M157a2. A bull and a cart give birth, ATU 875E.

.11.-.17.22.23.27.-.29.31.-.34.

The character claims that the calf (goat, etc.) did not give birth to a cow (goat, etc.) of another owner, but his own animal of a different species or male or inanimate item (usually a cart).

Luba [goat], kuanyama [goat], nianga [goat], kaguru [bull], kamba [bull], nyamwezi [bull], dagari [bull], songhai (zarma) [bull], bamileke [goat], hausa [bull], bambara [bull], mandingo [bull], kassonke [bull], buduma [bull], mukulu [bull], zagawa [bull], fur [bull], nubians [bull], oromo [bull], saho [bull], afara [bull], bilin [bull], tiger [bull]], amhara [bull], tsamai [bull], Meen [bull], Mauritanian Arabs [bull], Western Sahara Arabs [donkey], Moroccan Berbers [donkey or cow, not mare; stallion not mare], kabilas [mulitsa], Spanish [stallion], Basques [cart], Portuguese [ cart?] , Italians [cart], Corsicans [cart], ladins [donkey], French [?] , Irish [stallion or gelding; oxen], Germans (Grimms, Baden-Württemberg) [ox; cart], Flemish [cart], Friezes [tree], Palestinians [ox], Burmese [bull], khmu [bull], Sindhi [bull], Kumaoni [ox] oils], Uttar Pradesh (Hindi) [mill], Sinhala [oil press], ho [oil press], oraons [oil press], agaria [horse riding], gondas [ox], condas [oil press], assams [oil press], Romanians [cart; cart wheel], Moldovans [cart, harness], Hungarians [cart; bull], Croats [cart], Bulgarians [apparently bull], Gagauz [cart], Czechs [stallion; gelding], Slovaks [ox], Poles [ox], Russians ( Arkhangelsk, Moscow, Orel) [stake or crutch], Ukrainians (Poltava) [cart; stake or crutch], Belarusians [cart; stake or crutch], Kalmyks [cart], Adygs [cart] (bzhedugi), Kabardian people [cart; ox], Abkhazians [cart], Ossetians [gelding], Balkarians [cart], Ingush [cart], Laki [cart], Dargins [cart; bull], Georgians [bull], Megrelians [mul], Armenians [mul], Kurds [mul], Finns [cart], Estonians [stallion] , Setu [stallion], Lutsi [cart], Lithuanians [Hegestell], Latvians [cart], Livs [stallion or gelding; cart], Lutsi [cart], Karelians [cart], Finns [cart], Western Sami [stallion or gelding], Swedes [bull], Danes [cart; stallion or gelding], Kazan Tatars [cart], Chuvash [cart], marie [cart], Siberian Tatars [cart], Khakas [birch], Buryats [cart].

Bantu-speaking Africa. Luba [the leopard asks the little kabucla antelope to climb the tree to pick fruit; at this time, the kabuclu goat gave birth to a goat and a goat; leopard: my goat gave birth; three types of antelopes confirm that this is possible; the iguana agrees with the kabuclu, grabbed the leopard's nose, who gave the kabucla kids]: Zhukov, Kotlyar 1976, No. 92:221-222; nyanga [dwarf antelope duker asked a leopard to get his goat, she gave birth to him, the leopard said that his goat gave birth to a goat; they decided to ask the genette for a decision; she sent him to tell the leopard that her husband was giving birth, asking the leopard to be midwife; leopard: no way; duker: how did your goat give birth? since then, the leopard has been hunting dukers and goats]: Kotlyar 1973:217-218; kuanyama [the jackal asked the lion for a goat to inseminate his goat; she gave birth to a kid and a goat, the jackal returned the goat and goat; the lion He also demands to bring the kid: it was his goat who gave birth to him; the turtle agrees to be a judge, comes late, explains that her father is giving birth; everyone says that this cannot be the case; accordingly, he could not give birth and lion goat]: Nekrasova 1975:11-13; kamba [1) the hyena stole 7 cows and the lion stole 7 bulls; one of the cows calved, the lion took the calf, said that it had given birth to a goby; the hyena called the hare; he said that his father gave birth; lion: men do not give birth; hare: bulls too; the lion returned the calf; 2) (=Okhotina 1962:214-215); the lion and the hyena stole the cattle, the hyena cow calved, the lion smeared his bull with blood, said that the goby and gave birth; the elders do not dare to object to the lion; the hare began to fill the calebasses with water: his father gave birth, water is needed; lion: men do not give birth; hare: bulls too]: Arewa 1961, No. 1309:79, 80; Nyamwezi [the cow owner and the bull owner graze their cattle together; the cow brought twins; the owner of the bull smeared blood on his ass, took one calf, said his bull also calved; the old people said that the bull was calved cannot give birth, but the owner of the bull began to look for another judge; hare: I am looking for a remedy, my father gave birth; the owner of the bull: this is a lie; hare: bulls never give birth]: Vinogradov 1984:332-333; kaguru [y The lion is a bull, the Ox has a cow; when he saw that the Ox's cow was ready to give birth, he sent him for medicine, and when the Ox returned, he said that the calf had given birth to his bull; the leader ordered the calf to be given to the Ox, but Leo insisted on his own; the hare met Leo, said that he was in a hurry to bring water - his father gave birth to him; Leo: this cannot be the case; the Hare brought Leo to the leader again, Leo was forced to return the calf]: Beidelman 1974b: 250-251.

West Africa. House [the jackal has a bull, the hare has a cow, they agree to herd both animals one by one; the cow brought a calf to the jackal's queue, the jackal claims that the bull gave birth to him; they go to the judge squirrel ( earth squirrel); he says he must leave - he will give birth now; the jackal says that this does not happen, the squirrel awards the calf to the hare]: Mariko 1984:118-120; bambara [the boy showed people the way, for it was they who gave him a chick; he trusted her to his maternal uncle; her descendants bred; when he wanted to pick them up, his uncle said that all the calves were born by his bull; the village elders decide in favor of his uncle; the boy asks uncles and elders give him oil and soap to wash the newborn his father gave birth to; the calves must be returned]: Klipple 1992:260; mandingo [Nyameu speaks in his mother's belly, leaves ahead of time , makes a name for himself; talks to a sage in the cradle; turns out to be smarter than the leader (if my father could not give birth, how did your bull give birth - it was my cow); the leader tells me to dig a hole with stakes, N. quietly removes the stakes, replaces him with straw; fails, but is alive; the leader tells him to drown; the servants leave the bag; N. shouts out of the bag that he does not want to be the leader; the leader's relative changes places with him, drowned; N. rode all in the mud, on a wet horse, says that there are many horses at the bottom, but everyone can take only one; the chief and all his relatives behave to drown themselves, N. becomes chief]: Mendelssohn 1971:181-187; cash register [hyena bull and pregnant hare cow graze together; when the calf appeared, the hyena said that it was born by her bull; they asked a rat to resolve the dispute; the rat father told them to tell them that only that he gave birth and cannot do business now; hyena: father cannot give birth; hare: and the bull too]: Monteil 1905:141-1; dagomba [the man promised a cow to someone who would give him three unusual answers; he went in to the house where the mother left the newborn; asked if anyone was in the house; the baby became a boy and said he was late: the parents quarreled, their water mixed and separated it; this is the first answer; second: he cut the mixed fire between father and mother; third: he lingered because he was connecting the road that had broken in half; the man gave the cow to the boy; he took it to his grandfather to get it from his grandfather's bull calves; when he came for offspring, the grandfather gave only half of the calves, and the worst; the rest were given birth to his bull; the boy pretended to agree and drove the calves home with his father; halfway back: father gives birth, came to get water; grandfather: men do not give birth; boy: bulls too; got all the calves; it turned out that the old cow was killing his father; he began to cry, and at sunset asked the sun to wait sit down so that he could finish his mourning; but the sun went down; the moon agreed; in the moonlight, the boy buried his father, left the sacrificial meat on a covered mound; when he came in the morning, he sat there the sun ate meat; he grabbed the sun and hid it in a leather bag; the world fell into darkness; the chief had a meeting; the elder wife advises you to ask the boy too; he told everything; agreed to let the sun out , but told me to close their eyes; those who peeked with one eye went blind in one eye, and those who peeked with both were completely blind; therefore, there is blindness]: Cardinall 1931:165-169; dagari [chief orders all women to bring their newborns, he will give them a name; one suffered, the child died, but came to life when she returned home with him; so three times; the baby said he did not want to see the leader, but his name was Yã-Gãgn-Não; he grew up playing with boys, the chief hears the name; tells his mother to sow grain in a day, grow crops, brew beer; the son does everything; the chief gives his bull to the herd, The herd demands the whole herd - it was his bull who gave birth; the young man begins to cut wood: the water must be warmed, the father gives birth; the leader is forced to return the herd; the leader ripped off the back of a live cow, smeared oil, gave it to the young man, ordered to prevent the butter from melting; the young man hid the sun in his bag, it was a long night; in order for the sun to rise again, the chief was forced to take the cow; the young man found out that the chief had dug a trap hole for him, covered with a mat; the young man dug another hole nearby, dug a passage between them; while the wives were pouring boiling water into the first hole, the young man got out, climbed onto the roof; the chief sent his son to find out who was there, he said it was Yã-Gã Gn-não, his leader killed him; the same with his second son; he did not kill the third, but sent him with Yã-Gãgn-Não to his friend's funeral, giving him the best horse and his son the worst and sending the man to kill the rider who rides in luxurious clothes on a good horse; Yã-Gãgn-Não changed with the leader's son, and he was killed; after that, the chief and Yã-Gãgn-Não became friends]: Métuolé Somba 1991:194-198; Songhai (zarma) [a hare has a cow, a lion has a bull; a cow gave birth to a calf; the lion took the last and stuck it to his bull's back; everyone agreed with the lion; but no Mohammed Jackal; he lingered: father gave birth; lion: men do not give birth; jackal: bulls too; lion ran away]: Calame-Griaule 2002:81-83; Bamileke [the panther brought a goat to the antelope, asked him to get; after a while time has required the kids born to him, otherwise he threatens to pick up the antelope with his wife and children; they are suing in the presence of a lion; the antelope is late: it helped another to relieve the burden male antelope; she is told that males do not give birth, the antelope in response: goats too; the antelope is recognized as right]: Voorhoeve 1976, No. 4:90; kpelle [the orphan pulls an egg out of the bird's nest, allows the woman to- the potter grind the vessel with a shell; the egg broke, she gave the vessel to the orphan; the orphan lends it to the manufacturer of poisoned arrows, the vessel crashed; the orphan gets an arrow, gives it to the chimpanzee, who broke it, gave it instead of chimpanzee skin; an orphan gave it to blacksmiths to make furs; blacksmiths tore the skin, gave it to the orphan a hoe; he gave it to workers who worked the field with a wooden hoe; they broke the iron one, gave it to the orphan rice; in exchange for rice, the stream gave the orphan a jar of oil; the tree branches turned the vessel over, the tree gave branches; the orphan let their people fry the fish; they gave him the head of an ox, he threw it into the swamp, asked the traveler help pull the ox out; the head "came off", the traveler gave the orphan an ox, he brought it to the king {it follows that it was a cow}; the orphan cow calved, the king says that his bull has calved; orphan: give me a knife, for my brother gave birth and it is necessary to cut the umbilical cord; king: how can a man give birth? orphan: how can a bull calve? an orphan takes a calf]: Westermann 1924, No. 38:177-178; buduma [the lion and the earth squirrel (Xerus inauris) went to the market, the lion bought an ox, the squirrel bought a cow; on the way back, the cow gave birth, the lion took it a calf, put it under the ox, said that he had given birth to an ox; the jackal called to judge; he said he could not: his father gave birth, he was in a hurry to him; lion: this is impossible: jackal: an ox cannot give birth to a calf either; animals laughed, the lion rushed to the jackal, everyone ran away; the ox, the cow and the calf remained in the human village, the lion has been angry at everyone ever since]: Konrad 196:353-354.

Sudan - East Africa. Zaghawa [the goat has a cow, the lion has a bull; the cow has calved; lion: it was my bull who brought a calf; everyone is afraid of the lion and refuses to be a judge; jackal: I have no time, my father has just given birth; people: this can't be the case; jackal: the bull could not calve; the goat took the cow and the calf]: Tubiana, Tubiana 2004 (1), No. 11:74-75; truck [the chief gave the lion and hyena one cow for two, and the bull personally to the lion ; while the hyena was away, the cow gave birth to a calf and the lion placed it under his bull; the chief agreed that the calf had given birth to a bull, but the elders demanded to wait for the fox; everyone saw a fox with a vessel on its head goes to the river; he was called out, but the fox said that his father gave birth, so he can't come now; lion: men don't give birth; foxes: bulls neither; elders gave the calf to the hyena]: Evans Pritchard, Beaton 1940, No. 21:277-278; the Nubians [one man has a bull, another has a cow; when they came to the animals, they found a calf, the owner of the bull began to prove that his calf; all the animals gathered, the fox was the last to appear; became to say that he has no time, he must go to his father, he is giving birth; everyone was surprised; fox: if the bull gave birth, why not my father? The calf was given to the cow owner]: Hohenwart-Gerlachstein 1979, No. 2:86; Oromo [the lion has a bull, the leopard has a cow; the lion claims that the calf gave birth to his bull; all the animals are going to settle an argument, monkey came only in the evening; the lion asks what was going on; the earth melted near the sycamore because it gave birth to a fat bull; an enraged lion chased her; pretended to be sick; the monkey is standing at a distance, says that he found the deer carcass; the lion jumps up and runs there, the monkey climbed the tree]: Basset 1903, No. 30:79-81; sakho [Hyena has a cow, Leo has a bull; the cow brought a calf, the Leo took it away; everything the animals replied that yes, of course, the bull gave birth to a Leo; Nesna replied that before deciding, he must remove the skin from the stone; the lion asks if the stone has a skin; Nesna answered: how can a bull give birth; The lion rushes at him, he manages to climb a tree]: Reinisch 1889, No. 5:183-185; Afars: Reinish 1885, No. 38 [Elephant cows give birth to bulls, they were slaughtered, and Ostrich's cows are heifers, they were kept; both they claim to be a herd; The Jackal says he has no time to figure it out - his father gives birth; he is told that this is impossible; he replies that you do it - whoever has a lot wants everything else]: 106-108; Reuss-Nliba, Reuss-Nliba 2016 [the hyena found a bull and a knife, and the fox found a cow and a pile of reeds; then they changed {mistake; it is clear that the cow belongs to the fox}; the fox's cow calved and the hyena stuck the placenta to her bull's stomach; the chimpanzee judge, standing on a rock, began to draw water; if you can't draw water from the stone, then the bull cannot calve either]: 20-22; bilin [baboons bury mother; the fox says that he buried his own in the sky; to get there, let one climb on his back, the others one on top of the other; the fox jumped out, the baboons fell, crashed; the fox filled their vessel with brains, he smeared honey from above; gave the son of noble parents to try honey, ordered him to tell his parents that he would not eat anything but fox honey from the sky; the father called the fox, he sold him a pot for a bull and a cow, ran away; began to live with the lion, he chose a bull; when the fox calved, the lion ate the calf, then shoved it in the bull's ass, said that he had given birth to a bull; the antelope confirmed that he had given birth to a bull; the fox gave a wild boar of roots, he said that he had given birth to a cow; in the end, the fox agreed that he had given birth to a bull, but when the lion picked up the cow, the fox picked the meat up the tree; the lion asked him to throw it off, the fox wrapped the hot meat a stone, the lion swallowed it and died; the hyena asked her to share meat; the fox gave her bones, said that the lion came to life, the hyena ran, fell into the river and drowned]: Reinisch 1883, No. 3:202-208; tiger [ The lion found the bull, the Hyena the pregnant cow, they brought them home; when it was time for the cow to give birth, the lion stayed with the animals, put the placenta in the bull's ass, told Hyena that the calf had given birth to his bull; the fox promised to help Hyena; he came with a wineskin to ask Leo for milk, said that his father had given birth to a boy; if a bull could give birth, so could a man; Leo rushed at the Fox, he ran away; the lion hid in his hole; When the fox came up to her, he said out loud that the house always wished him good evening; Leo: Good evening! The fox ran away; the lion left and returned the calf to Hyena]: Littmann 1910, No. 9:9-10; Amhara: Gankin 1979, No. 25 [the leopard stole the goat, the jackal stole the cow; the cow calved; the leopard took the calf, said that his goat calved; the gazelle, the hyena, the goat say that goats used to really give birth to only kids, but now times have changed; the baboon takes a stone, asks him to wait for him to play it instrument; since a goat can give birth to a calf, you can also play on a stone; the leopard says it's beautiful music, but others tell him to give the jackal a calf], 26 [the lion and hyena take turns grazing the cattle; when herding the lion, the hyena cow calved, the lion took the calf, said that his bull gave birth to him; all the animals confirmed that the lion was right; the monkey said that her father's land was ruptured, it must sew it up; lion: the earth is not breaks; monkey: bulls do not give birth; the lion tried to grab it, tore off its tail; ambushed the tailless; the monkey told others that the king of animals told everyone to cut off their tails, otherwise he would kill; they cut off, lion cannot recognize the culprit]: 37-39, 39-40; Ethiopian 2002 [the hyena has a cow, the lion has a bull; when the cow calved, the lion smeared the bull with blood and said that he gave birth to the calf; for fear of the lion, all animals admitted he was right; the monkey (the ape) came later, said that the earth was torn and it sewed it up; lion: it doesn't happen that way; monkey: bulls don't give birth either; and climbed the nearest tree]: 42-43; tsamai [The monkey had a herd of cows and the mole had oxen; the cows gave birth to calves, but the mole's herd did not grow; then he stole the calf from under the cow, put it under the ox, and smeared his ass with blood; everyone said that The ox cannot give birth, but the mole chose a grasshopper to judge; he lingered, said he had sewed a broken stone; a mole: a stone cannot be sewn; a grasshopper: and oxen do not give birth]: Jensen 1969, No. 8:382-383; mehan [the lion has a bull, the leopard has a cow; the cow calved; the lion smeared blood on the bull's ass, took the calf, saying that his bull gave birth to him; everyone is afraid of Leo, agrees with him; the little Monkey (Cercopithecus) comes with late, says he was busy with business - sewing up the torn earth; Leo: the earth does not tear; Monkey: bulls don't give birth]: Jensen 1959, No. 9:415.

North Africa. Western Sahara [the fox is the rabbit's husband, he has a donkey, the rabbit has a cow, she must calve; the fox returns, says that his donkey gave birth to a calf; hedgehog: it's difficult, asks you to come to him through three days later; three days later, the fox answers that he is not happy - he must give birth today; fox: but you are a male; hedgehog: so is the male donkey, so return the calf to the rabbit]: Aris, Cladellas 1991:150-151; Arabs Mauritania [the jackal and the hare met a bull and a cow; the bull is larger, so the jackal chose it for himself; but then noticed that the hare cow was pregnant; volunteered to look after her, and when he was born calf, put the placenta in the bull's ass, said he had given birth to a bull; they went to court; the judge was a palm rat; he ordered to come in the evening; when they arrived, he pretended to have labor pains; jackal: men do not there are: rat: give the calf to a hare]: Tauzin 1993:93: Berbers Morocco: Leguil 1988, No. 12 (zap. 1949) [the donkey owner and the camel owner stopped in the same caravanserai; both gave birth; the owner of the donkey brought the foal to suck it and said that it was his donkey who gave birth to the foal; king: what foal which female will follow, she gave birth to him; the foal followed the donkey; the king's wife taught the camel owner to say that he sowed rye near the seashore, and the fish went out and poisoned her; king: I can't fish poison rye; camel owner: and a donkey can't give birth to a camel], 13 (western 1950) [in pasture, one man gave birth to a cow and another man to a mare; the owner of a cow gave birth to a calf to a mare and a foal to a cow; said that it was his cow that gave birth to a foal-Almighty God whatever he wanted he will do it; he was the first to come to the cadia with a good gift and he promised to decide in his favor; who the newborns would follow is their mothers; the foal went for the cow; the owner of the mare turned to another Kadia; he asked the plaintiff and the defendant to come later: today he has his period; cow owner: since when do men have periods? - Ever since cows began to give birth to foals]: 27-29, 30-35; El Fasi, Dermenghem 1926 (Fez) [the wife died during childbirth; the genies took care of the girl, made her a girl in three years, she is smarter; the sultan tells say what the wheel that raises water from the well says; daughter teaches father to pronounce a poem; fire when it is flooded with water (the same); bring a vegetable garden on a camel; daughter has grown various seeds in the ground laid on the saddle; come neither on horseback nor on foot, crying and laughing; daughter: sit on a little donkey, so your feet are on the ground; bow to your eyes, and laugh yourself; sultan married a girl; one man is a stallion, the other has a mare; she gave birth to a foal; but when the stallion's owner entered the stable, the foal was near the stallion; who gave birth to him and whose is it? The sultan decided in favor of the stallion's owner; the Sultan's wife advises the owner of the mare to complain that the fish poisoned his bread; sultan: fish do not poison fields; man: stallions do not give birth; the sultan tells his wife return to her father, but she can take whatever she wants; she put sleeping pills, brought her husband to her place; he apologized and returned his wife]: 103-111; Kabili: Frobenius 1921a, No. 50 [agelitis ( the head of the village) demands to buy 1) a shadow, 2) false mules, otherwise she will cut off everyone's heads; the old man's daughter buys a hat and wooden shoes to walk in the mud; agelite requires you to guess what a tree with 12 branches is , 30 leaves each, 5 seeds on each leaf; girl: this is a year with 12 months, 30 days each, 5 prayers every day; agelitis tells you to come to the bazaar naked or dressed; daughter to father: wrap one the thigh is skin, and the others will not be there - they will be ashamed to come; the old man confesses to agelitis that not he, but his daughter, is smart; agelitis will marry her; sent blacks to bring her fabrics, two pieces of each variety, and a multi-colored handkerchief - one; the girl took a thread of different colors, tied knots, ordered her to tell Agelitis that the fabrics in the sky, but here they had shrunk; agelitis understood everything, found the stolen goods, and beheaded the blacks; agelitis tells his wife not to interfere in affairs, otherwise she will send her back to her father; in the dark, the donkey did not approach the donkey, but the mulitsa, her owner said that it was the mulitsa who gave birth; the donkey's owner came to complain; because the donkey had lived with the mulitsa for a long time, he went to her, not to his mother, agelitis decided in favor of the owner of the mulitsa; Agelite's wife gave advice to the donkey owner: let him tell him how the fish came out of the river and ate wheat on field; agelitis: fish do not come out of the river; man: mulitsa cannot give birth; agelitis understood everything, told his wife to leave, taking the most precious thing; at night, the wife ordered her sleeping husband to be put in a chest and taken to her father; agelitis laughed and brought his wife back]: 256; Rivière 1882, No. 4 [the judge asks what kind of tree with 12 branches, 30 leaves on each branch, 5 fruits on each leaf; the daughter of the soap seller explains to him: the tree - peace, branches - months, fruits - 5 daily prayers; after learning how smart the girl is, Kadi decided to marry, sent flour, oil and money; those sent found the girl alone; girl: brother went to beat and be beaten, mother left to see someone he had never seen, the father went to pour water into the water; (and other riddles); only Kadiy understood everything: brother went to play, mother went to give birth, father went to the mill; Kady allowed his wife to visit father, whenever she wants, to take what she likes best; two came to court: the mare gave birth to one, and the foal went for the other's moulica; Kadiy decided in favor of the owner of the mulitsa; Kadia's wife ordered tell the owner of the mare that when the mulitsa has a cub, the world will end; Kadiy understood everything and told his wife to leave, taking the most precious thing; she gave her husband an opium pie, took it with her; Kadiy promised to obey her wife]: 159-161; Mammeri 1996, No. 2 [the king makes riddles, if no one answers in 8 days, he executes everyone; the tree has 12 branches, each has 30 branches, each branch has 5 leaves; the youngest of 7 coal miner's daughter to father: a year; when he finds out who prompted him, the king wants to marry her; servants bring gifts and ask the youngest daughter; - Where is the father? - Went to pour water into the water. - Mother? - Went to see something I've never seen before. - Brothers? - We went to strike and receive blows. The daughter began to share the chicken between family members and guests; father - head, mother - back, sisters - wings, brothers - breast, royal servants - legs; asked me to inform the king that there were not enough stars in the sky water in the sea, small feathers in the partridges; the king explained; the mother gave birth, the father was in a water mill, the younger brothers went to play with friends; sharing the rooster (understand; the brothers have a breast, because they defenders); the servants hid some of the jewelry (stars) and spirits (water in the sea); the king forgave the servants; after the wedding, he warned his wife not to interfere in his affairs, otherwise he would immediately send him back; the man tells how came to the city on a foal and the other on a mule; on the way he tried to make friends with the foal with the mule; sent him to find housing, and he took both animals away and put them up for sale; said that the foal gave birth to him mule; the judge ruled in favor of the owner of the mule; the king confirmed the decision when he saw that the mule was friends with the foal; the king's wife: Tell me in court that you sowed beans by the river, but the fish went out and ate it all; King: when is this If it happens, the world will end; foal owner: when will the mule give birth? Tsar: Who taught you? man: a voice from heaven; or from the terrace of the palace; the king allows his wife to take the dearest; she asks to share a meal with her for the last time; the king is drunk and fell asleep, the wife told the servants to immerse him with her things; when the king woke up, he ordered everything, including his wife, to be returned to the palace]: 25-42.

Southern Europe. The Basque [senor is looking for an intelligent girl to marry; he is advised by the daughter of a shoemaker; he tells her to come to him day or night, neither naked, nor dressed, nor on horseback, nor on foot; she came on horseback a goat wrapped in goatskin at midnight sharp; the senor marries her on the condition that she will not use her intelligence to interfere in her own affairs; the shepherd's sheep hugged under the cart and her the owner announced that he had given birth to a cart; since this man regularly supplied food to the senor and the shepherd was poor, the senor decided in favor of the owner of the cart; the senor's wife advised the shepherd to come to church with a fishing rod and pretend to be fishing; tell the senor that this is no more surprising than getting the lamb from the cart; the senor found out who gave the advice, told his wife to leave that night, picking it up what she likes, provided that four men could carry it away; when her husband fell asleep, the wife told her to take the bed out and carry it to her father's house; explained to her awakened husband that he was what she meant to her I want to take the most; they returned to the castle and healed well]: Tenèze, Bru 2000, No. 875:39-41; the Portuguese [the peasant found a golden mortar, brought it to the king, he demands a pestle; or the king promises to execute the minister if his daughter does not fulfill certain instructions; or the prince marries only someone who solves his riddles; you must come naked or dressed, neither on horseback, nor on foot, day or day at night, neither in shoes nor barefoot; in response to the prince's tasks, the girl asks her own, showing the absurdity of those offered to her; becoming the king's wife, she settles a dispute over who owns the born foal; the king drove his wife away, allowing him to take the most precious thing; she took her sleeping husband, he forgave her]: Cardigos 2006, No. 875:212-213; Italians: Crane 1885, No. 108 [the prince got lost, went into the house a hunter, who has a wife, son and daughter; a rooster was stabbed; the prince gave his head to his master, his tail to his wife, his legs to his son, his wings to his daughter; at night he hears a girl explaining to her brother what such a division means; fell in love and, returning to the palace, he sent a servant to the girl, ordering her to hand over the cake in the form of a full moon, 30 pies and a roast rooster and ask if the 30th day of the month was in the forest, if the moon was full and if the rooster screamed at night; servant on the road ate 15 pies, part of the cake and the rooster; the girl gave the answer: the moon was gone, which is only on the 15th, and the rooster went to the mill, and that she asked to forgive the servant for the partridge; prince to the servant: if if the girl hadn't stood up for you, you would have been hanged; the girl's father found a golden mortar and, contrary to her daughter's advice, gave it to the prince; he demanded a pest; peasant: my daughter warned me! the prince orders his daughter to prepare a large amount of fabric from a tiny amount of linen; the daughter weaved 4 laces, sent them to the prince and ordered them to be made a loom; the prince came to the girl when her the mother died and the father worked; she does not unlock; he broke the door; the girl replies that the father is where he should be, and the mother mourns her sins; the prince married a girl; one day a peasant came with a cart and another and a pregnant donkey; she gave birth while both were in church, and the donkey's owner tied her to the cart; the first peasant said his baby boy; prince: so it is, because it is more likely that the donkey's owner tied her to the cart than the cart's owner tying it to a donkey; the prince's wife advised the donkey's owner to throw a net in the middle of the square and tell the prince that it's easier to fish with square than a cart to give birth to a donkey; the prince tells his wife to take what she loves more and return to her father; she put sleeping pills in the prince's wine and took him to her place; explained that he is the most for her expensive; they are reconciled]: 311-314; Calvino 1980, No. 72 (Tuscany) [=Kotrelev 1991:84-89; a peasant found a golden mortar, brought it to the king, he demands a pestle; daughter Katerina warned him in advance that so will be; peasant: she guessed it! the king gives linen, let K. immediately weave shirts to the warriors; K.: three fires fell out of linen, let the king make a loom out of them; king: let him come naked, dressed, full, hungry, nor day, night, walk or horse; K. wrapped herself in a seine, ate one bean, came on a goat at dawn; the king married K.; ordered not to appear in court; if he broke the order, he would return to his father, having seized the most precious thing; the peasant tied the cow to the cart, the cow calved at night, the owner of the cart said that he had given birth to a cart; the king decided in favor of the owner of the cart; the queen advised the owner of the cow fishing with a seine in a dried lake: if the cart gives birth, the fish is also on land; at dinner, K. gave her husband a drink, ordered her to be carried to her father; told her husband that he was her dearest; the king returned wife and did not appear in court without her]: 261-266; Corsicans [while hunting, the king and prince spent the night in a lumberjack's house; they say there is no food at home; the king ordered the chicken to be slaughtered, and the prince divided it: the owner's head, the mistress's neck, the daughter's wings, the son's legs, the rest is with the king; at night, the husband and wife are outraged by how the guest shared the chicken, but the daughter explains: the daughter will marry, the son has to walk a lot etc.; the prince hears, decides to marry an intelligent girl; they stopped at an inn; another man arrived, his mare necklaces, and the foal climbed under the prince's wagon; the prince claims that his foal, his bride objects; the prince is outraged by this and offers to part; agrees to note this; the girl put sleeping pills, brought the prince to her place; in the morning she explained that she would return to her place on foot She couldn't, but she couldn't leave the prince without a wagon in the inn either; once again convinced that the girl was smart, the prince marries her]: Massignon 1984, No. 63:142-144; ladins [the man found gold bell; his daughter Mengietta: it is a pity that there is no tongue; the man carried the bell to the king; that: it is a pity that without a tongue; man: my daughter said the same thing; king: let him appear neither on foot, nor on horseback, nor naked and undressed, day or night; will be able to marry, fail to execute; M. arrived at dusk on a donkey, dressed in front and naked in the back; the king married M.; one day the cow calved, and the owner of the donkey said that the calf gave birth to his donkey; the king awarded the calf to the owner of the donkey, not to the owner of the cow; upon learning of this, M. advised him to throw the fish on the ground and tell them to swim; tell the king that the donkey could not calve; king to his wife: you promised not to interfere in affairs; you can take the most precious thing and leave; she gave the king a drink, brought it in a bag to her father's house; said that he is the most precious thing; king returned it to the castle]: Decurtins, Brunold-Bigler 2002, No. 37:106-108.

Western Europe. The French [there are 600 records of the story 875 in Europe, the first most common; the example is the Basque version (apparently from French Baskonia), see above; {most likely there are also French with this episode}]: Tenèze, Bru 2000, No. 875:41-44; Germans: Grimm, Grimm 2003, No. 94 [the king gave the peasant a plot of land; he wants to give in return a golden mortar, which I found it in the meadow; my daughter advises not to do this - they will demand a pestle; and so it happened, the peasant is imprisoned, regrets that he did not listen to his daughter, the king tells her to bring her; let him come naked or dressed, neither on horseback, nor on a wagon, nor by way, but by road; the girl wrapped herself in a net, tied her to a donkey to drag her; the king married her, let her father go; the foal bothered the oxen, peasants they argued who gave birth to him, the king judged in favor of the owner of the ox; the owner of the mare came to the queen; she advised him to fish with a net in the middle of the street; if oxen gave birth to a foal, then fish on land; king tortured the peasant until he confessed that he had been persuaded by the queen; the king drove his wife away, allowing him to take what was increasingly expensive; she gave him a drink and brought him home; the king celebrated his wedding again]: 319- 321 (=Grimm, Grimm 1987:261-263); Hubrich-Messow 1988 (Baden-Württemberg) [the king asks the coal miner a question, his daughter teaches him what to answer; the king tells her to come not naked or dressed, not on foot or on foot or without clothes On horseback, not day or night; she arrives on a goat wrapped in a net at dusk (am Mittwoch); the king marries her on condition that she does not interfere in his affairs; the peasant's horse is necklaced, the foal climbed under another's cart, who claims that his cart is necklace; the king decides in favor of the owner of the cart; the Queen advises the first peasant to take the net and pretend in front of the king's eyes that he catches fish on land; when he learns that the Queen has given the advice, the king tells her to leave with what she likes; she offers to drink wine first; the king falls asleep, his wife takes him to her father; the king decides keep his wife with him], No. 65:104-106; Irish [the peasant found a golden mortar: it's on royal land, you must give it back; daughter: no need, he will ask her for a pest; but the peasant took the mortar; king He put him on bread and water until he brought a pest; he groans constantly: why did he not listen to his daughter; the king demanded a daughter, he liked her mind; tells him to come naked and undressed, neither on horseback nor on foot, neither in a wagon nor on anyone's shoulders; she came on a donkey wrapped in a net; the king married her; seven years later two peasants arrived; one had a mare and a foal, the other has two oxen; a foal found himself between oxen and their owner claimed that the foal's parents were his oxen; the king agreed; the next day the king went on business and came across the owner of the foal, who pretended what throws a net on a dusty road; since oxen gave birth to a foal, fish also live on land; three days without food, water or sleep, the man admitted that he had been taught by the queen; the king told her to leave, but she could take the most precious thing with her; she offered to feast together for the last time, the husband got drunk, fell asleep, and she brought him to her father's house; the husband is the most precious thing; the king brought his wife back]: Kennedy 1875:91-94; Irish [a beggar came to the master with a seven-year-old girl; gladly agreed to earn money by work when the gentleman offered him a house; the master began to molest the girl and, to get rid of her father, asked him the question: there are more rivers or banks in the world; if he does not answer, he will be executed; the daughter advised him to say that each river has two banks; then: how many stars there are in the sky; man on the advice of his daughter: I will tell you if you put poles under them; how much sea (in quarts); daughter to father: ask him to stop the rivers flowing into the sea; the master asks the girl to marry; she agrees with the condition that if he kicks her out, he will allow her to take three carts of goodness with him; they are married, two children; one peasant has a stallion and the other has a mare; a foal was born, the stallion's owner claims to have given birth stallion; the gentleman offered to see who the foal would come out of the stable; he went out for the stallion, the master decided in favor of the stallion's owner; the wife pretended to fish on the shore; mister got angry and told her to leave; the wife put her son on two carts and her husband on the third; he hugged her, everything is fine]: Larminie 1983:174-178; friezes [tree]: Vries 1928:259-260; Flemish [ cart]: Vries 1928:259.

Western Asia. Palestinians [one farmer has a cow and the other has an ox; a cow gave birth and a calf was under the ox; the owner of the ox claimed that his ox had calved; the jackal came, listened to both sides and pretended that he had no time to figure it out: he was in a hurry because his father gave birth; ox owner: men don't give birth; jackal: oxen either; the cow owner got a calf]: Schmidt, Kahle 1930, No. 117-118:161.

Burma - Indochina. Burmese: Aung 1957 [Foolish's mare gave birth to a foal, Smart's cow gave birth to a calf; Clever changed newborns; Rabbit promised to resolve the dispute, came late; explained that he had been flooding all day burning sandbank carrying water in a basket; Smart: it's a lie; Rabbit: cows don't give birth either]: 19-21; Kasevich, Osipov 1976, No. 85 [=Nikulin 1988:448-449; after the death of his parents, the brother took a bull, and sister cow; cow calved; brother took the calf away, put it under the bull; the judge reprimands the rabbit, who protects his sister, for being late; he justifies: the ground caught fire, he dragged water from the basket seas; the judge praised the rabbit and ruled in favor of the sister]: 244-245; ahem [an orphan buffalo, a buffalo chief; a buffalo gave birth to a calf, and the boss said that he had a buffalo; a lizard others came to court, but the king of toads was still gone; when he came, he said that he was late because his father was giving birth; boss: this does not happen; king of toads: what about your buffalo?] : Lindell et al. 1980, No. 15:118-119

South Asia. Sindhi [cows were grazing in the grove; when the cow calved, the jackal ate the calf; the man was going to kill the jackal, he asked for mercy, he would repay kindly; the man's cow gave birth to a calf, he ran away The mullah put him to his bull as if the bull had given birth; those who came agreed; the man called the jackal his witness; he was late, pretended to fall asleep; he and the other jackals extinguished the burning one all night river; king: you are lying! jackal: if the water does not burn, how can a bull give birth; the king gave a calf to a man]: Schimmel 1995, No. 33:214-216; Kumaoni [the wanderer spoke contemptuously of the fox, but she warned what else he had it would be useful; in the village he tied his pony to an oil mill; people said that their press gave birth to a pony; the man had to carry (so that dogs would not attack) a fox to court as a witness; the court began to doze: She extinguished the burning sea all night; the pressure cannot give birth; the man got a pony back]: Upreti 1894:189; Uttar Pradesh (Mirzapur, Hindi) [the merchant stayed overnight at the miller; that morning reported that the merchant's mule had run away; the merchant saw him tied to the mill; miller: this is my mule, whom the mill gave birth at night; the jackal promises to resolve the dispute, only go to wash; came back in the evening and said that the water caught fire and he extinguished it; the miller had to return the mule]: Rouse, Crooke 1899, No. 4:21-24; the Sinhalese [the servant bought a horse for the rich man; after spending the night near the oil press, tied it to the press; the owner of the press took the horse, said that his abs gave birth to it; the judge agreed; the jackal promised to help the servant; came to court two days later; one day looked at the sky (it is unreliable - sun, then rain), the second to the ground (the same - pits, hills), and today I looked at the fire, you can believe him; yawning because I did not sleep - watched the fish come out of the water, split into two teams, played on the plain; referee : this is a lie; jackal: but the press cannot give birth to a horse either; the judge returned the horse to the servant]: Volkhonsky, Solntseva 1985, No. 46:92-96; Agaria (Chokh) [the jackal asked a man riding a horse to help him reach a dead calf lying in a stream; promised to repay well; a man helped the jackal; in the city he tied a horse to a pole; the owner of the pole said that his pole gives birth to a horse every year, and this his horse; everyone agrees with him; the jackal pretends to fall asleep in court: he did not sleep last night because the lake was burning and he ate fried fish all night; he is told that the lakes do not burn, he says that poles do not give birth; man got his horse back]: Elwin 1944, No. 8.5:247-248; gondas [two given (demons) spent the night; at night the horse of one gave birth, and the foal climbed under the ox of the other is given; given they argued who owns the foal; the tiger and the bear refused to solve such a difficult matter; the jackal: I don't have time, my water caught fire in the well; does the water not burn? the ox will never give birth to a foal; the Raja called the animals, put the jackal in a chair; the jackal's tail reached the ground; the Raja was indignant: I raised you for wisdom, and your tail was on the ground; shortened the jackal's tail]: Elwin 1949, No. 28:224-225; Assames [walking along the road, the prince came across a lying fox; asks to get off the road, but it does not pay attention; the prince spent the night with an oil cracker, tied his horse to a press; In the morning, the owner says that the prince's horse is the foal of his crush; the king refuses to support the prince - he has no witnesses; the prince remembered the fox; the fox was lying in ash and came to court late: extinguished the burning sea; the king sued the prince's horse]: Goswami 1960:81; conds [the Mohammedan drove into the village for the night, tied a mare at the oil mill; she got necklaces; in the morning the owner of the press said that his the press gave birth to a foal; it went to court; the fox was called to judge as the most knowledgeable; he rubs his eyes - he did not sleep at night, extinguished the sea with straw; the elders awarded the foal to Mogomethanin]: Schulze 1922, No. 15: 87-88; ho [dakua (junior police rank) sees that his boss salutes another rank and understands that the other is more important; asks to be an assistant to this higher rank; in the same way goes to serve the king; then to the fox when he thinks the king has nodded to her; the fox is tired of the annoying servant, she gave him an ox as a salary and told him to leave; for the night, the dakua tied the ox to oil mills; its owner said that the ox gave birth to his oil mill; it came to the king, and the king sent for the fox; the fox pretends to be struggling with sleep: the sea caught fire and it extinguished it all night long; king: the sea cannot burn; fox: an oil mill cannot give birth to an ox]: Halder 1918, No. 24:327-329; Oraons [a man bought oxen at the bazaar, on the way back he spent the night near the village, tying oxen to oil press; in the morning the owner said that his oxen were born by a press; the village council agreed with the owner; the jackal first asks why the man let dogs on him; then agrees to help; coming to the council, he says that he was late: the pond was on fire, he collected and ate fried fish; he is objected, the jackal replies that the presses do not give birth to oxen either; the owner took them]: Hahn 1906, No. 17:32-33; conds [ The Mohammedan drove into the village for the night, tied a mare at the butter mill; she got necklaces; in the morning, the owner of the press said that his press had given birth to a foal; it went to court; the fox was called to judge as himself knowledgeable; he rubs his eyes - he did not sleep at night, extinguished the sea with straw; the elders awarded the foal to Moghomethanin]: Schulze 1922, No. 15:87-88.

The Balkans. Moldovans [the king tells the shepherd to sell the sheep and come back with a flock and proceeds; the daughter advises to shear the sheep, sell wool; then the king gave the shepherd a heifer; she wandered to the boyar, he took it for himself; the king promises the heifer to the one who will answer 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 daughter gives answers shepherd, the king gives a spindle, hemp, tells him to hide the canvas on the entire army; the girl sends a chip to the king to make a machine, reel, etc.; the king gives 10 boiled eggs - let him bring out the chickens; the girl cooked two handfuls of seeds, sent the king to grow 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 - he will be late, but all around - she will come quickly; the mother went to make one young out of two old women; explained: a house without a dog is like without ears; the brother went to the mill, the grain will be flour; if she goes past the tavern, she will stay; the mother makes two old shirts, one new; the king tells the shepherd that his daughter come neither on horseback, nor on foot, nor on the road, nor across the field, nor dressed, nor naked, nor with a gift, nor without a gift; the girl wrapped herself in a net she saddled a stick, a hare under her arm, two pigeons in her hand, one leg along the edge of the road, the other across the field; dogs rushed at the gate, she let them out a hare; gave the king pigeons, they flew away; the king married her with the condition that people will be the first to judge; the mare gave birth; the other two say that his cart gave birth to him; his harness; queen: lock the foal first and then release it; 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 was most important to her; the king became intoxicated and fell asleep, his wife took him to her place; then they lived together]: Botezat 1981:325-332; Romanians [the poor man dug a hole to make a dugout, and the neighbor's sheep fell there and died; the boyar does not know who is right; promises to decide in favor of whoever says the fattest, fastest, best; rich man: my pig , my horse, the judgment of your mercy; poor man: land, thought, truth; the boyar decides in favor of the poor man; he admits that his daughter taught him; the boyar tells her to come neither naked, nor dressed, nor on horseback, nor on foot, nor on foot, nor on foot the road, not the outskirts; the girl wrapped herself in a net, drove next to the road on a goat, dragging her legs along the ground; the boyar let the dogs down on her, but she released the cats, they chased them; the boyar married her with on condition not to interfere; one peasant borrowed a cart wheel from another; his mare necklaces; the other says that his wheel was necklace; both came to the boyar; the wife says that he went to see if the frogs had eaten the corn; the peasants were surprised; the wife: the wheel still cannot give birth; the boyar tells his wife to leave, taking the most precious thing; she gave him drink, brought him to her father; said that he the most expensive for her; the boyar returned his wife]: Vazhdaev 1962:364-371; Romanians []: Bîrlea 1966:466-467; Gagauz [four men came to the bazaar; one mare, another has a cart, a third whip, at the fourth arc; at night the mare necklaces, the companions tell the owner that the foal gave birth to a whip, etc.; the cadi tells the foal to be let in, he will come to the mother; the owner of the mare received a foal, the rest were dissatisfied]: Moshkov 1904, No. 58:103; Hungarians: Ortutai 1974, No. 44 [King Matyash demands to peel off the stone; the girl tells her father to ask her father to let blood out of the stone first; the king gave two nuts: let the daughter come when the nuts sprout; the girl understands that this is about breasts; the king orders to make bonnets for the royal court out of two hemp stalks; the girl gives two chips to make a loom and shuttle; the king tells you to come neither by road, nor without a road, nor naked, nor dressed, with or without a gift; the girl wrapped herself in a net, followed the donkey's trail, holding on to the donkey's tail, gave a sparrow, he immediately flew away; the king married her; the peasant had a horse necklace, a foal climbed under someone else's cart, the king awarded her in favor of the cart owner; his wife tells him to pretend to fish in the field; the king tells her to leave, she asks permission to take what she wants; she tells her to move the feather bed with the sleeping king; he faced his wife]: 412-414; Benedek 1884, No. 875 [the king tells his subjects to refresh the millstones; Demands that the peasant who brought the golden mortar bring the pestle to it; the rich and the poor peasant quarrel, the king will decide in favor of the one who says that the world is the fastest, fattest and softest; smart girl: let the king first remove blood from the millstone; warns his father in advance that the king will demand a pestle from him; says that the quickest thought, the fattest, the earth, the softest, the hand of man; the king tells the girl to weave a handful of threads; she asks that the king make a spindle and a spinning wheel out of a piece of wood; the king orders to repair the leaky jug so that no traces remain; girl: let the king will first turn the pitcher inside out; the king tells the girl to come to him and not come, to come naked or dressed, not on a wagon, or on foot (or on horseback), or on the road or off-road, with or without a gift gift, greet him and not greet him; the girl wrapped in a piece of cloth, rides a donkey or goat along the side of the road, bringing a bird hidden between two bowls, at dusk, bows to the king, but not says not a word; the king marries her on the condition that in his absence she will not interfere in affairs; otherwise she will leave the palace, but may take with him the most precious thing; one person states that the calf (foal) did not give birth to another cow (horse), but to his bull, or the owner of the cart says that she gave birth; the king decides in favor of the owner of the bull (cart); the queen replies that her husband is not there - he chases fish from the millet field; or advises the victim in front of the king to fish in the sand; the Queen leaves, but takes with her the king, to whom she has given sleeping pills; when he wakes up, he returns his wife]: 388-390; Bulgarians [the judge tells an intelligent girl to appear naked, dressed, barefoot, or shod, with a gift, or without a gift, neither on horseback nor on foot; she wrapped herself in a net, put on one leg, she came riding 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 to grow grain to feed chicken; the judge marries the girl, orders him not to interfere in his affairs; in his absence, the wife resolves the dispute over who owns the foal born (calf, lamb): catches fish on the hill and says that once a male animal could give birth, and then the fish live on the hill; a person who was required to peel off the skin from the stone is advised to offer to slaughter the stone first; when he learns that his wife did not comply with his requirement, the husband tells her to leave, allowing her to take the most precious thing with her; she brings him sleeping to his parents' home; her husband returns his wife]: Daskalova-Perkovska et al. 1994, No. 875:303-304.

Central Europe. Czechs: Nemtsova 1977 [Manka, the daughter of a poor brother, works for a rich man for a heifer; he does not want to give it back; the father went to the judge; he asks what is faster, sweeter and richer; M. tells me to answer like eye, sleep, earth; gets a heifer, but the judge tells his daughter to arrive night, day, dressed, naked, or on foot, or on a cart; M. put a bag, a stocking on one leg, a shoe on the other, at dawn rode a goat; the judge married her on the condition that she did not interfere in his affairs; one man brought a stallion, the other a mare, arguing whose foal; M. advises the owner of the mare to fish with a net on the mountain; if the stallion can necklace, then there is fish on the mountain; admitted to the judge that M. had taught him; the husband tells his wife to leave, taking what she cares most; M. gave him a drink, told him to go with the bed take her to his father's house; the judge forgave her and stayed with her]: 41-48; Talova 1956 [the shepherd found a golden mortar, the daughter advised her not to tell the king; the shepherd said, the king demanded a pestle; the shepherd : my daughter told me correctly; king: Let your clever daughter arrive neither on foot nor on horseback, naked, dressed, day, night, noon, or morning - then I will marry her and forgive her pest; daughter wrapped herself in the net sat on the goat, walking on the ground, arrived at dawn; the king married her, but promised to divorce if she gave advice to others; at the fair, the man's mare necklaced, the foal approached the man who has a gelding; the king agreed: gave birth to gelding; the Queen advised the first man to fish on the road; "How could a gelding necklace"; the king drove his wife away, allowing him to take the most with him dear; she got her husband drunk, brought her to her house, explained in the morning that he was the most precious thing; the king brought the queen back to the palace]: 114-116; Vries 1928 [cart]: 259; Slovaks [from a wealthy peasant 10 sows, and the poor man has one thin mumps; she often goes to feed on a rich man; he hit her and killed her; the poor man complained to the local manager, the rich man filed a counterclaim - his poor pig ate; the manager promised to decide in favor of whoever said what was the fattest, fastest, cleanest; the wife of the rich told her husband to say: our pig, which we fattened for three years, our horse, our well; the daughter of the poor man to her father: the earth, the moon (it goes around the earth and sky in four weeks), the sun; the manager rejected the rich man's claim and gave the poor man his fat pig; but he guessed that the answers were not invented by the poor man himself; gave a bunch linen and told his daughter to process it and sew him a wedding shirt in three days; in response, the girl sent a branch: to make all the weaving and spinning tools out of it; the manager told her to appear day or day at night, neither on foot, nor on horseback, nor in a wagon, naked or dressed, with or without a gift; she came at dawn riding a goat, dragging her legs, wrapped in a net, handed two turtles, which immediately flew away; the manager marries her on condition not to interfere in his affairs; once a mare gave birth to one person, and a foal climbed under someone else's ox; the manager awarded him to the owner an ox; his wife advises the owner of the mare to start waving a sickle in the water at the sight of the manager and throw a net on the shore; the manager gave him the foal, but told his wife to leave, allowing him to pick up the most precious thing; she gave him got drunk and brought her father to the house; when her husband woke up, the wife said that he was her dearest; the manager brought his wife back and took her father to live with him as well]: Dobšinský 1970, No. 37:199- 203; Poles: Krzyżanowski 1962, No. 875 [the king (judge) marries a girl who fulfills absurd requirements; appear neither naked nor dressed (wrapped in nets); get the chickens out of the 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]: 267-268; Vries 1928 [cart]: 259; Russians (Arkhangelsk, Oryol), Ukrainians (Poltava), Belarusians [Dispute about a foal: a poor man had a mare necklace, another man (St. Nikolai, god, master) sues him, claiming that his stake (crutch) was necklace; the judge decides the dispute in favor of the mare's owner]: SUS 1979, No. 875E*: 221; Russians (Moscow, St. Ruza, 1903) [rich brother gave her poor daughter a chick; A seven-year-old (name, not age) raised her and she brought a chick herself; S. is ready to give the chick, but the rich brother demands to give the cow; the judge will decide the benefit of the one who gives the right answer; what is the fastest (rich: my horse; poor at the suggestion of my daughter: thought); what is the sweetest (my wife/sleep); fatter (my pig/land); the judge awarded the cow poor brother; tells the Seven-year-old not to come and come, not wearing a shirt or naked, would not bring gifts or giveaways; S. wrapped herself in a net, came on a goat, brought pigeons, which immediately flew away; the judge marries her on the condition that he would not interfere in matters; once there was no judge, two men argued; one mare got necklaces, and the foal climbed under the other's cart, he thinks he his own; S.: whoever the foal goes to, that mother; the foal went to the mare; the judge tells his wife to leave, let him take the most precious thing; she offers to arrange a farewell party; she gave her husband a drink, brought her to her father: I took the most expensive thing; and I was there, I drank honey beer, it flowed down my mustache, it got a little in my mouth]: Vedernikova, Samodelova 1998, No. 68:190-192; Belarusians [a rich man's chick calved, the poor man's wife gave birth to a girl; the wife of the rich man 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 heifer be given to him ; the pan will give to the one who guesses the riddles: what is fatter, richer, faster; the wife of the rich man: our boar, ourselves, our horse; the daughter of the poor man: earth, God, thought; the pan gave the heifer to the poor man; came to his house, at home daughter; asks what to tie the horse to; girl: at least by winter, at least by summer (to a cart or sleigh); pan gives a basket of eggs: let the chickens be panu for breakfast by morning; daughter sends her father to the lord with a request immediately sow the field, raise millet and pour grains into the pot to feed the chickens; the pan tells the girl not to appear on horseback, on foot, naked, in a shirt, with or without a gift; she showed up riding a stick, wrapped in a net; the pan released the dogs, and she was a hare, the dogs ran after the hare; the pan married her, telling her not to dare judge the serfs; two men went to the fair, a mare alone necklaces, the foal climbed under the other's cart; Mr.'s wife tells one to drag the cart, the other to tell the mare: whoever the foal will run after, she gave birth to him; when he learned that his wife had begun to judge herself, the pan decided to drive 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 man returned his wife]: Vasilenok et al. 1958:257-261; Belarusians (village of Stovbtsy, Lisichenskaya vol.) [There were two women, one (beyond A) had wheels, and the other (further B) had a mare. And they were friends. We went to buy firewood. I went And for firewood, while she was cutting, the mare gave birth. She came back, hid the foal, returned the mare. B. saw that the foal was gone and went to A.: "Where are the foal going?" - "Then my wheels are necklaces." The women also quarreled. Let's go to court with the queen. They let the wheels down the mountain, the foal escaped after them. The queen said the foal was A., not B.. A. cries and called the queen prodigal. B. replaced the queen's son with the son of a blacksmith. The blacksmith brought godfathers and priests. They baptized their son, and named him Ivan, and the cotton replies: "Give me the name Solomon!" "Name your son Solomon, his wife gave birth to him in straw." That's what they called it. My son began to grow up. He became a shepherd. He became the oldest there. Divided the cows between shepherds by color. The cows became well-fed. I began to teach them to read and write, and he learns himself. "Who taught you," my father asked. "I'm my own mind!" - Solomon answered. The king found out about that. And he says to his wife: this is not my son, but mine lives with a blacksmith - call Solomon. He calls the blacksmith to his place: "Come tomorrow, but not on horseback or on foot, dressed or naked, full or hungry, and if you don't do it, I'll blow my head off!" Solomon fed his father in the morning with jelly without bread, dressed him online instead of clothes, put him on a goat, and sent him to the king. The king let him go home. The king sent his own son to the farrier, and he went to pick up Solomon himself, and he had already left, but it is not known where. He began to chase his son, send servants to look for. The queen found a shop, they sell chandeliers there, bought the largest one, and left a receipt. The king went to that shop where Solomon was. He called his mother a harlot, and the receipt says that it would be "a sin to compose" with her son. He began to live with the tsar: he set up a school and put things in order. I've decided to get married. He went to bed with his wife, and the dove appeared to him: "Do not lie down with your wife, for you will not enter the kingdom of heaven!" And Solomon didn't go to bed with her. My wife ran away. Solomon lived without her for a year. I asked my father's soldiers to go to King Davidon for his wife. Davidon decided to kill him. Solomon played the flute three times, and everyone fell asleep. He called his army and told them to cut everyone except the black people. Woke Davidon up. He looks - his army is dead. Solomon hanged Davidon, his wife, and the maid-all three. And he took the kingdom for himself, and went to see the tsar-father. Christ meets him. He took everyone's souls. And Solomon's in the heat. He occupied the heat, the church on the left, the Catholic church on the right, and the statue of the Virgin Mary in the middle. He outsmarted the devil by locking him up, and found himself in the kingdom of heaven before Christ. And before the end of the world, the devils will gnaw through the castle and release the devil]: Romanov 1901:447-462; Ukrainians, Belarusians [cart]: Vries 1928:259; Ukrainians (Poltava, Romensky y.) [The brothers go to the fair - the mare belongs to one, the cart to another. They leave the cart with the horse and leave when they return, they see a foal under the cart, argue whose it is (from a horse or a cart). They hire a lawyer to resolve the dispute, he says that crayfish from the river scattered and ate his millet, but his second brother does not believe him. The lawyer says that he also does not believe that a foal can be born from a cart]: Gnedich 1916, No. 1533:65-66.

Caucasus - Asia Minor. Kalmyks [three brothers share property; sister advises the youngest to take only her and the black cow; only this cow is cash; older brothers complain to the khan that the division is unfair; khan: what is the most beautiful, sharp; older brothers: mother's dress, bay horse; sister teaches younger: the moon, but the sun is even more beautiful; the wind, but the thought is faster; the youngest has to admit that his sister taught him; the khan tells she should come and sit neither in the kibitka nor outside; her sister sat between the bars and the felt of the yurt; the khan married a girl; the merchant tied the mare to someone else's cart, the mare necklaces, the owner of the cart claims that a cart gave birth to him; the khan agreed, because the owner of the cart is his countryman; the wife tells the owner of the mare to ask the khan to weave a net to fish near the palace; khan: fish does not live on land; merchant: cart does not give birth; the khan makes him admit that he was taught by the khansha; the khan tells his wife to leave, taking the most precious thing; his wife gave him drink, took him to the steppe - he is the most important to her; the khan returned his wife]: Vatagin 1964:235-238; Abkhazians: Bgazhba 1983 [the poor man borrowed the bull from his neighbor, and when he returned it, he died a month later; the neighbor demands compensation; the judge asks questions; the poor man's daughter answers correctly: the fastest thought, the fatter all land, the sweetest dream; the judge refused the rich man, married the poor man's daughter on the condition that in his absence she would not judge people herself; the rider and the owner of the arba came; the rider's mare necklaces, the foal was under the arba, the owner of the arba said that it was given birth to an arba; the judge's wife: I was late because I was extinguishing a burning stream with dry leaves; debators: the fire is extinguished with water, not leaves; woman: and arba does not give birth; the judge tells his wife to take everything she needs and leave the house; she wants to have lunch with him first; she got drunk and brought him to her place; in the morning: you are most needed; they returned to the judge together]: 245-247; Khashba , Kukba 1935 [the prince tells the old man to slaughter a stone, peel it off, make a meal out of stone; the old man's daughter gives her father a knife: let the prince cut their throats with a stone; the prince married a girl; she turned out to be smarter than him and he decided to divorce her; forbid her to interfere in affairs; a guest arrived on a pregnant mare; she gave birth, the foal hid under the arch; its owner said that the foal had been given birth to an arba; they called the princess; she was late, said that the river caught fire and she extinguished it with dry leaves; the prince told his wife to leave, allowing him to pick up what she needed; she gave him a drink, took him in the arba to her relatives; when the prince Overslept and found out what was going on, he got his wife back and lived happily with her]: 88-89; Shakryl 1975, No. 68 [the poor and rich man came to the judge; he promised to decide in favor of the one who guessed what was faster, fatter, sweeter; daughter The poor man teaches: thought, earth, sleep; the judge tells him to weave a cloth from the flax stem and sew clothes; the daughter threw the stalk into the fire and sent a sliver to the judge: let him make a loom; the judge married a girl, forbiding her to interfere in affairs; at night, the rider's horse necklaces, and the barber let the foal go to his buffalo; the judge's wife: the husband took cotton wool, went to extinguish the ice on the mountains; if this is not the case, then the buffalo is not may give birth to a foal; judge to his wife: you broke the agreement, leave, taking the most precious thing; she gave him a drink and brought him to her place; the judge admitted defeat, returned his wife]: 314-316; Adygi (bzhedugi) [guest tied the horse to the owner's arba, because the owners did not have horseback riding; went to bed; at night the mare necklaces; in the morning the owner said that his arba was necklace; gouache (Psha's wife, who went out to the debators instead of him), I listened to them and asked them to wait for her husband: he went to drive the sea fish out of his millet field; how can fish come out of the sea? - Can an arba be necklaces? Pshi told how his wife resolved the dispute - she insulted her husband by interfering in men's affairs; he drove her away, allowing her to take whatever she looked at; his wife asked for an arrangement before leaving A seven-day feast; Pshi fell asleep, she brought him to her parents because she looked at it and did not need anything else; Pshi and his wife returned home]: Huth 1987:278-279; Kabardian residents: Aliyeva , Kardangushev 1977 [Bataraz's mare necklaced when he was visiting; the owner said that his arba and his foal were necklace; B. called the animals for advice; the hedgehog was the last, said that he was extinguishing hay fire in the mountains; in response to objections, he said that the arba could not necklace either; B. received a foal]: 111-112 (=Kapieva 1991:203-204); Kardanov 1961 [a rich man and a poor man spent the night in the inn; a mare the poor man gave birth to a foal, and the rich man says that an ox gave birth to him; the bear is a judge, gave the rich man a fox as protector and the poor man a hare; the fox decided in favor of the rich man; the hare came late: snow caught fire in the field, had to be extinguished with straw; the foal had to be given to the poor]: 131-133; Ossetians [two horsemen went hunting; at night, one mare necklace and the foal crawled under the gelding; these people went into one house to be judged; the hostess said that her husband went to the mountain, where they had a field and fish trampled on him every night; the gelding owner had to agree that the foal was not his]: Byazyrov 1972, No. 62:284-285; Balkarians [=Malkonduev 2017:622-624; the mare belongs to one and the cart to another; while the mare's owner went to get water, the mare got necklaces; the cart owner said his cart was necklace; the owner the carts took a fox as a witness, and the owner of the mare a hedgehog; the fox awarded the owner of the cart; the hedgehog came later than anyone else; said that he was late because it snowed deeply; fox: it's summer; hedgehog: since the cart could to give birth, why can't it snow in summer; the animals decided in favor of the mare's owner]: Aliyeva, Kholaev 1983:17-18; Ingush [the highlander came to the mullah, tied the mare to the van, she necklaced, the mullah said that his van gave birth to the foal; they sent for an intelligent man; he came late, said that the river caught fire, he extinguished it; since the river cannot burn, the van cannot give birth either]: Malsagov 1983, No. 103:254-255; lacquers (western 1932) [The king ordered the three nukers to carve a clearing; the shepherd's daughter advised me to ask the king for scissors; the king tells the shepherd to guard the sheep while they lie down; the daughter told her father to slaughter the sheep and go to bed; said to the king that the father gives birth - since the rams can lie down, the man can also give birth; the king married the shepherd's daughter; when leaving, he forbid her to interfere in affairs; two young men got into a fight, one smashed the other's face in blood; the king's wife told him to take hot coals with his hands; explained that the heat would burn his hands and the blow bleed; two men came; one said that his horse was necklace, and the other that his arba, under which it turned out to be a foal; the queen explained that the mare's owner was right; when she learned that his wife was judging people, the king told her to leave, allowing her to take what she wanted; she brought her sleeping husband to her father's house: I like you most of all; the tsar returned his wife]: Khalilov 1965, No. 75:236-239 (=Khalilov, Osmanov 1989:202-203); Dargin residents: Aliyeva 2013, No. 10 [the rich brother gave the poor brother a cow, later decided to take it away; he replied that his cow; the judge (talhat) promises a cow to the one who says that it is the fattest, softest, most delicious; the daughter of the poor man: answer that the earth, the flesh of the meat, sleep; the judge orders to remove chickens from a hundred eggs by tomorrow; from The daughter made eggs, and ordered the judge to sow millet and squeeze it tomorrow so that there was something to feed the chickens; the judge came to the girl and found her kneading dough; girl: May Allah punish the house where there is no ears; she is asked where to tie the horses - if you want to the plain, you want to the mountain; then she explains through her father: there must be a dog in the house that will warn you about guests; horses can be tied to an arba or to sleigh; the judge married a girl, ordering not to interfere in affairs; the owner of the cart and the mare argued who owns the foal born at night; the judge's wife: the sea is burning; since the sea cannot burn, then the cart does not necklaces; the judge tells his wife to take what she wants and return to her parents; she brought him sleeping; the judge returned her]: 66-68; Osmanov 1963 [Khan married an intelligent girl on the condition that she will not give advice; but two people came, one had a mare, the other had a bull; at night the mare necklaced, and the foal was next to the bull; the owner of the bull said that the bull had given birth; Khan's wife: the sea is burning; since the sea cannot to burn, then the bull cannot necklace; the khan drove his wife away, but allowed him to take the most precious thing; she took the ottoman with the khan who had slept; the khan returned his wife]: 38-39; Georgians [the peasant plowed, found a golden mortar; the daughter does not order her to be given to the king, the peasant gave it, the king demands a pestle; the peasant laments, the king orders his clever daughter to be brought to him; tells her to arrive naked, undressed, neither on foot nor on horseback; the girl wrapped herself in a net, tied it to a donkey; the king returned the mortar, married the girl; the shepherd's mare necklaced, the other stole the foal, tied his bull to his leg; the king decided in favor of the thief; the wife advised the victim should start throwing a net in a dry place in front of the palace: if there are no fish on land, the bull did not give birth to a foal; the king decided to separate from his wife, but allowed him to take what was dear to her; she drank him, I brought me to my father's homes: you are the most important thing to me; the tsar did not separate from his wife]: Kurdovanidze 1988 (2), No. 109:189-193; Megrelians [seeing how the shepherd corrected the decision of the four viziers, the tsar told him to be a judge himself; the shepherd agreed that he would be blinded; the owner of the mule said that his calf and the woman that her cow had a calf, and when the owner of the mule came with him, the calf poked over the mule like under a cow; the shepherd ruled in favor of the woman and everyone marveled at his wisdom; the woman wiped the shepherd's eye sockets on her handkerchiefs and he saw the light again]: Wardrobe 1894, No. 7:138-140; Armenians [one person sent precious stones with his other wife; he appropriated them and brought three witnesses; the king judged in favor of the thief; returning to the village, the litigants saw that the shepherds had chosen a king for fun; he wise and fair; the shepherd king asked witnesses to bring ordinary stones of the same size as the precious ones; each brought different ones, the thief had to more than return the stolen goods; the shepherd king asks his king dazzle to be completely impartial; to test the shepherd king, Jesus looked like an old man, drove past an old woman chasing calves; one of the calves followed him; the old man claimed that the calf gave birth to him mule (boat); shepherd king: I can't resolve the dispute today, the fish came out of the sea and ate my wheat. - Fish don't eat wheat. - But mules don't give birth to calves either]: Bogoyavlensky 1892b, No. 2:78-82; Kurds [for wisdom and honesty of the padishah wants to make the son of a tailor Kazi; he then tells him to blind him so as not to distinguish between rich and poor; God felt sorry for the young man and sent Jebrail to restore his sight; J. came on a mule, went to an old woman whose cow was supposed to calve; the mule caressed the newborn calf, J. said that the calf gave birth to his mule; they came to the kazi; he says that the man who has a happy guests J.; J. was amazed, restored the young man's sight and the old woman's calf]: Jalil et al. 1989, No. 24:250-251.

Baltoscandia. Estonians [the master wanted to take away the farm from the peasant; judge: let both come up with a riddle that they can't solve is right; the farmer's daughter tells the judge how old the sun is and how much it weighs moon; answer: the sun is one day every day, the moon weighs a pound, both have four quarters; when he learned that the question was invented by the peasant's daughter, the judge married her; a peasant's mare necklaces in the pasture another; he said that the foal was from his stallion; the judge decided in favor of the stallion's owner because he was his friend; the judge's wife advised the mare's owner to fish in the sand; the judge laughed the peasant explained the meaning; the judge threatened his wife to send her away, but she continued to interfere in his affairs; the judge ordered her to return to her father, allowing her to take the most precious thing; the wife called the guests and gave her husband a drink, brought him home; the judge asked for forgiveness and brought his wife back]: Mälk et al 1967, No. 120:393-395; Seto [the king wants to marry an intelligent girl, none fit; the poor man's mare wandered into the royal field; the king demands to answer questions, otherwise he will not give up the mare and even beat; the daughter teaches to answer; 1) what size the moon is four quarters; 2) how much from earth to sky - on foot day and night; 3) what the fastest is a thought; the king returned the poor mare to the poor, came to his daughter; asks questions where her father, mother, brother, sister are; she answers with a mystery every time and explains it; the king tells her not to come to him naked and undressed, neither on foot nor on horseback, enter and not enter the house; the girl wrapped herself in a net, sat on a goat, stepping on the ground with one foot, stepping over the threshold with one foot, not with the other; the king married on condition that the wife would not communicate with her parents and interfere in affairs; one day her father came to complain that his foal came to another man's stallion and he took him away; king: so the stallion gave birth; while the husband no, my wife went to her father, taught me to take the net and sieve, go to the king, start sifting the sand first through the net, then through a sieve; the king will ask, I must answer that I am fishing; king: does the fish live in sand? How can a stallion get a necklace? The king understood who had taught the poor man - his wife broke the agreement, let her leave, but she could take the most precious thing with her; when parting with his wife, the king held a feast; the wife offered her husband a glass of vodka to drink goodbye put a sleeping pill, brought it to her place; when he woke up, she said that it was her most precious thing, so she took it with her; the king took his wife back and had a feast again]: Vanahunt 2015:140-142; The Livs [the poor man has children; to prevent them from going to the rich man's plot, he dug a deep ditch; the rich man's cow tried to go down to drink and broke his leg; the rich sued; judge: the one who is right will be able to answer that the richest, fastest, sweetest; the poor man's daughter told him not to worry; the rich man replies that he is the richest, the fastest is his stallion, the sweetest is his honey; bndnyak: God, thought, dream; when he learns that the answers were suggested by her daughter, the judge tells her to come not naked or dressed, not on horseback, on foot, on the road or on the side of the road; let her tie the horse between winter and summer; she wrapped herself in the net came on a goat walking with one foot along the road and the other on the side of the road; tied the goat between the sleigh and the cart; the judge ordered the girl to be dressed up as a servant, but when he saw her beautifully dressed, married himself; when he left, he forbade his wife to interfere in court cases; two came; one lent the other a cart wheel, and at night the mare necklaces; the owner of the wheel: if he hadn't borrowed it, the foal would not have been it meant his foal; the judge's wife ruled; the judge told her to return to her father, taking what she wanted; the wife offered to have a feast at last; the husband became drunk and fell asleep, the wife brought him to his father's house; the husband He returned her, began to live well: Löwis of Menar 1927, No. 88:287-289; the Livs [stallion or gelding]: Vries 1928:259; 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 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 (South Karelia) [poor brother's horse, rich stallion; a foal was born at night, climbed under the cart a rich brother; he says that his cart is necklace; the king promises to judge the brothers if they say that it is softer, sweeter, fattest; the godfather advises the rich to answer that our down jackets, grandson, are a pig; the seven-year-old daughter of the poor: her fists, sleep, land; the king sends her 500 eggs - let the chickens be tomorrow; the seven-year-old tells them to send millet to the chickens so that they can plow, sow, squeeze, threshed, threshed, and another in a day they do not eat; king: let him appear neither dressed nor naked, nor on horseback, nor on foot, nor with a gift or without a gift; the seven-year-old wrapped herself in a net, sat on a hare, brought a quail, which immediately flew away; Seven years old: my father catches fish on a dry shore, I carry it and cook it; Tsar: it can't be; Seven years old: and the cart cannot be necklace; the tsar married a girl]: Konkka, Tupitsyn 1967, No. 46:343-347; Western Sami (Sweden) [stallion or gelding]: Vries 1928:259; Finns [two peasants went to Peter on the same horse; the cart belonged to the rich man, 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 plant a field to feed the chickens; the emperor sent 10 handfuls of flax to weave shirts for 300 soldiers; a girl sent a spruce branch to make a loom]: Konkka 1993:145-146; Danes [prince handsome and smart; promises to marry only a girl who will not give in to him wisely or in beauty; once he got lost in the woods, went into a lonely poor house; there is the girl of his dreams; he goes home; through returns for her for a while and marries her on condition not to interfere in his affairs; once a peasant had a horse necklace in his inn; the foal got up and was under the owner's horse - not a mare; the prince, who had become king by that time, decided in favor of the owner; the Queen advised to fish in a dry place, where the king usually passes; the king understood everything and made the peasant say who taught him; told his wife to return to her parents, taking with you what she cared most; she did not argue, gave her husband a drink and brought her home; the king said that his wife was even smarter than he thought, gave her back ]: Grundtvig 1879:160-178; Danes [cart; stallion or gelding]: Vries 1928:259; Swedes [the poor man found a golden mortar in the field; the daughter advised not to take it to the king, but the father did not listen; the king demanded a pestle, put the poor man in a hole; he regrets out loud that he did not listen to his daughter; the king tells her to appear day or night, on horseback, on foot, naked, or dressed, neither on the road nor on the road, nor nearby, neither full nor on an empty stomach; after eating an onion at dawn, the girl wrapped herself in a fishing net, tied a bull to its horns, which dragged it along the track; the king let the poor man go, married his daughter; the man's mare necklaces, the foal stood next to another man's bull, who began to demand a foal for himself; the Queen advised the mare's owner to stand dry with a fishing rod; he replies to the king that there is a fish on land it is no more difficult to catch a bull than to get a necklace; the king was angry with his wife, ordered him to go to his father, taking his favorite with him; the Queen drank with the king, adding a sleepy potion to him, and took him to her house father; in the morning she said that he was the most important to her; the king returned his wife to the palace]: Suritz 1991:148-149; Lutsie (4 records, 1 from Russian and 1 from a latgalka) [the straw king took the guy as a blacksmith, pleased with him, ordered him to marry, went to war; the queen and wife of the blacksmith are about to give birth; the blacksmith's mare gave birth to a foal; the blacksmith and his wife went to visit the Queen, the foal followed; the blacksmith's wife: gave birth to a foal cart; blacksmith: no, mare; queen: who is the foal following, for a cart or for a mare? blacksmith's wife: behind the cart; {it is clear that the queen took her side}; the Queen's unborn son: he's judging in a damn way, a mare gave birth to a foal; the queen hated her son and, when he was born, told kill him to the cook, cook his heart and let her eat; the cook killed the puppy; the queen: the dog smells like a dog; the old woman advises leaving the baby in a pile of straw in the field; from the king a letter: who was born? the queen tells the blacksmith to give her his son, otherwise he will kill; offers any price; cook: ask for a bunch of straw; the blacksmith found a boy in the straw; he grows by the minute; came to the shepherds, stamped his foot, everything animals jump; tells frogs to be silent - they are silent; says he will become straw king; on the third day he tells all trees and bushes to bow to themselves; the king begins to guess that the blacksmith has - his son, and he has a blacksmith's son; tells the blacksmith to come without eating or on an empty stomach; son: make a chatter out of oatmeal and take three sips; king: who taught? no one; king: then arrive not on foot, on horseback, not on the road, not on the side of the road; son: sit on a goat, go where the railroad rails are; same; come naked or naked; son: wrap yourself in a net; then But; king: since no one taught me, let your son come to me tomorrow; but he ran away; the king told me to send a golden carriage and ask everyone how much it costs; on the road there is a boy: in good times, unthinkable much, but nothing for bad; the servants said, king: this was my son; the straw king went to return his fleeing wife; {apparently, she is another king's mistress}; she wants to hang him on a copper gallows; king: I don't even hang dogs; they put him in a chest, his wife sat on the chest; then they hung him on the silver gallows (the same); on the gold one; he asks for a pipe to play; he began to play, he appeared the army beat everyone, brought his wife, tied to the horse's tail, the horse scattered her]: Annom et al. 2018:63-69; Lithuanians [Hegelstell]: Vries 1928:259; Latvians [cart]: Vries 1928:259.

Volga - Perm. Tatars: Zamaletdinov 2010, No. 24 [the padishah feeds the poor man; he answers every time that he has eaten and continues to eat; the padishah orders to explain; the poor man's daughter filled the bucket with pebbles, then sand, then with water - everything fits; the padishah tells her to come neither hungry, nor full, nor naked, nor dressed, neither on horseback nor on foot; the daughter sews clothes for her father from the net, puts seeds into her pocket, puts them on a goat; the padishah gives smaller than a coil of thread, tells me to sew a shirt and pants; the old man's daughter handed a twig: let the padishah make a loom; the padishah gave a ram - let him hug tomorrow; the padishah came himself; daughter: father in the bathhouse gives birth; the padishah married a girl; tells him not to decide anything in his absence; three beggars came; the mare alone necklaces, but blood fell on the cart; the owner says that she gave birth to a cart, the owner of the bag what a bag; the padishah's wife: he went to guard the wheat poisoned by the fish; the padishah returned, telling his wife to leave, taking what she wanted with her; she gave him drink, took him to her place; explained that she wanted it; the padishah ordered to return home], 25 [the king orders to sew a shirt out of stone, otherwise he will kill everyone; the old man's daughter tells me to ask for a measure, let the king hide it; the king orders that the girl should not come to him on the way or not without a road, with or without a gift, dressed and naked; the girl wrapped herself in a net, crossed from one side of the road to the other, brought a sparrow, and he flew away; the king married a girl; punished his wife not to judge in his absence; three men came: with a horse, with a cart, with an arc; a foal appeared - whose he is; wife: who will the foal run after (ran after the horse); the king tells his wife to leave, taking the most precious thing; his wife put him to sleep, brought him to her father; said that her husband was the most important to her; they returned home]: 85-91, 92-93; Chuvash: Sidorova 1979 [Gordey is rich, his neighbor Artemy is poor; the mare G. gave birth, The foal lay under A.'s cart; he says that it was his cart that was necklace; the king promises to decide in favor of someone who says that everything in the world is sweeter and more pleasant; G.'s wife advised me to say that honey; Orina, daughter A. - what is a dream; king: what is stronger? wife G.: our piebald mare; daughter A.: water; who is faster than everyone else? wife G.: hare; daughter A.: thought; king: how much from one end of the earth to the other? G.: You can't pass in a century; A.: the sun passes in a day; how much from earth to sky? G.: no one can get up; A.: no more than a mile - when the lights in the sky turn on in the evening, you can see, and when you drive through the clouds, you can hear thunder; how far is it to the bottom of the earth? G.: fathom; A.: the father left 30 years ago, has not yet sent a letter; the king gave the foal to A.; marries his daughter, but gives the bull: let her calve as a heifer, she will grow up and give milk for the wedding; O. ordered the bull should be slaughtered, and when the king came, she replied that the father had gone to give birth; the king ordered the wedding dress to be sewn out of a flap; O. ordered that hemp be grown from the seed in three days and made threads; the king orders that O. came neither in the field, nor by road, nor on foot, nor on horseback, with a gift that is visible but not accessible to her hands; O. appeared riding a hare, gave a pigeon as a gift, which immediately flew away; the king married O.; orders do nothing against his will; two argue whether the cart or the mare necklace; O.: Whoever the foal follows is the mother; the king executed his wife]: 165-168; Vries 1928 [cart]: 259; marie [poor and the rich brother went to town; at night, at the inn, the poor mare gave birth to a foal, and the latter climbed under the rich man's cart; the policeman and the judge, having received money from the rich, decided in his favor: a foal gave birth to a cart; the king promises to decide in favor of the one who will correctly answer the questions: what is the most tender in the world; fat; fast; the godfather of the rich teaches him: down pillows, our pig, our horse; 9-year-old daughter teaches the poor: a hand (a man puts it under his head), earth, thought; the king decided in favor of the poor; when he learns that his daughter gave answers, he orders that a shirt be woven and sewn from an arshin of silk threads; girl pulls a twig out of the broom: let the king make a loom out of it; the king gives 10 eggs: let the girl sit chickens out of them in a day; the girl tells her father to ask the king for wheat that will ripen in a week after sowing: the chickens will only need this grain; King: let the daughter come neither on foot, nor on horseback, with or without a gift, naked or dressed; the daughter tells her father to get her a living hare and heron; she comes riding a hare, wrapped in a net, gives a heron, which immediately flies away; the king asks: how high is the sky and how deep is the earth? 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.

Southern Siberia - Mongolia. Siberian Tatars [the judge tells his wife not to judge without him; one man came riding a mare, a foal behind him; the other is on a cart; the foal caught up with the cart, its owner said that it was necklace; went to the judge; wife: he went to the place where the fish leaves the lake and eats bread in the fields; the owner of the cart: it can't be; wife: and the cart cannot give birth; the judge told the wife to leave, I agree comply with the last request; the wife asks for permission to pick up what she likes; gave her husband a drink, brought her home in a chest; the husband returned home with his wife]: Lukina 2004, No. 4. 10:92-93; Khakas [pop went to in the forest out of need, at which time the mare with the cart went home; a peasant drove up on a horse, they spent the night; the mare necklaces at night; the pop says that his birch tree was necklace; they came to the elder; he says that he sowed bread in the sea, but nothing grew; pop: bread is not sown in the sea; old man: birch does not give birth to foals; the pop invited the peasant to his place, gave him mead, and in the morning said that he borrowed money from him for mead, now has to work for a year, start with roosters; the rooster sings earlier; the peasant put a stick down his throat; in the morning it turned out that Popova's mother died - she was screaming with a rooster; pop ordered him to be buried mother; a peasant put her in a barn, gave her a stick to his hand; the pop believes that the deceased came to guard the barn; next time the peasant put the deceased on a horse, put a stick in his hands; the pop thinks that the deceased is chasing him; for the fact that the peasant promised to bury her so that she does not return again, the pop paid him well]: Balter 1986:93-97); Buryats (Okinsky District of Buryatia) [Bardunay rich, has three sons; his younger brother Balamja is poor, he has a daughter; the youngest came to the eldest to ask for a cart; when he saw that the youngest mare would soon be necklace, he said that his cart would be necklace - not try to take the foal; Taisha promises to award a foal to someone who says sharper, fatter, fastest by morning; Bardunai's sons: razor, pig, horse; Balamja's daughter: noyon power, earth, thought; Taisha gave the foal to Balamja, ordered him to arrive neither on foot, nor on horseback, nor by road, nor without a road, nor dressed, naked, with a gift or without a gift; Balamja came on the side of the road on a goat, gave the bird, that immediately flew away; Taisha tells me to milk the bull, cook tarak; Taisha arrived, the daughter went out, said that her father gave birth; Taisha sent two people, Balamja's daughter offered to tie horses for winter or summer; Taisha married his son to Balamdzhi's daughter]: Bardakhanova, Gympilova 2008, No. 4:26-29.