Yu.E. Berezkin, E.N. Duvakin

Thematic classification and distribution of folklore and mythological motifs by area

Analytical catalogue

Introduction
Bibliography
Ethnicities and habitats

M153A. Washed pig, ATU 122G (1).

.12.14.15.17.21.23.28.29.31.-.34.

The predator is going to eat a person or herbivore. The intended victim asks to be allowed to wash herself first, and as a result, she is saved.

Vute, Algerian Arabs, Spaniards, Catalans, Arabs of Syria, Iraq, Meitei, Sindhi, Santals, Russians (Voronezh), Balkarians, Tatas, Swedes, Finns, Udmurts, Salars, Khakas, Buryats, Dagurs; Khalkha Mongols.

West Africa. Vute [Tukur (dwarf deer) came to Mekir (a mythical beast); he is blind; T. quietly eats all the meat he cooks from M.; M. grabbed him, T. promised to highlight his eyes; cooked brew, poured M. into his eyes, he died; one day Tukura ate the Leopard; Guinea fowl began to laugh; T. praised the beauty of her plumage; the Leopard wished to be just as beautiful; T. told him to get into the basket he braided it; braided it, dropped the fruit on the Leopard; then threw the fruit away; the leopard thought that T. himself had jumped in that direction, and T. ran in the opposite direction; the leopard still caught up with him; T. lay down on his back and pretended to support the clouds or they would fall; then T. hid in a stump, but the Leopard pulled him by the ears; T.: I'm dirty, I have to be licked first; the leopard licked, T. ran away]: Sieber 1921, No. 14:171-173.

North Africa. Algerian Arabs: El-Shamy 2004, No. 122G: 46-47.

Southern Europe. Spaniards (everywhere) [the wolf is sure the day will be good; did not pick up the pig leg he found; demands that the mare give him a foal (or rather mulina); she asks to pull it out first she has a splinter from her back leg, kicks her hoof; two lambs ask for help to divide the meadow between them: they will disperse in different directions and whoever reaches the wolf first will get the best part; they butt him on both sides; goats ask for permission to celebrate mass first, bleat, shepherds come running, beat the wolf; the pig asks her piglets to be baptized in the river first; pushed the wolf into the water and took the piglets home; the wolf got ashore and laments: who are you to pull out splinters, divide meadows, perform church services, baptize piglets? let lightning strike me from the sky; there was a woodcutter with an ax nearby, hacked a wolf]: Camarena, Chevalier 1997, No. 122A: 199-201; Catalans [the wolf is going to eat a pig; she advises Let her wash in the river first, runs away; wolf: who told me to talk to her? Wolves have been attacking without talking ever since]: Camarena, Chevalier 1997, No. 122G: 210-211.

Western Asia. Arabs of Syria, Iraq: El-Shamy 2004, No. 122G: 46-47.

Tibet is the Northeast of India. Meitei [the cat pretends to be a monk now, hoping to eat the chicks; asks the bird what it looks like; the bird praises his appearance until the chicks learn to fly; then calls names the cat with the last words and takes off with the chicks to a tall tree; but the cat grabbed the last chick; bird: we have to be washed and then dried in the sun, then the meat is delicious; the cat does so, the chick flew away]: Oinam et al. s.a.

South Asia. Sindhi [a cow cake fell on a female lark; the male tried to dig up the female all day; the jackal came and pulled out the bird, but the lark shames him: it must be washed first; the jackal washes in the river; lark: dry now; the jackal carries the bird to the fire, which is bred to drive away mosquitoes; the bird is covered in ash stuck to its wet feathers; lark: the jackal eats burnt; he began to shake off the ash, female The lark flew away]: Schimmel 1995, No. 44:243-244; Santals: Bodding 1925, No. 12 [the jackal and the chicken became friends, the jackal came to visit, the chicken got drunk, the jackal ate it; the chickens said they sleep at night in a niche in the wall, they put knives and razors there themselves; then: we sleep in the hearth; the jackal cut himself; burned his paw, pulled it out, the hot coals fell on his belly; the chickens ask him to eat them outside, on a rock; run away, stayed alone, covered in litter, advises the jackal to wash it and let it dry; spoiled the jackal in his mouth, disappeared into the termite bath; the jackal waited a long time, the termites ate his ass; he goes to catch crabs and fish; swallows fish, she falls out on the other side; the old woman sends him to the shoemaker to pay; he put it, now the jackal can not relieve himself; the shoemaker sends him to the blacksmith, who pierced his ass hot with iron; he goes to the village for chickens, the residents think that the Turks have come, they are running away; there is only one old woman left, the jackal knocked out her teeth; people have made a wax figure; the jackal thinks it's that old woman, beats, sticks; people hacked him down]: 165-186 (Zograf translation 1971, 4:32-39); Bompas 1909, No. 112 [as in Bodding; the jackal says in the village that Mughal cavalry is coming]: 322-325;

Central Europe. Russians (Voronezhskaya, 1974, Podkletnoye village, Semiluksky District) [The old woman asks her husband to sew her fur coat. The old man goes to earn money for his skins, walks around villages, sews fur coats, hats and mittens. On the way back, a man comes to the lake to get drunk, a wolf appears and wants to eat the man. Then he warns that he is dirty and says he'd better wash himself first and wipe himself off with a wolf's tail. While the old man wipes himself off, he wraps his tail around his arm, and then hits the wolf with arshin. The wolf runs away and brings his pack. The grandfather climbs the tree, the wolves stand on top of each other and almost reach him. The grandfather threatens that the "naked wolf" will remain the most, the one whom the grandfather beat, he jumps out from under the wolves and everyone who stood on him falls. The grandfather returns home, comes with his wife to the tree, takes off the wolves and sews his wife a fur coat, hat, etc., dresses like a lady]: Kretov 1977, No. 12:26-27.

Caucasus - Asia Minor. Balkarians (Western 1978) [the wolf wants to eat the ram; he says he is skinny; he will catch up with the herd and separate the wolf a hundred fat rams; the ram has escaped; the buffalo is in the mud: let's wash myself first; swam across the river and disappeared; the horse: of course just tear off the horseshoe on my hoof; the horse kicked the wolf and killed]: Malkonduev 2017:724-725; Lucky [the donkey replies to the wolf that his meat is poisonous in the evening, it should be eaten in the morning; the wolf goes to bed, the donkey runs away ; goat: my meat needs seasoning; it supposedly goes for seasoning, runs away; buffalo: it's dirty, must first swim in the sea, runs away; horse: before I died, my father bequeathed me to find out how old I am hoof note; wolf bends down, horse kills him by kicking]: Kapiyeva 1991:290-291; taty [donkey tells the wolf that his meat can only be eaten in the morning, otherwise you will die and go home; kid asks for permission to bring seasonings, does not return; buffalo: I am dirty, I go to wash in the sea, does not return; the horse asks for permission to know before he dies how old he is, his date of birth is written on his hoof ; kills a wolf by kicking him]: Ganiyeva 2011a, No. 42:143-145 (=Miller 2013:587-592).

Baltoscandia. Swedes [the fox asks the mare to give her the foal; she offers the fox to wash herself first and then dry it with a towel, i.e. tail; lies with its hoof; the fox asks the ram to allow it to eat; the ram puts the fox on a stump to jump down its throat, butts; the fox asks the pig for piglets; it wants to sing a waste on them first, the boar comes running, the fox flees; the fox asks the goose for geese, that replies that she must wash them in the lake first, does not return; sitting under a tree, the fox thinks why she was so stupid; a man sitting in a tree dropped an ax on her tail]: Stier 1971, No. 45: 181-182; Finns [the wolf wants to eat the piglets, she asks permission to baptize them first; they flopped into the river and swam across; the wolf wants to eat the goat; he asks for permission first cross the field, ran away to people; wants to eat a foal: the mare does not have permission to graze in these meadows; she tells me to look at permission under her hoof, lies down; wolf: because I'm not a pop to baptize not a surveyor to make furrows, not a certificate official to check]: Salmelainen in Concca 1991:314-315.

Volga - Perm. The Udmurts [the wolf wants to eat geese, they say that they are dirty, they need to wash themselves, they swim away; pigs ask to be allowed to sing a song first, men run to scream; the ram advises you to open their mouths butts, knocking out the wolf's teeth; the horse advises him to cling to his tail, the wolf's last teeth have broken; tailor: I don't know if I can fit in your stomach, let me try you on; measures and hits with arshin; climbed a spruce tree; wolf brings other wolves, they stand on top of each other, that wolf is at the very bottom; the tailor sneezed, the wolf remembered the arshin, rushed, all the wolves fell]: Kralina 1960, No. 24:74-76.

Turkestan. Salary (Ujirem, Xunhua-Salar Autonomous County) [the wolf saw a horse stuck in the mud; said he would eat it; the horse ordered it to be pulled out first and cleaned of dirt; when the wolf did it, kicked him and ran away; the wolf: "The horse who pulled the horse out of the mud is a strong wolf, the horse who has cleaned the dirt is a pure wolf, the horse who has been slapped in the ear is a miserable wolf!"] : Tenishev 1964, No. 8:22.

Southern Siberia - Mongolia. Khakas [the bay horse is stuck in the swamp, the wolf is going to eat it; he asks the wolf to first pull it out of the mud and wash it so as not to eat dirty things; enters the water, faces the wolf and kills with a hoof blow]: Ungvitskaya, Mainogasheva 1984:213-214; Buryats: Barannikova 2000, No. 16 (Bokhansky District, Irkutsk Region, 1946) [the foal is stuck in the mud, the wolf is going to eat it, he asks first pull it out, then wash it - not eat dirty; and then let it dry - do not eat wet meat; then read the inscription on the gold seal under the right hoof; the wolf lies and runs away; the wolf: what is the inscription Did I want to read it if I don't understand the letters? ; the bull asks me to ride it first, rushes home, the wolf hits the crossbar; the wolf: I'll never ride a horse again; pigs want to sing, people come running, hit the wolf; wolf: why did I need it pig singing? the dog offers to eat not it, but the fallen horse; the wolf falls into the trap, the hunters finished it off]: 79-83 (=Dugarov 1990:354-357); Kungurov 1946 [the foal asks the wolf to pull it out of the mud first, and then eat; let it dry out, otherwise it's dirty; take the gold seal from your hoof - you'll become rich; the wolf kicks and runs away; the wolf: why didn't I eat it right away, is he my son or brother; the stallion offers the wolf on it jump, the wolf hits the crossbar; pigs offer to listen to them singing first, people come running; meets a dog, which invites him to move on, there is a carcass; the wolf is trapped]: 4-5; Mongols (recorded by C.J. Zhamtsarano in Russian in 1904 in Urga by Ilbek Gabzhi, 58 years old, in Gandan; the text was kindly sent by D.A. Nosov) [Turtle, Fox, Wolf found a jug of wine, let whoever drink it older; The wolf replies that he is 100 years old, the Fox is 120, the Turtle cries, says that he remembers his sons, the eldest is 120 years old, the youngest is 100; the one who gets drunk faster will drink; the Wolf gets drunk with the smell, the Fox - from the sight of wine, the Turtle from the word "wine"; decide to jump who's next; the Fox jumps further than the Wolf, the Turtle clung to its tail, fell on; the Wolf and the Fox decided to eat the Turtle; she agrees, but she has no hair, the upper meat is dirty, it must be washed; it was thrown into the river, it swam away]: Jamzarano 1904 {archive}; dagurs [the wolf found a sheep's stomach on the side of the road; the stomach said: "What to eat me with everything The contents, wouldn't you be better off going to a place where a one-year-old foal got stuck in the mud?" ; the wolf ran to the foal, who said to him: "It doesn't matter if you eat me. But before you do that, you get me out of the mud, lick me with your tongue. Wouldn't my meat taste even better then?" ; the wolf pulled out the foal, licked the dirt on it; the foal asked, "Wouldn't it be better to look at the sea lettering on the hoof of my back leg before eating me?" ; the wolf bent his neck to look at his hoof; the foal hit him on the forehead and ran away; the wolf met the bull; he said, "If I am so unhappy, let me be eaten. But would you like to test me how I can ride before that?" ; the wolf agreed, the goby told him to sit on horseback, turning in the opposite direction; the wolf sat down and grabbed the tail of the bull; the goby ran to the village; the residents beat the wolf; he barely escaped, said: "What am I Literacy that you decided to read the foal inscribed on the hoof? When did I learn to ride a horse to decide to ride a goby? What a fool I am, how ignorant I am!"] : Todayeva 1986:101.