L122A. It sews up cracks in the earth .29.33.34.

The character is busy sewing up cracks in the ground, just like sewing up a torn cloth. (The motive is highlighted by Ruslan Doutaliev).

Kabardian people, Ossetians, Karachays and Balkarians, Georgians (Rachins), Kazakhs, Oirats.

Caucasus - Central Asia. Adygs (Kabardian people) [the rooster came to visit the chicken Gul; she put pasta on the table; explained how to cook: jump from one side of the boiling pot to the other; the rooster decided to do so fell into boiling water and cooked; then Gul plucked herself out of pity for the rooster, and so did the raven; the earth developed; the water dried up; the maid broke the badeyki; the gouache tore her fur coat; the prince chopped the new saddle; the old woman began to sew up cracks in the ground with a rope, she had a whole axis from the carriage with a needle; her sweat was rolling in hail and the cracks stuck together; when she learned about the misfortunes, she quit her job; that's it they were afraid that the earth would fall apart, they repaired the damaged one, and gave the cooked rooster to the old woman; if the old woman stopped repairing, the earth would crack and crumble like boiled potatoes]: Kardanov 196:141 -144; Ossetians: Liberdinsky 1948 [episodes of Nart's tale: "Soslan went further and then he gasped in amazement. A mountain is cut in front of him with deep cracks, and a woman crawls along this mountain. She sews up the cracks on the mountain with a thick needle, apparently tired, poor thing, then drenches herself, but does not know peace. Soslan felt sorry for her, marveled, and went on"; "[Soslan:] I also saw a woman. She sewed up the cracks in the mountains with a thick needle. It can be seen that she, the poor girl, cannot do this job, but she cannot leave her for a while to rest. [Bedoha:] During her lifetime, this woman lied to her husband. She loved another man and sewed her lover without being lazy with a small and quick stitch. But she was lazy to dress her husband, sewed his clothes with grumbling and large stitches, and everything broke apart on the poor man. Now she pays here, according to the custom of the Land of the Dead"]: 146, 156; Miller 2013, No. 10 (Digors) [=Miller 1881, No. 10:109-110; the sinless boy died; the son of the sun, Hamatkan and the son of the moon Samatkan gave him a present seat, saddle cover, tail and whip and told him who he would meet on the way: a woman who sews up cracks in the ground (she was slutty during her lifetime); a woman who ties her eggs long with a rope, but she lacks rope (she hid her neighbor's chicken's eggs); a woman sitting among hundreds of ridges and not benefiting from any of them (she only cared about herself); a woman sitting between two ridges and benefits from a hundred (cared for others); a woman who milks a hundred cows but does not receive milk from one (she only took care of herself); a woman who milks two cows and milk receives from a hundred (took care of others); a woman carrying a tub with braga on her back, which boils and spills on her collar (did not give her neighbor kvass); a man and a woman who sleep under a bull with their skin, everyone pulls it towards them, but they lack it (they did not love each other); a man and a woman who sleep under hare skin and have enough of it (loved each other); a dog whose womb barks puppies (people who disobey their parents); people sitting in court holding alder sticks, sitting on alder benches and at alder tables and covered in lice (were unfair judges); people with silver staffs sitting on silver benches (they were fair judges)]: 184-191 (an episode with cracks in the ground on pp. 184-185); Karachays/Balkarians [From there he set off, Swore:/- Until this iron stick is wiped off to tutum/ And my iron boots fall off their feet when worn out/I don't go home,/Until I get married! /He traveled for a long time, /When he was driving along one large steppe, /He saw one emegensha./Her needle was a plane tree, /Her threads were a hair lasso. /She sewed up a crack in the ground, /She threw her breasts behind her back, and this is how she worked] : Aliyeva 1994:414; Balkarians: Baranov 1897, No. 2 [wives put the cowardly husband out the door; when he found out that the fox was running, he fainted; when he regained consciousness, the husband decided to show that he was not a coward; meets Emegen, who sewed up cracks in the ground, invites him to go to extract wealth; emegen wants to compare their strengths, throws the rock far away; man squeezes juice out of a piece of cheese, emegen believes it is a stone; man squeezes ayran out of a buried wineskin, emegen cannot squeeze water out of the ground; emegen leads a man to his cave; a person says he has vowed to eat little, otherwise a ram would not be enough for him; emegen gave a man a bag of gold; man: according to our custom, the giver must carry the gift himself; a person runs up to the house before emegen; wives are taught to shout from afar to make a meat kebab emegena; emegen runs away in horror; the fox assures that the man is a coward, offers to contact with his tails; wives are taught to thank the fox for bringing emegen; emegen killed the fox, ran away, gold got person]: 13-18; Urusbiev 1881, No. 2 [Golden Deuet had 19 sons; the brothers married in turns, starting with the youngest; the elder Alaugan is still single; came to Emegenshe, who sewed up cracks in the ground with a needle the size of a log and a thread a lasso; A. came from behind and venerated her chest; Emegensha married him her daughter, an ugly cannibal; A. brought her to her place; she is pregnant; everyone is afraid that she would eat the baby; when Emegensha gave birth, she was given puppies, which she swallowed, and her son A. hid in the crack of the Elbrus glacier; he grew up quickly; his name Shawai, A. brought him home; mother wanted to swallow it, but S. squeezed her throat; A. gave his heroic horse named Gumada to his son; S. and G. look like a miserable poor man and a lame nag; when they are not seen, they look true; mocks sledges; disappeared somewhere]: 7-26; Georgians (Rachins) [There were eighteen brothers. The elder's name was Alavgan. We decided: "Let's start getting married with the younger ones." And the eldest didn't get a fiancee. Alavgan went and saw that the field was split and one deva woman tied it with iron bars...]: Jidziguri 1971:64.

Turkestan. Kazakhs (Turgay) [Kara-Khan invited only those who have a son or daughter to a feast; the offended Mare by sacrificed animals to saints in vain; when his wife tripped over someone's grave, K. brought The last animal to be sacrificed was a ram; the saint promised 40 daughters and 40 sons, but K. asked for one son as 40 sons and one daughter as 40 daughters; at a feast he fell off his horse and was killed; when the children were 15, K. demanded Razia as his wife; her brother Iskander killed the ambassadors, then defeated the army; when K. himself came, cut off his hand, cut off his ears and nose, threw him into the well; R. has been trying to destroy I. all this time, but he too strong; she went out K.; when she became pregnant, K. suggests killing I. with cunning; R. affected the sick, she needs living water; I. came to the witch; she sews up the holes in the earth; says that R. hides lover in the chest; I. did not believe it; brought live water; next time: get the heart of a seven-headed old woman; I. came across a girl tied to a tree Gul; a 7-headed old woman kidnapped her to eat; And . killed an old woman, brought a heart; R. suggests that I. tie him to test his strength; I. admits that only a strap tied to his horse's bow cannot tear; and only his own can kill him with a sword; R. released K. from the chest, who cut off I.'s head; G. gave birth to I.'s son Omar; when he learned about his father's fate, he found I.'s horse, moistened I.'s bones with living and dead water taken from the house, I. came to life; At this time, R. gave birth to 40 sons and 40 daughters, all without ears, noses and right hands; I. killed them easily, brutally executed K., asked her sister if she wanted 40 knives or 40 mares; she wanted mares; I. tied her to them, they tore it into 40 pieces; I. became Khan and married G.]: Ethnographic Materials 1898, No. 4:15-29.

Southern Siberia - Mongolia. The Oirats of Xinjiang [fairy tale episode: "a boy on his three-year-old salt horse raced, raced, and arrived at an old witch who was sewing a crack in the ground"]: Todayeva 2001:239.