L100G. One-legged goose, ATU 785A.
.14.-.16.22.23.27.-.31.33.34.
Theservant serves the master a fried bird, one of which has already been eaten. He tells you to look at chickens, geese, etc. that are on one leg. When they run away, you can see that everyone has two legs. The servant usually says that if the owner frightened the roast goose, he would also show his other leg.
Egyptian Arabs, Portuguese, Galicians, Spaniards, Catalans, Aragon, Italians (no place of recording, conditionally southern Italy), Frisians, Flemish, Germans (Mecklenburg, Posen), Irish, British, Khmer, Kashmiris, Moldovans, Romanians, Bulgarians, Albanians, Hungarians, Luzhitans, Czechs, Slovaks, Poles, Ukrainians (Transcarpathia, Galicia), Chechens, Lucks, Tabasarans, Georgians, Azerbaijanis, Turks, Kurds, Tajiks, Latvians, Lithuanians, Kyrgyz, Khakas.
North Africa. Egyptian Arabs: El-Shamy 2004, No. 785A: 443.
Southern Europe. The Portuguese [after cooking the chicken, the servant ate the leg; tries to convince the owner that there was no leg, pointing to chickens standing on one leg; the owner frightens the chickens, they run away on two legs; servant: so I should have frightened that roast too]: Cardigos 2006, No. 785A: 192; Spaniards ^ Uther 2004 (1), No. 785A: 442-443; Galicians [the guy hired a priest; ate before serving the roasted roast rooster one leg; says the other wasn't there - there was a rooster on one leg in front of the house; but when the rooster ran, he was on two legs; the servant said that a roasted one could pull out the other]: Camarena, Chevalier 2003, No. 785A: 224-225; Spaniards (Castilla y Leon), Catalans, Aragon: Camarena, Chevalier 2003:225; Italians [Bocaccio et al. Early Sources]: Cirese, Serafini 1975, No. 785A: 181.
Western Europe. Freesians, Flemish, Germans (Mecklenburg, Posen), Irish: Uther 2004 (1), No. 785A: 442-443; British [when the master accused the servant of eating a chicken leg, The servant took him to the chicken coop, where the chickens were on one leg; the master frightened them, a second leg appeared; the servant said that if you were to yell at that roast chicken and it would have]: Clouston 1887:51-52 .
Burma - Indochina. Khmer: Uther 2004 (1), No. 785A: 442-443.
South Asia. Kashmiris [the master told the servant to cook a rooster; the hungry servant ate one leg; the master began to beat him and scream, Where is the leg?! One day, a servant saw a rooster standing on one leg, showed it to the owner; he threw a stone, the rooster lowered his other leg; servant: if you threw a stone at that rooster, he would also have a second leg]: Knowles 1885:217.
The Balkans. Moldovans [the boyar tells the goose to be fried for his return; the servant ate one leg; brought the owner to the pond: all the geese are on one leg; the boyar clapped his hands, the geese got excited, stood on two legs; servant: this is how you should have frightened that goose]: Botezat 1981:391-392; Bulgarians [Nasreddin Khoja or Sly Peter eats the leg of a roast goose (wild duck, chicken) served to the king (judge, master); replies that all birds in their village are one-legged and, as proof, points to ducks standing on one leg; the king frightens the ducks, they run away on two legs (he kills one for proof)]: Daskalova-Perkovska et al. 1994, No. 785A: 277-278; Romanians, Albanians, Hungarians: Uther 2004 (1), No. 785A: 442-443.
Central Europe. Luzhitans [pan and cook; cook gave one leg of the swan to his mistress]: Romanenko 1962:81-82; Poles [the servant gave Mr. a goose, but before that he ate one leg; assures that the goose had one leg ; points out the window, there are geese standing on one leg; pan whistled, geese are on two legs; servant: if pan whistled at the table, the baked goose would stick out his other leg]: Krzyżanowski 1963, No. 1659:119 -120; Slovaks [when Heavenly Father with St. Peter traveled, BUT asked Peter to buy a roast goose; on the way Peter ate a leg and replied that the goose had one leg; BUT he did not believe it, Peter pointed him to a herd of geese in which one was standing on one leg; BUT kept silent, they went on and found the treasure; BUT divided it into three parts; Peter: who needs the third part? - To the one who ate the leg; Peter: I ate it; BUT was a little angry, but gave Peter this part out of love for him]: Dobšinský 1970, No. 44 (3): 227; Czechs: Uther 2004 (1), № 785A: 442-443; Ukrainians (Transcarpathia, Galicia) [One-legged goose: the thief is accused of eating a goose's leg; the thief claims that the goose had only one leg, and at the same time points to a goose standing on one leg; usually the owner refutes the fraudster, scaring the goose]: SUS 1979, No. 785A: 198; {the SUS refers only to Ukrainian texts; Sumtsov 2015:153 calls the plot popular "in Great and Little Russia"}.
Caucasus - Asia Minor. Chechens [Tamerlan summoned Molla Nesart; he decided to bring a roast goose as a gift, but ate one leg on the way; T.: Where is the other leg? MN: Are there bipedal geese? showed Tamerlane geese standing on one leg; T. threw a rock, the goose ran on two legs; MN: in a moment of danger, you will run on four legs; M.: how many stars are there in the sky? MN: How many coats are on the fur coat, can you check; T.: Where is the middle of the earth? MN: here, they were going to measure]: Kibiev, Malsagov 1973:193-194; Lucky [Mullah Nasreddin carried a roast goose as a gift to Khan, but ate one leg on the way; said that our geese have one leg each, let Khan will look; Khan threw a stick at the geese, they ran on two legs; Nasreddin: if you were to put such a stick at you, you would have four legs; Khan gave Nasreddin]: Khalilov, Osmanov 1989:254; Tabasarans [Mullah Nasradin, having cooked a goose, went to the Tsar; on the way he ate one leg of the goose; the Tsar asked where it had gone; MN replied that geese in their cities had one leg each, and offered them show; went to watch; saw that the geese, when they came out of the lake, were each standing on one leg; the Tsar threw his stick, the geese showed two legs and flew away; MN: "If only they had been hit with the stick you hit them with you would have four legs"]: Uslar 1979, No. 7:468-470; Georgians [after eating the goose's leg, the servant claims that it had only one leg, points to a goose standing on one leg; when the goose was frightened off, he ran for two; servant: need made him show his other leg]: Kurdovanidze 2000, No. 785A: 68; Azerbaijanis [Timur told Molla Nasreddin to fry the goose; he took it to the cook, and when he carried Timur, he ate one leg; said that the geese were one-legged, pointed out the window - they were standing on one leg; Timur shot a bow, the geese took off and turned out to be bipedal; MN: if I fired an arrow at you, you would be four-legged out of fear]: Tahmasib 1984:44-45 (cf. Bagriy, Zeynally 1935 [the young man comes to the dervish wizard; he makes him invisible, tells him to bring pilaf from the royal cuisine; the young man also brings fried chicken, but each time he eats one leg along the way; claims that all chickens are one-legged; a dervish creates dangerous situations, but the young man stands his ground; competitions in magic; in the end, the young man broke a bottle with the soul of a dervish and married a beauty who the dervish wanted for himself]: 373-381); the Turks [the hoja fried the goose and carried it to Timur; ate one leg on the way; said that all their geese in Aksehir were one-legged; T. looked out the window; at this time the musicians they played trumpets, hit the drums; the geese got on two legs and ran; Hoja: if you tasted these sticks, you would crawl on all fours]: Gordlevsky 1957, No. 55:41; Kurds (Kelbajar district, Azerbaijan) [the poor man stabbed a goose for the judge, fried it and carried it to the judge's house; ate one leg on the way; the judge asked where the goose's leg was; the man replied that geese in this city were one-legged; then testified on geese standing on one leg in the yard; the judge took a rifle and shot at the geese; they ran away on two legs; the poor man said, "If I scare you like that, you're not just on two legs, but on You'll run away four"]: Bakaev 1965:151.
Iran - Central Asia. Tajiks [Nasreddin Afandi fried the only goose and brought it to the padishah as a gift; ate one leg on the way; padishah: where is the other leg? N.: This year all the geese came out one-legged, look at yours (they are standing on one leg); the padishah threw a cane at them, they ran; N.: if this cane hit a man's head, he would also be on ran four legs]: Amonov, Ulug-zade 1957:403.
Baltoscandia. Latvians [A peasant convicted of eating a goose leg claims that geese only have one leg and wittily proves his case by pointing to geese standing on one leg]: Aris, Copper 1977, No 785A: 321; Lithuanians: Uther 2004 (1), No 785A: 442-443.
Turkestan. Kyrgyz [Apendi stabbed and cooked a goose, carried it to Khan as a gift; ate a leg on the way; said that all the geese were one-legged, showed the geese standing; the khan ordered them to be beaten with a stick, the geese ran to two legs; A. khanu: if you hit you with a stick, you will run four]: Brudny, Eshmambetov 1977:277.
Southern Siberia - Mongolia. Khakasy [the orphan boy went to look for work; found a staff; at the fork he does not tell you to go to the right side, there is death, but to go to the left, where buy with his seven daughters; bay has a bronze house; guy two he worked for years, asked his youngest daughter for payment; buy drove him away; the guy forgot his road, walked along the road where Old Man Death {in the Khakass text, the Russian word DEATH}; he says that he is going to Khudai ask who to eat; the guy volunteered to go instead of him; went up the stairs to heaven, entered the house, there are nine chayans at the table; they tell him to eat old people for three years; the guy told Death as if three he ate larch bark for years; after three years, the same; he was ordered to eat middle-aged people, the guy said that water mud; three years later, Old Death does not trust the guy, but could not climb, sat down relax; the guy says that he has a human in his snuffbox, and to eat, you have to become a yellow fly; the guy took a snuffbox, came to Khan's city; stabbed and plucked a goose, cooked it, carried a goose to Khan as a gift, but ate one leg on the way; explained his case, the khan ordered Bayu to give his youngest daughter to a guy, especially since they had been living together for two years; khan asks why the goose has one leg; the guy shows sleeping geese: all on one leg; the khan drove the geese, they ran on two legs; the guy hit the khan with a stick, he ran on all fours; both the khan, if hit, will run on all fours, and the geese on two legs; the guy now demands the khan's daughter, since he even mastered Death; released Death from the snuffbox, the khan, out of fear, gave him his daughter and khanate; but the guy did not take her, but took that daughter bay, and made the khan's daughter released servants, servants, slaves]: Torokova, Sychenko 2014, No. 35:519-533.