K80a5. Wild boars and fratricides. 16.28.

Brothers competing as suitors or heirs must get wild boar. The youngest can do it. The elders kill him and steal the boar. The truth is coming out.

Germans (Grimms), Ukrainians (Kholmshchyna, Galicia, Podolia, Chernihiv, Kyiv, Cherkasy, Poltava), Belarusians, Poles (Mazury).

Western Europe. The Germans [the wild boar is rampant; the king promises a daughter to whoever kills him; two brothers decide to try it; the little man gives the youngest, who has a kind heart, a magic spear; a boar rushed at the young man and was killed; his elder brother hit him from behind and buried him under the bridge; brought a wild boar to his father and said that the youngest was dead; many years later, a shepherd was walking across the bridge and noticed a stone in the sand, made from it mouthpiece to pipe; the pipe begins to sing: Oh shepherd, you play my bone, my brother killed me and buried me by the stream, took the boar, married the royal daughter; the shepherd brought the pipe to the king; he ordered the bones of his youngest son to be dug up and reburied near the church; put the elder in a bag and drowned]: Grimm, Grimm 2003, No. 28:99-100 (=Grimm, Grimm 1987:94-95).

Central Europe. Ukrainians (recorded by Panteleimon Kulish's brother-in-law, Vasil Bilozersky near Borzna in Chernihiv region) [Husband and wife lived, and they had two sons. They drove the hog into the herd garden. The hog digs, digs and goes far. The eldest told the youngest to go and wrap it, but he said he didn't want to. The elder brother killed the youngest in a place dug by pigs and buried him under a hut. After a year or two, an ash tree grows. Potters go with merchants. Potters suggest cutting the ash tree and making a pipe. The pipe says: little by little, little, Kupchinonka, play, don't hit my heart completely! My brother killed me, drove me out of the light for the hog he dug in the garden! Potters ask them to play, the pipe sings the same thing to them. My father and mother heard it and asked me to play too. The pipe says the same thing to her father, mother. My brother is pale, afraid that they will find out. Let him play: little by little, little brother, play, don't hit my heart completely! You killed me, drove me out of the light for the hog you dug in the garden! Then everyone will know, but grandma also asks. Doodochka sings to her. Then everyone believes it. For the younger brother, they put a memorial dinner, and the eldest is tied to a horse's tail and carried to the bones]: Kulish 1847:76-77; Ukrainians (Nemirov, Podolsk Gubernia) [Husband and wife, they have three sons - two are smart and the third is a fool. Smart scientists, well-dressed, don't do anything. A fool at work does not dress well and does not want light bread. My father has a very nice garden, but something is starting to damage him. My father says that if anyone were to track down the enemy who was emptying the garden, he would give him half of his farm. The eldest son is called in. He brings pillows and covers to the garden, lies down and sleeps until morning. Even more damage is being done to the garden that night. My father is crying. The middle son goes the next night, lies under a pear tree and sleeps until morning. My father is upset. On the third night, Stupid asks to be allowed to guard the garden. When it gets dark, he ambushes him in the ditch. At midnight, a hefty boar comes into the garden, begins to dig the ground and eats young roots. A fool crawls up to him, kills him with an ax on the head, and only then goes to bed. In the morning, smart brothers get up to watch and laugh at the Stupid, what kind of guard he is. But when they see a wild boar, they turn pale. They resent that Stupid will get parental goodness, and why did they study then? The elder takes the axe lying near the boar, kills the Stupid, the other brother drags the victim into a hole, throws rose hips and thorns. They come to their father and say they've caught a pest. The father is very happy, he asks where the Stupid is, and the sons jokingly say that he must have taken a stupid path. Dad says that once he's gone, let him be kind of silly. One day, a shepherdess drives cattle near that garden, jumps over the ditch, cuts a pipe for himself, puts it to his mouth, and she plays: "Slow, slow, shepherdess, play; don't hit my heart completely: brother He killed me; the younger one hid me, covered me with thorns, because of the veprik that dug in the garden." And my father is at the gate listening. He asks what kind of pipe he has. He replies that he carved it in his garden. The father asks me to play, and the pipe calls him father. The father is amazed, calls his educated sons, makes him play. The pipe says, "Slowly, brother, play; don't hit my heart completely: you killed me; the youngest one hid me, covered me with thorns, because of the veprik he dug in the garden." They knit it it. The father is calling his youngest son. Only he puts a pipe to his mouth, as she says: "Slowly, brother, play; don't hit my heart completely: my brother killed me; you hid me, covered me with thorns and rose hips, so the veprick that dug in the garden." They also link this up, they take both to prison. That man gives the shepherdess his best horse and that pipe to go and bring revitalizing and healing water. A shepherdess brings it from afar. They're digging up the Stupid. They pour healing water on his head, his skull grows together; they pour revitalizing water on his head, the guy begins to breathe. The father rejoices, lives out his life with the Stupid and the shepherdess, who got all his father's goods]: Gribinyuk 1908:13-17; Ukrainians (Tarnov, Kholmskaya Gubernia) [The king has three sons, two clever, and the third one is stupid. He owns a garden that wild boars invade and cause damage. The king promises half a kingdom to whoever kills a wild boar. Sons hear this, they go to the garden to shoot the boar. They get followed by a silly man, they laugh at him. They come, sit in an ambush, the elder shoots and misses, the middle one too, the stupid one shoots and kills a wild boar. They are sorted out by anger. The eldest decides to kill him so that he does not get half the kingdom, the middle asks not to kill him, because this is also the soul. But he shoots a fool and kills him, wraps him in a corner and sprinkles him a little bit. They go back to their father, who asks who killed the boar. The elder says he is. His father gives him what he promised but asks him where the fool is. They say that they have gone to Volyn. My father is worried if they did something to him, but they say that nothing happened, he left because he was stupid. In spring, a shepherd chases sheep in the field behind the garden. While they are grazing, he is lying on the ground, seeing a plant next to him. That's how a soul came out of the grave, but he mistook it for a plant. He cuts off his pipe to play it, but only brings it to his lips when she starts playing: "Little by little, vlach, play, ah, don't hit my heart completely, in the meadow, in the meadow, in the meadow, my brother killed my brother, for that boar that dug in the garden." He gets scared, comes home and tells people. Someone reports to the king that Vlah has found a plant that plays. He calls for everyone to be convened: both the army and all commanders. When everyone agrees, the king takes the pipe in his hand, she starts playing and calls him father. The mother takes to play, she treats her like her mother. The middle brother takes: "Little by little, robber, play, ah, don't hit my heart completely, you were also there when my brother killed me for the boar he dug in the garden." The king orders the oldest to play, he does not want to, he is afraid. He plays like this: "Little by little, robber, play, ah, don't hit my heart completely, in the meadow, in the meadow, you killed me for the boar you dug in the garden." The king is furious and tells him to go where Vlach cut this plant. Everyone comes there, the army is all around, raking the ground, finding a body. It becomes clear that the killer is an older brother, who no longer denies it. The king orders death to be repaid by death so that the warriors stab him and bring his heart and little finger. They cut off his finger and asks him not to be killed. The eldest, with mercy on him, they carve out the heart of the dog that follows them and, along with his little finger, take him to the king, and let him go. He runs away, moves away, far away to Volyn, where he establishes a kingdom and dominates. Years go by, the king has a daughter growing up, she is incredibly beautiful, she does not want to marry anyone but someone as beautiful as herself. The eldest son hears about this, who is as handsome as she is because she is her own brother. He comes, doesn't say who he is, they don't recognize him, the Queen likes him right away, but she wonders why he never takes off his gloves and eats like that, which gives her doubts. One day he takes her to the garden for a walk, and they walk and say that they are about to get married. She says she would give him a ring by now and put it on his hand herself. He gives a hand, she quickly takes off her glove and discovers that he doesn't have a finger. She says he should be her brother. He confirms and asks what to do now to somehow convey this to his father so that he does not hold a grudge against him. At dinner, the Queen tells her father that it is her brother, whom he, the father, ordered to be killed, begs her not to be angry with him. The king decides that he was also furious then, because both the child and the child, should not be resurrected, but that one should be killed, let him live. Korolevich gives money to all troops and commanders for releasing him, then dominates with his father]: Kolberg 1964, No. 10:98-101; Ukrainians (Kolomyia, Galicia) [Father and mother. They have three sons, two are smart, and the third one is stupid. They have a garden, and in that garden there's a wild boar that digs a lot. A father is walking, two smart brothers are walking, they can't kill him. On the third night, the foolish man asks his father to let him kill the boar. His father calls him a fool and doubts him. But he begs his father, his father says he should go to hell, and if he doesn't kill the boar, there's nothing to come home. He aims, kills the boar, brings him home in the morning. The father does not believe that it was a stupid son who killed, his mother believes he sends him to take food in the field to his brothers who plow. He brings food, they ask him what it is, they find out that it is the meat of a wild boar that has dug a lot in their garden. They eat meat, send their brother to guard the horses. They decide to kill him, because his father will love only a foolish man. And he didn't come to them to say that my brother had gone somewhere. Killed and buried under an elderberry. The guy grazes cattle there, makes an elderberry pipe, plays, the pipe says, "Oh play, son, play! One enemy killed, the other tried to persuade him for digging in the kindergarten." The guy keeps playing, the pipe repeats the same thing. He comes home and lets the hostess he served with play. The pipe calls her mom. Gives the brothers who killed him the pipe says, "Oh you enemy, play! And you, the enemy, killed, and he tried to persuade him for digging in the kindergarten." Then the brothers give it to their sister, the pipe turns to her. A father who was looking for that stupid son and couldn't find him realizes that they killed him and buried him. He asks the guy where he got the pipe, the guy shows that the old man finds the victim in the hole. Gives her other sons to prison for twenty years]: Bugiel 1910:238-239; Ukrainians (Nemirov, Podolsk Province) [Husband and wife, they have three sons - two are smart and the third is a fool. Smart scientists, well-dressed, don't do anything. A fool at work does not dress well and does not want light bread. My father has a very nice garden, but something is starting to damage him. My father says that if anyone were to track down the enemy who was emptying the garden, he would give him half of his farm. The eldest son is called in. He brings pillows and covers to the garden, lies down and sleeps until morning. Even more damage is being done to the garden that night. My father is crying. The middle son goes the next night, lies under a pear tree and sleeps until morning. My father is upset. On the third night, Stupid asks to be allowed to guard the garden. When it gets dark, he ambushes him in the ditch. At midnight, a hefty boar comes into the garden, begins to dig the ground and eats young roots. A fool crawls up to him, kills him with an ax on the head, and only then goes to bed. In the morning, smart brothers get up to watch and laugh at the Stupid, what kind of guard he is. But when they see a wild boar, they turn pale. They resent that Stupid will get parental goodness, and why did they study then? The elder takes the axe lying near the boar, kills the Stupid, the other brother drags the victim into a hole, throws rose hips and thorns. They come to their father and say they've caught a pest. The father is very happy, he asks where the Stupid is, and the sons jokingly say that he must have taken a stupid path. Dad says that once he's gone, let him be kind of silly. One day, a shepherdess drives cattle near that garden, jumps over the ditch, cuts a pipe for himself, puts it to his mouth, and she plays: "Slow, slow, shepherdess, play; don't hit my heart completely: brother He killed me; the younger one hid me, covered me with thorns, because of the veprik that dug in the garden." And my father is at the gate listening. He asks what kind of pipe he has. He replies that he carved it in his garden. The father asks me to play, and the pipe calls him father. The father is amazed, calls his educated sons, makes him play. The pipe says, "Slowly, brother, play; don't hit my heart completely: you killed me; the youngest one hid me, covered me with thorns, because of the veprik he dug in the garden." They knit it it. The father is calling his youngest son. Only he puts a pipe to his mouth, as she says: "Slowly, brother, play; don't hit my heart completely: my brother killed me; you hid me, covered me with thorns and rose hips, so the veprick that dug in the garden." They also link this up, they take both to prison. That man gives the shepherdess his best horse and that pipe to go and bring revitalizing and healing water. A shepherdess brings it from afar. They're digging up the Stupid. They pour healing water on his head, his skull grows together; they pour revitalizing water on his head, the guy begins to breathe. The father rejoices, lives out his life with the Stupid and with the shepherdess, who got all his father's goods]: Gribinyuk 1908:13-17; Ukrainians (p. Brodsky's Berlin, Galicia) [The king has three sons: two smart, the third stupid. He owns a garden, a wild boar got into the garden and started digging. The king says that whoever protects the garden will sit on his throne. The eldest son calls in, goes, but doesn't kill. The youngest goes and doesn't kill. The average decides to go. They laugh at him like he's a fool. A foolish man goes to the garden, makes his own bed, goes to bed and sleeps. He finds a thorny thistle, sticks it in his heads, and it prevents him from falling asleep. A boar comes, starts digging and picking apples, a fool kills him with a gun. He goes to his father very happy, reports. The brothers laugh at him, call him a fool, He swears. Father and brothers go to see it and make sure it's true. His father admires him and tells his brothers that he is smarter than both of them. They advise him what to do, decide to go for a walk and kill him there. Mikhasia's name is to go out with them. They find a fish pond in which the water has dried up, but there is silt. Little brother doesn't agree to kill. The older brother punches the stupid man in the nose, then on the back of the head, he loses consciousness and falls. The elder grabs a stick for the tanning tank and beats the youngest to death. They unfold the fabric, bury it in the mud and stick a stick in that place. The stick is accepted, a golden stalk grows, golden apples on it, a golden violin and a bow hang on it. The shepherd drives the herd, drives him to the pond. He has a son, and he sends his son to wrap his herd from the pond so that someone doesn't get stuck. The shepherdess goes to wrap, sees a golden apple tree, a violin and a bow, gets out, picks apples, takes off his violin and bow. He wraps the cattle, starts playing, the violin says: "Little by little, little by little, my shepherdess, play, only mine, just don't cut my heart! For in the meadow by the branches, my brother killed me for the veprik that dug in the garden." The shepherdess comes running to his father, says he plays. The violin speaks to him. He brings the cattle to the king, comes to the rooms, brings the violin, kisses his hand and tells him where he got it. The king plays, the violin calls him father. The king is crying, the queen is playing, the violin calls her mother. My little brother comes and asks me to play, the violin says: "Little by little, little by little, my brother, play, just mine, just don't cut my heart! For in the meadow by the branches you said: "Don't hit!" , for the veprik who dug in the garden." My older brother comes and asks for a violin, she says: "Little by little, little by little, my brother, play, just mine, just don't cut my heart! For you killed me in the meadow by the branches, because of the veprik that dug in the garden." They go with the shepherd, the shepherd shows the place where the apples were picked, they begin to dig a hole, find the victim in the mud. The king orders that the stallion from Staney be brought and the eldest son tied to the tail. He is allowed into an open field: where he hits his head, there is a valley, and where there is a mound with the rear]: Franco 1895:221-222; Ukrainians (Rozhnov Snyatinsky, Galicia) [Three brothers, two smart, and the third is stupid and him they are called Popelennik (from popil - ash, ash). They have a father, mother and sister, and there is a beautiful garden near the hut, where wild boar often comes and spoils it. The eldest son asks his father for a gun and goes to the garden to guard against the wild boar, but he does not show up. He hands over to his middle brother, but the boar's still gone. The father promises to leave the garden after his death for the son who kills the wild boar. Both brothers have been guarding the boar for two weeks to no avail. Their stupid brother Popelennik comes to them and calls to guard them. The brothers are laughing at him. He goes to bed right away in the garden, sleeps a day before, and at night he waits for a wild boar and kills him with a gun. The older brother hears a shot from the yard, comes running and sees a dead boar. Because he is afraid that his father will write Popelennik's garden, he kills him, takes him far to the ditch and buries him there, and tells his father that he found a gun in the garden, a boar has come, he killed him, but his brother is nowhere. Searches don't lead to anything. One day, his sister walks along the bank of the stream, sees a wand sticking out in a snag, pulls it out, it's a pipe. She takes it home, puts it on her lips on the way. The pipe plays by herself: "Play, sister, play, don't forget about me, my brother killed me for the wild boar he dug in the garden and rolled me into the ditch." She gets scared, brings a pipe, tells her father. He puts a pipe to his lips, and she calls him father. He calls his wife, the pipe calls her mother. The father calls his eldest son, he blows, the pipe plays: "Play, enemy, play, don't forget about me, you killed me for that wild boar that dug in the garden and rolled me into the ditch." The father learns that the wild boar was killed by Popelennik and Popelennik was killed by his son, and tells his daughter to take everyone to the place where she found the pipe. Popelennik is found killed. The father orders his evil son to be shot and buried near Popelennik. The middle son receives the promised garden]: Little Russian tales 1895:460-461; Ukrainians (Galicia, p. Terebovlyansky district) [The king has three sons. He owns a large field and takes great care of it. A pig comes to that field and digs. He tries different ways to banish that boar, but it fails. The king promises a reward to whoever kills this boar. He promises half a kingdom. Everyone is starting to claim it, but no one succeeds. The youngest princess kills a boar. When his oldest brother finds out, he prevents him from reaching the king, kills him, buries him in the same field, and boasts that he killed the boar. The king is very happy with this and gives him half his kingdom demanding that he marry immediately. He starts questioning him where his youngest son is. He replies that he has gone somewhere around the world, and the king believes him. Tsesarevich invites tailors to sew clothes for the wedding. The tailors finish their work, he buys them vodka to treat them. One tailor gets very drunk and starts walking around the field and singing in a way that everyone can't admire it. The tailor says she can not only sing but also play. He asks him to make him a pipe, and he will play with it. But no one can make a pipe. He gets angry, goes to the field and starts looking until he finds a great wand on the grave. He sits on that grave and makes a pipe for himself, tries to play, and the pipe sings: Little by little, tailor, play, and don't interrupt my heart's paradise! My brother killed me, hid me in the field, because of the veprik he dug in the garden. The tailor gets very scared and sobers up with fear. He goes to the king, says that he saw a beautiful willow, took a knife, cut off a twig, saw a stone, sat on it and started playing, and the pipe sang. The king says that if that's true, he'll give him four oxen, and if it's not true, he'll get five beeches. He agrees. The king picks up the pipe and starts playing. Dudka calls him a priest. He gets very scared and tells his oldest son to play. Dudka calls him a thief. When everyone hears this, they take out a wild horse and tear the elder queen with harrows]: Zdziarski 1903, No. 2:155-156; Ukrainians (Galicia) [The king has three sons: two smart and the third stupid. The king owns a beautiful garden where wild boars get into and cause damage. The king is angry and proclaims that whoever saves him from the boar will receive part of the royal possessions. But no one can do it. He goes to his two sons, they go to the boar for a few nights, but they can't do anything to him. A foolish son comes to the king and asks to be allowed to kill that boar. The king doubts he'll be able to do it. A stupid son goes to the blacksmith and orders him to make a hundred long double-cut knives, which he sticks his tips upwards into the ground. As usual, the boar comes in the evening, but falls on knives, cripples its snout, paws, etc. so that it barely crawls into the forest and exhales there. The brothers find out about this, consult with each other to kill the stupid, the younger one resists this idea, but the elder insists, kills his brother and buries him under a pear. They come to the king and report that a foolish man was ripped apart by a boar they killed him for it. The king rejoices, gives them part of the estate, and they begin to feast endlessly. One day, a shepherd crawls out onto the garden wall to pick his pears and sees a beautiful violin lying under the pear. He takes the violin, plays, and the violin replies: "Little by little, shepherdess, play, don't cut my heart right away, because my brother killed me, hid me under a pear, because of the boar he dug in the garden." The footman hears this, then the cook, then the king finds out, orders his sons to be arrested. The younger brother picks up the bow, but the violin makes its natural sound. To his older brother, the violin replies: "Little by little, you, a robber, play, do not cut my heart right away, because you killed me, hid me under a pear, because of the boar that dug in the garden." The king orders you to dig under the pear where the son's body is found. He is buried honorably, his eldest son is hanged, his innocent brother becomes king after his father's death]: Barącz 1866:148-149; Ukrainians: Rudchenko 1869, No. 55 (Umansky District, Kyiv Gubernia) [Man, he has three sons: two smart, the third one is a fool. That man's garden, where a wild boar is used to, eats apples under an apple tree and digs. The eldest son says he will go to the garden with the intention of killing the boar. She goes, sits under an apple tree, falls asleep. The boar comes, eats apples, digs in the garden, leaves. He wakes up, sees traces of the boar's presence, goes home, boasts that he hasn't lost his life. His little brother goes to the second night, but he can't kill himself either. A fool goes to the third night. He comes to the garden, paves thorns under an apple tree, takes a large poppy pestle and sits on thorns. The thorns keep him awake. At night, a wild boar comes, goes under an apple tree, a fool sneaks up quietly and kills him on the head with a pestle. He comes to the house, asks the brothers to put the oxen in the cart to go and pick up the wild boar from the garden. They're laughing at him. He harnesses the oxen himself and goes, the brothers follow him. They come to the garden and see a wild boar lying under an apple tree. The two brothers try to roll it on the cart, but they can't move it. The fool asks them to stand in front of the oxen, picks up the boar under his belly and pulls them to the cart. The brothers see that he is so strong, and he also killed a wild boar, they envy him, they say that if they bring this boar home, his father will see him and then he will pay him, but they don't, it's better to kill him and say at home that he went looking for another one. They kill him and bury it under an apple tree. They bring the wild boar home, the father asks them where the fool is. They say he went looking for the second boar, he said that two of them came, but he killed one and the other ran away, so he went after him with the intention of killing him. They fiddle around the wild boar, tar it, salt lard. On the grave where the fool was buried, a kupyr grows (lat. Anthríscus); a shepherd grazes cattle there, cuts off that kupyr, makes a pipe out of it. When he starts playing, the pipe sings: "Little by little, shepherdess, play, don't hit my heart completely: my brothers killed me, killed me from the light because of the wild boar that dug in the garden." He walks near cattle, plays. A Cossack goes, hears him playing nicely, asks him to sell this pipe. The shepherd sells. The Cossack is driving along the road, playing, the pipe turns to him. He comes to the village and asks that family to spend the night. He plays there, then lets the owner play. The pipe refers to him like a priest. That man asks where he got it, the Cossack says he bought it from a guy, and that guy says he carved it in your garden. The boys confess that they killed their brother. The father tells them to be sent to prison, the fool is dug up and buried in the cemetery. The fool's father celebrates lunch on it], 56 (Romanovka Novograd-Volynsky at. Volyn Gubernia) [Three brothers, two clever, and the third is a fool, they have golden apples in their garden that a boar is used to. A father sends his sons to guard. The elder goes, does not wait, falls asleep. A boar comes, digs, eats an apple, leaves. Dad gets up, counts apples, there's no one. He sends the middle man, he waits, he falls asleep. A boar comes, digs, eats an apple, leaves. Dad gets up, counts apples, but there's no one again. The fool says he'll go. My father doubts him. The fool asks for a gun. The father does not want to, the fool takes it himself, goes to watch. He breaks the thorns, stumbles them around them, sits. When he sleeps, he stabs him. He hears a boar coming. Only he wants to dig, a fool shoots at him. Brothers hear and come. They see that the boar is lying and they say that they will get it now. The elder suggests killing a fool, burying it in a hole and saying that they killed a boar. They kill, bury them in a hole, take a wild boar themselves, go, wake their father up, say they sit on the doorstep, when suddenly a boar comes and they kill him. The master is driving, seeing that a beautiful viburnum has grown on the mound. He gets out, walks, cuts off, makes a pipe and plays. She plays and sings herself: "Play, master, play, just don't hurt my heart! My brother killed me, my brother buried me, but because of the wild boar he dug in the kindergarten." I went to the tavern, where the father of the victim was. Pan says he was driving, cutting a pipe, and she was playing herself. Dad takes him, plays, she calls him dad. She brings her home, lets her mother play. Dudka calls her mom. Dad lets his brothers play, but they don't. He orders. The youngest takes it, the pipe calls him brother. The father lets the eldest who killed him play, he doesn't want to, the father yells at him. He takes it and plays: "Play, brother, play, just don't hurt my heart! You killed me, you buried me because of the wild boar you dug in the kindergarten." Dad wants us to take you to where he killed him. My brother is driving. They dig up, bury the dead in the cemetery, tie the older brother to the stallion, who even breaks his bones]: 156-158, 159-161, 160 (Chernihiv Gubernia) [The fairy tale is completely identical to No. 56, only they sing along: "Little by little, master, play, don't hit my heart completely: that brother killed me, stuck a knife in my heart, because of the veprik who dug in the garden"]; Ukrainians (p. Stanislavchik, Shpolyansky district, Cherkasy region) [Father and mother, they have two sons. The sons are going to hunt wild boar. The younger brother kills the beast, the eldest walks all day, he fails to shoot a wild boar. He decides that he will be laughed at in the village if he returns without prey, decides to kill his younger brother. He kills, buries him in a clearing, takes a wild boar, pulls him home. She brags about all her loot. Parents ask where my brother is. He replies that he hasn't killed anything yet and is still in the woods. A viburnum bush grows in the place where the younger brother is buried. The shepherds drive a flock home, cut out a pipe, put it to their lips, she says: "Oh little by little, shepherd, play, but cut my heart little by little, my brother killed me, killed me from the light, and for that wild boar in the forest buried it." The father and mother look out for their son, standing at the gate, and ask the boys to play their strange flute. The father takes it, puts it on his lips, the pipe calls him father. The mother takes the pipe. She calls her mother. Parents understand what is going on, they call their eldest son to play. He refuses. The father orders, the son picks up the pipe. The pipe says to him: "Oh little by little, murderer, play, but cut your heart little by little, my brother killed me, killed me from the light, and because of that he buried the wild boar in the forest." The guy confesses to his crime, takes people to the place where he buried his brother. The father pours dead water over the wounds, then sprinkles living water on the body, and the son comes to life. The eldest son is expelled from the village, he wanders like a werewolf in the forest, howls at night for a month out of regret]: Zinchuk 2009 (book 33): 213-214; Ukrainians (Chernihiv region, Borzna; recorded by Panteleimon's brother-in-law Kulisha Vasil Bilozersky) [Husband and wife lived, and they had two sons. They drove the hog into the garden to fall. The hog digs, digs and goes far. The eldest told the youngest to go and wrap it, but he said he didn't want to. The elder brother killed the youngest in a place dug by pigs, and buried him under a hut. After a year or two, an ash tree grows. Potters go with merchants. Potters suggest cutting the ash tree and making a pipe. The pipe says: little by little, little, Kupchinonka, play, don't hit my heart completely! My brother killed me, drove me out of the light for the hog he dug in the garden! Potters ask them to play, the pipe sings the same thing to them. My father and mother heard it and asked me to play too. The pipe says the same thing to her father, mother. My brother is pale, afraid that they will find out. Let him play: little by little, little brother, play, don't hit my heart completely! You killed me, drove me out of the light for the hog you dug in the garden! Then everyone will know, but grandma also asks. Doodochka sings to her. Then everyone believes it. For the younger brother, they put a memorial dinner, and the eldest is tied to a horse's tail and carried to the bones]: Kulish 1847a: 76-77; Ukrainians (the town of Varva Priluksky near. Poltava governorate) [The king and queen do not have children; they turn to healers. The grandfather says that the queen will soon give birth to three sons, two of whom will be smart and the third will be a fool. A year later, triplets are born. Every midnight, a wild boar begins to come to the royal garden and empties it. Tsar: Whoever kills a boar will receive half the kingdom and become heir to the throne. Many people try, but fall asleep without waiting for the wild boar. Two eldest sons are summoned, and they also do not succeed. The youngest waited for the boar, killed him with a gun and fell asleep. The elder brother killed and buried the sleeper, and took the boar to his father. Two weeks later, the older brother is celebrating his wedding. The shepherd sees a reed on the grave, cuts it off, makes a pipe, she plays: Oh little by little, shepherd, play, don't hit my heart completely. My brother killed me in the garden for the wild boar he dug in the garden! The shepherd goes to the queen, the pipe calls her mother, the tsar the priest, the tsar lets his eldest son play, the pipe exposes him, he falls dead]: Bodyansky 1835:3-14; Belarusians [grandfather and woman three sons; when he dies, the father orders to guard the grave: whoever will guard will catch a golden hog digging the royal garden and the king promises a reward; the eldest, middle son is afraid, they run home to the fullest; the youngest a fool catches a hog in a bag; the eldest killed the youngest, brought the hog to the king, received an award; after a while, the reeds grew, the shepherds made a pipe, she sings: Play, play, shepherds! My brother killed me for the golden hog; let the tsar play; the tsar guessed it, executed the murderer]: Romanov 1887, No. 45c: 264-265; Poles (Mazurs) [someone steals a golden apple from the owner every night; the eldest, middle sons go to guard, fall asleep; the youngest fool sees a black horned boar appear at midnight; killed him; the brothers are envious; they killed the youngest and buried it; reeds grew on the grave; old the shepherd made a pipe, started playing, she sings: Play, sweet pipe, I have a stone on my heart, my older brother killed me, my middle brother advised me, and I killed a wild boar for my father; the shepherd burned the pipe, and at this point an apple tree with golden apples grew; only a shepherd could take them, and if someone else tried, the apple tree grew immediately; the cat advised the shepherd to pick and preserve the best apple; this apple began to sing that one the same song; the cat told me to give the apple to the princess; as soon as the princess separated the apple from the cutting, that younger brother appeared in front of her; the wedding; I was also there and drank beer, flowing down my chin, in my mouth]: Toeppen 1867:139-140.