L15e1. Discarded weapons. 16.28.29.

An aged and/or feeling his death is approaching, instructs his son, warrior, or people under control to throw his cold water into the sea, lake or river weapon (sword, sword or ax). Compare L15E and L15e2 motives.

French, British, Western Ukrainians, Ossetians, Ingush, Armenians.

Western Europe. The French [episode of Arthur's Death, which is part of the Lancelot Grail series and dates back to the first half of the 13th century. ("La Mort Artu", text in Old French; the author is unknown, and may have come from Britain): After the Battle of Salisbury, the wounded King Arthur ordered Girfleet to throw the Excalibur sword into the lake, located on a hill; G. felt sorry for E., threw his own sword into the water and hid E. in the grass; then told A. that he had thrown E. away; A. asked what he saw at the same time; G. replied that he did not see anything unusual; A. realized that he was being deceived and demanded to carry out the assignment; G. found E., began to groan; threw a sheath from E. into the water, and hid the sword itself; A. revealed the deception, as in the first time; G. threw E. into the lake and saw a hand come from there, grabbed E., shook it three or four times, then disappeared; G. spoke about what A. saw; he realized that his death was near, and ordered G. to leave; when G. galloped away, it began to rain; G. took refuge under a tree and saw a ship sailing by sea with many ladies on board; among them was Morgana, sister A.; A. boarded with with his horse and weapon; the ship sailed to sea; three days later, G. found A.'s grave in the Black Chapel, whose body was brought there by the ladies on the ship]: Lacy 2010:127-130 (retelling in Grisward 1969:289); the British [episode of Thomas Mallory's The Death of Arthur, completed in 1469-1470: the wounded King Arthur addressed Sir Bediver: "[In] my good sword Excalibur and go ashore with him, and when you get there, I tell you to throw your sword into the water and come back to me to tell me what you will see there"; B. went ashore and, looking at the sword on the way, said to himself: "If I I will throw this rich sword into the water, it will not be good, but only damage and damage"; then E. hid under the roots of a tree, returned to A. and said that he had reached the shore and threw his sword into the water; A. asked what he saw there; B. replied that he saw nothing but waves and wind; A. said: "You are lying. So go there as soon as possible and follow my command"; B. went ashore, again regretted his sword and hid it; answered A.'s question about what he saw as he did the first time; A. called him as a deceiver and demanded that the sword be thrown away; B. threw E. into the water; his hand rose from the waves, caught the sword, clenched it with his fingers, shook it and waved it three times, and disappeared with the sword under water; B. returned to A. and spoke about what he saw; then picked him up on his back and went ashore; there was a barque on the shore with many ladies in black hoods; B. carried A. onto the barque and returned ashore; when the barque began to sail, A. said: "I must hurry to the Avalon Valley to heal my severe wound there. And if you never hear from me again, pray for my soul!" (XXI.5)]: Mallory 1974:752-754.

Central Europe. Western Ukrainians [when young Dovbush herded sheep in the mountains, Saint Illey began to thunder from the sky, and the devil climbed onto the cliff and began to laugh at him; D. killed the devil with a gun; they came from God angels and said that he would have everything he wanted; D. wished to be the strongest, the most beautiful in the mountains, the bravest of the fellows, and not to be taken by a bullet or other weapon; the angels answered that everything will be like this, and he will be forever young; when D. rises, the mountains shudder; the old man predicts to him that he will live forever if he does not kill other people's wives, shed human blood and get drunk; D. first kills Nikolai Didushko, the cruel voice of the village of Krasnoilye on Pokutye, and then falls in love with a married woman, Stefan Dzvinchuk's wife; intoxicated, says in a dream that to kill him you can use a silver bullet, over which, along with hot wheat and silver hair from his head, twelve services will be served; Dzvinchuk's wife overhears this, gets hair from D.'s head and tells her husband who prepares such a bullet and kills the robber; when he dies, D. orders his men to carry it on axes to Montenegro, and throw his golden ax into the Danube (p. Krivorovna, Verkhovinsky district, Ivano-Frankivsk region); young Dovbush meets a thing in the mountains who predicts to him that he will have fame and live forever, but should not tell the truth to someone else's wife; when he is eighteen years old, he herds sheep; a thunderstorm begins, and Saint Illey thunders from the sky, and hell, when he climbs a rock, begins to mock; D. kills him with a pistol, and with those who descend to reward him to angels expresses the wish to become the strongest, the most beautiful in the mountains and the most courageous; the angels promise him all this, as well as eternal youth; D. begins to fight against the landowners, oppressing the people, and laughing, collects bullets fired at them; grandfather-wehen warns D. against other people's wives who will betray him, against bloodshed and drunkenness; after the death of the thing, D. gets drunk for the first time and kills Didushko; after getting drunk for the second time, he sleeps with Stefan Dzvinchuk's wife; after getting drunk for the third time, he tells in a dream how to kill him; Dzvinchuk's old mother hears this, passes her hair to her son; Stefan sanctifies a silver bullet and mortally injures D; he tells his robbers to take him to Montenegro, and drown his golden axe in the Danube, after which he dies (p. Krivorovnya); when young Dovbush herded his sheep, it began to rattle, it began to rain, and the Holy Lord began to thunder from the sky; the devil climbed onto the rock and began to mock; Dovbush shot him with a pistol; Angels from the Lord came to him and asked him what he wanted; D. replied that he wanted to be the best, bravest and strongest among the fellows in Galicia, so that, if God permitted, he would not be taken by a bullet or another weapon; the angels answered him that this would happen, and he would be forever young; D. gathered a squad and began to stand up for poor people; collects bullets fired at him and laughs; the old man warns D. not to look at other people's wives, otherwise they will betray, not to shed human blood or get drunk; after death, D., having drunk for the first time, kills Didushko; after drinking for the second time, gets in touch with Dzvinchuk's wife; after getting drunk for the third time, tells her how to kill him; she steals silver hair from his head; her husband makes a silver bullet and kills D.; when he dies, he orders his thieves to take him to the mountains and sink his golden axe in the Danube (p. Perekhresnaya, Kosovo district, Ivano-Frankivsk region); Dovbush meets goods in the mountains as a child; he predicts wealth and glory for him, commands him not to reveal the truth to someone else's wife; D. herds sheep; starts to rattle, it rains, lightning strikes from the sky; the devil climbs the rock, starts laughing; D. shoots at him with a gun; angels come to him and offer to ask God for whatever he wants; D. wants to become the most beautiful and courageous, the strongest among the fellows, not to be taken by a bullet and other weapon; angels promise him this and eternal youth; he gathers guys and begins his struggle; he is not they take bullets; the old man warns him against other people's wives, bloodshed and drunkenness; when he dies, D. gets drunk three times; as a result, he sheds Didushko's blood, contacts Dzvinchuk's wife and in his sleep tells her how to kill him; she betrays D.; fatally wounded by a silver bullet, he asks him to be taken to Montenegro and his golden axe flooded in the Danube (p. Yablunitsa, Verkhovyna district, Ivano-Frankivsk region); as a child, Dovbush meets a thing that predicts wealth and glory for him, eternal life if he does not trust the truth to someone else's wife; at eighteen For years, D. herds sheep, thunder begins to thunder, rain falls, Saint Elijah thunders from the sky; the devil climbs a rock and begins to mock. D. kills him with a gun, after which angels come from the Lord to reward him; he wants to be the strongest, the most beautiful in the mountains, the bravest of fellows; angels give him all this, as well as a gift eternal youth; D. gathers twelve of the best fellows and punishes the rich for atrocities; the old thing teaches him not to look at other people's wives, shed human blood or get drunk; after death Dozen D. gets drunk three times, kills Didushko, sleeps with Stefan Dzvinchuk's wife and tells him how to kill him; these words are overheard by Dzvinchuk's old mother, who then kidnaps his silver hair; Dzvinchuk kills D., and before his death he orders him to take him on axes to Kedrovataya and drown his golden axe in the Danube (p. Verkhovyna, Verkhovinsky district, Ivano-Frankivsk region); grandfather veshun predicts Dovbush that he will gain strength and beauty, live forever and will never die if he does not tell a woman the truth; D. begins his struggle; the thing orders him not to look at other people's wives, shed blood or get drunk; D. sheds Didushko's blood and, after drinking, tells Stefan Dzvinchuk's wife, with whom he joined connection, how he can be killed; they are overheard by Stefan's mother, who extracts silver hair from D.'s head; Dzvinchuk kills him; before his death, D. orders him to be taken to the mountains, share his gold, and his Drown the golden ax in the Danube (Putilsky district, Chernivtsi region); there are records from other villages in Ivano-Frankivsk and Chernivtsi regions]: Rakhno 2020c.

Caucasus - Asia Minor. Ossetians: Shanayev 1876 (p. Shanayevo, 1875) [Nart episode: "The laborer, having mercy on them {over the sledges}, replied that after the disasters he had caused, he would be pleased with his death. But he cannot die until his zuss-qar sword is thrown into the sea, and that he is only destined to die this way; otherwise he will live and kill them before theirs extermination. Again, a lot of grief fell on the sledges: how do you throw Batraz's sword into the sea? They invented to say and assure him that his sword has been thrown into the sea and that it is time for him to die; they come and speak with various assurances to sick Batraz that his sword has been abandoned and that the end of his life should to come. The laborer asked them: what phenomena did they see when they threw their sword into the sea? The sledges, of course, replied that there were no special phenomena at sea. "So," says Batraz, "the Dzuss-qar sword is not thrown into the sea, because then you would notice different phenomena." Hearing Batraz's words, the sledges hurried to gather their best efforts and means to fulfill his wish; with the help of several thousand animals, they moved Batraz's sword ashore and threw him into the sea. The sword was abandoned - waves and hurricanes began, the sea itself became boiling, and then turned bloody. The sledges were quite surprised by these phenomena; but their joy was also limitless: they came and told Batraz about the phenomena he had seen; he, convinced of the truth, gave up his last spirit, after which it was easy for sledges betray his body to the ground"]: 21-22 (reprinted with minor processing in Khamitsaeva, Byazirov 1989:314); Dzagurov 1973, No. 115 (Digortsy, p. Zadalesk, 1910) [When Ouasgergi was out of peace, he handed his sword to his son and ordered it to be thrown into the sea; the son took it away and hid it in the forest, saying to himself, "When he is gone, I will wear it"; when W. came back, asked where the sword had gone; the son replied that he threw it into the sea; W.: "No, you hid it in the forest. If it stays on earth, people will kill each other with it. Go throw it into the sea!" ; when the son came back, W. said: "No, you hid her in the mountain! We can't help but throw it into the sea!" ; my son had to throw a sword into the sea; she went to sea through all fish species: that's why they have a cut behind their ears and they are useful to people]: 496; Ingush (west in 1984 from a resident of the village. Sholkhi, Suburban District of North Ossetia) [hero Ali married, but soon divorced because he fell in love with Petimat, the daughter of the Prophet Muhammad; P. did not want to marry him; M. invented a mirror, put it in in the room and said to his daughter: "If you do not marry Ali, we will marry him the girl who is in that room"; P. saw herself in the mirror as beautiful and decided that if such a beauty did not think shameful to marry A., fate itself tells her to do so; P. gave birth to Hassan and Hussein; after the angel Mulkalmovt took her soul, Hassan and Hussein began to be cared for by sister A.; from his former a boy was born to his wife; A. did not know about it; the boy grew up, met A., Hassan and Hussein, who were building a tower; threw up a stone that neither Hassan nor Hussein could lift; defeated Hassan in the struggle, then A. himself; then said that his father was hero A.; when he found out that he was fighting with his own father, he rushed into the sea and disappeared under water; after a while, A. felt death was approaching; he knew that his successor could only be a son who went to sea; said to Hassan: "Take that sword over there, go to the sea and throw it into the water, where your brother went"; H. went to do his father's will; on the way He looked at his sword and wondered why such a treasure should be destroyed; eventually he hid his sword and came back; A. said, "How quickly you came back. It is impossible to walk to the sea during this time"; when H. claimed that he had thrown his sword into the sea, A. asked: "When you threw your sword into the sea, what did you see?" ; H. replied that he did not see anything, that the saber simply went to the bottom; A. reproached him for lying; H. was guilty and brought a sword; A. sent it to throw Hussein; he came to the sea to the place where he disappeared under water his brother threw his sword; before she reached the water, the water parted and a huge heroic hand rose from the bottom; this hand grabbed his sword, fell down, the water closed; Hussein told A. about this; he replied that the saber went to whoever was intended for; the sword was picked up by A.'s son, who could not stand the shame and rushed into the sea; when the light stops, he would leave the sea and he would be in his hands sabre A.; it was called zilbukhar]: Dakhkilgov 2006, No. 77:385-387; Armenians [the pagan Prosh, who sat in Latar, built seven fortresses for his seven sons and put each in his own; when P. was old, he wanted to bequeath Gavluni's sword to one of his sons; calling the elder to him, he handed over the sword with the words: "Take it and throw it into Lake Khachlava"; the son took the sword, but did not throw it into the lake , but kept it; when he came to his father, he said that he had completed the assignment; P.: "What happened to the lake when you threw your sword at it?" ; the son replied that it was nothing special; P.: "Then go and bring me a sword. He is with you"; the other five sons did the same; handing the sword to his last son, P. said: "Take the sword and throw it into the lake, see what happens, and then come to me and tell me"; the youngest son fulfilled his father's instructions exactly and, when he returned, told him that the lake was boiling, fish began to jump out of it, and a roar was heard from the depths; Gavluni's sword was thrown into the lake on Friday; Since then, every Saturday Lake Khachlava is seething and cloudy; it is said that one group of brave men is holding a sword, and another is trying to take it away, so the water is worried; whoever gets Gavluni will be born only when the lake dries up {the text does not say about P.'s death after the sword was thrown out}]: Karapetyan 1990, No. 314:113.