L15I. Life is in hair. .15.17.21.-.24.27.-.29.36.37.

A man dies or loses strength if his hair is cut or the hair on his head is pulled out.

Portuguese, Old Testament, Limbu, Palestinians, Thai Nua, Oriya, Nias, Greeks (Lesbos), Ancient Greece, Poles, Russians (Vologda), Crimean Tatars, Kalmyks, Georgians, Evens, Wilta .

Southern Europe. The Portuguese (Abrantes) [the princess has an affair with her servant; when she found out that her daughter was pregnant, her father ordered her to be left in the forest, cutting off her tongue; but the servants brought him the dog's tongue; the girl gave birth, the boy grew up, they were met by a hunter; the mother wanted to stay in the forest, and the hunter christened her son and kept him; the young man asked for a horse and a gun; the forest came across a giant's palace, defeated him, left him in one of the rooms; found mother and lodger in the palace, forbidding them to enter this room; she went in and became the giant's mistress; to get rid of her son, he offers to pretend to be sick and ask for porcupine fat {porco espinho; or is it a boar?} from the estate of the Wise King (na quinta do Rei Sabio); the king gave him a sword, taught him what to do; changed fat; his mother requires water from the estate of the Wise King; he teaches him to take water not from clean, but from muddy pond; changed the water again; told the young man that if he was killed, let pieces of his body be tied to the horse and the horse released; his mother wanted an orange from the garden of the Wise King; he told him to pick the green one, not a mature orange, replaced it; the mother invited the young man to put her head on her knees, cut off her hair; he lost his strength and the giant defeated him; the young man asked to cut it into four parts and tie it to the horse; that came to the Wise King; the King folded the pieces, smeared it with that fat, sprinkled it with orange juice, the young man came to life; his hair grew; the king said that the young man's mother gave birth to a daughter from the giant; the young man came to the giant and killed mother and her daughter, defeated the giant and got the eyes of the Wise King, whom the giant blinded; the King put them in for himself, sprinkled them with that water, regained his sight; the young man married his daughter; all is well]: Coelho 1879 , No. 60:134-138; Portuguese [poor fisherman went to sea and hears a voice: if you give the one who looks you first at home in the eye, then there will be a rich catch; the fisherman decided that it will be a dog, but it turned out to be son; the young man went to the sea, the ship took off the day, the young man sank to the bottom, there is a palace, everything is done in it by itself; at night someone lies down with him; one day a ship appeared and the young man went up to visit his parents; asked for matches and a candle; when he came back and lit the candle, a beautiful girl was nearby; a drop of wax fell on her; she told her to look for her in the Castle of Black Stones, wearing out 7 pairs of iron shoes; he set off; an ant, an eagle and a lion are arguing over a dead sheep; the young man divided it, each gave him the ability to take his form, two legs, a feather, a fur; the young man became an eagle, flew into an impregnable castle; allowed the girl to pull herself together and put herself in a cage; at night he got out of her as an ant, found himself with a girl; she says that the giant's strength lies in the hair that grows on his navel and girds his waist twice; after that, a dove will fly out of the giant; the young man gnawed his hair with an ant, caught a dove with an eagle; there is an egg in it, he broke it in front of the giant, he died; wedding]: Dias Marques 2019, â„– 101:151-153.

Western Asia. Old Testament [Samson fell in love with Dalida; the Philistines persuaded her to try to find out the power of D.; S.: tie the family with raw strings; new ropes; D. tied, S. easily broke his fetters both times ; weave his seven braids into cloth and nail him to a woven deck; D. did so, S. freed himself again; shaved his head; D. put Samson to sleep, her man shaved him, he was weakened, he was grabbed and blinded]: Court. 16.4-21.

Tibet is the Northeast of India. Limbu [glutton and giant Yudenhang oppresses people; four brothers came to sage Lahanga; he went with his brothers and they persuaded Yu's younger wife to poison her husband; but Yu only temporarily lost consciousness, and weapons do not harm his body; his younger wife reported that Yu's life was in a bundle of hair on his head; L. cut off his hair, took out a diamond hidden in it and broke it; Yu died; L.'s descendants - the ancestors of the fishing clan]: Shrestha 2019:480-482.

Burma - Indochina. Tai nyua [the cruel prince does not take water, fire, or iron; the 12th wife pretends to love him; he says that he will die if he pulls out his hair and puts it to his neck; the wife does so , the prince's head falls off; but you can't get rid of it (if you throw it into the river, the river overflows, if buried, there's a stench around, etc.); 12 wives hold their heads one by one; their clothes are stained with blood; since then Since then, during the spring festival, people spray each other with water, as if trying to help those women wash their soiled clothes]: Miller 1994:104-106.

South Asia. Oriya [the boy planted a cake, a tree grew on which cakes were like fruit; the cannibal took the image of an old woman, asked for cakes; the boy asked her to collect the ones that fell but she needed fresh; he went down, she put it in a bag, took it away; on the way she went to relieve herself; the boy ran away with thorns and stones in the bag; at home, the cannibal saw that the prey was gone; and the next day, but the cannibal did not stop, brought her daughter's bag, told her to cook, and went to the blacksmith to sharpen her teeth; the daughter was adopted, kidnapped; she hid the boy, cooked the birds; this is how they live for a while; the girl pretends to be afraid to be alone; the cannibal says that gold is under the floor, and you can only kill her by pulling out one of the hairs on her head; the girl began to comb her hair, pulled her out hair; she and the boy took the gold, got married]: Mohanti 1975:103-105).

Malaysia-Indonesia. Nias [the sultan won and captured his nephew Laubo Maros; fire and sword did not harm him; but when his wire-like hair was pulled out of his head, he immediately died]: Fraser 1985 : 302.

The Balkans. Greeks (Lesbos) [a woman has a son and daughter, a daughter gives birth to a girl; at night a monster devours cattle; a young man shoots his little finger, in the morning a baby girl cries, her little finger is torn off; the young man demands from the sister to kill the monster, she refuses; he takes the mother, leaves; they stop in the cannibal's cave; he agrees with the young man's mother to kill him; the mother pretends to be sick, asks to bring her 1) cannibal milk, 2) the melon of life, 3) the water of life; each time the fairy helps to get what she is looking for, replaces horse urine, plain melon, plain water; the sister asks what her brother's life is like; he answers what's in the broom, in the joint (she adorns them); in the golden hair on his head; she pulls out her hair, she and the cannibal eat the young man; the fairy sends two young doe cubs brought in (they are described as dogs) bring all the bones eaten; first the little finger is missing, then it is found; revives with milk, melon, water of immortality; the young man kills the cannibal and mother; comes to his sister, she ate everyone, tells him to ring in the bell while the water is boiling; the mouse rings instead, it runs away; climbs three trees that grew from the nuts given by the fairy; the deer cubs come running, eating the monster; the young man marries a fairy]: Paton 1900, No. 12: 340-344; Ancient Greece [1) Hygin 2000, No. 198:238-239; Megar king Nisa had one golden or purple hair on the top of his head; when the Cretans besieged Megara, daughter of N. Skilla fell in love with Minos and pulled out her hair, N. died; 2) Poseidon made Pterelai immortal, rewarding him with golden hair on his head; when Amphitryon besieged Tafos, P.'s daughter fell in love with A., snatched out a golden hair father's hair and P. died]: Fraser 1985:302-303.

Central Europe. Poles [Jozefek decided to travel, his mother went with him; they stayed in the woods with the robber; the mother offers him to marry her; the robber is afraid of Yu; invites the woman to pretend to be sick - you need the meat of a wild animal; Yu brings wild boar meat, lionesses; he took the lion cubs for himself; the mother sends them to the robbers for wine; Yu and the lions killed them; Yu took the wine, freed the queen; she gave her cloak and ring; mother invites Y. to look in his head, asks what his strength is; in three hairs; she cut them off; Yu is weak, his eyes are gouged out, taken to the road to beg; the queen tells all the poor to drink wine; found her ring in an empty mug, took Yu; the king agreed to marry, but lodged the young in a hut outside the city; the queen brought the lion cubs to the robber and told them how to heal the blind man; the robber : there is a well with magic water; they came to the well; two birds are fighting, one pecked out the other eye, she dipped her head into the well, saw the light; Yu also saw the light and three hairs grew; Yu defeated the king's enemies , he gave him half his kingdom; at the wedding, the narrator was shoved into a gun and shot; gunpowder is still in his ass, no, he will shoot]: Shcherbakov 1980:76-81; Russians (Vologodskaya, Kirillovsky University) [the father is old, does not bless Dmitry's son to fight the filthy idol Ared; D. went, defeated A., put him in prison on a hook; the mother took it off, A. she liked it, decided to lime her son; A. advises her to pretend sick, send D. to bring 1) 12 apples from 12 apple trees, which 12 heroes (heroes gave apples); 2) to Batu hero beyond living and young waters; towards a horse, then a dog, D.: I'll eat you; those: not eat, I'll come in handy; B. is not at home, he went to fight with 12 heroes, his parents gave water, D. anointed the chicken, tore him apart; D. forced him to give the right water, revived the chicken, blinded B.'s parents, ruined him house, rides away on horseback, then on the dog, she into the bushes, B. did not notice, galloped by, D. then killed him, told 12 brothers about it; 3) a jug of 12 stigmas with drinks from Koshchei the Immortal; Marya Koshcheevna wanted to marry D.; when D. returned to his mother, she asks what his strength is; D.: in three golden hairs; his mother began to look in his head, cut off her hairs; released A. into the wild - let him go free he is recognized as tsar; D.'s hairs have grown, he found Marya Koshcheevna, killed A., his mother cracked to death]: Gura 1965, No. 30:246-248 (=Sokolov, Sokolov 1981, No. 76:293-295).

Caucasus - Asia Minor. Crimean Tatars [Sultan Reshid has 4 sons, the youngest is 12 years old; the Sultan sowed golden wheat, poured the harvest into ingots; someone steals wheat; the eldest son went on guard, fell asleep; the same second; the third saw an arap, which jumped off his horse and began to mow wheat; the young man grabbed him by his long white hair, causing the arap to lose his strength; he was lowered into the cellar, tied to each hair with an iron weight; R. notified the neighboring kings, inviting them to look at the monster; the youngest son Kerim played the ball, he fell into the cellar to the arap; K. found the key from his father, went down; the arap asked for the release of 10 hairs; then shook off the rest of the weights, summoned the winged horse; when he flew away, he promised K. to help him; the assembled kings asked R. not to kill his son, but only to expel him; K.'s mother wrote to her relative Dervish Sultan a request to shelter boy; Kerima was caught up with rider Ali, changed food supplies; K. ate salty cakes, wanted to drink; went down to the well; Ali made K. swear that they would change names and statuses; D. appointed the deceiver was his heir; he was going to marry D.'s daughter, but she disgusted him; the deceiver said that his servant could get 40 horses with golden manes and tails; K. drove the data he did not know where to go, he fell asleep; the arap carried him to his palace; the Arap's wife gave him a box in which a winged duldulle is easy to fly around the universe; the eldest daughter is a walnut, in which a table is magic; the youngest is hazelnut, wearing festive clothes; the arap himself gave three glasses of water, K. became one of the strongest heroes in the world; 40 days later K. flew on a duldula to D., with him 40 horses with gilded manes and tails; the princess saw K. feast alone, fell in love; that night the capital was flooded with light; deceiver: the servant can find out where the light source is; K. came to the arap; he sent in search of eagles and nocturnal birds; it turned out that the sorceress's bird of paradise dropped its pen; K. spoke about this and was sent for a pen; he brought it; the deceiver sent for the bird itself; K. and the arap feasted for 35 days, then we went to the sorceress; at the gate there is a lion and a horse, they should be given meat and hay; they must drink from a rotten stream, praise the water; eat wormy pears, praise them; if after the third attempt you do not grab the sorceress will turn the cage with the bird into stone; the tree on which the cage dodged, but the third time K. grabbed the cage; the pear, the stream, the lion, the horse refuse to detain K. - he praised them; the old woman advises the deceiver to tell K. to get the sorceress herself; arap: now in the palace of the sorceress who will sleep, you must lubricate each door with fragrant oil; take an oath from the sorceress with all the sanctities of the world and heaven; her dwarf servant flew for the mistress; when they arrived, Kerim's oath expired; Ali was tied to 40 horses; D. married K. to his daughter and sorceress; the wedding was 40 days and nights]: Kondaraki 1875, No. 6:68-82; Kalmyks [a Kalmyk met a woman in the desert who asked him to take her with him; he guessed who she was but did not say no; when they stayed for the night, a Kalmyk quietly moved so that where his head used to be, his legs found himself and pretended to be asleep; the woman rushed to where his head used to be, trying to strangle him; a struggle began, whose Kalmyk managed to snatch the woman's hair; after that, she became completely exhausted and began to beg for mercy; the Kalmyk did not return her hair and, when she came home, hid it with the Burkhans; the woman did not she could get them because the sanctity of the icon did not let her in; she lived with a Kalmyk for three years, doing hard work; one day she took out her hair with the help of his three-year-old son; after receiving her hair, she threw it the child went into boiling milk; "unclean forces" do not go anywhere without their hair, because all the strength lies in the hair; there is a saying: "Why do you bother like an evil spirit from which you took your hair?"] : Dushan 1976:81-82; Georgians (record area not specified) [princess kidnapped; mighty forest man saw two devas fighting, killed both, princess stayed with him; when she became pregnant, forest man sent her to his father, giving a ring for her son who would be born; the boy was named Christagan; he became a tariel hero; out of mischief, he pierced the old woman's jug with an arrow; she scolded: he put on a ring, and from the former The Tariels were not rings in mind; H. tells his mother to tell about his father; unrecognized, fights a forest man; he killed him, and then found his ring in his pocket; wept; God had mercy, sent a dove put a handkerchief over H.'s face, he came to life; the forest man sent H. to become a friend of Tariel Beltagan; they fraternized, killed giants in the fortress, freed the princess; H. gave her to Beltagan; she gave her to H. three types of vestments: gold, silver, copper; H. left B. daggers: if he fails, he is in trouble; H. exchanged clothes with the shepherd; he was hired first as a groom, then as a cook, then as a cook, then as a gardener; now his name is Kochora; the youngest of the three princesses noticed that he was a hero; she gave him an apple at the feast; the king placed them in a stable; the king fell ill, he would be cured by the insides of a wild boar; K. on a heroic horse in killed a wild boar with a silver robe; gave it to his elder son-in-law, for which he tore off his little finger; the king is worse; he needs deer milk; K. in a golden dress cut off his middle son-in-law's ear; smashes the enemy, the king bandaged him finger with his handkerchief; everything was clarified; K.'s wife swam in the sea, her hair swam away; the prince of the overseas kingdom picked him up, sent him to K. an old woman; she persuaded K.'s wife to ask her husband what his soul was wearing; in fat hair on his head; the old woman pulled him out, threw him into the sea; B. realized that H. was in trouble, he found hair, put H. on his head; the old woman was tied to the horse's tail; there was even bird's milk at the wedding]: Kurdovanidze 1988 ( 1), NO. 34:98-114.

Eastern Siberia. Evens [near the home of the three brothers, an unknown woman puts a plague; her older brother left and disappeared; she called the middle brother - the same; the youngest named Chimchavel; he went and sat in the wrong place she dug a hole with stakes, saw her brothers' heads cut off, ran away, the woman Burak promised to find him everywhere; he comes to a woman who gives him new clothes, burns old ones; he lay down in the wrong place where she is told me, saw a hole, rushed to run, B.'s clothes were torn to shreds; he comes naked to the Kholuk woman's home, at first thinks that this is again the embodiment of B.; she says that B. came from the lower peace, wants to destroy all worlds; tells her to turn into a louse on her spit, her deer gather on their own, the property adds up by itself; she and B. will look in each other's heads, you have to crawl on B.'s spit, pulling out her golden hair is her life; C. pulled out her hair, began to fight B., won, tore off her head; the bird (his daughter Chimchep appeared in this image) calls him, he followed her, could not overcome the bear, runs into his wife's house, she hit the bear with a board, killed him, his older brother Irkanmel jumped out of the bear {out of the bear}; C. met another bear, his wife cut off his head, and Horage's middle brother appeared; one day, a three-headed serpent Dyabdalan, father H., comes out of the hearth, calls the brothers sons-in-law; they fight him, he fires, each of the brothers cut off one head; they followed the snake in the hole in the lower world, there's a spider, they cut it and its net; they came to the house, killed the centipede, started fighting the owner, killed him, opened a passage to the lower house, there were two tied women, older brothers took them to wives, all returned to earth]: Lavrille, Matic 2013:13-78.

Amur - Sakhalin. Wilta [Western 1938; a huge bird descends into the palace's chimney and takes the chief's daughter; Gavhat was mowing hay at that time and saw how it happened; the chief gives him soldiers, tells him to find his daughter; he is on they lower him into the hole with ropes; the woman hides him, her cannibal husband falls asleep, G. cuts off a bunch of red hair on his head, he dies; G. rings the bell, the soldiers raise the woman; when they raise G., the rope is cut off; in the house, G.'s devil finds vessels with white and red water; red water is healing, revitalizing; he revives the child hanged by the devil; the child's parents give G. a two-headed sevon (?) , he lifts G. upstairs; the leader does not believe G.; his daughter comes in, says that G. saved her, he has her ring; he marries her]: Petrova 1967, No. 8:148-150 (=Medvedev 1992:316-319; detailed text with a little with further details in Sam et al. 2012:113-118); Wilta [Geuhatu lives on the outskirts of the city in a grass house; mowing grass near a sacred tree, sees an iron bird the size of an iron bird descending the tree house; on the bird's back a beautiful woman cries: golden tears are pouring from her left eye, silver tears from her right eye; asks her parents to inform her about her; G. climbed the tree to a hole in the sky, but remembered that food Not with him, but went down; two chiefs came to pick him up and took him to the owner; G. first replied that he did not see anything, and then told him everything; G. received 70 soldiers and an iron flying steamer, which went up to the heavenly hole; G. tied a rope and ordered him to be lowered; there were three roads from the intersection: to the dead, to the sun and to hell; G. tied a rope to the hemp {so as not to get lost on the way back} and went to hell; in the house that woman, she hid G.; said that when the hell came, bringing a man in one armpit and a seal in the other, she would persuade him to let him look for lice; when he will fall asleep, G. must cut his red hair on top of his head with a sword; the first time the devil smells something, but the woman says it's the smell of a bear that the devil recently brought; when the hell fell asleep again, G. cut hair, hell died, his body was welded and burned; they reached the fork along the rope; the woman tells G. to get up first, he refused, she gave him her gold ring; he was picked up, and when G. cut off the rope; G. put his finger in the red water flowing nearby, his finger fell off; put it in white water - recovered; drank white water and recovered; found a barely alive person tied to a tree, gave him white water with water; he led him to his parents, ordered them to reward not gold and silver, but an idol; tied two rods to their feet, they crossed the water; having received an idol, G. met an old man; he had a handkerchief, in to whom the city and soldiers with guns; changed with the old man, and then ordered the soldiers to take away the old man's idol; the same with another old man who has a staff with soldiers; G.'s wife is passed off as another who called himself her savior; G. threw that gold ring into a glass of vodka; the woman recognized him and called G. the savior; the owner: that deceiver must be killed; now G. is rich and with two wives; {the end is unclear; where second wife? named Lord of the Sea}]: Ikegami 2007, No. 17:67-85.