L90A. A hut with chicken legs. 27.-.29.31.32.

A house is described that stands on the feet or one leg of a bird or small animal and/or rotates (can rotate).

Hungarians, Romanians, Poles, Slovaks, Russians (Teresky Bereg, Arkhangelsk, Olonetskaya, Karelia, Vologda, Pskov, Moscow, Ryazan, Nizhegorodskaya/Gorkovskaya, Vyatskaya, Tambov, Oryol, Voronezh, Kursk), Western Ukrainians (Transcarpathia), Eastern Ukrainians (Cherkasy, Kherson), Belarusians, Avars, Turks, Lutsies, Latvians, Lithuanians, Finns, Veps, Eastern Sami, Komi.

The Balkans. Hungarians [at the age of 7, the son of a poor man became a strong young man; named Beautiful András (A.), went on a journey, stayed in a cave; the gold-fin pelican brought him a letter from Rózsa, fairy queens: let him come, she wants to make sure that he is as beautiful as in his picture; A. followed the pelican for a long time, overgrown with hair and beard; the dwarf ordered him to sit on it, transferred him to the land of fairies; there a castle that spins on a cat's paw with 7 skins; a dwarf turned into that pelican; A. swam in a white lake, his hair fell out, he was younger; his old clothes were gone, instead of her beautiful robes; the pelican brought a second letter from R. - let him come to her immediately; a rose in his pocket - it turns into a plate of food; he climbed up the giant spruce tree for a long time, from it to the rotating castle A garland is stretched out; A. reached the top of the castle, but you can't get off there, it rotates; then he cut off all his hair, beard, mustache, eyebrows that had grown again, made a rope out of them, went down to windows, entered through him into the castle room; R. did not believe the three maids that A. did appear, beat them, but then saw him herself; demands that he clean the three horses and their stall; the more A. the more manure works; these horses are táltos (that is, related to witchcraft and maybe to past shamanism); one of the horses: let A. put the broom and shovel with the handle down, they are all they will do; take out a copper walnut with a silver sword and gold clothes from his ear; then climb on a pile of manure, there is a bush; touch him with a sword, pull him out, under him the saddle and bridle, put them on him; teaches hide under the buffalo's tail so that R. does not find it; then brings him to where the swan-drawn chariot brought R.; do not look her in the face; upon his return, A. convinced R. that she did not see him, and he he was in the stable all the time; everything repeats itself (sword and clothes in silver walnut; A. on horseback follows R. along the Warriors Road, i.e. along the Milky Way); for the third time, get a bean from under the tail, in which a sword and clothes in diamonds; R. fell ill (out of love); A. appears on horseback three times in her garden; the third time she does not torment her anymore and goes to her; wedding; they are alive if they don't die]: Dégh 1965, No. 3:28-45; Hungarians [The poor man has two cows, he plows them; the master appears, asks to sell the cows - his army is starving; the poor man refuses money, wants cows in return; the lord promises to return a hundredfold; he the king of ravens; the crows flew in and pecked the cows, then flew to their country, the lord disappeared; the man went for the promised reward; "after going through 49 kingdoms, across the sea of Operentia and beyond the glass mountains, and more further, where a little pig with a short tail digs, and even further, and more", having lost his last strength, the man saw a fire; the shepherds sitting ask if he gave them to the king of two cows; they were told feed and guide him; the same twice more; shepherds at the third fire report that the castle is surrounded by a blank wall and rotates on a golden cock's leg; they give an ax to hit the wall - it will open, it must jump but not fall; the king will ask what the guest would like to get; you must ask for the salt mill in the corner; when the man slipped through the wall, it slammed shut behind him, tearing off the flap from pants; the king of ravens offers any treasure, but finally agrees to give the mill, it fulfills any wishes; on the way home, when a man asked for a dining table with food in the woods, he sat down fat man and offered to change the mill to a baton that kills itself; the man agreed and then told the baton to kill the fat man; at home, the man had a feast, his son ordered a gypsy; everyone came to have fun neighbors, and then the king; he received a letter: the Tatar Turks attacked; the man put a baton on the enemies and left only one thing alive - let him report the defeat; the man married two sons to princesses; a lot of fun; and now they live, if they don't die]: Curtin 1890:409-423; Hungarians [the merchant got lost in the woods, promised the best of three daughters to the one who would bring him out and three more bags of coins: gold, silver, copper; the hedgehog brought him out of the forest; and the king got lost, also promised a daughter and money, not bags, but carts; the hedgehog took him out of the forest; the poor man promised to adopt a hedgehog; in the evening he knocked on his door; ordered him to feed Seated him at the table, not somewhere under the bed; sent him to buy a black rooster and an old saddle; he came on a rooster for his merchant daughter, chose the middle one; took him to his place, she cries, does not want to; hedgehog: then come back, you are not worthy of me, I will only take the money; the hedgehog came on a rooster to the king; the eldest and middle princesses refused, the youngest and most beautiful agrees to do the father's will; on the way asks to change to her carriage, not a rooster: she is not afraid of a hedgehog and he does not disgust her; after that, the hedgehog turned into a prince, the rooster into a magnificent horse, the saddle turned golden; a marble palace appeared under a copper roof and on a cock's leg, all gold inside; when they learned of the happiness of the younger princess and the merchant's three daughters, they were desperate; one drowned in a well, the other in a pond, and the third in the river, the fourth also committed suicide (it is not said how), but the merchant's second daughter decided to destroy the princess; taking the guise of an old woman, she was hired into the palace; when the king went to war, the wife gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl; the old woman left them in a basket in the forest, and told the Queen that she had given birth to monsters and had to be thrown into the river; the white deer raised the basket on its horns, came to the river, called the forest nymph, and she raised children for 7 years; once she sent a girl with a mug to bring water; she saw a golden bird, ran after her, and suddenly she had only a mug pen in her hands; the same with a boy; a bird explained that the nymph was not their mother and took them to her real parents; on the way they came across a pile of gold and dice; collected gold; stopped at an inn, where three gentlemen were playing dice; the boy also began to play and won all the money; one of the gentlemen said that there is a marble palace in the blooming garden; if you touch it three times with a gold stick, it will become a golden apple and it can be move it wherever you want; they played at this palace, the boy won and got a wand; when he reached the palace, he turned it into an apple; the bird brought the king, the boy's father and his sister, to the palace; ordered again turn an apple into a palace; gave a sign with the coat of arms and the names of the children on it; it could only be shown to his father; the king wanted to come to see the new palace right away, but the old woman gave him a potion and he fell ill; said what was going on his own; advised the boy to get a talking tree; the boy, whose name was Yanoshka, went in search; the hairy devil at the first castle asked if he was me, and sent it to his older brother, who to himself to the elder; he gave a golden stick to open the stone fence; you have to go around the tree three times and run, otherwise the fence will close and I. will turn into stone; I did the right thing, ignoring the beautiful dancers, ran home, and the tree was already in the middle of the garden; the king wants to go see the miracle again, is poisoned again; the old woman offers to get a bird to sing on this tree; I did the same. path (three devil brothers), entered the garden, reached the ninth room, but took not a sweet bird with simple feathers, but a golden one; immediately petrified; now my sister, her name Marishka, went; the same meetings; she took a rusty cage, revived her brother with a gold stick, and they both returned; the bird sang on the tree; the king was poisoned again, the old woman offered to get a silver lake with goldfish; I went, the same meetings. with devil-brothers, the same rules (run around the lake three times); this time the king did not drink coffee with poison, came with his wife; the young man showed the king a sign, the couple recognized the children; the old woman was burned at a sulfur stake] : Curtin 1890:517-545; Romanians [the king has a golden walnut tree, but neither leaves nor fruit can be found; he promises a daughter to whoever does it; the widow's son made iron wedges, hammered it into the trunk, and got up on a tree; there is a house on top with three fairies; the young man falls in love with the youngest; everything in the house is done by himself; the young man brought his mother to the tree; she broke the ban on working herself; the wife turned into a bird and flew away zu einem Neige- und Lehnebirnbaum; son and mother went down for three days; now the branches could not stand it, the woman fell and crashed to death; the young man brought leaves and nuts to the king, but rejected the princess and crown, left to wander; the goat asks her not to kill, opens her fur, there is any food; he must spend three days there; after that, the goat turns into a girl, and around a city; the old woman offers the young man an apple the girl tells me not to take it; he takes it, the city turns into stone, the girl turns into a goat again; says he can get it back if he reaches Neige- und Lehnebirnbaum; in the forest, three lines argue because of the hat- invisibility, a cloak that will take you wherever you want, and a shoe {it's not clear what he's for}; a young man reaches the house where his wife and child are; there's a dragon that turned 360 girls into peacock; to get his wife and son back, a young man must identify her among others; he does it knowing the sign; they return to a city that comes back to life; a young woman with three apples is killed by a young man with an arrow; builds a palace that revolves on a chicken leg]: Bîrlea 1966:411-412.

Central Europe. The Poles [returning from a victorious war, the king got lost in the forest; the demon orders to give what he does not know at home, give a receipt; at home it turns out that the queen gave birth to a daughter; she grew up; after the engagement remained in the room with a mirror; the devil came out of the mirror, showed the receipt, carried it through the window to the tower on chicken legs; when leaving, he told me to clean everything up, not to look behind the stove; she cleans up, looks, there 5 balls turn into 5 sheep; they tell you to take a receipt, run; they cross the river along the belt lowered from the sky; hell threw the devil, without the devil, then the devil and the devil they run together; the sheep turn into a haystack, the queen is hidden inside; the fugitives have their belt lowered at the abyss, and the devil has thrown the devil; the sheep are the watchhouse, the royal is in the thatched roof; by the mountain to the sheep wings come down from the sky, they fly over the mountain, carry the queen; the devil is left to gnaw stones; wedding at home]: Dombrovsky 1992:231-240; Slovaks: Dobšinský 1970, No. 10 [old woman in 90 years old gives birth to a son Lomidrevo (= Valibuk; Valigora), breastfeeds him until the age of 7, then, at his request, three more years; he is incredibly strong, easily pulls oaks, goes wandering at the age of 17; meets, wins, Satellites 1) a mountain rearranging named Valivrych (Kopivrych, Skalilamay; Studnyak - digging wells), Meatiron; they contracted to threshing grain; the fee is how much they will carry; they demolished the grain in the bins and they took them away; the rich man sent after the bull, then the boar; L. killed them, carried them with him; he chased the servants on the wagon, but L. piled oaks on the road; told M. to make him an iron club; threw them up, set them up back, the club fell apart; ordered another; the king lost three daughters, dragons dragged them into a hole in the ground; three promised to return the princesses; settled in a hut in the forest, cooking in turn; from the chimney a dwarf comes out, a beard from his elbow, hits the cook, dumps hot porridge on his stomach and eats him; when L.'s turn, he pinched a dwarf's beard in the log, beat him with an iron club until he gave his beard, in whose strength is; the dwarf has disappeared into the hole under the stone; the companions envy L.; V., M. try to go down, but tell them to lift them back - there are frogs and snakes; L. promises the dwarf to return his beard, for which he tells him to show them the road to the older princess; there's a copper lock on her magpie's leg; L. stomped, he stopped shaking; the 6-headed dragon throws his iron club, L. throws it back; the dragon eats lead bread, calls for lead current, offers to drive each other into lead; they drove each other to the waist; then L. drove the dragon up to the neck, demolished his heads with a club; the princess turned the castle and that's it riches in a copper apple, L. sent it to the ground; the same in the silver castle (9-headed dragon, iron bread), in gold (12-headed, steel bread); before asking himself to be picked up, L. sent upstairs stone, companions cut off the rope; L. came to the Knochta bird nest (Knofta; a giant mythical bird), killed a snake that always ate chicks; or protected the chicks from the rain, one drop of which was theirs always killed; the chicks told her mother about L., she did not swallow him, but promised to help; tells me to stock up on a hundred rams and a hundred barrels of water; flies with L. to the ground, there was not enough lamb, L. cut off a piece from thighs; bird: If I knew that a human being is so tasty, I would eat you; but regurgitated a piece and put it back; weddings are being prepared in town, but princesses demand the same dresses they had under the ground; L. hired a tailor; at night he took out copper, silver, golden apples, took out their dresses; let the princesses come for them themselves; L. called the elders freaks and drove them away, gave the youngest a golden dress, married her; took out apple castles; gave two older princesses to his companions (forgiving them)], 50 [=Nmcová 1970:164-185; the king has three sons, the youngest is Popolvár, sitting by the stove; the king offers them see the world; the elder goes to the copper forest, brings a branch; king: my mother and I went there for breakfast; the middle one brings a branch from the silver forest; king: my mother and I went there at noon; when P. is about to go, a plain horse tells him to take him and ask his father for a rusty sword; the horse turns into a beautiful horse; tells him to feed him oats and fire; the saber is magical, it will cut anyone; after driving golden forest, they come to the castle, to father's friend P.; he tells how they fought together with the witch; tomorrow she will come with her army; P. killed the witch, her army instantly disappeared; P. returned to his father, he was pleased; said that the witch's sons, dragons, kidnappers of his friend's three daughters; he showed the way to the eldest princess; she gave P. a hundredfold ring; P. and the three-headed dragon became drive each other into the ground; P. drove him up to the neck and cut off his heads; the same with his middle sister (the ring increased strength 200 times, the dragon has 6 heads); with the youngest (the strength increased 300 times); leaving the princesses to their father, P. galloped home; father wants to marry his sons to those princesses; but P. is not happy, wants to know if anyone is stronger than him; father: Iron Monk; he knows other people's thoughts and can turn anyone into something You like; the horse says it will take you to ZhM, but it won't go any further; when we got to my father's friend, it turned out that ZhM just stole the younger princess; P. drove up to his castle, he shakes at chicken leg; JM turned P. into millet seed, and the rooster pecked him; the princess asked if it was possible to return the transformed shape; JM: there are two sabers fighting each other in the room; if to throw what was turned between them, the former form will return; the princess killed the rooster, took out the grain, revived P., hid it in the back room; persuaded JM to say what his strength was; every 7 years and just today the duck is flying over the sea; whoever eats its eggs will receive the strength that JM now has; after putting JM to sleep, she told P. everything; he grabbed the eggs a moment before the JM and swallowed them, turned JM into a wild boar; P. married a princess and reigned]: 50-66, 257-269; Russians (Teresky Bereg) [grandfather died of old age, his daughter's grandmother Anna, Marya, Oleconida; A. was taken by the one who lives where the axes fall, M. - where the dogs are they bark, O. - where they fish; grandmother went to look for daughters; A., you can't approach M. - axes tear clothes, dogs rush; O. says that her husband flew in as a swan, she burned his "covers", he said that she would not see him again; O. told the blacksmith to tie her three staffs, came to the hut on chicken legs on the cockhead; there the old woman interferes with the coals with her nose, sends her to her sister, she sends her to her older sister, teaches what to do; O. does not go in front of the hostess, spreads out a pickling tablecloth, gives him permission to spend the night with her husband; she got him drunk, he did not wake up; O. laments: I broke three staffs, three bast shoes trampled, gnawed three; hangs a cross around his neck; the next day her husband sees the cross, does not drink, quietly pours wine; O. pushed the witch and the bride into a cauldron with resin; began to live with her husband]: Balashov 1970, No. 1:35-39; Russians (Arkhangelskaya, Mezen) [the younger sister picked berries and found a golden pebble; the eldest takes {berries}, but she is decreasing; killed the youngest, put berries under the birch tree and she took the pebble; father, then brother, mother - everyone calls the youngest to the bathhouse; she replies that her sister killed her, planted her under a birch tree, drowned her slipper, threw her heel; when the older sister goes to call, the youngest and says the same thing to her, but "you killed me"; the victim came to the gate and began to cry, asks to open it, otherwise wolves; brother: call me husband, I'll open it; sister refuses; second brother answers the same Most importantly, she calls him husband; when she entered, she made two dolls, left them to say: shame and disgrace, brother honors his wife; she sank through the ground; ran, ran, there was a hut on chicken legs ; in her grandmother says that it is not the cloud that is rolling, but Yagibiha is coming; "and we will close ourselves under the needle" (we will probably "turn into a needle"); in another hut there is an old man; "and we will close ourselves to the cream bag"; the old man and the girl went through the mountain, but Yagibiha could not, ran for a shovel; dug it, chased again; they have a "tailor's pipe", they "spread it out" and sailed across the river on it; and Yagibikha drowned; they crossed the river, the emperor's house is there, they ask for a fathera... (doesn't remember further)]: Onchukov 2008, No. 44:159-161; Russians (Arkhangelskaya: Pinezhsky District, Village. Poganets, 1927, E.F.Fofanova, 12 years old) [The king takes turns sending his sons to watch the garden where apples are missing. The elders fall asleep and don't see the thief. The youngest sees that the apples are being stolen by a polar bear. He asks his brothers to let him down into the hole from which the beast comes out. He finds himself in a copper hut, the girl transfers threads from ball to ball, feeds and poit-puts to bed (at the request of the guest), learns about his goal and says that there are 2 more girls and a grandmother ahead. In a silver hut, a girl winds silver threads, everything repeats itself, and the same goes in a golden hut (a girl with gold threads says that the bear lives with her grandmother). He promises to marry each of the girls. Ivan turns his hut on his chicken foot, the old woman tells him that the bear will force him to heat the bathhouse, and then ask him to give it up, but this cannot be done, otherwise the beast will eat him. He follows the old woman's advice, does not give up when the bear asks, the beast writhes and dies. Ivan rips off his skin, picks up his grandmother and three girls. Every girl twists the hut into a ball and puts it in her pocket. They go to the hole, Ivan warms the crows with a bear skin, sends them upstairs to the girls' brothers, and they start fighting over them. The brothers lift Ivan up, but not completely and throw him back into the hole. The raven brings Ivan to the surface of the earth, and on the way, the bird eats the bull's meat it brings, which Ivan throws into his beak when it ends, cuts off the meat from his legs. The raven sees that the prince is limping, spits out his meat and putting it at his feet. He returns to his kingdom during the wedding of a girl from a golden hut, marries her, she develops a hut out of a ball]: Nikiforov 1961, No. 77:175-178; Russians (Arkhangelskaya, village. Soyana on the tributary of the Kuloy river. Soyans, 1921) [stepdaughter dropped a skein of thread into the ice-hole, stepmother sent to get it, stepdaughter went down for him; cows, horses, goats, sheep ask them to plow and rake them, she does everything; comes to the hut on chicken legs about one window; asks about her ball, grandmother tells me to take it; asks you to heat the bathhouse, carry water with a sieve and wash the kids; bird: cover the sieve with clay; children - mice, moles, rats; after the bath, they tell the grandmother that she has never washed them so well; she gave the girl a basket of gold; the girl again fulfills the requests of the cows, etc.; the stepmother sends her own daughter Masha; she does not comply with the requests of the cows etc.; scolds the bird; washes the children, tearing off their arms and legs; the grandmother gives them a basket of hot coals; Masha returns to her mother, pours coal on the straw, she lights up, they burn]: Ozarovskaya 2009, No. 38: 324-326; Russians (Karelian Pomorie, Sumy Posad) [the old man was fishing, got cancer, he brought him home; cancer during the day, and a peasant at night; orders him to marry his royal daughter; the tsar sets conditions; build palace; around the moat for ships to sail; the church and the bell tower; Rak Rakovich tells the servants to perform ("burushki sea lions, eternal Voronezh"); after the wedding, the princess admitted to her parents that her husband is good ; The cancer was gone; she came to the hut: turn her eyes to the forest, the gates to me; Baba Yaga gave a handkerchief to embroider the corner; the next ball of silk was the second corner; the third was the boat; give it as a covenant: spend the night with Rakovich's cancer; you can't wake him up; before the third night, Baba Yaga advises you to take out your sleepy pin; they began to live happily ever after]: Razumova, Senkina 1974, No. 67:313-317; Russians ( Arkhangelskaya, Pomors) [Ivan Tsarevich sees how 12 swans flew to swim, threw off their feathers, became girls; hid his clothes alone; she asks for return, promises to sail on two ships in 2 years; 2 years later, the envious uncle asked for a comrade, stuck a sleepy pin in I.; the girl did not wake up, left a note: I will sail in 3 years on 9 ships; the same; after the third time she wrote that will never see I.; I. ordered to tie 3 pairs of iron bast shoes, 3 staffs, hats, caftan, prospira; met, did not kill a lion, bear, pike, each promises to come in handy; bast shoes and the rest wears out; there is a hut on chicken legs, on birch bark heels; "Turn your eyes to the forest, the gate to me"; gives a ball, he rolls to her sister; the sister gives another - to the third sister; the bride I. comes to her once a month; her father put longing in an egg, an egg in a box, an oak turnkey box on the island, threw the key into the sea; you have to get an egg, the old woman will make scrambled eggs out of it, the bride will eat and remember I.; the lion moved I . to the island, the bear knocked down an oak tree, the pike took out the key, the old woman made scrambled eggs, Marfida (that's her name) ate, remembered I.; the old woman turned I. into a needle, stuck it into the wall, and now took it out; I. comes to her father M. marry her; he tells her to find a bride among the 12 sisters (a white fly will curl above her); M. tells I. to take the horses and run; turned I. into a chapel, a watchman herself; a well and an old woman with a scoop; a ruff and pike; the tsar is chasing perch; pike perch: gnaw the ruff from the tail; there are thorns, the perch is over; when he saw the bride I., the uncle died of envy]: Razumova, Senkina 1987:123-128; Russians (Olonetskaya, Velikogubskaya ox., Cosmozero, Zap. I.V. Karnaukhova) [the wife is childless; sent for fresh perch; the wife and the worker ate, both gave birth to a boy; the elder brother {the hostess's son} went, three growths: to the right - you will be rich, to the left - wife, middle - killed; went to the left; in the young lady's house; put him to bed, he fell into the underground; his younger brother went, chose the path where he would kill; a hut on chicken legs - turn the porch here; Baba Yaga fed, she gave a comb, sent it to her older sister; she gave a bar, sent it to the oldest; fog over the city, in the house of Baba Yaga (apparently the oldest sister) tells stories to the girls; the guy took apples and live water , raped the girl, galloped away; girl: he drank tea, but did not cover the teapot, sent a chase; the guy threw a comb (forest), a bar (gorges), a towel (river of fire); the guy got to Rosstani and drove along the road to marry; also failed; broke the wall, everyone went out; the brothers envied him, killed him; the horse broke a bottle of live water, revived it; he returned home; the messenger from the girl Krasa from the golden kingdom: let a betrothed arrives; she already has a child; her older brother has gone; she put down velvet, the guy got off his horse, went around, she drove him away; the youngest drove on velvet - here's my betrothed; they began to live happily ever after, make good money]: Vlasova 2011, No. 15:45-46; Russians (Vologda) [boyar Dobromysl tells his sons to fire arrows; where he falls, take a wife; the elder and middle married the daughters of the nobleman and boyar; Ivan went to the hut, in which the old woman holds his arrow; turned the hut into a rich room; if I. does not marry an old woman, she will not leave the swamp; as soon as I. agreed, the old woman turned into beautiful; the name is Svetlana, she was bewitched; while she is young only at night; D. tells her daughters-in-law to make a shirt; S. cut the canvas, threw it out the window, ordered it to be sewn in the wild winds; I. brought the best shirt; weaving a carpet is the same; baking bread (S. poured the dough into a cold oven); D. wants to see daughters-in-law; S. hides food in her sleeves at the feast; waved her sleeve: a pond with geese and swans on it; the elders daughters-in-law waved - everyone was drenched, sprayed; to prevent S. from becoming an old woman again, I. threw her ring into the sea; S. ordered to look for her in the thirtieth kingdom; I. came to the hut on chicken legs, herself turned around; "Hut, hut, stand backwards to the forest and stand in front of me!" ; there Baba Yaga gave her sword and ball, let him follow; I. killed the kidnapper wizard, freed his wife, returned with her to his father]: Burtsev 1897, No. 46:265-286; Russians (Vologda, Belozersky Krai) [ Tsarevichi Fedor, Vasily, Ivan; whoever brings a jug of twelve stigmas with living water from the Blue-eyed girl, the tsar promises half the kingdom; F. reached the crossroads, on the inscription plate: to be hungry; he is full , but the horse is hungry; sleep with the girl; rides along the third road; the girl put him against the wall, he fell into a hole; the same with V.; I. turned to the road where he was hungry; a hut on a chicken leg, on dog shank; turn your back to the forest and in front of me; there Baba Yaga, Blue-eye, is her niece, brother's daughter; gives her horse, he is better than I.'s horse; I. comes to the second Yaga sister, she gives an even better horse; to the third; she teaches me to jump over the wall, take water; I. sinned with S., so the horse, jumping back, hit the strings; S. after one baba yaga to another; "I'm not sorry that the horse got drunk, or else it's expensive that he didn't cover the well"; S. caught up, they got engaged, she promised to come in three years; girl I. shoved her down, took her brothers out of envy; they threw him into a hole out of envy, he flew for three days and three nights; Nagai birds squeak on an oak tree by the sea, I. covered them with a robe; they tell their mother about this, the bird is ready to raise I. to the ground, let him cook meat; almost enough, he cut off his fingers arms and legs; bird: did not know what was so tasty; regurgitated, I. put them back with live water; S. came, demands "guilty"; F. goes, then V.; sons think it is the father, S. does not; and when I. comes in the form of a drunkard - this is him; wedding; older brothers were expelled]: Azadovsky 1934, No. 8:186-199; Russians (Vologda) [the girl got lost, came to the hut; says: "The hut, hut, turn your back and there, and in front there"; Baba Yaga entered, on the stove-pole; does not let go home, but allowed her to go out to wash her feet; the bull offers to take him home; drove]: Kuzmina 2008, No. 39: 103-105; Russians (Pskov) [Ivashka carried food to his father in the field; the witch stole it, brought it to the hut on chicken legs; wanted to fry it, I. pretends not to know how to sit on a shovel; once the witch was not at home; I. asked geese and swallows to take him away; a wounded goose came out, he took him home; his mother was just sharing pancakes; I. outside the window: damn it to me; since then they have lived together]: Ploshchuk 2004, No. 40: 105-106; Russians (Ryazanskaya) [granddaughter got lost in the forest, went out to the hut on chicken legs; tells her to turn backwards to her, to the forest; entered; human heads under the bed, in the oven on a baking sheet tits; Baba Yaga spins, let the snot go to the floor; replies that it is her rutabaga and pies; treats her with raw meat, the girl throws everything out the window; BYA began to sharpen knives, tells the girl to spin; she jumped out into window; the bull tells me to sit on it, runs away; BYA catches up, and the bull jerks in her face; while she was washing her face, the bull drove the girl home, the bull was released]: Samodelova 2013, No. 70:80-81; Russians (Ryazanskaya) [y lady son Ivanushka (I.); got on a shuttle, went for a ride; the lady calls ashore to eat and drink; I. sailed; the lady gave drink and eat, sent me to ride again; baba yaga calls to eat and drink; I. understands that the mother's voice is not; did not come; baba yaga asks the blacksmith to shackle his voice like a lady's; the blacksmith shackled; baba yaga calls I., he sailed, grabbed him and dragged him away; the lady sends the maid girl to look for I.; she comes to the palace, there is a girl sitting in a meadow, spinning and playing with a little boy, the child has a golden saucer, a golden egg on a golden platter; the maid asks for help finding I., otherwise the lady will drive out of the light; the girl offers to spin Lenok while looking for a ball to follow; the maid refuses, moves on; comes to another palace: a girl sits, knocks yarn, plays with a little boy, the child has a golden apple with a golden egg; the maid asks for help finding I.; the girl offers to dry the yarn while looking for a ball, the maid refuses again; comes to the forest; there is a hut for chicken legs, on spindle heels; the maid tells the hut to turn; got up, prayed to God; baba yaga turned to the other side, asked what was needed; the maid prepared resin in her skull, put in the stove, cooked cotton and sat down for her to look for gunpowder; she looks for and says: fall asleep, peephole, fall asleep another! If you don't sleep, I'll fill it with resin, shut it up with cotton; Baba Yaga fell asleep, the girl filled her eyes with resin, covered her with cotton, took I. ran with him; runs to one girl, asks to hide it; she refuses to refuse knock yarn; the cat purred; Baba Yaga woke up, found that I. was not; rushed in pursuit; runs to the palace, asks the girl if the red girl and the boy ran here; she said; baba yaga ran on; caught up with the maid, took the boy away, tore the maid to pieces; the lady did not wait, sent two more girls, and Baba Yaga tore them apart; the third comes to the palace; saw the girl and a boy, asks where to find I.; agrees to be spun; the girl gives a ball; the maid went for the ball; came to another palace; gave the ball to the girl's sister, said that her sister bowed to her; agreed to spin; the girl said that I. was in the hut and gave a lump of oil; the maid came to the forest, told the hut to turn; got up, prayed to God, saw the child; Baba Yaga turned to the other side asks what to do; warm up; baba yaga suggests looking in her head; (hereinafter the same as in the first episode); gave the cat oil; grabbed the child and ran; the girl in the palace agrees in gratitude for hide the work in the basement; baba yaga asks if the girl saw the fugitive with the boy; did not see; baba yaga ran home; pulls the cat for not watching the child; the fugitive with the child ran over to to another palace; (same: hides in a chest); Baba Yaga ran home, pinched the cat to death; the maid and her child ran to the lady, she is glad she awarded the girl]: Khudyakov 1964, No. 12:80-82; Russians (Moscow) [three sisters came to the house on chicken legs and spindle heels; there grandfather offers pancakes; two sisters ate, the third did not; he took two home, left the third, told to pump it; when she fell asleep, the girl went out onto the porch, the hare offers to take her home; grandfather in a mortar, chasing her with a broom, caught up with the hare, took the girl away, tells him to rock again; next time the dristunya chick; grandfather caught up, and she hit his snout; he ran to wash, the girl escaped]: Vedernikova, Samodelova 1998, No. 28:73-74; Russians (Ryazanskaya) [brother and sister went for berries, got lost; they come to the hut: turn to us in front, to the forest with your back; an old woman in the hut, promises to feed her, let the girl shake her child; the girl went out into the yard, the bull offers to take her; the old woman sits on a chair, caught up with a bull, hit him with a butt, took the girl away; {without continuing}]: Smirnov 1917, No. 238:133; Russians (Nizhny Novgorod, Sosnovsky District) [three sons, younger Ivan the Fool; went to look brides; there is a hut on chicken legs; Baba Yaga tells horses to herd three days; after the first day, horses have hooves covered in blood; then blood knee-deep; belly up; for the night, the brothers changed hats with Baba Yaga's daughters; the Serpent flew in, ate his daughters instead of brothers; in the morning, Baba Yaga's daughter {the narrator moves on to another story} tells I. to climb into the oven, he does not know how to, puts Baba's daughter herself in the oven- Yagi; the brothers killed Baba Yaga, took her horses; hid in a tree from the robbers, they cook soup under the tree; I. dropped Baba Yaga's corpse, the robbers ran away, the brothers took the wealth]: Korepova 2012, No. 508:155 -156; Russians (Gorkovskaya) [mother died, father took Baba Yaga; she tells me to take Vanyusha and Masha to the forest; they collected firewood, came to the place where the father and stepmother were, and there a flask is tied to a tree , knocks in the wind; on the way to the forest, V. threw pebbles and the children went out to the house; Baba Yaga tells them to take them again, V. did not have time to collect pebbles, threw crusts, but their birds pecked; came to the hut: become backwards to the forest, and in front of us; the children hid in the closet; Baba Yaga and her daughter returned; the children are running, asking the geese to cross the river, they transported them; Baba Yaga did not send stepsons to the forest anymore]: Eremina et al. 1979, No. 11:181-183; Russians (Vyatskaya, Sarapulsky U., d. Bygi) [The glorious Tsar Rakit Timofeyevich and his wife Tykva Timofeyevna live in the Sabur Kingdom; they have no children. In another realm, a famous magician. King Rakit goes to him for an apple, which his wife will eat. The magician tells him to give half an apple to his wife and hold the other. Two sons will be born, the first one must be given to him. The queen gives birth to a son, a year later she gives birth to her second. The first one grows for 15 years and is called Falcon (S.). His father sends him to a magician. In the forest, S. stumbles, falls, falls asleep until morning; so three times. He comes to the hut on chicken legs, tells him to stand in front of him, and back to the forest. In the hut, a beautiful woman (taken by the wizard from the king, trained in magic) warns that the wizard will bring a glass of rum. You can't drink, otherwise you'll eat it, I must say: "I'm not here to walk or feast, but to work." There'll be a lake on the way Twelve cabbage rolls will arrive, undress, become girls, they look the same, including her - she will begin to spread her wings on the shore. When the girls start swimming, let her sit on her dress. S. does it all. Eleven girls put on their dresses and fly away, the twelfth stays. S. kisses her and gives her dress. Girl: If the magician gives errands, let him turn to her; turn into a pigeon, fly away. S. comes to the magician, who sits in a chair. "Lackey servants! Lift my eyelids out of my eyes with an iron pitchfork: I need to see who's here." The servants raise their eyelids, the thorn opens. The magician recognizes S., tells him to bring rum, S. refuses. The magician tells us to build a bridge across the sea overnight. The girl tells her to take off her pants before going to bed. The bridge is ready in the morning The magician tells us to ride around his horse, he is fierce and ferocious. The girl gives S. an iron rod, tells him to go to bed with his pants off, and quilt the horse with a rod in the morning. The falcon hits the horse, he kneels, S. continues to beat, locks him in the stable, and goes to spend the night with the girl. The horse is a magician himself. In the morning S. comes to him, he groans in pain. His servants lift his eyelids with an iron pitchfork. He says he will now marry S. and he has 12 pigeon brides. Girl: A fly will sit on her forehead. The next day, a mare (she will throw back her back leg). The magician invites S. and his fiancée to celebrate their wedding the next day. Girl: He'll eat us, we gotta run. They spit in all corners in the hut and go out. In the morning, the servants tell them to get ready for the wedding, drool that they are going to; they dress; etc. The magician looks at the black book: S. and the bride ran away. Sends a chase. The girl wraps herself in a well, S. wraps herself in a scoop. Those sent drink water and come back. For the second time, a cow and a shepherd, the shepherd replies that he just woke up and did not see anyone. The magician goes by himself, the earth trembles. The girl by the lake makes herself a duck, and S. makes herself a drake. The wizard raises his eyelids, recognizes them, drinks all the water, the duck and the drake fly away. The magician throws thick smoke on them, the girl disperses him with a headwind. The wizard gnashes his teeth like Satan in the underworld, stays at the bottom of the lake, the duck and the drake fly to Father S., become human, get married]: Vereshchagin 2002, No. 12:36-40; Russians (Orlovskaya) [ the peasant took aim at the eagle; he promises to fulfill his wish; the peasant: make him rich; the eagle: if you meet an old man, give a bag; the elder tells the bag not to be opened on the way; the peasant opened it, fell down chervonets; the old man collected, for this he tells you to give what you do not know at home; the wife gave birth to a son; he grew up, goes to the forest; spends the night with the eldest Baba Yaga in a hut on chicken legs; she sent to the middle; the middle one to the youngest; the youngest gave a wooden hand to Prince Balalay - he was blind; B. felt that his hand was wooden; the girl-daughter B. told me to run; turned into a field, the guy turned into a watchman; the cell and the monk; the river and so on; B. tried drink the river, burst; the girl tells me not to say hello to her younger brother at home; the guy greeted, forgot the bride; she baked a pie, there are two pigeons from there, the guy remembered; wedding]: Kalinnikov 2017:9-14; Russians (Voronezh, Bobrovsky District) [the tsar leaned to the well to drink water, the tsar bear grabbed his beard, let him go for promising to give what he did not know in the house; while the queen gave birth to twins : Ivan Tsarevich and Mary Tsarevna; the children were hidden in an underground ward; the parents died, the tsar bear came, the palace is empty, a chisel is stuck in the wall; replies that he must be thrown: wherever he sticks, dig it; The king bear found I. and M., took them home; the children asked for a drink; when the king bear went to get water, the eagle picked up the children and carried them, but the king bear scorched his wings; next time the children wanted to eat, carried the eagle; for the third time, the children are carried by a dristun goby; defecates three times in the face of a catching bear; then gives I. a comb and a towel; the abandoned comb turned into a forest, the bear gnawed; I. waved a towel - lake of fire; the bear stopped chasing; brought the goby to his house in a clearing; tells him to slaughter and burn it, scatter the ashes along three ridges, a horse, a dog and an apple tree will grow; I. took a horse and a dog from hunting brought a wolf cub and a bear cub; once he did not take the dog with him; the six-headed serpent flew in, became handsome, asked M. to bridge the lake, took it away, and locked the dog and threw the key into the lake; I. went search; in the open field, a hut on chicken legs, on dog heels; I.: turn backwards to the forest, in front of me; in the hut, baba yaga, bone leg from corner to corner, nose to ceiling; baba yaga tells you to break three twigs from that apple tree, hit the lock, it will stop, you can pick up the dog and go to the snake; the dog, the wolf and the bear tore the snake, I. returned M.]: Afanasiev 1958, No. 201:90-93; Russians (Voronezh, Semiluksky District) [Ivan Tsarevich (I.) and Tsarevna Svetlana (S.) have been friends since childhood, grow up, and want to marry. I. goes to Father S. to marry. He sets 3 tasks, and every night, if he does not complete it, they will cut off his head. Objectives: to drain the lake, build a house at the bottom ("so that S. passes in silk socks and does not stain them"), separate rye from wheat in the royal barn. The first night elephants come, drink the lake, the second night the craftsmen build a house, and the third night pigeons separate the grain. The Tsar agrees to give his daughter for I. After the wedding, S. does not tell her to take off her ring - it is their happiness. I. took it off, threw it into the sea, and his wife disappeared. I. comes to the sea, goldfish suggests looking for S. far away. He comes to the hut on chicken legs, the old lady says that S. was with her, but now she is far away. It's the same in the next cabin. In the third, the old lady gives a ball and a sword. The ball leads I. to the gate, followed by a nine-headed serpent. Ivan defeats him, cuts the castle, frees S., brings her home, they get married again]: Kretov 1977, No. 35:61-64; Russians (Tambov) [the tsar collected a cry: "Who can get the sun, the moon and stars"; only Anton Zakrutsky volunteered, took his brother Ivanushka with him; the hut turns on spindle heels, on chicken legs; AZ left I. in the hut, ordering: like a cup he will run full of blood, so come running to help and let the horse go; a three-headed serpent rides, says to his horse: do not be shy, only the AZ peasant got out at us; AZ cut down three heads for him, came to the hut, I. sleeps, although the cup is full of blood; the same with the six-headed; the 12-headed one grabbed AZ, he barely got up; hardly took off his boot, threw it at the door - missed it; threw the second one - the door opened, the horse ran out, bit off the snake's head; AZ took sun, month and stars; the tsar awarded him]: Smyrnaya 1917, No. 249:149-151; Russians (Kursk, Leninsky District) [The governor has a clever son "a red sun in his forehead, the moon in the back of his head." The boy's extraordinary strength is manifested in children's games - he tears off other children's arms and legs. The king orders him to be expelled from the state. The son cannot choose a horse for a long time, finds him in the last stable, tied in three chains, and the horse calls him his master. The mother gives her son a talisman ring as a goodbye (she makes wishes come true). At the crossroads, the governor's son chooses the road on which he is destined to die. He drinks water and falls asleep by the stream, the mermaids steal his ring for the old devil. He cries, goes into Baba Yaga's house (a hut with chicken legs), she is surprised, feeds him and drinks him, puts him to bed and wakes him up on the third day, promises to help him find a ring, gives him a guide - cat. They return to the place where the governor's son slept, wind the ropes, when asked by the imp, explain that they want to pull the two banks together to crush the devils. He offers to fight, the young man points at the bear, says that it is his grandfather and offers to fight him. The bear grabs the imp, he runs away. The old devil takes a ring to the young man, says that the governor asked the king for permission for his son to return to the kingdom. The young man asks to marry one of the mermaids, the devil is angry, hits the ground, becomes a "fierce beast", the cat hits and becomes a lion, they fight, the lion wins and the young man gets the best beautiful girl, returns home]: Aristov, Pavlov 1939:82-85; Ukrainians (Transcarpathia; p. Zbui of the Zemplin Committee of Hungary) [the emperor has no children, he walks to sorcerers; one replies that the queen spat in the water, swallowed saliva by fish, brought offspring, and the queen has no children; it is necessary catch this fish in the lake under a stone slab and cook it, but so that no one else tries it; the maid tries the fish, the queen eats the fish, throws the bones to the dog; the maid, queen and dog get pregnant and through nine months give birth to a boy; the emperor is frightened; the advisers order to hire nurses; the boys have grown up and went to school; the son of the female Yanko has learned all the sciences and languages; the king is happy; I learn from books that Once there was a sun, a month and stars, but now there is nothing, the earth is covered in darkness; asks his father, the king says that three shufflers (dragons) have arrived; a 24-headed sun grabbed a sun with 12 heads - the month that had was a star; three royal sons saddle horses, went to look for the sun, the month and the star; the father told them that his brother, i.e. their uncle, studied to be a blacksmith in the Shedzmerice Region; the hell brought a letter: brother serves as a blacksmith for these three shufflers and their paternal uncle Laccibrade, who is elbow tall but has a long beard; the sons must go to Schedzmeritz, where their uncle is; there he is 100 meters Iron gates up, 24 comrades blacksmiths and 24 students; taking a letter to their uncle, the blacksmith, the brothers come to the Shedzmerice region, knock, the gate rings, the uncle comes out; making sure that their nephews are welcome accepts; knows where the lights are, because he is the blacksmith of kidnappers, whom he calls devils; one has a house made of gold, the other has silver, the third has copper; they are 24, 12, 6 miles away, respectively; their girlfriends - 48, 24, 12 miles away; at noon everyone leaves before midnight to see a friend - then you have to come; the princes will come to the copper house and the copper gate, where the weakest (with a star); he has a bridge from him to his home friends; his horse does not walk on the ground, only across the bridge; you have to take out one board in the evening to make a hole; I must sit under the bridge and listen to the shuffling go home; the shuffling sits on the horse the ground is shaking; his horse comes across the bridge to the hole, gets scared, rushes back; the shuffling calms down: there is no horse like him and no good man like him; only his mother-in-law Gynjibaba said she saw Suchiy Yanko, but if he met now, the shuffler would cut him to pieces; I.: I'll cut you down, blows all your heads off, sits on the shuffler's horse, takes his sword and star, throws a star into the sky, she rises to his seat, becomes lighter; the brothers go to the 12-headed shuffling; Y. breaks two silver plaques from the silver bridge; the shuffle promises to chop Suchiy Yanko, mentioned by G. throw meat away to magpies and crows; I blow 6 heads, then 6 more; each one cuts off the end of her tongue, hides it in her pocket, lets go of a month; tells my brother from the maid that he will have a 6-headed horse, brother from the queen - 12-headed, he himself will take the 24-headed shuffler's horse; invites the brothers to take the sun, they are afraid; leaves them the spoon given by the uncle for the matitsa: if it has blood, hurry to help; pulls it out bridges 4 gold plaques; the shuffler promises to chop the son of the dog mentioned by his mother-in-law, throw it away to magpies and crows; I.: I will do it with you; they fight for 24 hours; both ask crows for help, but I promise all the more. meat; the shuffling breathes fire, the crows stuff weeds into his mouth, take away the sun, it rises to the sky; the shuffling throws fire even more, the crows in their beaks carry water, pour on I., others grab the shuffling legs, he fell, I killed him, cut off the tip of his tongue from each head; there is blood on a spoon behind the matitsa, the brothers take their horses out to flee; when I appear, they say that they were going to help him, he accuses him they lie, share horses; on the way home, their mother-in-law's hut of shufflers drive home; her daughters met there; I became a cat, climbed through the chimney, the youngest daughter, whose lover had 6 heads, recognizes Me by my eyes, the other two confirm; Gynjibaba: I would know if I saw it; the youngest looks up one century to her mother; G. sees Y., tells his daughters to put him in fur; they think that they did it and burned the fur from which, But I am a sorcerer and escaped; a mother tells one daughter to become a red handkerchief and lie on the road, strangle his two brothers and horses; the other with a silver pear, the fruits of which brothers and horses will choke; the third should become a meadow with silk grass and a well in the middle, people and horses will die from its water; I cut the handkerchief crosswise with a sword, it pours blood knee-deep to horses; the same with a pear, with a well; royal The brother, the chief blacksmith, orders the Iron Gate to be opened because her nephews will run away from G.; she chases with her mouth open, the young men rush to the uncle's yard, his students and comrades close the gate and G.'s eyelids are supported; G. demands to show her Y.; he tells the audience to take up one leaf, and he lets G.'s head into the yard and lock the gate with a key; G. is amazed that some worthless killed six (her daughters and shufflers); Y. replies that he will not let her go; let her become a horse that runs around the light in an hour, better than the Sharkani ones; G.: you can't wait; I ask my uncle for workers with with hammers; they hit G. on the head, she asks for mercy, but does not agree to be a mare; I tell you to hit harder; G. swears to serve faithfully; iron stirrups and a saddle are forged for her; I sit on horseback, take it in my hand a strand of flax lights him, linen does not have time to burn while the mare runs around the world; his uncle praises him, gives him a letter to his father and punishes him not to react, no matter what wonderful things he sees on the way; the brothers go home towards the ditch is old Laccibrad on a hare, followed by his casing and beard; he says that I am not a man; I dismount, L. is in the saddle and flies away on a horse; I tell my brothers to notify father that the sun, the month and the star are already in the sky, and he will go for the horse, which was made in his uncle's forge out of sharkanikha; he returns to his uncle, he reproaches him for his disobedience, tells him to take a hammer and go to the plain, where L. herds a mare and sleeps on iron saddles and stirrups; you have to crush his head, take a mare; when I find L., Y. decides that he is so small that he is not dangerous, grabs the mare, shouts at L.; he wakes up, hits Y. with stirrups and a saddle; I beg for mercy, L.: his sister will no longer wear I., for although Y. beat her, L. himself beat him, so we should honestly leave; I leave; my uncle sends him back; L. agrees to give the mare if Y. brings him a princess from the other side of the world; uncle: it's in the seventh land, it's easy to get there, any novelty you see must be taken with you, the royal daughter will be given for him ; on the way, Y. sees, takes with him hungry (he gets bread on carts), drank (drinks the river, but can't get drunk), cold (he can't warm up near the fire in 12 fur coats and 12 covers), throwing a hammer at the end of the world; crossing the whole world in two steps; having a huge eye and seeing everything; the king receives them, offers to eat a thousand oxen and bread out of three thousand measures of flour in one supper, drink a thousand barrels of wine and a thousand vodka; Y.'s companions eat and drink everything; the king puts him to bed in an iron house, sends blacksmiths to bring bags of coal, kindles a fire; the freezing one takes off one fur coat and one casing, the coals go out, everyone goes to bed; the craftsmen bring more fire; the freezing one sheds two coats and two covers, the coals go out, the craftsmen freeze to death; the king orders in three hours go to the end of the world and take leather and gold to the craftsman to cast a ring and sew shoes; companion Y. steps once and finds himself with the master; on the way back he enters the city, where Sister G. lets he sleeps, puts his horse head as a pillow, takes his ring and shoes; half an hour before the deadline; the seer sees the sleeper and sister G.; another companion throws a hammer, knocking his horse's head out from under the runner's heads; he catches up with sister G. in one step, takes away his ring and shoes, and the other steps he finds himself at the wedding; I. and the princess are married, given the wagon and the army to accompany him to the border; L. pretends to be married stuck in the swamp, Y. tries to help, L. pulls him knee-deep into the swamp, runs on his horse with his wife; I. rides a Sharkan horse to the Shedzmericki region to visit his uncle; uncle: go to the oak grove, where there is a hollow, through it you will get to a city 7 miles deep into the earth, in the city a three-story duck-leg house is L.'s home; Y. finds a house, hides by a well, meets his wife: let him find out where L. strength; L. to his wife: he is called to war, whoever he helps will win; in response to his wife's persuasion, he explains that a wooden deer drinks water near the well, a chamois in it, a hare in the chamois, a duck in a hare, two eggs in the duck; If you break one, he will lose half his strength and both die; if you take a golden apple on a gold cord and put it in your pocket, you can take his house with him; L. goes to the seventh land for a month to war; I. cuts animals with a sword, breaks one egg; L. flies home in a mare - he is still stronger than I.; Y. breaks the second egg, L. falls, I. kills him; turns the house into an apple, takes his wife home, they stop by to his uncle on the road, he advises him to return to their homeland and secretly build a house; his father's servants find an unknown house; the princes guard a possible enemy, warmly welcome his brother, he says that he got a mare and married the tsar's daughter from the seventh land]: Gnatyuk 1898, No. 8:39-54; Western Ukrainians (Transcarpathia) [Ivan is a younger brother, sitting on the stove, saved a kitten, the cat grew up, the name - Purr; the cat called the owner Ivan Pechevsky; decided to marry; met a hare, said that he would go to a feast with the king; the hare also wants; the cat: if there were a hundred of you; the hare gathered 99 other hares; the cat, having accepted human appearance, came to the king and said that Mr. IP gave him a hundred hares; then the same with foxes; with wolves; ordered Ivan to ask his father to give him decent clothes and a stroller; the king to be silent; the cat says how many cattle does the IP have; the princess liked the groom; they go to the groom's house; the cat asked the tsar to take the army; runs forward tells the shepherds to answer that they are grazing the cattle not of Iron Woman, but by the individual entrepreneur; Baba's castle on duck his paw and turns; the cat gave the maid gold, even if she replies that Mr. Pechevsky's castle; Baba says that an army is going on, there will be a battle, we must hide in the hollow of a beech tree; he commands the army shoot at a beech tree with cannons; Ivan and his young wife still live there, if they did not die]: Verkhovyna's Tales 1970:260-264; Eastern Ukrainians (Kyiv region, now Cherkasskaya, near Chigirin, p. Adamovka, V. Kravchenko) [the elderly are 70, the wife tells her husband to hand over the ax in the forge, cut down an oak tree, slaughter his son; the child came to life, named Ivan Belodrev; he instantly grew up; tied the oaks with a church, knocked down everything at once; cut down the hut, sold my father and mother to my father, came to the hut: she is spinning on a chicken leg, where the wind will blow; there is an old woman telling me to buy a horse from her priest - not what is in the stall, but what is in the yard; information security gave everything money raised for parents; the magpies and crows have already pecked their sides; the horse tells you to dig a hole, burn coals, jumps twice in the heat, becomes a heroic horse; for the third time he pulls out a harness and equipment; brings by air to that old woman; information security asks for a drink; old woman: stepmother collected all the water in one well; whoever needs water, either carry the child or eat it himself; information security killed a snake, brought water; the king's daughter at the well He is sitting, another snake is given to be eaten; the water in the sea rustled, the princess is trying to wake up IS, he woke up when her tear dripped on his face; the IS snake hit - only the soles stuck to the current, the IS hit - drove the snake knee-deep into the ground; killed, cut out tongues, burned bones, scattered the ashes (languages are no longer mentioned); wedding]: Pankeev 1992:161-166; Ukrainians (Kherson) [Baba Yaga stole a boy, put her eldest daughter on the window, let her play with an apple; her parents sent her eldest daughter for her brother; she refuses to pick apples from an apple tree, turn a loaf of bread over, take tar; goes to the hut on chicken legs; she began to look in the BU in her head, took her brother away; those whose requests she did not fulfill did not hide her, the BU caught up, took the boy away; the same with her middle sister; the younger one fulfills everything, smeared resin on the eyes of the fallen asleep BU; the cat did not clean them of tar, but scratched them out; BYA went blind, and the girl brought her brother home]: Yastrebov 1894, No. 19.2:156-157; Ukrainians (the place of recording is not a decree, according to M. Wozniak, vol.3) [the sea grandfather stopped the merchant's ship, tells him to give him that he does not know at home; while he was not at home, his wife gave birth and raised a son; at 12 he went to his sea grandfather; 12 ducks turn into girls they take off their clothes, bathe; the young man hides his youngest's clothes, gives him for a promise to become his wife; tells him to go without turning to vipers and animals in a hut on a chicken leg; the betrothed waits for him there; teaches boldly answer the lions, break the gate, recognize her among 12 identical girls; so three times; the merchant's son gets a wife]: Pankeev 1992:151-160; Belarusians [the tsar and queen died, the children went around the world, they came to the hut on chicken legs, in which Baba Yuga, an iron leg; in the morning she told the girl to weave crosns, and the boy to cut firewood, ordered the cat to guard; they gave the cat meat, he gave them a ball and a khust, himself sat down at the crosns; when Baba South realized this, sat down in a stupa, drove a poker; brother and sister came to the Sea of Fire for a ball, waved a khust - a bridge; on the other side they waved again - the bridge was gone; they saw a hut, began to live; while Ivan Tsarevich was away, Kashchei the immortal came to his sister; taught him to pretend to be sick - let his brother bring animal milk; the hare gave milk and a hare; the same with the fox, the she-wolf, bear, elk, lioness, tar (?) ; the sister pours out milk every time; now I. has 7 animals; his sister sent him to the damn mill; I. went out, and the animals were left outside 12 doors; at home I. asks Koschey to let him wash in the bathhouse, and then eat; the animals came running, melted the bathhouse, the lion threw Kashchei into the fire; his sister found his fang, put his brother in bed; the fang pierced his head; the fox ran to get fuel and tenacious water, and the hare noticed in his head fang; pulled out - a fang into a hare, now he is dead; so from one animal to another, but the fox is only on the tail; the lion threw his sister into the oven; Marya Tsarevna was given a snake with 6 heads; I. and the animals killed him; I.'s wedding and M.; and I was there, it flowed down my mustache, I didn't get into my mouth]: Romanov 1887, No. 3:45-49; Belarusians (Mogilevskaya, Western 1888-1891, Vysokovskaya vol., Orsha u., from the Kyrgyz Republic. Yakov Ignatova, 76 l, illiterate) [The old man and the old woman have no children, the old man sends her to the city to buy 12 eggs to incubate, raise 12 sons, baptize him on 11, forget on the 12th, come back, the pop baptizes him with Kashevar and a good fellow; sons they grow up quickly, help in the field, the elders mow, the cook cooks; while the older brothers sleep in the afternoon, the Kashevar mows the most, the brothers think that God helps; it also repeats when they shovel and put haystacks; every night someone steals a haystack, 2 older brothers can't do anything, Kashevar is called; 12 pounds are forged for him, the first mace breaks into Kashevar's hand, the second withstands the test, the Kashevar goes to guard the haystacks at night; at midnight a mare with 12 foals comes running, picks up the haystack and leaves, the Kashevar falls off the haystack; the next night a mare comes again with foals, the Kashevar jumps at her from the haystack, the mare takes him by air to the thirtieth kingdom, the Kashevar hits her with a mace, the mare returns him to his father's yard, he instructs the brothers to build a stable for 12 stall; The cook flies again on the mare until it gets tired and agrees to do his will - brings 12 foals to the yard; the Kashevar gives the mare to his father, the foals to the brothers; the brothers go to choose their brides; The cook gets the weakest horse, he lets it get caught in the field, then saddles and drives the others through the air; the cook flies up to the hut on a chicken leg, near the hut there are 12 pillars with rings (horse riders), ties a horse, enters the hut, the grandmother says that her sister has 12 daughters; the Kashevar leaves and goes to the next hut on a chicken leg - history repeats itself; Kashevar goes to the third hut is on a chicken leg, there is a grandmother ("legs in the garden, tits under the table"), a mother of 12 daughters, sit down to talk, brothers come; Kashevar goes out into the yard, meets Nastasia Priokrasya, she tells how to recognize her among 12 doves and 12 girls; grandmother calls to the upper room, 12 doves appear, Kashevar finds out, then everyone turns into 12 identical girls, and he finds out again (Nastasya every time gives a sign), get married; Nastasya gives her husband a handkerchief to call her when it is difficult; after the feast, the young go to the barn, Kashevar's horse warns that her grandmother has already sent for the torturers to cut their heads; on the advice of the horse, they change clothes, Nastasia goes to the garden, Kashevar's horse takes him (and his brothers with him), the grandmother in a stupa goes in pursuit; on the River of Fire, using Nastasi Kashevar's handkerchief Kalinov builds the Bridge, crosses, destroys the bridge with a wave of a handkerchief, his grandmother cannot cross the river, it is agreed that Kashevar will visit again; brothers let horses out into the meadow, horses slaughter each other, The brothers start arguing because of this, kill each other, the Kashevar takes their bodies to the river, cries and rides off on his horse; on the way, Kashevar finds a shining feather, the horse discourages them from taking them because they are in the pen." an ax and a chopping block, a mortal shirt", Kashevar takes a pen for himself for beauty; the landowner exchanges a shining feather from Kashevar, offering his daughter as his wife, but Kashevar goes after Nastasya and brings her to the landowner's house; On the way back, the grandmother on the stupa tries to catch up with them, cannot cross the fiery river, again persuade that Kashevar will be visiting again; the landowner falls in love with Nastasya, wants to marry, sends Kashevar to grandmother (witch) for a wedding dress (the witch herself) for Nastasia; Kashevar arrives on horseback, turns into a black cat, steals the witch's keys, takes the dress, repeats the chase story; Nastasia requires a wedding ring (the story of turning into a cat, stealing a ring from a witch and then chasing is repeated) and wedding candles from the church, the Kashevar flies to the witch, changes clothes with a shepherd, his horse turns into a lamb with gold and silver hair, distracts attention, Kashevar steals wedding candles from the church, the story of the chase repeats; for the 4th time Kashevara is sent (Nastasya demands) for self-dancing harps (the story of turning into a cat, stealing, chasing repeats); Nastasya demands horses, Kashevar, on the advice of his horse, lures a mare (who returned from his father to witch) and the rest of the horses, animated by a mare, during the chase near the Fire River, Kashevar promises not to come to visit again; the cook goes to the kitchen to relax, he is cut into pieces, boiled and fed for dogs, Kashevar's horse cries, asks Nastasia to collect bones, the little finger is on the second time, the horse breathed 3 times: the cook becomes whole, moves and rises, becomes more beautiful than before; the landowner ("pan") decides to become more beautiful in the same way, but he is simply eaten by dogs; the Kashevar remains on the estate]: Romanov 1901, No. 39:360-370; Belarusians (Gomelsky y.) [the son is Ivan, the father is a drunkard; the neighbor took I. as an employee; he grew up, went on; hired a serpent; this is the serpent Chavolay; after 6 years I. left, C. gave him a book, ordered him not to open it, otherwise he would eat it; I. got lost, opened the book, cattle flowed out of it; C. appeared: eat; agreed that C. put the cattle in the book back, and I. promised not to marry; at home I. refuses matchmakers; still others say that they have two good dogs will fight off C.; during the wedding, C. appears; I. jumps away; the horse has fallen; the hut: turn your back to the forest; Baba Yaga fed her, put her to bed, gave bread with her, showed the way to her sister; she has the same thing, the oldest sister has the same; every dog, from afar, senses C.; every pernet and food appears; the third baba yaga gave a handkerchief to wave at the sea - a bridge appeared; when on the C. Bridge, wave again - the bridge disappeared, C. fell into the sea; I. woke up, three dogs nearby: Lomigor, Lomikamen, Lomizhelen; two kingdoms ate a 12-headed serpent, in the third he was led to eat a princess; I. and his dogs killed him, The princess tied her wounds with a handkerchief; the servant cut off I.'s head, ordered the princess to say that he had killed the snake; the dogs grabbed the viper, forced the viper to bring water growing and living; revived I.; the princess's wedding with her servant is being prepared; I. sends dogs, the princess recognized them; at the feast, the tsar sees the princess's handkerchief on I.'s hand; the servant was beheaded; wedding]: Romanov 1886, No. 9:73-77.

Caucasus - Asia Minor. The Avars [the khan's daughter was kidnapped by the son of the king of devils; he lived in a hut on chicken legs; everyone who entered that forest fell asleep; the khan sent an army, it fell asleep; the vizier had a stomachache, which caused him to woke up; he was drawn to the hut; there was an old woman lying on long braids in the corner; the vizier pulled out his sword, but the old woman tied him with her hair, threw him into the closet where other people were bound; poor young man volunteered to return the kidnapped; his horse sets a condition: the khan must harvest wheat, feed them their fill, give the rest to the young man's father; cut the heel and sprinkle salt on the wound; take a sword that cuts hair, and 10 coils of thread; the horse tells you to tie the forest with threads; I must say , "Hut, hut, turn to face me!" ; the old woman felt sorry for the young man, warned that the son of the king of devils was going to leave the forest; young man: the forest is tied; in the morning the young man sees a beauty, the wind is around; the horse tells me to cut the wind with a sword; the wind has subsided, the young man brought the khan's daughter and married her]: Saidov, Dalgat 1965:264-268; Turks [summary of the text from the collection of Ign. Kunosha (without an exact reference): fearing revenge from his brothers, the younger prince secretly runs to his sons-in-law; dev welcomes the welcome guest: letting him go, he gives him a wonderful seal; the prince approaches the big house, who spins on a cock's leg; complaining about his share, he arouses compassion in the gardener for a stranger dressed in rags; falling in love with the princess, the keloglan (a bald young fool) summons an Arab and rides a horse around the garden in an elegant dress, trampling on flowers; the princess throws gold at him in handfuls; the clink of despicable metal rewards the gardener handsomely for the loss; allegorically alluding to her celibacy, she sends three melons to her father on behalf of her sisters; with a huge crowd of people, the princess distinguishes Keloglan three times; angry at her daughter's incomprehensible preference Keloglan, the king drives them away from him to the chicken coop; the princess herself soon becomes disillusioned with her husband; to heal the king, who suffers from the eyes, the older sons-in-law go for bird's milk; asking his wife, for their sake a child, a black donkey, a keloglan sits on him; outside the city he sets up a tent; his brothers-in-law, agreeing to shame (keloglan puts a seal on his back), receive an extraordinary medicine from him drop by drop; the king is delighted with his sons-in-law, he allows them to organize a three-day tournament; like a lion, a young man appears on the lists; the king personally bandages his minor wound with his daughter's handkerchief; surprised princess carries it to his mother; the tsar takes his grandson to his knees and solemnly bequeaths the throne after him]: Gordlevsky 1961, No. 41:191.

Baltoscandia. Lutsie (1893) [old people are childless, they have found a white snake, at night she turns into a beautiful young man, and during the day she turns into a snake again; asks to marry him a princess; the old man went to the king; king: you will receive it if you come not full and not hungry; not naked or dressed; son: sip oatmeal; wrap yourself in a net; king: come in a horse-drawn carriage; create a palace, the road to my palace is covered with velvet, silver along the edges and golden apple trees with silver and golden apples; the church is made of wax, they serve in it, the candles light up themselves; the snake son does everything; the evening after the wedding, the serpent turned into a young man; the princess's sisters threw snakeskin into the fire; husband: now look for me with three pairs of iron shoes; also three iron hats, three iron beans in your pocket; go to my sister, she will teach me further; the one in the room that turns on a chicken leg; turned the girl into a needle, hid it on her chest; an old devil came, the hostess said he was the one who was flying around the world; in the morning she gave me a gold spinning wheel, a silver spindle; sent it to her second sister (all the same, gave a precious handkerchief); the third (still the same) gave an embroidered tablecloth and gave a ball to follow; tyn around the apple orchard, only on one stake has not yet been planted; the damn daughter bought a spinning wheel with a spindle overnight with her husband, but gave him a sleepy potion; the same second night (handkerchief); on the third he quietly poured a potion; the husband killed the devil with an iron rod, took the precious items, he and his wife run to her older sister, her head is cut off; he revives her with dead and alive vodka; the same with her middle and younger sisters; yudas are chasing, husband threw down the tablecloth, it became a lake of fire, the youths couldn't cross; everyone got home, they still live]: Annom et al. 2018:84-89; Lutsie {zap. 1933} [two heroes: Ukha Kukhalevich and Franz Vintsian; parents did not want to let Uhu in, but he left home; knocked F. off his horse, it turned out that the girl; when she woke up, she reproached; if she hit and killed with full force Wow; the devil is sitting on an oak tree, burning 40 miles with heat, his ear killed him; there is an empty castle in the forest, that girl F. came there; they began to fight with a big devil - the Snake; he almost ate his ear, and F. chopped it to pieces; Ear descended into the lower world; there's a hut on chicken legs with lamb horns; Ear: turn your face to me; there the old woman calls her brother's son, gives a ball, he rolls towards her middle sister; she sends to the third {apparently the eldest}; from there he goes to the king, who burns with fire; wolf: don't eat me; tells me to sit on him, jumps into the water, they are only slightly burned; the king also calls Ukha the son of his brother; y the king is 12 heroes, they do not like the ear; they tell the king that he threatened to get a horse with the sun in front, the moon behind; the wolf: the bridle is even better than the horse; the horse with the bridle was stolen; heroes: The ear threatened to get princess; the wolf brought to the garden, told the princess to be grabbed when she went out into the garden; they brought the king a princess; she requires her 12 more maids; brought; the princess demands a self-playing cantele; with the help of a wolf took it out again; then a self-made sword; heroes: Ear threatened to defeat everyone alone; Ear chopped 6 heroes, the king asks to stop; Ear wants to go home; king: Raven Voronovich would deliver, but he was walled up; Ear he freed him, fattened him; they began to get up, there was not enough meat, his legs had to be cut off; on the ground, the BB regurgitated them, the ear took root with living and dead water; the ear returned to F.; wedding]: Annom et al. 2018:106- 113; Latvians [when he dies, the father tells his son not to marry until he marries three sisters; the whirlwind takes away the sisters, the young man goes in search; meets and companions a hare, wolf, wasps, horseflies, falcon, cancer; they spend the night with an old woman in a hut on a chicken leg; she sends her sister to her sister, who says that the sisters are married to a pike, an eagle, a bear; first you need to earn a horse from the witch; you must protect 12 mares for three days in a row; the hare overhears the conversation of mares who want to run away, horseflies and wasps drive them back; the hare overheard that it is necessary to choose the 12th foal, which looks brushy; that becomes a six-winged horse; the sisters' husbands say that the Serpent turned them into animals; the young man binds the Snake; he reveals to the kidnapped queen that his life is in an egg, in a duck, in a bull, in a palace on rock; a falcon killed a duck, cancer took a fallen egg out of the sea; the serpent dies, the sons-in-law remain human, the young man marries the queen]: Alksnite et al. 1958:195-204; Lithuanians [the queen and his servant caught up with the girl; she is not walking along the road, but on the side of the road; Queen: Why? girl: if God willing, he will also give on the side of the road; Queen: what will he give? girl: three daughters and a son - the sun is on his foreheads, the moon on the back of his head is in the arms of a star; the king married, went to war, the queen gave birth to wonderful children; the queen's mother wrote to her son that three knots and a dog were born ; they shackled a golden ship, turned the girls into doves, let them go to sea; the mother gouged out her eyes, put her son in a barrel, and also let them go to sea; the queen was told that Merle had his wife, and the puppies poisoned; the barrel was thrown onto the island; the boy began to walk, came across an old man stuck in the sand; he gave him a wand, told him to hit him three times and not laugh; the boy hit, the old man got out, gave him a stick: what if you ask, he will; the stick gave food; the ship came, the officer went ashore, the boy gave him food; the officer sailed away; the stick told the boy to become a dove and follow; the dove overhears how in the palace The officer says: there is a blind woman and a child on the island with the sun, moon and stars on her forehead, back of her head, arms; the king wants to see; his mother: there is a stone with two holes, one with water that heals, the other debilitating; would you like to see that? the dove flies back, the stick found this stone for him; next time the same: the estate on a cock's leg (the narrator says "cock" or "chicken"); the third time: eat gold a ship with three doves in the afternoon and girls at night; the brother found the sisters, the king came, they went out to him; at the estate he found a queen on a cock's leg; a stick carried the estate to the king's palace; the witch- mother drowned]: Kerbelite 2021, No. 98:201-204; Finns [father has been plowing a field near the shore for 10 years, but each time the storm destroys the crop; the attempts of the older and middle brothers are just as unsuccessful; younger (he soldier) sees swans coming down from the cloud, turning into girls, dancing, trampling the field; the soldier hid one girl's swan robe, she had to become his wife; she explained that the witch had turned her and her sisters are swans, and only the grass that grew in this field can break the spell, so they trampled on the crops; the king found out that the soldier has a beautiful wife; tells us to bring all the creatures in pairs to tomorrow; wife tells me to wave a handkerchief - the animals have appeared; all the birds are the same; get the lost keys; wife: they are behind the altar in the church, we must take it and run without looking back; the soldier looked around, immediately fell off his horse's temple. the stone and lost consciousness; the horse brought the keys to his wife, who gave it to the king; to avoid his harassment, the wife told her husband's parents that they should look for her across the black and white sea in a copper castle at the bottom red sea; put on swan plumage and flew away; when he woke up, the soldier saw three dead fighting over an invisible hat, leaps and bounds of boots and a self-cut sword; tells them to give him curiosities, and themselves go to the graves; went east; stayed in a pagan house, where he did not get baptized; the owner showed three barns with copper, silver, gold coins; the soldier took away gold; reached a spinning hut on a chicken leg; the soldier told her to stop; an old woman in the hut, three cubits long nose; she agreed to transport her across the Black Sea on the condition that she would then cut off the soldier's hand; reaching the other side, the soldier put on an invisible hat and fled; there is another hut on a chicken leg, the hostess moves the coals in the oven with her nose; the same (transports across the White Sea); the third hut is spinning and does not want to stop; the soldier threw a merezha under the crane's feet, the hut stopped; the old woman collects birds, then fish; only the whale knows about the copper castle, its tail is entangled in the teeth of the wall; the whale brought the soldier to the castle; the soldier cut the chains, the castle surfaced; the soldier threw a ring into his wife's bowl; she brought him to his house on her swan wings; the king sent an army, but the soldier sent self-handed sword, king and army fell into the ground]: Concca 1993:17-28; Finns [three brothers and three sisters; sisters were carried away by a whirlwind; older brother went in search; three years later, middle brother; mother does not want let the younger one go, but he insists; asks the blacksmith to make iron shoes, a club and a chain; reached the mountain, where his brothers are; one's hair has grown to the ground, the other has moss grown on his head; the youngest threw the chain up the mountain and climbed it; then there is a heather plain, a brass house rotates on it; he told him to stop; there is a younger sister in the house; let his brother go around the house three times against sun, then he will see a keyhole; the husband came; they agreed to help each other; everyone will know if there is blood on the headscarf; the same in the silver house of the middle sister; in the golden house of the elder; the young man came to the hero; she was sleeping, he grabbed her; let her go when he agreed that he should not be her father or brother, but her husband; went to fight; the blacksmith makes 300 warriors per night and, if the girl does not, they are not He will destroy, it will be bad; she forbids the young man to enter one of the rooms; he entered: there are all kinds of animals hanging by the legs, some by the horns, asking for release; he freed one and the others each other; they tore the young man to pieces and threw him into the river; blood came out on the brothers' scarves; they turned into a snake, a mouse and a fish; the man who became a fish found a young man; the girl poured elixir on the remains, everything grew together, the young man came to life, stronger than before; persuaded the girl to take him with her to fight against forged warriors; he went to the blacksmith, said he knew his craft and would forge him a new head; he smashed his head with a hammer, new warriors did not appear again; they went to the young man's homeland; the brothers took their sisters; but when the young man lowered the bride down the mountain, his brothers cut off the chain and took the girl; the young man several He spent years on the mountain, overgrown with hair, dressed in reindeer skin; then he saw a blind old man with a huge beard below; asked for help; he held out his beard, the young man jumped on it like a soft blanket; touched it to the old man's eyes, he saw the light; old man: hurry up, your brother is preparing a wedding with your fiancée; when he got home, the young man climbed the floor of the shelves in the bathhouse; maid: hell! the bride understood, brought clothes, cut her hair and washed it; wedding]: Löwis of Menar 1927, No. 31:90-96; Veps [mother died, stepmother tyrannites stepdaughter; sent a spin to the well, she dropped the spindle; the stepmother told me to get it; below is a house on one leg; the girl: the house, the house, stop, the sun is in front, the moon is behind; the house has stopped, the girl went inside; on the stove the old man: ugh, ugh, Russian spirit; girl: haven't you seen a spindle? grandfather: heat the bathhouse with bath brooms; but she heated me with firewood; bring water with a sieve; she brought water in buckets; drag me to the bathhouse by the hair; she put me on a sleigh; wash with the end of the broom (where the branches are); she washed it with a washcloth; the grandfather ordered me to take the chest and open the houses; there were various goods in the chest, the stepmother and her daughter were envious, the stepmother sent her own daughter; she does everything literally, as the grandfather says; he tells take the red chest; the house burned out of it, the stepmother and her daughter burned down; the stepdaughter and father lived well; the end is good, everything is fine]: Ariste 1964, No. 3:13-14; Eastern Sami [two The brothers tell her sister not to leave the house; once they left her no wood or water; she went to fetch water; a man came out of the lake and carried her away; when they found a bucket by the shore, the brothers weaved a rope from birch branches, younger went down to the bottom; tells the hut to turn to the forest with windows, to it with a door; the old woman says that the meat has come; lets him eat half a pig; he throws a ring on the floor, the dog barks, the old woman goes out to see what's going on, he hides the meat; the old woman gives a ball of wool, rolls to the old woman's younger sister; she sweeps the floor with her tongue, takes bread from the oven with her hands; gives a ball, which rolls towards her older sister (the episode with the pig, the ring and the dog is repeated); the old woman tells me to take the first horse, it is small, ugly; the man takes another, comes to his sister, there are three boys screaming that they have come uncle; takes his sister away; Stallo-steel catches up with a man, kills; the old woman revives; the same with the second horse; the third time a man takes a little one; the old woman gives two dogs, tells him to leave him halfway, throw them bread; sister tells them to leave, S. almost catches up, but dogs grab it, eat it; brother and sister kill two children, take the third with them; brother and sister get up; when son S. climbs, they cut off rope; in the lower world, the younger brother of the rescued sister meets son S., brings him back; brothers kill him by knocking down a tree on him]: Kharuzin 1890:353-354.

Volga - Perm. Komi [someone gave an egg to a wealthy childless merchant: let his wife and mare eat him; his wife gave birth to a son Vasily, a foal mare; the father is always traveling; V. grew up, his mother has a lover; he orders to kill her son, otherwise she will kill her; when V. returned from school, the horse warned that his mother wanted to poison him; V. quietly poured out the poisoned soup; mother's lover: you fed the soup under the bench, the poison is there burned a hole; the same the next evening; the dog tried it spilled out, died; horse: tomorrow the mother will even poison the bread, you have to run; the horse tells him to get bored three times, turn, sprinkle dew on three trees; then he is able to jump from one hill to another; they went to get living water overseas; they rode to the hut on a chicken leg, the hut rotates, there is a witch in it; they rode from her to the other one is the same, there is a second witch, she teaches: there will be three pillars, three gates, a key hangs on the middle one, you have to grab it; "soon the fairy tale affects, it's not done soon" {this saying is inserted a few times}; the third witch in the third hut tells you to leave her horse, gives her own; hit him on the shore, he will become a crow, carry him across the sea; on the other side you will become a dove, you will steal the girl's living water; when you fly a crow, cut off the meat from the calf of the leg, feed it; when V. flies, the crow gets tired, sits on the bapka-kotil plant in the middle of the sea, B. gives her a piece cut off from her leg; so several times, on only bones remain in her legs; V. first flies in as a dove, hears the girl saying out loud that she will not sleep that night, she will guard the water; V. became a man again, put the guards and the girl to sleep with this witch with a potion, took the water, kissed the girl and wished her to be his wife; across the sea back on a crow horse {it does not say how her legs are again overgrown with meat}; the girl's brother pursues; one of the three witches replies that V. has long been galloped by; brother: to whoever took water and kissed my sister, I will send her as a wife; gave V. a letter to prepare to receive the bride; she appeared, they live poorly, they want to take his wife away; the king orders to create by morning a golden palace; the wife creates; the golden passage to the royal palace (the same); the third time: to create a water supply and a telegraph; at night, the wife called her workers again, everything is ready; everything is fine, wedding]: Fokos-Fuchs 1951, No. 1:11-35.