M157a6. You think you have an abbot in front of you, ATU 922.

.13.-.17. (.23.) .27.-.29.31.32.

To help a person answer the ruler's questions, a servant or friend replaces him and gives witty answers. Most often, the ruler asks, among other things, what he thinks now. The answer is that you think that you have one person in front of you, but in fact another.

{Although the motive for substituting the defendant with his servant, etc. is stated in the definition of plot 922 in Uther 2004, most non-European texts referred to and succeeded check if it's missing}.

Nubians (?) , Arabs (?) Morocco (?) , Egyptian Arabs (?) , Spaniards, Catalans, Aragon, Portuguese, Basques, Italians (Lazio, Calabria), Sicilians, Maltese, Ladins, Bretons, French (including Upper Brittany), Walloons, Scots, Irish, British, Frisians, Flemish, Germans (Schleswig-Holstein, North Rhine-Westphalia, Pomerania, Grimms, Austria), Arab literary tradition, Palestinians, Arabs of Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Kuwait, (Sinhalese, Bengalis), Slovenes, Romanians, Moldovans, Albanians, Serbs, Macedonians, Bulgarians, Greeks, Russians (Arkhangelsk, Olonetskaya, Novgorod, Vologda, Moscow, Voronezh), Ukrainians (Eastern Slovakia, Ugric Russia, Galicia, Bukovina, Podolia), Poles, Luzhitans, Czechs, Slovaks, Belarusians, Georgians, Turks, Lithuanians, Latvians, Karelians, Veps, leaders, Livs, Estonians, Finns, Icelanders, Danes, Swedes, Norwegians, Chuvash.

Sudan - East Africa. Nubians: Reinisch, Nuba, S. 179-180, no. II-7 in El-Shamy 2004, No. 922:600-601.

North Africa. Arabs (?) Morocco, Arabs of Egypt [al-Shami's motive for "guessing the character's thoughts" is stated in the definition, but it cannot be guaranteed that it is in all the texts referred to]: El-Shamy 2004, No. 922: 600-601.

Southern Europe. The Portuguese [the monk says he has no worries on earth; the king calls him to ask three questions; if he does not answer, he executes him; the miller dresses up as a monk and answers in his place; How many sea of water drops? - First, separate seawater from the water of rivers that flow into the sea; How many stars are there in the sky? - As many as there are holes in a piece of paper; How many seconds in eternity? - As long as it takes for a bird that comes to clean its beak against a diamond mountain to wipe the mountain to the ground; Where is the center of the earth? - Here; How much does the moon weigh? - Four quarters; How much does a king cost? - 29 pieces of silver, for Christ was sold for 30; What am I thinking about? - What is a monk in front of you and I am a pig; How much land is there in this hill? - If the bag is the size of a hill, then only one bag; How much does the ground weigh? - Separate the rocks from it first; How long does it take to get around the ground? - 24 hours in the sun]: Cardigos 2006, No. 922:236-237; Spaniards [a man calling himself Juan el Tiznao, aka Carefree, claims to be free from worries; the king is jealous, evoking him and threatens to be executed if he does not answer three questions soon; his friend comes instead; - How much does the earth weigh? - Clean it of stones first. - How much from the ground to the sky. - Not much, because there's no inn on the road. - What is my price? - 29 coins, because they gave 30 for Christ]: Hernández Fernández 2013, No. 922:167; Catalans (including Mallorca) [the king asks the abbot three questions when the world will end; how long will it take to go around the whole light; what I think is really wrong right now; a monastic pig changes clothes with the abbot; the world will end on the last day; you can go around the world in 24 hours if you hang from the moon; you think you have an abbot in front of you, but in fact a pig]: Oriol, Pujol 2008, No. 922:184; Aragon [King and Abbot. Three questions. The pig disguises himself as an abbot and answers the king's questions instead; the last: How much am I worth? (in the answer is a comparison with Christ)]: González Sanz 1996, No. 922:102-103; the Maltese [king demands that a wise monk (bishop) answer three questions; How high is the sky? How much water does the sea have? What am I thinking right now? (or How much does the moon weigh? How much does a king cost? How can a rich man suddenly become impoverished?). An ordinary monk, cook, or gardener (by exchanging clothes and disguised as that monk) gives answers; you think you have someone in front of you, and I'm just a monk. The moon weighs 4 quarters. The king is slightly smaller than Christ]: Mifsud-Chircop 1978, No. 922:369-370; Sicilians [known in Sicily and Tuscany]: Mifsud-Chircop 1978:370; Italians (Lazio, Calabria): Cerise, Serafini 1975, No. 922:234; Basques: Uther 2004 (1), No. 922:553-554; Ladins [the governor asks the abbot three questions: how many leaves are there in the oak tree, how deep the lake is, how many stars are in the sky; if over three He will not find answers for a day, all the monks will be driven away; the pig shepherd promises to answer instead of the abbot, and to do this, let him give him his clothes for a while; under the guise of an abbot, he appears to the governor; there are as many leaves how many cuttings; the lake is as deep as the stone going to the bottom sinks; stars as sand on the Rhine; the governor noticed the change and appointed the shepherd to be abbot]: Decurtins, Brunold-Bigler 2002, No. 110:280-282.

Western Europe. The Bretons [the king is worried about something all the time; he sends courtiers to find out what's unusual about the world; they come and say they've met Abbot Sans souci, who didn't worry about anything and He will not worry; the king tells the abbot, under pain of severe punishment, to come to him neither on weekdays, nor on Sunday, nor on the road, nor across the field, nor on horseback, nor on foot, nor on a wagon, nor naked or dressed; tell the king what he thinks at the moment and where the center of the earth is; the servant, for promising to give him half of his income, teaches him what to do; come at Christmas, move through the ditch while sitting on a wheel, wrapped in a fishing net, etc.; a servant appeared and pretended to be an abbot; the center of the earth is where my finger is; the king thinks the abbot is in front of him; the king is happy, invited the abbot and his servant to dinner]: Luzel 1997 (3), No. 12:370-377; French: Arnaudin 1967, No. 21 (Gascony) [after learning about the noble man's deep knowledge, the king demanded him and ordered him to find answers to 3 questions in 8 days: how much it takes time to travel around the world, how much the moon weighs and where is the middle of the world; otherwise he will hang it; a noble man tells the miller everything; he takes his money, puts on his clothes, goes instead of him to the king; if you climb in the sun, you can go around the earth in 24 hours and let the king reach the stairs; the moon consists of 4 quarters and weighs a pound, here's the scale, the king can check; the center of the world is at the center of it circle, the king can check; the king asks a new question: what does he think now; miller: the king thinks he is talking to a noble man, and a miller is in front of him]: 216-220; Delarue 1957, No. 325 (Lower Loire; versions throughout France) [poor man with many children does not know what to name another; three came and offered to pick up the newborn, let the father receive the money and come for him in 12 years; in 12 years he went; crows flew in, one called him father; 8 days later, a flock of pigeons did the same; the son says he would hide his leg under his wing; the father recognized and received his son; (the narrator often forgets the "three sorcerers" only one appears); the son offers to sell him as a dog, but not sell the collar; returns; but sold the horse with the bridle; the sorcerer tells the servant to feed the horse, but not to give water; the servant regretted and brought the horse out to water; the horse turned into a frog, the sorcerer into a trout; then the swallow is a hawk; an orange, the princess picked it up; the sorcerers promise to cure her king father, but let him give them an orange; she threw it on the ground, it crumbled in grains; the sorcerers became roosters; the last seed was a fox, she turned the heads of the roosters; the young man returned to his father]: 279-283; Sébillot 1894, No. 40 (Upper Brittany) [ the rich abbot, nicknamed Sans-Souci, is called to the king; he tells him how much the land weighs, what the king costs and what he thinks; the miller promises to help if the abbot gives him his outfit and sends him instead himself; let the king weigh all the stones, then he will say how much the earth weighs; Jesus was sold for 30 pieces of silver, which means the king is 29; the king thinks that Abbot Sanssouci is in front of him, but in fact he is a miller ]: 282; Walloons [What does the king think? - The king thinks he's talking to a priest and a miller in front of him]: Lepont 1932, No. 922:82; the British []: Kharitonov 2008:287-289; Scots, Irish, Frisians, Flemish, Germans (Schleswig-Holstein, North Rhine-Westphalia, Pomerania, Grimms, Austria): Uther 2004 (1), No. 922:553-554.

Western Asia. The Arabic Written Tradition [Ibn Abdu-al-Hakam, Ibn Abd al-Hakam (A.D. 803-871), {from the Quraish, author of one of the earliest Arab historical works: "The Conquest of Egypt, Northern Egypt Africa and Spain"}; does he have the earliest recording of this story; from the Copts?] : Liungman 196:239; Palestinians, Arabs in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Kuwait [al-Shami's motive for "guessing the character's thoughts" is stated in the definition, but you can't guarantee that it is in all the texts referred to]: El-Shamy 2004, No. 922:600-601.

(Wed. South Asia. Sinhales [someone asked the townsman what he thought of the local king; he was perfect; the questioner grinned; but the king knows where the center of the country is, how many stars there are in the sky, and what the king is doing the land of the gods? the man told the king that he called the provincial governors, but no one knew the answers; the king ordered them to be executed; the same happened to the ministers; the adviser remained, asking for a day to think; his goat shepherd volunteered to go with him; adviser to the king: even shepherds know the answers here; shepherd: the center is here - measure for yourself; there are as many stars as the fur on the goatskin that I wear on my shoulders; what about gods, I can't answer in my current form, I must dress up as king; sitting on the throne, the young king summoned the torturers and ordered the former king to be beheaded for killing innocent people; this is the act of the king of the gods; the young man stayed to reign]: Parker 1910, No. 18:150-152; Bengalis []: Bradley-Birt 1920, No. 1:1-5; Santals: Bodding 1957:41-53).

The Balkans. Moldovans [the boyar wrote "carefree boyar" at the gate; the tsar saw him, decided to teach him a lesson; ordered him to come to the palace and answer how many people there were at the royal wedding, how far from earth to heaven, from one side of the earth to the other, what the king thinks about; three days later, the boyar goes to the king; when he finds out what is going on, the coachman offers to change clothes; answers the king that there were as many people as there is no hair on his head; not far from the sky: when it rains in the sky, you can hear it on the ground; it is also not far from edge to edge of the earth: the sun rises in the morning, sets in the evening; the king thinks that there is a boyar in front of him, and a coachman in front of him; the tsar made the coachman a boyar and the boyar a coachman]: Botezat 1981:356-357; the Bulgarians [tsar (Nastradin Khoja) asks three questions to the abbot (monk, Cunning Peter); the shepherd changes his clothes with the abbot and answers in his place; How long does it take to get around the earth (How to get around the earth in 24 hours)? - Cling to the sun; - What is the king thinking about? - That he has an abbot in front of him and I am a shepherd; - How much does the king cost? - 29 pieces of silver, because Jesus was worth 30]: Daskalova-Perkovska et al. 1994, No. 922:333-334; Serbs [the priest wrote on his door: careless pop lives here; the tsar saw and ordered to give in 7 days answers to three questions; how many stars are there in the sky? Where is the middle of the earth? What am I thinking about right now? otherwise head off his shoulders; the servant volunteered to go instead of him, wearing his vestments; there are as many stars as there are hairs on my donkey's skin; the middle of the earth is right here; you think you have pop in front of you, and in front You like; the king thought that since the servant is so smart, he should not compete with a priest]: Eschker 1992, No. 35:170-171; Slovenes, Romanians, Albanians, Greeks, Macedonians: Uther 2004 (1), No. 922:553-554.

Central Europe. Russians (Arkhangelsk, Olonetskaya, Novgorod, Vologda, Voronezh), Ukrainians (Eastern Slovakia, Ugric Russia, Galicia, Bukovina, Podolia), Belarusians [Carefree (careless) monastery: the king asks the abbot whether it is high to the sky, how many stars there are in the sky, how deep the earth is, etc.; answers a front person - a man (soldier, miller, shepherd, water carrier, tramp); The tsar learns the deception and puts the guessman in charge of the monks instead of the former abbot]: SUS 1979, No. 922:234-235; Russians (Arkhangelskaya) [the tsar goes and sees a carefree monastery; promises to ruin, if three riddles are not solved; is it high to the sky? How many stars are there? Is it deep in the ground? the miller tells the archimandrite to change clothes with him and go to the mill, and he will meet the king; there are 160,000 stars in the sky, you can count for yourself; it does not hurt far from the sky: it rattles there, but here he responds ; deep into the ground: his mother left for nine years, and has not yet returned; the tsar made him archimandrite and the archimandrite a miller]: Smirnov 1917, No. 20:134; Russians (Vologodskaya, Kirillovsky U.) []: Sokolov, Sokolov 1989, No. 48:189-190; Russians (Vologda) [monks can't think of a name for the new monastery; the tsar orders to be there by his return; Vanka Melnik: Carefree Monastery, careless brethren; the monks liked it; king: I will make you sad, by that day to solve three riddles! That I'm worth. So many stars in the sky. What am I thinking. Roly the miller undertakes to answer if he comes to the tsar instead of the abbot; "Tsar Nikolai cost twenty-five, and you five less." "There are as many stars as there are hairs on the king's head - count it for yourself." "You think that there is an abbot here, and here is Vanka Melnik"; the tsar appointed Vanka abbot, and made the abbot a miller]: Kuzmina 2008, No. 90:190-191; Russians (Moscow) [Peter goes past the monastery, to he has a sign: Carefree and careless monks; abbot: we are full, shod, dressed; Peter will answer: how many stars in the sky, how much does he cost, what he thinks about; the miller undertakes to answer if the abbot allows put on his clothes; in heaven 1400331 (when Christ was born, there was one more star); the king stands one piece of silver less than Christ; thinks that there is an abbot in front of him and a miller in front of him]: Vedernikova, Samodelova 1998, No. 75:202-203; the Poles [king (pan) requires the priest to solve three riddles, otherwise he will deprive him of his powers; the shepherd (miller, nuns) changes his clothes with the priest, comes under his guise and gives witty answers, receiving his master's position as a reward; - How many drops are there in the ocean? - First separate river water from sea water. - How much from land to sky? - Half a day (on a gospel theme). - How many stars are there in the sky? - As many leaves as trees, etc. - What do I think? - You think I'm a priest and I'm a shepherd]: Krzyżanowski 1962, No. 922:278; Luzhitans [the miller wrote on his door: I live without worries; "Old Fritz" (Friedrich the Great) saw the inscription and went to find out how can you live without worries; miller: I have enough money; then F. told me to come to him neither on foot, nor on horseback, nor naked, nor dressed, day or night; the miller wrapped himself in a net, threw his right leg on a donkey , walking on the ground left, and came at dusk]: Schulenburg 1882:8; Czechs, Slovaks: Uther 2004 (1), No. 922:553-554.

Caucasus - Asia Minor. Georgians (the place of recording is unknown) [the servant reproaches the king for having fun and not caring about the people; looking for an excuse for execution, the king asks him three tasks: drink the sea; calculate the distance from earth to heaven; tell me what I think; the old man promises to help, but let the servant ask the king for a bag of yarn; the old man dressed in a servant's clothes and came to the king with a bag of yarn; he will drink the sea if the king separates him from him the water of flowing rivers; yarn is a measure for the distance from the earth to the sky, let the king check; the tsar thinks he is talking to a servant, but is mistaken]: Kurdovanidze 1988 (2), No. 156:309-310; Turks (Ankara) [ Palishah asks a rich man how many years he will live when he becomes ruler of the world, what he thinks at the moment; questions are answered by a shepherd dressed as his master; 1) until the day he dies; 2) in the last 24 hours of his life; when a shepherd admits that he is not the one he thinks about, he rewards him]: Eberhard, Boratav 1953, No. 235V: 283.

Baltoscandia. Lithuanians [the king is looking for a carefree person; the priest replies that he has neither a wife nor children, so he has no worries; the king asks three riddles; if the priest does not find him by his return answers, will he remove him; did the cattle man volunteer to change clothes and go to the king instead of the priest; 1) Is the sky higher or is the earth deeper? "The Earth is deeper; there are stars in the sky, and since my father was lowered into the ground, I have not heard from him; 2) What is the value of the king? - Dime; I bought God (cross) for a five-altyn, and the king is cheaper; 3) What am I thinking about? - That I am a priest and I am a cattle man; the priest is now herding cattle for me; the king paid the cowman a salary, and the priest ordered the priest to continue herding cattle]: Löbite 1965:313-315; Latvians [The king asks three questions to the priest: Is the sky high, how many stars are in the sky, what does he think about; instead of a priest, his servant (another worker) answers wittily; the king appoints the answer as a priest]: Aris, Medne 1977, No. 922:332; Karelians (southern Karelia) [the tsar walked around the country; went to a peasant; that boy is three years old, but unbaptized; the man called the priest several times, the pop did not come; the tsar sent a note, pop I came, but did not immediately realize that the king was in front of him; the king ordered the boy to be baptized and the priest to appear a year later; the deacon volunteered to go instead of him; three questions must be answered, otherwise head off his shoulders; - How much sky of stars? - 8,800 007,870 with a big star; can you count it on a clear night; - How much am I worth? - 29 rubles, they gave 30 for Christ; 3) What do I think now? - That you are talking to Priest Eremey, and I am Deacon Fedor; the tsar gave the deacon money and told the coachman to take him home]: Konkka, Tupitsyna 1967, No. 51:360-362; the Finns [the bishop was told that the chaplain is stupid and ignorant; that bishop tells him to answer four questions by tomorrow; a shoemaker walks dressed as a chaplain in his place; how deep is the sea? its depth is equal to the depth of the rock's fall; How far is it to as far as the eye can see; How much smoke comes up from the resin pit? I need to weigh the wood and then weigh the remaining ash and coals; What am I thinking about right now? that there is a chaplain in front of you and a shoemaker in front of you; the bishop made the shoemaker rector in a wealthy parish; in order not to embarrass himself with the sermon, the shoemaker ordered the pulpit to be sawed; he began to say, "He will fall first the pulpit, then the roof of the church, and then...; the pulpit fell from a punch, the shoemaker bounced, the parishioners asked the bishop to forbid the new priest to preach so that the roof would not collapse; the bishop gave to the assistant who began to perform all duties]: Concca 1991:272-275; Finns [the priest expelled the servant, who was hired as a bell ringer; the bishop hung a sign on his door: he lives here carefree and carefree bishop; the king read and summoned the bishop, ordered him to answer three questions; his wife advised him to immediately seek help from the bell ringer Matti; he was dressed up as bishop; - How many What's the length of a calf's tail, from the ground to the sky? - As much as from heaven to earth. - How deep is the sea in its deepest place? - To throw a stone. If you quit, it will always reach the bottom. "How long does it take to travel around the world? - Sitting in the sun, you will drive around in a day; the king told the bishop to live peacefully; M.: so I am a bishop, and bell ringer Matti; king: you will be a bishop for a year; in this status, M. summoned that priest and asked the question: how much does the wolf jump across the road; he could not answer and M. sent him to serve as a bell ringer for a year]: Kippar 2002:25-26; Veps, counselors, Livs: Kecskeméti, Paunonen 1974, No. 922: 239; Estonians, Icelanders, Danes: Uther 2004 (1), No. 922:553-554; Swedes [a subordinate on pain of death must answer questions from a high-ranking official; he sends instead of yourself and in your clothes as an ordinary man, a servant; questions like how high to the sky, how deep the sea is, how much water is in the sea, etc.; in the end, usually: what do I think; answer: invent what is before you are that person, but in fact completely different; the servant is awarded]: Liungman 1961, No. 922:239; Norwegians (many records) [the king demands that the priest answer three questions, otherwise he will remove from services; the priest sends a poor man instead; he answers smartly and receives the priest's position as a reward]: Hodne 1984, No. 922:198.

Volga - Perm. Chuvashi [patsha asks the priest: how many miles from the ground to the sky? how much am I worth? What does Patsha think of you? if the pop doesn't answer, patsha executes him; the worker tells the ass to give him his clothes, goes to patsha instead of the priest; 70 miles to the sky - measure it yourself; patsha costs 29 kopecks - Christ cost 30; you think I'm pop, and I only an employee; patsha rewarded the employee]: Juhma 1990:403-404.