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L15E. The life of a hero in a sword, ATU 302B.

.13.14.16.17.21.23.27.29.-.34.37.

The

hero's life is in an object, usually in his weapon. The enemy steals or throws away the item, the hero weakens or dies, his friends or brothers return the item, and the hero comes to life. {In ATU, this is motive 302B; at least some of Uter's references do not include a motive in our wording (not in Japan, Burma); original publications are required}

Zaghawa, Western Sahara, Ancient Egypt, Scots, Flemish, Syrian Arabs, Mustang, Kashmir (translated from Hindi), Punjabi, Nepalis, Condas, Baiga, Sinhales, Bulgarians, Albanians, Adygs, Abkhazians, Abazins, Balkarians, Nogais, Ingush, Udis, Megrelians, Armenians, Azerbaijanis, Turks, Kurds, Lurs, Persians, Tajiks, Baluchis, Uzbeks, Karelians, Swedes, Bashkirs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tuvans, Khalkha Mongols, Nanais, Udege.

Sudan-East Africa. Zaghawa [the king is old and childless; marabu: a sword will hit you on the leg; take him and lie down with your wife, the son of Mahamat Sword Son will be born; the king ordered to bury treasures, kill those who buried them, only the faithful maid knows the place; after the king's death, his brother took the throne; M.'s mother agreed to poison her son for promising the new king to make her the main wife; the maid threw meat to the dog, which died; M. went on a journey; met and accompanied two older young men; the dragon surrounded the garden with his body where the spring is; the brothers are thirsty; M. killed the dragon; the king wants to give him his daughter, but he asks to give it to his older brother; elsewhere M. kills a lion, asks the king to give her daughter to his second brother; on an island in the sea there is a palace, in which a girl who gives youth to those who marry her; an elderly the king captured her and settled her on the island; the king sent an army of devils against M., M. killed him; the king sent an old woman to M., who supposedly had nothing to eat; she threw M.'s sword into the sea, the old king took the girl away; companions M. found out about this; they dived for a long time, finally found a fish with a sword stuck in her throat; M. came to life; all three, disguised as girls, came to the king; the king's bride recognized M., chose her as a servant; M. forced the king give the names of all his servants and subjects; killed him; went out to the people in the morning and said that he was the old king, but after a night with that girl he rejuvenated; made his brothers kings and drove his uncle with father's throne; settled in the village with his mother; married a faithful maid himself]: Tubiana, Tubiana 2004 (2), No. 28:35-52.

North Africa. Western Sahara [stepmother fell in love with her stepson, tried to get along with him, he ran away, she had a piece of his shirt in her hand; she told her husband that her stepson had assaulted her; the father was furious, but the judge found out that a piece of shirt from the back, not from the front, the father was guilty to his son; the young man decided to leave, met and accompanied the other two; they came to a city destroyed by the earthquake, there are two girls, they married the young man's companions, he went on; he comes to a girl whose four brothers kill 400 warriors every day, and again in the morning; they first throw the young man in prison, then free, he goes with them, one kills 500 warriors; sees an old man reviving those killed by living water; kills him and the lively, the girl's brothers no longer have to fight; a young man marries a girl; a king sends warriors to pick her up because he believes that the man who marries her will become younger; the young man easily exterminates warriors; the old woman trusts the young man's wife, finds out that her husband's strength is in the knife; says that her husband is trying seduce another woman, we must take away his knife, at this time break the spell; throws a knife into the sea, the king takes the young man's wife, she asks to postpone the wedding while mourning for her ex-husband; two companions of the young man they come, take a knife out of the sea, the young man stays in the city with a woman, dresses himself as a woman, under the guise of an outfit saleswoman, penetrates his wife; kills the king during his wedding, goes out to the people under the guise of an outfit saleswoman younger king; all is well]: Aris, Cladellas 1991:47-60; Ancient Egypt [(papyrus d'Orbigny, first published. Vicomte de Rougé d Revue archéologique 1862:385f; Anepu and Batau); Anubis's older brother is married, the younger Bata lives in his house and works for him; the brothers worked in the fields; A. sent B. to bring seeds; at home, A.'s wife offers B. to get along with her; B. refuses, but promises to remain silent; in the evening, A.'s wife pretends to be beaten, says that B. tried to rape her; B.'s cow warns him that A. is going to kill him; B. runs, A. pursues him; B. asks the Sun God, who creates a reservoir in the way A.; in the morning B., standing on the other side, screams, telling his brother how it was, shouts himself, throws his severed penis into the water, swallows the catfish; B. goes to the Valley of the Cedars (Pines), telling A. to come for him if he finds out that something has happened to B., in this case, the beer in the mug he has holds, starts wandering; A. returns home, kills his wife, throws the corpse to dogs, mourns his brother; B. comes to the Valley of the Cedar, places his heart on the top of a cedar flower (?) , hunts; god Hnum creates a woman for him; B. warns her not to leave the house, because the Sea can swallow her, and he, B., will not be able to save her, because he is "a woman himself like her"; a woman violates the ban The sea tries unsuccessfully to carry it away, tells Cedar (Pine) to detain her, but he only grabs her curl; the sea brings it to Egypt and leaves it where the laundresses wash the pharaoh's clothes; the aroma of the curl remains on underwear; scribes explain to Pharaoh that the curl belongs to the daughter of the Sun; Pharaoh sends people to the Valley of the Cedar to bring a woman; B. kills them; Pharaoh sends other warriors and a woman, giving her all kinds of things women's jewelry; this time B.'s wife comes to Egypt; she succumbs to Pharaoh's persuasion and advises to cut down the tree on which B.'s heart is located; the tree falls down, the flower with B.'s heart falls, B. dies; at home, A. sees that the beer in the mug has fermented; comes to the Valley of the Cedar, finds B. dead on his bed, unsuccessfully searches for his heart for three years; on the fourth, intending to return to Egypt, he finds fruit - B.'s heart; he puts it in a vessel of cold water, at night the heart absorbs water, B. comes to life, A. gives him water to drink, B. swallows his heart and it returns to its place in his body; deciding to take revenge to his wife, B. turns into a beautiful bull, whom A. brings to the Pharaoh's palace; he accepts the bull as a "miracle"; when he enters the kitchen, the bull finds his ex-wife there, reproaches her; the wife asks the pharaoh slaughter a bull and cook its liver for it, two drops of blood fall on the sides of the palace gate, from which two Persea Mimusops Schimperi trees grow); when the pharaoh and his wife sit under them, one of them tells the woman that it is B., reproaches again; the woman orders to make furniture out of wood; a sliver flies into the mouth of Pharaoh's wife, she becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son; he grows up (obviously in the form of B.) after death Pharaoh takes the throne, sues his former wife; after 30 years he dies, A. takes the throne]: Lichtheim 1997:85-89 (Russian per. Livshitz 1975:87-102).

Western Europe. Scots [Waifs & Strays of Celtic Tradition 2:94-123: MacLellan Brìgh an Òran: 326-41]: Shaw 2012; Flemish [shoemaker tyrants a student, he leaves; in the woods hears how the bird talks about a wonderful sword hanging from a tree; takes the sword, it says that its owner is invincible; a young man meets a woman, they come to the castle together; there the young man kills 250 attackers he is warriors; one hides, promises a woman to marry her, asks him to know what the strength of the young man is; he does not reveal secrets, brings a helper lion; a lion helps to destroy 500 warriors in another castle, young man frees the princess, she gives the ring; the warrior guessed that the young man's strength is in his sword, stole it at night, gouged out the young man's eyes; the lion threw the warrior into the well, the young man saw the light again, found the princess, showed the ring, the king made him a son-in-law; gave the warriors to return the sword; the young man pretended to be a warrior who also suffered from that sword; when the woman's lover went for wine, he grabbed the sword; the warrior and woman had their ears cut off; the young man inherited the throne]: Mürk 2012:40-55.

Western Asia. Syrian Arabs [Prince Hassan grew up, asked his father to go on a journey, he gives him a sword; at rest, a horseman drove up to H. and offered to fight; H. offered to eat first; then more two; one has an all-seeing mirror, the other has a flying carpet, the third can be underwater for a long time; H. says they shared bread and salt and can't fight now; they come to a city where the sun is not you can see: in the sea, a whale swallows it at sunrise; H. kills a whale with his sword, gets a princess, but gives it to his brother, who has a mirror; in the next city, the ghoul closes the water, gives it in exchange for the girls, a queue princesses; H. kills the gulya, gives the princess to her sister with a plane carpet; H. saw two men unsuccessfully trying to break the column with swords; they explained that the king of China hid his daughter from the king to her Persia; whoever breaks the column will become the princess's husband; H. easily breaks the column, gets the princess, leaves her to live in a fortress on the island, she lowers the stairs to him when he comes; the king of Persia commands to dig an underground passage, sends an old woman, she stays with his wife H., persuades her to find out what her husband's soul is; in a broom (the wife adorns the broom, the old woman does not believe); in the window frame (the same); H. admits that his life in a sword, which he puts between himself and his wife at night; an old woman grabs a sword at night, throws it into the sea, H. loses consciousness, the old woman calls the warriors, they bring his wife X. to the Persian king; if in two the sword cannot be returned for weeks, H. will die; his brother with a mirror saw everything, the other provided a flying carpet, the third took a sword out of the sea; H., who came to life, made his way to Persia through the same underground passage; agreed with an old woman, she gave her wife a letter; the wife put sleeping pills in wine to the Persian king; H. sneaked in quietly, killed the king, put on his clothes, and in the morning said that he was younger after his wedding night from Chinese princess; later confessed what was going on, but remained king]: Kuhr 1993:18-31.

Tibet is the Northeast of India. Mustang [the old woman who sheltered the boy Lhawa Döndrub said that a demon killed his father and took his mother away; he goes for revenge; another old woman tells the demoness to fall to her chest and name her mother; she tells you to put the demon's thumbs in her mouth, then he will not eat it; he tells him to go only during the day, the mother of the young man across the river; the demon senses that his wife's son has come, advises him to pretend to be sick, send his son 1) to get the tiger's milk; after shooting at the tiger, LD shot him off a goiter, a grateful tiger gave him milk and a medium tiger cub to boot; 2) behind Garuda's pen; LD killed a snake that was about to eat four Garuda's chicks; she gives a pen and one chick; 3) a golden pen from the demon's brother's forehead; the tiger jumped on his chest, Garuda grabbed the pen, the demon screamed that he would go; they brought him in, LD killed his mother and her demon husband; went to look for a bride; the king has three daughters, LD chose the youngest when they came for water, but the king did not give it up; Garuda found the home of a heavenly fairy, LD married her; they planted two trees: if with anyone the trouble is, it will dry up; while the LD was hunting, an old woman came to the fairy to look after the dogs and cattle; she guessed that LD's life in a golden dagger threw it into the fire, LD fell dead; then the old woman offered the fairy feed rice to the fish, drowned them; Garuda saw that the trees had dried up, a friendly demon (who had a feather on his forehead) threw the amulet, found out that the old woman was to blame; she was tied, nailed to a tree, the remains the golden dagger was taken out of the hearth; all is well {no details}]: Kretschmar 1985, No. 28:165-168.

South Asia. Kashmir (translated from Hindi) [the fakir lets the childless queen eat barley grains, a son Sherdil ("lion's heart") is born; he goes on a journey with a blacksmith, carpenter and grinder; they come to an enchanted city, everyone takes turns cooking; a dwarf rides up on a rat, demands food, turns into a giant, throws the cook at the tree; when it's S.'s turn, he kills the enemy leaves the grinder king of the city; in another city, S. kills a witch who appears to be a girl, puts a blacksmith king; in the third, a carpenter; each sister has a grain of barley, while the barley plant is green, with S. all in order; flowers float along the river; S. finds a tree, a basket on it, a beauty's head in it, drops of blood fall into the water, turn into flowers; finds bodies on the bed; puts her head to her body, the princess comes to life ; the genie who stole the princess decapitates her during his absence; S. asks to know where S.'s soul is; in the desert there is a tree, grass in front of the dog, bones in front of the horse; we must pass by them, remove them from the tree a cage with a starling, a bee in the starling, the genie's soul in it; to pass, you have to give the horse's grass, the bones to the dog; S. did so, killed the bee, the genie died; the princess let a box with her hair along the river, The royal son found her; sends the old woman to his wife Sh.; she found out that S.'s life was in his saber; on the advice of the old woman, the wife changed her sword, the old woman threw her into the fire, S. died; the old woman brought her to her master, the princess asked to wait six months; the barley shoots withered, the brothers found them, repaired their sword, S. came to life; the carpenter made a flying palanquin, brought the princess, threw the old woman from a height; S. returns to his homeland]: Zographer 1964:327-339 (=197:71-80); Punjabi [the fakir gives the queen barley grains to eat, she gave birth to a boy; he grows up, takes the Knife Grinder, Blacksmith, Carpenter as his companions; in a devastated place The demon of the city The grinder cooks, the dwarf on his mouse demands to give him food, turns into a giant, hangs the cook on the banyan tree, eats everything; the same with others, but the prince kills the demon; people come back the prince makes the Grinder king, leaving the barley stalk: if it dries up, the prince is in trouble; the same in another city, the old woman eats the food, the prince kills her, the Blacksmith remains king; in the third city he became king A carpenter; a prince walks alone, sees a ruby carried by a river; upstream a tree with a golden basket with a beautiful woman's head in it, drops of blood fall in rubies; he puts his head to his body, the beauty comes to life; she is a kidnapped princess, a genie decapitates her when she leaves; she provokes the genie to tell him where his soul is; she is in the form of a bumblebee in a goiter, a lark in a cage on a tree, guarded by a dog and a horse; we must shift hay from dog to horse, bones on the contrary; the prince did everything, the genie died; the princess washed her golden hair in the river, put one on a sheet, letting him go down the river; the king saw him, the old woman promised to find a woman; came beggar, persuaded the princess to find out what the prince's life was like; the prince: in my sword; the old woman first changed her sword, then put it on fire, the prince rushed to the palace, but fell decapitated; the old woman brought the princess to the king; the barley stalks dried up, the prince's friends came, the blacksmith fixed his sword, the prince came to life; the carpenter comes to the kidnapped, offers to sit in the palanquin, he flies away; the sister who sat down with the princess the king and that old woman are thrown down; everyone returns to the prince's father]: Steel, Temple 1984, No. 5:47-58; Nepals [King Suttalsingh's son if he shoots an arrow, she will return to him; the vizier's son forever remembers what he saw; the son of a brahmana can throw any object far away and return it; the son of a blacksmith can restore each thing to its original appearance; they go on a journey; the prince hears a noise, lets it go arrow, she did not return; it turns out that he killed his favorite elephant, he fell on an arrow; the prince falls asleep at the elephant's body, his companions leave in the morning; the prince comes to the city where the monster ate everyone, stays princess; she hides him, takes him out from the monster where his soul is; in a cave in the west there is a fire-breathing serpent, he has a gem on his head; you must pierce the snake's throat with an arrow so that it does not fall to the ground; the prince does everything, kills a monster, marries a princess; she drops her hair into the river, another prince finds him; his father sends an old woman in a magic boat to get the owner of the hair; the old woman persuaded his wife Tell the prince what his death is; there is a tree in the west, the splinters must be ripped off it, his sword and shield must be burned on them, they will become small, he will die; and so it happened; the prince's wife has time, as he asked put his corpse in a golden vessel, fill it with oil; the prince's friends found out that the brahmana's son on antelope skin had carried them to his body, the blacksmith's son restored the shield and sword to their former appearance, the prince came to life, brought his wife back, everything returned home]: Heunemann 1980, No. 4:53-67; conds [the king wants to marry his son to the most beautiful girl; she is nowhere to be found; the prince himself goes in search; meets and companions the son of a carpenter, the son of a blacksmith (all three present themselves as orphans when they meet); in one city, the monster has enough people at night; the prince kills him; the tsar gives a daughter and half the kingdom, but the prince leaves them to the carpenter; in another The tiger is rampant in the city (the same, the blacksmith is left); each prince leaves a green branch - if it dries up, he is in trouble; he comes to the monster's home; there is a kidnapped princess; she is the most beautiful; for a while, when the monster returns, the princess turns the prince into stone, his sword into a broom, his horse into bamboo; says that the monster's life is in two doves on the sea of milk; the prince caught the pigeons in front of their monster killed and he died; the prince and the princess began to live together; one day the princess was seen by hunters, told the king; he sent the old woman; she began to say that she would die soon; in response, the princess said that her husband was alive and healthy as long as his sword was with him; at night an old woman stole it and threw it into the fire; the prince died; the prince's friends saw that the green branches were dry; they made a new sword, came, put it on the prince's chest, he came to life; the carpenter and blacksmith made a flying ship; the princess told the king who sent the old woman to her that she was waiting for him and her entourage; they came and saw the ship; they boarded it, he flew away and disappeared in the far ocean; the blacksmith and carpenter returned to their homes, and the prince and the princess arrived at the prince's father; everything is fine, and we are the unhappy poor kuvi]: Schulze 1922, No. 2:27-33; baiga [y potter 12 married potter sons and the 13th youngest is single, sitting at home; brothers tell him to bring 12 carts of clay without harnessing animals; he does it; the brothers are frightened and drove him away; he meets takes as companions 1) a baiga that plowed a tiger, 2) a lohara who bent hot iron with his bare hands, 3) ahira who forked a rope out of dust, 4) teli, who squeezed out 12 measures of oil with his hands; son the potter (SG) tells everyone that he has never seen such a strong (dexterous), and they say that a real strongman (trickster) is SG; friends hunt and take turns cooking; when it's teli's turn, Rakshasa comes in guise a boy, eats all the rice and beats the cook; turning into a monster with one tooth in heaven and the other in the underworld, beats Ahir, Lohar, Baiga who came to the rescue, but SG killed him; Rakshas has 5 beautiful daughters, SG married one, and his companions could also sleep with her; but she only liked baiga; then SG gave each a wife; Baiga and his wife stayed in that place, and Dharti Mata gave them everything the necessary things; the wife washed her hair, some hair swam away, the son of the Raja Gonds picked them up; Raja sent Malin, who introduced herself as the sister of the young woman's mother; asked what her husband's life was like; in an arrow; M. burned arrow; the baiga rushed home, managed to kick his wife in the chest, the trail remained; the baiga died; the woman was dragged to the king of the gondas, but four friends came out to meet him, killed M. and the servants, returned the woman, found a piece an unburned arrow, Lohar revived the Baiga and they all lived under the auspices of Dharti Mata]: Elwin 1939:489-491; Sinhales: Volkhonsky, Solntseva 1985, No. 75 [the tsar has a strongman son, a giant; leaves to travel; the old woman is afraid to go to the forest for fuel, to the river for water; the prince kills a leopard and a crocodile, cuts off their tongues; another person brings bodies to the king, the prince shows his tongues, the liar is executed; The prince companions an areca palm nut merchant and a gunsmith; heals a girl, gives her husband to a merchant; leaves a gunsmith in the house to take care of orphans; both times he plants lemons if he is in trouble, they will wither; the nobleman's daughter saves by killing the ogre yaksha, marries her; the ex-fiancé asks the woman to get him the prince's wife; she is hired as a maid, finds out that the prince's life is in his sword, leaves the sword in a pile burning nutshells, the prince loses consciousness, the woman takes his wife away; the prince's friends see dried lemons, peel the sword with lemon juice, the prince comes to life; friends catch up with the ship, kill everyone, bring them back prince's wife], 92 [the youngest of the seven giants (MB) does not work, lies on the ash; the brothers send him to the plot, who grows a giant field of rice; the brothers lie that there is no field, he leaves; takes him as companions picking his teeth with a banyan, fishing with bait from an elephant that blocked the river with his feet; the companions are killed by a woman they come to ask for coals; MB threatens to kill her, she revives the satellites; they throw a fish bone, blocking the river; the river dries up; they take out the bone themselves; someone brings a piece of bone to the king, gets the princess promised by the king; MB exposes the impostor gives the princess to her first companion; similar episodes with other kings, each companion gets a wife; MB marries the daughter of the cannibal king he killed; her hair is swallowed by fish, ends up with the king; the old woman promises bring a woman; asks MB's wife to find out where his life is; in a sword; an old woman puts a sword into the fire, takes the woman away; MB satellites see lemon trees and lotus flowers have withered; find and clean a sword; revived MB finds a wife, kills the kidnapper, takes his kingdom], 119 [three yakshas went three roads, leaving the first lemon tree, the second a tree with flowers, the third a lotus pond; each married; a thief noticed that the first yaksha was eating corpses, told his wife; she asked what the Yaksha's life was, he admitted that he was in a sword; she put her sword in the fire, the yaksha died; the second yaksha saw that the lemons had fallen, found it in The sword was taken out in the hearth, cleaned it, the yaksha came to life; the third yaksha fell ill, he was cured; all three became human; one became a loader, broke at work, the other became a merchant, everything was stolen from him, the third became a farmer, got rich]: 159-163, 222-225, 290-291.

The Balkans. Bulgarians [the elder gives an apple to a childless person, let his wife eat half and the other by mares; the wife will give birth to a yunak with a star on her forehead, and one of the mares will give birth to a heroic horse with a horn on her forehead; yunak won with a star on her forehead, made three other heroes brothers, kills the robber who kidnapped the princess; she does not want to return to her father; the father sends the old woman, she persuades the yunak's wife to find out What his life is like, it turned out to be in a sword; he throws his sword into the lake; the king sends soldiers, but the unicorn horse does not let them into the owner's body; the brothers see that the flowers have withered, alone (this is water bread) drinks the lake, the other brings a sword, the yunak smashes the army, imprisoned the tsar, drowned the old woman]: Klyagina-Kondratyeva 1951:111-119; Albanians [the boy was born after his father's death; grew up, began to ask if he was left father something; only a sword (Sabel); since then his name is Sword; goes on a journey, meets, companions his peer named Star; they are joined by a third, the Sea; now they are sister cities; the king will give his daughter to someone who jumps over the ditch, losers are beheaded; The sword, hugging his brothers, jumps with them; gives Princess Star; then goes alone; kills the coachman (the same as lamia), finds the Beauty of the World; other kings go to war, wanting to get it themselves, but he smashes their army; they send an old woman to the Beauty of the World; she asks the Beauty of the World to know what her husband's strength is; learning what is in the sword, throws the sword into the sea; the Sword is dying; the brothers see blood on the pen left by the sword, find the sword at the bottom of the sea and return the Sword; it smashes enemies and restores the Beauty of Peace; all three decide to return to Sword's mother, but Star's father-in-law refuses to let her son-in-law and daughter go; you have to defeat his army]: Meyer 1994, No. 3:96-105; (cf. Albanians [when he dies, the father reminds his sons that each person has his own Ora; the youngest goes for a journey; an old woman at a fork in the road explains that one road leads to happiness, the other to hardships, the third to the unknown and adventure (Ränke); the young man finds himself in front of the abyss, his Ora lowers him, points to the castle where the Beauty of the Earth is; outside the door there are three groups of 7 sleepers guards; the young man stabs the first 7, and when he starts stabbing the last seven, his sword is dull, four have jumped up; Ora blinds them, the Beauty of the Earth sharpens his sword, the young man kills the attackers; Beauty Earth forbids opening the door to one of the rooms; the young man opens, Happiness (Nafaka) of the Beauty of the Earth flies to the king; The bark (witch), having received gold, turns into a spark, flies into the castle, stabs the young man the needle, takes the Beauty of the Earth to the king; two years later, the brothers go looking for the youngest, Ora explains what happened, gives a cure (these are drops of Drangue's blood; these creatures fight Kulschedra during a storm in the mountains ), the brothers revive (or rather awaken) the younger one; he accuses them that they stole the Beauty of the Earth; the insulted brothers curse him and leave; after 7 years, the youngest finds the kidnapped wife; she is all 9 years old she was silent; sitting on their horses, they ran away, N. followed them; they came to the same witch, but did not recognize her; she put the young man to sleep, gave the Beauty of the Earth to her seven sons; she gave them drink and stabbed them; mistook Diva for her husband, but she realized the mistake, drove the horse on which Div sat, ran away herself; put on men's clothes, came to a country where there is no king, became king; hung her portrait by the road, told me to bring everyone to her, whoever looked at him; Diva came, then her husband, then Stroga, she ordered them all to be shackled; Diva to beat and let go; Shtrige gave a choice of 2 knives or 2 horses; she chose horses, she was torn apart by horses; her husband hugged and put her on the throne instead]: Lambertz 1951:66-83).

Caucasus - Asia Minor. Adygi [Kurtyzh has a son Kambolet; the old man orders to ask his father for a black foal; his father teaches how to tame him; the son of the Sun, Pshimaf, the son of the Moon, Magomet and the son of the Aliy River become satellites of K.; K. wins competitions, gets one, then the other, a third girl, gives P., M. and A., warns that if there is blood on the arrow, he is in trouble; leaves alone; at the fork there is an inscription: one road is happy, the other is neither bad nor good, the third is unhappy; K. chooses the unhappy; hacked down a hundred cannibal horsemen; in the house their mother, one tooth rests against one beam of the ceiling, the other against the other; you can see shine overseas, she is beautiful; the cannibal mother teaches how to tame a porpoise, she will transport her across the sea; overseas, K. married a beautiful woman; at this time, his abandoned horse knocked out both of the old woman's teeth; she made a bridge with her handkerchief , also crossed the sea, disguised as an old woman, came to her wife K., advised her to find out what her husband's soul was like; he first says that in her thigh, shoulder blade, then in her sword; the old woman stole the key, threw her sword into the sea; K . died, and his wife was beaten and thrown at the reeds; comrades see arrows covered in blood, come to the cannibal mother, she puts her handkerchief like a bridge, they cross the sea, find his wife K.; son of the Sun and son of the Moon they rise, illuminate the sea, the son of the River descends under water, the turtle tripped over the sword, he pulled it out, revived K.; he and his wife returned home]: Kerashev 1957:177-187; Abkhazians [once Salusan went to hunting without his three brothers; left a mirror: if it reflects blood, he is in trouble; shooting at a deer, he repulsed his horn, his horn hung over the sea with a bridge; S. reached the Adaua fortress, their sister's house, she fell in love with S.; the old woman persuaded the girl to find out where S.'s soul was; he finally showed the apple in the chest; the girl opened the chest, the old woman threw the apple into the sea, took the girl away in the boat; when the apple fell into the sea, S.'s boat capsized and he drowned; the brothers saw blood, came to the bridge; one cleared the sky, the other dried the sea, the third found an apple in one of the sobs; it was placed on S.'s chest, he came to life; the girl was also found; the Adaus held a feast and gave her sister a dowry]: Shakryl 1975, No. 17:73-75; Abaza [a man named Shepherd comes to another named Son of the Sun, then both to the Son of the Moon; prince will give his daughter to someone who knocks down a needle suspended at the height of a bird's flight with one shot, catches fragments in the hem of a Circassian woman; P. performs the task, but gives the girl to the Son of the Sun; elsewhere the same to the Son Moon; comes to the old woman, she sends her to the giantess, telling her lips to touch her breasts; the giantess directs her to the hero who kills the grooms; tells her to hide in the hole first, to lure the dogs of the hero, that get tired, she'll beat them half to death; then the same thing happened to her horse; then find her sleeping, beat her with a bronze whip until she put up with it; that's what happened; one day the wife washed her hair, swam her hair down the river, an old woman found him, showed him to the prince, promised to bring this woman; she became a maid to P.'s wife, persuaded him to ask what his soul was wearing; in the casket, the old woman threw him into the river, P. died; the old woman lured the woman into brought the boat to the prince; the Son of the Sun and the Son of the Moon fired arrows into the sky, they returned bloody; the Son of the Moon asked Keith to regurgitate what was in his stomach, he belched the casket with P.'s soul, P. came to life; P. threw his ring into the vessel with which the maid of the prince's new bride came to fetch water; the twin brothers threw the prince off the high porch, the old woman was torn by horses]: Tugov 1985, No. 43:110-117; Balkarians : Baranov 1897, No. 4 [when he dies, the father tells his four sons not to go beyond the mound; the eldest goes, there is a garden, a ferocious stallion kills him; the same with the other two brothers; the youngest hid, decided to catch the stallion; the giantess sends to another, that to the third; she teaches to hide, teasing the stallion; each time the princess will beat the stallion, thinking that he is laughing in vain; after that, the stallion has stopped laughing, we must enter, grab the princess by the hair; she will cry - rain, laugh - heat; then she will humble herself and become a wife, the stallion will also put up with it; the kurtha (healer) teaches the princess to find out where her husband's soul is; in a knife in her forehead; takes a knife, throws her into the river, goes to a distant land with the princess and gold on the stallion; the sister went in search, saw the frog scratching its back against a knife; threw the frog into the water, for which she gave a knife; the brother came to life; comes to his wife and Kurtha unrecognized, kills both, takes gold, stays with his sister]: 21-27; Malkonduev 2017 (western 1959) [the elder brother and his squad stopped for the night, the black fog approached, destroyed them; the middle brother was the same; the younger brother was careful, hid, escaped himself; came to Emegensha, fell to her breasts; her sons with they made friends with him; explained that the fog was a girl, she stole their horse; they had a piebald mare, her foals were dragged away by a wolf; the girl managed to take the foal, but the wolf gnawed off his leg, so her horse three-legged; fog is steam from his nostrils; tomorrow the mare will give birth again; the young man caught the foal without injury; emegens teach: hiding alternately so that the girl thinks that the horse is falsely raising the alarm, approach girl; she sleeps for a month, her hair must be tied; let her go when she swears a prayer book; a boy and a girl got married; she gave her husband her portrait; he lost it, water brought it to the khan; the witch promised to get a beauty; came to the young man's wife, while not, persuaded him to find out where that shower was; in a broom; burned a broom; in a bead in his hair; the young man got drunk, the witch tore off the bead, threw it into the corner, took the girl away; she demands to wait a year with the wedding; the emegens see that blood is dripping from the young man's arrow; they came, found a bead, put it, the young man came to life; asked the shepherd, threw a ring into his wife's maid's jug; during weddings, an unrecognized man stabbed a witch and took his wife on a four-legged horse; brought the groom's friend on a three-legged emegen to be eaten; along with his emegen brothers in that mentioned rock crack, if not probably died (and now) live]: 229-240; Nogais [dying, biy told their sons not to go south; the eldest went with his people, they found an empty house, where food and drink stayed on night, everyone is killed; the same with the middle brother; the younger Kenzhebay did not fall asleep, hid in the yard in a barrel; a rider arrived on a six-legged horse, killed everyone; considered that there were 41 horses and 40 dead, but did not find K. and left; K. followed the trail; came to the old woman Elmauyz, she has nose to door, she swallowed and belched K., now he is her son; her real son does not know where the six-legged horse rode; the same for her sister ( the sons of old women fly in and are called karakus, but then they are not birds, but people); another sister's son explains that this is a rider Altynshash (gold-haired); you need to dig into her house, tie her hair, beat kamchoy until she agrees to give her horse and wealth; A. agreed and invited K. to become his wife; they live well; A. dropped a curl of her golden hair into the river; the fisherman found it, the khan sent old woman Azazil find the owner; K. greeted her; she persuaded A. to find out where K.'s soul was; he replied that A. cut the bowstring, but K. replaced it; then K. admitted that his soul was in a golden box, which braided in a forelock on her head; the old woman quietly untwisted her forelock, threw away the box, K. died; the old woman brought A. khan; Elmauyz looked at the spindle, blood flows from it; the son of the first elmauyz rules the animals, the second with birds, the third with fish; one pike complained of pain; it turned out that she swallowed the box, it was removed, K. came to life; he came to Khan's country, threw the ring into the jug of the maid who came to the spring ; A. recognized him, K. took her away from her wedding to Khan on a six-legged horse]: Kapaev 2012:53-64; Ingush [the man has many cattle but no children; the cow gave birth to a boy; he was named Makhtat ("born a cow" ); after 7 months he became 15 years old; he was stolen by three Vampala brothers; after that, the mare gave birth to a boy with sun and a month between the ribs; his name is Pakhtat ("born a mare"); he offends other children, him they advise you to find a brother better; the father tells you to get a horse out of the dungeon; a horse of monstrous power, but P. tamed him easily; rides, meets the son of the Sun, then the son of the Month, the son of the Star; they promise to come to help in case of trouble (blood hits the bullet left); P. put the first vampala in the ground first from the waist, then up to the throat, cut off his head; released the kidnapped girl Tanya Hooke, married her; the second Vampal sent an old woman; she advised TG to find out what P.'s life is like; P.: in a pole in the yard; in the leg of a chair; the old woman cleans, lubricates the pole, leg; P.: a box with three chicks in it; at night, the old woman lifted her skull, threw the box into the sea; A. died, his friends splashed blood from bullets; Star's son found a fish that swallowed the box, P. came to life; goes to take revenge on the vampala; towards the shepherd (this is M.); approaching the sheep, he cries ("My brother P. was killed by a vampal, kidnapped his wife, tomorrow they will cook meat at the wedding, and sprinkle scum from the broth at me"), and when he approaches the bag, laughs ("Tomorrow I will go to herd sheep with a bag full of meat"); P. recognized M., handed a ring for his wife; first shot an old woman with an onion, then wampala, took possession of all the wealth; at home, the parents were poor and blind; they will believe that his sons have returned if they bring the head of a third vampal; his brothers killed him and brought his head, his parents saw the light; "Let the unworthy not be born, and if he is born, let him die"]: Tankieva 2003: 57-65; the Udins [the shepherd's son Rustam, very strong, playing with other children, maiming them; the old woman advises sending R. to the forest where three divas live for firewood; the king sends, R. easily kills divas, brings firewood; the king sends R. to the white diva; after a hard struggle, R. kills him too; decides to leave; meets and companions a man who holds a torn tree over the plowman to create a shadow; tying a millstone to his feet and grinding grain with them; drinking a river; everyone, not knowing who is in front of him, says that his abilities mean nothing, but R. is a hero; they live in a hut, each cooks queues; Azhdakha comes, asks for pilaf broth, the cook asks him to wait, Azhdakha ties him with hair from his beard, eats everything; when R. remains, he cuts off his head, she rolls into a crevice; the tree holder tries to go down first, but shouts that it is burning, it is pulled out; the same with others; R. tells him not to pick it up if he screams; below R. opens 7 iron doors, sees sleeping diva on a girl's lap; kills him; so four girls and four divas, R. kills divas and Azhdakha's head; sends three girls upstairs; the last most beautiful is afraid that her companions will not lift R.; leaves him two feathers: if you hit one another, a white ram (carry him to the ground) and a black goat (lower it even lower) will appear; the companions picked up the girl and left; R. called the animals, accidentally sat on a goat , was downstairs; asked the old woman for a drink, she said that the snake in the well only provides water in exchange for gifts, now it is the king's daughter's turn; she brings a bowl of pilaf to the snake; R. chopped the snake, the princess put her blood-soaked hands on R.'s back; the king called everyone together, made sure that the hero was R.; he could not understand him to the ground, but said that the snake eats the bird's chicks; R. kills the snake; the chicks tell the bird so agrees to bring R. to the ground, he must ask the king for meat and water; he cuts off the last piece of R. from his thigh; on the ground, the bird sees that R. is limping, puts the meat back; gives two feathers Call her; R. forgives his companions, leaves them beauties, takes the best for himself; companions change rings; if the stone on the ring turns black, the owner is in trouble; R. comes to another country, kills a diva, takes his wife is his second wife; the local king also wanted this woman; the old woman asks to make a flying chest; asks R. to take her into service; persuades R.'s second wife to find out what his strength is; he says that without the rings would weaken, and in two weeks she would die; the old woman removed the ring from R., invited his wife to sit in the chest, the chest flew to the king; companions came, the water bread drank water in the well, found a ring there; R. defeated and killed the king, brought his wife back]: Dirr 1921, No. 58:210-218; Megrelians [childless parents asked God for a son; Shawi-Katsi ("black man") was born; after serving a merchant, he stole him a magic sword that kills and revives itself; takes two young men as brothers; they come to the palace of forest master Ndemi; the SC kills him with a sword, marries his daughter; loses her portrait; finds him king; the old woman promises to get a beautiful woman; learns about the sword, tells her to destroy everyone except the beauty, throws her sword into the river, brings the beautiful woman to the king; the brothers learned about what happened, took out a sword, revived the ShK, he killed the king, returned his wife; chopped the old woman into pieces, fed her dogs]: Stepanov 1898, No. 4:10-16; Armenians [the dervish tells the childless king to pick an apple, give it to his wife, and give it the peel to the mare; a son Kajik was born and the Fiery foal; both grew up, K. feels pain under his clothes, there is a dagger, wearing a portrait of Princess Tsovinar; K. goes in search on Fire; wins, makes a man of black, white, green brothers countries; leaves everyone where he helps local princes defeat an entire army, marries a local princess, gives everyone a ring or belt - they will turn black if something happens; K. penetrates Ts, killing three her Lviv defenders; having learned about this, the king of the Red Country decided to kidnap Ts; sent him to the old woman, who overheard K. explain to C. that his strength was in his dagger; the old woman threw him into the sea, K. lost consciousness, the old woman sent Ts in a butter churn across the sea to the king of the Red Country; the twins understood everything, white began to search among the stars, black into the sea; they brought fish with a dagger in its back; black brother pulled it out along with his bones; said that this fish (ishkhan, "prince", Sevan trout, would be king among fish; having received a dagger, K. came to life; during the wedding of the Red King, the white brother smashed the king against the stars, black drowned the old woman, K. returned Ts.]: Nazinyan 2014:62-69; Azerbaijanis: Bogoyavlensky 1899, No. 2 (village. Sahli, Kazakh district, western Azerbaijan) [when he dies, the tsar tells his three sons not to go to the garden; the eldest son goes to meet a hero whose horse kills soldiers and kills the prince; the same with his middle brother; the youngest tames the horse, defeats the hero, who turned out to be a gyaur girl; the prince persecutes her, tells her to convert to Islam, marries her; on the way home he became friends with a diva, they promised to help each other; one of the sons, the diva could swim under water for hours, the other hears everything; the prince and his wife live by the sea, hunting a portrait of his wife; the wind blows him away, the king sees his witch mother becoming the maid of the prince's wife, asks what his strength is; a wreath; throws him into the fire, the prince is unharmed; in a knife; the witch throws him into the sea, brought the prince's wife to the king; that diva sees blood on the prince's ring, asks his sons for help; the listener finds out everything, the swimmer took out the fish that swallowed the blade, the prince came to life, came to his wife, they destroyed the king's army together, everything is fine]: 34-41; Nabiev 1988 [dying, Shah Isfahan leaves the throne the eldest son Ahmed, makes the vizier of the middle Mohammed, the adviser - the younger Hasan; tells him to take a rusty sword on a campaign; A. leaves, does not take a sword, the hero on a winged horse kills him; the same with A.; G. takes a rusty sword, defeats the hero, he turns out to be peri and the daughter of the Frankish king; leaves a note asking the Frankish king for her hand; G. took out a splinter diva, a grateful diva brings him to another, he to the third, the third to the country of the Franks; G. puts a lamb's stomach on his head to marry a bald one; the king takes him to herd geese; Peri recognizes him; she must choose the groom by throwing an apple at him, throws them to G.; the king kicked them out of town; the king fell ill, G. called the diva, he gave medicine, G. under the guise of a doctor cured the king; the daughter explained everything; a lavish wedding; another contender for Peri's hand went with war, G. fights bravely; the applicant hired an old woman to kill G.; disguised as a beggar, she came to Peri, found out that her husband's strength was in his sword; the enemies pulled out his sword, sent G. to prison, peri to the enemy's harem king; divas see blood on their knife, divas surrounded the enemy city, returned the sword, G. and his wife]: 47-53; Turks [an apple tree in the garden of the childless padishah of Egypt brings one apple a year; the old man commands eat him in half with his wife, and feed the peel to the mare; do not give his son a name, the old man will name him; they laugh at the boy - "nameless"; parents arrange a holiday to give a name; an old man comes gives the name Hüznügüzel ("beautiful soul"), and calls the foal born at the same time Altai; then the old man disappeared, it was Hizir; H. dreamed three times of the Most Beautiful Woman in the World (SCCM) and fell ill with love; his father tells him that he himself had been looking for her for 12 years without success; gives his sword; sitting on his horse, H. set off; met Padishah Moray's son, who offered to go together; likewise son of Padishah Stars; they stopped in the land of the Padishah Arabs; the guards threaten them, H. cut off their ears, sent them to call the PA; he sent 300 soldiers, H. cut off their ears again; the PA came by himself, passed them off as if they had come his three daughters; H. put his sword between the younger princess and himself; if he returns without getting the SKZHM, he will marry this princess; left his sword; if he has three drops of blood on him, report immediately brothers; H. comes to Hizir; here he directs to the SKZHM palace; on the other side, the glow is the light from one of her hair that hangs from the window; Heather gave a magic sword, and his father's told him to leave it; to enter the palace, it should be noted that the place, go around the palace three times and then hit this place, the door will open; H. spent a week with the SKZHM, went hunting; but the image of the SKZHM prevents aiming; SKZHM gives its own hair so that he could pull the image over himself; one day her hair was blown away by the wind into the garden of the Padishah Giants; then, when the SKZHM was swimming in the sea, one of her sandals was carried away; the witch promised to get SKZHM; pulled on goatskin sat down on a clay pot and flew, pretending to be a hunchback, persuaded H. to take her into the house; persuaded SKZHM to find out what her husband's life was like; he was in the mirror; the witch broke the mirror, but nothing happened; the same thing happened in a broom (the witch burned her); in a sword; the witch threw him into the sea; H. huddled in convulsions, and the witch in her pot carried the SKZHM to the Padishah of the Giants; there were three blood stains on the left sword; Padishah's son of the Stars determines by the stars where H., the son of Padishah Moray, took his sword from the bottom, H. came to life; came to the land of giants, changed clothes with the shepherd; entered the SKZHM, killed Padishah the Giants when after of the wedding, he entered her; in the morning H. is mistaken for a younger padishah; the SKZHM leaves the keys to the vizier; just do not unlock the closet (it contains the severed body of the padishah); H. killed the old woman, took his Shah's clothes from shepherd; the body of the victim was found, the vizier leads the army in pursuit; H. and the SCZHM beat him, sent the vizier back; taking the youngest daughter of Padishah Arabs, H. returned to Egypt with two wives]: Walker, Uysal 1966, No. 3: 34-54; Kurds [Eastern and Western Padishahs agree to marry future children if they are of different sexes; after the death of the West, son Usub remains, but Vostochny's wife refused to marry him a daughter named Parisade; W. and P. are leaving; the old woman's 39 sons who attacked her are exterminated, the fortieth is spared, he is a sorcerer, stabs a knife into U. in the bathhouse, takes P., but she kills him, cares for W.; portrait of P. finds the Arab padishah, W. and P. defeats him, he shows the portrait to others, the son of another padishah sends the old woman to find out what W. is strong; W. says that in the broom, the old woman burns her, W. is alive; in a saber; the old woman leaves her at sea, W. dies; friend W. Ahmad saves the fish, which finds a sword in the whale's belly, W. comes to life; W. returns P., exterminates the pursuers; W. and P. return to Father P.]: Jalil et al. 1989, No. 3:59-71; Kurds []: Chalatianz 1907, No. 13:409-411.

Iran - Central Asia. Lura [the king has three sons, the youngest Jahantigh; his father's wife offered him love, J. refused; the woman grabbed him by the clothes, he cut off the piece of dress that was left in her hand, ran away; she accused him of attacking her honor; the king wanted to execute her son, but the vizier advised him to simply expel him; the older brothers left with the youngest; at night they take turns keeping the fire; when J. is awake, the wind blew out the fire; J. came to 16 demons; they cannot get the princess, because at the entrance there are bells that start ringing when approaching and the guards wake up; J. suggests stuffing into cotton bells; then tells demons to go up one at a time and kills everyone; kisses the princess and changes rings with her; brings a brazier to the brothers who are still sleeping; in the city everyone pretends to be him destroyed the demons; when J. came, the king wants to give him his daughter, but he gives in to her older brother and moves on; in another village, the inhabitants are exhausted; the dragon has closed the spring, every day gives water for the sheep, bread and girl, turn of the royal daughter; clenching the back of the sword with his teeth, J. and the girl rushes into the dragon's mouth, ripped it apart with the blade of a sword; the girl marked the savior with dragon blood; all the springs were immediately filled; men gathered, the princess found her savior; J. gave in to her middle brother, went on; J. came to a city whose inhabitants are invisible; the fairy saw J. in a dream and will break the spell if J. comes to her; when she sees it, she made everyone else visible; J. married his servant to the fairy and came to a city where there are only women; the fairy king invites everyone to overcome him, but no one he cannot and he killed all men; the old woman teaches: we must take possession of the king's seahorse; hide in the stable; the horse will light up, the king will come to give him sugar; so twice; the third time the king whips off the horse and leaves; then J. the horse's path will be blue; after defeating the king, he can be released only after he says "with my mother's milk and father's pain"; the fairy king gave his daughter J.; once the wife combed her hair and her hair fell into the river; the prince picked it up, the old woman promised to get the owner if she was given as much gold as she weighs; she came to J.'s wife; she did not want to keep it, but J. told her to keep it; the old woman persuaded J.'s wife to find out what his strength was; his wife pretended to be offended, J. admitted that his strength was in the blade in his arm; when he fell asleep, his wife took out the blade and gave it to the old woman, she threw him into the river, put the woman to sleep and took him to the prince; J.'s wife told him she was in mourning for 40 days; his older brother J. saw that his star had set and his middle brother knew how to be underwater; they came the middle one took the blade from the bottom of the river, J. regained consciousness; the brothers bribed the old woman to take J.'s wife out of town; J. returned his wife, ordered the old woman to be burned]: Amanolahi, Thackston 1986, No. 1:1-9; Persians: Rosenfeld 1956 [the dervish gives the childless padishah an apple to eat in half with his wife; a son Jehantig is born, the dervish ties a diamond dagger to him in which his soul; D. grew up, discovered a forbidden room, there is a portrait of a girl with 40 braids, he goes to look for her; meets her, takes the Stargazer and the Sailor as companions; the dragon has closed the water, gives it for the girls, the Shah's daughter is intended to be eaten; D. kills the dragon, gets the princess, gives it to the Stargazer; in another city he kills ferocious lions, gives the received princess to the sailor; at Mount Kaf sees petrified people trying to get the princess; hits with an arrow at a cat, around whose neck the keys, petrified, come to life; the girls sweep the yard with their eyelashes, D. gives them brooms; kills the divas guarding the sleep of a girl with 40 braids; takes her as his wife, lives in a palace; another shah- zade wants to take her away; the old woman persuades D.'s wife to find out what his soul is wearing; throws a knife into the sea, D.'s body into the well; the Stargazer sees that the star D. is clouded; they come with the Sailor, he comes to life; D. kills the old woman and the kidnapper; everything is fine]: 175-185; Osmanov 1987 [the dervish gives the childless padishah to eat an apple in half with his wife; a son was born, but he is breathless; the same dervish tells him to do a hole in the sword that fell out of the womb with the child and hang the sword around the boy's neck; he came to life, and if the sword was removed, he lost consciousness; the boy was named Jantig ("life by the sword"); he grew up, he was given the keys to all but one of the gardens; he broke the door, in that garden there was a portrait of beautiful Chelgis ("forty braids"); D. followed her; he was joined by Minutochetr and the Stargazer, who also want to marry C. girl with boy; every day the dragon demands one young man to eat, otherwise it does not provide water, the girl hopes to appease the dragon with food; D. cut the dragon, a dove flew out of it; the impostors tried attribute the feat to herself, but the girl smeared D. with her hand soaked in dragon blood and identified him; D. married the girl to the Stargazer and went on with Minupoint; elsewhere, ships carrying grain because of the seas are dying; this time the ship must have the only son of the padishah; D. sailed himself, the dragon appeared from the sea, D. cut it, the dove flew out; D. married Minutochet to the daughter of the padishah, went further; the man invited him to dinner; his mother was C.'s wet nurse; the old woman would tell C.'s secret if she was not heard, otherwise she would become petrified; D. overhears the old woman talking alone; we must climb a tree, throw 7 dates to seven divas, they will eat and fall asleep; C. in the ear of one of the divas; you have to throw a candy, C. will come out to pick it up; D. grabbed C., they jump away, D. gives C. an armful of swords (as the old woman taught) , they turned into a mountain of swords; then salt is a mountain of salt; the divas cut themselves, their wounds were eaten away by salt, they died, only the White Div continues to chase; a jug of water is the sea and a rock with a cave; D. advises a diva put his head into the cave, then he will fly up; instead, the divas fell, drowned; C. washed his hair, two hairs fell into the well, D. did not pick it up; from the well they sailed to the padishah's garden; he smelled C., sent the old woman behind her; the old woman began to serve C., found out the mystery of the sword, threw her sword into the well, brought C. to the padishah; she demands to postpone the wedding for 40 days, a time of mourning; Stargazer sees that star D. goes out, goes in search with Minutochet; they took the sword out of the well, returned D., he came to life; killed the old woman, took C.; she gave Minutochet and Stargazer through her hair - if you want to eat, they create any fruit he wanted; D. brought C. to his father; she warns that his father wants to kill D.: there will be a carpet-covered trap pit, poisoned tea and pilaf; D. jumped over the carpet, changed dishes, his father died himself; D. reigned]: 267-278; Tajiks [the old man's eldest son Sitorashinos is a stargazer, the middle son is Darieband (directs the rivers), the younger Shamshirboz (brave with a sword); the brothers decided to marry one day; S. moves the stone, but they do not crush the ants, they give a wing, promise to help; whoever cuts a strip of iron will give his daughter to the padishah; S. cut, but went further with his brothers; near the city in the lake dragon, every day demands a girl, 40 rams and 10 dastarkhans, the turn of two daughters of the padishah; S. found out where the dragon, D. took the water, S. hacked him with a sword; the padishah offers to choose a bride, but S. wants three for himself and brothers; the padishah asks to collect the crumbling grains from the field (ants collect); the padishah gives his daughters for S. and D.; at their wedding, S. finds a third girl hidden by the padishah in the garden - insignificant but beautiful; S. says that his strength is in his saber; the old woman hears, grabs her sword, tells him to throw it into the river; S. finds out everything, D. takes the water, returns Sh.; he sends the girl's maid, putting it in jug his ring; the padishah has to let his brothers and their brides go]: Ulug-zade 1967:115-129; Baluchi: Zarubin 1932, No. 10 [the dervish gives the childless king an apple; the king's wife eats it, gives birth to it dead boy; Azrail takes him away, revives him, his name is Janteg; D. takes Stargazer, Water scholar, Buzlangs named Grandfather Gargashang (DG) as his sister; the dragon has closed the water, the king's daughter is led to eaten; D. lets himself be swallowed, immediately cuts the dragon in half with a sword; gives the girl to the Stargazer; DG destroys enemies, the princess gets a Water expert; DG brings D. to the girl Hair-in-Forty-Arshin, that marries; another king sends an old woman; she encourages his wife to ask D. where his soul is; in a sword; the old woman takes the girl in a flying chest, throws the sword into the river; the brothers take out a sword, revive D., the one with with the help of DG, he returns his wife; finds his father]: 121-133; Uzbeks [Klych-Batyr goes to look for the beautiful Ak-Bilyak; meets, wins, heroes of a weaver, blacksmith, water carrier; leaves them a pumpkin ( calebass), if they see blood in it, let them come; the shepherd explains that the AB horse is guarding, laughing, and the person who comes is executed every time; we must give him a kishmish; KB penetrates the AB, ties her braids to the pegs; she recognizes him as her husband; Karakhan tells the old woman to steal AK; she persuades AB to find out where KB's soul is in the sword; AB asks him to leave his sword at home, the old woman throws it into the river, KB falls dead; at this time the old woman makes a flying horse, invites AB to sit on it, brings it to Karakhan; the twins see blood, the water carrier drains the river, the blacksmith sharpens his sword, the weaver tells the revived KB that K. marries AB; KB kills K., makes the weaver the king of that country, the water carrier and the blacksmith viziers]: Afzalov et al. 1972 (1): 237-242.

Baltoscandia. Karely (Kalevalsky district) [when dying, parents advise their son not to marry, their daughter not to marry, but to live together quietly; after eating all the supplies, they went on a journey; sister is thirsty; brother went for water to the waterfall, collected a hat of water, there is a pike; asks her to let go, teaches her where the golden sword is between the stones of the waterfall; you can't lift it, but if you "turn the screw", it will become light; do not show your sister; they they come to a house where the table is set for nine; nine demons enter, the young man cuts off their heads with his sword, throws their bodies underground; it turned out that one did not die without death; asks the girl to release him, make him a husband; let him know what the brother's strength is; he answers that he is in the naked, in the pomelo; the sister and the demon burn them, the brother is unharmed; the young man's sword cannot be raised; then the sister pretended to be sick, asked the bear then lion's milk; the bear, the lioness laugh, give milk; the sister asks for the gallbladder of the leader of the devils across the nine seas; the bear and the lioness go with the guy; they hide it in a hole, and then barked to the squirrel captain carrying that devil on the ship heard; the guy almost became deaf even in the hole because of such a scream; the squirrel brought the guy, told him to hide in the underground, the princess will put the demon to sleep, he must cut off his head a ring will roll out of my throat, cut it in two, throw one half into the fire, the other into your pocket; there was a demon's life in the ring, the guy took bile; the princess gave her ring; at home, my sister persuaded me to say where is brother's life and how to make the sword easy; the demon took the sword, the boy was blinded and driven into the forest; he came to the city, the princess saw her ring, told her father to pass her off as a blind man, he drove them away; the blind hears birds talking; the first time they say that if you enter the hut, it will explode; the blind man did not let his wife go there; the second time: if you wash your eyes with dew, the man will see the light; sending his wife to her father, a man with He came to the demon with his beasts; the squirrel went down the chimney, unlocked the door; the man took his sword, blinded the demon and sister, drove him into the forest; the couple came to their animals; they told his wife and them to be cut off the head, throw it into the spring, throw his sword there and jump himself; the squirrel, the lioness, the bear, the sword turned into four princes - the brothers of the man's wife; when he sees the missing children, the king asks forgiveness of his son-in-law and daughter, gives her son-in-law the throne]: Onegin 2010, No. 17:201-209; Swedes [the woman ate an extraordinary fruit and gave birth to two boys; together with the younger one, a magic sword; when leaving, the youngest leaves an object to the elder, according to whose condition he finds out if something happens to him; he kills the dragon who has kidnapped the girl and marries the girl; or the girl is extremely strong and leaves the young man in a magical forest; there he fights opponents and in conclusion with her, and when she wins, she marries her; one day she drops her curl into the stream, water takes him away and a foreign king finds it; the king sends a woman to find out who the curl belongs; but when the king sends servants for a beautiful woman, the hero easily kills them with his magic sword; a woman comes again and persuades the hero's wife to find out what her husband's strength is; the woman steals the sword, the hero is killed, and the wife goes to someone else's king; the older brother learns about the death of the baby, finds his remains and revives him with living water; the youngest turns into a horse, and the elder sells him to the king; the woman picks him up , whoever is in front of her, tells the horse to be stabbed; three trees grow out of three drops of blood; they were cut down, but the sliver fell into the water and became a duck; the king undresses to enter the water and catch a duck; the hero takes his appearance, grabs the sword left by the king and killing him; punishes a woman, returns his wife]: Liungman 1961, No. GS 367:78-80.

Volga - Perm. Bashkirs: Barag 1988, No. 12 [poor elderly spouses cut down a birch tree in the courtyard of the mosque; for this they were exiled to Siberia; they were born Akyal Batyr; he meets and companions an overturning mountain Tau-batyr transplanting trees in Urman Batyr; companions take turns cooking, an old long-bearded dwarf defeats the cook, eats meat; A. hangs the old man by the beard; he breaks down, goes into the hole; only A. decides to go down; the former old man owns water in the lower world, gives him sparingly; A. cuts off his head; hits the target with an arrow, gets the daughter of one khan, then the daughter of another; after defeating the hero, he does her third wife; sends them upstairs; when he climbs himself, the companions cut off the rope; kills Azhdaha, who devoured the chicks of the Samrug bird; she takes him to the ground; he feeds her sparrows and starlings, the last cuts off two pieces from its legs, the bird puts the pieces back; A. forgives his companions, gives them a wife, keeps the hero for herself; the old mother of the devas persuades his wife to find out where A. has a second heart; takes out his second heart of stone from under his arm, A. falls asleep, the devas take his wife away; T. and W. find a heart of stone in the stream, revive A.; all three go to war against the devas; A. puts the ring in the porridge, which is being prepared for his kidnapped wife; frees his wife, kills devas], 30 [a swan is brought to the evil king Takyanus; it says that whoever eats her head will remain king forever; his sons Husain ( youngest), Hasan and Suleiman (elder) accidentally eat their heads, wings, legs; the king tells the vizier to take them to the forest and kill them, the vizier lets the boys go; at the fork there is an inscription: whoever goes to the right will find good luck, to the left - death, in the middle - will remain with what he has; S. goes to the right, Hasan straight, Husain to the left; hits the ring with an arrow, made by the royal son-in-law, but as a minor, postpones the wedding and goes further; kills Azhdaha, who has closed the water, gets the daughter of another king, moves on; catches a wonderful ant, who takes him across the sea to the island, takes possession of a local beauty; a witch persuades her find out where the husband's soul is; these are tweezers in a skullcap, the witch throws them into the sea, takes his wife H. to the khan; she manages to give the dove a letter for her husband's brothers; they take out tweezers, revive her brother, drown the old woman in the sea, they give their possessions to Khan and wife Husain; he gives the first two wives to his brothers; explains to the impoverished father who he is]: 81-99, 188-197; Bashkirs [40 sons, younger Altynduga; one has done all the work which the father and his eldest 39 sons used to perform (to return the herds from the pasture and lock them in stalls); chose an inferior haircut, who turned out to be a heroic horse; brought it to the rock, where above the door sword: take it away, it's your soul; next to the girls% horse: one of them is your fiancée; A. asks the father to find them 40 sisters to marry; the father met an old man: he has 40 daughters; the father left A. at home; that told me where to go; on the way back, do not stop in the garden or pick berries there, the garden is owned by the seven-headed monster Yalmauz (cannibal sorcerer or snake); they began to tear berries, Y. demands that A. get his daughter is a deva from Mount Kaf, took his fiancée hostage; A. goes, meets along the way, takes companions 1) the shooter (the arrow fired into the sky falls three days later); 2) drank (drinks the lake, skipping water through his teeth, the fish remains in his mouth); 3) a runner with millstones on his legs; the king will give his daughter to someone who climbs a pole without splashing a glass of honey on his head (A. climbed, saw his house from the top, cried , but proved that the drops are not honey, but a tear); 2) shoot an arrow through the golden ring (the shooter fired); 3) overtake the old runner, run for 13 days; the old woman put the Runner to sleep, covered it with a pot; A. saw with the tops of the pole, the Shooter woke up by hitting the pot with an arrow; 4) survive in a stone house, and around - burning firewood with 40 soot (Drinking filled the fire); A. and his companions go to Mount Kaf, and the princess will be taken to on the way back; at the top, Kaf A. leaves kurai: if blood flows from it, not milk, then trouble; he goes on alone; the old woman sends him to the older sister, she sends him to the eldest; she says that the deva has 3 heads, his brothers have 6 and 12; offers to take off the kamcha, A. cannot; gives a drink of strength - then he could; hit this kamcha near the girl's house, a ditch will appear, hide in it; the girl will howl animals - no one no; so several times; she will kill all the animals and go to bed; she must be beaten with a kamcha until she submits; after becoming the wife of A., the girl advises her deva uncles to wait under the bridges they will cross; And . killed the devas, settled with his wife by the sea; an old woman sailed on the board: everyone drowned, left alone; stayed with A. and his wife; advises her husband to ask what his soul is wearing; A. in the insole of his boot; the old woman burned insole, A. did not notice; in a sword; the old woman threw her sword into the sea, A. died, the old woman lured the girl into the boat, brought her to the king, who sent her; A.'s friends on Mount Kaf: blood instead of milk; I saw drinking bloody fish; fish: the sword cut her eyes (since then these fish have been red-eyed); He drank water, found the sword, A. came to life; friends came to the kidnapper, destroyed the king, his army and the old woman, divided prey; A. offered to divide the girl; out of fear she vomited blood; so he purified her bad blood; on the way home he took the princess given to him by the king; killed Yalmauz and took the princess intended for him; remained with three wives]: Barag 1988, No. 34:219-234.

Turkestan. Kazakhs: Sidelnikov 1952 [=1958 (1): 69-88, =Daurenbekov 1979:46-57; Ashken, Moshken {to Daurenbekov 1979 Shoshken)} and younger Zhumageldy leave their father's house; he does not tell me to spend the night in the forest, on a lonely grave, in a cemetery; they spend the night; every night the brothers sleep, J. guards; the monster kills, the Yellow seven-headed bird turned out to be, hid the corpse, put the belt cut out of the back in his pocket; The next stop I remembered the lonely grave, raised the stove, went underground, killed the Seven-Headed Dragon; at the third stop, I remembered the cemetery, came to 60 giants, ate more meat than they did; summons giants one by one to the next room, kills everyone, cuts off and hides their ears; all three brothers go down to that country; the local khan is grateful that the bird, dragon and giants are killed; J. renounces the khan's daughter and the throne, leaves A., moves on with M.; M. says he can drink the sea, J. says that his heart is in his dagger; the snake eats a girl and a ram every day, it has come Khan's daughter's turn; J. lets herself be swallowed, rips the snake open from the inside with a dagger; runs away, the edge of the robe remains in the girl's hands; everyone is called to a feast, J. is identified, gives the girl and the throne to M.; kills three giants, marries their sister; the khan is jealous; the old woman asks his wife to ask J. where his soul is, throws a dagger into the sea, takes the widow to the khan; A. and M. see blood dripping from the star, M. drinks the sea, they get it dagger, revive J., he exterminates the khan and his people, returns his wife]: 213-228; Babalar sozi 2001, No. 10 [the old people are childless; the old man went to the one that the khan arranged on the occasion of the marriage of the youngest daughters; an old woman dreams: a tall black man came and announced: "I will give you eight watermelons and one melon, you will have nine sons. The youngest you will give birth to from a melon is the hero Kyokzhan"; the old woman opened her eyes and saw 8 watermelons and a melon at the head; ate them; after 9 months she gave birth to 9 sons, the youngest was named hero Kyokzhan ; sons grew up; one day, in the absence of sons, an old man and an old woman saw a herd of sheep being grazed by a girl descending from the mountain; she came and asked for a drink; said that her family had nine girls, and she youngest; the old man came to her father, married his daughters to their sons; 8 sons went to the brides, but K. stayed; did not tell them to spend the night by the mountain; but on the way back, the brothers, wives and father stayed there for the night; they saw an aidahar (dragon), who clutched its own tail in its mouth, turning around the cattle; promises to return the cattle if the old man gives him K.; he spent one night with his wife and went to the dragon; he says bring him a gold-haired girl; on the way, K. met and accompanied someone who can track down a corsak; who knows the number of stars in the sky; knows how many fish there are in the world; one buy will give his daughter to someone who will shoot down a suspended gold bar and knock down his fighter; K. knocked down the bar and knocked down the wrestler, gave the girl he had received to his first comrade; the same in another village he gave the girl to his second comrade; in the third, third; K. went alone; in the village there is a gold-haired girl - "I would call her the moon, but she has a mouth unlike the moon, I would call her the sun, but she has eyes unlike the sun"; her father exposes the same conditions (knock down a bar, knock down a fighter); K. fulfilled, took the girl, went to the dragon; saw an empty white yurt, began to live in it with the girl; the girl began to wash her hair in the Yedil River, swam away alone, the horseman on I picked it up on the other side, came to the old woman Zhalmauyz, asked her to get the girl; she told me to give her a golden boat and a wineskin; the old woman to the girl: this yurt is mine; I'll kill if you don't tell me where my husband's soul is; K.: "Under with her skin laid on the right to the ground, on the edge of a pocket knife"; the old woman gave the girl drunk, pulled out a knife, heated it in the fire, threw it into the water, took the girl to the horseman's palace; the knowledgeable star said that star K. fell; whoever was tracking Korsak found K. dead; who knew about fish found that one pike was missing, caught it, found a penknife in her belly, K. came to life; came to the kidnapper, aka tulpara also took him away; tulpar does not let anyone in; K. offered to go around him; rode to the palace, took the girl; brought the dragon, but he was killed, and a man in black nearby; it turns out that this is his son (from his wife, with whom K. spent one night); everything is fine]: 90-96; Coyaud 2012, No. 70 (China) [Khan learned to fly, but still could not find the beauty he dreamed of; ordered her to paint a portrait, hung her in a locked one room; married, has a son Jiangde; he comes in and falls in love with the beauty in the portrait; goes to look for her; meets giants one by one on the way; everyone says they would like to fight J.; J. Wins everyone, takes them as companions; they have different abilities; they come to a city where they feed the dragon every day, otherwise he will swallow everyone; J. cut the dragon in half, cut off his belts in proof; the king made him minister; he gave this post to one of the giants and led others further; the same in another city (serpent, J. made khan, but handed over the position to the second giant); in the third city (killed a giant who muddied the river, received half of his wealth and received the position of vizier, gave it to a third companion); in the fourth city, an old man teaches where to find and grab a beautiful woman; we must demand her a book, then she won't run away; J. married a beautiful woman; one day she washed her hair and swam away along the river; a fisherman brought it to Khan; a horned witch ordered her to be given a quick camel, asked J. to shelter her, persuaded his wife to find out what J.'s life was like: in the spear of life in his sole; when J. fell asleep, the old woman took him out and threw him into the river, J. died; his wife wanted to fly away, but the old woman cut off her wing and delivered it Khan; she asked to postpone the wedding for 17 days; one of his giant friends understood everything from the stars, the other took him out of the water, J. came to life; they killed Khan and the sorceress, J. returned his wife, came with her to parents]: 161-173.

Southern Siberia - Mongolia. Tuvans (Khemchik) [rich Abu Mergen went east, met, accompanied a man who fired an arrow into the sky and saw it, although others do not see it; listening to what is happening in the underworld; piercing a mountain; looking for traces of a beetle and ant 9- and 7-year-old; catching gazelles on the run; drinking the sea; AM left them at the moon-clear girl Ak Dangyna, and went on and married in a sun-clear girl Aldyn Dangyna (AD); Karaty Khan found out about her, the old woman volunteered to steal her, asked for a golden boat, sailed to AM, persuaded AD to find out what her husband's life was like; she begged her to say ; AM: in the wick of the lamp, in the bow string, in the horse's four legs; the old woman cut it all, cut it all, AM died; the old woman offered AD to board her boat, took it to K.; AD gave birth to a boy who every day grew like others in a year; AM and Ak-Dangyn's brothers noticed that the arrow left by AK was bleached, dilapidated, and went in search; the ranger found his bones, which were taken away by the mice, and Ak-Dangyn found their bones, which were taken away by the mice, and Ak-Dangyn found them folded and revived with a swipe; drank drained the sea and they all came dry to K.; defeated his army; the son of AK found his father and his companions; K. prepared an iron house; the one who perforated the mountains made dig under him with his finger; the shooter pierced K.'s neck, the runner brought the stolen blood pressure, drank the sea and flooded K.'s country with this water; now the question is who Ak-Dangyn should marry; each of the twin brothers says what he did to save AM; to stop the dispute, Ak-Dangyna suggested: seven twins would become seven stars of Ursa Major, AD with her son Morning Star (Dang Sholban), and she herself would become Evening Star star (Ak Sholban); and so it happened]: Taube 1978, No. 38:206-212; Khalha Mongols: Bennigsen 1912 [the tiger cub became friends with a calf; the tigress killed a cow; the tiger cub ripped open his mother's stomach with scissors, began to live with a calf; hung a bell for him to call for help; when he heard the ringing, he rushed to the calf, but he simply drove away the flies; next time he did not run, and the calf was killed and eaten by hunters; the tiger cub asked kill him, bury his and his calf's bones together; two trees grew on this place; Altan-Hoo (the golden boy, the incarnation of a tiger cub) and Mungung-Hoo (the silver boy, the incarnation of a calf) began to emerge; the shepherd saw, told the khan, caught the boys on his orders, the khan began to raise them; while AH beats off enemies, MX went to marry Kharakchi-Khan's daughter; kind to the old man he met, he gives a stick; another gives two bones, the third is a coal; dogs Asar and Vasar rushed to MX at the palace, but MX threw their bones; the princess immediately fell in love, ordered herself to be taken away; the army surrounded them, the princess waved a fragment of that sticks, warriors fell dead; the same the next morning (she threw the coal, he burned the army); MX and his wife found an empty house, settled down; his wife did not let her hair loose in front of him; he saw - she had a golden strand; she gave him one hair, warning him that misfortune awaited them; the wind vomited his hair, he swam down the stream to Damba-Darji's Chutkur Khan; he sent an army; MX was tied, but they could not kill; his wife ordered him to be laid down the knife into the hearth, MX died; ordered the ropes to be cut and, leaving the house, waved her hands; at this time AH captured the enemy khan; went to look for MX; the horse brought him to AH's body; in the door on the right there is an inscription: take it out of the hearth knife, MX will come to life; on the left is the inscription: let MX ride in front of DD Palace late at night on a bull covered with soot; he did so; the kidnapped Khatun did not laugh for three years, but when she saw a man on a bull, laughed; DD decided to smear himself with soot and sit on the bull; at this time, MX's wife ran away with him; DD chases, but the brothers shot the arrow and all the DD warriors died; DD AH himself killed with a raw aspen stake; brothers began to rule his kingdom]: 33-42; Mikhailov 1962 [Khan's servant gave birth to Zhivaa-Tsagaan in the eighth year of pregnancy; when the Khan's elephant went mad, J. killed him; the khan exiled him to the land of his possessions, where sent someone who can swallow everything and the fastest runner before; they met and accompanied a keen and drinking sea; each one takes turns cooking; a cyclops comes out of the sea, eats everything; when J.'s turn, he beat the Cyclops; his brothers finished him off, and married four fairies who supported the wounded; J.'s wife Oyun, her slipper fell into the sea, the demon found, told Khan, the khan ordered him to steal O. ; J.'s soul in the casket; the demon teaches O. to steal the casket, throws it into the sea, takes O.; the companions helped: one saw J., the other ran to him, the third drank the sea, put the casket in J.'s finger, he came to life; under the guise poor friends got to the khan, J. stabbed him, took O., Swallow drank the sea again, they were dry; when they were chased, the sea came together, the pursuers drowned]: 126-128; Hodza 1954 [tiger cub with they began to live together as a bull; the tiger cub hung a bell to call it if something happened; twice the goby just shook its head; and when the hunters appeared, the tiger cub did not run and killed the bull; died of longing next to a friend's bones; the shepherd buried his bones, two trees grew out of the leaves, two boys began to descend to the ground in the morning, and in the evening they came back; the shepherd noticed that everything had reached the khan; he sent soldiers, one was captured; the second went out and tried to repel the first, but he was also captured; the khan ordered them to herd the herds, one was named Altai Gu, the other Mungun Gu; Khan sent AG to war; a few later months, MG was sent to get Oyun, the tenth daughter of Hargart Khan, who has three golden hairs; along the way, MG consistently met and donated gold to three old men; one gave him a staff, the other lamb bone, and the third coal; a dog rushed to MG, he gave him a bone; MG took O., they were surrounded by Khan's warriors, MG threw a shepherd's stick, she killed everyone; next time the stick disappeared somewhere, MN threw the coal, the flame drove away pursuers; MG picked up a stick and coal, began to live with O.; asked for one of his golden hair; the wind carried him away, the Khan who sent MG saw; ordered the servant to get O.; the warriors attacked unexpectedly, O. decided that her husband would die and threw his sword into the fire; MG died immediately; at this time AG returned, found the MG yurt, accidentally took his sword out of the hearth, MG came to life; they went to take O.; the giant fish in the river threatened them swallow, MG threw coal into the water, the fish cooked; the brothers killed the 7-headed mangus guard, returned O.]: 16-20.

Amur - Sakhalin. The Nanais [a wild pig became pregnant, gave birth to a boy; she made a bow and arrows for him with her teeth and fangs; when he killed a wild boar while hunting, his mother stopped coming to him; he went on a journey, consistently meets three madchiks, they are children of the moon, star, sun; they come to people, four women raise them, their named brothers stay, get married, the son of a pig comes to another woman; leaving to hunt, tells his wife not to give his bow and arrow to anyone; an old woman with a thin neck and a big head tickles the woman until she tells her where the bow and arrows are, she takes them away; the husband comes, all broken, dies after telling him where his brothers are; the son of the sun can renew what is broken, the son of the moon can read traces, the son of a star can swim in a lake of fire; the son of the moon leads to the lake, the son of the star pulls out old woman Senge and fragments of bow and arrows, the star's son makes them whole; the old woman was burned, the mergen was revived, he married the youngest Pudin, who could not keep him, everyone came to live in Mergen's homeland]: Kile 1996, No. 15:183-191; the Udege people [the horse turns into a girl, marries Agha, they descend from the Namunka family; the old woman tells his wife A. that he is immortal, asks him to know what the secret is ; My heart lies on a fish dryer behind seven hills and swamps, consists of a bow, arrow, jail, spear, skis, snorkel, needles; an old woman breaks them, A. dies, she takes his wife to her son on the end of the earth; two brothers A. glue objects together, A. comes to life, kills an old woman and her son, returns his wife]: Podmaskin 1991, No. 25:135-136.