K73C. Girl in a bird's nest, (ATU 705A, 709A).

.12.-.15.17.23.27.-.31.34.

The girl ends up in a bird's nest (usually a bird takes a baby girl to it). The bird takes care of the girl, she grows up to be beautiful.

Felupe, Sudanese Arabs, Kabiles, Arabs of Algeria, Egypt, Portuguese, Qatar, Kashmiris, Marathi, Assamese, Sinhales, Greeks (Lesbos), Poles, Crimean Tatars, Georgians, Lurs, Persians, Norwegians, Danes, Swedes, Latvians, Khalkha Mongols (or Buryats).

West Africa. Felupe [while the woman was fishing, the eagle took her little daughter away; she grows up beautiful in his nest in a tall tree; the hunter notices her, the chief sends warriors to cut down the tree, every time the eagle arrives, the tilted tree straightens up; the warriors shot the eagle; the chief tells all the mothers of the missing children to get together, display the food they fed; everyone brings meat, that girl's mother rice, she was poor; the girl takes rice]: Nikolnikov, Katasonova 1976:119-121.

Sudan - East Africa. The Arabs of Sudan [an infertile woman went to the holy man; he ordered to fry the sheep, bring it to him; read it from the Koran, returned it, ordered it to eat it after midnight; the wife left the roast, left the house; the husband (he is the son of a prince) found, ate, became pregnant; begged God to move the fetus to his leg; opened the tumor, there was a girl; the bird took her to its nest; she grew up, became beautiful; Wad al-Nimair (VN) with his comrades stopped under a tree, noticed the girl; they went on; VN pretended to forget the ring; took out the girl, took out his mother to raise her; married her, she was pregnant; VN's mother does not love her, tells the servant to take her away and kill her; the servant brought the blood of the gazelle; the VN wife settled on an island on the Nile; the VN mother pretended to be his wife, said that the mother was dead; the imaginary wife was pregnant and wanted something to eat only on the island where the real wife; a slave has come, turns to the mistress of the island, let her lion and crocodile let him in; she says that VN is pregnant with his mother, calls scissors, they cut off the slave's tongue; the same with another slave; VN came himself, rejected the scissors, found his wife, found out everything, returned her, his mother kicked her out]: Al-Shahi, Moore 1920, No. 9:79-81.

North Africa. Kabila: Savignac 1978, No. 6:80-88; El-Shamy 2004, No. 709A: 392-393; Algerian Arabs [a Jew sells conception apples; the childless king is interested; his younger wife heard and bought an apple, cut it in half, ate half; when she wanted to eat the second one, it turned out that the king ate it himself; the wife gave birth to a boy, and her husband was bloated on his leg; he was opened, something alive was taken out, but climbed into the room, a female peacock grabbed it and took it to a nest in a tree; raised a girl; the prince also grew up, went to find out what the goats were afraid of; saw the girl's reflection in the source; fell ill with love; reported that Jew; he turned the girl into a dove; the dove flies away; but on the seventh day, the Jew managed to get the dove to go down to the prince under the tree and become a girl again; the prince was already married to his daughter his mother's sisters; his father married him to a girl who was mistaken for jinnia; the prince's first wife and mother asked the Jew to turn her back into a dove; he gave a pin, the prince's mother stuck it in the head of his daughter-in-law and she flew away like a dove; gardeners hear a voice: I was born from an apple, Pava raised me, your mother and your first wife turned me into a dove; it rains, but as soon as people hide under the tree, The sun comes out again; so many times; when he found out, the prince asked the old woman for help; she came under the tree, put the hand mill upside down and began to grind; the dove girl began to explain what was wrong they do; the old woman asked her to go down and show her how to do it; then she began to sift the flour, putting the sieve upside down; then baking cakes on the convex side of the bowl; in the end, the dove came down and her old woman caught it; the prince kept the dove in a cage in his room; the mother picked up the key, pulled out the dove and threw it on the pile of coal; the prince washed the dove, felt for the pin and pulled it out; the dove became a girl again; the prince executed his mother and first wife; the prince and his wife were visited by a woman in a luxurious outfit - she took the form of a pava]: Filleul de Pétigny 1951:11-23; the Arabs of Egypt [a childless woman bought pomegranate, put it under the sauerkraut; the husband came and wanted to eat; the wife: eat what was under the washing pan, but not what was under the sauerkraut; but he found and ate the pomegranate, decided that his wife was hiding the best from him; he became pregnant; when 9 months had passed, his wife told him to go to the desert; if a boy was born, you should wrap him in cloth and bring it, and if the girl was born, wrap it in silk and leave it; a girl was born, a father left it in a tree, the falcon took it to his nest and raised it; the Sultan's son began to water the horse, saw the girl's reflection in the water, fell ill with love; his grandmother promised to lure the girl out of the tree; brought a sheep and pretended to slaughter her from the tail side; then from the back; from her leg; the girl says it's wrong every time, the old woman pretends not to understand; the girl told the tree to be the size of her finger, went down to show; the prince grabbed her, took her to the palace and married her; went to the Hajj; his mother did not give bread to her daughter-in-law, gave her in exchange for permission to cut off her hand; so with all her limbs; She threw what was left out the window; she fell on the "ring of royalty", the spirit asked him what to do; the girl demanded that she be made whole and healthy again, and that the palace and garden with fruits be out of season next to her; The prince's mother took the form of his wife and said that his mother was dead; she became pregnant and asked for grapes from the next garden; the prince sent a servant to his mistress (i.e. his true wife), and she responded: my father conceived, the falcon and the peacock fed, and now the Sultan's son is pregnant with his mother, let the scissors cut off the tip of the questioner's tongue so as not to tell me; the same with the second servant; then the prince went himself; she told him what had happened; the prince poured kerosene on his mother and burned it, brought his wife back]: El-Shamy 1975:159-163.

Southern Europe. Portuguese: Braga 2002 (Algarve) [spouses are childless; St. Antony gave his wife three apples, told him to eat it on an empty stomach; but her husband accidentally ate the apples; he went into the field, started screaming, his stomach was opened and a baby girl was taken out; she was taken away by an eagle, made her a hut, fed her with the milk of cows, she grew beautiful; the prince saw her, took her with him; the eagle tried to take her away and pecked her eye out; but the prince did not leave her, but hid her in his part of the palace; the Queen Mother is surprised where her son is disappears; one day she met her, called her a crooked freak, called her into the garden and pushed her into the well; three fairies came, made the girl get out of the well healthy and found herself in the palace that appeared here - dilapidated on the outside and gold on the inside; and so that whoever asks her twice would fall off his tongue; the Queen sent a valet to find out what was going on; the girl told her story, valet asked him to repeat, his tongue fell off; he could not tell the Queen anything; the same with another courtier; then the prince came and got his mother's permission to marry the girl]: 109-111; Cardigos 2006, No. 705A [man (king) accidentally eats an apple (part of an apple, three pears) intended for his childless wife and becomes pregnant; a baby girl is raised by an eagle (after being thrown into the bushes); prince finds a girl and carries away some of her hairs; the eagle counted her hairs and, finding that several were missing, killed his eagles; the prince took the girl away; the eagle pecked her eyes or gave her the face of a goat; but the prince lives secretly with her; in the absence of the prince, his mother or servants threw the girl into the well; the eagle (fairies, magic wand) saved her, settled her in the palace in front of the royal; the prince sends servants there; the girl each time he tells his own story, but with magic scissors he cuts off the listener's tongue; finally, the prince comes himself; the wedding; the girl's father is also present]: 154.

Western Asia. Syrian Arabs [the merchant gave an apple to make the woman pregnant; she cut off a piece, the rest was accidentally eaten by a man; his ankle was swollen, nine months later a girl was born; she was carried away by a hawk, brought it to a palm tree, began to bring food, the girl grew up; the prince drove up to the spring to give his horse a drink, saw a reflection, the girl refused to go down; the prince returned home, the old woman offered to help; became pretend that she cannot fry scrambled eggs on the fire (either a frying pan upside down or pours fuel into the fire); the girl came down to show, the prince took her away, hid her in his chambers; tells her mother to bring double portions of food; goes to Mecca, the mother finds the girl, leads to the window, throws her out the window; below the black snake fought against the white snake, the girl wished black victory, she won, offered to fulfill any wishes; the girl wanted a palace with servants and a vineyard in front of the prince's palace; when the prince returned, her mother pretended to be his wife; he asks why she has different eyes, mouth, nose, etc., she each time she replies that because of fatigue, waiting, etc.; and the mother supposedly died; the imaginary wife pretends to be pregnant, asks the prince to send the maid for grapes; the girl answers who she is, tells her to scissors cut off the maid's tongue; the same with the second, with the third maid; the prince comes himself, everything is explained; he executed the mother, her long bones were turned into the crossbars of the ladder; when the prince's wife I went up on them, they creaked]: Kuhr 1993:218-224; Qatar: El-Shamy 2004, No. 709A: 392-393.

South Asia. Kashmiris [Sanykisar's son and daughter in the family; the son found hair in food and promised to marry only its owner; the mother said it was his sister's hair, but the son insisted; after finding out what was going on, S. ran away crying; to meet the fakir, he gave 7 seeds - 7 trees would immediately grow out of them; as it happened, S. climbed the tree; the father came with the men, they cut down the tree, S. moved to the next one; when the last tree was about to fall, S. asked Mother Luna to pick it up; the moon lowered its ray, S. rose to the moon; the moon asked her to comb her hair, but not to touch one place on on the top of his head, otherwise terrible pain and hair will begin to fall out; once C.. accidentally touched, the Moon threw it to the ground, S. fell into the crow's nest; he is happy that he has a daughter; mother, then father, brother they come to the tree and ask them to go down; the mother says that S. is waiting for her dolls, the father is waiting for a colorful spinning wheel, her brother for wedding clothes and jewelry; S. refuses, but every time asks the crow to bring it he also brings her; the prince sees S. and asks him to go down; S.: I need the permission of my crow father; but he will arrive only in the evening, the vizier advises to cut down the tree; they did so; the prince already has 6 wives; he promises to make the main one that 1) will exfoliate rice faster (the raven tells the birds to do this for S.; when 6 wives ask how S. managed to do everything so quickly, she advises pouring rice into water, but the husks did not float at all); 2) make the rooms fragrant (the raven tells different birds to bring the most fragrant infusions and rub them into the walls; S. advises 6 wives to mix manure with crap and cow urine, the stench is terrifying); 3) cook food (the raven tells the birds to bring the best; S. advises 6 wives to mix inedible grass with manure and cook it in cow urine); the prince drove 6 wives away and lived happily with S.]: Beck et al. 1987, No. 17:50-56; Marathi [two eagles carried a poor thrush baby girl; raised her in their huge nest, brought her outfits and jewelry, named Surya Bai ("sunny maiden"); the cat tried to steal food, S. hit her, the cat extinguished the fire; S. came to Rakshasi in search of fire; she asked her to do various jobs, hoping that her Rakshasa son would come and eat it together; he lingered, the Rakshasi were given coals, asked to sprinkle grain on the way home; Rakshasa tried to enter the nest, asked to unlock it, posing as an eagle, but S. did not open it; he broke his poisonous claw, left it in the wall; a claw pierced S., she died; the eagles put a ring on her finger, flew away; the king saw S., took out his claw, she came to life, became his wife; the first wife is jealous, asked to try on her jewelry, pushed it into the pond; a sunflower grew in this place; rani tells you to burn it, throw the ash away, mango grows in this place; the fruit falls into the vessel of that thrush, she brings it home, her husband and sons find it in a tiny woman in the vessel; she grows up, turns into S.; the Raja sees her, everything is explained, the eldest wife is imprisoned forever]: Frere 1868, No. 6:87-102; the Assames [husband threatens to sell his wife nagam, if she gives birth to a girl again; she gives birth, descends into the river in a vessel; the laundress pulls out the vessel, the female hawk takes the baby to the tree, raises her, brings clothes; the merchant sees the girl, takes her to wives; 7 older wives are jealous; ask the youngest to cook, sew, etc.; all the work is done by order of the hawk mother, whom the girl calls with a song; the wives followed, killed the hawk; while the husband is away, sold the youngest wife to a river merchant; the merchant hears her song, returns the woman; tells his wives to walk along a rope through a hole with thorns; 6 fall, the seventh passes (she did not participate in the conspiracy); the perpetrators buried alive in this hole]: Borooah 1955:90-103; Sinhales [transferred to Volkonsky, Solntseva 1985, No. 113:276-288; husband clears the plot, wife weaves a basket; on the current husband saw a wild melon vine ( Cucumis callosus); ate the fruit; and when the wife came, there were many fruits; she began to eat and gave birth to a girl; husband: pick up the girl or the bag? wife: a bag; a pair of black storks carried the girl to her nest; she grew up; storks went to bring her bracelets, telling her not to let the fire go out and not let the Parrot, the Dog and the Cat in; but on the third day the girl let the cat in and it extinguished the fire; the girl sent the Parrot to find out where the fire was; smoke rises above the Rakshasa house; the girl came there, only Rakshasi at home; she gave 7 baskets of rice, 7 pots of water, 7 bundles of firewood and a leaky coconut shell, where she poured coals; an ash trail remains on the way back; Rakshas came to the girl's house; says he brought gold; Parrot: don't unlock; the next two once the same (Dog, then the Cat does not tell); Rakshas caught up and killed the dog and cat, and the parrot flew away; for the fourth time he does not order to unlock the Noringa pterygosperma tree; Rakshas knocked him down, cut him down; then the log speaks; the rakshas burned logs and branches - ash says; the rakshas poured ash into the river, but now the water is talking; the rakshas tried to drink it and burst; and just as the storks arrived, brought gold bracelets]: Parker 1910, No. 12:120-124.

The Balkans. Greeks (Lesbos) [a woman bought an apple from which children are born, left it on the table, her husband ate it, his thigh began to swell, he went to the doctor through a bush, an abscess broke, a girl fell out , he did not notice it, decided that he had recovered; the Eagle raised the girl in his nest in a tree above the spring; the prince's horse came for a drink, noticed her shadow on the water; the prince sent the old woman to lure the girl out; she pretended to be blind, began to pour water into the inverted pot; the girl went down to help her, the prince grabbed her, married her; in his absence, his mother dressed his wife as a shepherdess, sent geese to herd, said to his son that his wife was dead; the prince heard her song in which she told her story; brought his wife back]: Paton 1900, No. 9:335-336.

Central Europe. Poles [the husband eats the magic remedy by which his wife should become pregnant, gives birth to a girl; she is carried away by a bird; the queen finds her and marries her; his mother persecutes her, she is sentenced to death or exile; eventually reunites with her husband and finds missing children]: Krzyżanowski 1962, No. 705:216-217.

Caucasus - Asia Minor. Crimean Tatars [every morning the Zyamranka bird flew to Suleiman and said, "Good morning"; S. knew 18,000 languages; laughs: a boy was born in the West, and a girl was born in the east at that moment Allah predetermined their fate; Z. stole a girl, brought her to the palace on top of a tree that grew on the island; 18 years later, a young man boarded a ship, it crashed off this island; a boy and a girl they started talking; at the foot lay the body of an elephant; girl: get into it; my mother would fly in and pick me up (the girl told the bird she wanted to play with it); 9 months later the girl gave birth; S. immediately found out, but Z. did not know; S. asked to bring the girl; the girl told the bird that she was afraid to fly on her back; she would go into the body of an elephant, let the bird bring it to Suleiman; parents came out of the elephant with a boy; because Z. went against Allah's will, she will never be able to go down and flies in the sky forever; her eggs, without touching the ground, turn into birds and fly in the sky]: Zherdeva 2020, No. 16 ; Georgians: Bogoyavlensky1 1894, No. 3 (Imereti) [the widow survived her daughter, left the baby under a pile of husks; the girl found a thrush, saw forty, took the eagle to the nest, raised it, brought a gilded one bed and chonguri (plucked string instrument); she began to play, the prince came up, told the servants to stab the lamb with knives until the girl agreed to get down; married her; to check his wife's feelings, pretended to be dead; the wife began to cry, calling the sun and moon, the winds brothers, the stars sisters; she was delighted to see that her husband was alive; the eagle that arrived congratulated the couple and stayed with them]: 19-23; Kurdovanidze 1988 (2), No. 93 (Onsky District) [the bob peasant's ankle was swollen, a baby girl fell out of the abscess, the peasant left her by the river; the crow took the girl to his nest, began to raise her, stole people's clothes for her; the girl became beautiful, the prince saw her, but could not understand the tree; the old woman asked for a goat, an awl and a sleepy potion; under the tree she pretended not to know how slaughter the goat, so she stabs it with an awl; the girl tells the goat to cut the throat; the old woman begins to shred the carcass, the girl goes down to show that you need to take off the skin first, the old woman cooks the kebab, puts it in it dope, brings the girl to the king; she only cries, is silent; the old woman stains the prince's clothes with blood, says that he was wounded while hunting and then eaten by wolves; the girl starts singing, telling me who she is]: 134- 138.

Iran - Central Asia. Lura [when leaving, the husband demands that his wife have a son and daughter by his return; the mullah turned the egg into a girl, the tibia into a boy; the husband returned a month later, did not believe that they were children, threw the egg on the manure heap and the bone at the dogs; the dal bird asked if she could pick the egg; the woman allowed it, the bird carried the egg to its nest, it became a girl; (the egg turned into a girl again) ; the girl has grown up, the bird brings her everything she needs; she weaved the carpet; wants to go down to wash; the bird teaches how to tell the rock to go down and how to lift it back; the girl has lost her shoe and curl of hair, they fell into the eye of the prince's mare; he wants to marry the owner; the old woman promises to find her; refuses gold, asks for a skein of rope according to her weight; began rubbing rice at the bottom of an inverted mortar, pouring from above, the water, extinguishing the fire, pretended to slaughter the ram with the back of the knife; the girl shouts to her how to do it; old woman: I can't see anything; the girl went down to show; the old woman asks her to look for in her head; at this time, the old woman's daughter pinned the girl's dress to the ground with pegs; the riders arrived in time and took the girl away; the old woman told the riders to leave, put the girl's clothes on her daughter, passed her off as a king , and left the girl tied to a tree; the lion ate the girl, but a drop of blood fell to the ground and reeds grew in this place; the shepherd cut it off and made a pipe, played, she sings; "Play, shepherd, play, play nicely! I was the daughter of a Dali bird in a cave on a rock. The old woman tied me to the willow, the lion ate me"; the mother of the prince's imaginary wife heard me, threw the pipe on the pile of manure; the woman who grazed the geese picked me up to burn when it was dry; someone cooks and cleans her house; she waited for the girl and grabbed her; she replied that she was both a man and a fairy; the girl stayed with a sheep's stomach on her head - as if she were lousy; once she took off sheep's stomach to wash; the prince went to pick up his dice and saw the girl; ordered the old woman and her lousy daughter to be taken to the palace; pretended to be sick: let the lousy woman bring it a bowl of broth on his head; ripped off her lamb's stomach, married her]: Amanolahi, Thackston 1986, No. 17:83-88; Persians: Osmanov 1987 (Mashhad) [The young husband and wife have no children, the wife is converted to a rural mullah. He casts a spell over the bone, wraps it in a rag, gives it to the woman and tells her to sing a lullaby for forty days, then he becomes pregnant. The woman brings her bone home and sings lullabies for thirty-nine days without stopping. Her husband tells her to go to the stream to wash clothes. He grabs a rag and throws away the bone. The wife grieves and laments. The bird picks up that bone and flies away. On the fortieth day, the bone turns into a girl with long braids. Years go by, the girl grows up. One day she goes to the stream to wash her hair and comb her hair, and hears a horse tramp. Runs away from the riders. Its comb with a hair remains on the shore. At the head of Shahzade's horsemen. He lets go of the reins so the horse can get drunk. The horse does not drink, turns its head away. Shahzadeh tells his retinue to see what's in there. The rider reports that there is nothing but a comb and a hair. Seeing a comb and a long hair, Shahzadeh falls in love with the one who owns the hair. Returning to the city, he tells the herald to shout that he will reward whoever points out the owner of a long braid. A cunning old woman lives in the city. She promises to get the job done. She goes to the forest where that girl with the bird lives, sees that the girl is doing housework, and does not approach her at first. The girl also sees the old woman and feels sorry for her, alone. The bird warns her not to approach the old woman. The girl first listens, then invites the old woman to the hut, shares bread and salt. When the bird is not around, the old woman invites you for a walk, deceives her out of the forest, takes her to her house, shackles the girl there, and says her ugly daughter, who also had long hair that she would now pass her off as Shahzade. At night, a lion comes out of the forest and tells the girl that he has come to tear it up and eat it, she asks her to wait until tomorrow, the next night she begs him to wait again, and on the third night the lion says that he will not be her regret it. The girl asks to eat it so that not a drop of her blood falls to the ground. The lion devours it, but a drop of blood falls to the ground, reeds grow out of it seven days later, and on the fortieth day the reeds grow large. A shepherd walks by, sees tall reeds, cuts it off, makes a pipe. It blows, the pipe sings: "Shepherd, you're playing well! Shepherdess, you play well! I'm a beauty girl, a golden braid. An angry old woman stole me and shackled me in heavy shackles. The villain lion ate me, lost a drop of blood - a reed grew out of that blood..." An old woman meets a shepherd, hears a song, asks Shahzade to buy a pipe and throw it away. He buys a pipe from a shepherd and throws it anywhere. A week later, Shahzade accidentally stumbles upon a pipe and sees a beautiful naked maiden standing next to her. She comes closer, the girl hides, asks to bring her a dress. Shahzadeh goes to get her dress when she returns and is amazed at her beauty. The girl says she is the one destined for him. She says what the old woman did to her. Shahzadeh takes her to the palace. He tells me to bring seven mules. An old woman is tied to four mules, her daughter to three. Shahzadeh tells them to drive them across the steppe so that only their skulls remain and bring these skulls to him. Skulls are brought to the palace, Shahzadeh throws them into the corner of the courtyard. After a while, thistles grow out of them. Unknowingly, the girl cuts off the green leaves and prepares food from them for herself and shahzade. However, every time they take up this food, sad screams rush out of the dish]: 289-291; Romaskevich 1934a, No. 65 [Simurg's bird tells Suleiman that it does not believe in predestination; Suleiman replies that The padishah of the East has a son, and the padishah of the West has a daughter; they are destined to meet; Simurg promises to prevent this, takes the girl to her nest, she considers Simurg her mother; the son of the padishah of the East is looking for origins Neil, comes to a tree on Mount Kaf, the girl sees him; he teaches her to ask Simurg to take her to the river, hides himself in horse skin; later S. brings the skin with the young man inside her to his nest; daughter The padishah of the East gives birth to a son; when Simurg brings Suleiman a skin, young spouses with a child find themselves in it; shamed Simurg flies away]: 331-355 (=Braginsky 1977:289-315).

Baltoscandia. Norwegians [spouses are childless; after receiving the magic fish that he must give his wife to eat, the husband eats it himself; his knee is swollen, a girl is born; the bird takes her to the nest; the prince finds her ( king), brings them to the palace, takes them as wives; an evil maid (housekeeper) kidnaps her children and says she ate them; the woman escaped execution, found her children and introduced them to the king; the evil bride punished]: Hodne 1984, No. 705:152; Danes [the king is childless; the old woman promises to help, tells the Queen to send someone to her; they send a boy, the old woman gives him a box, tells him not to open it on the road; he was tired, hungry, opened; there was herring; he ate it, lost consciousness; when he came to his senses, the baby was next to him; the boy ran away in horror; the raven brought the baby to his nest; this is a girl; he is hers fed; another king lives nearby; his young son hunts; the horse is restless; companions notice something in the tree, the servant takes the girl out of the crow's nest; she grows well, is cheerful and intelligent, but not talks; the prince became king; the girl grew up and he married her; his mother hates her, calls her a crow; the king went to war, the queen gave birth to a boy; the king's mother replaced him with a puppy, and the box threw the baby into the sea; the woman picked him up; the same for the second time (replaced him with lamb); the third (kitten); the king orders the queen to be expelled; she hears the maid explaining to the Queen Mother: the young queen spoke, she must lick the dew on Ivanov night, that is, tomorrow; she does it, leaves with her servants; asks other kings riddles about her origin; they can't solve it, they they give her more servants; she visits the woman who raised her sons; they have one eye at a time; the mother rubs their eyes with a handkerchief with three drops of blood on it (these are her tears that have become blood); the boys become fully sighted; everything was explained, the Queen's mother was burned in the stove]: Grundtvig 1879:146-160 (=1920:116-124); the Swedes [the husband brought fish to his wife, but ate it himself; his knee was swollen and was born from it a girl; a bird carried her to his nest; the king found her, brought her home and married her; when a young queen gives birth, her mother-in-law says that she gave birth to a kitten; or she consistently carries away those born children; the young queen is expelled, but she returns and offers the king a riddle that describes what happened]: Liungman 1961, No. 705:193-194; Latvians [husband and wife have no children; husband receives from The witch's apple is for his wife, but eats it himself; does he have a leg {from his calf or thigh?} a girl appears; he covers her with leaves and leaves her in the forest; a bird picks her up and takes her to his nest; the king finds a girl, marries her; in his absence, she has children; a witch is replaced by newborn animals; the king tells the children to spare, then drive the queen into the forest; there she finds her children with a witch and devils, asks them a riddle: "Apple is father, man is mother, wind me rocked, the bird fed, the stallion is my matchmaker, the king is my name"; the devils cannot guess the riddle, the wife takes the children; at this time the king celebrates another; the wife sends the children with a cup to to the king, he gets to know his children]: Aris, Medne 1979, No. 705:311.

Southern Siberia - Mongolia. The Mongols or Buryats ("the Lamai legend passed on by Rabdanov") [the king asks Burkhan-Bakshi what fate awaits his newborn daughter; he is responsible that she will marry a beggar; To prevent the prediction, the Khan Garidi bird takes the girl to its nest; feeds meat to dead animals; when the girl grows up, HG asks B. if his prediction has come true; B. replies that the girl has the beggar already has two children; it turned out that the beggar was afraid of HG, hid in a deer's carcass, HG took the carcass to the nest, and the beggar began to live with the girl]: Potanin 1899:432.