M198a2. A stone with a wormhole. .23.29.30.32.33.
A person, by signs that are invisible to others, determines that a jewel (a gem, an expensive sword) has a flaw and costs little.
Kashmiris, Sindhi, Oriya, Avars, Persians, Tajiks, Kurds, Kazan Tatars, Kazakhs (Xinjiang).
South Asia. Kashmiris [ahun (religious teacher) asks four sons what they would like to do; three want to follow in their father's footsteps, the fourth wants to be a thief; sneaks into the palace, where the vizier and the princess is preparing to escape; the vizier sends the princess with the thief, he must stay; in the morning the princess sees that she is not the vizier with her, becomes the young man's wife; he is hired by the king as a groom; the jeweler brings two ruby, the young man says that the wormhole is right in one; he is appointed gem keeper; the vizier wants to take possession of the young man's wife, persuades the king's daughter to ask the second one for the same ruby as brought by a jeweler (not defective, but expensive), and send a young man for him; a month later, the wife gives the young man a ruby, which she picked up in the river, he brings it to the king; the vizier suggests demanding a ruby necklace; the wife tells the young man to hide by the river, 6 heavenly fairies will arrive, and then the seventh; her clothes must be hidden; the fairy Lalmal is forced to go with the young man, when she speaks, rubies fall from her lips; he brings it to the king rubies; the barber tells the vizier that the young man has a second wife; let the vizier take one and he, the barber, the other; the vizier offers to send the young man for the bracelet; L. sends her husband with a letter to to the source where he met her; the young man takes the bracelet, taking off the hand that held it out; the vizier: the second bracelet; L. sends her husband with the ring, it opens the entrance to the lower world; the girl to whom a young man speaks, there is a daughter of a woman whose hand he tore off; to save him, the girl turned him into a pebble, took an oath from his mother; the mother sent a letter to her sons ordering him to kill him ; the daughter ordered her to come to her wedding; gave edible peas, you just have to pretend that he was eating inedible; gave iron claws - the brothers will ask them to scratch their backs; he did everything, demons they said that Salomon was calling them, did not come; the young man takes the demoness's daughter as his wife, asks for a flying skin (i.e. a flying carpet) as a gift; brings a bracelet; barber: he has a third wife, the king should receive it ; the king tells the young man to bring news from the deceased king father and the fruit of paradise; the young man tells him to make a fire, flies off it on a flying carpet; the fairy wife makes a fruit from seven metals, writes a letter on behalf the deceased king: come with the vizier and the barber; they burned down; the first vizier came, the young man gave him his bride, sent the fairy into her world, stayed with his third wife; that vizier became king, the young man became a vizier]: Stein, Grierson 1923, No. 12:85-105; the Sindhi [king, vizier and servant are lost in the forest; the servant, then the vizier meets the blind hermit, asks if he has seen the king; the hermit speaks to them calling him a servant, a vizier; when the king himself asks if he saw the others, the hermit calls him king; explains that he learned about the status of the questioner by how he addressed him; the king took the blind to the palace; he explains that there was a worm in the precious ruby (the ruby is too light); the woman asked the king in the harem; the blind man felt her and said that she was the daughter of a prostitute because she had stayed indifferent to being touched by an unfamiliar man; the king offered the blind man even more maintenance, but he asked him to let him go]: Schimmel 1995, No. 12:93-95; oriya (dombo) [older brother is blind to both eyes, the youngest is one; they are begging; the youngest was going to steal beans from someone else's garden, the eldest did not allow it; the youngest did not ask, stole corn, but the eldest said that the brew was bitter, it was necessary throw them away; the king agreed to hire them for a negligible fee; buys a horse at the bazaar; the blind man explains that the mare died shortly after the birth of the foal and it was fed by a donkey; people were sent To check that this was the case, the king did not buy such a horse; the next time the king was going to buy two gold cups, the blind man ordered them to be melted - gilded copper; the king asked about his origin; the blind man explained that he was not of royal blood, but from the dombo and tomati castes (merchants); a real king would generously reward services, and this one only gave better quality rice after each service; the queen also turned out to be not of royal blood; the king gave the blind man 12 villages and made him the first adviser]: Tauscher 1959, No. 25:59-62.
Caucasus - Asia Minor. Avars [the boy asks his father to sell him, because he understands people, horses and precious stones; the khan buys it; he advises the khan not to buy a foal, because it will cause his death; yet the khan bought a foal; advises the khan's daughter not to buy the gem; he smashed it - a worm in stone; tells the khan that he is not of Khan origin; the khan's mother admits that her son is dead and she replaced him with a servant's son; the khan made the boy a vizier, married his daughter; one day his horse stumbled, the khan fell and died]: Aliyeva 2013, No. 42:200-202; Kurds [servant Ahmad tells the padishah that in the core of his saber was sand; the padishah broke his sword, there was sand, ordered A. to give A. a scoop of shorba, made the shorbachi (the one who cooks shorba) heir; next time: a worm in pearls (another scoop of shorba); the horse is a cross breed with a buffalo (the horse refused to go into the water; the third scoop); the padishah is the heir of the shorbachi (padishah's mother: he came in to me, and then the padishah came and I kept silent); the padishah brought A. closer to him; Guria does not tell the padishah, A. and the vizier to turn over his left shoulder; the padishah turned around, he was blown away by the wind, he found himself in front of a toothy old woman, could not make her speak, beaten, returned, fell ill; then but with the vizier; A. tells the old woman: 1) the tailor, the carpenter, and the one whose prayers are pleasing to God, spent the night in the forest; the carpenter made the figure of the girl, dressed the tailor, the third revived; the padishah: give her to the carpenter; old woman: to the one who revived her; 2) the uncle promises a daughter to one of her nephews who will learn a better craft; the youngest bought a parrot, he was sent home with a letter, and he brought a letter from his uncle that his daughter was dying; then the youngest undertook to resolve the dispute between the owners of the magic tablecloth, the invisible hat and the flying carpet, offered to give it to the first to bring the stone, took everything for himself and flew away; the brothers flew to the girl, the doctor cured her; they decided to give it to the doctor; old woman: to the owner of the rug! 3) the elder brother sent the youngest to pick up his wife; he was late, the elder suspected bad; the younger one stabbed himself; then the elder also stabbed himself; the wife hears the doves talking: dip their pen in the water, run over the wounds; the woman revived her brothers, but confused the heads; the padishah gave the woman to the head; the old woman: the body! became beautiful and A. got it]: Jalil et al. 1989, No. 27:264-272
Iran - Central Asia. Persians (literary tradition, Indian source) [Story 40: A wealthy merchant saw a skull rolling on the ground like a ball, with the hand of fate inscribed on its forehead: "This head is still with 84 people will kill his life, and after death the same number"; at Satan's instigation, the merchant brought the skull home, threw it into the fire, sifted the ashes, put it in a box, and the box in the chest, handed it to his wife, punished protect and not open; the merchant's 12-year-old daughter opened the chest, found nothing but ash, sucked a pinch like salt, closed the chest again; when signs of pregnancy appeared, she talked about everything mother; gave birth to a handsome boy, he was named Mashalla; after 7 years, the merchant returned home and decided to raise a boy; overseas merchants brought jewelry, the merchant bought 9 pearls; M.: 2 out of 9 are fake, it is better to return them; the merchant brought the boy to the sellers; M. separated the enamel under which there was a cinnabar in front of their eyes; the sellers asked the merchant to sell them the boy and he advised the merchant agree; at home, sellers began to raise M. as their son; once local Raja Bikmakir wanted to retire with his wife Kamjuy; he had 83 more wives; the fisherman brought him some curiosities with with a fish body and a human head; B. told them to be thrown into a basin of water and looked; and K. turned away and ordered a veil to be hung between her and the fish: there were males among the fish; the fish opened their mouths and laughed; K. said she would not eat or sleep until it was found out why the fish laughed; B.: whoever finds out why the fish laughed will be rewarded; M. came to the Raja and asked to listen to him alone, and it would be better for the lady not to ask me so as not to repent and regret what happened to the grocer's wife; story 41: the grocer became impoverished and became a lumberjack; a genie lived in the tree: if you If you chose this craft out of need, then come here every day and get 20 dinars; but don't talk about it; your wife made me tell you, no more money appeared under the tree; E. did not understand the hint; then M. spoke about the regrets of the mother of a slutty woman; Story 42: The brahmana's son came of age, but lived at his father's expense; asked to let him go on a journey; began to serve a hermit; he gave him an inexhaustible purse with money, but told her to keep a secret; when he returned home and became rich, the brahmana's son fell in love with a slutty girl; her mother advised her daughter to find out the source of her lover's extensive spending; she found out the secret, the mother and daughter stole the purse and fled; but the purse did not give more money; K. again did not understand the hint; then M. told the Raja to go to the harem and undress all his wives; among them was a young man in women's dress; the Raje ordered everyone to be drowned, including K.; the prediction came true; the fish laughed because the truly virtuous would not be hypocritical]: An-Naari 1985, stories 40-42:201-209; Tajiks [Sultan Mahmud (Ghaznavid, 998-1038) wanted to buy a slave named Ayaz; the owner said he was worth 1,000 dinars because he understood gems, horses and human nature; after examining emerald on In the Sultan's hand, Ayaz said that it had a wormhole; the Sultan ordered the emerald to be broken and there was a worm inside; having bought a slave, the sultan ordered him to choose the best horse; there were no good horses in the Sultan's stable; Ayaz chose a skinny man and a month later turned him into the best; the Sultan ordered Ayaz to say that he, the sultan, was for a man; Ayaz: the sultan comes from a baker or baker; the sultan forced his mother Admit that after giving birth to a girl, she exchanged children with a baker's wife; the Sultan praised Ayaz and took his dairy sister to the palace]: Donish 1960:105-106.
Volga - Perm. Tatars [padishah orders to bring the best and most worthless person; the old man comes himself; calls the padishah unfit; breaks his gems: these are glass; the best horse celebrates I need when he enters the river: he is unbred; the padishah is the son of a baker (talking, he rewarded the old man with bread); the baker's old wife admits that she changed her newborn son for the daughter of the padishah's wife]: Zamaletdinov 2010, No. 28:96-99.
Turkestan. Kazakhs (Xinjiang) [Tsar Madan sends 40 ministers to deliver him the most useless plant, the ugliest bird and the most insignificant person; ministers chose a pheasant during molting and thistle, found an insignificant shepherd; the shepherd advises choosing magpie and rose hips; both are beautiful but useless, while the pheasant is tasty and the thistle burns well; the king is intrigued; the shepherd continues show a deceptive appearance; the royal horse drinks water like cows drink (the king began to ask - the foal was fed cow's milk); in the precious stone there is a worm; the king himself is of low origin ; the king's mother admitted that the previous khan had only daughters and promised to kill her if she did not have a son; she exchanged babies with a cook; the shepherd explained that the king first thing he did was show him the kitchen]: Coyaud 2012, No. 95:247-251