M157B. Pick up the most expensive thing, (ATU 875).

.13.-.16.17.23.27.-.29.31.-.34.36.

The husband drives his wife away, allowing her to take the most precious thing for her. She takes her husband who is sleeping or intoxicated. He's coming back with her. {The traditions listed in El-Shamy 2004 are highlighted in bold; it is highly likely that they do have this motive; some of the traditions listed in ATU 875 are in brackets; they are not in the correlation table included, original publications are required}.

Sudanese Arabs, Berbers of Morocco (Fez), Kabila , Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Spaniards, Catalans (incl. Mallorca), Portuguese, Italians, (Corsicans, Sardinians), Ladins, Basques, French, Germans (Grimms, Tyrol), Flemish, Friesians, Irish, Scots, Syria, Jordan, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia , Yemen, Punjabi (or Hindi?) , Orians, Moldovans, Romanians, Montenegrins, Bulgarians, Greeks, Hungarians, Czechs, Slovaks, Poles, Russians (Arkhangelsk, Olonetskaya, Novgorod, Vologda, Moscow, Voronezh, Orlovskaya), Ukrainians (Volyn, Eastern Slovakia, Ugric Russia, Transcarpathia, Galicia, Podolia, Chernihiv, Poltava, Kharkiv), Belarusians, Kalmyks, Adygs (Bzhedugs), Abkhazians, Abazins, Balkarians, Ingush, Nogais, Lucks, Dargins, Georgians, Estonians, Setus, Livons, Lutsies, Latvians, Lithuanians, Danes, Swedes, Western Sami (Sweden), Finns, Kazan Tatars, Kyrgyz, Siberian Tatars, Dolgans.

Sudan - East Africa. Sudanese Arabs ["The clever daughter of a peasant: solves riddles, follows impossible orders, marries the king, chooses him as her most valuable property"]: El-Shamy 2004, No. 875: 503-505.

North Africa. The Berbers of Morocco (Fez) [wife died during childbirth; the genies took care of the girl, made her a girl in three years, she is smarter; the sultan tells me what the wheel they lift from the well says water; daughter teaches her father to pronounce a poem; fire when it is flooded with water (same); to bring a vegetable garden on a camel; daughter has sprouted various seeds in the ground laid on the saddle; come neither on horseback nor walking, crying and laughing; daughter: sit on a little donkey, so your feet are on the ground; bow to your eyes, and laugh yourself; the sultan married a girl; one man has a stallion, the other has a mare; she gave birth the 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 go back to her father, but she can take whatever she wants; she put in sleeping pills, brought her husband to her place; he apologized and brought his wife back]: El Fasi, Dermenghem 1926:103-111; kabila: Frobenius 1921a, No. 50 [agelitis (village chief) demands to buy 1) 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 on the mud; agelitis requires you to guess what such a tree with 12 branches, 30 leaves on each leaf, 5 seeds on each leaf; girl: this is a year with 12 months, each with 30 days, 5 prayers every day; agelite tells you to come to the bazaar neither naked nor dressed; daughter to father: wrap one thigh with 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, of every kind two pieces each, and the multi-colored handkerchief was 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, blacks beheaded; 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, its owner said that it was the mulitsa who gave birth; the donkey's owner came complain; since the donkey had been living with the mulitsa for a long time, he went to her and 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 how the fish came out of the river and ate wheat in the 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 the chest and take it 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 a soap seller explains to him: the tree is peace, the branches are months, the fruits are 5 daily prayers; after learning how smart the girl is, the cadius decided to marry, sent flour, oil and money; the sent found the girl alone; the girl: the brother went to beat and to be beaten, the mother went to see someone she 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; cadiy allowed his wife to visit her father whenever she wanted, to pick up what she liked best; two came into litigation: the mare gave birth to one, and the foal went after the other; Kadiy decided in favor of the owner of the mulitsa; Kadia's wife told the mare's owner to say that when the mulitsa had a cub, the world would end; Kadiy understood everything and told his wife to leave, taking the most precious thing; she gave her husband an opium pie, took it away from by himself; Kadiy promised his wife to obey her]: 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 Listyev; the youngest of the 7th daughter of a coal miner to his father: a year; after finding 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; Arabs (?) Morocco, Tunisia, Arabs of Egypt ["The clever daughter of a peasant: solves riddles, follows impossible orders, marries the king, chooses him as her dearest property"]: El-Shamy 2004, No. 875:503-505.

Southern Europe. Catalans (Mallorca included) [the king tells the poor girl to come day or night, on foot, on horseback, naked or dressed; she appears at dusk riding a goat, dragging her legs along the ground and wrapped in a net; the king marries her, but tells her not to contradict him, otherwise he will send her back; he passes an unfair sentence and she corrects it; the king sends her home, but allows her to take the most expensive; she brings the sleeping king home]: Oriol, Pujol 2008, No. 875:169-170; the Portuguese [the peasant found a golden mortar, brought it to the king, he demands a pestle; or the king promises to execute minister, if his daughter does not complete certain assignments; or the prince marries only the one who solves his riddles; you must come naked or dressed, neither on horseback nor on foot, day or night, nor in shoes not 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 resolves a dispute over who owns the foal born; king drove his wife away, letting him take the most precious thing; she took her sleeping husband, he forgave her]: Cardigos 2006, No. 875:212-213; the Spanish (Murcia) [the king tells his wife to leave, allowing him to take the most with him dear; his wife got him drunk and brought him with her]: Hernández Fernández 2013, No. 875*: 155; Basques [senor is looking for an intelligent girl to marry; he is advised by a shoemaker's daughter; he tells her to come to to him day or night, naked or dressed, neither on horseback nor on foot; she rode a goat, wrapped in goatskin at midnight sharp; the señor marries her on the condition that she will not use your intellect to interfere with other things; the shepherd's sheep hugged under the cart and its owner announced that he had given birth to a cart; because this man regularly supplied the senor with food 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 fish; tell the senor that this is no more surprising than get the lamb from the cart; the senor found out who gave the advice, told his wife to leave that night, taking what she liked, provided that four men could carry it away; when the husband fell asleep, the wife told take the bed out and carry it to her father's house; explained to her awakened husband that he was what she wanted the most for her; they went back to the castle and healed well]: Tenèze, Bru 2000, No. 875:39-41 ; Italians: Crane 1885, No. 108 [the prince got lost, went into the hunter's house, with a wife, son and daughter; stabbed a rooster; 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 hears the girl explaining to her brother what this sharing means; fell in love and, returning to the palace, sent a servant to the girl, telling her to hand over the cake in the form of a full moon, 30 pies and a roast rooster and ask, 30- whether the day of the month is in the forest, is the moon full and whether the rooster screamed at night; the servant on the way ate 15 pies, part of the cake and the rooster; the girl answered: the moon is dead, which is only on the 15th, and the rooster went to the mill, and that she asks to forgive the servant for the partridge; prince to the servant: 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 her prince; he demanded a pest; a 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 reconciled]: 311-314; Calvino 1980, No. 72 (Tuscany) [=Kotrelev 1991:84-89; a peasant found a golden mortar, brought it to the king, he demanded 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; ladins [the man found the golden bell; his daughter Mengietta: it is a pity that there is no tongue; the man took the bell to the king; he: it is a pity that without a tongue; man: my daughter said the same thing; king: let her appear neither on foot, nor on horseback, nor naked or dressed, day or night; she will be able to marry, fail to execute; M. arrived at dusk on a donkey, dressed in front and naked from behind; the king married M.; one day the cow calved, and the donkey's owner claimed that the calf gave birth to his donkey; the king awarded the calf to the owner of the donkey, not 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 even calve; king to his wife: you promised not to interfere; you can take the most precious thing and leave; she got drunk king, brought her in a sack to her father's house; said he was the most precious thing; the king returned her to the castle]: Decurtins, Brunold-Bigler 2002, No. 37:106-108; (cf. Corsicans [while hunting, the king and prince spent the night in the lumberjack's house; they say that there is no food at home; the king ordered the chicken to be slaughtered, and the prince split it: the owner's head, the mistress's neck, the daughter's wings, the son 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 a smart to the girl; they stopped at the inn; another man drove up, his mare necklaces, and the foal climbed under the prince's wagon; the prince claims that his foal, the bride, objects; the prince by this indignant 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 could not return to her place on foot, but also the prince in the inn without The carts could not be left; once again convinced that the girl was smart, the prince married her]: Massignon 1984, No. 63:142-144; Sardinians {text retelling is needed}: Uther 2004 (1), No. 875:494-495).

Western Europe. The Germans [the king gave the peasant a plot of land; he wants to give back a golden mortar he found in the meadow; his daughter advises not to do this - they will demand a pestle; so it happened, peasant imprisoned, regrets that he did not listen to his daughter, the king orders her to be brought; let her come naked, dressed, neither on horseback, nor on a wagon, nor by way, but still by road; the girl wrapped in a net, tied her to the donkey to drag her; the king married her, let her father go; the foal bothered the oxen, the peasants 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 me to fish in the middle of the street with a net; if a foal was born from an ox, then a fish on land; the king tortured the peasant until he confessed that he had been told by the queen; the king drove his wife away allowing him to take what was increasingly expensive; she got him drunk and brought him home; the king celebrated the wedding again]: Grimm, Grimm 2003, No. 94:319-321 (=Grimm, Grimm 1987:261-263); Germans (Tyrol) [two the peasant, rich and poor, argued and went to the judge; the judge promises to decide in favor of the one who will say that the world is the most beautiful, strong and richest; rich: my wife, my oxen and myself; teaches the poor man daughter: spring, land, harvest; when he learns that the answer was given by the peasant's daughter, the judge orders her to come to him not naked or dressed, not day or night, not down the street or side alley; if she does , I'm going to marry her; the girl came at dusk, wrapped in a net, across wooden bridges (über den Bretterweg); the judge married her on the condition that she would not interfere with his affairs; one day to her A peasant came and asked for advice, and she gave it on the condition that he would not tell him who had taught him; but the judge guessed it and told his wife to leave; she asked permission to eat with him for the last time and pick him up An expensive plane with him; the husband fell asleep and his wife took him on the cart; when the judge woke up, the wife said that he was the most precious thing; they had lived together for many years]: Zingerle 1852, No. 27:162-167; French [there are 600 records in Europe, the first most common; the example is the Basque variant (probably from French Baskonia), see above; there are probably French ones with this episode]: Ten èze, Bru 2000, No. 875:41-44; the Irish [the peasant found a golden mortar: this is on royal land, must be given; daughter: no need, he will ask her for a pestle; but the peasant carried the mortar; the king planted him for bread and water until he brings a pest; he groans constantly: why did he not listen to his daughter; the king demanded a daughter, he liked her mind; tells her to come neither naked nor dressed, nor on horseback, nor on foot, nor in a wagon, not on anyone's shoulders; she came on a donkey wrapped in a net; the king married her; 7 years later two peasants arrived; one had a mare and a foal, the other had two oxen; the foal was between the oxen and their owner, began to claim 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 to 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- 94ro; Irish: Kharitonov 2008 [Prince O'Donnell is about to marry poor girl Sav; she agreed that if he chases her away, she will be able to take with her anything she can take with her on her back three times; one day she allowed herself to interfere in his affairs and he drove her away; three times she moved her son's most valuable jewelry across the bridge, and then she was going to move her husband; they reconciled]: 116-118; Larminie 1983 [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 gentleman 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]: 174-178; Flemish, Friezes, Scots: Vries 1928:275.

Western Asia. Syria, Jordan, Palestinians, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Yemen ["The clever daughter of a peasant: solves riddles, follows impossible orders, marries the king, chooses it as her most valuable property"]: El-Shamy 2004, No. 875:503-505; (cf. Arabs of Syria [daughters of a king, vizier and merchant are three friends; envious of the mind of the merchant's daughter, the princess ordered his father should execute him; the vizier advised him to ask him questions that the merchant would not be able to answer; 1) what is the sweetest, most beautiful and most precious thing in the world? the daughter told the merchant to say that sleep, the moon and the moment that goes away; 2) what is "no, no, no"? your property is yours, but your spirit is not; your son is from your flesh and blood, but your daughter is not; the hair in your beard is yours but not in your fist; 3) explain the numbers from one to 12; One is God is one, two is day and night , there is no third; three are the sun, moon and star; four to 4 righteous caliphs; five to 5 prayers a day; six - the world was created in 6 days; seven to 7 heavens; eight-7 sleeping youths and their dog; nine-9 months pregnant; ten to 10 good messengers in paradise; eleven Joseph had 11 sons; twelve in a year 12 months; the merchant confessed that his daughter had taught him and ordered her to come; she agreed to the condition that she would be able to take the most precious thing from the palace; the king was fascinated, ordered coffee to be served; the girl made it herself; continued to charm him, and he kept reminding him of what she had set provided; finally I guessed it, and she confirmed; the king married her and she gave birth to an heir; treated the king's daughter well]: Kuhr 1993:353-357).

South Asia. Punjabi (or Hindi?) [the padishah was angry with his beloved wife and told her to get out; she asked Birbal for advice; he taught her what to do; the wife invited the padishah to triple the farewell feast and allow her to take the most for her dear; the wife gave the padishah a drink, put the man who fell asleep on a wagon and brought him to his father's house; the padishah returned his wife and awarded Birbal]: Patel 1946, No. 29:71-74; oriya (dombo) [King Bhromo has sons Kolia (smart and rich) and younger and Holia (poor); H.'s wife gave birth to a daughter Rongoni and died; when she was 12 years old, K. gave her brother a cow; she had a calf and K. demanded it for himself; H. said that once a cow now his offspring belongs to him; the judge awarded K.'s calf; the king promises it to the one who will answer three questions; each time H. answers what his daughter tells him; that 1) the fastest (K. - black horse, H. is thought), 2) fattest (K. is one of the king's servants, H. is the earth), 3) best (K. regality, honor, happiness, H. is a dream after hard work); when he learns that R. gave answers, the king sends her 7 eggs with orders to remove the chickens by morning; in response, R. transfers 7 grains for the king to grow rice by morning and collect grain for the chickens; the king gives a ball of cotton thread and tells him to weave a handkerchief by morning; R. asks grow cotton from a seed in the morning; the king promises to marry R. if he comes out to him dressed and undressed, with or without a gift; R. wrapped herself in a net, held a sari in her hand, and immediately dropped it; after R. promised not to interfere in her husband's affairs, but made a condition: if the promise was broken, she would leave with her what was dear to her; R. once stood up for a minister who was innocently imprisoned; The king let him go, but told R. to leave; when the king fell asleep, R. ordered him to be taken to his father's house in bed; the king returned his wife, making her his privy counselor]: Tauscher 1959, No. 122-125.

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 answers what is fatter, faster, sweeter; boyar: our pig, our greyhound, our honey; the shepherd's daughter: earth, thought and look, sleep; when he learns that the 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; Hungarians: Ortutai 1974, No. 44 [King Matyash demands that the stone be peeled off; the girl tells her father to ask for blood to be released from the stone first; the king gave two nuts: let the daughter come when the nuts sprout; the girl understood 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 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, the foal climbed under someone else's cart, the king awarded her in favor of the owner of the cart; 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 faces his wife]: 412-414; Benedek 1884, No. 875 [the king tells his subjects 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 fastest, fattest and soft; intelligent girl: let the king first remove blood from the millstone; warns her father in advance that the king will demand a pestle from him; says that the quickest thought, the fattest, is the earth, the softest the hand of a man; the king tells the girl to weave a cloth out of 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 first turn the jug inside out; the king tells the girl to come to him and not come, to come naked or dressed, not on a wagon, nor on foot (nor on horseback), nor on the road, nor off-road, with with or without a gift, greet him and not greet him; the girl wrapped in a piece of cloth, rode a donkey or goat along the side of the road, bringing a bird hidden between two bowls, at dusk, bows to the king, but does not say 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 a 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 gave sleeping pills; when she wakes up, he returns his wife]: 388-390; Montenegrins [the king is surprised at the wise speeches of the poor man; he explains that his daughter has taught her everything; the king sends her 30 boiled eggs, tells her to bring out the chickens; she tells her father in front of her eyes king to sow boiled beans; king: make ropes and sails out of a bunch of flax; girl: make a spindle, spinning wheel, etc. out of a piece of wood; king: let the sea scoop out with a cup; girl: let this tow cover everything springs and lakes; king: which is louder? girl: thunder and lies; king: how much does my beard cost? girl: three summer rains; the king takes her as his wife; the girl takes a receipt: if the king gets angry and drives her away, she can take the most precious thing; the king is angry, told him to leave; his wife gave him drink, brought him to for himself - he is the most precious thing; the tsar returned his wife]: Karadzic 1854, No. 25:157-161 (=Golenishchev-Kutuzov 1991:309-312, =Eschker 1992, No. 42:194-198); Bulgarians [the judge tells an intelligent girl to appear not naked , neither dressed, barefoot, nor shod, nor with a gift, nor without a gift, neither on horseback nor on foot; she wrapped herself in a net, put on one leg, rode a goat or goat, brought two pigeons as a gift ( hares), who immediately flew away (ran away); the judge gave an egg to raise a chicken by morning; the girl gave millet - grow grain to feed the chicken; the judge marries the girl, orders not to interfere in his affairs; in his absence, his wife settles a dispute over who owns the foal born (calf, lamb): she catches fish on the hill and says that since a male animal could give birth, fish also live on the hill; a man, from who was required to peel off the stone, advises to offer to slaughter the stone first; when he learns that his wife did not comply with his demand, her husband tells her to leave, allowing her to take the most precious thing with him; she brings sleeping in his parents' home; husband returns his wife]: Daskalova-Perkovska et al. 1994, No. 875:303-304; Greeks [clever suggested that the foolish man divide the farm; everyone wants a fertile part of the land; king promises to give to whoever says that the fastest, hardest, most necessary; the eldest: horse, iron, bread; the youngest, at the suggestion of his daughter: thought, fire (do not raise it), earth; the king decided in favor of the stupid brother; having found out about his daughter, the king marries her on condition not to interfere in his affairs; when she leaves, she can take the most precious thing with her; one day the queen sees one peasant changing another's saddle; decides in favor the victim; the king sends her to his father; she put him sleeping pills, took him to his father's house, where she showed the contract they had signed; the king laughed and returned his wife]: Megas 1970, No. 50:158-162.

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 grief; if the stallion can necklace, then there is fish on the mountain; admitted to the judge that M. taught him; the husband tells his wife to leave, taking what is most important to her; 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 gave her husband a drink, brought her to her house, explained in the morning that he was the most precious thing; the king returned his wife to the palace]: 114-116; Slovaks [a rich peasant has 10 sows, and the poor has 10 sows, and the poor 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 - the poor man's pig ate him; the manager promised to decide in favor of someone who says that 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 poor man's daughter to her father: earth, moon (for four weeks goes around the earth and sky), the sun; the manager rejected the rich man's claim and gave the poor man his fat pig; but guessed that the answers were not invented by the poor man himself; gave a bunch of flax and told his daughter in three days process him and sew him a wedding shirt; 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, night, on foot, on horseback, or in the wagon, neither naked nor dressed, with or without a gift; she arrived at dawn riding a goat, dragging her legs, wrapped in a net, handed two turtles that immediately flew away; the manager takes her to wives with the 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 it to the owner an ox; his wife advises the owner of the mare at sight the manager should start waving a sickle in the water and throwing 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 a drink and brought him to her father's house; When the 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 [character who took her as a wife, a girl whose social status is lower than him, tells her to leave, allowing her to take the most precious thing; when he falls asleep, she takes him away]: Krzyżanowski 1962, No. 875**: 269; Russians ( Arkhangelsk, Olonetskaya, Novgorod, Vologda, Voronezh, Orel), Ukrainians (Volyn, Eastern Slovakia, Ugric Russia, Transcarpathia, Galicia, Podolia, Chernigov, Poltava, Kharkiv), Belarusians [Seven years old (Wise Girl): answers the mystery questions of the tsar (master), performs difficult tasks, confirming his wisdom; becomes the tsar's wife; later he is hers expels, allowing you to take the most precious thing away; she takes the sleepy tsar with her]: SUS 1979, No. 875:220; 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 drive her out of the house, allowing her to take what is 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.

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; 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; Adygi: Andreev-Krivich 1957 [Wanaj wants to test whether his daughter-in-law Malechiph is smart; gave his son skin so that M. could sew new dudes by morning; like this every month; M. sews only one dude, every day lubricates them, and lays off new pieces of leather; W. is satisfied; tells them to dismantle the house and build a new one; M. tells them to coat the walls and put new reeds on the roof; tells them to eat salty food without salt and fresh water salt; the son complains to his wife that on the way the father suggests putting stairs to the sky, shortening the road, bringing a couple of horses out of the forest; M. explains: we must prance, sing a song, bring staffs from the forest; half of the food is mixed with butter and honey, and the other with sour cream and eggs; W. beats his son, but M. refuses to stand up for him - let him be courageous; when he dies, W. tells his son to take a new wife every year; M. she must leave, but she can take the most precious thing; she gave her husband a drink and brought her home; explains that getting married every year is going camping, then experiencing the joy of meeting his wife]: 309-318; Huth 1987 (bzhedugi) [the guest tied the horse to the owner's arba because the owners did not have horseback riding; went to bed; the mare got necklaces at night; in the morning the owner said that his arba was necklace; gouache (Psha's wife, who went out to the debators instead of him) , 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 - by doing so she insulted her husband by interfering in men's affairs; he drove her away, allowing her to take everything she looked at; his wife asked for an arrangement before leaving 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]: 278-279; Abkhazians: Bgazhba 1983 [poor man borrowed the bull from a 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 fattest is the earth, 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 necked, the foal was under the arba, the owner The arba said that he 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 with leaves; woman: and the arba does not give birth; the judge tells his wife to take everything, what she needs and leave home; she wants to have lunch with him first; got him 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 slaughter a stone, peel it off, make a meal out of stone; an old man gives her father a knife: let the prince cut their throats with a stone; the prince married a girl; she was smarter than him and he decided with her to divorce; forbid interference 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 was going on; she gave him a drink, took him on the arba to her relatives; when the prince overslept and found out what was going on, he returned him wife and lived happily with her]: 88-89; Shakryl 1975, No. 68 [poor and rich man came to the judge; he promised to decide in favor of the one who guessed what was faster, fatter, sweeter; the poor man's daughter teaches: thought, land, sleep; judge orders 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 the girl, forbidding her to interfere in affairs; at night, a horse the rider got 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 cannot 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 home; the judge admitted defeat, returned his wife]: 314-316; Abaza [the rich man took the wife of the poor man; she set the condition: if he decides to divorce, let him take what she can carry on her shoulders and not return it back; if you return it, I will come back; the rich man decided to divorce, his wife asked me to stay overnight; took the sleeper husband to her house; in the morning: chose you from your property; the rich man returned his wife]: Tugov 1985, No. 81:257-258; Balkarians [Oryuzmek was going to celebrate the devils, but Satanay created an illusion outside the window the starry sky remained in bed, although the day was long ago; angry with S., O. told her to leave, allowing her to take what she wanted from home; S. offered to feast for the last time, gave O. a drink and took her on an arba; when O. woke up, S. explained that he allowed her to take what she wanted; O. stayed with S.]: Tulchinsky 1903:81-82 (=Aliyeva 1994:357); Ingush: Sadulaev 2004, No. 49 [ a rich man agreed to give his daughter to a poor man when he heard from him the right answers to the question of what a horse, a wife, a man should be good; one day the husband got angry with his wife, told her to leave, but allowed her to pick up the most expensive thing; they had a farewell feast, and when her husband sobered up, he saw that his wife was taking him somewhere; she explained that she was taking him to her father's house because he was the most precious thing for her], 62 []: 116-117, 170- 172; Nogais [Khan Asylbek orders to peel off the stone; old Kasym has a 12-year-old daughter Shararzhan; tells him to ask the khan to cut off his head first; Khan gives wool, tells him to sew clothes by morning; Sh. tells him to take a twig to the khan, let him make tzatsky tools out of it; the khan gives an egg: let the chicken hatch by morning, raise the chicken, cook it; S. gives a millet thimble, let the khan grow grain to feed chicken; khan married Sh.; when leaving, forbids reconciling those sent from two villages; S. reconciled; A. allows her to take what she wants with her and return to her father; S. offers him to drink bozes first, brings him intoxicated khan to his father; in the morning she explains that her husband is most precious to her; Khan stays with Sh.]: Nogai 1979, No. 38:159-164; Lucky [the king ordered three nukers to carve a meadow; daughter of a shepherd advised me to ask the king for scissors; the king tells the shepherd to guard the sheep while they are lying down; the daughter told her father to slaughter the sheep and go to bed; told the king that the father was giving birth - since the sheep could lie down, then and a man can give birth; the king married the shepherd's daughter; when he left, 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 her hands and the blow bleed; two men came; one said that his horse was necklace and the other that his arba, under which the foal was placed; the queen explained that she was right the owner of the mare; when he 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 the most; the tsar returned his wife]: Khalilov, Osmanov 1989:202-203 (=Khalilov 1965, No. 75:236-239); varnishes (western 1932) [The king ordered 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; they sent for the girl, she speaks in riddles, the judge married her, telling her not to interfere in matters; the owner of the cart and the mare are arguing who owns the foal born at night; the judge's wife: the sea is burning; since the sea cannot burn, the cart will not necklace; the judge tells the wife to take what she wants and return to parents; she brought him sleeping; the judge returned her]: 66-68; Osmanov 1963 [Khan married an intelligent girl on the condition that she would not give advice; but two people came, one had a mare, the other had a bull; at night, the mare necklaces, and the foal was next to the bull; the owner of the bull said that the bull had given birth; the khan's wife: the sea is burning; since the sea cannot burn, the bull cannot necklace; the khan drove his wife away, but allowed me to take the most precious thing; she took an ottoman with the khan who slept; the khan returned his wife]: 38-39 (Khalilov, Osmanov 1989:222-224); Georgians [the peasant plowed, found a golden mortar; the daughter does not order to give it 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 and undressed, neither on foot nor on horseback; the girl wrapped herself in a net tied her 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 start throwing a net in a dry place in front of the palace: if there are no fish on land, then 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 and brought him home to my father: you are the most important to me; the Tsar did not separate from his wife]: Kurdovanidze 1988 (2), No. 109:189-193.

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; Lutsie (recorded in 1931 in Russian from a gypsy woman) [two cousins, the poor only has a goose; told his wife to fry, took the pan; the pan demands to be divided into 6 parts; poor man: panu - head, lady - heart, daughters - wings, sons - legs; And to me, as I am a stupid man, let the whole corpse remain; the man is awarded; the rich decided to take five geese, he does not know how to divide them into six; they called the poor man; he divides so that he almost gets it himself; the pan is happy, ordered to flog the rich man 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; that the nicest, quickest, fattest and strongest? poor man's daughter: pleasant - sleep, strong - water, greasy - earth, quick - thought; the wife of a rich man advises to answer this way: pleasant - my wife and I, fat - our hog, strong - our horse, fast - our hound; the rich is punished again, the poor is rewarded; the pan tells the poor to make his wife weave clothes for six from a bunch of linen; the daughter tells him to take three sticks: let him make a loom; pan tells him to take out chickens from boiled eggs; the poor man's daughter asks him to grow peas by sowing boiled peas; the pan tells him to come unfed, not on an empty stomach, naked or dressed, not horse, not on foot, not on the road, not in the field; the old pan died, and the son was driving past the poor man's house and asking for a drink; he liked the poor man's daughter, he married her; the poor man had a mare necklace, the rich man says that it is his cart; the pan decided in favor of the rich; his wife: if the cart is cabbage turned over, and the heads of cabbage rolled into someone else's garden, whose are they? pan: the one who was carrying them; wife: which means the mare's foal; the pan got angry and ordered a divorce; the wife offers to drink tea for the last time, added sleepy remedy, brought her husband who fell asleep to her; pan recognized his wife's wisdom, did not quarrel anymore]: Annom et al. 2018:70-74; 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 cow tried to enter it go down for a drink and broke her leg; the rich man sued; the judge: the one who can answer what is the richest, fastest, sweetest is right; the poor man's daughter told him not to worry; the rich man replies that the richest - he, the fastest, is his stallion, the sweetest is his honey; bndnyak: God, thought, dream; when he learns that the answers are suggested by her daughter, the judge tells her to come not naked or dressed, not on horseback, on foot, not on the road and not by the side of the road; let the horse be tied between winter and summer; it wrapped in a net, came on a goat walking with one foot along the road and the other along the side of the road; tied the goat between the sleigh and the cart; the judge ordered to dress up the girl as a servant, but when he saw her beautifully dressed, he married himself; when he left, he forbid his wife to interfere in court cases; two came; one lent the other a cart wheel, and at night a mare necklace; wheel owner: if he hadn't borrowed it, there would be no foal, then his foal; the judge's wife ruled; the judge ordered her to return to her father, taking what she wanted; the wife offered for last have a feast; the husband got drunk and fell asleep, his wife brought him to his father's house; her husband brought her back, they began to live well: Löwis of Menar 1927, No. 88:287-289; Latvians [Wise Daughter. The rich and the poor have an argument over the difference (cowhide). The master asks three questions - whoever answers is right. The rich man's answers are stupid, the poor man's answers are correct, because his smart daughter is responsible for him. The master gives her three tasks, and she does them. The master marries an intelligent daughter, only punishing her not to interfere in his affairs. The wife still resolves the dispute between the two men. For this, the master drives his wife away, allowing her to take the most precious thing with her. After giving her husband a drink, the wife takes him with her. They reconcile]: Aris, Medne 1977, No. 875:329; Danes [the prince is handsome and smart; promises to marry only a girl who is neither wise nor beautiful to him; once lost in the woods, went to a lonely poor house; there is the girl of his dreams; he goes home; after a while he returns for her and marries her on condition not to interfere in his affairs; once at a peasant's inn a horse necklaces; the foal got up and was under the master's horse, not a mare; the prince, who had become king by that time, decided in favor of the owner; the Queen advised fishing in a dry place, where the king usually passes by; 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 his wife was even smarter than he thought, brought her back]: Grundtvig 1879:160-178; the 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 obeyed; 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, dressed, or on foot on the road, neither near, nor full, nor on an empty stomach; after eating an onion at dawn, the girl wrapped herself in a fishing net, tied her to the horns, which dragged her 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 the fishing rod; he replies to the king that on land, it is no more difficult to catch a fish than to necklace a bull; 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 father's house; in the morning she said he was most precious to her; the king brought his wife back to the palace]: Suritz 1991:148-149; Lithuanians, Finns, Western Sami (Sweden): Vries 1928:275.

Volga - Perm. Kazan Tatars [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 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 less reels 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: the father gives birth in the bathhouse; the padishah married a girl; tells him not to decide anything in his absence; three beggars came; the mare got necklaces alone, but blood fell on the cart; the owner says that she gave birth to a cart, the owner of the bag says that the bag ; 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 him; the padishah ordered return home]: Zamaletdinov 2010, No. 24:85-91.

Turkestan. Kyrgyz [when old, Khan Sarybay orders to choose the new khan the one on whom his falcon will sit; he sat on the head of the young shepherd Bolotbek; after becoming khan, B. promises to marry someone who says what is the distance between east and west, earth and sky, truth and lies; poor girl Daanyshman: one day's journey between east and west (for the sun); not far from the sky (you can see); between the truth and a lie is four fingers apart from eye to ear; B. marries D. on the condition that she will not teach anyone but him; she once taught a horseman how to answer; B. tells her leave, but she can take the most precious thing; she got her husband drunk and took her away; he returned her to the palace]: Brudny, Eshmambetov 1977:218-221 (=Ledenev 1987:9-13).

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; the wife: and the cart cannot give birth; the judge told the wife to leave, I agree to do 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.

Eastern Siberia. Dolgans [the king tells the poor man to answer what is faster and sweetest; the poor man's daughter tells me to say that gaze and sleep; the king orders to bring the bull with offspring; the daughter orders to slaughter the bull, take it to the king hooves: the hoof is the mother, the bone inside is the child; the poor man confesses that his daughter gives answers; the king tells her to mend the leaky iron bucket; the daughter asks the king to turn him inside out first; the king took girl as a wife; she decides everything; tsar: there are no two kings, we will divorce, but you can take the most precious thing; she brought him sleeping to her; the tsar returned his wife, taking her parents as well]: Porotova 1980:99-103 ( =Efremov 2000, No. 13:227-233).