M39a6f. Sell and return the sheep.

.16.17.23.25.27.-.29.32.-.34.

The father tells his son to sell the sheep (goat) and return it along with the proceeds. Usually a girl teaches how to sell trimmed wool.

Irish, Scots, British, Arameans, Arabs of Syria, Iraq, Nepalis, Pampangos, Bosnians, Bulgarians, Croats, Romanians, Moldovans, Russians, Ukrainians (Galicia, Chernigov, Sumy), Slovaks (Tsemplin), Karaites and Crimean Tatars, Adygs, Abkhazians, Ossetians, Lucks, Armenians, Turks, Kurds, Mari, Karakalpaks, Kazakhs, Oirats (Derbets), Mongors.

Western Europe. Irish: Davies 1859 (County Clare) [Gobawn Saer {=Goban Saor: Legendary Old Irish Master Builder} and his son arrived in the country where the palace was being built; GS helped him the builders installed the beams and went on; the king sent messengers to pick him up - invited him to complete the construction and promised a reward; GS got to work with his son; before starting travels, GS found a smart wife for him; gave him sheepskin and told him to sell it in town; at the same time told him to go back with both the skin and the money for it; the son tried unsuccessfully to find a buyer; I met a girl who, after finding out what was going on, cut off her hair, returned the skin and gave money for the wool she had received; GS married her son to this girl; she gave her husband two tips: 1) on the way" shorten the road" for his father; 2) do not spend the night in any house for more than two nights without enlisting the favor of one of the women who live in it; while traveling, GS was tired, the son suggested that he "shorten the road" (but didn't know how to do it); GS asked him to tell a story; when they stayed with the king, GS's son secured the princess's favor; when construction was nearing completion , the king decided to kill GS and his son so that they would not build the same palace for another ruler; the princess informed GS's son and he told his father; GS told the king that it took to complete the work an instrument he forgot at home; the king forbade him to go after it, GS agreed that the prince should do so; told him to borrow an instrument called Cur-an-Aigh-an-Cuim from his daughter-in-law (" This sentence <... > has since become proverbial in Ireland"; no translation); the daughter-in-law was suspicious of this; she found out that her husband and father-in-law were in danger and imprisoned the prince; the king released GS and his son and provided them with expensive gifts; when they returned home, the prince was released]: 106-109; Greene 1909 (Kildare County) [Gubbawn Seer gave his son sheepskin and said he would not allow him to marry until he returns the same skin and the money for it; the son tried unsuccessfully to find a buyer; met a girl who, after finding out what was going on, cut off her hair, returned the skin and gave money for the wool received; GS married his son to this girl; when they went to work, GS told his son to shorten the road; he did not understand, they returned home; the son's wife explained: when the father repeats the request, start joke or sing; son did so, GS was pleased; the English king called on them to build a huge building; did not want a similar structure anywhere else in England, and decided to execute GS and his son when they finished the work; upon learning of this, GS told the king that a tool called "Twist against twist" was needed to complete the construction and that he should go after it; the king does not agreed, entrusted it to GS son and prince; the instrument allegedly lay in a large chest; GS son wanted to get it, his wife told him to remove his little short hands and give way to the prince with his with long, graceful hands; when the prince put his hands into the chest, grabbed it by the heels, threw it inside and closed the lid; then sent a message to the king: if he does not let GS go, the prince will be executed; the king freed GS]: 172-174; Kennedy 1866 [King Munster called Goban Saor to build a palace; GS knew that the king had killed several architects to prevent them from building a palace like his, and so I talked to my wife alone before leaving with my son; on the way we stopped for the night at the house of a farmer who had two daughters; GS advised them to keep them hooked above the hearth, an old woman's head and warm themselves in the morning while working; he also told them to take sheepskin, go to the market and come back with both the skin and the money for it; going on, GS and his son met carpenters who tried to obey the king's order to build a wooden bridge without stakes or nails; GS helped them do so; when they arrived at the king, GS and his son set about building palaces; when the work was nearing completion, one of the carpenters came to GS and helped build the bridge; the carpenter warned that when the palace was ready, the king would kill GS; GS told the king that for completion of construction requires a tool that he keeps at home, and offered to send a prince to pick it up (otherwise he will have to go pick it up in person, because his son is said to be ill, and his wife will trust him the instrument is only to a man of royal blood); the king entrusted it to the prince; GS told him some outlandish name in Irish, which his wife would find at his bed's head"); a few days later, two of those who accompanied the prince came to the king; said that the GS wife would not let the prince go until her husband returned home safe and sound; the king agreed; GS completed the palace and went back with his son; on the way, visited the house of a farmer who had two daughters; asked them if they could use his advice and what they did with sheep skin; the first one brought a woman's skull to the house from the cemetery (he frightened everyone, brought it back), when combing the linen on a cold morning, she threw some of the flax into the fire (received a thrashing from her mother), went with her skin to the market and tried to sell her under these conditions (she was ridiculed there); the second girl sheltered an elderly relative, vigorously moved her arms and legs while working, and therefore warmed up, carried her skin to market, sold wool and came back with the same skin; GS announced that she was marrying her son to this girl]: 68-72; Ó Cianáin 1933 (text recorded in 1930 in Mallahmore, Sligo County) [Gobán Saor {the legendary ancient Irish master builder} sent his son to sell the sheep; ordered him to return with both skin and pay; the son tried to do so unsuccessfully for two days; on the third he met a girl who, when she found out what was going on, bought a sheep, took off its skin and returned it to her son GS; he came home, told his father; he advised her to marry this girl, the son did so; the English king ordered GS to arrive to build the castle; during the journey, GS asked his son to shorten the road; the son replied that he could not do so; GS decided that both returned home; GS wife {wife, not daughter-in-law} explained to her son that a story should have been told; the next day they went again; GS asked for a short road, the son began to tell stories; when construction was close to Finally, the king asked GS if there was a better castle in the world; GS replied that if it was completed, it could be the most beautiful, but it required a tool he forgot at home; the king sent followed by his son along with his son GS; GS told them the name of the thing they wanted (cam i n-aghaidh a' caim, agus an dighe i n-aghaidh an árda) and said his wife would give it them; they came to the GS house and gave GS words to his wife; she took the prince to the basement entrance and invited him to come in to pick up the instrument; when he came in, she slammed the doors shut and said he would stay in imprisoned until GS returns home; after the king released GS, the prince was released; from the collector's comment: "Asked what dighe means, he {narrator} said: "Drink: Water". It is perhaps the genitive of deoch. Asked if the word might be uisce or struth, he said: "No: dighe was the word". He apparently makes árda the genitive of árd. Dinnen gives (s.v. Cam) Cor i n-aghaidh an chaim, as meaning "trick for trick"]: 164-166; Jacobs 2002 (the text was recorded in the second half of the 19th century in London, but most likely from an Irishman) [by Gobborn Seer was a son named Jack; Gobborn Seer once sent him to sell sheepskin and told him to bring back both the skin itself and the money for it; for two days D tried to do so unsuccessfully; on the third he met a girl who, after finding out what was going on, cut her hair off her skin, took it for herself, and D paid for it; he returned home, GS was happy, invited D to marry this girl; when they got married, GS and D went to see a king who wanted to build the best castle; on the way, GS asked, "Could you shorten the way for me?" ; D did not understand the request, GS sent him home; at home, D told his wife about the incident, who explained that she should have told his father a story; then told him what to tell his father; D caught up with him, did as his wife said; on her own advice, GS and D were polite to the court servants during the construction of the castle; when the construction was nearing completion, the domestic worker warned GS and D that the king is going to kill them so they don't build the same castle for another king; GS told the king that completing the construction requires a tool left at home; offered to send after him, D, the king refused, decided to send his son; GS sent a message with him to wife D: "Give him Curved and Straight!" (Give him Crooked and Straight!) ; wife D asked the royal son to help her get the tool out of the chest, and ended up locking it inside (so there he was, both "crooked and straight!") ; while sitting there, he wrote a letter to his father saying he would be released when GS and D returned home; GS and D eventually returned home]: 230-233; Scots (North Wist Gals, Outer Hebrides) [{from an English resume for an audio recording in Gaelic}; Boban Saor sent his son to the market with the sheep; ordered him to earn a shilling and return the sheep; the young man met a girl who cut off the sheep wool and gave it back to him; BS advised her to marry, her son did so; BS and his son went to Ireland to build a castle for the lord; the son, remembering his wife's advice, started a relationship with a local girl; She told him that they were planning to kill him and his father instead of rewarding him; BS told the Lord that there was a crack in the wall that could not be fixed without the special tool he had at home; the lord did not allow him to go pick him up, sent his son; the BS wife understood the message and held the Lord's son captive until BS and his son were paid and they returned home]: MacDougall 1957; Kharitonov 2008 [Master Gobes-en-Chor's father chose a bride for him; each girl was given three tasks; 1) to distinguish the lower end of a willow twig from the upper one if they are the same thickness; 2) take a herd of sheep to the fair and return both the herd and the cost; 3) approach the edge of the abyss by chariot without causing anxiety; girl: throw a twig into the river (the lower end is heavier, it will turn around current); 2) shear sheep and sell wool; 3) stay away from the abyss; after the wedding, G. went to build a palace in Spain; his wife advised me to be friends with women, they know all the secrets; G. found out that he will be killed when he finishes the palace; G. told the king that the wall is slightly crooked, but he invented a tool to straighten it; the king does not let him in; then G. suggests that the king send his son; an instrument called "hook-and-rope" (in hellish, a hint of bad ideas); the wife understood everything; she invited the Spanish prince to get the instrument out of the chest, pushed it there, exchanged it for her husband]: 119-122; Scots (South Wist Gaels, Outer Hebrides) [{from English Gaelic audio resume}; Boban Saor told his son to sell the sheep and bring them back; the girl bought them and cut their hair off, gave them back to their son BS; they got married; BS took her son to build a castle for the French king; when the work was almost done, the young man found out that the king would not pay them and would kill them; BS said that his son or the king's son should go get an instrument he had left at home; his daughter-in-law realized that trouble had happened and locked the prince in the room; kept him there as long as BS and his son did not return home after being paid for work]: MacLellan 1959; [{from an English resume to an audio recording in Gaelic}; Boban Saor instructed his son to sell twelve sheep, each for a shilling; he could not find buyer; met two girls, one of whom gave him money for the sheep, cut off their hair and then returned them to him; BS told his son to marry her, he agreed; BS and his son went to Lochlann {probably referring to Norway} to build a castle; BS told his son to have a relationship with a local girl; she said they would be hanged when the work was completed; BS sent Laird's son to Ireland for the stuff it took to complete the castle; the messenger was captured; remained in captivity until BS's son was released]: MacIntyre 1966; Scots (Gaelic diaspora in Cape Breton, New Scotland) [Boban Saor and his son went to build a castle for the king; BS son, remembering his wife's advice, seduced one of the maids; she found out that the king was not going to pay the builders and that they might , will not be able to return home; told BS's son, who to his father; BS told the king that a tool was needed to complete the construction, which was kept in his house; the king offered to send a servant; BS: the wife will not entrust the tool to anyone, I must go alone or with my son; king: I will send my son; he got home BS, told his wife that he told BS: I need a tool for titled "Turn like and turn for turn, and the little tool will not come over here until the big tool goes over there"; his wife took him to the entrance to the room, offered to come in; when he did, locked him door; after losing a son, the king asked BS what was going on; BS: Your son would be my wife's prisoner until I got home and you paid us for our work; BS and his son got paid, returned home]: MacNeil 1987, no. 15:58-60; [from the commentary to text No. 15: "This is the most popular of many stories told in Scotland and Ireland concerning Boban (or Goban) Saor, a carpenter of legendary skill. In Cape Breton, versions were recorded from Joe Allan MacLean (70A1 28/4/78) of Rear Christmas Island, Cape Breton County, and Sandy William MacDonald (109A12-110A1 20/10/78)"]: MacNeil 1987:243-244; the British [Gobborn Seer ordered his son Jack to sell the sheep's skin and bring both the skin and what was paid for it; the girl who washed the clothes advised him to sell wool, return his father's leather and money; father married her son; the king tells them to build a castle; GS offers Jack to shorten the road; Jack does not know how to do it, the father sends him home; the wife explains that he should start a conversation; GS with the son has almost completed the castle; the servant said that the owner of the castle is going to kill them so that there will be no more locks like them; GS tells the king that he cannot finish the work; he must send his son to get the tool ; the king offers to send a servant; GS: he can't do it; and my son? GS agrees to this; tells her daughter-in-law to ask Crooked and straight; Jack's wife asked for help to get her "crooked straight", pushed her into the chest; the king's son had to write to his father that he would return if will let GS go with their son; they were released]: Jacobs 1894:60-64.

Western Asia. The Arabs of Syria [the king demands that the vizier tell him tomorrow which of the stones is more valuable, which sounds are sweeter, what life gives us after God; the vizier's daughter tells us to say that the most valuable stone is a millstone, sweet sounds are a call to prayer, water gives life; then the king gave the vizier a gold-made chicken with chickens and ordered them to determine their value; the vizier's daughter: more expensive than a chicken with April rain is more expensive than a vizier's brains; then the king gave the vizier a lamb and demanded that he cook food from it, get money for it and return it alive; the daughter ordered the lamb to be killed, prepared and sold wool yarn, the vizier met all three requirements; after finding out who helped the vizier answer, the king married his daughter]: Bushnaq 1987:354-355; Arameans, Iraqi Arabs [in In the Croatian version, the owner tells the servant to sell the ram, cook it roast and bring the ram alive; the girl teaches what to do; she cut the ram, weaved and sold the rug; castrate the ram, Bake and cook cut; Iraqis and Aramaeans have the same shape]: Vries 1928:158-159.

South Asia. Nepali [the carpenter has three sons, the youngest is stupid; the father orders to kill a sheep and bring food from the market; the son does not understand, falls asleep on the road, hears two girls talking; one knows him problem: the father meant to sell the sheep, buy food with this money; the father marries the son to this girl; the father and sons go to another area, tells them to cut down the mountain; the sons do not understand, they are returning home; the youngest's wife: he meant to tell stories so as not to notice the road; the sons went again, the father is happy with the youngest; the sons are building a pagoda, the king is happy, but tells the builders to cut off their hands, so that they cannot build anything like this; the father replies that they have already sent their hands home, their youngest daughter-in-law keeps them; the king sent his son to her; his daughter-in-law locked him: if their hands are cut off carpenters, she will cut off the prince's hands; the king canceled the order]: Sakya, Griffith 1980:127-129.

Taiwan - Philippines. Pampango [the royal servant had a clever daughter, Marcela; the king told the servants to take M. a little bird and tell her to cook twelve different dishes from the same bird; M. replied:" If the king makes twelve spoons out of this pin, I will make twelve dishes out of this bird"; the king ordered that the sheep be taken to M. and told her to sell the sheep for six reais and together with She returned it with money; M. sheared the sheep and sold wool for six reais, and then sent the money to the king with the sheep; the king told the servant: "Go to Marseilles and tell her that I am ill and my doctor advises I should drink a cup of bovine milk. Let Marcela get me this medicine, otherwise her father will lose his seat in the palace"; M. and her father stabbed a pig and covered it with blood on pillows, sleeping mat and blanket; in the morning M. took the laundry soiled linen on the river, above the place where the king bathed; the king shouted; M.: "In our country, it is a custom to wash mats, pillows and other things stained with blood immediately after the birth of a child. Last night my father had a baby"; King: "Does it happen that a man gives birth?" ; M.: "This does not happen as bovine milk does not happen"; the king said he marries her son for her intelligence and virtue]: Rybkin 1975, No. 64:166-167.

The Balkans. Bosnians (Herzegovina) [the old man sent his son to sell the goat at the bazaar, return with the goat and money; the son brings the goat back - he tried to sell and take it away, but had to return the money; the old man takes the goat to the bazaar; comes, when the trade is over, goes to the colonel's house for the night; Kaziy knocks, the hostess comes the old man with the goat in the attic; then muselim (referee) comes official); mufti; they also go to the attic; for silence, the old man takes a lot of money from everyone; the husband comes, sits down for dinner; at this time an old man with a goat comes down, says that he was in court - in the attic all judicial brethren; the colonel expelled lovers and his wife, the old man returned with a goat and money]: Golenishchev-Kutuzov 1991:344-348; Bulgarians [a wealthy man gave his son three hundred rams, but did not give money to feed them; ordered the son to bring them all alive and well after wintering; the son met a girl who advised her to borrow money and feed the sheep until spring, and then cut their hair, sell her, repay debts and rams; the guy did so; then told his father who had told him; the father decided to marry his son to this girl, went to marry her; when he came, the girl's father was not at home; asked her, where is her father and will she return soon; the girls replied that her father had gone to the mill and that if he went around the forest, he would return soon, and if he went straight, he would stay late; soon the girl's father returned, agreed to give his daughter, but demanded that the matchmakers come; when they came and sat down at the table, dogs barked in the yard; father-in-law went out to see who was coming; when he returned, he said that Neroda was coming (dial. monk), leads a bad child (dial. mule) and carries nenitsa (dial. salt); the girl explained: there was a monk who led a mule and carried salt; when the young were married and set off on the road, the father-in-law said that would go hunting, and told him to wait for him by the even furrows and dry stumps that let water in; we reached the vineyards, the girl said that we should wait here; one day the robbers seized the father-in-law, took him to the forest, and became demand money; their father-in-law told them to go to his house and tell their daughter-in-law to feed them and drink them, and then brought them to the basement with the money; asked me to tell her that our female brought the puppies, and the pig is piggy, so let him take the puppies and throw them under the pig, and put the piglets under the knot; the robbers told their daughter-in-law everything their father-in-law ordered; their daughter-in-law fed them, gave them water, and then said, "Here are pigs for you and puppies for a pig!" ; the villagers killed the robbers, went to the forest, saved their father-in-law]: Ketkov 1979:151-153; Moldovans [the tsar tells the shepherd to sell the sheep and return with a flock and proceeds; the daughter advises shearing the sheep, sell wool; then the king gave the shepherd a heifer; she wandered to the boyar, who took it for himself; the king promises a heifer to whoever answers what is fatter, faster, sweeter; boyar: our pig, our greyhound, our honey; the shepherd's daughter: earth, thought and look, sleep; when he learns that the shepherd's daughter gives answers, the king gives a spindle, hemp, orders to hide the canvas all over the army; the girl sends the king a sliver to make a machine, a reel etc.; the king gives 10 boiled eggs - let him raise the chickens; the girl cooked two handfuls of seeds, sent the king to grow corn to feed the chickens; the king sent the boyar to find out about the girl; she apologizes: a house without ears; the brother went to change the name of the seeds; he would go straight - he would be late, and all around he would come quickly; the mother went to do one young out of two old women; explained: a house without a dog is like without ears; the brother went to the mill, There will be flour from grain; if she goes by the tavern, she will stay long; the mother makes two old shirts a new one; the king tells the shepherd that his daughter come neither on horseback, nor on foot, nor on the road, nor across the field, nor dressed, neither naked, nor with a gift, nor without a gift; the girl wrapped herself in a net, saddled a stick, hare under her arm, two pigeons in her hand, one leg on the edge of the road, the other across the field; dogs rushed at the gate, she released they had a hare; she gave the king pigeons, they flew away; the king married her on the condition that he would be the first to judge people; the mare gave birth; the other two say that his cart gave birth to him; his harness; queen: lock up first the foal and then release it; he went to the mare, not to the cart or harness; the king decided to drive his wife away, but agreed to feast first and let him take what is most important to her; the king became intoxicated and fell asleep, wife took him to her place; after that they lived together]: Botezat 1981:325-332; Romanians [motive known]: Vries 1928:157.

Central Europe. Russians (the place of recording is not specified) [after the death of his parents, the guy lives with his uncle; he orders to sell the sheep, return both the sheep and the money, and be full himself; the girl he meets: sell wool, sheep are cold, eat eggs; uncle takes her nephew to marry the girl; she suggests tying the horse to winter or to the forest (to a sleigh or cart); replies that the father went to exchange one hundred rubles for 15 kopecks (hares) poison: if the horse drives, there will be a big loss); if he goes around, it will be by evening, and if straight, he will return in three days (direct way through the swamp); uncle married his nephew]: Afanasiev 1958 (3), No. 327 : 57-58; Slovaks (Cemplin), Western and Northern Ukrainians (Galicia, Chernihiv) [motive known]: Vries 1928:157; Eastern Ukrainians (Sumy) [matchmakers arrived, girl alone, the parents are gone; speaks in riddles, the clues are offensive to those who come; the groom's father tells him to sell the ram, buy salt, drink and eat, and bring the sheep home; if he can, the girl is a couple for him; the guy went to the girl to ask for advice; she told him to cut the ram, sell the wool; the father found out that the guy did not find the answer himself, but told him to marry that girl, or else he would disappear]: 369-373.

Caucasus - Asia Minor. Karaites (a similar option among the Crimean Tatars) [the beloved vizier has died; the courtiers ask the padishah to appoint his former young son as a new one; the padishah agreed; satisfied, but decided to check young man; gives gold: buy a goat, two kebabs and a prayer rug, and return the gold one too; the vizier set off, caught up with the old man; invited him, going up the mountain, to carry each other alternately; the old man did not Got it; envious of the forest: let's go there on foot and go out on horseback; same; by the wheat field, at the sight of the funeral procession: has the grain already been eaten? Is the man on the stretcher alive or dead? crippled beggars - dead or alive? the old man became angry; Viir went to the mosque, and the old man went to his daughter and talked about the annoying madman; the girl explained everything: to start a conversation; to find a staff in the forest; whether the harvest had been laid; whether he was virtuous deceased; do the cripples have loving relatives; let the father invite that traveler to visit; baked two buns, a big one and a small one, took 30 eggs, tied them in a bundle and asked her father to give it to that young man; he ate half a big bun and 10 eggs on the way; vizier: did your sun split in half? 20 days in a month? the old man said that his daughter sent him; the vizier sent a servant to her, giving her a pair of gold and expensive cloth on his dress; the servant cut off a piece for himself; the girl: tell the master not to give gifts with the severed with tails and did not offend the servant; the servant guilty to the vizier; the vizier came to the girl: the house is beautiful, but the pipe is slightly crooked; the girl: the main thing is that the smoke should come out smoothly; after spending the night, the vizier spoke about the task of the padishah ; the girl bought a goat cut, weaved two rugs, rescued a gold one, emptied a goat and fried two testicles; but the vizier had to admit that he did not invent everything; the padishah called the girl, called Sultan Haseki married; but immediately went to war; when he left, he gave a sealed purse and ordered him to return to have a son with him, and in the stable to have a horse like his; the CX opened the seal and spent money, learned to play chess, dressed up 12 maids as men, also dressed as a man herself, came to her husband's camp under the guise of a Moroccan prince; won a padishah's horse in chess, paired with her mare, returned to the horse; opened to the vizier, asking for help; CX lost to the padishah and gave the concubine, i.e. herself; three days later, the vizier persuaded her to return the concubine; again in the guise of Prince CX won the last batch and received a ring with the seal of the padishah; nine months later she gave birth to a padishah's son, and the mare got necklaces; 8 years later, the padishah returned victorious; the CX returned his sealed purse to him, showed son and horse; when the padishah and the CX died, their son inherited the throne]: Zherdeva 2020, No. 76; Adygs (Bzhedugi) [pshi gives money to warku, tells you to buy a ram, then return both the ram and the money, and bring it jerky from the same ram; the girl teaches how to empty the ram and wither this piece, knitted stockings out of sheep's wool and sold them, Wark returned the ram, meat and money; pshi married an intelligent girl; after He went on a wedding trip for 15 years, telling him to be met on his return by a son riding a horse conceived by the stallion in which he left, a mare he leaves to his wife, and a dog conceived by a male dog, taken on a campaign, a female he left to his wife; the wife comes to Pshi incognito three times under the guise of a man, beats him in alchiki, asks the mare to see his stallion, the female to the dog, the sister to allow spend a week with him; she herself is unrecognized as a "sister"; when Pshi returns, she is going to kill his wife; she tells everything; Pshi ordered informers to be tied to immense horses]: Huth 1987:280-283; Abkhazians (zap. P. Shakryl, s. Lykhny) [the prince is required to finally marry; he only wants someone who can sew legs and dudes from pieces of steel and iron; his two milk brothers went to look for such a girl; in the same house the girl replies that her father sows what will be the subject of a quarrel by the road (she sows wheat, but did not make a fence); the mother went to exchange a tear (she went to mourn her neighbor with the expectation that she would come in due time mourn); when the brothers asked for wine, the girl advised me to tie the horse to the vine; there was no vine in the yard; so where did the wine come from? as for the prince's condition, let him first send her sand twine and a needle made of small stones; when he learned about the girl, the prince sent her a ram so that she would not kill him, but cooked two servings of kebab from it, and from wool made a burka and a hat; the girl emptied the ram and cooked a kebab from the testes; the prince sent her gold and diamond things through her brothers; the girl responded: small and large stars turned out to be rare; let the two mountain eagles not lose each other and the two brothers not hear hurtful words; the prince ordered the brothers to return what they had appropriated; for the wedding, the prince ordered to cook a meat dish and hominy from the cliff he pointed to; the girl gave her father a knife: do not work tomorrow until the prince arrives; when he comes, hand the knife and ask him to cut off the rock's head with your hand; the prince married the girl]: Khashba, Kukba 1935:132-135; Abkhazians [the bastard's brother and sister; together with his brother he stayed with one person; at night he decided to steal the bell from his door, but did not tear it off, but took the whole door away; they climbed a tree , the door to the bastard; pilgrims returning from Mecca stopped under the tree; the bastard dropped the door, the pilgrims ran away, the brothers inherited the property; the bastard took only a bag of incense, burned it on fire, smoke to the sky; God asked what he wanted; the bastard asked an Aphyartsa (two-string violin), from the sounds of which everyone dances; hired the ass on the condition: if he gets angry first, he will be left without salaries, and if the pop or popadya get angry, they will give them a chest of gold; the bastard led the goats to herd, started playing, they danced all day and were hungry; they gnaw a tree into the barn; pop, then they went to find out , they also dance, can't eat, they gave gold; the bastard told his sister to hide the gold; went to the bazaar to sell geese; the general's son asks how much ducks are; I had to give geese for the price of ducks; the general's son marries a princess; the bastard put on a woman's dress, pretended to be a maid and told the bride that the groom was not a man; the princess settled in the lousy man's house, and the bastard pretended to be a bride; ordered the cooks to send food to his house; a feast begins, but there is no food; after finding out where the valuables were, the bastard, disguised as a bride, pushed the groom into the well, took the valuables and married the princess; another king He sent a bastard's wife to his father: let him cut off a piece of meat from him, send back both the bull and the meat; the bastard emptied the bull; the other king sent three men in the same clothes: who is a nobleman, who is a prince, who peasant; bastard guessed by the position of his hands during sleep (thrown behind his head, one hand under his head, arms between his legs); the tsar recognized the bastard as his son-in-law]: Shakryl 1975, No. 50:262-268; Ossetians [aldaru I need a smart daughter-in-law; decided to test the daughter of the neighboring Aldar; went with my son, tells me to shorten the road, he does not understand, his father beats him; hears how his daughter-in-law feels sorry for her husband; tells me to send her away; the same on the other daughter-in-law (father asks son to boil the pot without water); third time: sell the ram and return its two halves; the daughter of a poor old woman tells her mother to buy a ram; he was eaten, and his head cut in half returned (these are the shares of older men); Aldar is happy, marries his son; hits for not understanding the order to "make horses fat"; the new wife explains everything: it was necessary to start a conversation, light up his father's phone, give it horses to get caught; Aldara was captured by enemies, put in a hole; he advises to ask for a ransom: 18 x 18 one-horned, as many two-horned bulls; remove knives from the wall, sharpen them outside the door on a grindstone; out of three cut down two golden pillars, bring the third whole here and bring cattle here; daughter-in-law: one-horned - spearmen, two-horned - with shields and swords; knives - you, I - a grindstone; kill two ambassadors, the third will show road; the army killed enemies, freed Aldar]: Britaev, Kaloev 1959:348-356; Lucky [pachshah gives a ring, wants to marry a girl who will buy a sacrificial ram for him, cook it out of it food and return the ring; the girl exchanged three sheep for a ring; one was eaten, then the second, she made a burka out of wool, exchanged it back for a ring, the third sheep slaughtered to her stepdaughter for Eid al-Adha; leaving for 7 years, Padchah tells him to spend money from a sealed egg without tearing it off, give birth to a son, bring his mare to a stallion, let his son come on a born horse; the wife, disguised as a man, came to her husband, beat him in cards, having received his signet ring and his mare; at home she brought the mare to the stallion, replaced the gold in the pot with coppers, sealing it again; returned to her husband in masculine form, returned the mare and signet; in in a woman's appearance under the guise of that nuker's sister, she met her husband; 7 years later she came to her husband with her son, a horse, sealed with a egg; happy with the stepdaughter]: Aliyeva 2013, No. 11:70-72; Armenians [wife asks her husband sell a goat, return with a goat and money; the husband offers a goat for a bowl of khash at the bazaar, ate khash, did not give the goat, the people decided in his favor: who gives the goat for a bowl of food; the same for gata {some food}; for halva; asked to spend the night in someone's house; the khash seller came, the hostess told him to hide in the barn; but then there was a knock on the door again; the three to whom the goat's owner allegedly sold it, one by one climb into stable; the man says he sells a goat, pretends to be ready to scream, takes money from everyone for silence; the husband comes and goes to visit the cattle; the man says he sells a goat; the owner: what is here, the bazaar? man: of course, they are sellers of khash, ghata and halva; the owner gives the man money for his silence and tells him to leave; he returned to his wife with a goat and money]: Ioannisian 1968:146-149; Turks (mainly Ankara and Istanbul) [the padishah asks the person three questions; if he does not answer, he executes; the youngest of three daughters finds answers; the padishah decides to marry her; what are gold, silver, copper? - Padishah, viziers, people; let a person cook food from a ram, make a rug and bring a live ram back (pick up a ram and cook eggs, a rug out of trimmed wool); let two eggs be made of two eggs by morning there will be roosters; what is the heaviest, lighter and sweetest thing? - Worries, thoughts, sleep; sew clothes without scissors or needles; let them give them sand scissors, a grass needle; she notices that the porters have hidden some of the gifts and reports this to the padishah through the porters themselves, not who understand the meaning of the words they were told to convey]: Eberhard, Boratav 1953, No. 235:280-284; Kurds: Jalil et al. 1989, No. 90 [the padishah tells the vizier to sell the ram and get money for it, get wool, bring two skewers of kebab and bring a live ram; the vizier goes with the dervish, who offers to make a bridge over the river; then climb the stairs to the hill; asks if the owner ate unmowed field their harvest; whether the city they entered was destroyed; the girl explains: it was necessary for one to carry another across the river; start a conversation; the landlord could be a debtor; the dervish wanted offer to go into the house; the girl sends her brother to take the dervish 12 cakes and 30 eggs; he ate a cake and two eggs on the way; the dervish looked and asks: 11 months in the year, and 28 days in the month? The brother said, the sister realized that he ate the cake and eggs; the dervish turns to the tandoor: does the smoke rise straight? girl: yes; the vizier tells her about the padishah's order; she explains: cut the ram, sell half of the hair, leave half of the hair, cut off the eggs, fry it, bring the ram alive; when the padishah finds out everything, he married a girl]: 396-398; Farizov, Rudenko 1959 [the padishah gives the young vizier a ram, tells him to cook a roast, weave a carpet out of wool and return the live sheep; the vizier goes on a journey with him an old man went; the vizier proposes to build a bridge by the river, the old man does not understand; after wading across the river and going to the mountain, the vizier offers to cut down the stairs; asks if there is a caravanserai in the city (theirs a lot); at home, the old man tells his daughter about his companion's strange proposals; she listened, gave her father four loaves and 12 eggs, tells him to take the young man to the caravanserai; after receiving the package, the vizier asks : Is your year 11 months old and 3 weeks in a month? daughter: you ate one bread and one egg! asks to bring a young man to her; the girl is slightly slanting; the vizier: the house is good, but the window is crooked; the girl: only the smoke comes out straight; tells her to give her a ram; explains to his father that the young man offered to brighten up the way with a conversation; wanted stay in an old man's house, not in a caravanserai; the girl scoped the ram and fried her testicles, weaved a carpet out of her trimmed wool; after learning how it was, the padishah tells me to bring the girl to marry her; the girl demands dowry: 20 rams, 30 bulls, 40 lions, 50 wolves, 60 foxes, 70 old skins; does the padishah understand? he's already 70! then the vizier married; the girl demands to solve the riddle: a person earns 5 kurush; one pays a debt, the other lends, the third throws it to the wind, the remaining two live with his wife; the vizier: supports parents, son, daughter; wedding]: 132-135.

Volga - Perm. Marie: Akzorin 1981 [father tells his son to sell the ram and bring him back home; the girl cut off her hair, sold it, gave the young man money, the son returned with the money and the ram; after finding out who taught son, the father sent matchmakers (the girl said that she lives where winter is still - the father told them to go to the yard where the sleigh is); the girl told them that her mother had gone to change black to white, the father had gone to change her heart and liver cut out of wood, and brother and daughter-in-law mow gold; offers water in which the drowned man was caught; the matchmakers returned, the father explained: the mother washes, the father takes out the honeycombs, the brother and daughter-in-law reap, the girl wanted treat him to mead; the father married his son; when he died, he said that he had buried a treasure in the garden, you could dig it up in autumn and spring; the son and wife dug up a vegetable garden, then a garden; the wife explained: now there will be a good harvest, he and there is a treasure]: 150-158; Chetkarev 1948 [the father tells his son to sell the sheep, bring meat for one brew and return the ram itself; the girl cut off the wool, sold it, gave the young man money, castrated the sheep, gave it this is meat, the son returned with money, meat, sheep; the girl said that she lives where winter is; when he found out who taught his son, the father sent him to the girl's yard, where they would see a sleigh; the girl replied that the mother had left change black to white, father to take out the living's heart and lungs, and brother and daughter-in-law knock down the standing; offers to drink the dead man's washings; the matchmakers are back, the father explained: the mother washes, the father takes out the honeycombs, the brother They reap her daughter-in-law, the girl wanted to treat her to mead; the father married his son; when she came to the wedding, the bride first of all forced her to restore the collapsed kudo (a house without floor and ceiling); died; one day the son and wife went to reap, it began to rain, the son stood under the tree; remembered what his father said: he would remember him under the tree; his wife ordered it to be uprooted, there was a treasure there]: 138-140.

Turkestan. Karakalpaks [bai sends his son to sell the sheep, bring the money back, and bring the sheep back; he stops at the peasant's kibitka; the owner's daughter explains: the sheep must be cut, sell wool; bai did not believe that his stupid son guessed it himself; after learning about the girl, he married her son; he was attacked by robbers; buy promises a rich ransom, asks to send two people with a letter; "Forty Put black dromedary camels forward, forty red dromedaries behind, young ones between them and everyone; if the cattle do not want to go, cut down one of the trees in front of the door to the root, and Just cut down the other branches"; daughter-in-law: forty black ones are horsemen, forty red ones are the rest of the horsemen, the young are the others; kill one who comes, cut off the other's ears and nose, let him show the road; the robbers fled when they heard a horse tramp, saved the bay]: Volkov, Mayorov 1959:140-142; Kazakhs [Edelbay has three sons, the eldest two are married; the youngest is Zhandaulet, E. wants to test him before how to marry; tells you to drive 40 goats to the bazaar and buy chintz without selling them; J. stayed with a poor man for the night; his daughter explains: sell horns; E. guessed that his son did not solve this problem himself, married him to that girl; is going to go to town; the elder daughters-in-law ask for a carpet and a chest; the youngest gives a bag and tells her to bring it back without opening it; on the way back, E. opened the bag, saw it eaten sheep bones, scattered across the steppe; robbers attacked, E. promised a ransom - 60 old camels and 70 young ones; chieftain: we were watching you, but you were 41 people - where did 40 go? E. guessed that the bones were magical; when the robbers came for camels, the daughter-in-law guessed: she called 60 elders for advice and sent 70 horsemen to rescue E., they killed the robbers]: Daurenbekov 1979:138.

Southern Siberia - Mongolia. The Oirats (Derbets, Ulaangom) [the mother sent a stupid son to sell the sheep for twelve cups of flour and ordered the sheep to be brought in the flour he had bought; the fool tried to do so unsuccessfully; alone The woman sheared the sheep, took her wool, and paid for it twelve cups of flour; the fool came home with flour and sheep; his mother married him to that woman; the woman sent a fool to sell the bull nothing more no less than 50 lan; the Chinese agreed to give him fifty lan and took the bull; about the money he said: "Come for them after. You can recognize my house by the following signs: there are two lu upstairs, two lions on the west side, white oil flows like a river on the west side, yellow oil on the east side; when Bala-Ayaka is full, then come for pay"; the fool gave these words to his wife, she explained: "Two lu are two pipes in the house; two lions are two millstones in the mill; white oil weaves a white daboo; yellow oil weaves a red dabu. Bala-Ayaka is a month. Go to him on the full moon"; the fool came to the Chinese for money; the Chinese sent a gift to the fool's wife - horse argal in one bundle, black sugar and candy in the other; the wife understood the meaning: "Let your husband argalus she lives separately, and the two of us together have two sugars together," and ran to the Chinese; the fool told the Chinese about his grief; he told him, wearing two saddles and two sweats, to walk around the city on all fours and watch whoever saw him; the fool walked through the city and returned to the Chinese; when he found out that his wife had seen a fool, the Chinese told him to go home and give her five lans; the fool returned home and found his wife there; she realized that two saddles meant live together; five lans meant that the Chinese was the son of a silver barn (it was a sign that the Chinese did not give up the idea of marrying her); she wrapped the silver in a hat and again sent it to the Chinese; he realized that she agreed to marry him, but asked for a delay; the Chinese father died, he became a barn, married that woman, and made her husband an assistant]: Potanin 1883, No. 102:365-366; the Mongors [the father has a stupid son, he wants to marry him; ordered him to sell the sheep, return with money and sheep; the boy sells and tries to take the herd, they take his money back; the daughter of an old man ordered the sheep he bought to be slaughtered, gave the boy the skins; the father decides to marry his son to this girl; her father did not want to give his daughter for a stupid man, but she went by herself; sent her husband to sell the horse; the man who bought it told him to come to Jeonsa Seh for money when the horse's hooves were round; wife: this means on the 15th, when the moon is round and Jeonsa is Sehu's neighbors; told me not to say that she taught it, but the young man confessed; the person who bought gave the money with pieces of meat, i.e. he considers the seller for meat; the daughter-in-law left, began to live alone; the family went bankrupt; that man realized that he did a bad thing, persuaded his daughter-in-law to return, business got along]: Todayeva 1973, No. 7:251-257.