Yu.E. Berezkin, E.N. Duvakin

Thematic classification and distribution of folklore and mythological motifs by area

Analytical catalogue

Introduction
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Ethnicities and habitats

M114d1. Boiled eggs: chickens should be there by morning.

.23.27.-.29.31.-.34.

The character demands to remove the chickens (from boiled eggs) in a day, raise a chicken, and cook it. The other makes equally absurd demands in response.

Oriya, Montenegrins, Moldovans, Bulgarians, Poles, Russians (Vologda), Belarusians, Nogais, Abkhazians, Avars, Dargins, Lucks, Tatas, Lithuanians, Lutsies, Karelians, Finns, Mari, Chuvash, Uighurs, Buryats.

South Asia. Oriya (dombo) [King Bhromo has sons Kolia (smart and rich) and younger and Holia (poor); X.'s wife gave birth to a daughter Rongoni and died; when she was 12 years old, K. gave her brother a cow; she had a calf and K. demanded it for himself; H. said that since the cow is now his, the offspring belongs to him; the judge awarded the calf K.; the king promises it to the one who will answer three questions; each time H. answers what to him the daughter suggests; that 1) the fastest (K. is a black horse, H. is a thought), 2) the fattest (K. is one of the king's servants, H. is the earth), 3) is the best (K. regality, honor, happiness, H. is a dream after hard work) ; when he learns that R. has given answers, the king sends her 7 eggs with an order to remove the chickens by morning; in response, R. gives her 7 grains so that the king can grow rice by morning and collect grain for the chickens; the king gives a ball of cotton thread and tells you to weave a handkerchief by morning; R. asks to grow cotton from the seed by morning; the king promises to marry R. if he comes out to him dressed and undressed, with or without a gift; R. wrapped herself in a net, kept him in to the sari's hand and immediately dropped it; after the wedding, R. promised not to interfere in her husband's affairs, but stipulated that if the promise was broken, she would leave, taking with her what she cared about; one day R. stood up for the minister, who was innocently imprisoned; the king let him go, but told R. to leave; when the king fell asleep, R. ordered him to be carried on the bed to his father's house; the king returned his wife, making her his own Privy Councillor]: Tauscher 1959, No. 122-125.

The Balkans. Montenegrins [the king is surprised at the poor man's wise speeches; he explains that his daughter taught her everything; the king sends her 30 boiled eggs, tells her to take out the chickens; she tells her father to sow boiled beans in front of the king's eyes ; king: make ropes and sails out of a bunch of flax; girl: make a spindle, a spinning wheel, etc. out of a piece of wood; king: let the sea scoop out with a cup; girl: let this tow cover all springs and lakes; king: what louder? girl: thunder and lies; king: how much does my beard cost? girl: three summer rains; the king takes her as his wife; the girl takes a receipt: if the king gets angry and drives her away, she can take the most precious thing; the king is angry, told him to leave; his wife gave him drink, brought him to for himself - he is the most precious thing; the tsar returned his wife]: Karadzic 1854, No. 25:157-161 (=Golenishchev-Kutuzov 1991:309-312, =Eschker 1992, No. 42:194-198); Moldovans [the tsar orders the shepherd to sell sheep and to return back with a flock and proceeds; the daughter advises to shear the sheep, sell wool; after that, the king gave the shepherd a heifer; she wandered to the boyar, who took it for himself; the king promises a heifer to whoever answers what is fatter, faster, sweeter; boyar: our pig, our greyhound, our honey; the shepherd's daughter: earth, thought and look, sleep; when he learns that the shepherd's daughter gives answers, the king gives a spindle, hemp, tells us to hide the canvas for the whole army; the girl sends a chip to the king to make a machine, reel, etc.; the king gives 10 boiled eggs - let her bring out the chickens; the girl cooked two handfuls of seeds, sent the king to raise corn to feed the chickens; the king sent the boyar to find out about the girl; she apologizes: the house has no ears; the brother went to change the name of the seeds; he will go straight - she will be late, and all around she will come quickly; the mother went out of two old women to do one young ; explained: a house without a dog is like without ears; the brother went to the mill, the grain will be flour; if he goes past the tavern, he will stay; the mother makes two old shirts a new one; the king tells the shepherd to have his daughter came neither on horseback, nor on foot, nor on the road, nor across the field, neither dressed nor naked, neither with a gift, nor without a gift; the girl wrapped herself in a net, saddled a stick, a hare under her arm, two pigeons in her hand, one leg on on the edge of the road, the other across the field; dogs rushed at the gate, she let them out a hare; she gave them pigeons, they flew away; the king married her on the condition that he would be the first to judge the people; the mare gave birth; the other two it is said that his cart gave birth to him; his harness; the queen: first lock the foal and then release him; he went to the mare, not the cart or harness; the king decided to drive his wife away, but agreed to feast first and let him take what is most important to her; the king got drunk and fell asleep, his wife took him to her place; then they lived together]: Botezat 1981:325-332; Bulgarians [the judge tells an intelligent girl to appear neither naked nor dressed, neither barefoot, nor shod, nor with a gift, nor without a gift, neither on horseback nor on foot; she wrapped herself in a net, put on one leg, rode a goat or goat, brought two pigeons (hares) as a gift, which immediately flew away (ran away); the judge gave an egg to raise a chicken by morning; the girl gave millet - grow grain to feed the chicken; the judge marries the girl, tells him not to interfere in his affairs; in his absence the wife settles a dispute over who owns the foal born (calf, lamb): she catches fish on the hill and says that since a male animal could give birth, the fish also lives on the hill; a person from whom they demanded that the skin be peeled off the stone, advises that the stone be slaughtered first; when she learns that his wife did not comply with his demand, her husband tells her to leave, allowing her to take the most precious thing with him; she brings it sleeping in his parents' home; husband returns his wife]: Daskalova-Perkovska et al. 1994, No. 875:303-304.

Central Europe. The Poles [1) the peasant found a golden mortar in the field and, contrary to his daughter's warning, gave it to the king; he orders him to bring a golden pestle; 2) the judge asks what is more pleasant, stronger and richer total; farmer's daughter: spring, winter, autumn; 3) the king (judge) marries a girl who fulfills absurd requirements; appear naked or dressed (wrapped in nets); get the chickens out of boiled eggs ( let the king grow millet from boiled grains); the king (judge) marries a girl on the condition that she does not interfere in his affairs; she decides who should own the foal ( advises the mare owner to sow boiled peas, fish in the field); an angry husband tells his wife to return to her father, allowing him to take the most precious thing; she takes her sleeping husband; he forgives his wife]: Krzyż anowski 1962, No. 875:267-268; Russians (Vologda) [older brother and daughter are separated by land and thin cow; brother fattens cow; younger brothers envy and complain to the king; tsar asks brothers, who are fatter, sweeter, faster in the world; the daughter of an older seven-year-old girl tells her father to go to bed; the next morning the daughter gives the answers: earth, sleep, eyes; the king punishes to take the man's daughter boiled eggs so that she can raise chickens; she sends the king burnt grain to collect millet to feed the chickens; the king comes to the girl; does not solve two riddles, tells him to come to him not barefoot and unshod, not equestrian, not on foot; the girl wrapped herself in a strap, put on her cats, sat on a ram, he stood with his front legs in the yard, with his back legs behind the yard; threw the cat to the dogs, they chased the cat, did not touch girl; the tsar brings her closer to him]: Smirnov 1917, No. 47:225-227; northern Ukrainians (Chernigov, Nezhinsky U.) [A rich brother has no children, but the poor brother has many; the rich man's wife sent her husband to overhear what the poor is doing; he plays the pipe and the children are dancing; the rich goes to the lord: the poor does not give the borrowed money, let will give at least the child; the pan will decide in favor of the one who says that the fastest, most satisfying and pleasant in the world; the daughter of the poor, seven years old: sun, earth and sleep; the wife of the rich: our horse, our pig, I am with you; pan tells the rich man to give 50 rubles and gives them to the poor; when he learns that the defendant is a seven-year-old, she gives 20 eggs to sit the chickens; girl: let the pan harness oxen, plow on the stove and sow millet, otherwise the chickens will have nothing to eat; the pan praised her]: Malinka 1902, No. 68:353-354; Belarusians [the rich man's chick calved, the poor man's wife gave birth to a girl; the rich man's wife decided that the calf would die, and threw it away, and the poor man picked it up; after 7 years, the calf became a fat chick, and the newborn became a smart girl; the rich man demanded that the chick be given to him; the pan would give it to the one who guesses the riddles: what is fatter richer, faster; rich man's wife: our boar, ourselves, our horse; poor man's daughter: land, God, thought; pan gave the heifer to the poor man; came to his house, daughter at home; asks what to tie the horse to; girl: at least winter, even by summer (to the cart or sleigh); the pan gives a basket of eggs: let the chickens be panu for breakfast by morning; the daughter sends her father to the lord with a request to immediately sow the field, grow millet and pour grains into the pot to feed the chickens; the pan tells the girl not to come on horseback, on foot, naked, not in a shirt, with or without a gift; she appears on a stick wrapped in a net; the pan released the dogs, and she is a hare, the dogs ran after the hare; the pan married her, telling her not to dare to judge the serfs; two men went to the fair, one's mare necklaces, the foal climbed under the other's cart; Mr.'s wife tells one to drag the cart, the other to the mare: who the foal would run for, she gave birth to him; when she found out that his wife had begun to judge herself, the pan decided to kick her out of the house, allowing her to take what was nice; she gave her husband a drink and brought him to her father's house; the pan brought his wife back]: Vasilenok et al. 1958:257-261.

Caucasus - Asia Minor. Abkhazians (Gudauta district) [Prince Salbi Akhmat's son wants to check whether his daughter-in-law is smart; tells his son to go with him, does not tell him to take supplies; on the way he asks to shorten the road, feed him, bring him there, where he could find out what he does not know; the son does not understand, his daughter-in-law does not understand at home either, A. sent her to her parents; the same with his new wife; A. is looking for a new one, notices an intelligent Rasidac; sends a stalk of flax, ordering to weave the cloth and make clothes; R. in response sends a bamboo stick to make a loom; A. gives an egg - let him feed the chicken; R. gives a grain - let him grow millet to feed it; A. takes R. is married to her son; she explains to her husband: the father wanted you to hand him the phone (tobacco will stop hunger), start a conversation (this will shorten the road), take him to visit someone; Prince Jatkar captured A.; he promises ransom: 500 rams with straight horns and 500 with curved horns, 500 bulls with straight horns and 500 hornless; tells the messengers to find an ax under the balcony upon arrival, sharpen it, cut down the middle wing post of the balcony, then tell us who sent it and why; R. explains to his people: you need 500 warriors with guns and 500 with sabers, and to return the cattle, 500 people with sticks and 500 unarmed; whoever cut down the pole is dangerous, his must be killed; the other two will show the way; Prince A. was released]: Khashba, Kukba 1936:189-203 (=Bgazhba 1983:238-245); Avars [khan orders to answer three questions, otherwise he executes; the poor man's daughter went instead him; replies that the most sensitive is ears, the fastest is his eyes, the fairest is Khan's anger; the khan orders to sew clothes from threshing boards; the girl sends him stones, asks him to make threads out of them; khan gives him 15 eggs, asks him to remove chickens from them by tomorrow; the girl sends him a handful of barley: let him grow grain to feed the chickens; Khan has stopped killing people]: Atayev 1972, No. 38:59-60 (=Aliyeva 2013, No. 7:56-57, =Saidov, Dalgat 1965:42-45); Nogais [Khan Asylbek orders to peel off the skin from the stone; old Kasym has a 12-year-old daughter Shararzhan; tells him to ask the khan to cut down his head first; khan gives wool, orders sew clothes in the morning; S. tells him to take a twig to the khan, let him make tzatsky tools out of it; the khan gives an egg: let the chicken hatch by morning, raise the chicken, grill it; S. gives a millet thimble, let the khan will grow grain to feed the chicken; Khan married Sh.; when leaving, forbids reconciling those sent from two villages; S. reconciled; A. allows her to take with her what she wants and return to her father; S. offers him first drink boz, brings the intoxicated khan to his father; in the morning explains that her husband is the most important thing for her; the khan stays with Sh.]: Nogai 1979, No. 38:159-164; Dargins [the rich brother gave the poor cow, later he decided to take it away; he replied that his cow; the judge (talhat) promises a cow to whoever says what is fattest, softest, tastiest; the daughter of the poor man: answer that the earth, the flesh of meat, sleep; the judge orders tomorrow, get the chickens out of a hundred eggs; the daughter made scrambled eggs from the eggs, and told the judge to sow millet and squeeze it tomorrow to have something to feed the chickens; sent for the girl, she says in riddles, judge married her, telling her not to interfere in affairs; the owner of the cart and the mare argued who owned the foal born at night; the judge's wife: the sea is burning; since the sea cannot burn, the cart will not be necklace either; the judge tells his wife to take what she wants and return to her parents; she brought him sleeping; the judge returned her]: Aliyeva 2013, No. 10:66-68; Lucky [younger rich brother wants to take away from poor elder the last cow to pay for the father's funeral expenses; khan: I will decide in favor of the one who answered correctly; what is fattest, quickest, most pleasant, how far from truth to lie; younger brother's wife: neighbor's pig, hare, halva, though from a lie 15 days away; the elder's daughter: earth, thought, sleep, five fingers away (what the eye sees is true that the ear hears is a lie); Khan tells the girl to bring the chickens out of 40 by his arrival boiled eggs; daughter tells me to say that the chickens have been bred, but let the khan sow millet and harvest by tomorrow to feed the chickens; khan: where to tie horses? girl: it is possible by summer, it is possible by winter (in the yard or in the barn); the khan returned their cow and added gold]: Aliyeva 2013, No. 25:112-113; taty [the old man accidentally hit the khan with his elbow; he demands punishment sew clothes out of stones; the daughter advises asking the khan to send a measure, to do this, cut off the sleeve of the robe with her hand so as not to be mistaken; when he learns that the old man's daughter has found the answer, he tells her to take the chickens out of boiled eggs; the girl tells her to eat eggs, sends stones to the khan: let her eat, and prepare chicken food from the digested one; the khan tells the girl to appear not on the road, on foot, on horseback, in clothes, not naked, not with a gift or without a gift; she came to the roofs of houses wrapped in a net, gave a sparrow that immediately flew away; Khan forgave her father and let the girl go]: Marchenko 1993:243-246.

Baltoscandia. Lithuanians [the king promised gold to whoever says the fastest and fattest; the daughter of the poor man: thought and earth; he tells her to weave one hundred pieces of canvas from one linen fiber; girl: let from a few twigs from a broom, he will carve those canvases to weave; the king gives a boiled egg: let him take the chicken out; the girl to the father: take the roasted barley to the king, let him grow grain to feed the chicken; king: let her appear neither equestrian, nor on foot, nor on a cart, nor dressed, nor naked, bring with her not what is or what is not; the girl wrapped herself in a net, sat on a goat, released a hare, followed by the royal dogs chased, gave the king a dove, which immediately flew away; the king paid gold]: Löbitte 1965:307-309; Lutsie (recorded in 1931 in Russian by a gypsy woman) [two cousins, only a goose poor; told his wife to fry, took it to the pan; the pan demands to be divided into 6 parts; poor man: panu - head, lady - heart, daughters - wings, sons - legs; And let me, as a stupid man, stay the whole corpse; the man is awarded; the rich decided to take five geese, he does not know how to divide it into six; they called the poor man; he divides so that he almost gets it himself; Mr. is happy, ordered to flog the rich and take a hundred rubles from him, rewarded the poor again; "As if I don't have geese myself"; the pan calls both to him again; what is the most pleasant thing, fast, fat and strong? poor man's daughter: pleasant - sleep, strong - water, greasy - earth, quick - thought; the wife of a rich man advises to answer this way: pleasant - my wife and I, fat - our hog, strong - our horse, fast - our hound; the rich is punished again, the poor is rewarded; the pan tells the poor to make his wife weave clothes for six from a bunch of linen; the daughter tells him to take three sticks: let him make a loom; pan tells him to take out chickens from boiled eggs; the poor man's daughter asks him to grow peas by sowing boiled peas; the pan tells him to come unfed, not on an empty stomach, naked or dressed, not horse, not on foot, not on the road, not in the field; the old pan died, and the son was driving past the poor man's house and asking for a drink; he liked the poor man's daughter, he married her; the poor man had a mare necklace, the rich man says that it is his cart; the pan decided in favor of the rich; his wife: if the cart is cabbage turned over, and the heads of cabbage rolled into someone else's garden, whose are they? pan: the one who was carrying them; wife: which means the mare's foal; the pan got angry and ordered a divorce; the wife offers to drink tea for the last time, added sleepy remedy, brought her husband who fell asleep to her; pan recognized his wife's wisdom, no longer quarreled]: Annom et al. 2018:70-74; Karelians: Concca 1972 [the brothers sowed rye together; the rich on two horses quickly harvested, the poor had almost nothing left; the poor came to complain to the king; the king promised to solve three riddles in favor of the one who would solve three riddles; both brothers do not know the answers, the king allows them to think at home; at the advice of his daughter, the correct answers the poor brother gives; what is fattest; our pig is no, the land; what is the fastest: my stallion is no, a thought; who is the nicest and kindest of all: wife no, mother; the king gave three boiled eggs, let the poor brother's daughters will raise the chickens; the girl tells her father to take the boiled grains from the porridge - let him harvest to feed the chickens; three linen fibers to weave a towel - a piece of spindle to make a loom; the king comes to a girl goes home without getting off her horse and looks into the hut: is anyone at home; a girl: one and a half people and a horse's head; where is the father? I went looking for something I wouldn't like to find; where is my mother? I went to my neighbor for something she would never be able to do for her; where is her brother? He left for warmth; answers: father repairs the seine, looks for holes; mother buys a neighbor who died yesterday; brother went to buy firewood; the tsar married a girl]: 28-32; Konkka, Tupitsyn 1967, No. 46 (South Karelia) [ poor brother's horse is a stallion, a rich stallion; a foal was born at night, climbed under his rich brother's cart; he says that his cart is necklace; the king promises to judge the brothers if they answer what is softer, sweeter, fattest; the godfather advises the rich to answer that our down jackets, grandson, pig; the seven-year-old daughter of the poor: her fists, sleep, land; the king sends her 500 eggs - let there be chickens tomorrow; The seven-year-old tells the chickens to be sent millet so that they can be plowed, sown, compressed, threshed in a day, and they will not eat anything else; King: let them appear neither dressed nor naked, nor on horseback, nor on foot, nor with a gift, nor without a gift; the seven-year-old wrapped in a net, sat on a hare, brought a quail, which immediately flew away; Seven years old: my father catches fish on the dry shore, I carry and cook on the hem; Tsar: it can't be; Seven years old: and the cart is not maybe necklaces; the king married the girl]: 343-347; the Finns [two peasants went to St. Petersburg on the same horse; the cart belonged to the rich, the horse to the poor; at rest, the horse gave birth, the foal climbed under the cart, the rich man says that his cart was necklace; they went to the emperor; the poor man's daughter advises her father to say that the cart can certainly give birth; his fish came out of the sea and at two bread was eaten in the field miles from the shore; the emperor appreciated the answer and awarded the foal to the poor man, but ordered him to come not day or night, not on foot or by horse, not on the road or on the side of the road, not in a shirt or on the side of the road, or in a shirt or undressed; the daughter tells her to wrap herself in a net, sit on a goat and move through the ditch, appear at sunrise; the emperor sent the girl 10 boiled eggs to hatch the chickens; she sent steamed oats in response sow the field to feed the chickens; the emperor sent 10 handfuls of flax to weave shirts for 300 soldiers; the girl sent a spruce branch to make a loom]: Concca 1993:145-146.

Volga - Perm. Marie [the king is blind, the queen has a lover; the son from the mother's belly speaks of this; the king saw the light; when the queen gave birth, she ordered the maid to kill and bring the son's heart and liver; the baby tells me to bring the queen is the heart and liver of a dog, and put him on straw in the forge; the boy has grown up, strong, beats others if they touch him; they complain about him; the king gives the blacksmith 100 boiled eggs, tells him to be tomorrow chickens; the boy advises you to go to the middle of the street and cook rye; tell the king what to sow; if rye does not grow from boiled seeds, then there will be no chickens from boiled eggs; the king sends 100 rams, let by morning everyone will give birth to a lamb; the boy teaches his father to lie on the stove, and let the mother answer the king when he comes that her husband is giving birth; if a man cannot give birth, then neither can the sheep; the sheep must be slaughtered leave only one; tell the king that the rams ate each other, the last one is left; the king tells us to chop firewood and count how many chips have flown off; the boy tells me to ask: how many times the wheel has turned your carriage before you got to us? The king tells the blacksmith to come neither on horseback nor on foot, naked or dressed; bring what you love and don't love, stay neither in the yard nor on the street; the boy tells you to ride a goat wrapped in a net; take with you a dog you trust and a wife you don't trust; stop with one foot in the yard and the other on the street; the blacksmith whipped his wife and dog in front of the king; the wife ran away, and the dog ran away and returned; the king promised to come for the boy in the morning; he left; sat down out of great need, eats and presses lice himself; answers the king's servants that he releases the old, renews others, kills the people; what does the carriage cost? the last piece of bread; the servants give everything to the king; he explains that it was that boy, tells him to be brought; he is building a king, and moss is already on it; king: again they did not recognize him; next time he digs a pond; tells me to tell the king: you want to kill me, and I am your son]: Beke 1938, No. 41:362-375; Marie [the poor and rich brother went to town; at night in the inn, the poor mare gave birth to a foal, and he climbed under the rich man's cart; the policeman and the judge, having received money from the rich, decided in his favor: a cart gave birth to a foal; the king promises to decide in favor of the one who will correctly answer the questions: what is the most in the world gently; fat; fast; the godfather of the rich teaches him: down pillows, our pig, our horse; 9-year-old daughter teaches the poor: hand (man puts it under his head), earth, thought; the king decided in favor of the poor; having learned that his daughter gave answers, tells her to weave and sew a shirt out of silk threads; the girl pulls a twig out of her broom: let the king make a loom out of it; the king gives 10 eggs: let the girl for they will eat chickens for a day; the girl tells her father to ask the king for wheat that will ripen within a week after sowing: the chickens will only need this grain; King: let the daughter come neither on foot, nor on horseback, nor with with a gift, not without it, naked or dressed; the daughter tells her father to get her a hare and heron alive; she arrives on a hare, wrapped in a net, gives her a heron, which immediately flies away; the king asks: how Is the sky high and the earth deep? the king could not answer, let the girl go, rewarding her; (then the girl grew up, got married - another story)]: Beke 1938, No. 46:409-418; Chuvash [the poor man took a cow from a rich man with the condition of returning it when she brings three calves; when he sees a cow in a good body, the rich man said that the poor man simply stole it; the judges give the poor man a bunch of tow, tell him to weave a shirt and towel by tomorrow; the daughter gives her father a piece of spindle, advises judges to make a loom out of it; judges give a boiled egg, let there be a brood of chickens by tomorrow; the daughter gives a handful of cereals, let the judges sow it on the stove, they will harvest, prepare grains to feed the chickens; judges: who/what is fatter, tastier, more cunning? rich man: our pig, our bees, our dog; poor man's daughter: land, sleep, human eyes; judges awarded a cow to a poor man]: Chuvash tales 1937:58-60.

Turkestan. Uighurs [the old man accidentally pushed the khan, who orders him to sew clothes out of stones; the daughter tells the khan to be allowed to take a measure and cut off the sleeve of the robe with his hand; the khan gives 20 boiled eggs, tells the old man's daughters sit their chickens; the daughter and father ate eggs, the daughter sends the khan a jug of stones - let her chew the chickens for food; the khan demands that the girl come to him not expensive or in a field, not on foot and not on horseback, dressed or naked, with or without gifts; she came to the roofs of houses, wrapped in a fishing net, holding a goat between her legs, gave a sparrow that immediately flew away; the khan forgave and awarded the girl's father]: Aliyeva, Kabirov 1989:47-51.

Southern Siberia - Mongolia. Buryats [khan tests the wisdom of Altan-Khaish, his son's bride, asks for a rope from the ashes; the girl makes straw, sets fire, remains a strip of ash in the shape of a rope; remove 13 boiled egg chickens; AH: to have chicken food, take porridge, sow, grow millet; khan is happy; went hunting with his son, tells him to do with wooden dishes; the son tries to hammer the block; seeing that the son lagged behind, tells you to pull the horse by the tail; the son understands literally; AH: you should have fried a barbecue and drive a horse; the khan came to another, he makes riddles, the khan cannot guess, he was shackled and tied to a pole; Khan promises a ransom, sends a letter to his daughter-in-law: Shajin Nomon Khan gave me jewelry for my arms and legs, a silver twisted chain around my neck; his people do not leave day or night; chase horned cows and bulls after them hornless cattle; cut down two out of three golden aspens and burn them on the spot, take one to the borders of Sh.'s possessions; let my daughter-in-law cut the letter with gold scissors; when three messengers arrive, my son tries gather cattle, and the daughter-in-law orders to kill two out of three messengers and send an army; S. was tied up like a ram and brought]: Eliasov 1959:7-19.