K77B. Bremen Musicians, ATU 130.
.12.14.-.16.23.27.-.32.
After leaving their owners, pets find an empty house or build a house. There are robbers or beasts of prey. Pets attack or simply scare them. Predators don't understand who's in front of them, flee.
Boulsa, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Arabs and Berbers of Morocco, Spaniards, Basques, Galicians, Portuguese, Galicians, Aragon, Catalans, Italians (Veneto, Tuscany, Umbria, Lazio, Molise, Campania, Abruzzo, Basilicata), Sicilians, Sardinians, Corsicans, Ladins, Irish, Scottish, British, French, Walloons, Friesians, Flemish Germans (Grimms, Schleswig-Holstein, Pomerania, Swabia), Punjabians , Konkani (Goa), Hungarians, Croats, Slovenes, Albanians, Serbs, Bosnians, Romanians, Macedonians, Bulgarians, Greeks, Slovaks, Czechs, Poles, Luzhitans, Russians (Arkhangelsk, Karelia, Vologda, Tver, Voronezh ), Ukrainians (Kharkiv, Kyiv region), Belarusians, Kalmyks, Kabardian, Balkarians, Ossetians, Ingush, Kumyks, Dargins, Armenians, Turks, Kurds, Persians, Tajiks, Mountain Tajiks, Bukhara Arabs, Norwegians, Swedes, Lithuanians, Latvians, Livons, Estonians, Leaders, Finns, Karelians, Veps, Western Sami, Mordovians, Maris, Chuvash, Udmurts, Komi, Tatars, Bashkirs.
West Africa. Boulsa []: Schott 1993 (2-3): 200f in Uther 2004 (1), No. 130:100.
North Africa. Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Arabs of Morocco: El-Shamy 2004, No. 130:53; the Berbers of Southern Morocco [donkey, rooster, camel and dog left the village, built a house for themselves; rooster found a place where the grain was stored, began to bite, his hat (i.e. comb) turned red; the donkey noticed it, told him to take him there; when he returned, he began to scream; the lion heard, came, the camel hit him with his hoof, the rooster his eyes pecked out, the dog grabbed his throat, he died; his skin was removed; everything happened again, another lion came; a rug was laid in front of him - a lion's skin, the lion ran away; fearing new troubles, pets they climbed the tree, and the lion brought wild animals there; when they saw the hyena, the donkey fell in fear, and the dog began to shout: hold the fattest one; the animals ran away; the boar came to the pets to call them; they agree but let the boar carry their clothes; put straw on it and set it on fire; the wildlife house burned down, the pets continued to live peacefully]: Stumme 1894, No. 4:401-403.
Southern Europe. The Basques [the old Donkey hears that the owners do not want to feed him in vain, they are going to kill him in the morning; he leaves, consistently meets a dog, cat, rooster, goat who have left home for the same reason; they they come to the robbers' house; when they hear barking, they hide, fearing that another gang has come; the goat breaks the door, the donkey extinguishes the fire, the cat hides in the hearth, the rooster on the chimney, the dog outside the door, the goat under with a ladder, a donkey in the doorway; one robber went out to find out what was going on, went to the hearth; the cat dug his claws into him, the rooster pecked in the eye, the dog bit, the goat and the donkey finished off; the rest of the robbers were frightened go down, animals ate their supper]: Barandiaran 196:151-154; Aragon [donkey, cat, dog, rooster (sometimes also a snake) leave home, stay at the robbers' house; they run away, taking the animals for ghosts or for police officers]: González Sanz 1996, No. 130:70; the Spaniards [when leaving for the party, the owners refused to take the cat with them; he went by himself, met and took a goat, an eagle (aguilota) ), a dog; they began to feast in the house, the owner was coming, they turned off the lights, the owner came in, the eagle pecked him, the cat grabbed him, etc.; he ran out, told how people attacked him]: Camarena, Chevalier 1997, No. 130:246- 250; the Galicians [the donkey is dissatisfied with carrying flour, which is fed to the pig; the pig is fat, and he is thin; and then he saw how the pig was slaughtered and ran away in horror; he met a dog, a rooster, a cat, together they went to Bethlehem; stopped at the robbers' house; the dog sat in the door, the rooster in the window, the cat lay down on a pile of ash, and the donkey remained in the stall; when the robbers appeared, the animals screamed and thieves have run away]: Contos 1972, No. 34:38-39; Portuguese: Braga 2002 []: 369-370; Cardigos 2006, No. 130 [pets consistently leave home, come to the wolf house together, or robbers, occupy it; at night, robbers return, but run in horror when pets attack and shout in different voices; robbers take them for powerful opponents]: 40-41; the Portuguese [donkey, pig, ram, cat, duck and rooster went on a journey; they came to a house where wolves; they collected bones, filled bags with them, and the wolves thought that those who came ate ate meat and were dangerous ; the wolves went out one by one; after consulting, decided to see what those who came were doing; the main wolf went; the pets in the house extinguish the fire and are located in different places in the room; when the wolf enters, everyone attacks him; the wolf mistook the cat's eye for a coal, wanted to smoke, the cat grabbed his face; etc.; the wolf runs out, tells his comrades about terrible robbers]: Dias Marques 2019, No. 66:105-107 ; Portuguese []: Dias Marques 2019, No. 67:108-108; Catalans (Mallorca included) [a group of pets come to the wolf's house, they kick the wolves out, stay overnight; when in the dark wolves come back, pets attack them; wolves flee; one of them describes the terrible details of what happened]: Oriol, Pujol 2008, No. 130:44-45; Corsicans [hosts decide to get rid of the old donkey; the dog; the cat; the rooster; everyone leaves, they go together, they see the house, and the table is set inside; they are full and settled in for the night; the robber came in; the animals attacked him, he jumped out and told his comrades that there were devils in the house; the robbers ran away, the animals stayed in the house]: Massignon 1984, No. 60:137-138; ladins [the owner regsheel got rid of the old donkey; he ran away; met accompanied an equally old dog, cat, rooster; in the forest they noticed light, came to a brothel of robbers; stood at each other and screamed, broke into the window; the robbers ran away, leaving food and drink; at night the chieftain sent a man to find out what was going on; he mistook the cat's eyes for the coals, wanted to ignite a splint; the cat grabbed his face; the dog bit from behind, the donkey kicked, the rooster crowed; he said that the witch scratched his face, a man hit him from behind with a knife and a club, another witch screamed; "Hold it!" ; thieves did not return]: Decurtins, Brunold-Bigler 2002, No. 50:134-137; Italians (Veneto, Tuscany, Abruzza, Campania, Lazio, Umbria, Molise), Sicilians, Sardinians: Cirese, Serafini 1975, No. 130:26-27
Western Europe. Germans [24 Variants, 'The Bremen Musicians']: Aarne 1913:60-65; Germans (Schleswig-Holstein, Pomerania), English, Friesians, Flemish: Uther 2004 (1), No. 130:99- 100; Germans []: Grimm, Grimm 2020, No. 27:96-98 (=Grimm, Grimm 1987:90-94); Germans (Swabia) []: Meier 1852, No. 3:11-15; French: Arnaudin 1967, No. 3 (Gascony) [hosts gather get rid of the cat, slaughter the rooster; they leave home; they are joined by a stork with a broken wing, a ram; they stay in a wolf's house; a ram hides under a table, a rooster on a shelf, a stork by the gutter, cat in the ash of the hearth; a wolf comes in, his ram butts, the cat grabs his face, the stork pecked his eye, the rooster screamed; the wolf jumps out, describes how people of different specialties injured him; the rooster and his friends stayed in the house]: 44-48; Lopyreva 1959, No. 9 (Limousin) [Sheep, Goose, Rooster, Cat are leaving home because the owners are going to slaughter them; The cat saw a light, the Lion, the Bear, the Wolf, the Fox are feasting in the house; when the Cat goes down the chimney, they run away in horror; The cat is buried in ash, the Goose is hiding in the hearth, the Ram in the firewood box, the Rooster on the pole; the Wolf comes in, the Cat grabs his face, the Ox ran out, said that there is a haircutter in the house; on the Bear Sheep (woodcutter in wood); The gander hisses at the Fox (in the dog's house); the Rooster spoiled Leo's head (the doctor threw the patch); the big animals are gone]: 19-23; walloons [ The donkey found out that they wanted to sell it, ran away from home; he was also joined by an old dog, an old cat, an old rooster who had left the house; they came to the house where the wolf and fox were feasting; the donkey gave a voice, those in They ran away in horror; the cat settled in the hearth, the dog outside the door, the rooster on the perch, the donkey settled on the pile of garbage; the wolf and the fox cast lots for whom to return to see what was in the house; the fox fell out; the cat stuck its claws into it, the dog bit, the donkey hit it with its hoof, and the rooster was singing; the fox tells the wolf that the house is full of people and it is better to leave]: Laport 1932, No. 130D: 31; Scots [sheep, bull, dog, cat, rooster , goose - everyone leaves the owner, fearing that he will be killed; they come into the house, stay there; robbers come at night; one of them enters the house, he gets from all the animals, he is terrified pops up, robbers run away, animals get the house]: Campbell 1890 (1), No. 11:199-202; Irish people [a group of animals sleep in the house, chase out robbers]: Jackson 1936:285.
South Asia. Punjabi [a lonely old woman has helper animals: ox, goat, old woman chicken; 5 thieves came at night; the chicken told the dog not to bark, but to stand on top of each other and, when the thieves break down the door, with they will rush at them with mooing, barking, etc.; they really mistook the animals that stood on top of each other for an unknown monster and ran away]: Sheikh-Dilthey 1976, No. 28:125-127; konkani (Goa) [duck, rooster, a cat, a donkey is driven out of the house of thieves]: Davidson, Helps 1937, No. 14:37-38.
The Balkans. Croats, Serbs, Romanians, Macedonians, Greeks: Uther 2004 (1), No. 130:99; Hungarians: Kovács 1987, No. 101 [wolf invites a dog to the forest (to fight or to negotiations), and she brings a cat, duck, rooster, etc.; a wolf brings a bear, a wild boar, a fox, etc.; pets scare and chase wild animals], 130 [donkey (horse), dog, cat, rooster and robbers]: 265 -266, 273-274; Slavs (Taipana, 1873) [The wolves had a house behind Yanyim Bird; they went to the village and stole cattle and birds there; the rooster, the ox, the cat and the ram decided to exterminate these wolves; they came to Yanye-Berdo, each shouted in their own way; the wolves were frightened; went outside; after a while they sent the cook back to the house to cook meat; he looked into the pot, the rooster spoiled his back; he went to the basket, the cat scratched his hands; he went to the closet , the ram butted him and pushed him out the door; there was an ox outside the door, he lifted the cook to his horns and threw him out; the frightened cook returned to the wolves and said that he would not return to the house again; then said what was there someone poured lime by the neck, hit him on the hands with a villi, hit him with a chekmar, and then hit him with a pitchfork]: Baudouin de Courtenay 1904, No. 1:29-31; Bulgarians [pets (ox, donkey, rooster, dog, etc. .; everyone successively joins those who have already gathered) run away from the owners who are going to kill them; they stay in an empty house (cave) or build a house themselves (the ox offers to build a house, others refuse and ask them to let them in in in winter); or animals stand on top of each other, look into the robbers' house and they run away in horror; while in the house, animals make their usual sounds that come robbers run away in horror]: Daskalova-Perkovska et al. 1994, No. 130:65-66; Albanians [donkey, ram, cat, rooster leave evil owners; meet a wolf; a ram asks him to close his eyes, open his mouth, rushes into her; rips his belly open; the rooster climbs an oak tree, sees a light; they come to the house where wolves are sitting; screaming in a terrible voice, throwing the skin of a dead wolf on the threshold; wolves run away; a young wolf sent for reconnaissance; in the dark he is pecked, beaten, scratched, he says that the house was taken over by robbers; wolves are leaving]: Serkova 1989:248-252; Bosnians [the hostess poured salt on the chickens, they are dead, scrambled eggs were made from the remaining eggs, one egg rolled away; meets, takes Rooster, Cat, Donkey, Ram as fellow travelers, everyone ran away from the owners; they answer the Wolf that they are not suitable for food, Ram is good; Wolf opens his mouth, the Ram jumps, breaks his head with horns; they come to the Wolves house, drink to the health of the person lying under the fence, Wolves see that it is the Wolf, run away; decide to return; The egg hides in the ash, The cat under the bench, the Sheep in the back, the Donkey outside the door; the Wolf enters, makes the fire, the Egg bursts into his eyes, others hit the Wolf, all the Wolves run away, the Egg and his comrades stay in the wolf's house]: Golenishchev- Kutuzov 1991:231-235.
Central Europe. Russians, Ukrainians, Belarusians [Winter (overnight) animals: a bull, a boar, a rooster drive away a wolf (bear, robbers) trying to enter their house (the house they occupy) )]: SUS 1979, No. 130:74; Russians (Arkhangelsk, Karelia, Vologda, Tver, Voronezh), Ukrainians [Frightened wolves: fleeing from a ram showing a wolf's head out of the bag]: SUS 1979, No. 125:73; Ukrainians (Kharkiv) [Old people are going to marry a son and want to slaughter a chicken in honor of the holiday, but it runs away, the same happens to a rooster, a bull, a wild boar and a turkey. The son comes to the forest and finds animals in the clearing. He invites them to warm up, treats them with cheesecakes, animals carry firewood, warm themselves, the bull builds a hut, does not let the pig in, it threatens to undermine the passage under the wall, he lets it in. Under the same conditions, it lets turkey, chicken and rooster in. The bull offers to play hide and seek when he looks for a pig, drops the stove at it, it squeals, the wolves get scared and run away. Wolves gather a large pack and bring a bear. A bull, a pig, a chicken and a rooster hide in a tree, a bull falls on a bear and almost kills, wolves run away. Animals return home when the son is already married, the grandfather rejoices at the return of animals]: Grinchenko 1895, No. 181:243-244; Ukrainians (Kyiv region) [a peasant drives away a goat and a ram; they find a wolf the head is carried in a bag; wolves cook porridge around the fire; the goat asks the ram to serve the wolf's head - yes, not the one, but the larger one; one wolf goes to get water, the others, one by one, go looking for it; coming together, they decide that they were afraid in vain; the goat climbed to the very top of the tree, the ram is lower; the wolves ask the elder to conjure how to get a goat and a ram; the ram falls on the "sorcerer", the goat shouts to serve the sorcerer, the wolves ran away]: Pankeev 1992:25-26 (=Petnikov 1955:46-47); Russians (Arkhangelsk, 1908, Sumy Posad. U.E. Bazarova's bourgeois) [An old man and an old woman keep an old horse, a pig, a cat, a rooster and a dog. They want to kill the horse, he finds out and leaves at night. A pig goes after him. The dog eats the old woman's bread, they want to kill her, she leaves. The cat drops the pots of yogurt, leaves, and the rooster goes after her. Animals approach the robbers' hut, the horse knocks out the window with its hoof, the robbers get scared and run away. The horse and the pig stay in the yard, the dog in the hallway, the rooster climbs to the roof, the cat sits in the oven. The robbers want to come back, one of them comes into the house, takes the cat's eyes for coal in the dark, wants to inflate it, she rushes at his face, he runs away from home, the dog grabs his legs in the hallway, he falls, the cock shouts "ku-ku-re-ku, hit him", the horse kicks, the pig bites the robber in the yard. Returning to the robbers, he says that he is "in trouble", they hear the rooster scream and run away. Animals live together without an owner, a cat cooks, a dog guards, a horse works, a rooster entertains with songs, a pig removes sewage]: Tseitlin 1911, No. 3:10-11; Russians (Voronezhskaya, St. Bobrov, 1962) [The old man takes the old cat to the forest because he no longer catches mice; the cat has lived in the forest, calls the Rooster (his owners want to cut off his head), a pig (they want to stab it), a horse (its owner is not feeds). Animals come to the robbers' house, make noise, and each sing in their own way. The robbers get scared and run away, the animals sit in the house, eat. The robbers come back, one of them enters the house, takes the cat's eyes for the coals, wants to light a match from them, the cat rushes at him, the rooster crows, the pig knocks down on the porch, the horse is in the yard hits. The robber says that an imp attacked him from the stove, someone shouted "hold him" from above, the witch knocked him off her feet on the porch, and the chieftain hit him with a baton in the yard]: Kretov 1977, No. 7:22-22; Luzhitans: Uther 2004 (1), No. 130:99-100; Poles: Aarne 1913 [12 variants]: 81-84; Krzyżanowski 1980 [animals move away from their owners; the first is usually a goose or horse facing punishment; along the way others join; they stay in an empty house for the night; robbers (devils, wolves) live in it; in the dark, everyone attacks the visitor in their own way (the horse frogs, the bull butts, the cat scratches, the cancer is enough with claws, etc.); animals get the house]: 223
Caucasus - Asia Minor. Kalmyks [sheep, goat, hare, rooster found a dead wolf, took off their skin; wolves are in the kibitka, one plays the dombra, the others are dancing; ram: give me dombra, sings: 7 wolves dance famously, and the eighth is already ready; the short wolf is the bravest, goes out the door, sees the skin, the wolves run away; the short one returned to see what those who came in the kibitka were doing; the ram kicked him in fear on the nose, the goat in the belly, the hare rushed, the rooster crowed; the short one runs, says: the gray-eared man was looking for a club, the dapper shouted that he would tear me apart (etc.); friends remained in the wolf's kibitka]: Vatagin 1964:261-262; Kabardian people [the cat, goat and calf went for a walk, built a farce; a bear, a wolf and a boar live nearby; a bear sends a wolf to the cat to ask for food, otherwise they are impoverished; the cat offers a smoked wolf carcass, the wolf runs away; the same is the boar (offers a pork shoulder); the bear himself comes - the cat offers half of the bear carcass; each time he says that they eat everything; the bear calls the cat for a treat, climbed on plane tree; the boar covered himself with a mat, the wolf ran away to watch; the cat brought a goat and a calf, began to nibble on the sheep's carcass, the goat and the calf to drink mahsyma; the boar pulled its tail, the cat thought that the mouse, rushed, the boar ran away, there was a mat on his head; the cat climbed the tree in fear, the bear fell in fear; the wolf also ran away, not understanding what was going on; the cat offered to return home, for the bear, wolf and boar soon they will understand that they were deceived]: Kardanov 196:106-110; Balkarians (zap. 1972) [the donkey, dog, cat and rooster grew old, the owners drove them away; they came to the robbers camp; they looked out the window and yelled; the robbers ran away, the food went to friends; the robbers decided to return, sent one to reconnaissance; the cat bit him, the rooster jumped on his shoulders, the donkey kicked, the dog grabbed from behind; the robber told his comrades how he was attacked; one grabbed his shoulders and shouted "Don't miss it"; the robbers left]: Malkonduev 2017:597-598; Ossetians [in a house on the top of Mount Bear, Pig, Wolf, in the house at the foot there are Sheep, Goat and Rooster; Wild boar is sent down for fire; Rooster calls for a snack on boar meat at the same time ; Wolf comes - put the coals in the wolf's skull; Bear - give me a piece of one of the bear carcasses; The Wolf peeks out the window, thinks that the Ram, the Goat and the Rooster are preparing to attack; they go away, climb the tree The ram hangs on a branch by the horns; falls on the Bear, the Rooster shouts to be held, the predators run away, the Rooster and his friends return to their home]: Byzyrov 1971, No. 46:299-3-1 (=Dirr 1922, No. 44:170-172); Ingush [the rooster, cat, dog, donkey are old, they want to slaughter the rooster, the others have been kicked out of the house, they went together, came to the house of the abreks; they frightened them by looking out the window and screaming; at night, the abreks sent one to reconnaissance; animals rushed at him in the dark, abrek told his comrades how he was hit with a sword, knife, etc.; the abreks left, the animals took possession of the house]: Sadulaev 2004, No. 21:57-59; Kumyks: Ganiyeva 2011a, No. 109 [the owner drove away the Rooster, Goose, Ram; they live in a forest dugout; the Fox comes; the Goose stings her, the Rooster bites, the Sheep butts, the Fox runs away]: 264-265; Khalilov, Osmanov 1989 [the calf and the goat were found jackal skin; went into the dugout, where 9 wolves drink wine; without answering the greeting, told the musician to play for the guests; he: the calf has come to an end, the goat has come to an end; the calf plays back: 10 skins on the fur coat necessary, there is already one outside the door; wolves see the jackal's skin, run away]: 29-30; Dargin residents: Ganiyeva 2011a, No. 53 [Goat and Calf went on a journey, came to the Wolves House; everyone tells fairy tales; Goat tells how he wanted to get Calf a wolf coat; Wolves run away, Goat and Calf sleep in the house; in the morning they climb a tree; Wolves gather downstairs, Calf falls, Goat screams to catch the biggest, Wolves run away], 54 [about like (53)]: 165-166, 166-167; Armenians [foal, goat and pig went to look for a place where it is good to live; they came across a wolf camp; but they drank to their health, and when those who came began to voice as they usually did, were frightened and left; the goat pinched branches, the pig dug the ground, the foal quilted the tails of flies; the wolves who returned thought that the goat was breaking branches to hit them wolves; a pig digs the ground in search of wolves - whether they have disappeared into the ground; the foal shows that it will beat wolves just as it is now whipping itself; scared and left]: Dirr 1920, No. 32:154; Turks [a donkey runs away from its owners, meets and companions a dog, rooster, cat (rooster and hare; sheep, rooster, fox, egg; rooster, cat, egg, dog, sheep); (find the corpse of a predator), show it to others to predators, they run away, those who come occupy their house; predators return, do not understand who is in the house (mistaking the cat's eyes for coals in the hearth), frightened, run away]: Eberhard, Boratav 1953, No. 11:34; Kurds [rooster, cat, dog and donkey leave the poor man; in the forest they enter the palace, on the table of food; the rooster sits on a pole, the cat hides under the stove, the donkey in the middle of the room, the dog is ready to bite; the youngest seven giants are scratched, bitten; the same with the second; they all come in together, run away in horror, frightened by the cries of a donkey and a rooster; friends have wintered, but the cat secretly ate meat supplies; friends quarreled and separated]: Jalil 1989, No. 172:479-480.
Iran - Central Asia. Tajiks: Levin et al. 1981, No. 24 (Muminabad) [the rooster is old, the owner wants to slaughter him; he goes to Hajj, he has a cat, a donkey, a dog; they stay in the robbers' house; at night one of they come in; the cat clung to their eyes, the donkey hit the door, a dog bit in the yard, someone began to sing a prayer for the departed; the thieves ran away, the animals stayed in the house], 74 (Gissar district) [the owner wants to slaughter a cow, she runs away, a ram, a goat and a rooster join her; they find the skin of a tiger, wolf, fox, throw them on a cow; they enter a house where the wolf, tiger and fox; the fox took a tambourine, sang; the wolf went out, saw skins outside the door, ran away; then the same tiger and fox; the wolf decided to return; in the house the cow lifted him to the horns, the ram began to butt; the fox saw it, ran away; the pets stayed in the house], 174 ( Asht District, Ferghana Valley) [the butcher wants to slaughter a goat, it runs away; a ram and a calf join her; they enter a house with three wolves; everyone sings about who he will eat; a goat, a ram and a calf sing that They got 11 wolf skins, there are three left to get; the wolf goes out to see that this is true, they run away; the goat, the ram and the calf remain in the house]: 131-132, 159-160, 207; mountain Tajiks (Oksoy) [ a calf, a goat, a ram, a rooster were kicked out, they went together, found a dead wolf, took off their skin, came to a house where four wolves; each sings a song that hints at how to eat one of who have come; the goat sings back: it collects wolf skins; the elder wolf goes out, sees a wolfskin outside the door, runs away; the rest are the same; friends leave, climb the mulberry tree; wolves come; the calf is screaming in fear, the goat: grab the biggest one; the rooster crows; the wolves got scared, ran away; the calf broke his leg, a plaque was tied to him, everyone went to the village]: Levin et al. 1981, No. 108:179-181; Persians: Aliyeva et al. 1958 [the fox put on a turban, said she was going to repent; followed by a rooster, a wolf, a donkey, a bear, a ram; they stop in a destroyed caravanserai, predators occupy one room, domestic animals are different; fox: I will go first, then the wolf and the bear; the donkey kicked her, the ram poked her horn in the stomach, the rooster pecked out one eye; the fox jumped out, said it was delicious; the same with the wolf; with bear; people came running, finished off all three]: 475-479; Marzolph 1984, No. 130 (Khorasan) [rooster, cat, dog, donkey stand on top of each other, scream, robbers run away in horror]: 51; Bukhara Arabs [donkey, the ram, the rooster, the mouse ran away from the owners, came to the steppe; the donkey began to sing; the wolf came; the donkey to the ram: I will hold him with my legs when he grabs, and you butt; the ram broke the wolf's ribs, the rooster pecked, the mouse dug the ground ; the wolf ran away; says to the magpie that he met a monster with five legs; he was beaten, dug one grave for him; the magpie led the wolf back; the donkey opened his ass, the magpie began to bite, the donkey clamped it, began to beat her tail, the feathers flew; she agreed with the wolf that it was a monster; the donkey and others weaned and returned to their owners]: Vinnikov 1969, No. 25:165-166.
Baltoscandia. Latvians: Arys 1971:58-59 [goat, ram, cat, rooster, goose have built a house for themselves; they lie down in different places for the night; the wolf does not tell the cubs to enter an unfamiliar house, one wolf cub has gone; goat, then the ram butted him, the cat grabbed his face, the goose began to beat him, the rooster screams, asking him to give him his share; the wolf cub tells his mother how he was beaten by terrible people], 84-86 [the peasant drove away the old horse; she went to Riga to hire a musician, met and accompanied a dog, a rooster, a cat; at nightfall, the cat climbed a tree, saw a light, friends came to the hut of 12 robbers; got up They screamed at each other, the robbers ran away; at night they returned, one came in, the cat scratched him in the dark, the horse kicked, the dog bit, the rooster frightened him with a scream; the robber told others how he was attacked; the robbers decided to leave]; Estonians [16 variants like "The Bremen Town Musicians"]: Aarne 1913:5-8; Finns [202 entries in this story]: Aarne 1913:8-46; Lithuanians: Kerbelite 2014, No. 4 [26 options; a bull, a dog, a pig, a cat entered the house; thieves arrived, one entered the canopy; the dog bit the leg, the pig screamed, "Where is the hammer," the cat began to scratch its eyes, the bull pierced the stomach; the thief decided that people attacked; the thieves left, the owner of the animals got the wealth], 18 [3 options, only one calf mows hay; calf, rooster, ram, goose, pig went on a journey, came to live in a hut; the calf mows the hay, the wolf asks if he is afraid of him; the calf replies that the wolf is one horn for him; so with 2, 3, 4 wolves; when a blind man comes, the calf says he is afraid of him; the wolves told the blind hold the calf, went to get firewood, fire, dishes; the calf asked the blind man to let him roll over on the other side, put a snag in his place; the wolves came to the hut, the blind man came in; the calf butts, the pig screams, "Where is the hammer?" ; a blind man was killed, others ran away]: 37, 51-55; Livans, Counselors, Veps, Karelians, Western Sami: Uther 2004 (1), No. 130:99-100; Swedes [the cat heard how the owners are going to slaughter a cow; leaves, since there is no more milk for him; meets and companions an ox, a wild boar, a goat, a goose, a rooster; they stay overnight in the trolls' house; a trollich comes, went to the hearth, the cat clutched her claws, the boar pierced its fangs into her leg, the goose pinched her cheek, the goat butted from behind, the ox raised her horns; the trollich told others how people of different professions attacked her; Trolls did not come to that house again]: Stier 1971, No. 43:176-178; Norwegians [Sheep, Pig, Goose, Rooster leave home fearing that they will be stabbed, they also take the Hare with them; they build a house and live; Wolves They send one of them to find out who has settled nearby; he pretends to come to ask for fire; the Ram and the others beat and peck the Wolf; he says that the shoemaker hit him with a bag, the blacksmiths tore him with ticks, It's good that the hunter didn't find his gun]: Asbjíørsen, Moe 1960:102-105.
Volga - Perm. Mordva: Evseviev 1961, No. 10 [goby, ram, duck, rooster, cat leave home; only a cat and a bull build a house for the winter; others threaten to break it, they are also allowed in; a hare comes in, then a fox, then wolf; everyone thinks there are scary creatures in the house; wild animals run away]: 57-59; Shakhmatov 1910 [the ox and the cat have built a house for themselves; a ram, a rooster, a duck, a goose have come to live with them; they lie down for the night in different places ; one of the wolves comes in, is beaten, tells the others]: 315 in Aarne 1913:47; Marie (meadow) [rooster, goose, ram, bull go into the forest; the bull is building a hut; the fox brought a bear, he enters the house, scared, runs away]: Sabitova 1992:46-48; Chuvash [{pages 210-211 not available in pdf}; rooster, chicken, goose, ram, duck leave home, swarm to go together; come to an empty house; wolf comes at night; everyone begins to scream in his usual way, the wolf runs away]: Chuvash tales 1937:210-212; Kazan Tatars: Zamaletdinov 2008a, No. 33 [cat, rooster, goose and bull lived in the clearing for summer; the cat decided build a house for the winter, others do not help; then they ask to let him in, otherwise they will destroy the house; the wolf and bear came to the house, the wolf was the first to enter; the bull butted under his ribs, the goose began to pinch, the cat is ready to scratch, the rooster crows; the wolf tells the bear: one began to poke peas in the side with an awl, the other began to pinch with a frying pan, the third screams and cheers], 34 [the girl fried peas in the stove; he started jumping in the pan and shoot; the cat got scared and ran; towards the rooster; the cat to the rooster: a pea army is coming; the rooster runs with the cat; they are joined by a turkey, a crane, a duck; having reached the top of the mountain, they decided stay, the pea army would not come there; before the cold weather came, the cat made a home for itself, and others said they would overwinter anyway; but soon they asked to let them in; the cat first drove them away, but they they threatened to break the house, had to let him in; two divas came up; they told another to enter the house; a duck, a turkey, a cat, a crane began to scratch him, peck, and the rooster screamed; divas to a friend: one wanted to go to his head Drive a nail, scratched the other face, almost caught it; when summer came again, the animals returned home; the owners wondered where they had been all winter]: 90-91, 92-95; Bashkirs: Barag 1989, No. 112 [ the owner drove the aged donkey away; he meets the dog, says that he goes to the city to play artists; the dog joins, knows how to bark beautifully; the cat meows well; the rooster crow; everything is near the robbers house they screamed, the robbers ran away in fear; then they returned; in the dark, the robber mistook the cat's eye for a coal, the cat scratched it, a dog bit on the doorstep, a donkey kicked at the fence, the rooster screamed; the robber explained to his comrades how he was hit with an ax, warmed him with a baton; the robbers left], 113 [goat, chicken, cat do not want to build a hut, the bull is building alone; in winter they ask to let him in, threaten, the bull lets in; 9 wolves came; the cat sings that wolves, the fox will fit on a fur coat, the wolves run away; later they come again, the cat sings again, the wolves run away]: 433-435, 435-436; Udmurts [in autumn The cat built a house for himself; Rooster, Goose, Goat they refuse to help, everyone says that they have a house, but then they force them to let them in, otherwise they will break the house; the blind Bear comes; the Goat butted him, the Goose pecked, the Cat scratched, the Rooster pounded; the Bear left, says that a woman hit the house with a frying pan, the girl pinched, the old woman scratched, the girl hit; Cat's friends are still fighting, but they live in his house]: Aldan 1936:51-53 (=Kralina 1960, No. 32: 87-88); Komi [bull, boar, rooster drive the wolf (bear, robbers) away, try to enter their house (into the house they occupy); No. 130A: animals build a house; 130B: animals run away from the threat of death into the forest] : Korovina 2012, No. 130:76.