M199j. An awl in the giant's shoulder. 29.30.

The giant puts a man on his shoulders to carry him across the river. Believing that he is strong, he asks why a person is so easy. He replies that if he falls all the weight, the giant will not be able to carry it. He stabs him with an awl (knife, nail), the giant asks him not to fall like this again.

Crimean Tatars, Stavropol Turkmens, Adygs, Kabardian people, Abkhazians, Abazins, Ossetians, Avars, Georgians, Megrelians, Azerbaijanis, Turks, Kurds, Turkmens.

Caucasus - Asia Minor. Crimean Tatars [Akhmet-Akhai Ozenbashsky was frightened of a mouse, his wife swears; but he killed 40 flies with one blow; went to look for work; Kosh has one shepherd crying (7-headed deva with goat legs horse his tail will eat it today), the second laughs (eats tomorrow), the third dances (eats it the day after tomorrow); AA: I am the hero Ayu, the son of Buke-Bugai, who keeps the ground on his copper horn; buried the skin of a ram with a roll, head with beard and legs separately; suggests the deva 1) hit the ground for the katyk to go, 2) for his legs to jump out, 3) a beard pops out; dev called for a visit, carried it to the mountain; whose stone core will fly up above; AA: I'll throw 7 cores with the gun, it'll stay at the top; dev: no need, the gun is expensive; deva's mother advises letting AA raise the deva's father's iron stool; AA: throw it on the moon or in the sun? deva's mother: no need, the lights will fade; asks for water in a 40-bucket vessel; AA begins to dig in a well; dev takes AA home to Ozenbashi, gives you three bags of gold; why are you so light? AA: I keep my strength in the air; dev: show strength; AA stabs it with an awl; dev: better in the air; AA tied his three children with a rotten rope, tells them to shout "eat" and his wife to "have lunch with a deva"; dev runs away; fox leads him back; AA fox: that's when I caught you; dev killed the fox, ran away]: Mirer 1940:226-236; Stavropol Turkmens [after getting to the divas, Jesus the hero (Ica-Behlewan), using various tricks - pulling trees in the forest, devouring an entire calf, squeezing brains out of the ground (jer meillici), extracting the earth's stomach and intestines, digging an entire well of water - misleads divas regarding their strength; the divas could not kill I. with either boiling water or a hammer and decided to get rid of him by giving him a bag of gold and letting him go home; the hero pretended to throw a heavy bag right out the forest to his house, but he was offered to go on his back a diva; this diva was surprised at the hero's lightness, but begged "not to impose weights", as soon as the hero began to poke him in the back with an awl; The diva frightened his wife when he arrived in the house, I. turned him to flight; the fox wanted to help the diva, but she also died from the hero's cunning]: Samoilovich 1914, No. 16:; Adygi [no one can to rid the village of giants, Bald undertakes to do it; sees a giant on the other side of the river; tells him to be carried across the river; giant: whoever is stronger will carry the other; crushed a stone from the other squeezed water; Bald shows a handful of flour, squeezes water from a piece of cheese; ate cheese, but the giant could not eat the stone; the giant carries Bald, intending to drown it, he stabs it with an awl, the giant as soon as possible crosses the river with him, brings giants into the house; Bald hid his share of meat, the giants think he ate it; at night, giants throw stones at the Kunatskaya, Bald waits in the attic, says that Kunatskaya hail has failed; giants offer a competition in running, Bald lets his younger brother, a hare; offers to fight with his older brother, a bear; giants pour boiling water into Kunatskaya, Bald waited out in the attic, said that it was raining; the giants agreed to take Pleshivy to his house, give him treasures; he persuaded his mother to say that there was nothing to feed the guests: only bones from the old ones remained gnawed giants; giants run away, fox leads them back; Bald: thank you, but the ones I lent you were fatter; giants kill the fox, run away]: Kerashev 1957:248-254 (=Maximov 1937:131- 148); Kabardian people [princely warriors cannot defeat others; the widow's son Kuytsuk takes flour and cheese, tells the frost to carry it across the river; the frog wants to measure his strength; crumbles the stone and squeezes it out of it water; K. shakes the flour out of the bag and eats cheese; the other man cannot eat stones, admits defeat, wants to throw K. into the river, but he stabs him with an awl, the other is frightened, brings K. to his house; K. tells him to stab him for him a bull for breakfast, lunch and dinner; quietly digs a hole under the table and throws meat there; at night he throws stones through the chimney; K. dodged, said in the morning that hail was coming; others gave gold, one of them carries K., who stabs him with an awl; runs ahead, negotiates with his mother; she loudly says that only the bones of the other are left; the whores ran away and did not return]: Aliyeva, Kardangushev 1977:39-44; Abkhazians [old Tachkum is cowardly and boastful, his wife kicked him out of the house; he came to the river, on the other side of the Adaua; he squeezed a stone, splashed water, T. squeezed a piece of cheese; the adaui crushed the stone into powder, T. showed a handful of flour; the adaui are frightened, agrees to carry T. across the river; he is surprised that he is light; T. says he holds on to the sky; the adaui offers to let go of the sky, T. puts an awl in his back; waving an oak tree, the Adaui drives animals, T. climbs a tree out of fear, the boar plunged his fangs into the trunk, got stuck; T. took the king out of the nest; released it, offered the Adaui to catch the bird; he asked to chop the bird trees, T. began to tie the forest so that everything at once, the adaui brought trees himself; at night T. puts a block instead of himself, the adaui pours boiling water; the next night he pierces with a hot spit; T.: it was hot; fleas bit; says he is tired of game, he wants adaua meat; he ran away]: Shakryl 1975, No. 36:179-184; Abaza [the fox takes food from shepherd Kabizhchikun every time; he sees on the other side giant rivers (Ainizh); pretends to squeeze water out of the stone (a piece of cheese), rubs the stone into dust (a handful of flour); the giant carries it across the river, wonders that it is light; to show that he is on really heavy, K. sticks an awl into the giant; brings him to himself; K. pretends to eat several bulls (throws meat into a hole), begins to tie the forest trees with a rope when he is sent for firewood; dig a ditch from the river when sent for water; leaves a stone under the burka when the giants agree to pour boiling water over it ("it rained warmly at night"); throw stones ("thunder rattled all night"); the giants send K. home, he demands gold, refuses to carry such a little himself, the giants bring it; K. negotiates with his wife, let him say "how much giant meat to take"; Ainizh hears, runs away, the fox drags him back; K.: thank you fox for returning this Ainizh; Ainizh killed the fox, ran away]: Tugov 1985, No. 98:288-295; Ossetians: Byazirov 1960, No. 205 [the youngest of the Fanukkuz brothers was given ash, cheese and awl, kicked out of the house; towards the waig; he stung a stone, F. was cheese; Waig carries F. across the river, F. plunged an awl into the back of his head, Waig thinks that F. has lowered his weight; at night, the Waigi threw stones at F.'s bed, but he, assuming danger, went to bed elsewhere; in the morning: I was bitten by bugs; the boar plunged his fang into the tree, F. shouts that he caught the wild boar by the fang {this ends the paraphrase}]: 106; Dzagurov 1973, No. 47 [ the husband became lazy, stopped leaving the house; the wife put the soup outside, and when the husband left, she locked the door; he asked for a bag of ash, cheese and an awl; sees Waig laying on the other side of the river stones you mouth and spits out dust; the man put his son, blew out ash; squeezed another piece of cheese - water flowed; told Waigu to carry it across the river; what, light? my weight is tied to me with iron chains; Waig asks me to let go a little; the man stabs him with an awl, the waig tells me to lift the weight back; at night, the Waigi cut down the deck on which the person was supposed to sleep, but he was supposed to sleep in advance lay down in another place; the same when they threw stones on the roof and collapsed it; the Waig carried the treasure into the man's house; the fox led him back; the fox man: I told him to bring the ram, and you lead the goat again; Waig grabbed the fox by the tail and killed it; the man made a collar out of skin]; the Avars [the young Rakukirsh ("rummaging through the ash") is idle; the mother said they were distributing sweets outside the door, and locked the door behind him; he asked for a bag of ash, an awl and a head of cottage cheese; came to the river, on the opposite bank of the sledge; R. made a hole in the bag with an awl, followed by a stream of ash; the sledge was surprised, offered to squeeze the water out stone; R. squeezed out of cottage cheese; R. suggested that the sledge carry it across the river; he is surprised that R. is light; R.: I'm holding on to the sky; sledge: let go; R. plunged an awl into the sledge, he screamed - let R. again holds on to the sky; the sledge asks R. to turn the bread in the pan, she falls, R. stays under it; explains that his stomach is sick, he begins to warm it; digs a barrel of wine dug into the ground, saying no it makes sense to walk with a ladle; one sledge sneezed, R. flew to the ceiling beam; says to the sledge: how dare you sneeze in my presence, I'll hit you with a rod (points to the beam); the sledges are scared, gone; the fox tells the first sledge that R. is an insignificant man; he agreed to return with his fox tied to his belt; R.: liar, you should have brought all nine sledges, not one; the sledge ran away, dragging along with him fox; R. and his mother settled in his house]: Ganiyeva 2011b, No. 74:600-602; Georgians: Kurdovanidze 1988 (2), No. 128 [a lazy person does nothing but blow ashes, nicknamed Zoloduv; on Easter, the daughter-in-law does not let him into the house; he left, taking a bag of ash, an awl and cheese from her; when he saw a deva across the river, he pierced the bag, the ash rose in a cloud, the devil was frightened; Z. invited the deva to squeeze water out of the stone, squeezed it out of the piece himself cheese; told the deva to carry himself across the river; dev is surprised that Z. is light, he replies that he is holding on to the sky; dev asks to let go of the sky, Z. stabs him with an awl, dev asks him to hold on to the sky again; in At home, Deva Z. knocked over a stone frying pan, told the devas that he was warming his aching stomach, let them now remove the pan; the devas sent Z. to the yard for wine, he could not pick up the scoop, he pretends that wants to bring the whole vat; one dev sneezed, Z. flew to the ceiling, grabbed the beam: how dare you sneeze in front of me, I'll take this whip and hit it; the devas ran away in horror, the fox says that Z. ruined this one chicken coop, leads the deva back, he tied himself to her with a rope in fear; Z.: you drag one maiden, but promised 12; dev ran away, dragged him, crippled the fox]: 251-253 (=Dirr 1920, No. 2:6-9); Lominadze 1892, No. 3 (Racha) [Natsarkekia ("ash raker") only dug through the ash; his relatives kicked him out; he poured ash into the calebasa, went to the river; tells the deva that he is going to kill the nine deva brothers living across the river; dev carries him across the river, asks why N. is so light; he says he is holding on to the clouds; puts an awl in the deva, says he has now let go of the clouds; dev asks him to hold on to them again; across the river Dev powdered a stone, N. a pumpkin and ash; dev sent N. for wine, who pretended to dig up and bring the entire cellar at once; bread fell on N., he could not get out; he said he wanted to warm his sick stomach; dev farted, N. flew to the ceiling beam; threatened to hit the deva with it for impoliteness; N. stayed in the deva's house, and he ran away to his brothers; N. tied a sieve to his legs and became walk in the snow; the devas decided that these were N.'s footprints and went away]: 28-31; Wardrobe 1894, No. 1 (Guria) [the giant strongman invites others to compete with him; the king gathered all the army; dwarf: let's see more who would win; the giant squeezed the stone, squeezing out the water; the dwarf squeezed out more water; the giant threw the stone on the ground, breaking it into dust; the dwarf quietly buried the stone, poured flour on the ground; the giant held out his hand to the dwarf as a sign of friendship, the dwarf refused to shake it: he cannot die strength and has already killed many with his handshake; by the river, the dwarf is afraid that the water will take him away; says that he suffers from his stomach and does not wants to climb into cold water; giant puts him on his shoulders; surprised that he is light; dwarf: fighting for heaven; giant: try to weigh down; dwarf stabbed two nails in his shoulders; giant asks not to press any more; at home, he suggests that one of them take bread out of the oven and the other bring wine from the basement; seeing that he would never pick bread this size, the dwarf went down to the basement, pretends to dig caras out of the ground and bring everything upstairs; the giant rushes into the basement instead of him, and the dwarf had to take out his bread; bread fell on him, crushed him; he explains what he wanted warm his stomach, and now the giant can put bread on the table; the giant sneezed, the dwarf flew off, grabbed the rafters; says that if the giant breaks decency again, he will break the beam; the giant took off him]: 146-150; megrels [father-in-law does nothing, sits by the hearth, his daughters-in-law kicked him out of the house; he asked for a vessel of flour, an egg, an awl; on the other side of the Demi River; crushes the stone into dust; the man first broke a jug of flour, then crushed the egg; Demi is amazed at his strength, agrees to carry it across the river; asks why it is so light; man: holding the sky with one hand; stabs into Demi Shiloh is him, supposedly lying on him with all the weight; Demi asks you to hold on to the sky again; Demi: I'll chase animals at you; the man got scared, picked up a dead bird; says Demi drove the wrong way animals; he would easily kill them if he even grabbed a bird by the wing in flight; Demi offers food, the man slowly dumps meat, millet and pours wine into the river; the wolf and the jackal tell Demi that his guest I didn't eat anything, but threw the meat into the river, they picked it up; 10 wolves and jackals went with Demi; man: you owe me more than 10; wolves and jackals decided that Demi deceived them to give them man, and tore it apart]: Wardrobe 1894, No. 5:129-132; Azerbaijanis [Ahnazar is afraid of foxes, is lounging and staying at home; a neighbor advised his wife to pour kishmish from the door to the outside gate; A. began to collect it, his wife closed the gate behind him; A. asked his wife for eggs, awl, flour and his stick; wrote on a piece of paper "I'll crush the head of forty divas", fell asleep; the divas read, woke it up, offered crush the stone with his hand; A. showed flour; squeeze water out of the stone (crushed the egg); the diva believed that A. was strong, carried it to him; asked why he was light; A.: I do not want to press with all my might; plunged an awl into the diva, showing what would happen if he made his strength; the divas asked for water; A. puffed out his wineskin, said that he immediately drank all the water, and let the divas bring themselves; the divas sent A. for firewood; he tied the ropes to fallen trees, pretended to want to drag everything at once; divas: no need, the forester will be angry; for the night A. put a branch on his bed, covered it with a blanket; the divas threw the millstones; next time they poured boiling water; A. : fleas bit, sweated; divas gave A. gold and silver, that first diva took him home]: Bagriy, Zeynally 1935:525-530; Turks [hero (pahlevan - ironic), afraid to leave home at night, I looked at the monkey at the bazaar, and when he came home, my wife had already locked the door; he went into the light, there was a tavern; people say that a dev will come and pick one up to eat; the pahlavan digs a hole, tells fill with cheese and sprinkle with earth; suggests that the deva stomp to squeeze water out of the ground; then squeeze the water out of the stone (the pahlevan squeezed the cheese again, and the dev only crushed the grindstone); dev suggested go to him, where the other 40 devas are; pahlevan: only if you carry me; dev: something you are light; shawned: if I fall down, it will be hard (he stabbed the deva's neck); the devas pretend to eat 40 bulls, and he himself dumps meat into the pit; the devas ask for water and firewood; the pahlevan pretends to move the entire spring; the mountain with the forest on it; the deva bent the cherries to pick berries, they straighten up, they are shoveled threw it into the air, he fell next to the hare and grabbed it; says he jumped to catch a hare on purpose; dev wants to fight, the pahlevan pretends to throw him into the sky; the devas give A horse, a bag of gold, is sent home]: Dmitriev 1967, No. 71:373-378; the Kurds [Kezerkanun was afraid of a fox; to lure him out of the house, his wife ordered her son to throw pies from the roof, sent K. pick up and locked the door; K. asked for a bag of flour and an awl, went on a journey; came to the house of 7 devas, called himself a hero; buried an egg, offered to test his strength - who stomped so that yellow clay splashed under his heel; going for firewood, he pretends to tie a rope around all the trees in the forest to bring it at once; inflating the wineskin, he pretends to fill it with water from the river and immediately drinks (the devas are afraid that he will drink their river); K. overheard that they want to hack him with an ax, put a block of wood on his bed instead of himself, complains of insect bites in the morning; the devas give K. treasures, carry to his house; dev is surprised that K. is light; K.: I don't want to fall all the weight; dev: try it; K. pierces the awl in the deva's back, he asks not to fall down anymore; at home K. loudly asks his wife to give a mace to deal with the devil, he runs away; the fox says that K. is afraid of her, ties the devil with a rope and leads him back; K.: holds the deva, I'll help now; dev runs, dragging the fox, she died]: Farizov, Rudenko 1959:73-78.

Iran - Central Asia. Turkmens [Aldarkose went for brushwood; the fox offered to collect firewood for him if he gave her his chorek; having received a churek, she ran away; after running after the fox, A. picked up a pheasant, pheasant eggs, a turtle, the tail of a dead donkey; came across devas; they suggest comparing lice, A. shows a turtle; fleas - releases a pheasant; hair - donkey tail; squeeze oil out of the ground - tramples on pre-buried pheasant eggs ; the devas offered him food, left the cauldron full of meat; A. ate, threw the rest of the meat into the hole, said he was still hungry; A. put his fur coat on the bush for the night and hid himself; the devas threw stones at his fur coat, A. unharmed; he was sent for firewood, given an ax (which he can't pick up); A.: I collect firewood without an ax; began to tie trees to pull everything out at once, the devas ask him not to do it; at night, the devas poured on A. fur coat; A.: it rained warmly at night; the devas rushed at A., (the wind lifted him from their nostrils to the ceiling of the cave; A.: I think which one of you would break your anger; dev raised A., he was bulged eyes: I see where to throw one of you; one dev carried A. and the hum of gold that the devas gave him; wonders how easy the man is; A.: I hold on to the sky; dev: let go of the sky; A. stuck an awl in the back of his head; wife at home: only devas heads are left for lunch, which one should I serve - black or white? the devas rushed to run; the fox led them back, offered to tie them with a rope so they wouldn't be afraid; A.: why are you leading only two devas, your father owed me 40; the devas ran again, dragging the fox, it was torn apart to shreds]: Kekilov, Kosayev 1962:88-93.