K73b4. Fill the bag with the truth.

.15.-.17.27.-.29.31. (.34.)

A person is asked to fill the bag (pot) with truth (lies, fairy tales). He complies with the requirement by telling a revealing story.

Portuguese, Spanish, Catalan, Italians (Emilia Romagna), Bretons, French, Palestinians, Hungarians, Bulgarians, Greeks, Russians (Arkhangelsk, Vologda), Poles, Turks, Seto, Karelians, Swedes, Norwegians, Icelanders, (Khakas).

Southern Europe. The Portuguese [the king will give his daughter to someone who can herd rabbits; the old woman gives the hero a pipe that makes rabbits gather; to get a rabbit (and thus prevent the guy fulfill the condition) the maid, the servant, the queen, the princess, the king agree to kiss his ass (meet in him; lift his skirt higher each time); then the king tells him to say a bag of lies; the guy begins to tell us how it happened; the king tells him to be silent, gives his daughter]: Cardigos 2006, No. 570:143-144; the Spaniards (Leon) [the king promises a daughter to someone who can herd a hundred rabbits for a week; the eldest son of a peasant refuses to share food with a woman who has a baby; his rabbits have run away; the same with the middle one; the youngest shared, received a pipe, to the sound of which any animal begins to dance; when the guy meets the condition, the king dressed his daughter as a merchant to try to buy a rabbit from the guy; he agrees to sell only as a "joke"; the princess takes the rabbit, but at the sound the pipes run back; the next day the queen goes the same; the king is the same (which is especially shameful); then the king demands to fill the bag with crooks; the guy begins to talk about what happened; The princess, queen and king are shouting "it's a lie"! bag full; wedding]: Camarena, Chevalier 1995, No. 570:582-587; Catalans (including Mallorca) [the king promises a daughter to someone who performs difficult tasks, including herding animals without losing; with animals and magic objects, the hero does everything; in conclusion, the king demands to fill the bag with crooks; the hero talks about how the royal servants behaved, and they shout, "This is a lie!" ; the hero gets a princess; {the paraphrase is deliberately devoid of any specifics, but apparently as in other Iberian versions}]: Oriol, Pujol 2008, No. 570:127-128; Italians (Emilia Romagna) [princess eats an incredible amount of figs; the king promises it to someone who will bring as much as she does not eat; her older brother carries figs, refuses to share it with her neighbor; the princess eats everything; the same with the average brother; the youngest generously shares, he gives a wand: hit the ground and the basket will immediately fill up again; the king demands that 1) the young man go overseas to the princess's aunt and invite her to the wedding; the neighbor gives horn: you have to blow on the seashore, my aunt will hear and appear; 2) took the ring from the bottom of the sea; neighbor: blow the horn; when he heard the sounds, the fish brought the ring; 3) herd the hares for three days and bring everyone back; they they run to the sound of the same horn; by the end of the third day, the princess's aunt came and asked to sell her a hare; the guy sold for 100 crowns; when the horn sounded, the hare came back; the same with the princess; with himself king; 4) fill the bag with truth; neighbor: tell us what happened, the bag will be filled; the king had to give his daughter]: Calvino 1984, No. 47:145-147.

Western Europe. Bretons: Luzel 2016 [the king promises a daughter to the one who will bring the best apples; the older brother carries apples, rude to the old woman, when the basket is opened, snakes crawled out; the same middle brother (toads); both were imprisoned; the younger Tugdual is a hunchback, friendly to the old woman, his apples are the best; the prince, hoping to win, requires an additional challenge: herd squirrels; that old woman blows a whistle, squirrels run, in the evening T. brings everyone back; the next day the princess sent a maid; the young man sold one squirrel for money and a kiss; when he whistled, the squirrel came back; the next the princess herself went the day - the same; the rival prince went, disguised as a peasant, got a squirrel for 7 injections with an awl in the ass; the awl got stuck, the squirrel ran away, the prince fell off his horse and ran into a sharp stem, died; the princess demands to fill the bag with truths; T. talks about the maid's kiss, tells her to go into the bag; wants to talk about the princess, she tells her to be silent, agrees to marry T.; wedding; brothers T. released; the old woman turned T. into a handsome man]: 202-212; Orain 1904 [the king promises to give his daughter to the one who brings the best fish; the older brother carries a basket of fish, answers the old woman who lays eggs, in In the presence of the king, chickens fly out of the basket; the middle one is the same (frogs); the younger one is polite to the old woman, who makes the fish in the basket especially large; the king is ready to give his daughter, but she does not want to; the minister suggests that the young man be told to herd 30 birds with one stone for three days; the old woman blows the whistle when the hares come running immediately; dressed as a coal miner, the minister tries to buy one hare; the young man suggests that first slide off the cliff on his own back; the minister was injured but got a hare; but when the young man whistled, the hare returned to the bag; the next day the king comes dressed as a peasant; the young man tells him 36 roll over (same); for the third time the princess (let her hug; same); the minister conveys the princess's new demand: fill the bag with truths; the young man talks about everything that happened; the princess herself says she hugged a young man and marries him]: 9-19; French (Provence) [the king will give his daughter to someone who brings a basket of fresh figs for Christmas; the poor man's eldest son carries dried figs , answers the old woman that she carries horned heads; opens the basket in the presence of the king - it has horned heads; the same is the middle son (manure in the basket); the youngest politely answers the old woman, fresh in the basket figs; now the king demands that a hundred birds be herded in the mountains for a year and one day; the old woman blew a whistle, at the signal of which the hares gather together; an old woman {another} comes, asking for a hare; the young man agrees if she eats a bunch of crap; she ate half, the young man whistles on the whistle, the hare is back; offers the old woman to finish eating the crap, she leaves; the same with the second old woman (the young man offers to put her in the back is a garden tool that makes holes); the third old woman is a hunchback (stick a needle in her hump a hundred times); now the king demands to fill three bags with truth; the young man comes to those three old women; asks if it is true that one hare ate crap; she replies that it is true that the bag is full; the same with the others (put it in the ass; stab it with needles); the young man got the princess]: Going 1938:292-295; French [the princess is silent, the king will give it to whoever talks her; the noble lady gives the shepherdess a wand; what she touches will not leave; the young man took a parrot with him and stopped at the stand yard; at night the maid tried to steal it, but stuck to it; in the morning a servant stuck to the naked maid and the master to the servant; then the mistress, the woman with the broom, another with cheese; when the princess saw this, spoke; but the king would give his daughter for the shepherdess only if he could herd 100 rabbits; the same lady whistled to return the rabbits; the knight bought one, agreeing to be stabbed by the shepherdess three times awl in the ass; but he whistled and the rabbit came back; the princess bought the same for three kisses; the king kisses the horse three times; now the king demands to fill three bags with truth; the young man says how rabbits were bought; the king tells us to be silent, gives him a daughter]: Carlin 1991:256-263.

Western Asia. Palestinians [to get a princess, you have to herd wild animals with a magic object; (judging by the list of motives, there are also other difficult tasks); fill a bag with lies; queen and king forced to do something shameful; a woman agrees to be naked to get the items she wants]: Al-Shamy 2004, No. 570:331.

The Balkans. Bulgarians [the tsar promises a daughter to someone who will be able to herd a certain number of hares without loss; with the help of a magic pipe (a certain spell, an assistant animal, etc.), the condition is fulfilled poor young man; to invalidate the contract, the king sends a wife, a minister, under the guise of a buyer, and then goes by himself to buy at least one hare; the guy gives the hare, but for that puts a seal on the buyer's ass; the hare returns; in the end, the king orders to fill the bag with crooks; the guy begins to talk about what happened, but the king interrupts him: there are enough lies; the guy gets a princess]: Daskalova-Perkovska et al. 1994, No. 570:216; Hungarians [the king has Useless Bochar (BB) - just having fun and drinking in taverns; the king is tired: if BB does not do it in 24 hours a huge barrel, puts it on a stake; he goes to the forest, sits down to eat; shares with the fox; she creates a barrel; now the king demands a self-propelled cart; same; the king orders to herd 300 birds with one stone so that none disappeared; BB was about to stab himself, but the fox changed the knife with a whistle, the sound of which the hares immediately gathered; the next day, the king asked his daughter to get at least one hare from BB; she bought a hare for three a kiss, but when he heard the whistle, he ran back to BB; the same with the queen; the same with the king: for 24 blows with a stick on the back; the next day, the king orders to fill three bags with the truth; BB begins to tell what did he have with the princess, queen and king; the king interrupts him every time and says the bag is full; BB married a princess and received the throne]: Curtin 1890:424-433; Greeks (Crete) [at the poor the widow has no bread for the dervish, he fed her children himself; took one to study; brought him to the mountains, the door opened in the rock, the dervish asked the boy to come in and pick up a lamp; in the cave, the girls play musical tools; an hour later the door closed; the boy came to the place where there are bones in front of the horse and hay in front of the dog; put it in places; they say that the dervish is torturing them; let the boy ask the girls for a candle; the horse lit a candle lamp, a lion appeared, asked what to do; boy: get out of here; lion: take the board out of the closet, throw it, it will be in the river, sit down and swim downstream; the horse and the dog hit the hair: if burned, they will come to the rescue; when they come somewhere, the boy called the horse and the dog; the horse brought him to his mother, and the dog protected him from predators; the boy asked the lion for valuables, he delivered gold and diamonds; In order not to meet the dervish, the family moved to Constantinople; the robbers took gold on the way, but did not take the lamp; in K. they hired a house from a dervish; the gold taken ended up in the basement of the house, because they had taken a house. The dervish was one of the robbers; when the dervish came for payment, the boy, on the advice of a lion, lowered his dog on him and it tore him apart; in the city, the king and minister agreed to marry the princess with the minister's son; the young man wants to marry her himself; the king demanded slaves, precious clothes, etc.; everything was delivered; the ministers decided that the young man was of royal blood; but let him still be able to herd 14 birds with one stone without loss; virgins gives a pipe to lure the hares back; the minister changed his clothes so as not to recognize him, came to buy a hare; but the young man recognized him, sold the hare for three slaps in the face, bought a new one from the hunter; the next day he went by himself the king is the same; the queen is for the kiss; now the king orders to build a palace - done; now we have to fill three bags with tales; the young man began to tell, he was interrupted - the bags are full; he received the princess]: Kretschmer 1919, No. 34:128-142.

Central Europe. Russians (Arkhangelskaya) [A guy comes to the master, the father of three daughters, to beg, the master feels sorry for him and hires him: herd hares. Well done, he can't catch the rabbits that have run away. The old man gives the pipe, the hares run to its sound. It seems unprofitable for the master to pay a good job, he decides to punish him in some way. She sends her daughter to buy a hare, she goes to bed with the shepherd and pays a hundred rubles, he gives the hare. When the pipe sounds, the hare runs away from the girl. The same thing happens with the second, third sister and lady (each next one gives more money). The master goes to buy a hare, the shepherd offers to kiss the horse's ass, the master agrees, but at the sound of the pipe, the hare returns again. The master and his wife came up with the idea that the shepherd would tell stories and put them in a bag. When he starts talking, the guy shames his sisters, then his lady, they all run out of the house. When he talks about his master, he tells him to end the tales and runs away. The lady offers to leave the shepherd, who hides in the cover of the stroller, reminds him that the master did not pay him. At the station, he rushes to the master, who gives all the money]: Onchukov 1917, No. 103:249-251; Russians (Vologda) [the soldier aloud wished to spend the night with the princess; the tsar promises to execute him if he does not will be able to herd 12 birds with one stone all summer and bring the herd safe in autumn; the hares have scattered; in the forest, the old man gave a violin: the hares would run to its sound; when he learned that the hares were with the soldier, the king decided to buy them; to the king, then He refused to sell the soldier to the prince; the princess came; the soldier agrees, but only if she lies down with him; the princess is gone; in autumn the king offers an additional task: to tell three bags of fairy tales; soldier tells how the tsar, prince and princess tried to buy hares from him; tsar: the bags are full; the people told the king to get out, the soldier married the princess and became tsar]: Kuzmina 2008, No. 61:153-156; Poles [the king promises a daughter to someone who can herd a herd of hares (goats) without loss; two older brothers are rude to the old woman, fail; the youngest shares food with her, receives a magic pipe, to the sound of which hares run; the queen, the queen, the king himself are trying to buy a hare or a pipe; the guy agrees in exchange for a kiss or a night, and the king agrees to kiss the horse on the tail; the king demands to fill the bag by lying; stops the boy during his story, gives his daughter]: Krzyżanowski 1962, No. 570:189-190.

Caucasus - Asia Minor. Turks [the fisherman saw the princess bathe; she fell in love with him; the padishah is ready to give his daughter if the applicant knows signs on her body; the vizier wants to marry his son's princess and advises the applicant to set a condition: 40 days to herd 40 birds with one stone; the fisherman succeeds thanks to the pipe given by the mother; the vizier's son, then the vizier himself and then the padishah try to steal, replace or buy; he stigmatizes their ass {and the pipe comes back}; the fisherman must say a bag of lies and a bag of truth {apparently, the hero talks about the branding of his opponents}; the princess tied Eyes and naked must choose his fiance in the pool; the fisherman takes something fragrant in his mouth, and the vizier's son is smeared with crap, so the princess chose a fisherman]: Eberhard, Boratav 1953, No. 232 IV: 279.

Baltoscandia. Setu [the king promises a daughter and a throne to whoever makes a ship sailing on and under water, flying by air, traveling by land; an old man makes such a ship for the son of a poor widow; when they they fly through the air, on the way a tree with a crow's nest; the raven asks not to touch it, gives a golden pipe that fulfills any wishes; the king praises the ship, but does not want to give his daughter to the poor man, gives new tasks; 1) collect and bring a cart of spruce cones (kusikulas) by evening; 2) collect released hares: 3) black grouse; with the help of a pipe, the young man does everything; at the wedding, the king puts a barrel in which guests must to say the truth; whoever fills the barrel with truth, the king will give it to him filled with gold and silver; when the young son-in-law begins to speak, telling his whole story, the king asks him to stop, that the barrel is full; son-in-law gets a barrel of gold]: Sandra 2004:101-110; Karelians [the girl became pregnant, gave birth to a son, he grew up, served in the army, went to see the king; he gave him money and a good one clothes; passing by the merchant's house, he saw his daughter, promised to dishonor; the merchant orders to herd a hundred birds with one stone without rubbing, otherwise he executes; the old man in the forest gave a pipe to lure hares; the same on the second day; on the third daughter the merchant came to buy one hare; the soldier gave the hare, for which the girl gave herself to him and paid him a hundred rubles; the hare returned to the soldier to the sound of a pipe; the same with his eldest daughter (200 rubles); with the merchant (300 rubles) rubles); with the merchant (600 rubles "and you will process the mare"); the merchant demands a full bag of fairy tales from the soldier; he tells everything; when he wants to tell about the merchant himself, the merchant says that the bag is full; gave a soldier of money and three horses to go away]: Konkka, Tupitsyna 1967, No. 26:225-231; the Swedes [three brothers go to the king, who promised a daughter to someone who can herd hares (partridges); only the youngest receives a pipe (bird) to whose voice rabbits gather; princess, queen, king buy a pipe (or hare), agreeing to something indecent for this, but the pipe (hare) comes back every time to the guy; in the end, the guy "fills the bag with crooks", describing what happened; he is stopped and given to the princess]: Liungman 1961, No. 570:176-177; Norwegians [the king will give his daughter to someone who can herd without losing his hares (rabbits, sheep); the youngest of three brothers succeeds in this, who received a magic pipe from a grateful old woman; each member of the royal family tries to buy a pipe and is forced to do something indecent to do this; in the end, the king demands to say a rogue; the guy begins to tell, the king (queen) tells him to be silent, gives his daughter]: Hodne 1984, No. 570:137-139; Icelanders [the king does not want to give his daughter to Ingibjörg and sets a condition for the grooms: fill the bag with words; the poor guy Ullarvindill took a needle and scissors from his mother, and his father's ax came to palace; tells the princess that he has a needle that sews herself; will give him the opportunity to sleep with I.; she agrees; the same with the queen (agrees for scissors); with the king (she takes off the crown by the ax and kisses him W. in the ass); comes to fill the bag with the truth; when it comes to the last episode with the king, he shouts that's enough - the bag is full; later he liked his son-in-law and, when he died, W. took the throne]: Poestion 1884 , NO. 20:166-171.

(Wed. Southern Siberia - Mongolia. {Obvious Russian borrowing}. Khakas [Kresen began to serve, was appointed police officer, then chief governor-general; 9 others are jealous, write to the king that K. wants to marry the royal daughter and become king himself; the tsar orders in 6 days to bring his truth, otherwise he executes; K. treats an old man in a tavern, he gives a dove, tells him to follow him; the dove leads to the boat; on the other side of the hut with a clean upper room, the table is laid; K. ate, drank, hid; a man came and shouted, "Aas!" , a soldier appears, sets the table; in the morning K. calls A. himself; he says that he serves the owner of the water and the owner of the mountain; agrees to go with K., although invisible; K. asks A. to feed people from a hungry ship, which Polamor Khan; P. proposes to change A. to a gun in which a thousand warriors (they fly out in flies, then turn into warriors); A. orders to agree - he will return anyway; K. feeds all the king's people; he orders to herd 12 birds with one stone; the same poor old man gives a pipe; the governor-general in disguise asks to sell the hare, K. gives the cut off little finger for money; plays the pipe, the hare returns; the same with royal son; with the royal wife {it would be logical that a daughter, not a wife}; K. gives her the 13th hare, who is not marked, takes her ring and promises to marry him; the king orders to bring 3 bags of truth; K.: the severed finger of the Governor-General; the king's son; the ring of the king's wife; K. summons soldiers with a gun; marries, becomes king himself]: Balter 1986:126-137).