K76H. The animal groom is in danger of disaster. 21.22.26.

A young man who temporarily has a strange or monstrous appearance (freak, animal, etc.) marries the princess, but is refused. Then he causes natural disasters or creates personal trouble for the king and he has to give up his daughter.

Tibetans, Tibetans (Amdo), Lavrung, Kachari, Kirati, Toto, Burmese, Chuan Miao.

Tibet is the Northeast of India. Tibetans: Parfionovich 1969 [the king's three daughters reject suitors; the old maid's knee is swollen, a frog pops out of the abscess; her husband has agreed to consider him a son; he sends his mother to marry the king's daughter; the king drives her away; the frog comes by himself, threatens to laugh; because of his laughter, the palace begins to collapse; the eldest daughter refuses; the frog cries, the flood begins; the middle daughter refuses; the frog jumps, the ground shudders, the youngest daughter agrees; the frog brought his wife, the hut became a palace; mother and sister realized that he was the son of the dragon king; takes off frog skin for the night; sisters the frog's wife was pushed into the well, the eldest put on her clothes, the frog did not notice the change; a walnut tree grew near the well; the sister tried it - the nuts were bitter, ordered the tree to be cut down and burned, ash scatter across the field; barley grew - sweet for the mother, bitter for his wife, she ordered the grains to be thrown into the water, they became birds, one told her husband about the villainy; the frog kicked out the older sisters]: 98-101; Hyde-Chambers, Hyde-Chambers 1981 [A frog {or rather a large male frog} asks the widow to make him her son; at the bazaar, he jumps on the back of a mule carrying cheese, brings the foster mother's mule; says goes to bring his wife; finds a suitable girl; when her father, then her mother, tries to refuse him, he "coughs" (thunder breaks the house), cries (water fills everything), laughs (spews fire, the house burns ); every time she receives consent, she restores everything to its original form; brings his wife to the foster mother's house; she says that all people are going to the races; when the women leave, the Frog takes off the frog the skin, turns into a handsome man, wins the races; every time the wife suspects something; on the fifth day she returns earlier, burns her skin; The frog remains in human form, lives with his wife]: 169-186; Tibetans (Amdo) [childless spouses wanted a child; a Frog was born from a tumor on a woman's knee; promised to marry a princess, make his parents rich; makes the king laugh, he is forced promise to give her daughter; of the three princesses, only the youngest agrees; on the wedding day, the Frog sheds his skin, becomes handsome; the king gives young treasures]: Tshe dbang rdo rje et al. 2007:95; lavrung [the woman's knee is swollen, the Frog came out of there, promised his mother to marry the princess; he comes to the palace, the dogs are barking, the princesses do not see anyone; the frog comes in, notices that the youngest is more beautiful and looks friendlier; makes the king give it to him, becoming huge, laughing, screaming, causing a storm, a flood; sends his wife and mother to the races, takes off his frog skin himself, is a wonderful rider; next time the wife secretly comes back, burns her skin; the husband says he now falls under the power of a nine-headed demon, is blown away by the wind; the wife finds him, the husband says that the demon sleeps when lying open eyes; gives his wife a spear, she pierces the demon's heart; they free prisoners, return home]: G.yu lha 2011:383-389; kachari [the old man thought he caught a lot of fish, but were online frogs; the old woman began to fresh them, but hid alone; when the old woman found her, she promised to be a good worker, plow the field; plows sitting in the ox's ear; shouts to the prince not to go to the edge of the field; he rabies, but finds no one, took the oxen; the frog rode to his estate, hides in the roof of various buildings, annoys, screams; promises to leave the prince alone if he gives his daughter as his wife; prince gave it away with a large dowry; the wife invites her husband to wash himself not in cold water, but in hot water to wash off the warts; the frog jumped into the boiling water and died]: Grierson 1903c: 29-30; kirati [poor old woman went to the forest, there was a serpent in her shoulder basket; she tried to drive him away, kill him, he told me to take him home; in her absence, someone cooks, she realizes it's a snake; he says he'll go for the princess wife; tells me to close his eyes until he climbs to the top of the mountain; the old woman opens her eyes earlier, the serpent is immediately next to her again; the second time crawls over the mountain; crawls in the palace in a mortar, calls the king; only the youngest and most beautiful of the five daughters finds out where the voice comes from; the king refuses to give the serpent his daughter; then he cries - the rain causes flooding; the king promises but refuses from her words; the serpent laughs, the drought hits the kingdom; the king agrees to give her daughter; only the youngest agrees; the king tells her to throw a piece of iron, an iron stick at the snake's head on the way; snakes: why do you throw their spindle; pin; the old woman and the princess liked each other at home; the snake creates a palace; the princess and the old woman go to the party; decide to return unnoticed; the old woman sees that the snake has taken off his skin, has become prince; the princess grabs him, the old woman wants to burn her skin; the prince orders not to do this; jewelry falls out of the skin, then the courtiers, servants, and the people come out; with the wife's luxurious gifts they come to the princess's father; the older sister tries on the younger sister's clothes and jewelry, asks what to give the child, if he wants to eat, cow dung; what to do if he gets dirty, call the dog; persuades father, so that his sister stays and her husband leaves; he realizes that his wife will be killed, but he cannot do anything; the older sister accompanies the youngest in the waterless area; she rushes to drink by the lake, the eldest she drowns her; in her guise she comes home; the old woman understood the deception only when the imaginary daughter-in-law gave the child manure, etc.; the husband went to the lake, caught and burned his wife's corpse; a bird arrives from the lake, turns to the baby; the husband realizes that this is a transformed wife; the next day he caught her with bird glue, put her in a cage; the imaginary wife killed and fried the bird, said she fed her son; the husband killed the child, closed himself in his room, began to conjure; opened the chest with his wife and son alive; sent the liar to her father]: Heunemann 1980, No. 1:19-33; toto [the old man wanted to catch shrimp and crayfish, but only got caught big toads; he told the old woman to cook them, but the water was only warm; the old man threw the toads into the cauldron, and they jumped out and disappeared; was left alone; asked the old woman not to eat her - he would help her; the son the toad grew up, asked the old woman to bake 7 cakes, went to marry the king's seven daughters; the first 6 did not even notice him, and the seventh told his father that there was a frog outside the door; the king refused; the frog began to laugh; after that the sun began to shine incessantly, the king's cattle were dying from lack of grass and water; the king agreed to give his daughter, the frog caused rain; the king refused again, but the frog sent a continuous downpour - had to agree; for a year the frog took care of the harvest in the king's fields, then received a younger princess; at night she became a young man; the wife asks where her husband keeps his skin; "In the oven"; while her husband was away, the wife burned the skin; when it burned, the husband died; the frog's adoptive mother moistened the ash with water, sprayed it on her son's body and he came to life; the princess and her husband lived happily in the royal house]: Majumdar 1991, No. 11:236-239.

Burma - Indochina. Burmese [a woman has a son, he only has a head; asks to give him to a merchant (he shows him for money), sell him to someone else's ship (she sails in the calm), leave him on the island cannibal giants (they give him rubies and knowledge of the magic word); a ship arrives, the Head asks him to be taken to the king, marries the princess; summons horsemen from the snuffbox, the king is forced to give his daughter; after weddings turn handsome]: Aoun 1957:77-79.

China - Korea. Chuan miao [an egg rolled out of an abscess on the knee of a childless wife, and a smelly toad hatched from it; the woman's husband leads her toad son into the forest, offers to climb a tree to see if the mother is bringing lunch , knocks down a tree, hoping that the toad is dead; soon the son returns, dragging a tree with him; the father thinks to crush his son by putting seven feet on him, he drags everything; the Toad asks the mother to marry him her brother's daughter; he is forced to give it away, because Toad's crying fills the rice checks with water, and laughing makes them dry; when he goes to work in the fields, the Toad asks his wife to send the dog forward, then carry him lunch; the wife spies , sees a handsome man with a book and a lot of workers; grabs the toad's skin, throws him into the fire; the husband says he will die, tells him to cook him for a couple of 7 days, then he will become a frog; if not, bury him on the terrace, from where you can see everyone; wife and mother cook for 4 days, husband dies, is buried, turns into a tree in the moon; when babies cry, they are taken by the knee, they are said that if you cry, a toad will come out]: Graham 1954:180- 181.