she gave birth to a puppy; a mouse feeds and saves the baby]: Dornan 1921:435-436.

West Africa. Vai [the youngest wife gives birth to twin boys, the eldest replaces them with puppies]: Creel 1966:78-81; scrap [the youngest wife gives birth to a son, later than the second, the main one replaces them with a kitten, a puppy]: Schwab 1947:459-460; sapo [older wife replaced sons with younger kitten and puppy]: Pinney 1973:263-267; Hausa: Klipple 1992 [king marries a girl who promised to have twins with golden navels; the rival replaced the children with lizards]: 243-244; Lippert 1905, No. 7 [the king has three wives, the youngest gives birth to two boys, the eldest kidnaps them, throws them away, replaces them with two squirrels]: 237-238; Paulme 1976 [another wife replaces twins with two lizards]: 235; curly [fourth wife gives birth to twins - silver and gold; rival replaced them with two frogs]: Cardinall 1931:36-39; loby [rival reports first wife gave birth to a stone]: Paulme 1976:235.

Sudan - East Africa. Malgashi: Zhukov, Kotlyar 1976, No. 154 [his wife's sisters replaced three babies with a bull's jaw, a broom stick, a hammer]: 385-392; Korneev 1962 [=1977:208-215; Tsar Ravukhimena hears alone the sister promises to weave a hundred cloaks out of one thread, the second to weave a thousand mats from one reed, the youngest Refarana promises to give birth to five sons; the wife's sisters replace five twins with cow bones and with rags]: 52-62; Rodman 1995 [the wife's sisters said she gave birth to a broom and a mallet]: 190-194; Sudanese Arabs: Al-Shahi, Moore 1920, No. 1 [other wives said that the eighth did not give birth to a girl, but a broom; that not Hassan and Hussein, but stones]: 61-63.

North Africa. Arabs of Morocco [jealous of a daughter who should be beautiful, a mother tells a midwife to replace her newborn with a puppy]: El Koudia 2003, No. 9:53-63; Algerian Arabs [wife gave birth to one son, whose one temple is silver, the other is gold; the second, who has teeth made of pearls and diamonds); a daughter who shone brighter than the sun; the old two with a midwife replaced their children with puppies]: Belarus 1982:52-64; kabila [the Sultan has two wives; when one gave birth, the other persuaded an old woman to replace babies with kittens]: Dermenghem 1945:49-55; Tunisia: Al-Aribi 2009, No. 23 [rivals replaced the child with a puppy] , 46 [rivals replaced boy with kitten and girl with monkey] in Korovkina MS; Egyptian Arabs: Bushnaq 1987 [ex-wife replaced boy with puppy, girl with clay pot]: 89-94; Spitta-Bey 1883, No. 11 [boy and girl were replaced by puppies]: 137-151.

Southern Europe. Basques: Barandiaran 1962a, No. 2 [wife gave birth to boy and girl; mother-in-law tells son that a puppy and a kitten]: 12-16; Barbier 1931, No. 19 [wife sisters write to the king that his wife did not give birth to two boys and a girl, and a kitten, a puppy, a bear cub]: 176-182; Spaniards: Shishlova 1971 [the courtiers said that the queen did not give birth to a boy and a girl, but a cat and a snake]: 125-141; Camarena, Chevalier 1995, No. 706 [the prince's wife gives birth to twins, the devil replaces the letter - two rats], 707 [the queen gave birth to a boy and a girl with a star in their forehead; her sisters replaced them with puppies]: 701-706, 709-713; Portuguese (multiple entries) [the youngest of two or three sisters says that if she marries a king, she will give birth to children with a gold star on her forehead; older sisters replace children with puppies]: Cardigos 2006, No. 707: 156-159; Sicilians [the queen gave birth to two sons with peaches in her hands and a daughter with a star on her forehead; sisters tell the midwife to replace children with puppies]: Crane 1885, No. 4:17-25; Corsicans: Massignon 1984, No. 59 [the prince's wife gave birth to twins, the witch cousin wrote to the prince that puppies], 75 [the king's wife gave birth to twins, his mother wrote to him that there were puppies]: 136-137, 166-169; Italians ( Liguria) [the fisherman cannot catch anything; the gentleman gives him a bag of money on the condition that he will give him his daughter; the daughter takes holy water with her and covers herself with the sign of the cross; the devil is powerless; orders the father cut off his daughter's hands, otherwise she will take the money; the daughter agrees; the devil carries the girl, but God makes the burden heavier, the devil threw her into the stream; the girl got out; settled in the grotto, where the dog began to bring her food from the royal table; the king followed, brought the handless woman to him and married her; left; the Queen Mother replaced the letters with the command to drive her daughter-in-law away; she gave birth to a boy with a sword and a girl with a star with forehead; the Queen Mother wrote that her daughter-in-law gave birth to a puppy and a kitten; the children were tied to the young queen's neck, she left; leaned to the water for a drink, the old man told me to do it more boldly, the children fell into the water, the mother's hands grew up; she found an empty palace and settled there; the king came to the palace, the children called him father; everything is fine; the Queen Mother was burned]: Andrews 1892, No. 5:20-24; Italians (Naples) [widowed, the king decided to marry his sister named Penta; she asked the servant to cut off her hands and take her to the king; he ordered her sister to be placed in a barrel and thrown into the sea; the fisherman caught her, but his jealous wife threw her into the sea again; the king sailed on the ship, picked up P., she became a maid to the Queen; when she died, she advised her husband to marry P.; in her husband's absence, she gave birth to a boy; that fisherman's wife, which the courier stopped, replaced the letter: P. gave birth to a puppy; she also replaced the king's letter: burn P. and her son; she was sheltered by a magician; announced that whoever told about the biggest misfortune would receive from he had a crown and a scepter; P.'s husband returned, burned the fisherman's wife, came to the wizard; King Brother P. also came there; everything was clarified, everyone was reconciled, P.'s hands grew]: Basile 2018:271-281; Italians ( Campaign, Capri) [the king has forbidden lighting a fire at night, but three dressmakers always worked until midnight, hiding the lamps in large pots; the eldest: if the king married me, I would feed me with a piece of bread, all his army; middle: would prepare clothes for all troops from one piece of cloth; youngest: would give birth to a son with a golden apple in his hand and a daughter with a gold star on her forehead; the spy would carry it to the king; He married his youngest; went to war; the Queen Mother told the midwife to replace her children with puppies and throw them into the river; but the maid put them in a basket; the king ordered his wife to be imprisoned in a niche at the gate, give only bread and water and let everyone spit on it; the children were caught by a fisherman; when they grew up, the fisherman's own children called them foundlings that their father had caught at sea; they left home and settled in the woods in an abandoned palace; the Queen Mother sent a midwife to persuade the girl to ask her brother to bring dancing healing water from the Senavalli spring; a hermit (it was St. Joseph) taught me what to do; when the young man is in the enchanted garden of the Alcina fairy, you cannot turn around, although there will be screams and roars around; the young man brought water; the midwife: now a singing apple; hermit (same); midwife: bring a talking bird; hermit: do not catch a bird, be gentle to it, it will come down from the tree on its own; gave you a wand, the young man revived those turned into stones; the king hunted I heard singing, went into the palace; the bird: I will answer him myself; the king invited them to his feast; the bird told me to let the dogs taste the meat from the table; they fell in convulsions; the bird told me everything; The Queen Mother was forced to eat meat prepared for the freed queen and she died in agony; and the talking bird suddenly disappeared]: Zschalig 1925, No. 6:32-41; Italians (Piedmont, Veneto, Tuscany, Umbria, Rome, Lazio, Campania, Molise, Abruzzo [Three Sisters], Basilicata [Three Envious Sisters], Calabria), Sardinians [Three Sisters, Children Thrown Into the Water], Sicilians ["Envious Sisters]: Cirese, Serafini 1975, No. 707:154-155; Italians (Liguria) [stepmother hates beautiful stepdaughter and tells her husband to get rid of her; he left her daughter in the woods; she I met the robbers and they took her to them without causing harm; one day a girl let an old sorceress in; she began to comb her hair and stabbed her pin, the girl became like a statue; the robbers left her body unburied; the prince saw, brought her home, his sister began to comb the girl, pulled out her pin and the beauty came to life; the prince married her, but soon went to war; the wife gave birth to a boy and a girl; mother The prince replaced the letter with a message that his wife had puppies; she also replaced the prince's letter with an order to kill his wife and children; relatives told the woman to take her children and leave as soon as possible; she pleaded to God, St. Virgo and St. Antonia and asked for a palace in the woods; the prince returned, went in search, spent the night in that palace; in the morning he heard the boy call him father when he needed to fix his hand hanging from bed; all OK, Queen Mother punished]: Andrews 1895, No. 58:277-282; Italians: Calvino 1980, No. 31 (Venice) [two boys went out to meet their father; he was in a bad mood and sent them to hell; he took them away; the boys' sister went to look for them; came to the iron door; the person at the entrance advised me to enter the room with 24 beds; she found brothers in it; flames under the beds; the sister would free if she remains silent for 7 years and fire and water pass; the king met her in the forest and married her; the Queen Mother hates her daughter-in-law; she gave birth to a boy, her mother-in-law replaced him with a puppy, left him in a box on the roof; wrote to her son; he ordered the queen to be expelled; the servants did not kill her, but only cut off her hair and took her clothes, giving her clothes for men; she was picked up by sailors and she was heroic in battle; then she came to house 13 robbers, took only a few from each plate, but forgot to pick up her spoon; the robbers kept it; they were going to attack her husband's castle; she warned him in a letter; the survivors the robbers ran away, but she was captured; they want to hang her; she asks with signs to postpone the execution for a day; for an hour; her two brothers come and tell everything; the Queen also says, tells me to see what's in the box on the roof has the baby's bones; the Queen Mother and the midwife are hanged, the brothers were made ministers], 76 (Pisa) [the king and queen learn that when their son reaches 20 years old, he will marry and immediately kill his wife or turn into a dragon; a wedding with an English princess is being prepared; her mare teaches her to ask her to come to the wedding on horseback; takes the princess; the prince became a dragon and flew away; the princess changed clothes with a peasant; disguised as a young man, she was hired by a groom to another king; the prince suspects that she was a girl; the Queen Mother offers various challenges (the woman will collect the bouquet, and the young man will pick up the bouquet, and the young man will pick up the bouquet a flower and will take it in his teeth; etc.); the last is fencing; the imaginary groom falls from fatigue, the prince sees that there is a girl in front of him; marries; goes to war on his wife's mare, she leaves her three hairs; the dragon replaces letters; the queen allegedly gave birth to puppies, and the prince orders her and children to be burned; the prince's parents sent their daughter-in-law and grandchildren on the ship, and burned wax dolls; a dragon towards the princess; she tears hairs, a forest appears; a river; fire; a dragon overcomes obstacles every time; a mare runs up, kills the dragon and dies herself; the princess comes to the castle, she is beautiful in it: she is disgraced after how she killed the dragon; the prince comes too; everyone is happy], 87 (Florence, options all over Italy) [the queen gave birth to three gold-haired children - two boys and a girl with a star in her forehead; her sisters were replaced their monkey, puppy and tiger cub]: 87-90, 277-280, 315-322; 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; Maltese [Queen gives birth to twins "The Sun" and "Moon"; the king's mother informs her son that his wife gave birth to kittens]: Mifsud-Chircop 1978, No. 707 [Queen gives birth to "The Sun" and "Moon" twins; king's mother informs her son that his wife gave birth to kittens]: 228-233 (paraphrase in Stumme 1904, No. 23:66-67); Ladins: Decurtins, Brunold-Bigler 2002, No. 63 [the woman has 7 sons and a daughter; the woman turned her sons into foxes; then she regretted it, but it was too late; the sister came to the castle, where her brothers appeared in human form at midnight; to disgrace them, she must be silent for 7 years; settled in a hut; while hunting, the king found her, married her; went to war; his wife gave birth to a boy; mother-in-law threw him into the lake, told her son that his wife had given birth to a kitten; the same the following year; the same 5 more times; the king ordered his wife to be burned; when she was tied to a pole, 7 knights rode, each with a boy in her arms; the queen spoke and told everything; burned instead Queen Mother]: 169-171; Uffer 1973, No. 7 [=Decurtins, Brunold-Bigler 2002, No. 58:155-157; the prince's wife gave birth to a boy and the Queen Mother said a puppy], 32 [the prince's wife gave birth to two boys; her sister changed the letter: the handless gave birth to a puppy and a kitten]: 17-19, 120-127; Wildhaber, Uffer 1971, No. 52 [the king's brother said that the queen did not give birth to two boys and a girl with a gold star in her forehead, but kittens]: 177- 179.

Western Europe. French: Lopyreva 1959, No. 33 [wife gives birth to son and daughter, mother-in-law writes to her son that a puppy and a kitten]: 130-134; Cosquin 1886 (Lorraine) [the queen gave birth to two sons with a gold star in her forehead; The king's mother wrote to her son that his wife gave birth to puppies]: 246-247; Joisten 1991, No. 27.1:184-188; French (Haute-Brittany) [stepmother envies the beauty of her stepdaughter Euphrosine; her own daughter is ugly; husband - the captain of the ship; while he was not at home, his stepmother cut off E.'s wrists, forcing him to climb a tree in the depths of the forest; pricked on a thorn, she lay down; the magpie brought E. food; when her husband returned, the wife said that E. left with the soldiers; three years later, a rich young man found E., brought him to his mother; she was against such a marriage; when her son joined the army, she wrote that his wife gave birth to a puppy and a calf; arranged an imaginary the grave, and E. sent her children to the forest, tying her children on her back; E. dropped the baby into the river; at that moment a lady appeared and told him to pick him up; her hands grew; the lady took E. to the hermit's cave, and the magpie again began to bring her food; the children grew up; E.'s husband hunted and met the boys; they brought him to his mother; everything was clarified; they returned to the castle; {the last page is not in pdf}]: Sébillot 1880, No. 15:105- 112 (=1894, No. 17:180-181); Bretons [the prince's wife promises to give birth to two sons with a gold star on her forehead and a daughter with a silver star; her sisters replaced them with puppies]: Luzel 1887 (3), No. 7:277-295; (cf. The Welsh [Puichl, King David, was feasting in Narbert; a lady on a white mare galloped by; the sent knight could not catch up with her; when P. himself rode after her, he easily caught up with her; it was Hrianon whom her father wanted to give against his will for Guaul; she wants to become P.'s wife, he agrees; comes to her feast; the young man asks, P. replies that he will not refuse him anything; he asks give him H. and a feast, it was G.; H. says that she did not prepare a feast for him, but a year later she would cook for him and become his wife; teaches P. to come in a year in rags, ask him to fill the bag with meat, which she will give; it will be filled only if a noble gentleman gets into it and says, Enough; as soon as G. got into the bag, he was tied up, the warriors beat G., he gave in to H.; she gave birth only in the third year; at night the child disappeared; the women caring for the puppy decided to put H. in a torn puppy, smeared her mouth with blood, accused her of eating her son; P. tells her to sit next to her horse riding with a gate, talk about his crime, carry whoever he wants on his back; Gwent Is Koide was ruled by Tyrnion Turin Vliant; when his mare is screwed, the foal disappears every time; T. guards cuts off the foal's paw from the window; he ran out of the house, and when he returned, a baby in a silk diaper was lying at the doorstep; T.'s wife is childless, began to raise the boy, called Guri Wahlt Irene, his hair is like gold; he was given a foal saved that night; T. guessed that it was the missing son of H. and P., brings him to his parents; he is given the name Praderi, which was given by H.; after P.'s death, he inherits kingdom]: Mabinogion 2000:15-30); Germans (Saxony-Anhalt or nearby, the author lived in Halle) [three shepherd's daughters, smart elder, younger simpleton; if the king marries her, she will make new ones shirts for all soldiers; medium: he will sew jackets and pants; youngest: the face of three children with gold crosses on their foreheads; the king heard, took the sisters to the castle and married the youngest; went to war, the wife gave birth to two boys and a girl; the sisters threw them in boxes into the water, wrote to the king that his wife had given birth to two puppies and a kitten; the king told her to be walled up, but give her food and drink; when he returned, the king walked through the forest, I saw an unfamiliar wonderful castle and garden; in it a pond where two young men and a girl with gold crosses on her forehead were riding horses; he said this to his wife's older sister; she came and persuaded the older young man to get it flowing water, a talking bird and a singing tree; the young man left his handkerchief: if blood comes out, he is in trouble; on the way he met an old man overgrown with a beard and hair; cut his hair and he brought him to mountain; said that it was his duty, the old man, to feed the talking bird; if he turned around, he would petrify like hundreds of others; he did not turn to the voices of bears and snakes, but when he heard his brother's voice, he looked back and petrified; the middle brother went; the old man let him shut his ears with a rag; turned to his sister's voice and also petrified; the sister did not turn around, the bird taught her to put flowing water into the flask and break off the branch singing tree; they should not fall into the wrong hands; after smeared the stones with saliva, the sister revived the brothers; they came to the old man, who wrote in his coffin and stone: I have lived enough; when they returned, they met the king and the bird told him everything; the king returned his wife and children; the evil sisters were torn apart by horses]: Pröhle 1853, No. 3:10-16; the Germans (Austria) [the queen gave birth to two sons and a daughter; her sisters replaced them puppy, kitten, log]: Cerf 1992:167-174; Germans: Grimm, Grimm 2003, No. 31 [=Grimm, Grimm 1987:392-396; queen gave birth to a boy; hell changed the letter - gave birth to a werewolf], 96 [=Grimm, Grimm, Grimm 1987:263-266; the king went out with two ministers; three girls were grazing cows; the eldest shouted that she would marry the one in the middle, i.e. the king; the other two for those on the right and left; after marriage the queen gave birth to a boy with a star in his forehead, the sisters threw him into the Weser River, said that the queen had given birth to a puppy; the bird shouted that the boy would become a lily; the fisherman pulled him out, adopted him; a year later, the same the second boy; then with the girl (they said that she had given birth to a cat); the king threw his wife into prison; when they heard that they were foundlings, the children told the fisherman to confess everything; the elder went to look for his father; he answered rude old woman; she carried him across the sea; the same with her second brother; sister is kind to the old woman; when she carried the girl across the sea, she gave her a twig and taught her what to do: walk past a black dog, throw it a twig on the doorstep of the castle, take a cage with a bird, scoop up a mug of water, hit the dog with a twig on the way back; she turned into a prince; sister, brothers and prince returned to the fisherman; younger brother on hunted his father, brought her to him; the bird told me everything; the king released his wife, the daughter gave her water from the mug to drink, she recovered; the wife's sisters were burned; the Queen's daughter married the prince]: 109-113, 324- 327; the Germans (Swabia) [the woman baked three pies, took them to the cellar; her three sons sniffed and ate everything; woman: let those who ate them turn into ravens; the brothers flew away in crows, telling her sister to take three chicken legs and come a year later to the glass mountain, where their castle will be; she came, the castle is empty; took a spoonful of her older brother, ate from her middle plate and drank from her younger's mug; hid; brothers arrived before midnight; began to look for who ate and drank from them; found a sister; she would be able to spell them out if she went to the forest and did not say a word in 7 years; a year later, the hunter found her, married her; she gave birth son in his absence; the midwife replaced him with a dog and threw the child into the river; the crows brothers picked him up; the same with his second son; after the third, the husband ordered his wife to be burned at the stake; the years were just over ; three white knights appeared on white horses, missing sons in their arms; the midwife was burned at the stake; the brothers did not leave their sister and her children to their abusive husband, but took them with them]: Meier 1852a, No. 49:174-179; Germans (Swabia) [three nights in a row, the king dreams as if he marries a poor girl; goes looking for her, finds a tailor's daughter; she is beautiful and prudent; when he went to war, she gave birth to two sons and daughter with gold crosses on her back; an envious mother-in-law told her son that his wife had given birth to puppies; she lowered the children in a barrel into the river, picked them up and raised by a miller; the king ordered his wife to be put in the tower for bread and water; the children grew up, left the miller, came to the sorceress; there is a castle nearby, there is a cage with a talking and omniscient thrush; the castle opens for an hour between 11 and 12; the older brother is coming, music happens, hours they hit, all doors close; the youngest; the sister immediately runs to look for a thrush, takes him out of the castle; witchcraft is destroyed, bears, lions and other animals in the castle turn into people again; this time returns the king, who also wants to hear the thrush; he tells him about his children; the king orders to cut his mother in half, release his wife]: Meier 1862, No. 72:246-253; the Irish [king marries the youngest of three sisters; jealous sisters replace children born by the queen with animals; children are saved, grow up and claim their rights]: Jackson 1936:288.

Western Asia. Palestinians [wife gives birth to two sons and daughter, her sisters replace them with a puppy, kitten and stone]; Iraqi Arabs: Lebedev 1990, No. 36 [wife sisters replaced children with puppies]: 187-190; Stevens 2006, No. 33 [wife's sisters replaced their children with puppies]: 157-161.

Tibet is the Northeast of India. Tibetans [three Rakshasa brothers took the form of heroes, came to marry the eldest girl; her mother demands to guess her name (the Flower of Paradise); demons ask for a hare, then a fox; the hare forgot ( Paradise Apple?) , fox - too (Paradise Fish?) ; the magpie gave the right name, the demons took the girl away; torment her with work; when they leave, they do not tell her to open one door; she opened, there are human bones; the mother's apron tells her to wear it, sit on a white horse and ride away; hired the palace to carry brushwood and water, looked like an old woman in an apron; the shepherd told the prince about the beauty who was combing her hair by the river; the prince found her, married her; left on business, the wife gave birth to boys, three Rakshasa changed the letter: a creature with a bull's head was born; they changed the answer: the wife pick up the freak and leave; the horse brought her to the desert, ordered him to be killed, his skin spread, the bones on the middle of the skin, hooves on the sides, scatter the mane; the RC woke up in the palace, around the garden; the prince accidentally arrived there, the spouses are happy; the Rakshasa appeared under the guise of merchants, bringing poison; the RC of one I recognized them by the scar, they were pushed into a hole, covered with a stove]: Komissarov 1997:91-99; lepcha: Stocks 1925, No. XXIV [the queen gave birth to sons named Golden Knife and Silver Knife (he then turned into a girl); witches replace children with a puppy], XXXIV [the queen gave birth to three sons, the maids replaced them with puppies]: 388-404, 447-452; Mustang [the youngest wife gives birth to a son, the eldest says she gave birth puppy and pest]: Kretschmar 1985, No. 27:158-164.

Burma - Indochina. Burmese [older wife gives birth to son and two daughters, youngest replaces them with puppies]: Sturm 1990:478-485; shans [younger wife gives birth to 100 boys and girl, other wives replace them a puppy]; taunyo [the queen gave birth to a boy and a girl, the courtiers put a shell]: Zapadova 1977:281-285; Khmers [the king's eldest wife gave birth to a son; the youngest replaced him with a wax doll]: Leclère, Feer 1895, No. 5:144-159; lao [elder wife tells puppies to replace four youngest sons]: Afanasieva 2014:225-227; palaung [youngest wife gives birth to a son, others replace him dog]: Kasevich, Osipov 1976, No. 140:320-323; Zyaray [the youngest wife gives birth to three boys, the eldest replaces them with puppies]: Nikulin 1970:250-253.

South Asia. Kashmiris: Knowles 1888:397-405 [the king's wife successively gives birth to one, another boy, then a boy and a girl; older wives say she gave birth to one, the other crow, then a couple puppies], 408-414 [rani gives birth to a boy, the king's other wives replace him with a stone]; Punjabi [the king's wife gave birth, courtiers replaced the child with a basket of coals]: Swynnerton 1892, No. 81:331-342; himachali plowmen [7 royal wives are childless; he takes the eighth, she becomes pregnant; envious wives replaced the child with a stone; the king made the eighth wife a maid; the wife's child was given to the cobra, but she picked up a hood to protect him from the sun; the elephant gently touched it with its trunk; then they put the baby in an iron box and threw it into the river; the box went under water, but the fisherman caught it; the young man grew up, his name was Gulel; he went to the river, where seven wives and a maid had come to get water; smashed the jugs of seven wives with arrows, and shot his mother with a flower that remained in her hair; the next day he stopped the women and said that first he must give his wooden horse a drink; wives: wooden horses do not drink; he broke the jugs of 7 wives and filled his mother's jug; the king called him to account: wooden horses do not drink; G.: if so, women they do not give birth to stones; the maid hugged her son; he begged his father not to execute his wives, they were sent to the distant rest of the palace; soon G. became the mighty and just king of Kumaon]: Seethalakshmi 1960, No. 16:58-60; himachali- ploughmen [6 wives say seventh gave birth to a piece of iron]: Dracott 1906:6-11; India (translated from Hindi) [wife's sisters replace children with a puppy, kitten, wooden doll]: Zograf 1964:302-310; Marathi [12 wives replace 100 boys and girl with stones]: Frere 1868, No. 4:55-71; konkani (Goa) [prince's wife gives birth to 20 sons and daughter, her sisters replaced children with frogs]: Rodrigues 2020 : 164-169; konkani (Goa) [prince's wife gives birth to boy; his sister replaces baby with a puppy]: Davidson, Phelps 1937, No. 10:33-35; Assamese [older wives replace two boys with flails and pumpkins ]: Borooah 1955:1-6; Bengalis: Day 1914, No. 19 [Queen gives birth to a beautiful daughter and a son with the moon in her forehead and stars on her hands; other wives replace with puppies; sisters replace two boys and a girl a puppy, a kitten and a wooden doll]: 236-256; Porozhnyakov 1990 [Rani's sisters replace her sons with a puppy and a kitten, and her daughter with a wooden doll]: 16-26; muria [rani gives birth to many sons and a daughter; other wives tell Raja that she gave birth to a grain grater]: Elwin 1944, No. 3:202-204; sora [older wives replace a boy with a kitten]: Elwin 1954, No. 17:482-483; birkhor [rani gave birth to a boy and a girl; 6 wives replaced them with a broom and a shank]: Roy 1925, No. 13:468-475; Tamils [the princess gave birth to a boy, but at the instigation of a prostitute, the midwife replaced him with a wooden doll]: Shulman 1980:259- 261; Tamils [Raja's youngest wife gave birth to 6 sons and a daughter, and the older three replaced them with cockroaches]: Blackburn 2005, No. 34; Tamils [Raja's wife gave birth to 15 boys and 1 (oldest) girl, but At the instigation of the other two wives, the midwife replaced them with 16 pieces of wood]: Blackburn 2005, No. 98; Oraons: Elwin 1944, No. 7 [six childless Raja wives replace a new rani child with a broom]: 386-389; Hahn 1906, No. 28 [wife gave birth to twins, others put a stone and a broom on her]: 54-55; ho [the brahmana's former wives replaced the child with a new broom and stone]: Bompas 1909:478-479; gondas [former wives replaced the boy with a puppy]: Elwin 1944, No. 20.6:431-433; cond (kuttia) [older wife replaced her baby with a younger cat made of wax]: Elwin 1954, No. 33:356-357.

Malaysia-Indonesia. Aceh [Raja's wife gives birth to 99 boys and a girl with golden hairs on the back of her head; older wives fill the basement with stumps, tell her husband that Cheka gave birth to a monster]: Braginsky 1972:160-177; Timor [ Chief's wife gives birth to twins with sun on her chest, a month on her forehead, stars behind her ears; her sisters replace them with puppies]: Correia 1973:139-142; tetum [chief's wife gives birth to twins, her sister replaces them puppies]: Rego 1968:160-173; Sangihe Islands [the prince's wife gave birth to 100 children; her sister said she gave birth to rags, nails, mites, etc.]: Bezimer 1904:263-266.

Taiwan - Philippines. Kalinga [a snake boy's wife gives birth to three boys; her sister replaces them with kittens]: Rybkin 1975, No. 10:38-40.

China - Korea. Lisa (Burma) [younger wife replaces children with older puppies]: Zapadova 1977:159-166; Koreans [rich boy's wife gives birth to son; stepmother replaces letter as if she gave birth to a freak]: Cho 2001 , No. 106:201-203.

The Balkans. Bulgarians: Daskalova-Perkovska et al. 1994, № 707C [queen gives birth to wonderful children (golden braids, star on her forehead, sun and month, etc.); sisters (stepmother, servants) replace them with a puppy (puppy and kitten)], 707D [the queen gives birth to wonderful children (a girl with golden braids, silver teeth, etc.); sisters replace them with a kitten and a puppy]: 241-244, 244-245; Karaliychev, Valchev 1963 [the queen gives birth boys, the maid replaces them with two puppies]: 400-402; Croats [the poor widow has 9 sons and a daughter; she has nothing to feed her sons - let them at least turn into wolves; brothers ran away with wolves; girl grew up; when she found out what had happened to her brothers, she went to look for them; came to the house where the old woman was; she hid her from the wolves on the roof; wolves came running and became young men; the old woman showed them the girl, they are happy; To spell them, the sister must remain silent for 9 years; she herds the cows, the prince saw her; married; when she gave birth, her mother-in-law threw the baby out the window into the lake, but the white wolf picked him up; so three times; instead babies are puppies; the prince agreed to hang his wife; at the last moment 9 knights rode on white horses, brought three children; the term expired, the spell was removed; the prince expelled his mother]: Eschker 1992, No. 23:121- 127; Greeks: Hahn 1864 (2), No. 69 (Syros) [The Queen Mother tells the midwife to replace two boys and a girl with a puppy, kitten, mouse]: 47-58; Paton 1899, No. 3 (Lemnos) [the king's mother replaces three times children born to puppies]: 499-300; Hungarians: Ortutai 1974, No. 3 [Queen gives birth to two children with golden hair; her sister and midwife replaced children with puppies]: 92-112; Jones, Kropf 1889, No. 35 [wife the prince gave birth to golden-haired twins; the witch replaced the letter with a message that the prince gave birth to two puppies]: 163-181; Hungarians [the merchant got lost in the forest, promised the best of three daughters to whoever was his he will also take out three more bags of coins: gold, silver, copper; the hedgehog took him out; and the king got lost, also promised a daughter and money, but not bags, but carts; the hedgehog and took him out of the forest; the poor man promised to adopt a hedgehog; in the evening he knocked on his door; told him to feed him, sitting him at the table, not somewhere under his bed; sent him to buy a black rooster and an old saddle; he came on a rooster to pick up his merchant's daughter, chose the middle one; took him to herself, she cries, does not want to; hedgehog: then come back, you are not worthy of me, I will only take the money; the hedgehog came on a rooster to the king; the eldest and middle princesses refused, the youngest and the most beautiful agree to perform her father's will; on the way she asks to get into her carriage, and not to ride a rooster: she is not afraid of a hedgehog and he does not disgust her; after that, the hedgehog turned into a prince, the rooster into a magnificent horse, the saddle turned golden ; a marble palace appeared under a copper roof and on a cock's leg, all gold inside; when they learned of the happiness of the younger princess, the merchant's three daughters were desperate; one drowned in a well, the other in a pond, the third in the river, the fourth also committed suicide (it is not said how), but the merchant's second daughter decided to destroy the princess; taking the form of an old woman, she was hired into the palace; when the king went to war, the wife gave birth the twins, a boy and a girl; the old woman left them in a basket in the forest, and told the Queen that she had given birth to monsters and had to be thrown into the river; the white deer lifted the basket on its horns, came to the river, called a forest nymph and she raised children for 7 years; once she sent a girl with a mug to bring water; she saw a golden bird, ran after her, and suddenly she had only the handle of the mug in her hands; the same with as a boy; the bird explained that the nymph was not their mother and took them to their real parents; on the way they came across a pile of gold and dice; collected gold; stayed at an inn, where three gentlemen they play dice; the boy also began to play and won all the money; one of the gentlemen said that there is a marble palace in the blooming garden; if you touch it three times with a gold stick, he will become a golden apple and You can move it wherever you want; they played at this palace, the boy won and got a wand; when he reached the palace, he turned it into an apple; the bird brought the king, the boy's father and his sister, to the palace; turn the apple back into a palace; gave a sign with the coat of arms and the names of the children on it; it can only be shown to his father; the king wanted to come to see the new palace right away, but the old woman gave him a potion and he fell ill; said that she was going down on her own; advised the boy to get a talking tree; the boy, whose name was Yanoshka, went in search; the hairy devil at the first castle asked if he was me, and sent it to his older brother, who asked him if he was me, and sent him to his older brother, who to the oldest; he gave a golden stick to open the stone fence; you have to go around the tree three times and run, otherwise the fence will close and I. will turn into stone; I did the right thing, ignoring beautiful dancers, ran home, and the tree is already in the middle of the garden; the king wants to go see the miracle again, is poisoned again; the old woman offers to get a bird to sing on this tree; I. he made the same journey (three devil brothers), entered the garden, reached the ninth room, but took not a sweet bird with simple feathers, but a golden one; immediately petrified; now his sister, her name Marishka, went; the same meetings; she took a rusty cage, revived her brother with a gold stick, and they both returned; the bird sang on the tree; the king was poisoned again, the old woman offered to get a silver lake with goldfish; I went. the same meetings with devil-brothers, the same rules (run around the lake three times); this time the king did not drink coffee with poison, came with his wife; the young man showed the king a sign, the couple recognized the children; the old woman was burned sulfur fire]: Curtin 1890:517-545; Albanians [the king's wife's sisters tell him that she did not give birth to a son and a daughter, but a cat and a mouse]: Dozon 1881, No. 2:7-15; Albanians [the prince's wife gives birth to a son with a star on her forehead and a daughter with a star on her chest; her sisters replace children with kittens]: Lambertz 1952:156-159; Bosnians [former wives led by an older wife replaced children with puppies]: Preindlsberger-Mrazovic 1905:99-116; Romanians [queen gives birth to sons with golden curls and a star in her forehead; king's stepmother replaced children with puppies]: Mirener 1958:128-137; Romanians [queen gives birth to two sons and a daughter with golden hair; her sisters replaced their children with puppies]: Bîrlea 1966:455-456; Romanians [the emperor's daughter was born at the same time as the foal; she grows and cares for him, feeds him with fire and drinks wine ; when she was 15 years old, her father decided to marry her; ordered her to make a drum with lice skin over it; whoever guesses whose skin it was would get a princess; the magician dragon sent his son, also a magician, he guessed it; the princess's horse told her everything; the king is also horrified; the horse tells her father to give her men's clothes and everything she needs, takes the princess; tells her to look back; princess: the dragon catches up; horse: how to fly - like the wind or as a thought? princess: like the wind; flew into the city; the horse tells you to go to the king, call yourself a prince, ask for service; the king will agree, for he is a friend of your father's youth; the king has fallen in love with the imaginary prince, and his associates became jealous and suspected that she was a girl; advised to send the prince to the bazaar, where there are various gold items; if he chooses a weapon, then a man, and if a spindle, etc., then a woman; the horse appeared and spoke about an insidious plan; the prince chose a weapon; the minister proposes a second test: send the prince to pick grapes; if he eats them unwashed from the vine, then a woman, and if she washes them and puts them on a plate, then a man; then the prince was offered to get a sorceress, the daughter of a neighboring king; her father keeps her in a glass palace on a glass mountain; the horse tells the king to ask the king for more jewelry and ornaments; when he sees them , first the princess's maid, then her mother, and finally herself, were amazed and the king gave his daughter to the imaginary prince; the lie brought her to the king, but she did not want a bearded man; the king shaved; the prince admitted to the bride that he himself is a girl; and he told everything to the king and the courtiers; the king married the princess to his son; he went to war, and his wife gave birth to two golden sons; the magician dragon took the form of the owner of the inn , replaced the letter: she gave birth to two puppies; replaced the prince's answer with the command to execute the witch wife, drown the puppies; the woman was raised to the fire, but her horse rode, devoured the fire, took the hostess and her children away; said he would die: let the giblets place the giblets in the four corners of the wide field and the heart in the middle; the children herself and the children climb inside his carcass for the night; in the morning she is in the palace, and in front of the entrance there are two lions; they they guard the palace and bring edible roots and herbs; the prince returned, grieves; once he saw the palace while hunting; the hostess told the lions to let him in; he recognized his wife and children; everyone is happy; on the magician dragon sent an army, he was destroyed; after the death of his father-in-law, his son reigned]: Schott, Schott 1845, No. 16:111-126; Gagauz people: Moshkov 1904, No. 42 [the prince's wife gave birth to a son with the sun, a daughter with the moon on her head; gypsy changed puppies]: 65-67; Syrf 2013 [the wife of the padishah's son gave birth to a boy with a month on her forehead, a girl with the sun; mother-in-law and witch grandmother write a letter that his wife gave birth to two puppies]: 174-181.

Central Europe. Slovaks [prince's wife gives birth to son; mill replaces letter: gave birth to a dog]: Bogatyrev 1955:24-31; Czechs: Bogolyubova, Talova 2000 [the queen's wife gives birth to a boy with gold, a girl with with a silver hoop around the neck; the queen's mother replaces the letter: the wife gave birth to either a person or a dog]: 319-328; Lifshits-Artemyeva 2017 (Moravia) [the queen gives birth to a son and daughter with crosses on her forehead; grandmother informed the king that his wife gave birth to puppies]: 412-417; Poles [the queen gives birth to three gold-haired sons with stars on their temples; her sisters replace children with puppies]: Krzyżanowski 1962, No. 707: 218; Russians, Ukrainians, Belarusians [wife's sisters replace children with puppies]: SUS, No. 707 (Murmanskaya, Arkhangelskaya, Olonetskaya, Novgorod, Vologda, Tverskaya, Kaluzhskaya, Orlovskaya , Ryazan, Kursk, Voronezh): 177-178; Russians, Ukrainians [Hero puppy and wonderful children: a puppy (peasant son), who have been replaced by newborn wonderful children, provides assistance their expelled mother, gets curiosities, finds and returns their mother's wonderful children, helps her return to her husband, tsar (merchant)]: SUS, No. 707*: 178; Russians (Arkhangelskaya, 1908) [maid and Yaitsna- Babitsna change children for puppies]: Tseitlin 1911, No. 9:3-5; Russians (Arkhangelskaya, Pomors) [midwife Yazhenya changes children for kittens and puppies]: Razumova, Senkina 1987:144-148; Russians ( Arkhangelskaya, Pechora) [wife's sister replaces letter: the queen gave birth to puppies]: Azadovsky 1934, No. 2:104-121; Russians (Vologda) [8 children were replaced by puppies, the ninth remains with their mother]: Smirnov 1917, No. 27:158-163; Russians (Moscow, Dmitrovsky U., 1914) [a man's wife hates his sister; killed a horse; a canary, accused his sister; brother does not react; then killed her own child; the brother took his sister to the forest and cut off his hands; she came to the manor's garden; the master saw, fell in love, married; left; the wife gave birth to a boy, sent a messenger, the daughter-in-law changed the letter: gave birth to a half-dog; the same answer: child chained to white breasts, let him into the forest; the boy asks him to bend down to the river for a drink; fell off, her hands grew back; she came to her brother's house, her husband was also there; tells her story; his wife's head was cut off]: Vedernikova, Samodelova 1998, No. 64:183-184; Russians (Tomsk) [Yagishna replaces children with a kitten, puppy, son Korosta]: Potanin 1891:150-151; Russians (Arkhangelskaya, Pinezhsky district, village. Veegor, M.D. Krivopolenov, 1925) [the girl marries the prince; her brother's wife replaces the letter: a child was born with a dog's body, wolverine legs, hare ears]: Ozarovskaya 2009, No. 27:321-323; Russians (Olonetskaya: Shokshozero) [Ivan Tsarevich hears three peasant daughters talking; one promises to weave a towel to the king, the other to bake bread, the third to bring three sons in three bellies, legs in silver, hands in gold, the sun in her forehead, a month on the back of her head, stars are frequent on her braids; the old woman imposed herself as midwives, replaced three boys with puppies, threw the boys under the oak tree; the second time, three piglets; the third time, kittens, but the queen hid one boy under a braid; I. shackled the queen in a barrel, threw her into the sea; the boy grew up by the hour; when the barrel touched the shore, the hoops burst; created a palace and a bridge with his desire; Kaliki visited, came to the king; I. has a frog on his bag, hears everything; they talk about the palace and the bridge; stepmother: there is a golden-haired deer; the young man brought him to his mother; next time he turned into a fly; under 8 fellows with oak; the young man tells his mother to bake 9 koloboks with her milk; the brothers recognized his mother's milk; the kaliki talk about the young; the tsar arrived; this woman was shot at the gate]: Onchukov 2000, No. 53:209- 210; Russians (Gorkovskaya) [the master hears three sisters talking; if the master married her, then one of the lobes (?) strained her shirt and pants, the second would cook a feast, the third would give birth to a son, white cheese, a star in her forehead, arms up to the elbow in silver; the king took the youngest, left, the sisters wrote that the wife had either given birth to a child , or a kitten, threw the boy to horses - he sat on a trotter; pigs - on a hog; then they froze it in a barrel and threw it into the river; the grandmother picked it up; the master returned, his wife was under the threshold, told everyone to spit on her; grandmother came with a boy; boy: this is my mother; everything has been revealed]: Eremina et al. 1979, No. 21:201; Russians (Gorkovskaya) [the master hears the conversation of three sisters; if the master married her, then one of one lobe (?) strained her shirt and pants, the second would cook a feast, the third would give birth to a son, white cheese, a star in her forehead, arms up to the elbow in silver; the king took the youngest, left, the sisters wrote that the wife had either given birth to a child , or a kitten, threw the boy to horses - he sat on a trotter; pigs - on a hog; then they froze it in a barrel and threw it into the river; the grandmother picked it up; the master returned, his wife was under the threshold, told everyone to spit on her; a grandmother came with a boy; boy: this is my mother; everything has been revealed]: Eremina et al. 1979, No. 21:201; Russians (Smolenskaya) [the mistress says that the queen gave birth to a child "like all animals"]: Smirnov 1917, No. 234:124-128; Northern Ukrainians (Chernigov, Nezhinsky U.) [a woman's brother's sister replaces a letter to her husband: the wife gave birth to puppies]: Malinka 1902, No. 306-308; Western Ukrainians (Transcarpathia) [komorna (maid?) replaces two sons with puppies]: Day 1981:88-98; Ukrainians [a midwife replaces three sons with a puppy, a toad and a sick baby]: Chubinsky 1878:40-41; Belarusians [when parents die, parents tell their son live together with her daughter, as with them; brother marries; wife believes that he loves his sister more than her; stabbed a cow, blamed her sister; brother is not angry; horse is the same; child; then the brother took his sister to the forest cut off her hands; she came to the royal garden, where golden apples counted; she ate one; they began to search; the king found, fell in love, married; when he left, the wife gave birth to a son - a month in the forehead, at the back of the dawn; messenger spent the night with the woman's brother, his wife changed the letter - she did not give birth to a beetle or a toad; changed the answer: to drive his wife away with the one she gave birth to; she bent over the well, the child fell, her hands grew; she came to her brother's house, her husband was there; she told everything; the tsar took his wife, the brother tied his brother to his horse's tail and let him into the field]: Romanov 1887, No. 55:283-285; Belarusians [the queen gives birth to 12 sons- falcons; sisters replace the letter: gave birth to 12 pieces - cat legs, mouse tails, dog mouths]: Romanov 1901, No. 19 (17): 169−178; similar variants in Romanov 1901, No. 18 (20): 178−188 and in No. 19 (17): 169−178; Romanov 1991, No. 22 [the prince's wife successively gives birth to three sons elbow-deep in gold, knee-deep in silver, forehead to the star, on the back of the head for a month; her sisters threw babies for clouds, and the prince was told that his wife gave birth to neither an animal nor a dog, but a stick]: 202-204.

Caucasus - Asia Minor. Crimean Tatars (Uskut - between Alushta and Sudak) [padishah forbade lighting the lights; went to check, went to the illuminated window; there are three poor girls; older sister: if the padishah got married on me, I would make a tent for the entire army and half of the space would be left empty; middle: I would cook a cauldron of food and the food would not run out; youngest: would give birth to a gold-haired son and daughter; padishah tried everyone, but the older sisters did not fulfill their promises, and the youngest did, but the padishah just went to war; the older sisters replaced the children with puppies, lowered them into the sea in a chest; the padishah ordered his wife to be buried in the ground belt, and throw the puppies side by side; three daughters of another padishah sailed on the ship, picked up the chest; 8 years later, brother and sister grew up, went to look for parents; the padishah drove the hare, the boy caught the hare and carried it away; the wife sent an old woman to the boy; she advised him to ask his brother to get a pearl tree with singing branches and leaves; the boy came to the palace, the lion and the tiger were guards, he gave them meat, brought his sister a branch, from she grew a tree; the next time he snatched a hare, her father recognized her son; her mother was dug up, her sisters were executed]: Radlov 2012, No. 43; Nogais [wife gave birth to twin boys; her sister replaced letter: gave birth to "two horror stories"]: Nogai 1979, No. 24:125-129; Abkhazians: Bgazhba 2002 [the wife of the prince's son gives birth to a boy half gold, half silver; her sisters said she gave birth puppy]: 143-145; Shakryl 1975, No. 71 [the wife gave birth to a boy and a girl, her sisters persuaded the old woman to replace them with puppies]: 322-326; Abaza [woman's sisters replace twins with puppies]: Tugov 1985, No. 67:201-205; Adygs: Aliyeva 1978, No. 29 [Khan's wife gives birth to a son and daughter, half in white gold, the other in yellow; her sisters replace children with puppies]: 238-243; Kerashev 1957 [=Maksimov, Kerashev 1953:117-130; Psha's wife gives birth to a son with the sun and moon on her forehead, a daughter with golden hair; her sisters replace children with puppies]: 210-220; Balkarians [stepmother of three sisters replaces children with puppies]: Baranov 1897, No. 6:28-34; Karachays or Balkarians: Malkonduev 2017 [a woman's brother's wife tells her husband that she has given birth to a puppy]: 752-758; Ossetians: Britayev, Kaloev 1959 [Aldar's wife gives birth to a boy with a golden crest, a girl with silver curls; her sisters replace children with puppies]: 193-204; Byazirov 1971, No. 18 [Aldar's wife gives birth to a golden-haired boy and girl; her sisters replace children with puppies]: 195-200; Terek Cossacks (art. Naurskaya) [the midwife puts puppies instead of babies]: Vostrikov 1904, No. 2:74-80; Ingush [the prince's wife gives birth to a boy with the sun in his forehead, a month between the shoulder blades; her sisters changed the child puppies]: Malsagov 1983, No. 4:44-47; Kumyks: Ganiyeva 2011b, No. 8 [Khan's wife gave birth to a son with a golden tuft and a daughter with a moon-like forehead; the dervish changed the letter: the wife gave birth to puppies], 53 [the wife gives birth to the wife son with a golden crest, daughter with a moon-like forehead; her sisters replace children with puppies]: 125-128, 479-488; Dargins [Shah's new wife gives birth to a gold-haired boy and a silver-haired girl; first wife orders to replace children with puppies]: Osmanov 1963:97-102 (=Kapieva 1991:120-125; =Mazaev, Kasumov 1997 (1): 349-354); Avars: Bulatova 1985 [the tsar's wife gives birth to a son with pearl teeth and gold-haired daughter; her sisters report that the queen gave birth to a puppy and a kitten]: 59-66; Saidov, Dalgat 1965 [wife gives birth to a son; sister-in-law replaces the letter as if a puppy was born]: 72-76 (=Khalilov, Osmanov 1989:196- 200); Gunzibs [Khan's wife gives birth to a gold-haired boy; the messenger's wife replaces the letter as if she had given birth to a puppy]: Berg 1995, No. 21:219-233; Lucky [the prince's wife gives birth to a son and daughter; her sisters say she gave birth to puppies]: Mazaev, Kasumov 1997 (2): 316-318; Lezgins: Ganiyeva 2011b, No. 54 [the wife of a padishah's son gives birth to a girl with a golden tuft, a boy with mother-of-pearl teeth; her sisters will swap their children with puppies]: 491-494; Khalilov 1965, No. 86 [=Mazaev, Kasumov 1997 (2): 111-114; the prince's wife gives birth to a gold-haired boy and girl, her sisters replace children with puppies]: 265-268; Udins [the queen gives birth to a son and a daughter; the son has gold from his head and the daughter has silver; the queen's sisters replace their children with puppies]: Dirr 1904:96-99; Swans [the king has three daughters, his wife is dead, he took another, she tells me to get rid of her scoundrels; the king found an apple tree in the steppe, brought an apple to his daughters; they asked them to be brought to the apple tree; the king dug a hole there, covered it with a carpet, the daughters failed; the sisters ate apples, they ran out, but the youngest hid them away; these ran out; the eldest wanted to eat her, but the youngest turned her hands into a shovel and an iron-tipped stick; they dug a passage into the tin house; there servants feed the royal horses boiled wheat; sisters eat everything, horses lose weight, the king executes servants; the healer orders to guard; the sisters are caught, the king wants one of them to marry his son; the eldest: a hundred carpet for the king and all subjects have a bed and a blanket; middle: I will drink wine to the king and the people; youngest: I will give birth to a son and a daughter {then we are talking only about a son}, so that their lower and upper halves are golden; this sister will be given for the prince; the older sisters threw their children into the river, replaced them with puppies; the king tied the bride to a stump at a fork in three roads; let everyone spit in her eyes; the children were picked up by a priest who owned the mill; the priest raised a young man, he is the best hunter; his mother's sisters understood who he was; advised the priest to send the young man to Elbrus for a golden apple tree; on the way, divas, petrified to the waist; says that everyone is so stony ; we must remember his mother's nipples; the young man thought about them, brought an apple tree; the divas chased the young man, but that divas drove them away; the sisters advise asking the young man to bring a mirror from Elbrus; everyone was stony, and the young man remembered his mother's nipples and brought a mirror; sisters: to kidnap the wife of the Western sovereign; the young man came to the tower, where the king's daughter was; the king would give her back if the fruit in the garden was ripe by morning; the princess told me to put a wand in the ground, pour water, in the morning a tree with fruits; king: jump across the sea, build churches everywhere so that all the bells ring; the princess gave a towel, it created everything; tame the horse; the horse: order an iron hammer and beat their horse; recognize the bride among her sisters (she will have a ring on her finger); the princess tells her to run, the king sent an army; the princess turned the young man into a monk, the horse into a church, herself into an icon; arrived to the tsar-father; the boy's mother was released, the sisters were executed]: Nizheradze 1890, No. 1:176-187; Megrelians: Lominadze 1894 [the prince's wife gives birth to a son; the girl replaces the letter - the wife gave birth to puppies]: 40-44; Stepanov 1898, No. 11 [ the prince's wife gave birth to a son; her brother's sister changed the letter as if she had given birth to a puppy]: 34-39; megrels [the prince's wife gave birth to a golden son and daughter, her sisters replaced them with a puppy and a kitten]: Gachava et al. 1890:24-32; Georgians: Kurdovanidze 1988 (2), No. 94 [the prince's wife gave birth to a golden-haired son; the maid changed the letter as if she had given birth to a puppy], 96 (Kakheti) [the queen gave birth to a golden-haired boy and girl; her sisters replaced their children with puppies; =Chikovani 1954, No. 27:149-151; =1986:158-160]: 137-140, 147-150; Armenians: Nazinyan 2014 [=1969:148-153; the prince's wife gave birth to a son with a golden little finger and daughter with golden curls; wife's sisters replaced children with puppies]: 51-56; Tumanyan 1984 [the prince's wife gives birth to a golden-haired boy; her brother's wife replaces the letter: gave birth to a puppy]: 20-33; Azerbaijanis : Bogoyavlensky 1892c, No. 7 (Elisavetpolskaya) [the woman's brother's wife writes to her husband that she gave birth to a puppy]: 319-322; Bogoyavlensky 1899, No. 11 (Borchalinsky Uyezd, Tiflis Province) [sisters replace children puppies]: 95-104; Turks: Borovkov 1938 [the padishah's wife gives birth to a son and daughter, whose tears turn into pearls, and if they laugh, roses fall; her sisters replace puppy children]: 120-135; Stebleva 1986, No. 72 [the padishah's wife gave birth to a boy with a month old and a girl with the sun in her forehead; her sisters replace children with puppies]: 293-299; Eberhard, Boratav 1953, No. 707 (Istanbul, Ankara, Kastamonu, Gumushhane, Kars, Sivas) [the padishah sees the light and overhears the conversation of three sisters; each wants to marry a padishah; the elders promise to do some work, the youngest to have twins; gives birth to two sons and a daughter; wife's sisters replace children with puppies]: 287-291; Kurds [wife's sisters replace children with puppies]: Rudenko 1970, No. 50:147-155.

Iran - Central Asia. Persians: Osmanov 1987 [Shah's wife gives birth to a gold-haired son, who, if she laughs, roses fall from his mouth, tears are pearls and precious stones; her sisters put a puppy]: 131-146; Romaskevich 1934a, No. 16 (Isfahan Jews) [Shah's wife gives birth to a beautiful son, her sisters replace him with a puppy], 35 (Shiraz) []: 86-90, 166-177; Lorimer, Lorimer 1919, No. 10 (Kerman) [the prince's wife gives birth a golden-haired boy and a moon-faced girl, her sisters replace children with puppies]: 58-62; Tajiks [the padishah's wife gives birth to a golden-haired son and daughter; her sisters exchanged children for a puppy and a kitten]: Amonov, Ulug-zade 1957:115-121; parya [padishah's wife gives birth to an extraordinary boy and girl; they are replaced by puppies]: Oransky 1977, No. 1:150-153; Uzbeks: Afzalov et al. 1971 (1) [the king's wife gave birth son and daughter; another wife replaced children with puppies]: 174-200; 1972 (2): 59-64 [the padishah's wife gave birth to a son with a golden pigtail; her sisters replaced the boy with puppies], 208-216 [the king's wife had a son with a golden pigtail; her sisters replaced the boy with puppies], 208-216 [the king's wife gave birth a pigtail, a daughter with a silver one; her brother's wife told the king that she had given birth to a puppy and a kitten]; Rogov 1980 [the Shah's wife would give birth to Hasan and Zukhra; 40 wives replaced them with a goat and a goat]: 198-207; Bukhara Arabs: Vinnikov 1969, No. 5 [the emir's wife gives birth to a boy with gold and silver curls and a girl with a silver curl; two other wives tell the old woman to replace them with puppies], 15 [the emir's wife gave birth to a son with golden hair and a daughter; her sisters replaced them with puppies]: 47-52, 99-101; Yagnobtsy: Andreev, Peschereva 1957, No. 11 [the tsar's wife gave birth to a son and daughter; another wife replaced children with puppies], 12 [the king's wife gave birth to a son and a daughter, her sisters replaced children with puppies], 20 [the king's wife gave birth to a boy and a girl, another wife replaced them with puppies]: 88-89, 90, 111-114; Shugnans [the king's wife gave birth to a gold-haired son and beautiful daughter; her sisters replaced children with puppies]: Grunberg, Steblin-Kamensky 1976, No. 5:91-101; Yazgulyam [the king's wife gave birth to a son; other wives told him that the puppy]: Grunberg, Steblin- Kamensky 1976, No. 37:342-345; Rushantsy [the king's wife gave birth to a son and daughter; another wife replaced children with puppies]: Sokolova 1959, No. 16:60-65; Baluchi [an evil hermit replaces twins with lizards ]: Porozhnyakov 1989:22-27.

Baltoscandia. Lithuanians: Lebite 1965:94-100 [the queen gives birth three times, each time the witch replaces the boy with a puppy], 136-140 [the queen gives birth to a son, then a daughter; the king's mother replaces her children with cats], 141- 143 [the king's wife gives birth to a son with the sun in her forehead, a month on the crown, stars around her ears; the king's sister says she gave birth to a half-dog]; Lithuanians [three sisters wash by the river; the queen hears them conversation; if the Queen married her, the eldest would dress the army with a piece of canvas, the middle one would feed the army with a slice of bread, the youngest would give birth to a son, the sun in his forehead, the moon on the back of her head, covered in stars; the queen took the youngest; she gave birth to the promised son; the messenger stopped in a forest hut; lauma lived there, replaced by a letter: a dog on his forehead, a knot on the back of his head, covered in chiryas; the king orders the offspring to kill; him thrown to stallions; sheep; pigs; geese; all animals care about him - the ruler of the world will grow up; they made a glass coffin for the baby and let him go along the river; the beggar found him, raised him, the young man became a shepherdess; the king promises to make the son of someone who counts a barrel as a nut; the son of a beggar takes out the nuts in pairs and tells the whole story as he finishes; when finished, takes off his hat, everyone sees sun, moon and stars; the king gave the beggar content]: Kerbelite 2021, No. 97:96-201; Lithuanians [the Queen's sisters replace her children with a puppy, kitten, tree]: Kerbelite 2021, No. 29:204-212; Latvians [the king's wife gives birth to 12 sons; her sisters report that little animals were born]: Aris, Medne 1977, No. 707:312; Lutsi (Western 1933, told in Russian) [the king walked playing the cantel; once did not return; three daughters went to look, found their father dead; they began to cry, a river formed from tears; the prince cannot cross, sends servants to find out where the river flows from; they say; the prince asks what each of the sisters would do if he took her; the eldest: she would feed the whole country with one pea; the middle one: one oatmeal to all horses; the youngest: would give birth to 12 sons; the prince took it as a wife; sisters called her a sorceress, but the prince did not listen; the prince joined the army; the wife gave birth to 12 sons, wrote a letter; the messenger stopped in the hut, the enchantress changed the letter: she gave birth to children with pig heads, etc. (as she could compose); the prince writes in response: let them live; the enchantress changed the letter again: let 11 be killed and the one who looks like his father be left; the queen and her 12th son were lowered into the sea in a barrel; when they arrived to the island, the mother allowed the boy to knock out the bottom; on the island there is a palace, fruits and everything else; the young man went to shoot the ducks, sees a swan, she asks not to shoot at her, but to go to the shore, there is a thread, you have to pull it out the ship on which his father is; with his father, his new wife, the queen's sister; the king does not recognize his son; wants to see the beauty on the island, his wife does not allow him; the next day the swan orders him to take 12 pebbles, one put in your pocket and throw 11 into the sea; 11 young boys will come out of the water; father's ship again, the young man asks what the news is; father: her 11 missing sons came to the island to the beautiful woman; the wife again did not let the king ashore; on the third day, the swan tells us to throw the hook, catch the goldfish, and his father's ship will come for it; this time the king went with his son; everything was clarified; he drove his new wife away and stayed in a palace on an island with her old and sons]: Annom et al. 2018:157-161; Lutsi (West 1893) [husband has a good mother, his wife is evil; wife tells her husband to take his winter night to the mountain; God asks why the old woman is crying, if it is not cold; she replies: how cold it is, how it is warm; repeats these words all night while God takes off all her new clothes; the son brought her with great goodness; the wife tells her husband to take her mother; she replies: it's cold, it's cold for you to crack; freeze to death]: Annom et al. 2018:196-198; Estonians (Tartu; mostly in southern Estonia) [the king's wife gave birth boy, mother-in-law sends a letter to her son as if daughter-in-law gave birth to a son with a wolf head, bear paws, fox tail]: Mälk et al. 1967, No. 104:341-343; Seto: Normann, Tampere 1989 [wife the king gave birth to twins with the sun on the back of their heads, a month in their forehead, stars on their bodies; her sister replaced the children with puppies; the second time with a crow]: 73-81; Sandra 2004 [the merchant's wife gave birth to a girl; her brother's wife changed the letter - gave birth to a puppy]: 226-231; Sutrop 2018, No. 18 [the king's wife gave birth to a son; her brother's wife replaced the letter with the message that she gave birth to a puppy]: 968-970; Finns (Vuokkiniemi) [Queen's wife gave birth to a beautiful boy; the witch changed the letter: gave birth to a puppy]: Schreck 1887, No. 12:98-107; Karelians: Onegin 2010, No. 43 [approximately like Schreck 1887]: 390-396; Schreck 1887, No. 11 [queen gives birth to triplets three times; a midwife witch replaced them with vorona chicks, vorona chicks, and the third time with heron chicks]: 85-97; Concca 1959, No. 29 (Loukhsky District, 1956) [Prince's wife gave birth to 9 sons; Syöjätar midwife replaced them with three piglets and six puppies, or three boys with a crow, a crow, a magpie]: 128-133; the Veps [Ivan Tsarevich's wife gave birth to three heroes, each has one golden hair, the other is silver; midwives are baba yaga, she replaced three children with three puppies]: Onegin, Zaitseva 1996, No. 12:72-74; Veps [{not everything is clear approximate translation}; parents have three daughters; Ivan Tsarevich overheard them talking in the bathhouse; (promises to marry); one promises to give birth to 9 sons; wife gave birth to three boys, midwife replaced them with piglets; the same during the second birth; at third, the queen hid one under her breast and it was announced that she had given birth to only two piglets; she and the hidden boy were placed in a barrel and thrown into the sea; the waves carried the barrel for three years; then the son knocked down the bottom, they found themselves on the shore; the mother blesses her son every time and, at his word, a beautiful house appears, a river in which oatmeal flows and fresh milk; his 8 brothers come to the boy; they eat and drink; they say they have neither father nor mother; then his father comes; feast]: Kettunen, Sibo 1935, No. 55:115-121; Danes: Grundtvig 1920 [wife the king successively gives birth to three sons; the Queen Mother replaces children with a puppy, lamb, kitten]: 116-124; Holbek 1987 [the Queen's wife gave birth to twins; the Red Knight changed the letter: two puppies]: 460-465; Swedes (Smaland) [the prince's wife gave birth to 12 twins; the prince's mother replaces children with puppies]: Christiansen 1959:119; Icelanders [the peasant has three daughters; saw the young king in accompanied by his scribe and shoemaker; the eldest says she would marry a shoemaker, the middle to a scribe, and the youngest to the king himself; the king heard and decided that it would be so; the elders envied the younger; when gave birth, replaced the child with a puppy and threw it into the garbage pit; one person pulled the baby out of the garbage dump, and the other picked him up and raised him; with the second (replaced the kitten) and the third (replaced with a log) the same thing happened as babies; the eldest was Wilhelm, the middle was Sigurd, the youngest was a girl; the queen was thrown into a cage with a lion, but he did not eat her, but shared food with her; after the death of the teacher, the brothers and sister left alone; want to know their origins; one person said that there is a bird sitting on a stone, it will tell; but those who came to her turned into stone; you can't pay attention to what was happening around; V. went; three days later, drops of blood on S.'s knife - trouble with V.; S. went, the same with him; his sister went, did not turn to the brothers' voices; the bird gives living water to revive the petrified; tells a story the mothers of the brothers and sisters; they freed their mother, brought them home, changed their clothes; the mother's sisters abandoned the lion; the brothers' sister married the prince, whom she revived from stone; V. inherited his father's throne, and S. inherited the king's throne whose daughter he married]: Poestion 1884, No. 23:191-199.

Volga - Perm. Komi (Izhma) [the old man has a daughter, his wife died, he took a new one, she has his own daughter; stepmother tells me to get rid of his stepdaughter; father left his daughter in the forest; a hunter found her, married; left; his two wives They hate the new brothers; when she gave birth, the brothers' wives wrote that an animal was born; they changed her husband's letter: drive out his wife, cut off her hands, and kill the child; the old man ordered to wash in the stream, the child to fall on grass; hands grew back, the child came to life; the hunter was told that his wife and son had died, he remarried; his wife and son came to him, they recognized each other; daughters-in-law were executed]: Yermolov 1959:126-127; Udmurts [the merchant's son became angry with his sister, cut off her hands; another merchant son saw her; the wife gave birth to a boy when her husband left; his stepmother wrote to him that his wife had given birth to a puppy; he told him to wait for him returns; stepmother replaced the letter: drive the wife away, tying the puppy to her chest; the stepmother threw her real son into the water; driven away she bent over to drink, the puppy fell into the water; the woman cried: who is a puppy, and I have a child; an old man appeared: the dog died; took the boy out and told me to go where he would go, not to look into houses on the way, even if they were called; the boy brought him to the old woman; two merchant sons also came there ; the boy's mother made a riddle by which one recognized her as his sister and the other as his wife]: Potanin 1884:229-230; Mordovians (Erzya) [the prince's wife gave birth to 12 sons, the sun was in her forehead, the moon on the back of her head, the ends of the star's hair, the strength is iron, the will is stone, the heart is waxy; the witch midwife reports every time that a puppy was born]: Anikin 1909 in Aleshkin 1989:231-237; Marie [the prince's wife gives birth to 12 heroes; her sister's mother replaced her children with puppies]: Chetkarev v Sabitov 1989, No. 707:41; Kazan Tatars: Zamaletdinov 2008b, No. 18 [the wife of a rich man gave birth to a boy and a girl; her sister replaced children with puppies], 24 [the wife of the padishah's son gave birth to twins with silk hair, pearl teeth, silver ass; her sisters replaced children with a puppy]: 171-181, 203-207; Yarmukhametov 1957 [son's wife the padishah gave birth to a son and daughter with golden hair and silver teeth; her sisters replaced children with puppies]: 95-102 (=Marchenko 1993:217-226); Bashkirs [bai's wife gave birth to two sons with golden heads , pearl teeth, silver hair; her sisters replaced babies with a black puppy]: Barag 1989, No. 70:336-343.

Turkestan. Karakalpaks [Khan's wife gave birth to a son and daughter; they were replaced by a puppy and a kitten]: Severtsev 1971 in Tolstov 1984:214, 233; Kazakhs: Sidelnikov 1952 (Turgay Region) [=1971 (1): 33-45; = Daurenbekov 1979:35-45; =Tursunov 1983:180-189; Khan's son's wife gave birth to a son with a golden head, a daughter with a silver head; her sisters replaced their children with puppies]: 178-190; Tursunov 1983 [Khan's wife gave birth to a daughter and a son with with a golden forelock; her sister replaced children with puppies]: 162-164; Kyrgyz: Brudny 1954 [Khan's wife gave birth to a boy with golden legs, a girl with silver legs, their footprints are also gold and silver; other wives replaced children with puppies]: 115-117; Brudny, Eshmambetov 1981 [Khan's wife gave birth to a boy with gold legs, a girl with silver legs; other wives replaced children with puppies]: 96-97 (=Ledenev 1987:69- 72); Kyrgyz [Khan's 40 childless wives tell a witch to replace a boy and a girl with golden heads and silver tasks with puppies]: Ruslan Doutaliev, personal message. May 17, 2020: retelling the audio recording fairy tales "Zheti echkilu abyshka zhana kempir" (Old Man and Old Woman with Seven Goats) performed by J. Alymbayeva, Department of Manuscripts and Publications of the Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz SSR, date of recording September 10, 1984, inventory No. 1a (2), recording duration 31 minutes); Kyrgyz [Khan Kuluke's daughter Madylgen cut and sewed a fur coat from the intestines of lice to her father; the khan could not determine what it was made of; when the daughter explained, the khan announced that he would give her daughter to someone who could figure out what the fur coat was made of; the red-eyed old man said that from the intestines of lice; the khan had to give her daughter; the horse told M. to take him, the white camel and slave Kuyta, with her clothes a sable hat, a damask knife from utensils, and to dress in men's clothes; when we left, the old man said: "Go where I pull along, spend the night where I pull across," drove forward; the horse: this is the old sorcerer Jelmoguz; the horse ordered not to turn around - the old man will attack, spreading as a black-striped tiger, he would eat Kuita; so it happened; then the old man appeared and asked: "Are you going, beautiful Madylgen? Go where I pull along, spend the night where I pull across", drove forward again; it happened again with the white camel; now the horse warned that the old man would attack M., told me to sit tight; he would ride below the cloudy sky, above the cranked grass, so that M. closes her eyes more tightly, and when she hears "open your eyes", let her open it; she will see how thin (like a dorsal) yurt winds from a small (like a heart) brain) smoke, this is the old man's house; in the old man's house, a three-year-old warned M. that when the old man comes home, his eyes will come out; you need to cut them out with a damask knife, let him do the rest; horse flew over mountains and deserts, descended near the city, M. settled on its outskirts; the city's khan named Akimkan had forty wives, but not a single child; he went hunting, his hunting eagle sat on a grass hut, the horseman sent for the eagle saw M., fell unconscious; when he returned, he told Khan that he had seen an angel in the flesh: boy, but the voice is gentle, his face is beautiful, girl, but dressed like a man; the next day everything repeated, the khan went to the third, fell in love, but could not determine whether the man or the woman was in front of him; asked for advice from 40 wives, one advised to give the stranger 40 twigs of meadowsweet and instruct them to cut them for spindles, the man cuts smoothly, the woman is uneven; the horse: put the rods in the left nostril, pull them out of the right nostril, they will become smooth; another wife advised to arrange jumps; the man has sleeves and floors they flutter at random, and the girl will ride shyly, picking them up and pulling them up; the horse taught M. to dissolve the floors and sleeves when jumping; the younger wife advised to invite a stranger to drink vodka and poison guest, and Khan's vodka and honey; when the guest gets drunk, it will be easy to determine his gender; horse: at every sip, say to yourself: "Sweetness to me, and hops to a gray three-year-old"; in the afternoon, one elder went into the yurt and exclaimed: "It is cruel to allow the horse to experience such torment, let the owner cut it himself"; when she heard him, M. shuddered, her sable hat fell from her head and everyone saw her beautiful hair; horse:" Blame only yourself" and disappeared; A. married M. in a separate yurt; when it was time for her to give birth, A. went hunting; 40 wives sent a slave, paid a witch, who replaced the boy who was born and the girl was puppies, the children were thrown into the river; they were caught by a gray three-year-old who rushed; Akimkan left M. with her puppies on a deserted island; a few years later, a three-year-old brought her children to M. on the island, ordered cross to the other side; "Before the crossing, an eyeless old magician will appear, ask him to be transported too, led to fill both of his boots with sand; seat the children in front and the old man in the back; when we enter the water, hit me with a damask knife; when the old man falls into the water, stab my belly with a knife, when I die, don't cry, cook my meat and eat it, name my son Aitomush, and my daughter Kyuntomush; stick my 40 ribs in the ground they will turn into an iron yurt with 40 bars, live in it"; as it happened, M. and her children settled in a yurt, Aytomush grew up as a hero; met Akimkan, who hunted; he told his wives that he had met a young man named Aitomush; soon the khan was attacked by enemies, he sent a messenger to Aitomush with the news that if he defeated his enemies, he would marry two girls, Apal and Yupel; M. drove the messenger away; his khan again sent - the same; Aitomush woke up from the noise, drove and defeated enemies; Khan with horsemen came to him, saw M., found out and fell unconscious; took her and her children; an old witch at the crossroads of 9 roads put on a stake, 40 wives were hanged; Khan put his son on the throne, married his daughter and healed happily]: Kebekova, Tokombaeva 2007:27-34; Kyrgyz (Naryn Region, Zhumgal District, 1959) [40 Khan's wives replace a boy and a girl with countersinks]: Kebekov, Tokombaev 2007:35-42; Uighurs [the youngest wife successively gave birth to a son and daughter; the eldest replaced them with a puppy and a kitten]: Kabirov 1963: 227-247; salars (Ujirem, Xunhua-Salar Autonomous District) [the youngest wife gave birth to a son; the eldest said she gave birth to a dog]: Tenishev 1964, No. 12:27-28; Dungans [the emperor's wife gave birth to a son; the courtiers replaced him with a cat]: Riftin et al. 1977, No. 26:513- 514.

Southern Siberia - Mongolia. Tuvans: Potanin 1883, No. 84 (Buren-Gol river) [his wife gave birth to a boy with a golden head and a silver neck; other wives replaced him with a mole], 181 [(Kyzyl district); the khan's wife gave birth to a hero; another his wife replaced him with a puppy]: 341-348, 600-618; Taube 1978, No. 31 [Khan's wife gave birth to a gold-breasted hero; other wives replaced him with a dog]: 146-154; South Altai Tuvans [Khan's wife gave birth twins; other wives replaced him with two puppies]: Taube 1994, No. 21:202-205; Tofalars [=Katanov 1907:645-648; =Rassadin 1996, No. 33:75-77; God's wife gave birth to two sons with gold breasts and one with a human; the old woman replaced the first two puppies]: Sherkhunaev 1975:283-288; the Altaians [the merchant's wife gave birth to a gold-headed son; mother-in-law replaced him with a puppy]: Kandarakova 1928:125-127; Buryats: Barannikova et al. 1993, No. 4 (Chita) [Khan's wife gave birth to a son with a golden breast, a silver ass; older wives replaced him with a puppy]: 85-91; Dugarov 1990 [Khan's wife gave birth to a son with a golden one chest and silver ass; older khanshis replaced him with a puppy]: 27-31; Rudnev 1914 (Khorinsky) [Khan's son's wife gives birth to two boys with a golden eagle and a silver eagle in their forehead; her brother's wife replaces the letter, as if a woman gave birth to two puppies]: 437-448; Oirats (Karashar's merchants) [wife gave birth to a golden son and a silver daughter; other wives replaced children with puppies]: Bennigsen 1912:44-55; Mongols [ the stepmother gave birth to a son, afraid that it was not him, but her husband's daughter who would inherit the property from his first wife, told her husband that his daughter gave birth to a freak (showed a mouse in bottles); the husband hired murderers, ordered him to bring her right hand daughters; they did not kill the girl, cut off her hand; the girl came to the yurt, married happily; the husband went to the Khan's service; the wife gave birth to a son, the parents sent a letter, the stepmother intercepted it, gave it to the messenger another (gave birth to the wrong person, the wrong devil); the son ordered to wait for arrival, the stepmother changed her to "kill immediately"; the woman ran away, her arm grew; her husband is driving by, asking for a pouch to be repaired, she puts it in his wedding ring; the couple are returning happily]: Mikhailov 1967:135-138; Dagurs [Mergen's wife gives birth to a son with a golden back, silver chest; other wives replaced him with a puppy]: Bender, Su Huana 1984:83-91.

Western Siberia. Nenets: Lehtisalo 1947, No. 51 (Obdorsk) [(=Labanauskas 2001:155-163); a girl gives birth to a son, a witch gives birth to a half-dog, puts a girl]: 147-165; Nenyang 1997 (Taimyr, Zap. Labanauskas) [wife gives birth to a boy, witch replaces him with a half-dog]: 61-64; northern (?) Khanty [Moldanov 2003:40; merchant's wife gives birth to miracle children; mother-in-law replaced children with puppies]: Kim 2008:74; Eastern Khanty (b. Pim) [the merchant's wife gave birth to a boy, the moon on one cheek, the sun on the other; he was replaced by a freak with a snake tail instead of legs]: Kulemzin, Lukina 1978, No. 103:99-97; Southern Khanty (Irtysh) [wife The prince gives birth to a daughter and two sons with stars on the top of her head, the sun on her forehead, a month on the back of her head; her sisters replace them with puppies]: Patkanov 1999, No. 4:331-346 (a brief retelling in Kim 2006:76); northern Selkups [Natank ("girl") and Tomnank ("frog"+two diminutive suffixes) marry two men; T. replaces N.'s newborn with a puppy]: Tuchkova 2004:208-209; Southern Selkups [woman successively gives birth to two sons; mother-in-law replaced them with puppies]: Pelikh 1972:351-352; Yugi [stepdaughter married and gave birth to twins; stepmother replaced them with a puppy and chicken]: Werner 1997, No. 7:248-250.

Eastern Siberia. Western Evenks (Yerbogachen) [one wife gave birth to a son, the other replaced him with a puppy]: Vasilevich 1936, No. 100:131-132; Baikal Evenks: Voskoboynikov 1958 (bount) [wife the hunter gave birth to a son with a golden head; her sisters replaced him with a puppy]: 104-107; 1973, No. 24 (Kachugsky District of the Irkutsk Region) [one wife gave birth to a golden child, the other two replaced him with a puppy]: 111-114; Far Eastern Evenks (probably Uchursky) [the wife gave birth to a strong boy; her sisters replaced him with a puppy]: Myreyeva 2009:157-161.

Amur - Sakhalin. Nivhi [a woman gave birth to twins, Ralkr-Umgu replaced them with piglets]: Pevnov 2010, No. 8:131-133.

Japan. Japanese [a woman gave birth to a son; a stepmother replaces a letter as if a werewolf or dragon was born]: Markova 2000, No. 27:110-115.

(Wed. The coast is the Plateau. Thompson [Hebrew: The wife promises to have four children with the sun, star, moon, lightning on her forehead; the midwife replaces them with a kitten, a frog, a puppy and a snake; the husband puts his wife in a pigsty, marries a midwife's daughter; etc.]: Hanna, Henry 1996:89-94).