M38d1. Hair neck. (.12.) .30.32.-.36.39.
Thebubble-head, the straw leg, the hair-neck are successively dying, trying to act like ordinary people.
(Dan), Kalmyks, Mordovians, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tofalars, Eastern Khanty, South Altai Tuvans, Central, North-Western (Olenek) and North-Eastern (Verkhoyan) Yakuts.
(Wed. West Africa. Dan [two freaks: big-headed and thin-legged, they are great friends; they starve to wander; people they meet make comments about their monstrous ugliness, they do not pay attention; in the forest has many fruits; the big-headed decides to climb a palm tree to cut off the bunches; thin-legged: then our friendship is over; the big-headed climbed, his head outweighed, he fell and broke; the thin-legged ran tell people, his legs caught on his roots, he also fell and crashed to death]: Tiémoko 2019:13-15).
Caucasus - Asia Minor. Kalmyks: Basangova 2002:152 [Throat with hair, Tumbleweed and Salt slaughtered the sheep, let the elder brother throw the intestines and droppings away; he ate abdominal fat, choked and died; Tumbleweed suffered pour out the sewage, the wind picked it up and carried it; Salt sees that the brothers died, melted in the rain; the dog got the sheep], 152-153 [Throat and hair, wormwood shin, egg-shaped head, spleen they slaughtered a sheep; The throat stole the peritoneum, gnawed off the fat, choked and died; The wormwood shin broke its leg and died; The egg-shaped head jumped with joy, hit the joint, died; The spleen began to scream from The joy that she would get everything froze to the ice].
Volga - Perm. Mordva (Erzya) [the old man has a tow beard and an old woman Tin eye girl Felt belly, son Reed leg and goby Dirty tail; the old woman hears the howling of a wolf, the old man tells to make a fire; the old woman blew on the coals, the tin eye melted; the old man began to blow - the tow's beard caught fire; the son ran to get water - his reed leg broke; the daughter began to laugh, her felt belly burst; the wolf came in and carried away the bull]: Evseviev 1964, No. 57:377.
Turkestan. Kazakhs: Kanbak Shal 1985 [Bubble head, Straw leg, Neck-hair went to steal; The bubble hit himself on the forehead to kill a fly, burst; Straw Leg found the body, clapped himself out of pity on his legs, they broke, he died; when he saw the dead, Neck-Volosinka cried out and his neck broke]: 227-228; Potanin 1916, No. 48 [lived Kaganak (thin membrane in the stomach) -head, hair-throat, thigh like straw; they stole the lamb, decided to cook; The membrane of the head went to clean the intestines, flies sat on his head, he hit them, his head broke; The thigh came out like a straw, saw, hit his thighs, they broke , he died; Sheya-Volosinka, when he saw them, was surprised, said, "um!" , his throat burst]: 162; Kyrgyz [lived Bubble Head (Kakanak Bash; "kakanak" - amniotic fluid, amniotic fluid membrane), Throat-S-Volosinku (Kyl Kekirtek) and Thighs of Grass (Kuurai San); Head- The bubble was afraid to go out in the sun and in the rain, Throat-S-Hair was afraid to speak loudly; Thighs of Grass barely carried the weight of his body, was not good for anything; friends decided to extract and slaughter kid, arrange a redemptive treat; maybe our complaints will reach God and our cherished wishes will come true; they sowed corn to feed the kid; however, the bay cows began to trample on it and eat it; everyone I was afraid to go to drive away the cows, they ate everything; friends went to the bazaar; the kid costs 3 tangas, they had 10; the sneaker promised to get it for 2 if he was given 10; brought a kid, but disappeared with all the money; friends stabbed the kid and went to wash their guts; the droppings hit their heads, Bubble Head wanted to wipe it off his head with his finger, pierced his brains, died; Throat-S-Hair screamed, his throat burst, he too died; Thyazhki-Grass slapped his knees, his legs broke, he fell and died]: Sabyr uulu 2008:176-177.
Southern Siberia - Mongolia. Tofalars [there were three shepherd brothers: the eldest was Egg-Head, the middle was Grass-Leg, the youngest was Hair-Throat; VG began to cook meat, swallowed a piece, his throat burst; TN: he's bad a person steals and eats! hit his legs, they broke, he died; YAG saw that the brothers were dead, scratched his head to the middle of his fingers, they entered the brain, he died; half of the sheep and goats the brothers grazed ran away, so wild sheep and goats appeared]: Rassadin 1996, No. 12:21-24; South Altai Tuvans [younger brother - Bubble, middle brother - Nitkosheika, elder - Reed Leg; brothers made a hole in the dorzuk, sent P. for water; he tried in vain to collect water, and the brothers, meanwhile, cooked and ate the sheep's neck, leaving P. meat from only one vertebra; P.: Who will stand up for me? began to scratch his head, thought it over, died; N. yelled: why did we eat everything? his neck burst; KN drowned in anguish on the ground, broke his leg, died]: Taube 1994, No. 45:264 (=Taube 1978, No. 47:243).
Western Siberia. Eastern Khanty (b. Tromyegan) [live Bearded Chin, Thin Knife and Head Temple; enemy warriors came; Bearded chin was told to light a fire, the fire broke out, it burned down; the legs of the Thin Legs broke; The head temple was itchy and perforated; Cranberry and Sheaf live; they went somewhere, returned, the Cranberry told the Sheaf to make a fire; it broke out, burned; the Cranberry laughed and burst]: Chepregi 2015, No. 16:104-105.
Eastern Siberia. Yakuts: Ergis 1964, No. 38 (central, 4th Malzhaga Nasleg of Khangalas Ulus) [Chaachahaan promises to slaughter a bull by evening; his son Ot Atah ("grass leg") began to ride with joy, fell , broke my right leg, started riding on the other leg, broke it too, started rolling on both arms, broke them too, started riding my head, my head flew off, started rolling on my chest, my chest broke, because of this the boy died; Ora Mayi's son ("naughty brain") ran to collect branches, threw them up, the branch fell on his head, he died; his son Ot Syalyya ("grass pants") was allowed to hold a burning splint, he accidentally set fire to his pants, burned down, died; the wife of the old woman Chabychahaan (the name of birch bark dishes), sitting and stirring the bull's blood in a birch bark dish, fell into this dish with blood and died; son Sebirdeh Tues ("foliage chest") walked carrying a bull's brisket, his chest broke and he died; daughter Kyl Kyuemey ("hairthroat") wanted to fry and eat the bull's thin oil seal, clay from the hearth stuck to the omentum, she swallowed it , choked and died; son Habah Bas ("bubble head") said, My relatives all died, stood, cried, scratching his head, suddenly his fingers dug into his head, because of this he died; C. ate one fried with his gut, decided to call Mogus to reduce meat; the eldest, middle Ala Mogus, says that they have lost their ability to eat; the youngest agrees, eats meat and the dead, carries C. himself as a gift to his wife; he cuts through the bag, falls out; the wife hastily swallowed a thimble with a needle, found an empty bag; Mogus decided that she ate C. in the yard, ripped her stomach, and a needle and a thimble fell out; Mogus returns for C., he hides himself in dry bark, M. tramples on C., thinks that his bones are cracking; at M. C. says it's better to eat it with small dried fish; promises M.'s children to make a spoon, who give him their father's knife, he cuts off their heads, puts them on their bed, cooks their meat, hides in a hole leading from home; to get into it, M. becomes thin, C. cuts off his head, takes the swallowed ones out of his stomach; does not find live water; the bird screams, Little finger; C. cuts M.'s little finger, there is a snuffbox with live with water, he revives his wife and children], 39 (reindeer) [Charchahaan wants to pick wood fungus from larch (it serves as a medicine); his hand, second hand, legs, forehead stick; Angaa Mogus takes him away, C. cuts through the bag, runs away, puts bark under his fur coat; AM finds him, kicks him, thinks his bones are cracking, brings it to the children, leaves himself; C. promises to make them a spoon, tells them to give them a sharp sword, cuts off their heads, puts them to bed, cooks meat, digs a way out; AM felt that it was the meat of his blood relatives, wanted to catch C., could not stick his head into the move; C. offers to climb backwards, pierces with a hot foot; he orders to make oars from his two hands, make a boat out of his back bones, make his ankle as a pole in the booth, a cauldron from the skull, cups from his eye sockets]: 112-116, 118-120 (including Yakut text, both texts together pp.108-120); Khudyakov 1890, No. 9 (Verkhoyansky) [Charchakhan's people have Hair Throat, Wood-Leaf Chest, Smelly Side, Bubble Head; he has a lousy bull to the cloud, a faded bull to the sky; the bull was killed; Leaf Breast lifted his sternum, broke his chest and died; Hairthroat wanted to swallow part of the lung, peeled off his throat, died; Grass Leg went to get water, put water on the ice, started jumping, legs, arms, everything broke, died; Herbal Pants began to make a fire, burned down; Bubble The head scratched his head in sorrow, it burst, died; C. goes to three eduns; the first eats little, the second stopped altogether, the third goes with C. He eats everything, takes him away in his bag; while he went to relieve himself, C. cut the bag and ran away; the edun's wife, out of joy that he brought meat, swallowed a thimble and a needle; the eater thinks she ate it meat, gutted it, there was only a thimble and a needle inside; the eater found C., he stuffed bark under his clothes, the eater stepped, there was a crackle, he brought it to him, went for fish; C. promises the children to make an eduna a knife, they released C., he killed them, cooked them, put their heads on the bed, dug out; the eater eats his children; looking for C., he responds from home and outside; the eater poked into the hole, stuck, C. cut off his head]: 232-239.
SV Asia. Forest Yukaghirs [the old man has three sons: Grass-Thin Leg, Voice to Hair, Bubble Head; in winter the old man sent them for water; they scooped up and began to play; during this time the water in the buckets froze, the brothers could not move them; TT ran, kicked, broke his leg, died; GW began to scream, his voice cut off, died too; GP began to scratch his head until it burst]: Zhukova, Prokopyeva 1991, No. 7:148.