M38b2. Three daughters-in-law at the king's feast.
.14.-.16. (.22.) .27.-.29.31.32.
Each of the three brothers comes to his father with his wife (fiancée). The younger brother or his fiancée is considered worthless, but the girl turns out to be a sorceress and surpasses the brides of her older brothers in everything.
{The lyrics in this episode share elements with texts that include the motif K89 (The Girl and the Witch: Family Gifts) and K70 (Two Daughters-in-Law: A Girl and a Frog). However, in European versions, the frog is a heroine, and in Siberian and North American versions, it is an impostor liar}.
Egyptian Arabs, Portuguese, Bretons, (Viets), Albanians, Russians (Arkhangelsk, Vologda, Moscow, Ryazan, Voronezh), Ukrainians (Poltava), Azerbaijanis, Turks, Latvians, Karelians, Mari.
North Africa. The Arabs of Egypt [the sultan tells three sons to shoot a bow and take wives where the arrows fall; the elders married the daughters of nobles; the youngest's arrow hit an empty house where the turtle falls; so three times; the prince insisted on marrying a turtle; the sultan fell ill and lost his appetite; orders his daughters-in-law to cook for him; the turtle sends a maid to ask the wives of his older brothers for a rat and pigeon droppings for seasoning; they refuse to give and put the droppings in their food, the smell is terrible; the Sultan likes the food sent by the wife of his youngest son, he recovers; asks his daughters-in-law to come to him; turtle sends a maid to the wives of her older brothers to ask them to borrow a goose, a goat as riding animals; they do not give, but they go like this themselves; the wife of the Sultan's youngest son arrives in the carriage; she is beautiful; sprinkles on rice and jute themselves, they turn into pearls and emeralds; older daughters-in-law do the same, everyone got dirty; they had to leave the palace; the younger prince burned his turtle shell, his wife remained human appearance]: Artin Pasha 1895, No. 6:103-114.
Southern Europe. The Portuguese (Algavre) [the king promises to give the throne to the three sons who will get the most beautiful bride; the eldest marries the baker's daughter, the middle to the blacksmith's daughter; the youngest arrives at a house without a door; an old woman comes up, says famous words (four-line: Arcelo! arcelo, get your hair down quickly, I want to get up soon); long hair comes down from the window, the old woman rises it; when he leaves, the young man says the same words, he also gets his hair down, he gets up and sees a beautiful woman; she tells her to run so that her mother does not catch up; she chases; stops persecution, but tells her daughter to face like an ox's face; the Queen Mother sympathizes with her youngest son, tries postpone the show of daughters-in-law; suggests seeing which is the most beautiful shawl; the elders do not know how to weave at all; the youngest cries, her mother appears, gives a walnut, wearing an incredibly thin handkerchief, embroidered with flowers and birds; then the mother gives clothes; at the last moment she restores beauty and tells her daughter to hide all the dishes for her at the wedding feast, putting samples of all the dishes in her pockets; seeing how she she does it, her older daughters-in-law imitate her; while dancing, they all fall to the floor, the Queen Mother asks who did it; daughters-in-law point to the youngest; she is examined, she falls out of her pockets flowers, pearls and diamonds; the king handed over the throne to his youngest son]: Braga 2002:95-98; Spaniards (Asturias; also Castilla y Leon, Extremadura, Andalusia) [a childless woman wants children - even snakes frogs; gave birth to a snake and a frog; the snake crawled into the sea, but the frog daughter stayed; once she had dinner for her father, sang on the way; the prince liked the voice so much that he came to ask for the girl's hand in marriage; the prince had a brother- twin; the king promised to give the throne to the one whose bride would prepare three best gifts; the best vessel; the twin's bride was the daughter of a jeweler; the frog sat on a rooster, drove up to the seashore and asked her the snake sisters are a precious vessel; the same: the carpet; let the brides themselves come to the palace; the bride arrived in a luxurious carriage in the form of a beautiful woman; she is Maria; to spell her, you had to have someone in her fell in love; at a feast, M. hides food in the folds of her clothes, then waves his hand and flowers fall on the king and guests; the jeweler's daughter tried to repeat, sprayed everyone with scraps; M.'s husband received the throne; one of The princes expressed a desire to marry her snake sister; she went out and became beautiful; everything is fine]: Camarena, Chevalier 1995, No. 402:413-416.
Western Europe. Bretons: Luzel 1887 (2), No. 1 [the king has three sons, the elders are beautiful, the younger Alain is the hunchback, kept in the kitchen; the king promises to hand over the throne to whoever brings the best cloth; the older brothers are coming To his mistresses, A. meets a girl who brings him to her hut and gives him a box; when A. opened it to the king, rolls of beautiful cloth fell out of her; now the king wants a better horse; the girl gives the box again, A. opens it on the way, the horse jumped out, ran away; the girl gives the box again, this time A. her in front of the king; now he wants the beautiful princess herself; the girl gives a chicken covered in cloth (linge); when A. was walking through the forest, the chicken ran away, and A. was next to two beautiful princesses; A. cries for the chicken, she appeared, the more beautiful princess turned it into a carriage with horses, A.'s hump disappeared, A. became handsome {the less beautiful princess is no longer mentioned}; the king hosted a feast; the princess A. brought put food under her dress, then threw it around gold rods, jewelry and flowers fell down; the princesses of the older brothers drenched themselves and others with scraps; A.'s wedding with the princess], 2 [=Lopyreva 1959, No. 15:42-47, =Luzel 2016:192-201; the Queen gave birth daughter, the sorceress was not invited to the party, she turned the princess into a mouse; the spell will be removed if the sorceress's sister laughs; the king went to war, the mouse daughter asked to take her with her, sits in her ear horse, sings; the Spaniards liked it, the son of the Spanish king married the mouse princess; the Spanish king will leave the crown to the one of the three sons who brings the best canvas; the mouse wife gives a small box, in she has a lot of better canvas, her older brothers are shamed; they offer to leave the crown to the one whose wife is more beautiful; the mouse wife secretly rides her husband on a rooster; stops at a puddle; the sorceress's sister sees this, laughs; sorceress: the spell was cast before the sister laughs; the mouse becomes beautiful, arrives in a golden carriage; the king gives the throne to her husband; at the feast she hides behind a corsage pieces of food, they turn into pearls and flowers; older daughters-in-law also put food behind the corsage, dogs and cats run after them, the king drives them away, gives the throne to their youngest son]: 123-133, 134-145.
(Wed. Burma - Indochina. Vieta [childless spouses prayed to Neba and Buddha; the wife gave birth to a girl Nàng Út the size of a finger; her father took her to the forest, told her to wait for him to cut wood, left himself; the raven dropped watermelon seed, watermelon grew; NU stayed close, still waiting for her father to return; the passing prince ate the watermelon, left the peel; NU ate the peel, became pregnant and gave birth to a boy; the prince came back and took it NU to the palace with the baby; the king marries his son to the one who will sew clothes for him without taking a measure; only NU managed; whoever will cook for him to his liking; the same; the king gathered all the girls to marry his son on the longest haired and white-skinned; the night before, NU turned to Heaven and became an incomparable beauty; the prince married her]: Landes 1886, No. 70:174-175).
The Balkans. Albanians [the widowed king gives three sons an apple each, orders them to be given to their chosen ones; the eldest sons marry the daughters of Pasha and the Vizier, the youngest throws them into a rose bush where the Beauty of the Earth lives Fenichka; a snake crawls out from there; the youngest marries her, she turns into a beauty; 1) creates fried fish with her hands in a frying pan (the wives of her older brothers burned their hands); 2) says she has become beautiful , covering his face with chicken manure (older brothers drive wives to wash); 3) at dancing he hides a piece of meat in his sleeves; the wives of his older brothers do the same, the meat falls out in public; F. has pigeons fly out of his sleeves; the king regrets that he did not marry F. himself]: Serkova 1989:45-48.
Central Europe. Russians [the tsar tells his sons to shoot arrows; where he falls, take his wife there; Vasily and Fedor's arrows fell on the royal court, on the princely court, at the youngest Ivan in the swamp; there is an old woman in a hut; I wanted to leave, but immediately began to sink; the king orders my daughters-in-law to sew on the shirt; the old woman cut the silk into pieces, threw it out the window: nannies, mothers, serve me as my father and mother served; the elders daughters-in-law did the same, but only spoiled silk; I had to buy it at the bazaar; and I. brought the best shirt; the next day, bake bread; the old woman poured the dough into the mouth of the oven; the older daughters-in-law too; bought bread ; I. brought it, the king tried: eat a piece - otherwise the soul hurts; the king asks to weave the carpet; the old woman promises a flying carpet; "Take it yourself. And when you sit down at the table and the thunder thunders, you say: This is my woman wearing colorful dresses. When it rains, you say: It's my woman who washes her face with spring water. And when the lightning flashes, say: This is my woman coming and go out to meet me." A beautiful woman comes out of the carriage; puts pieces behind her sleeve at the table; shook her sleeve: the Neva River was formed, ducks and eiders swam on it; the older daughters-in-law tried it - pieces and crumbs flew to the table and to the guests ; I. burned an old woman's outfit; Elena Prekrasnaya: now Koschey the Immortal will take me away; took me away; I. came to an elderly woman, this is an EP aunt; sent me to her mother, she tells her husband, i.e. the father of the EP, to ask forgiveness; father sends to take his wife away from Koshchei, he himself cannot; Koschey suggests throwing a sword: who is taller; I.: I want to throw your sword on the cloud; Koschey angered, turned I. into an egg; Eagle Orlovich pecked, broke shell, but told I. to work in his kitchen; after a year of service and drinking kvass, I. threw a sword that fell back 3 hours - not enough; he still served - 6 hours; enough; the Eagle teaches: Hit Koshchei with my sword and only once 12 Koshcheev brothers to his own; I. killed Koshchei and his brothers, freed the EP, brought her to Orel; he tells her to work and drink kvass for two years; after the first year, like I., she throws a sword that falls three hours, after the second - six; we got home, the tsar gave I. the throne]: Razumova, Senkina 1987:72-82; Russians (Vologda) [boyar Dobromysl tells his sons to fire arrows; where he falls, take his wife there; the eldest and the middle married the daughters of a nobleman and a boyar; Ivan went to the hut, in which the old woman holds his arrow; turned the hut into a rich room; if I. does not marry the old woman, he will not leave the swamp; as soon as And . agreed, the old woman turned into a beautiful woman; the name Svetlana, she was bewitched; while she is young only at night; D. orders her daughters-in-law to make a shirt; S. cut the canvas, threw it into the window, ordered to be sewn in the wild winds; I. brought the best shirt; weaving the carpet is the same; bake bread (S. poured the dough into the cold oven); D. wants to see daughters-in-law; S. hides food in her sleeves at the feast; waved her sleeve: the pond, and geese and swans on it; the older daughters-in-law waved - they drenched everyone, sprayed everyone; to prevent S. from becoming an old woman again, I. threw her ring into the sea; S. ordered to look for her in the thirtieth kingdom; I. came to a hut on chicken legs, she turned around herself; "Hut, hut, stand backwards to the forest, and come in front of me!" ; there Baba Yaga gave a sword and a ball, let him follow; I. killed the kidnapper wizard, freed his wife, returned with her to his father]: Burtsev 1897, No. 46:265-286; Russians (Moscow) [the tsar has three sons, tells shoot arrows, the elder arrow hit the kingdom, the middle arrow into the merchant's house, the youngest Ivan hit the frog in the swamp; frog: I won't give the arrow, marry; the king tells daughters-in-law to sew shirts; frog cut the matter into pieces, threw it out the window: the winds are violent, bring me the shirt that my father wears on a bright holiday; other daughters-in-law sent the girl Nigella to spy; they threw away the rags themselves, they they lie, they managed to sew it by force; the king: wear this groom, this one to the janitor; and the king will wear the frog shirt to the big ball; the same with the carpet; with the pie (the frog poured the dough into the cold oven); at the wedding, a frog she became an old woman, hides spoon knives by the sleeve; she waved at the dance: the knife flew out - the ditch around the house, the spoon - the water in the ditch, once again - the ships sailed, the birds of paradise are sitting, the cats are walking overseas; daughters-in-law they repeat: a fork in someone's eye, a spoon in the forehead, the vodka broke, filled everyone; they went to bed - the old woman became beautiful; I. hid the ring and threw it into the sea; wife: now I can't live with you, she went to sea]: Vedernikova, Samodelova 1998, No. 36:87-89; Russians (Ryazan) [the tsar tells three sons to shoot: where the arrow is, there is the bride; the eldest took the princess, the middle took the general's daughter, the youngest found an arrow in the frog's mouth; the king tells daughters-in-law to make shirts; frog: babysitters, do it; sons bring shirts to the king; the eldest to wear in a black hut, the middle one to go to the bathhouse, the youngest on Christ's day wear; the same: bake bread; the frog pretends to throw the dough into the oven, and turns to the babysitters; the eldest sons have bread - kuli-muli, the youngest - for Christ's day; bring daughters-in-law to ball; the frog has become beautiful; at the feast she hides food and drinks in her sleeves; waved her hands - forests and waters, birds are flying; other daughters-in-law poured over people; I. found and burned the casing; wife: look far away in thirtieth kingdom; I. came to the old woman; the hut to the forest backwards, to me in front of me; the old woman does not know about Elena the Beautiful (EP), sends to her older sister; she sends to the oldest, teaches me what to do; she Viet gold, locked the spindle in a box; I. unlocked, broke the spindle, threw the tip back, the spine in front of him, EP appeared in front of him; they flew home on a flying carpet; another groom he chased, but he can't go to Russia]: Afanasiev 1958 (2), No. 237:329-331; Russians (Voronezh) [The princes ask their father to marry them, who allows them to choose their own brides. Older brothers shoot bows and hit merchant and royal houses with arrows, taking girls as wives from there. Younger Ivanushka enters the river, decides that his destiny is to drown himself, the frog returns his arrow, and he marries her. Ivan does not show his wife to his brothers; she performs the king's tasks better than other daughters-in-law - she sews a shirt and bakes a cake. The king calls his sons and wives to the ball, Ivan appears alone, the frog in the form of a beautiful girl comes after him. She hides her half-eaten food in her sleeve, waves her arms while dancing, and a lake and swans appear. The daughters-in-law try to repeat the miracle, but bones fly out of their sleeves and wine is poured out (on the king). The king kicks them out. Maria Tsarevna sheds her skin and drowns in the river. Lives happily with her husband]: Baryshnikova 2007, No. 41:172-174; Russians (a fairy tale from Afanasiev's notes, the place of recording is not specified) [the king tells three sons to shoot, marry a girl from home where an arrow will hit; the elders take the daughters of the minister and the general, the youngest Ivan the frog (otherwise it will not let him out of the chisel); at night the frog takes off his skin, becomes beautiful; the king asks daughters-in-law 1) they sewed him shirt on, 2) made gold-embroidered carpets; the Frog orders the winds, they bring everything; 3) baked bread; the frog sprinkles flour into cold water, puts it in an unheated oven, takes out the bread; others daughters-in-law do the same, nothing works out, they hastily melt the oven, the bread burns; 4) at the feast The frog is beautiful, pours and puts what they have not drunk, are undernourished by the sleeves, dancing, splashes out the lake with swans, then it disappears; other daughters-in-law imitate, scraps everyone; I. burns frog skin, Vasilisa Premudraya tells us to look for it in the thirtieth kingdom; Baba Yaga teaches that when the VP arrives, you have to grab her head; she will turn into a frog, a toad, a snake, an arrow; you have to break an arrow; I. fires an arrow, the VP flies away; the same with BYA's sister, I. breaks the arrow, returns from the VP on a flying carpet]: Afanasiev 1958 (3), No. 570:356-361; Ukrainians (Poltava, Gadyach, c. 1978) ["Not here, in a de facto kingdom.." The king sends his beautiful sons to look for brides: shoot arrows. The elder brother fires an arrow into the princess's garden, the middle brother shoots an arrow into the princess's court, and the princes take the brides. The younger brother gets into a rural swamp, a toad raises an arrow and does not give it back until the prince agrees to marry her, he tells his father, cries, he says this is his share, the prince takes the toad in wives. The king asks his daughters-in-law to weave a towel, the toad sheds his skin, goes out into the yard, screams, whistles, the female servants appear, prepare a towel with eagles sewn on - it turns out to be the best, his king keeps it for himself, gives the rest to the kitchen. The king orders buckwheat to be baked. Daughters-in-law spy on the toad's actions, they can't repeat it, the king praises her. The king invites his sons and wives to the "benket", the toad sends her husband forward, says that the rain means that she is washing her face, the thunderstorm dresses up, the thunder is approaching. The brothers laugh at Ivan. She arrives in a carriage, everyone admires her, puts pieces of food at lunch, leftovers in her sleeve, and her daughters-in-law repeats. He dances - a garden appears from his sleeves, a pole on which a cat walks, a lake overflows, swans swim. Daughters-in-law fall with bones from their sleeves to the king's forehead, and the queen's eyes. Ivan comes home, burns the skin of a toad, returns to the party. She finds out that Ivan has burned his skin, cries, turns into a cuckoo, tells her to look for it in the kingdom of far away with Baba Yaga's bone leg. Ivan goes after her, meets his grandfather "yak milk civy", who gives a ball pointing the way to Baba Yaga. On the way in the forest, I. meets a bear, wants to kill, he promises to be useful, sees a pike by the sea, wants to eat, it promises to be useful, he throws it into the water. She comes to the hut on the "chicken bottom", Baba Yaga says that Ivan's wife works for her brother on the island and comes to look in her head, advises him to grab it and run without looking back when he sees it. He comes to the sea, a pike appears, hits the water with its tail, and a glass bridge with golden railings appears from coast to island. On an island in the forest, Ivan gets lost, starves, a falcon kills a hare, Ivan eats it, then the bear spreads trees and helps him find his way. He goes out to the valley, to the glass palace, and can't find anyone. She finds his wife behind the golden doors, she becomes a cuckoo, takes him under her wing, and they come back. She says that her father cursed her and gave her to work for three years, now she is free]: Rudchenko 1870, No. 28:99-106.
Caucasus - Asia Minor. Azerbaijanis [daughters of the vizier and vekil teach the king's three daughters to send melons to their father: ripe, ripe, slightly unripe; the vizier explains that it is time to marry their daughters; the king tells everyone to let them go arrow; the eldest's arrow hits the roof of the vizier's house, the middle arrow hits the vekiel, the youngest falls by the bush; the girl finds a snake there, she turns into a young man named Shamsi-Kamar, he tells her not to reveal secrets; otherwise she will find it again only when she wears out her iron shoes and her iron staff bends; the king invited her daughters; the elders put rice in their sleeves, when they were dancing, it fell down; the youngest's sleeves fell down precious stones; the mother persuaded her daughter to reveal the secret, threw a snake skin into the fire; the husband disappeared with the house; the wife looked for him until she wore out her iron shoes and bent her staff; the SHK slaves came for water , his wife threw a ring into the jug; the HK recognized her, but told her not to open; his father thinks that the princess is one of the maids, telling her to bring firewood from the forest; the HK teaches me to say in the forest that the SC is dead; then firewood they gathered themselves; at night, the HK poured boiling water on the bride, which his father had prepared for him, rode off with the princess; wedding; the bride's relatives did not catch them]: Bagriy, Zeynally 1935:216-221; Turks [(enough very different options, some move on to other stories); three sons of the padishah to their father, three melons of different ripeness; he realizes that it is time for them to marry; they shoot arrows; where the arrow falls, there we must take a wife; the elders take wives from good families, and the youngest's wife ends up in a tree (wasteland, well, etc.), there is a frog; daughters-in-law must cook; frogskin is burned; at a feast, the youngest's wife She hides his son's leftovers in his clothes, and when she dances, gold falls from there; older daughters-in-law try to imitate, spoiled themselves and others]: Eberhard, Boratav 1953, No. 86:93-96.
Baltoscandia. Latvians [when it is time for sons to marry, the father fires three arrows and tells them to look for wives where the arrows fall (or sons throw stones and follow the ball); the youngest son marries frog (toad, mouse_; father tells me to bring beautiful shirts, bake delicious bread; the frog does tasks best; puts bones in his sleeve at the feast, and beautiful objects fall out of his sleeve; brothers' wives they try to do the same without success; the frog's husband burns the frog's skin, the frog disappears, he looks for it]: Aris, Medne 1977, No. 402:281; Karelians [the king has three sons, the younger Tukhkimus ("mess"); king gave everyone a bow, for T. the worst, tells them to take wives where the arrows fall; the elder's arrow fell on the roof of the royal bakery, the middle one fell on the royal cuisine, T. in the forest; the king orders them to bring from the brides holiday towels; T. goes to the forest, there is an poor hut, a mouse came out of the crack; tells me to sleep on the stove without pants, there will be a towel in the morning; during the night thousands of mice plowed the field, grew flax, weaved towel; brothers show towels to the king; what the elders bring are ordered to be taken to the pigsty, the middle ones to laborers, T. to hang in his room for dear guests; now the king orders them to be brought from daughters-in-law shirts; older daughters-in-law send a pooch to T. to spy; she tells how one mouse opened the window, the other cut the fabric into pieces, threw them to the wind, the wind brought the shirt; daughters-in-law too they cut the royal fabric given to them, but did not wait for the shirts and sewed them from their own fabric; the king orders the shirts of the elder daughters-in-law to be given to the laborers, and T. promises to wear what he brought for Easter; the king orders them to cook swarms; the dog tells how the mouse shook the flour out the window to the wind; then the mice brought the swirl in the ladle and disappeared; the daughters-in-law also shook out the flour, then had to make swinds in cold water ; brought by his elder daughters-in-law, the tsar orders to give it to the sheep, and calls the one brought by T. the enlightenment of John the Theologian and goes with her to church; the king wants to see daughters-in-law; the mouse has turned beautiful; kicked a ladle and a mouse into the water, a horse jumped out, a carriage appeared; tells the mouse state to disappear and a castle appear; T. comes in, invites the bride's parents and relatives; during the feast, T. puts crumbs and bones behind her sleeve; when she poured out, a lake appeared, fish and ducks in it, along the shores of a cereal field; daughters-in-law tried to imitate, stained the floor, got bones on guests; the king handed over the throne to T. his brothers became laborers, their wives became maids]: Onegin 2010, No. 22:246-252.
Volga - Perm. Marie: Chetkarev 1941, No. 11 [the tsar tells his three sons to get horses that are not afraid of the noise of battle; the youngest Ivan meets a frog, it gives a thin horse, but it is not afraid of rifles shots, I. smashes enemies; the king orders to bring a fearless man; the frog gives a dog; at the sight of a bear, the brothers' people climb the spruce tree, the dog rushes at the bear; whoever finds the best bride, that the king will give the kingdom; I. brings the frog; the king tells his daughters-in-law to bring a beautiful shirt; the frog has the best; who will bake the best bread; the frog throws the dough into the oven, brings a loaf; other daughters-in-law they peek, they also throw the dough into the oven, it burned down; who will be beautiful; the frog turns into Maria the Princess, arrives in a glass cart, the street is lit up; I. burns frog skin; M. says that he had to wait two days, flies away as a swan; I. rides a horse to look for her, a dog with him; comes to the house, sister M. calls him his son-in-law, glues the horses one wing; in the second, third house, the second, third sisters, glued two more wings; the third sister teaches the Busurman hero to throw sand in his eyes, the dog will tear him apart; so it happened, I. brings his wife, her sisters with her]: 173-178; Beke 1938, No. 20 [ three brothers ask their father to marry them; he tells them to shoot an archery: where the arrow falls, take the wife; the elder shot south, the middle east, the younger Ivan to the north; the older brothers found arrows nearby and they took their wives; the youngest's arrow flew across the forests and the sea; in the forest, I. found the place where the arrow fell, but the arrow itself was not; an old woman with three teeth and a long nose said that she took it; would give it back if I. was on it marries; otherwise he will not leave this forest; he has to agree; she gives a ring, tells him not to lose; during the day the wife is an old woman, at night a young beauty; two weeks later, in a wagon drawn by a pair of horses, they they fly to the village of I.; the wife tells her husband to ask his father to give them a separate house so that others do not go there; but the father tells him to stay in his house; the older daughters-in-law laugh at the youngest; the father asks that daughters-in-law sewed him shirt on; I.'s wife opens the window, asks the whirlwinds to make a shirt; in the morning, the whirlwinds bring a shirt; the father says that the older daughter-in-law's is suitable for everyday life, the middle one for Sundays, the youngest only for Easter; now the father wants his daughters-in-law to weave tablecloths; the elder daughter-in-law sends the maid to see what the youngest is doing; she also throws yarn out the window, but in the morning she is there and lies down; the father evaluates tablecloths in the same way as shirts; the father tells me to bake bread; the middle daughter-in-law spies and sees the youngest pour the dough into the oven and tells the bread to be baked; she does the same, in the morning at the oven is burnt dough; the father evaluates: the eldest's bread - if you starve to death in the forest; the middle - when you return from the haymaking; the youngest - for a dear guest; I. and his wife go to marry, no one sees his wife in the closed carriage; when the feast begins, the wife
arrives under the guise of an old woman invited to visit; hides the food to the right, drinks in her left sleeve; waved - a garden and a pond appeared; she became beautiful; I. lost the ring given by his wife and at night his wife disappeared; taking the cat and the dog, I. went to look for it; the fish swallowed the ring, the fisherman caught it and gutted it, the cat found the ring, gave it to I.; he sat down aboard the ship, sailed across the sea; when he found the ring, his wife returned with it (to the human world); everything is fine]: 87-105;.