K77bb. Goat weapon. 11.14.17.26.-.29. (.31.) .34.

When asked by a predator, a goat (goat, ram, etc.) answers questions in the sense that its body parts are weapons and other items designed to kill the questioner, or The goat is really armed.

Limba, Sudanese Arabs, Kabila, Arabs of Syria, Lebanon, Hungarians, Luzhitans, Abazins, Adygs, Kabardians, Ossetians, Balkarians, Ingush, Kumyks, Dargins, (Western Sami), Khakas, South Altai Tuvans, Tuvans, Buryats, Mongols, Dagurs.

Bantu-speaking Africa. Limba [The goat found himself in the swamp, called for help, said the Leopard; when he saw the goatbeard, he asked what it was; Goat: my mascot - whoever I send to will die; The leopard ran away, the Goat himself got out of the swamp]: Pozdnyakov 1990:171-172.

Sudan - East Africa. Sudanese Arabs (jaaaliin) [the hyena lived on the island, and the wolf and donkey lived on the shore; the ox went to graze on the island; the donkey asked him to take it with him, promised not to scream; but when he was full, he screamed; went out hyena, asks the ox what is on his head, pointing to his ears and horns; ox: my shields; my spears; the hyena has moved away from the ox, asks the donkey; donkey: my ears; the hyena bit off one, the donkey ran away; refused again go to the island: bite off the second ear]: Hurreiz 1977, No. 1:75.

North Africa. Kabila [the jackal asks three goats where they are going; they say to him; he ate the older, middle goats; asks the youngest that he has fur between his legs! but in your hands? ticks! Where are you going? eat you! a goat was butting a jackal]: Rivière 1882:149.

Western Asia. Syrian Arabs: Abu Risha 2015 [a plump goat meets a wolf; answers his questions honestly, is eaten; a lean goat says he rips open his wolf's belly with his horns; he will vomit with his teeth his eyes - let him just come closer; the frightened wolf runs away]: 42-43; Kuhr 1993 [there were three goats: lame, crooked and healthy; lame came to the meadow, the jackal asks what (horns) he has on his head, what is lower ( eyes) that between his legs (scrotum), is he afraid (yes); the jackal ate it; the same with a crooked one; healthy: he came here to drink, there are spears on his head, lanterns below, a hammer between his legs; he is not afraid of the jackal, he will drive him away; The jackal ran, the goat was hurting him]: 253-255; the Arabs of Lebanon [there were three goats: Siksik, Mikmik and Jureybon ("little bastard"); the hyena asks S. what he has on his head; horns; and on his back; wool; why does he tremble; afraid of her; she swallowed it; the same with M.; when asked J., he replies that there are sabers on his head, there is a shield on his back, he trembles with anger and impatience to squeeze her soul out of the hyena to fell out of her eye sockets; the hyena ran in horror, and S. caught up with her, ripped her belly open with horns and freed her swallowed brothers]: Bushnaq 1987:233-234.

China - Korea. The Chinese [in the evening in the hut, one person tells another that he is not afraid of a tiger or a damn thing, but only if the drip-drip drips from the roof; the tiger hears, thinks that the drip-cap is worse than him; ran to the village climbed into an empty hut; when he came up, he saw a thief with a lantern, thought it was a drip-cap; the thief climbed into the same hut and mistook the tiger for a cow; in the morning he saw a tiger, climbed a tree; the tiger says to the monkey that met a drip-cap, who is now in a tree; a monkey ties its paw to a tiger's paw, climbs a tree to prove that there is only a human; and if a drip-cap, he shakes his head; the thief fearfully He let his pants go, the monkey began to shake off, the tiger decided that he was nodding, rushed to run, dragging the monkey, she died; went to look for the deer without knowing what it looked like; asks the deer what his name was; the deer: Honorable tiger, I want to eat tiger meat; tiger: what's under your belly? deer: wine kettle - I'll eat reindeer meat, then drink wine; tiger: what's on my head? bamboo cart, I put half-eaten tiger meat in it; out of fear, the deer peed himself and shouted that the drip-cap had come; the tiger ran away]: Riftin 1972:45-47.

The Balkans. Hungarians [every day three kids went to the forest to feed on berries; the wolf meets the first one: where are you going? - Into the woods. - Aren't you afraid I'll eat you? - I'm very afraid; my brother is behind me, he is fatter; the same with the second; the third advises me to wait for their father; old goat: why should I be afraid of you; I have a pair of guns on my head and a bag of gunpowder on my stomach; the wolf is scared and Ubezhal]: Dégh 1965, No. 28:196-197.

Central Europe. Luzhitans [one goat had one belly, the other had two, the third had three; the first two say to the wolf that they had horns on their heads, udders on their belly, the wolf swallows them; the third says that they have horns on their heads, udders on their belly, the wolf swallows them; she has a pitchfork, a club on her belly, dogs rumbling in her belly; the wolf got scared, jumped over the fence, ran into him, the goats jumped out of his belly]: Romanenko 1962:137-138.

Caucasus - Asia Minor. Abazins [three goats graze, the oldest goes home first; seven wolves: what do you have on your feet? goat: dudes; why do you move your tail? goat: I'm afraid; it was eaten; the same with the middle one; younger: dudes on my feet, what wolves gouge out their eyes on my head, I move my tail because 7 dogs will jump out of me; the wolves ran away, the goat came home]: Tugov 1985, No. 16:35; Kabardian people [old Don has 8 goats and a goat; the first goat has one stomach, the second has two, etc., and the goat has nine; goats leave the pasture one by one as they fill their pasture stomachs; the wolf asks if Don is brave, each goat replies that he is not brave, the wolf eats it; the goat praises Don's courage and power; replies that he has sharp horns on his head to rip open the wolf's belly, his teeth in his mouth gnaw a wolf, crush a wolf on his hooves; the wolf ran away, the goat at home told everything; the wolf was found, his belly was ripped open, the goats came out alive]: Kardanov 196:88-92; Adygs [the sheep are the first to leave the meadow; answers a wolf who is afraid of him, he ate it; the same is a goat; an old goat; a wolf: why does your tail tremble? goat: two hunting dogs follow me; wolf: hold them; wolf runs away]: Aliyeva 1978, No. 69:337-348 (=Kerashev 1957:286-287); Kabardian people [the goat went alone from the pasture; wolf at the bridge: where are you going? -Home from the pasture. - Why is your tail shaking? - I'm afraid of you; the wolf ate it; the goat is coming, replies that the tail is shaking with impatience to rip the wolf's belly; two hunting dogs are following him; wolf: hold the dogs; ran away]: Aliyeva, Kardangushev 1977:31-32; Balkarians: Malkonduev 2017:585-586 (Western 1927) [the goat, lamb and calf went to the mountains in the spring; in autumn it became cold and the calf was the first to go down; at the bridge, the wolf asks why he does not say hello; tells him to look back, stabbed and eat; the same with lamb; the kid began to move its tail; wolf: what is that on your feet? - Sticks that beat my enemies on their own. - What are the things on my head? - Cutting swords by themselves, I use them to cut through the bellies of wolves stopping travelers on the road; the wolf got scared and ran away, and the kid went home], 735-736 [about the same as on p. 585-586]; Ossetians: Britaev, Kaloev 1959 [Kobley has 5 goats: single-bellied, double-bellied, etc.; one-bellied wolf: what's on his head; goat: K. pitchfork tips; under his feet? food for goats; the wolf eats; and with others; five-bellied: there are spears for wolves on his head, stones beat wolves between his legs; K. comes to the wolf's lair; speaks loudly to the traveler to give it to his wife: when his son is born, grows up, they come to dig up the wolf's lair with a shovel; the wolf believes that K. will stay for years, jumps out, K. leads him on a rope; says that he will miss Falvára (the patron saint of animals ), whoever buys will get rich; the rich man buys, the wolf slaughtered all his goats and sheep]: 21-24; Dzagurov 1973, No. 4 [poor Gazza, he has 7 goats - one-bellied, two-bellied, etc.; wolf first: what's on his head (horns) - pitchfork tips; what is between the legs: udder with milk; the wolf eats the goat; and the following; seven-bellied: G. is a wolf hunter, on his head there are iron sticks to kill wolves, between the legs to kill wolves; the wolf left the goat alive, she came home, said that the rest of the goats were eaten; G. shot the wolf]: 21-25; Ingush [the youngest goat has one belly, the middle goat has two, the eldest has three, the hooves have knives, the body of a saber, instead of a beard, needles; each meets a wolf, he offers to fight, swallows the first two goats; the eldest stabs with a needle, cuts with a knife, rips open the wolf's belly with a sword, swallows the swallowed ones pop out]: Malsagov 1983, No. 139:282; Sadulaev 2004, No. 19 [approximately as in Malsagov 1983, No. 139]: 51-52; (cf. Kibiev, Malsagov 1965 [the two older goats are cocky and boastful; in the evening they take turns going home, the wolf meets him, the goat agrees to fight, the wolf swallowed it; the same with the middle goat; the youngest cared for him, two older ones jumped out of their belly]: 20-21); Kumyks [Goat has goats Mead, Did and Guide; she does not tell them to return home alone; everyone leaves to meet the Wolf; asks what's on their heads, etc. receives the answer that it comes from the pasture, there is wool on the body, there are horns on the head, fear in the heart, eaten by the Wolf; the Goat comes last, replies that it is a black death, comes from the black death, there are thin lumps of hair on the body, there is a pitchfork on his head, the Wolf's death in his heart; his belly ripped open, the goats jumped out alive]: Ganiyeva 2011a, No. 46:152-153; Dargins [the wolf asks the elder goat, he answers: he is going to eat weed, below are legs, horns on the head, the heart trembles with fear; the wolf swallowed it; the same with the middle one; the youngest: below are legs of steel, on the head there are golden horns, the heart tells them to plunge them into the wolf's belly; the wolf runs away, the goat ripped his belly with horns, his older brothers came out]: Khalilov, Akhundov 1989:39-39.

(Wed. Baltoscandia. Western Sami (Varanger) [the fox went to see what it was good to eat; the deer replied that it was not only jumping, but also sleeping; when he fell asleep, the fox ate it; since then he has been attacking deer, if they are motherless; the calf replied that its gut sticks out and then pulls in when he wants to eat fox meat; since then, the fox has been avoiding the calves; hare: the eyes are big, but all I'm afraid; the fox ate it; goat: not only my eggs are big, but my spirit is also strong; the fox is now avoiding goats]: Kohl-Larsen 1982, No. 28:160-162).

Southern Siberia - Mongolia. Khakas [a goat meets a wolf; says that its forked hooves are a meat fork, her beard is her hair; the wolf is afraid of the monster, the bear teaches him not to be afraid, tied the wolf to him with a rope; rushed at the goat, pulled the wolf, he gave a voice, the bear decided that the wolf was laughing at him, pulling the rope harder, the strangled wolf grinns his teeth, both got tangled in a rope, died]: Ungvitskaya, Mainogasheva 1984: 219; South Altai Tuvans [the family migrated, forgetting the yoke, the ram and the goat; the goat offered the name of the ram Chief Tsarevich, himself - the Middle Tsarevich, the yach - Tsarevich-Khvostik; the wolf, the goat came climbed the larch, the yoke and the lamb could not, they hung on the branches; the goat replies that he has swords on his head, what they wipe them off the blood under his chin, the red penis of the yoke is a bayonet, the scrotum of the ram - the bag in which the wolf is put; the yoke fell, the goat screams to grab the wolf, the wolf ran away, fell into a trap, the old man chained to it ran away, three friends killed the wolf; seven wolves came to the fire; those they see a dead wolf, run away]: Taube 1994, No. 53:273-274; Tuvans: Samdan 1994, No. 17 [the wolf comes to the goat left in an abandoned camp; asks what is on his head; - Pointed sabers kill a bear and a wolf; what's below? - Put a bag on the kidneys and glands of a bear and a wolf; what is below the mouth? - Wipe the handkerchief after the bear and the wolf are eaten; the wolf runs away, the bear tells him to return, they tie with a rope; the bear asks the same questions when he hears the answers, runs, dragging the wolf on a rope, that suffocated; the kid took the dead wolf, came to the plague of the seven wolves; sings that seven wolf skins are enough for a fur coat; wolves take turns coming out, disappearing; the last two go out, see the wolf killed, run away]: 359-361; Hadahane 1984 [wolves ate goats and seven goats, there are copper horns left; asks the wolf to come eat it when he grows up and becomes fat; replies that he has swords on his head, under his chin wipe off the handkerchief, eating bear meat and lupus; the wolf ran away, does not believe the fox that the goat is not terrible; does not believe the bear; the bear tied it to his leg and led him to the goat; the goat shouts to the bear that he is he needs it; the bear ran, the tied wolf suffocated]: 92-94; Buryats: Barannikova et al. 2000, No. 6 (Yeravninsky District, Eastern Buryatia) [friends Stallion, Goby, Lamb, Goat see the Bear; he asks about the purpose of his horns, beard, scrotum; The goat says that he cares with this, will wipe his mouth, put leftovers in a bag; all four roar, bleat, the Bear runs in fear; the Wolf assures that he is afraid nothing, he ties the Bear by the neck to follow him; friends roar and threaten again, the Bear drags the Wolf, he dies, the Bear ran away], 12 (no information about the recording location) [the bear sees a goat for the first time, asks what it is, pointing to horns; goat: peaks to pierce a bear; the same is the scrotum: a lead whip braided with veins to hit a bear in the face; bangs: when I hunt a bear, I cover my eyes from sun; beard: wipe your mouth after bear fat; bear: whose son are you? goat: goats with bone peaks; the bear has run away; the she-wolf leads him back to eat the goat; the bear is afraid, the she-wolf ties herself to him; the goat boldly meets halfway, the bear runs, drags the she-wolf, she is dead ]: 53-57, 65-69; Dugarov 1990 [Paglai left the cat to guard him stegly; the cat ate him; P. beat him; the cat invited the goat and ram to run: once eaten stegly, P. would slaughter one of them; in the forest the cat told the goat and the ram collides with his foreheads, they cut out a spark, made a fire; a bear comes; the cat says that his brother wants to face the bear; a goat comes out; the bear asks the cat what is on his brother's head; the cat : what the skins of dead bears are dried on; under the chin: what the brother wipes his mouth with while eating bear meat; the bear is about to run, the ram poked his horns in the heart, the bear died; the cat called P., he stocked bear meat for the winter]: 360-361; the Mongols [goby, camel, lamb, kid, foal lived under a rock; a tiger asks what the kid has under its belly; a kid: two batiks; on the head? - stab two spears with them; the tiger ran away, the wolf led him back, and so that the tiger would not be afraid, he tied him to him; the goat rushed to the tiger, he ran, the wolf died; seeing a grinned mouth and scratches from his claws in the snow, the tiger thought that the wolf recorded how it was, tore him dead]: Potanin 1883, No. 169:554-555; the Mongols (Ordos) [the man tells the camel, the stallion, the ram to answer the tiger that they camel, etc. Khan; they are afraid, the camel says he is a camel, etc.; the tiger ate everyone; when he comes to the goat, he replies that he is a sky gun, an earth gun; there are two knives on his head to kill tigers; salt tiger meat under his belly; the tiger ran, the goat after him slipped on the ice, droppings fell out of it; the goat: oh, if it hadn't been for the crumbling rosary, he would have eaten the tiger]: Potanin 1983, No. 26: 194-195; Dagurs [a black bear sees a goat grazing, it pretends not to be afraid of it; the bear does not know what kind of animal it is, the goat pretends to be surprised - he is a mountain goat; the bear points on the horns, the goat replies that these are double-edged swords; the tail is an ax; the beard is a napkin to wipe bear fat from the mouth; the bear runs away; the fox explains that fears are in vain, suggests going together to eat goat; envious of them, the goat shouts to the fox: thank you for bringing the bear even earlier than promised, today we will eat bear paws and drink wine; the bear kills the fox, runs away; the goat returns from the pasture to owner]: Bender, Su Huana 1984:183-186.

Western Siberia. Nganasana [bear, wolverine and wolf live in the plague; rich people left the sleigh; the fox found wolverine skin in them; told the cow to scrape it and show it if wolverine and others came; to say that the wolverine has the same skin as it already has, it would be nice to tear it off; {the wolverine ran away}; the cow climbed the tree; wanted to relieve herself, the branch broke and it fell; {wolverine, wolf, the bear ran away}; (hereinafter referred to as Lekarenko); the eagle (who lived with a cow in the same plague) grabbed the cow by the ear, carried it for a long time, left it in a poor hut; a Russian came and dragged the cow, since then it has been living with the Russians]: M . Momzikova, presentation at EUSP, 26.11.2015 with reference to Kurumaka Tuglakov, Jean-Luc Lambert 1991 and (last episode) Sundampte Chunanchar, A.P. Lekarenko 1927.

(Wed. The Great Southwest. Seri [the cougar caught the rabbit; he said his back was yellow because he caught a lot of cougars and dragged them on his back; shouted to other rabbits to throw the cougar's head out of the cave; they threw out the cactus; the cougar got scared and ran away]: Moset, Marlett s.a.).