K73a2. The child is replaced with a stone .11.13.17.21.23.24.

After hiding or throwing away a newborn baby, the woman's rivals replace him with a stone (pestle, grater, piece of iron) and/or inform his father that his wife has given birth to a stone.

Lobi, Sudanese Arabs, Palestinians, Mustang, Kashmiris, Himachali Pakhari, Nepali, Marathi, Hindi (Mirzapur), Muria, Baiga, Ho, Oraons, Aceh, Sangihe Islands.

West Africa. Loby [rival reports first wife gave birth to a stone]: Paulme 1976:235.

Sudan - East Africa. Sudanese Arabs [other wives said that the eighth did not give birth to a girl but to a broom; that it was not Hassan and Hussein, but stones]: Al-Shahi, Moore 1920, No. 1:61-63.

Western Asia. Palestinians [the king orders the lights to be turned off for the night to test the obedience of the subjects; three sisters are spinning; left in the dark, one wants to marry the king's baker, the other wants to marry the cook, and the third for the prince to give birth to sons Aladdin and Bahaddin and daughter Šamsizzha; the king finds out about this, fulfills his wishes, the older sisters, out of envy, give the woman in labor a puppy, then a kitten, then stone, children are allowed in a box every time along the river, they are adopted by elderly spouses; the prince leaves his wife; the children grow up, the aunts send the old woman to invite the girl to wish the Nightingale (Little) Nightingale the Crier); Aladdin goes in search, leaves Bahaddin a ring; the hum sends him to his brother, who goes to his sister, she shows the tree where the Nightingale flies; contrary to warning, A. Solovye says, "I'm here," who turns him into stone; then the ring clenches B.'s finger, he follows A., also becomes stony; the sister is silent, catches the Nightingale in a cage, he tells him to throw land from the molehill to the stones, The brothers come to life; the Nightingale tells the king everything, who orders the midwife and two sisters to be beheaded and burned]: Muhawi, Kanaana 1989, No. 10:102-111.

Tibet is the Northeast of India. Mustang: Kretschmar 1985, No. 15 [King Benda Horki Gyevo's eldest son promises to marry a rich bride, the middle son to a smart one, the youngest to a beautiful one; Men's father Suka Drönyok promises to give her away for someone who finds out her name; the demon threatens the jackal to eat it if he does not find out; the jackal overheard the servant call the DMD, runs to the demon, forgets the name along the way; so twice; the third time he remembered; the demon called name, leads the DMD to a golden palace, then to a mother-of-pearl palace, then to a house made of dog crap; the wife agrees to live in such a house every time if it is her and her husband's house; inside a house of crap is a luxurious palace; when leaving, the demon leaves the DMD the keys to all rooms; one has no key; she finds a rusty key hanging above the door; there are corpses of horses and people in the room, an old woman in the corner; she says that the demon locks his aged wives in this room; tells him to flee, placing a figure dressed in a DMD dress on the terrace, gives his youthful appearance and chest; the DMD, in the guise of an old woman, meets a demon, who does not recognize her misses; she is hired as a king to take care of dogs, then cows, horses; all animals get fat and healthy; by frying grain, the DMD takes off the appearance of an old woman, the younger prince sees it, marries on it; the princes give the youngest only a goat and a dog; let the one who wins the trials inherit the kingdom; 1) make the best yogurt (DMD puts gems in it, her yogurt is better); 2) whose vomiting nicer; older brothers swallow gold and silver keys, but vomiting is common; DMD drinks milk, swallows rubies, her vomiting glows with a rainbow; 3) who will cover the whole kingdom with cloth; the elder covers half, the middle is a third, the DMD is still completely left; the youngest received the kingdom; went on business, the DMD gave birth to a son whose top is golden, the bottom is silver, the forehead is mother-of-pearl; sends a servant with a letter; that stays with the old man, he replaces the letter: his wife gave birth to a broom and a pestle; praises the king of the child, but he is surprised that the letter is different, tells him to wait for his return; the old man replaces him again letter: throw the child over 9 valleys and 9 passes; DMD goes with the child to meet her husband, meets an old man, this is the demon from whom she ran away, he swallows the child; DMD puts him to sleep, looking for him in his head; iso A fish appears on the demon's forehead, the DMD pierces it with a pin, the demon dies; the horse, which was previously grazed by the DMD, tells him to kill him, spread his intestines around the edges of the plain, put the kidneys on the left and right, and his head in the center, four legs - in four directions; when a tiger and a leopard woke up in the palace, at the entrance to the chains, subjects appeared from drops of blood; her king husband came disguised as a beggar, they reunited], 27 [eldest the queen is childless, the youngest is pregnant; when the king returned, the eldest said that the youngest gave birth to a puppy to lick the king's brains and pest to break his head; the king ordered the youngest to be sent away, the eldest expelled she is from the country, the baby was left to be eaten by a guard dog; she has been raising a baby for three years, losing weight herself; the kennel tells the king that a child eats everything; the king orders to kill the dog; she has managed pass the baby to a cow; she is losing weight, the shepherd made sure that everything is eaten by an Otrung Gepo child with a golden top, a silver bottom, a mother-of-pearl belt; the king orders to kill the cow, she managed to hand over the OG to the horse; with she is the same; she tells OG to bring a saddle, reins, bow and arrows, he got on a horse and rode away; killed a snake that was about to eat three cubs with an arrow; adult tigers came and saw cubs sleeping, decided that a man killed them; the cubs woke up, everyone was told, the tigers gave the OG one tiger cub; three of Garuda's chicks stuck together, OG washed them, the chicks fell asleep (the same as with the cubs - adults gave one chick) ; the old man herds the herd, says that in three days the elephant will choose a groom for the royal daughter; OG killed the shepherd, put on his wrinkles, the elephant chose him; the king expelled the young to live in the forest; OG tells his wife to bring from the mother, a copper cauldron, benches with tables, calls the king and the people to the feast; the king tells her daughter to follow her husband; in the evening she pretends to fall asleep; when OG took off the old man's skin, she threw her into fire; father-in-law and everyone is happy; OG comes to his father, who says he does not have a son; he demands that his mother be returned; she is covered with hair like a tiger, calls her son every time; she was given food with alcohol, she fell asleep , it was smeared with flour and butter, the wool came off; OG ordered both queens, each with an egg on their heads, to be planted on mats; killed the eldest queen with an arrow, began to rule two kingdoms]: 100-104, 158-164.

South Asia. Kashmiris [rani gives birth to a boy, other wives replace him with a stone]: Knowles 1888:408-414; Himachali plowmen [6 wives of a childless Raja live in a palace, 1 in an adobe shack; the fakir tells him to let everyone eat mangoes; six wives just bite and throw away their mangoes, the seventh picks them up, eats them, gives birth to 6 sons and a daughter; 6 wives tell the old woman to prevent childbirth, she throws newborns into a hole in the potter's field, says that the seventh wife gave birth to a piece of iron; the potter picks them up and raises them; 6 wives tell the old woman to lime the children; she gives them poisoned sweets, they die; the potter goes to the fakir, he cuts his finger, the potter sprinkled this blood on the newborns, they have come to life; the old woman poisoned them again; the fakir tells them to bury them and himself in the graves; from mangoes have grown in the graves of boys, a rose for girls, a fakira a tree with fragrant flowers; only the mothers of the children manage to pick fruits and flowers, others do not get them; the buried rise from the graves, 6 wives and an old woman executed, the seventh and her children live in the palace]: Dracott 1906:6-11; himachali plowmen [7 royal wives are childless; he takes the eighth, she is pregnant; envious wives replaced the child with a stone; king made his eighth wife a maid; his wife's child was given to a cobra, but she raised her hood to protect him from the sun; the elephant gently touched him 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 7 wives and a maid came for 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 he must first give his wooden horse a drink; wives: wooden ones do not drink; he broke the jugs of 7 wives and filled his mother's jug; the king called to answer: wooden horses do not drink; G.: if so, women do not give birth to stones either; 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 mighty and just king Kumaon]: Seethalakshmi 1960, No. 16:58-60; Nepalese [one king's wife gave birth to a son, the other replaced him with a chopping block]: Sakya, Griffith 1980:70-79; Marathi: D'Penha 1891, No. 8 [the prince's wife gave birth to a son, her sisters replaced him with a gratin stone]: 142-147; Frere 1868, No. 4 [the king's wife gave birth to 101 children, others wives replaced them with stones]: 55-71; northern India, Mirzapur, Hindi [the king's new wife gave birth to twins, older wives replaced children with a stone]: Crooke 1892-1893, No. 340: 83-84; muria [seven wives are childless; Raja takes a beggar and she becomes pregnant; when he goes hunting, he gives her a flute to call for help; she plays just like that, he promises not to come again; she gives birth many sons and daughters; other wives tell the Raja that she gave birth to a grater; he orders his wife to be expelled; children are first thrown to buffaloes, then into the well; they are found by Marar; wives are given Grown up children have magic bread, they turn into monkeys; the girl did not eat, followed her brothers; her tear fell from the tree on the hunter; he marries her, restores her human appearance to the brothers; those they are mischievous, the Raja tells them to be brought in, they tell their story; their mother is brought, her milk flows into their mouths; other wives are executed: hung, nailed to a tree, buried alive]: Elwin 1944, No. 3:202-204; baiga: Elwin 1944, No. 4 [three wives are childless, Raja takes the fourth; when leaving, gives a bell; she rings idle, he promises not to come again; she gives birth to a son and daughter, wives drop them in a drawer in the sea, the Raja is told that she gave birth to a stone, he sends her to drive crows from the field; sadhus picks them up; leaving, leaves them magical power; the young man creates a palace; one of the Raja's wives tries poison children with cottage cheese; then advises them to get the lotus, it is guarded by rakshasa, snakes, tigers; the young man kills them; then the wife persuades his sister to advise her brother to marry the Stone Maiden; her voice turns him into stone; the young man becomes stony to the neck, but spells himself and others with a magic wand; marries; the old rakshas helps him; the wives ask the raja to arrange a party, the food is poisoned; the rakshas eats everything; the young man calls his father to his palace; the wives are buried alive, the expelled is returned], 5 [the Raja hunts, the tears of the Queen of the Forest sitting in the tree fall on him; he brings her home; when she gives birth, she forgets to hit him the bell he left; six former wives throw the child to buffaloes, then to the goats, lay a stone; the Raja exiles his wife to scare crows in the fields; the cowgirl finds a boy in the barn; his name Lal; Raja's wives ask why he gives water to a wooden horse; L. answers whether a woman can give birth to a stone; L. and his mother are brought to Raja, mother's milk rushes into her son's mouth; six wives expelled]: 204-209, 209-212; Orahons [six wives are infertile, the seventh gave birth to twins, others put a stone and a broom on her, threw the children into a hole; the king rejected his wife; the potter found the children with his wife, they grew up, he sculpted a horse for a boy, a bird for a girl; by the pond, children tell them to drink; the king's wives: toys cannot drink; boy: a woman cannot give birth to a stone and a broom; wives pretended sick, they will be cured by the blood of the potter's children; the king ordered the children to be killed; the potter buried them, a tree with flowers grew; the wives could not pluck them, but they fell to the king themselves and became children; the king stayed with children, executed wives]: 54-55; ho [the brahman gave the childless raja 7 mangoes for his seven wives; before the youngest ate hers, the mongoose bit off a piece of him; she gave birth to a beautiful boy with a face mongoose; other wives were jealous, buried the child, put a broom and stone in bed; the Raja drove his youngest wife away; the potter went to dig clay, found a child still alive; the boy grew up, told The potter made a ceramic horse, he came to life; the sons of the other wives wanted the same ones, but they did not come to life; the wives guessed what was going on, told their sons to kill that boy; they buried him, and grew up in this place bamboo and a flowering plant; no one could pick a flower, only Raja succeeded; he cut down the bamboo, his son came out of it, told everything; demanded that his mother be found; she was brought in, and the other wives and sons pushed into a well]: Hahn 1906, No. 28: Bompas 1909, No. 20:478-479.