K80c4. Silent witnesses to the crime, ATU 960, 960A.
.13.-.17.22.23.26.-.31.33. (.36.)
In a deserted place, one person kills another. Over time, he is exposed due to facts and circumstances that do not seem important and do not directly tell about the crime (the victim's last words; who were or appeared on the place where objects or living things were killed). (All texts containing K80c3 and K80c4 motifs also include the more general K80c motif).
Bilene, (Sakho), Arabs of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Ancient Greece, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalans, Italians, British, Germans (North, Baden-Württemberg, Switzerland), Dutch, Frisians, French (almost everywhere), Socotra, Arameans, Arabs of Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Shans, Karen, Nepali, Pakistan (Urdu), Chinese (Guangdong), Hungarians, Bulgarians, Czechs, Poles, Russians (Tver, Samara), Ukrainians (Galicia, Kiev, Kharkiv, Poltava), Crimean Tatars, Adygs, Karachays, Chechens, Nogais, Avars, Georgians, Turks, Kurds, Persians, Turkmens, Uzbeks, Swedes, Latvians, Lithuanians, Estonians, Finns, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Uighurs, (Yakuts).
Sudan - East Africa. Bilin [a man with two dogs guarded the well; two men asked him for water, he did not give it, they killed him and his dogs; long later, both robbers came to the village where she lived the victim's sister, but they did not know it; they stayed with this woman, and when her husband came, they asked him why he was in mourning; he explained how the well guard was killed; the men exchanged with each other with other signs and left as soon as possible; the woman noticed them giving signs, called her husband's relatives; those men were called to account and killed]: Reinisch 1883, No. 45:160-163; (cf. sakho [the father is poor but wise; promises his son to become an eagle; the son tells him not to do foolish things; but the father made wings from rags, climbed a tree, crashed to death; the son went to travel, married in another country; his wife gave birth to a cat; his wife's relatives killed her husband; the cat came to the king, complained, told everything; the king ordered the father and uncle of the victim's wife to be hanged]: Reinisch 1889, No. 17:146-148).
North Africa. Arabs of Morocco [a man came to the barber's tent and asked him to shave; barber: I can slaughter you now and no one will recognize you; man: the chief sultan (i.e. God) will recognize and tell you the youngest; the barber cut off the man's head, buried his body and head in different places at night; one day he came to the place where he buried his head; grapes grew there, bearing fruit at odd hours; the barber decided present it to the Sultan; when he began to take it out of the bag, his head was severed; I had to confess everything; the Sultan ordered the barber to be beheaded]: Alarcón y Santón 1913, No. 1:87-91; Algerian Arabs (probably the influence of the Shawía Berbers, with whom there are many marriages) [two went hunting; one was going to kill the other: for no one will know; the other: God will be a witness; on the spot murders grew grapes with unusually large berries; talking birds flew out of them and told about the crime]: Hilton-Simpson 1924, No. 4:85-86; Tunisian Arabs: Al-Aribi 2009, No. 17 [Two friends We went to the mountains. They were arguing about what would happen if the strong killed the weak. After all, no one will know anything. And the weak one says, "God sees everything." A strong man killed the weak man, his conscience began to torment him, and pulled him to the grave, where beautiful grapes grew in the winter. He decided to take it to the king, who gave it to the queen. The queen wanted to taste it, and blood began to flow from the grapes. They called the murderer, questioned him, and he confessed. This is always the case] in Korovkina MS; Fermé 1893, No. 7 [the other two stopped in a deserted place; one asked the other to shave him; he put a knife to his throat and asked what would happen if he stabbed him; the friend replied that the Grand Sultan would inform the little one and he would administer justice; the first cut off the second head, later hid it, returned home and continued to live a normal life; once he decided to visit the place murders and found a vine with excellent grapes there; decided to present the grapes to the Sultan, but when he opened the bag, his head was severed; the murderer confessed and was executed]: 279-281.
Southern Europe. The Portuguese [when the victim dies, asks the murderer to be the godfather of his child and give him the name Not Hide from God; either he says that burdock will tell about the murder; or flying partridges; Upon hearing the name, the king is surprised and solves the crime; or when he sees burdock or partridges, the murderer laughs, arouses the suspicion of others, and eventually confesses to the crime]: Cardigos 2006, No. 960:251; Spaniards: Boggs 1980, No. 960 [1) dying at the hands of the murderer, the man points to the burdock and predicts that he will point to the culprit; the burdock stuck to the murderer's clothes; the wife noticed this, began to ask questions why the husband is gloomy; he spoke about the murder; often returns drunk and beats his wife; she finally reported him and the murderer was hanged; 2) cm. Llano in Pedrosa 2003]: 115-116; Llano 1975, no. 121 in Pedrosa 2003 (Asturias) [poor brother collected firewood and sold; one day he found a deep hole in the forest, at the bottom of a gold bar; after pulling out a few, bought it for families of food and clothes; told the rich brother about this; they went together, the rich lowered the poor into the hole, he gave him bars; after taking the gold, the rich left, leaving the poor to die at the bottom of the hole; the poor asks Tell your pregnant wife: let him call her son A Dios nada se esconde; one day, when the boy was 7 years old, his mother called him loudly by name; two missionaries heard this, and ask the woman; they told the rich man to take them to where he last saw his brother; he had to confess that he was burned at the stake; when he was burning, the woman repeated: You can't hide it from God!] : 369-371; Catalans [cranes are the only witnesses to the murder; they fly over the murderers, thus handing them over to the authorities]: Oriol, Pujol 2008, No. 960A: 195; Italians (western 19th century) [the poor man met a murderer on a deserted road; begged in vain to keep him alive - he had no money; when he died, he called a pigeon flying by; the killer was hired as a cook; the owner brought him a pigeon cook; the owner's daughters noticed that the cook grinned, asked what was going on; he answered if the pigeon could be a witness; spoke about what had happened; they asked him to repeat the story, calling their father; the father called the police; the murderer was captured and executed]: Hansen 2002:89; Ancient Italy [there are Latin sources, cf. Ancient Greece]: Hansen 2002:90-91
Western Europe. The French (Normandy; other versions from Dauphinay, Lorraine, Provence, Bigorre, Landes; exposed crows everywhere) [Ponsias sold butter, eggs, etc.; returned home in old age ; two robbers attacked; dying from knife wounds, P. saw crows and said that the birds of heaven were witnesses to the crime; a year later, people gathered auto-da fe to burn father and daughter, who committed incest; when they saw the crows, the two robbers in the crowd noticed: here they are, witnesses in favor of P.; those standing nearby heard, the robbers were captured, they were confused in their testimony and confessed; them sentenced to wheeling; crows croaked during execution; the place of murder has since been called Field P.]: Tenèze 2000, No. 960A: 191-193; Germans (North, Switzerland, etc.): Uther 2004 (1), No. 960A: 601; Germans (Baden-Württemberg) [a tailor robbed and killed a Jew; when he died, he said: the sun will betray you; the tailor married, became a respected person; one Sunday morning, noticing the sun's rays, laughed; his wife demanded an explanation, he had to tell everything; the wife did not want to live with the murderer, told me everything, her husband was convicted; when he was about to cut his head, he noticed that the sun was his issued]: Hubrich-Messow 1988, No. 72:116-117; Dutch, Friezes: Uther 2004 (1), No. 960:601; the British (West 1903 from an 80-year-old shepherd) [two brothers decided to kill a shepherd; he said that crows would witness; one day crows flew in and began to croak; one brother asked another if he remembered the story; a neighbor heard, reported, and hanged the brothers]: Hansen 2002:90.
Western Asia. Socotra [during the famine, two men decided to take the woman's fruits and roots and kill her; she begged her to pray and not kill her before the moon rises; turned to the moon, instructing her to" her (moons; j.r., also grammatically, which is not typical for Semitic languages, comm. L. Kogan) of Tanuf's grandson, whose mother Zibrinno was killed for her roots and fruits"; son Z. began to look for his mother, those two murderers came to his house; when they saw the moon, they told this story; when they heard his mother's name, the owner of the house hacked down sword killers]: Naumkin 2012:422-423 (retelling Naumkin, Kogan 2013, No. 4:181); Arameans (Malyulya) [a man lived and fed his family with firewood in the forest; a large tree has been felling for five days; two under the roots a pot of gold coins; he called a rich neighbor; when they took out the gold, the neighbor said he would kill the poor man; he promised to take care of his children; he asked him to give it to his pregnant wife: let him name child by the Son of the Offended; a neighbor told the poor man's children that their father suddenly fell ill and died far away in the forest; a year later, a rich man came to the scene of the murder and found a vine with a bunch of grapes there, although it was winter ; grapes the size of an eye; a rich man brought grapes to the Sultan, but when he unfolded his handkerchief, there was a human head; I had to tell everything; the murderer was beheaded and his property was given to the family of the victim]: Bergsträsser 1915, No. 4:10-13; Arabs of Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Yemen: El-Shamy 2004, No. 960:667-668
Burma - Indochina. Shana [two friends went for two or three years to earn money; one decided to kill the other in the woods, take all the money for himself; when he dies, he asks the cloud to witness the crime; once he sees the clouds, the murderer laughed; the wife began to demand why he laughed, the husband reluctantly told; the wife told her sister, the story reached the leader; the murderer was executed]: Milne 1910:273-275 (=Kornev 196:126-127); Karen [two friends Phalun and Phakain made money by trading, returning home; they spent the night in the woods, Phakain decided to take his companion's money and kill him; Phalun called out to the clouds, taking them to witnesses to the crime; at home, Phakain said that Phaluna was robbed by robbers, and then he fell ill and died; once he was standing with his wife, looking at the clouds and the moon, smiled; the wife decided that her husband was remembering some Some mistress; he told his wife everything, she swore to remain silent; when Phakain got a mistress and beat his wife, she told Phalun's widow everything; Phakaina was executed]: Kasevich, Osipov 1976, No. 186:500-504.
South Asia. Nepali [the man decided to get rich; in bad weather he came to the rich man with a knife; he asked him to fulfill his last wish; let the murderer agree that bubbles in the puddles will witness the killed; the killer agrees; got rich; after many years he sees bubbles in puddles, laughs, the wife asks for an explanation, laughs too; the wife spilled out, the murderer was captured]: Sakya, Griffith 1980:181-183; Pakistan (Urdu; probably Punjabi) [respected faqir Danadil decided to become a dervish, went on a journey; in a deserted place he was attacked by robbers; he saw a flock of cranes and invited them to be witnesses; long after that, the people gathered for the feast; murderers also came there; a flock of cranes flew to them; one told the other that these were the ones D. saw when they killed him; people heard this, the murderers were tortured, forced to pay a fine: Hertel 1921, No. 85:340-341.
China - Korea. Chinese: Fielde 1893 (Guangdong) [a tofu maker has a young wife and an old mother; one man fell in love with a young woman, gained confidence under the guise of a buyer; offered a woman's husband go on a shopping trip; pushed him off the ship into the water; he tried to climb back, but the killer pushed him away and he eventually drowned; the killer said his friend fell into the water himself, he tried it save; later persuaded the widow to marry him; they lived well, they had a child; one day his wife saw a toad in the fish pond; she tried to get ashore, and the woman kept pushing her into the water with a stick; husband laughed, remembering how he shoved the woman's first husband off the ship; the wife demanded that he be told why he laughed; made her husband's life so unbearable that he decided to tell the truth; the wife did pretending to forgive, and at night she stabbed him in his heart; she explained everything at the trial and committed suicide]: 115-123; (cf. Frick 1954, No. 8 (Qinghai) [a white otter tells the mandarin that it can solve the crime; it is used to pull a corpse out of the river with a millstone around its neck; find a paired millstone, the owner is a criminal]: 519).
The Balkans. Ancient Greece [Ibykos lived in the 6th century BC in Rhegium, Greater Greece; the oldest evidence from the Antipater of Sidon, 2nd century BC, then Plutarch; Zinovius; Byzantine source of the 10th century); poet Ivik was mortally wounded by murderers sent to him by rulers dissatisfied with his popular popularity; this happened in a deserted place on his way to the Isthmian Games; when he died, Ivic saw a flock in the sky cranes, appealed to her to expose the murderers; those gathered for the games were outraged by the murder, but did not see a way to solve it; the tragedy of Eumenis was played out with Erinius's choir singing about the inevitability of retaliation against the criminals; the audience froze, at which time there was a crane click in the distance; then one of the murderers cried out, addressing the other: "These are the Ivikov cranes!" ; this is how he exposed himself, the criminals were executed]: Hansen 2002:90-91; Bulgarians [when dying, the murder victim calls ducks (hawks, the moon, etc.) to witness; later the murderer (or his brother), seeing ducks ( hawks, moon, etc.), grins; the king, dressed in simple clothes, notices this, finds out what is wrong; the murderer is executed]: Daskalova-Perkovska et al. 1994, No. 960A: 362; Hungarians [a man killed by his own as a companion; before death, the victim calls a tornado (sunlight, moonlight) as witnesses; many years later, seeing a "witness", the murderer recalls the last words of his victim aloud; others hear, punish killer]: Benedek 1984, No. 960:415.
Central Europe. Ukrainians (Galicia, Kiev, Kharkiv) [Secret Murder (Ivikov Cranes): A dying man asks feather grass to solve the murder; many years later, the murderer laughs at in the form of grass, tells her secret to his wife, she reports it]: SUS 1979, No. 960A: 247; Ukrainians (p. Naguevichi Drogobichsky district, Galicia; I. Franco, recorded by him personally) [The man has a mistress, they go to the forest, make a fire, sit and talk. Something comes to his mind, he starts killing her. When she falls, she shouts: "Lord, let at least this forest snag testify to my death." After burying the body, the man goes to a distant village, hires there, and then marries there. She has been living with his wife for a couple of years and they are doing well. One day they both go through the same forest, through the same place. He sees that forest snag and starts laughing. The wife asks why he laughs, he talks out, she insists, he confesses that here under this snag he killed one who was with him, and she shouted for this snag to testify about her deaths. The wife thinks that what he did to her can do to her as well. As soon as they come to the village, she reports to him. They hang it. So the forest driftwood gave it out]: Franko 1895:223-224; Ukrainians (Umansky u. (Kiev governorate) [two guys were returning from Bessarabia from work; one decides to slaughter the other; he asks for permission to say goodbye to the tumbleweed: there will be a witness; after stabbing a friend, the murderer came home, got married, went with his wife to visit his father-in-law; when he saw the tumbleweed, he laughed; the wife began to admit, the husband told me why; on a visit he began to beat his wife; wife: you stabbed that guy, and now you want to kill me; my husband was captured and sent to Siberia]: Rudchenko 1869, No. 79:207-208; Ukrainians (reported by K. Rakhno, recorded in 1977 by L.M. Pidgirna, a student of the Kamenets-Podolsk Pedagogical Institute, in the village. Shustivtsi, Kamenets-Podolsky district, Khmelnitsky region from pensioner L.M. Kavetskaya, 58 years) [two comrades returned from work, spent the night in the field; one decided to kill the other and take his money; when he died, he told the tumbleweed to witness the crime; the murderer became rich and went with his wife visiting another village; seeing a tumbleweed, the husband laughed, the wife demanded an explanation, the husband told me everything; the wife spilled out, her husband was arrested; so the tumbleweed became a witness]; (cf. Ukrainians (Poltava region, western 2009) [husband and wife have a cow; in the spring they ran out of hay; the owner stole a little from the lord; the wife always ruffled her tongue, but this time she was silent; soon young grass appeared, the cow was taken out to graze, and rolled along the steppe tumbleweed; owner cow: graze, the stolen hay was gone; the pan noticed the loss, went after the tumbleweed and it led him to the thief's house; the hostess forcibly begged him not to pick up the cow; decided to continue to be less talk, but did not understand how the pan found out about hay]: Zinchuk 2010a: 222-223); Russians [a man killed a merchant in the steppe under the rakita; before his death he says: Feather grass, even if you testify for me; many years have passed; the man was walking with his wife along the steppe, caught up with the rakita, laughed; the wife began to wonder why; the man told me; the wife began to walk, the man beat her; she went and pointed at him in court]: Sadovnikov 1884, No. 119:380; (cf. Russians {Tver Oblast is outside the area of distribution of tumbleweed; undoubtedly late borrowing; the Samara version is also likely to be borrowed from steppe dwellers} (Tverskaya, Western 1991) [while working, one guy worked hard, a friend drank everything; on the way back he killed a friend and took the money; when he dies, he asks the tumbleweed to be a witness; the guy married; one day laughs when he sees a roll -field; wife demands explanations; I had to tell, my wife shouted, the man was arrested and taken away]: archive of the Center for Tver Local History and Ethnography, sent by V.E. Dobrovolskaya); Poles [ the criminal kills the traveler; when he dies, he says that the sun (moon, tree) will witness the crime; so it happened: the criminal accidentally betrayed himself]: Krzyżanowski 1962, No. 960:295; Czechs : Uther 2004 (1), No. 960A: 601
Caucasus - Asia Minor. Crimean Tatars [while hunting, bey became angry with his servant, killed him, buried him under a rock; 10 years later he was driving past this rock with the khan; he saw a wonderful grape, asked Bey to pick him brush; blood poured from the very first berry; the remains of the victim were dug up, beat confessed]: Kondoraki 1875:131-132; Adygs [the villain, out of jealousy, leads a friend into the wilderness and kills to take possession of him wife; the dying man says: Either the crow will betray or the tumbleweed; having covered the crime, the villain marries the wife of the victim; one day, when the tumbleweed is brought into their house by the wind, the murderer succeeds; the wife by cunning seeks recognition, avenges her husband's death]: Tkhamokova 2014, No. 960A: 191; Karachays [thieves broke into the teacher's house; he cooked them food and told them a fairy tale; the woodcutter met the shepherd, advised He should learn the craft; the shepherd replied that a large herd was enough for him; the sheep died, the shepherd became impoverished; the woodcutter took him to the forest, and the shepherd bought food for the children with the firewood; the next time a shepherd and a lumberjack found gold in the cave; the woodcutter gave two-thirds to the shepherd, but he decided to take possession of everything and kill the lumberjack; before his death, the woodcutter asks to give his wife to name her son Bolushluk ("help"); the shepherd, who has now become a bay, complied with the request; once Khan was traveling with an army, his mother called loudly: Bolushluk! (the teacher said it loudly, people came running, tied up the thieves; but they asked them to continue the story); the khan asked the woman why she was calling for help; the woman told the whole story; the khan called bay, who in everything confessed; the khan executed him, handed over his property to a woman]: Rumyantseva 1981:5-10; the Chechens [two friends decided that the girl would be given to the one whose horse would stop closer to the edge of the abyss; one of them received wife, a son was born; when friends were returning from the raid, a single man killed a married man; when he died, he said: let the leaves of silver poplar (var.: tumbleweed) tell us about the murder; the son of the victim grew up, was driving together with the murderer, not knowing who it was; when he saw the poplar leaves moving, he laughed; the companion asked him to tell us what was going on, he said, the young man killed him; since then, silver poplar leaves swaying in the wind]: Malsagov 1983, No. 61:212; Nogais (Arukyz village, now Nevinnomysskaya village) [friends Ibray and Nuray married one girl Arukyz; she chose N.; while hunting I. shot at N.'s back; dying, he said that the tumbleweed would tell about the crime; at home I. said that N. had been bitten to death by wolves; married A. as if in memory of N.; once I. and his wife went to haymaking; brushing off annoying roll the field, I. said out loud, He will not say, N.! A. forced I. to confess to the murder, stabbed him with a dagger, and drowned herself]: Kapaev 2012:203-205; Avars [tumblefield options]: Khalilova 1992 and other publications (reported by K. Rakhno); Georgians: Bogoyavlensky 1894b, No. 2 (Gori) [the peasant found a jug of chervonets, told the tsar; he sent a vizier to investigate the case; the vizier killed the peasant; before his death he asks to see his pregnant wife; let him name his twin sons Oh God and Oh King; the vizier complied with the request; got rich; the twins grew up; one day the king heard them call each other; they told him that their father - a poor peasant who found gold and was killed by a vizier; the tsar executed the vizier, rewarded the peasant's family]: 106-107; Kurdovanidze 1988 (2), No. 123 [two peasants went to work; in the forest one decided strangle another in order to take possession of his money; he asked him not to kill, otherwise the tumbleweed would spread the message; when he returned home, the murderer once laughed when he saw a tumbleweed; his wife insisted for him to tell her why he laughed; he told; his wife told the neighbor; the murderer was hanged]: 241-242; Armenians [the shepherd found the treasure, told the village chief; he sent another worker kill the shepherd and pick up the treasure; before his death, the shepherd asked the worker to give 3 gems to his pregnant wife; if a boy is born, let him call it Dad-Bedad, and if it is a girl, let it be will want; the chief and the worker shared the treasures; DB grew up, asks the mother what the father did; mother: was a blacksmith; DB asks to take him as a student to the blacksmith; after a day he returned: scary and unpleasant; then but with a tailor, with a carpenter; the mother admitted that the father was a shepherd; DB began to herd the head's calves, earned quite a lot over the summer; the mother asks where the father's money earned over 30 years; mother: he was crazy, spent everything; but gave one of the three stones that her husband's murderer gave her; the jeweler gave him a bag of gold; they moved closer to the king; they built a palace with the money they received for the second stone like a king; on the third DB he bought a royal dress and a crown; in the afternoon the boy herds his calves, in the evening he sits on the throne at home; advisers come to him, he solves difficult things; once the king and vizier also came in under the guise dervishes; the adviser talks about a case that the king could not resolve; one merchant left money to his wife for 8 years, but was absent for 12 years; on the way home he met another; gave him 3 gems to hand over his wife, and he left again for 12 years; the second merchant appropriated stones; the first returned; wife: I received nothing; second: she spent everything; brought false witnesses; DB tells me to bring merchants and witnesses; DB asks witnesses separately, each answers differently about the size of the stones (DB gave each clay pellets of different sizes and each said that the stone was exactly that size) and about the time of year when it all happened (spring, autumn, winter); witnesses confess they lied; the next day the boy went to herd his calves; the king orders him to be brought to him; DB asks for royal power for two hours; DB again summoned witnesses, merchants and his mother; the murderer confessed everything; the king allowed the DB to cut off the head; {the text does not explain what Dad Bedad means; apparently, the name is significant}]: Harutyunyan 1986 : 146-157; Turks [one option is recorded from a Circassian; a peasant kills a friend; before he dies, he says that the murderer will be given thorns {die Dornen; it's probably a tumbleweed}; the murderer marries the victim's widow; laughs when he sees the wind carry the tumbleweed; the wife asks for an explanation, her husband tells her about the murder, she reports him, he is punished]: Eberhard, Boratav 1953, No. 141:156; Kurds [a lazy man and a hard worker went to the city to work; on the way back, the lazy man decided to kill a friend and take his money; before his death, the worker asks for a feather grass stalk brought by the wind be a witness; one day a lazy man saw a feather grass stalk carried by the wind and laughed; his wife insisted that he tell him why he was laughing; told people; the padishah told him to return the money to the widow killed and executed the murderer]: Jalil et al. 1989, No. 71:332-333.
Iran - Central Asia. Persians (Farce) [the victim of the murder calls on the partridge to witness the crime; later, the murderer laughs at the sight of the partridge; the king realizes that something is wrong here, the killer is exposed]: Marzolph 1984, No. 960A: 179; Turkmens [a peasant collected and sold thorns; once found 7 jugs of gold; two horsemen arrived; realizing that they were going to kill him, asked him to tell him to tell him to a pregnant wife, that if a son is born, let him call him Dad, and if twins, then one Dad, the other Bidad (Dad - "justice, justice"; Bidad - "injustice"; the combination "dad-bidad" - appeal to be fair, cry for help); the horsemen killed her husband and gave his wife his will; the woman gave birth to a son Bidad and a daughter Dad; they were five years old; the padishah was traveling with the army, the mother began to call the children home; when they heard the words "Dad and Bidad!" , decided that someone had been offended; the palishah asked the woman; she replied that one rider was the son of a vizier and the other was the son of a vekil; they confessed everything and returned seven jugs of gold to the widow]: Korogly 1991: 294-296; Uzbeks [=Konovalov, Stepanov 1986:92-109; three bundles of brushwood collected by the old man and his two neighbors were carried away by the wind; the old man finds them in a hole, there are also three pots of gold; the old man shares gold, but neighbors kill him, taking his share; before his death, he asks to give his wife to be named Dod ("help"); one day his mother went to look for her son, called him; the padishah began to find out where such a strange name; guessed that neighbors killed Dod's father; asks to remove the mask that the boy wore, amazed by his beauty, makes Doda an adopted son, puts her on the throne; Peri appears in a dream, Dod leaves her look; the old man tells you to choose the middle pumpkin, tells you not to open it on the way; Dod wants to throw it away, peri screams in pain, Dod opens the pumpkin, there's peri; says you should have listened to the old man; let Dod takes her in a covered arba; leaves her on the outskirts of the city; the old woman asks Peri to get water, pushes her into the water, puts her clothes on; answers Dod that she will take her former form when their child is 7 years old; from A horse came out of the spring, the imaginary peri tells her to be killed; only one butcher reluctantly agrees to slaughter it; three drops of blood grow three poplars; the imaginary peri tells them to cut them down, make a cradle for her baby; the cradle shrunk, killing him; the calandar wants to pick up the chips, they fly away; a palace appears, peri in it, tells the calandar to call Dod, the padishah, and arrange a feast for all the residents; Dod cut the sorcerer into pieces, reunited with his wife]: Afzalov et al. 1972 (1): 261-276.
Baltoscandia. The Swedes [two laborers killed a man; when he dies, he says that two crows flying over him will witness the crime; one day, the murderers see crows again and one of them makes all the comments hinting at what happened; others hear, demand an explanation, the murderers confessed]: Klintberg 2010, No. Y62:444; Latvians [A robber kills a lonely traveler for money. When he dies, he calls on the rays of the sun, grass, etc. One day someone accidentally mentions these "witnesses" and the robber involuntarily confesses to the crime. (Also: The robber accidentally repeats words he heard during the crime)]: Aris, Medne 1977, No. 960:336; Lithuanians, Estonians, Finns: Uther 2004 (1), No. 960:601.
Turkestan. Kazakhs: Kanbak-Shal 1985 [bay's son and khan's son are friends, they went hunting, bay's son is stronger, decided to kill the khan's son; the khan's son turns to the tumbleweed rushing past, let him be witness to the murder; bay's son cuts off the head of the khan's son; taking the goods of the victim, healed well, married, his wife's younger sister invited the newlyweds to the wedding; bay's son sees the field rolling, smiles, addresses him: "You are still rolling"; the wife is offended - the husband is hiding something; the son of bay is forced to tell her everything; the holiday is over, the wife again quarreled with her husband, told her relatives about everything: if the husband killed a friend, he can also kill her; her brothers executed the Bai son]: 116-117; Malyuga 1970 [the father has two sons with his first wife and the youngest Aspan from the second; after the father's death, the brothers gave him only a yurt and several sheep; they tell them to go with them to the capital to sell bulls; the khan called on the brothers, asked riddles, A. answered wittily, the khan gave him gold; on the way back, the brothers decided to kill A.; he asks for orders his wife should call his son Guard; one day the khan hears an outlandish name, talks to his wife A., understands everything; the brothers are executed at the scene of the crime; the khan brings the boy closer, but agrees to his request to leave him and his mother]: 68-73; Kyrgyz [the old man fed on collecting firewood; when he met the ruler's son, he advised him to learn a craft; in response, he ordered the horsemen to beat the old man; father the young man died, he himself dug through all the property, also went to collect firewood; the old man sheltered him; the young man went into a cave with two jugs of gold; he told the old man about them, and then decided that it was better to leave everything himself; hit him in the neck with an ax; dying, the old man asked him to tell his pregnant wife that if a son is born, let him call him Daat ("complaint, petition"), and if a daughter, let him call him whatever he wants; guy complied with the request, said that the old man was eaten by wolves, he healed richly again; the boy was five years old; at this time, the wise ruler Arun Nur Rashid lived in Iran; he instructed the vizier to walk among the people and identify criminals; one day he went around the city with security; D.'s mother was afraid that the horse riders would trample the boy, began to call him; when she heard "Oh, Daat!" A. accused the vizier of not eradicating injustice, since someone was shouting about a complaint and claims; A. sent a vizier, the old woman said that Daat was her son's name; A. summoned the old woman to him and asked tell me why she gave the child that name; the old woman spoke about the boy's bloody shirt, about the last will of the deceased, and that the guy became rich and opened a shop; A. called the guy, accused of murder, ordered to show the bones; the guy then buried the corpse; when the grave was opened, it became clear that the old man was not eaten by wolves; the guy was hanged, his money and property were handed over to the old woman]: Sabyr uulu 2009:119-121; Uighurs [the old man lives by collecting firewood; his wife advised him to marry his young wife as a second wife; after that, the old man sold firewood not for two, but for three khushars; then for five then children will be born; he found a jug of gold; the treasure will not bring happiness if it is not shared; the old man offered half of the gold to the caravan driver Mullet Emir; he decided to kill him and take everything; before his death the old man asks to take two coins to his youngest wife, and if a son is born, he will call him Dad (a cry of suffering), and if a daughter, then Bidad (a cry of contentment); M. fulfilled the order and said that the old man went to the side of Mysyr-Shahar (i.e. Egypt); the children grew up; M. lives in a big way; the khan and his entourage were driving; the mother called the children so as not to be trampled on; the khan heard, sent the viziers to find out what was going on; ordered bring the woman; after listening to her, he began to ask M. where he was 7 years ago; ordered that old man to be brought in; executed M., and gave his property to the victim's family]: Kabirov 1963:217-224.
Wed. Eastern Siberia. {Russian influence does not fully meet the definition of motive} [The old woman, seeing someone stealing her cow as if in a dream, muttered strange words; the neighbor's children began to repeat these words, she I recognized their father as a thief and exposed him]: Ergis 1967b, No. 317:248).