L15F. Life in a necklace, ATU 412 .14.23.27.29.30.
A young woman or boy dies as soon as her or her jewelry (rarely an organ) is stolen and comes back to life when the jewel is returned or when the antagonist removes it.
Tunisia, Egypt, Punjabi, Marathi, Assamese, Bengalis, Greeks, Georgians, Armenians, Azerbaijanis, Turks, Uzbeks, Tajiks.
North Africa. Tunisia [the merchant has three daughters, the father does not want to marry them; after overhearing their conversations, he married them off at their will: the eldest to a rich bald man, the middle to an honest rich man, the youngest by name Marjana ("coral"; hereinafter her name is Lulu) for a poor bathhouse attendant; she gave birth to a daughter who was predicted that when she laughed, precious stones would fall out of her mouth, and emeralds when she cried; so her her father became rich; she grew up, the Sultan's son came to her; his aunt went with her in a carriage to the prince, she hated Lyulya; when she wanted to eat, her aunt gave her salted fish in exchange for her eye, and when Lyulya asked for water, her aunt gouged out her second eye and threw her daughter out of the carriage, dressed her daughter in her clothes, put her in Lyulya's place; a bird flew past Lyulya in the forest, saying that if she if she chews a leaf from a tree, she will become a dove; Lula did so; while hunting, the prince caught a dove, put it in a golden cage, spent a lot of time with it; the wife told him to fry it a dove; a palm tree grew in the place where her bones were buried; the prince spent time near the palm tree, his wife demanded that it be cut down, otherwise he would fall ill again; the prince cut down the palm tree and threw it into the forest; An old woman picked up the firewood, brought it home; when she left the house and returned, she found that everything in the house was tidy; the neighbors said it was not them; the old woman began to spy and saw that the firewood was coming out a girl; Lulu told her what had happened to her; made a necklace with gems that fell out of her mouth while she was talking, gave it to the old woman to take to the market, but not sell it to the prince's wife; she sold it; when the prince saw the necklace, he asked the old woman, she told him about Lyulya; he went to her and returned from her with his son, and told his wife that it was the son of his suddenly deceased friend; Lula told her son to ask the prince's wife for a necklace from his neck; the wife took off the necklace, died immediately; Lulya entered the palace, took her place]: Al-Aribi 2009, No. 68 in Korovkina MS; the Arabs of Egypt [the king has 7 sons, the eldest is Mohammed Clever; answers his father that he must be married at the same time as the rest of the brothers; they sail by ship to the city of Bannur; M. kills the cannibal lion, enters the king's chambers, kills the snake, who was supposed to bite him; kills 40 thieves by throwing huge gems on them from the roof; 7 brothers marry the king's 7 daughters; brothers with wives and wife M. swam home, and M. is king asked to stay; the sorcerer captured the departed, imprisoned M.'s wife in prison; M. crept in there, taught his wife to know where the sorcerer's soul was; she was in a box, in a snake, in the country of Wakwak 500 years; M. came to the sea; the son of the king of red genies caught the daughter of the king of white genies in the net; M. let her go, she questioned her horses, the oldest Zurub brought M. to Wakwak in a moment; M. forced the sorcerer to return first a stolen ship with brothers and their wives, then killed]: Lebedev 1990, No. 26:142-147.
South Asia. Punjabi [a poor childless brahmana found an eggplant, transplanted it into his garden; he brought one fruit, there was a girl in it; the queen's maid sees her, tells the queen that if the king sees this the girl, he will forget the queen; the queen invites the girl to live in her palace; asks her sleeping what her life is; she replies that the eldest of the queen's 7 sons; the queen kills him, the girl is alive; so All 7 sons are successively killed; after that, the girl answers the truth: there is a red-green fish in the river, there is a bumblebee in it, a box in the bumblebee, a necklace in it, I will die if you wear it; that's what happened, but the girl has time to return to the brahmana, tell her to be left on the bed in a deserted place by building a wall around her; the king finds her asleep, comes there every day, and a year later he sees the boy next to her mother's body; he says that at night she comes to life, because at this time the queen takes off her necklace; says that only he, a boy, can return the necklace; the queen tries to give him poisoned sweets, he asks her in return remove the necklace; he grabs it, brings it to his mother; she demands that the king throw his evil wife into a hole with snakes and scorpions and bury it alive; the king does it; takes the fairy to the palace, her son becomes an heir]: Steel, Temple 1984, No. 8:79-88; Marathi: Frere 1868, No. 20 [the king and queen died, leaving seven sons and a youngest daughter; the wives of six hate their daughter-in-law, seek her expulsion; the wife of the seventh good to her, gives her food; the wives of six tell her to return if she becomes the wife of Chundun Rajah, who has recently died; then let him put them on wooden benches and the seventh on emeralds; a girl walks through the forest, sees the tomb, climbs into it from the rain, C. gets up, asks her; he is bewitched: Peri grabbed the necklace in which he lives, she will give it back if he becomes her husband; brahmana performs a wedding ceremony, C.'s wife gives birth to a boy; comes to her husband's parents; once a peri flew in, the boy accidentally tore off her necklace, it crumbled, C.'s wife collected it, put it on her husband, he finally came to life; the brothers' wives were invited to the wedding, the seventh was put on a precious chair; six brothers hanged their wives, took others], 21 [Princess Sodewa Bai was born with a gold necklace around her neck, wearing her life; once she lost a golden shoe, another prince found it, married the SB; his ex-wife decides to destroy it; in the absence of her husband, tells the black woman to tear off the necklace; the SB is placed in the crypt, but at night the black woman takes off her necklace, SB comes to life; jewelry falls off her when she goes to the pond; her husband notices them, then hears a newborn scream from the crypt; everything opens, the necklace is taken away from the black woman, the first wife is imprisoned for life]: 249-261, 262-272; the Assames [when his sister gave birth to a girl, Bidhata (Fate) figured out that she was destined to marry the dead; after that, the mother took the girl and left; one day she found herself in the forest, her daughter wanted to drink, there was a house in front with a fence; the girl pushed the gate, as if she had been brought inside, and the door closed in front of her mother; in the evening next to Prince Charming; girl grew up and became the prince's wife; he said that his mother wore the necklace on him as an amulet; when his mother died, Novaya Rani stole the necklace; when she was wearing it, the prince was motionless, and when she was sleeping takes off and puts it in a vessel of water - she comes to life; the king built a palace for his son and visits him once a year; the wife and child came to her stepmother, who took the young woman to work in the kitchen; having gained confidence, she she took the necklace and gave it to her husband; he put it on and did not die again at dawn; the king father came to them; when he found out what was going on, he put Rani on a stake]: Beck et al. 1987, No. 12:35-38; Bengalis [Duo - the king's eldest, unloved wife, Suo is the youngest's beloved; both are childless; the fakir gives S. a potion to give birth to a beautiful boy; his life will be in a gold necklace, it is in a box, in the belly of a fish in a pond; D. finds out about this; when the young man's pigeons fly into her room, she returns them for promising to find out what his life is like; when she finds out, she pretends to be sick, asks her to eat that fish, puts on a gold necklace; the young man dies, but his body is left in the garden; every night D. takes off his necklace, the young man comes to life and feeds; the sister of the god of fate Bidhat Purusha learns from him that her daughter will marry the dead; she walks into garden to a young man; they are married; she learns his secret; she has two children; she pretends to be a hairdresser, comes to D.; tells her child to cry; he calms down only after receiving a necklace from D.; his mother promises to return it in the morning; the prince no longer dies; the king orders D. to be placed in a vertical hole, covered with thorns, then buried alive]: Day 1914, No. 1:1-16 (Zograf translation 1964:80-86).
The Balkans. Greeks: Uther 2004 (1), No. 412:246
Caucasus - Asia Minor. Georgians [the elder brother's wife tells her husband to drive away his younger and his wife; they have a daughter, her tears are pearls, laughs - violets and roses fall; the prince hunts, the servant enters the hut, amazed at the girl's beauty, the prince takes her to marry; on the way, his uncle gives her salty food, takes her eyes by the water, dresses his black daughter in her clothes; explains to the prince that she she fool from waiting; a blind woman in the forest cries with pearls, an old man picks her up; exchanges violets and roses, an uncle's necklace for a girl's eyes; she dies, her son sucks milk in his mother's coffin; the prince finds a son, he tears off the necklace from his imaginary wife, puts it on his mother, she comes to life; his uncle and daughter are torn with horses]: Chikovani 1954:244-249; Armenians: Uther 2004 (1), No. 412:246; Azerbaijanis [the prince wants take a wife from genies; the old woman tells me to go west, pierce an abscess on the genie's leg; the genie cried in pain, and when the abscess has passed, he agrees to help; you must cut off the reed, but not cut it before reaching the house ; the prince cut it along the way, a girl came out; I had to hide her on a plane tree and go after the army; the maid came; the girl from the reeds asked for a drink, she pushed her into the sea, took her place; the girl the fish swallowed; the prince's horse is frightened of the fish, he tells me to catch it; the liar tells me to fry; a drop of blood has turned into a plane tree; the liar tells you to make it a cradle for the child; the old woman picked up the chip ; someone cooks and cleans the house; the old woman watched and adopted a girl; she died, telling her to be put in the crypt, but not to bury her; the prince passes by, someone called out to him; when he entered the crypt, he first She sees a corpse, but the next time she comes to life; she says that the liar took the key around her neck, without it she cannot leave the crypt; the prince threatens the liar, she gives the key; the liar tied to the tail of a stray horse]: Bagriy, Zeynally 1935:96-102; Turks [a girl was born in a poor family (var.: princess); three (or more) dervishes (peri; dead mother) predict that where she will pass, the grass will turn green, her tears will become pearls, if she laughs, roses will fall from her lips, gold will appear in the water that she washes; they give her an amulet (bracelet); the girl grows up, goes beyond prince, goes to him accompanied by another woman (sister, maid, neighbor, black woman, etc.; the vizier decides to replace the beautiful woman with his ugly daughter); suffers from thirst, her companion gives her water to exchange for eyes; takes her place; the blind woman lives with others; roses are needed in the palace, they fall from the girl's lips, they are sold in exchange for her eyes, the girl sees the light; (the padishah sees how under the girl walking the grass turns green); a liar steals the girl's amulet, she loses consciousness, is put in a tomb; (she has a baby, he sucks her dead mother's breast); the prince finds her and revives her]: Eberhard, Boratav 1953, No. 240:291-294.
Iran - Central Asia. Uzbeks [after cutting down a tree, the woodcutter frees the genie imprisoned in it; he lets him eat an apple in half with his wife; a daughter is born whose tears are pearls, when she laughs, fall out of her mouth roses, where he steps, remains golden sand; the old man is rich, asks for his daughter too big dowry; the evil genie tells me to give it to him; the batyr kills the genie, gets a beautiful woman; the old woman and daughter say that they came from the batyr to pick up the bride; they take her to the desert; the old woman gives her water for her eyes torn out; throws her daughter into the well, dresses her daughter in her clothes; the people are surprised that roses do not fall, in traces the bride has no gold; the poor man pulls the blind man out of the well, builds a pearl palace; when a blind woman smiles, a rose falls, the poor man sells her daughter an old woman by two eyes blind; a good genie dove inserts eyes, the girl sees the light; the evil genie tells the old woman to catch a goldfish with an earring in which the soul of a beauty is; at night the imaginary wife takes out the earring, at which time the girl comes to life; chasing a dove, Batyr finds the true bride, returns the earring; the old woman and her daughter are tied to horses]: Afzalov et al. 1972 (2): 88-94 (=1984:82-89).