L108F. Luring from the bottom .31.32.
Thecharacter (girl, boy) is in the water, the antagonist lures him ashore, imitating the voice of his father, brother or sister.
Setu, Mordovians, Chuvash, Bashkirs.
Baltoscandia. Seto [while parents are away, brother and sister decided to cook coal porridge; sister tried it, turned black, brother put it in the sea to soak; in the morning asks from the shore if her sister, she replies that not yet; Damn (vanapagan) heard, called himself, the girl replies that it was not her brother's voice; for the fourth time he sharpened his tongue so that the girl did not understand the deception, replied that she turned white; the brother did not waited for an answer, the witch doctor said that his sister was taken away by Damn; brother sings outside the window of Devil's house, sister hears something, Damn replies that it was a creaking wheel (he made a wagon); next time the brother sings, calling his sister to bury him, he has teeth aside; sister goes out, Damn believes that her brother is dead; decides to brew beer on this occasion; there are no dishes, offers to cook it in his mouth; sister tied him up, poured it into mouth boiling water, brother jumped out of the grave, threw hot stones into Devil's mouth, he died; brother brought sister home]: Normann, Tampere 1989:58-62.
Volga - Perm. Mordva: Pomerantseva 1973 [Yaraska was born black; his mother put him in a well, told him to sit until he turned white; every morning his mother calls him and asks him if he has turned white; Y. replies that he has turned white to the ankles, knees, waist; The bear hears, asks instead of his mother, Y. replies that the voice is rude; the bear forges his tongue twice; I take him for his mother, answers that he has turned white to the neck; The bear comes the next day, when Y. turns white completely, pulls it out, takes it away; people beat me off, brought him to his mother]: 19-21; Tsygankin 1963 (Erzya; p. Parakino, Bolshebereznikovsky District, Republic of Mordovia) [Husband and wife. They have three daughters, the youngest is the smartest and most beautiful. The elders are jealous of the beauty of their youngest, Masha. Husband and wife send their daughters to the forest for strawberries: whoever fills their basket first will be married. M. fills the basket with strawberries faster than anyone else. The older sisters take berries from M., kill her, bury her, divide the car's strawberries in half. At home, they say that M.'s baskets are not full yet; she is left to pick strawberries. A beautiful willow grows in the place where M. was buried. Three brothers go to these places, cut down a branch, make a pipe. When they blow at her, you hear a clear voice: "Oh brother, brother, don't touch me, don't touch me, I have a very headache." The brothers are surprised, after a while they approach the village, stop near the house where M. lived, and start playing. The sisters hear the song, pull the brothers' pipe out, throw it into the oven. The pipe does not burn, turns into a sparrow, flies into a pipe, falls into a well. Mother M. hears the song and sees the brothers rush to the well. The mother comes to the well and sings: "Black, black, white or not?" The girl from the well replies: "Only my head turned white." Mother is leaving. A bear hears the mother's voice, comes to the well, sings in a rude voice: "Black, black, white or not?" "Go away, stupid bear," Masha replies. The mother comes and asks Masha again. Mother and bear come several times - Masha cannot be deceived. Finally, when Masha turns completely white, her mother pulls her out of the well. A few days later, they celebrate their wedding: Masha is married to one of the brothers who made a pipe, the older sisters are kicked out of the house]: 101-104; Chuvash [the old man's three daughters ask twice The sun, whose face is cleaner and whiter, the Sun says the youngest; the sisters push the youngest into the river, tell the father that the Sun called the youngest the dirtiest, she stayed to wash; the mother goes to the river, the daughter answers that she is strangled by a snake, a millstone presses; after that, the Bear calls the girl, she does not respond; The bear honed his tongue from the blacksmith, calls in a thin voice, the girl repeats the words about millstones, etc.; The bear pulls out brings her out of the river by his wife; she gives birth to a son, the Bear carries them to visit their parents, leaves before Wednesday; parents put stakes under the floor; the wife warns him not to enter, he enters, falls on stakes; the wife stays with parents]: Eizin 1993:33 -35; Bashkirs (Asalykul, Arkhangelsk District, Bashkortostan) [An old man and an old woman who had a daughter, Fatima, and a married son. One day, Fatima and her daughter-in-law go to the river to rinse their clothes. They're going to quarrel. Angry, the daughter-in-law pushes Fatima into the river. It's evening and Fatima is gone. Parents ask their daughter-in-law about their daughter, she is silent. The father looks for his daughter, goes to the river, calls and asks if she is on the ground or in the sky. Fatima answers from under the water: "I'm not on earth, father, I'm not in heaven, father. My black hair is tangled with willow roots. At the bottom of the river lies your white-faced, white-faced daughter. Bring it, bring a hook to rescue your daughter." The father brings an iron hook, but cannot pull his daughter out of the water and returns home sad. An older brother comes ashore. Fatima answers him in the same way, he runs after the hook, tries to pull his sister out, but he can't. The bear hears this, comes to the shore, tries to call Fatima, but she does not respond to the bear's voice. Then he goes to the blacksmith to sharpen his tongue and tries again in his father's voice. Fatima responds, the bear hears the girl's voice, brings a hook, pulls her out and takes her home, gets married. Fatima misses her home, but the bear won't let her in. Then the girl makes the bear take the bag with the gifts she baked to her parents, and quietly climbs into the bag herself, placing her wrapped in her dress on the roof. The bear walks and looks around, thinks it's Fatima on the roof. Frightened by dogs, the bear drops its burden and runs away. The girl runs to her home, but the door is not opened for her at night. She goes to the sheep's barn and stays there for the night. Wolves eat it at night. All that remains of Fatima is a bunch of black hair. From the girl's hair found in the morning, the brother makes strings for his violin; the violin sings in Fatima's voice: "Don't press the strings with a bow - my head hurts. Don't squeeze me with your hands - my whole camp is on fire. My brother did not open the door for me - now he tells me to shed tears." When a brother throws the violin to the ground, Fatima appears alive in front of him]: Barag 1989, No. 7:63-65.