M38c2. He cuts off a horse's leg to shove it. .15.16.27.31.

To shove a horse or donkey, Jesus (the saint) cuts off his leg, nails a horseshoe to his hoof, and attaches his leg back. The other character tries to imitate in vain.

Spaniards, Basques, Portuguese, Catalans, Bretons, French (Gascony, Lorraine, Dauphiné), Irish, Germans (Hessen), Romanians (Transylvania), Norwegians, Swedes, Finns.

Southern Europe. The Spanish (Asturias, Toledo) [Jesus and St. Peter went to the blacksmith to shove a donkey; Peter calls the blacksmith; Jesus: call the "master", everyone in this world wants to be craftsmen; blacksmith: it would be nice for this donkey to cut off his legs first, because he will lie; Jesus cuts off legs and then puts them back; the blacksmith does not take money: thanks for science; the guy brought a mad horse; the blacksmith: I can do it alone; cut off his legs; when he started to do it, he stuck it backwards, then legs cooled down; ran to look for Jesus; Peter: don't go into what you don't know-neither you nor I can do miracles, only the Master of the Masters]: Camarena, Chevalier 2003, No. 753:61-63; Basques [motive known]:: Camarena, Chevalier 2003:63; Portuguese [blacksmith brags that he is a master of craftsmen; St. Peter came in, shoved the donkey, taking off his legs and putting it back; Jesus forges the old woman; the blacksmith tries to do the same; Peter puts his legs on the horse, I. heals the blacksmith's mother, whom he began to beat with a hammer] : Cardigos 2006, No. 753:175; Catalans [Jesus hired a blacksmith as an apprentice; to shove an animal, cuts off his leg, then puts it back; the blacksmith tries to imitate; I. forged an old woman into a young girl; the blacksmith burned his mother; asks I. for help; he attached his leg, revived the blacksmith's mother]: Oriol, Pujol 2008, No. 753:149.

Western Europe. The French (Dauphine) [Jesus with St. Peter travels; an old woman takes lice out of her grandson's head; I.: what are you doing? old woman: it does not concern you; she continued to take out the lice for a year and one day; they go into the forge to shove a horse; I. tells Peter to bring the horse's leg, he brings it, I. got along with a horseshoe, Peter attached his leg to the horse back; the blacksmith has a 90-year-old mother; I.: I can forge her for a 20-year-old; Jean, who lived with a blacksmith, decided to rejuvenate his mother, but he and the blacksmith only burned her; I. and Peter stayed at the inn; hostess asked for 20 francs, I. gave them a hundred times more; when the guests left, the owner, with a gun in his hand, blocked the road for them and demanded money; I.: I will give it back if you put a piece of wood lying on the ground in your mouth; he put and became a donkey; St. Peter rode it; a year later they returned to the same inn owner; when she removed the donkey's bridle, he became her husband again; we came to see an old woman, who talks about how she had been taking out lice for a year; I. blew and lice are gone]: Joisten 1991, No. 64:349-351; Irish [arrogant blacksmith; rejuvenation; savvy horse]: Jackson 1936:289; Germans (Hessen) [blacksmith wrote on at the blacksmith's door, that he was a master of craftsmen; God was indignant and sent Jesus to punish him; he went down the ray, dressed as a blacksmith, came to the forge and laughed at the inscription; the owner said he could make a horseshoe by placing it in the horn three times; I.: once is enough for me; a rider drove up; Jesus cut off the horse's leg with big scissors, nailed the horseshoe, put his leg back; the blacksmith decided to repeat everything, You can't grow a leg; Jesus himself grew up and told me not to brag anymore]: Wolf 1845, No. 17:30-31, 77-79.

The Balkans. Romanians (Transylvania) [Jesus was hired as an apprentice to a gypsy blacksmith; he sent him to the forest to burn coal; the gypsy woman watched I. tear the fir into logs with one blow; said to her husband, a gypsy replied that it was not a miracle; a man drove up to shove a horse; I. cut off her legs, nailed her horseshoes, put her legs back; gypsy: he learned this from me; next time he cut off the horse's legs himself and was forced pay for it; and I. left]: Dähnhardt 1909:170.

Baltoscandia. Norwegians [the blacksmith has signed a 7-year contract with the devil; for this period he will be better than all craftsmen; hangs a sign "Master of Craftsmen" on the door; the Lord and St. Peter; the Lord separates one leg after another from the horse, puts it in the horn, shoves it, puts his legs back; puts the blacksmith's mother in the oven, forges her into a young girl; when the blacksmith the next day they ask to shove a horse, he tries to repeat the trick, has to pay for the dead horse; puts an old beggar in the oven, she burns; the blacksmith tells the Lord that the devil has not fulfilled the contract; the Lord promises fulfill three requests from the blacksmith; he asks that without his permission no one can 1) get off the pear, 2) get off his chair, 3) get out of his purse; Peter says that the kingdom should have been asked heavenly; when the devil comes for the blacksmith's soul, he invites him to pick pears first; the devil promises not to come again for another 4 years; the same with the chair for another 4 years; offers the line to climb into the purse, puts it in the oven, hits him with a hammer; the devil promises never to come; when old, the blacksmith goes to hell, the hell does not tell him to let him in, locks the bolts; the blacksmith crawls into heaven when the door is opened slightly to let the tailor in, whom he met on the way]: Dasent 1970:105-113; Finns [in winter Jesus and St. Peter went into the forge to shove a horse; I. cut off its two legs, nailed its horseshoes and put her legs back; the old woman standing next to her was forged into a young one; the blacksmith tried to do the same; the horse died, him the mother burned down; he ran to ask I. for help; he revived the horse and attached her legs, but the blacksmith's mother turned into a monkey]: Dähnhardt 1909:168; the Swedes [the saint takes off the horse's legs, shoves, then puts it back; in the horn he forges the old woman to the young one; the blacksmith tries to repeat the same thing in vain]: Liungman 1961, No. 753:212.