M57D. Bay, baton, ATU 563, 564.
.11.-.21.24.27.-.35.37.
A person consistently receives magical items that bring wealth. Others replace them or take them away. A person returns what has been taken - usually by receiving another wonderful object (baton, whip) that hits the kidnappers.
Hussies, Comorians, Bobo, Vute, Ekoi, Tiv, Bassari, Guro, Tem, Gurmanchema, Ashanti, Yoruba, Mukulu, Nubians, Malgashi, Kabila, Berbers Morocco, Arabs, Morocco, Kabila, Egypt, Tunisia, Maya (Nigeria), Basques, Spaniards, Portuguese, Galicians, (Maltese), Sicilians, Italians (Ticino, Veneto, Emilia Romagna, Tuscany, Umbria, Rome, Lazio, Campania, Molise, Abruzzo, Calabria), Corsicans, Ladins, Irish, British, French (Lorraine), Bretons, Walloons, Flemish, Germans (Grimms, Austria), Aramaeans, Palestine, Jordan, Iraq, Qatar, Mehri, Tibetans (Amdo), Bhutan, Lushi, Meitei, Uttar Pradesh (Hindi), Kumaoni, Marathi, Agaria (Khuntia Chokh), Bengalis, Oriya, Tamils, Sinhales, Aceh, Hungarians, Slovenes, Croats, Serbs, Bosnians, Romanians, Moldovans, Greeks, Macedonians, Bulgarians, Czechs, Slovaks, Poles, Russians (Teresky Bereg, Arkhangelsk, Karelia, Vologda, Moscow, Kaluga, Ryazan, Gorkovskaya, Tambov), Ukrainians (Eastern Slovakia, Transcarpathia, Ugric Russia, Galicia, Hutsulshchina , Ivano-Frankivsk, Podolia, Yekaterinoslavskaya, Kiev, Poltava, Kherson), Belarusians, Kalmyks, Adygs, Abkhazians, Abazins, Karachays, Balkarians, Ossetians, Terek Cossacks, Dargins, Varnishes, Archins, Tatas, Georgians, Armenians, Turks, Persians, Tajiks, Bartangians, Turkmens, Uzbeks, Vakhans, Sarykols, Kafirs, Swedes, Danes, Norwegians, Faroese, Icelanders, Lithuanians, Latvians, Lutsi, Estonians, Livonians, Finns, Karelians, Veps, Eastern Sami (Skolts), Mari, Chuvash, Mordovians, Kazan Tatars, Bashkirs, Udmurts, Komi, Kyrgyz, Khakas, Tuvans, Buryats, Mongols (Ordos), Mongols (Ordos), Mongors, Oirats (Darkhats, Burguts), Mansi, Nanais.
Bantu-speaking Africa. Gusia [the tree asks orphan Nyabendo not cut it, gives a sieve that produces flour; the elder takes it away; the tree gives a ram from which coins fall - the same; a stick, she hits the headman , he has to return everything]: Vinogradov 1984, No. G 12:316-318; Comorians [the poor man cuts a tree, hears a voice, sees, takes a magic dish with him; the sultan takes it away; the tree gives a stick; she beats the Sultan, he is forced to return everything]: Haring 2007, No. 96:282-284.
West Africa. Bobo [during the famine, the Hare dropped an ax into the river; he did not find an ax, but pulled out the calebas; wished it to have couscous, the calebas would be filled with food; Hyena's wife saw the Hare's wife washing the fat bowl; when she found out what was going on, she secretly climbed into the Hare's house, broke the calebas out of envy, and sent her husband to the river; he threw the ax into the water, but pulled out the whip; he whipped it off; Hyena did not tell his wife about it; she locked herself in the room, took a whip, barely jumped out the window alive]: Anpetkova-Sharova 2010:148-151; vute [Tukur (dwarf deer) is fishing for a horn from the river; says: if you are a horn that cooks food, cook for me, and if the one hits me, beat me; the horn gives me food; Mekir (the mythical star) learns about the horn from child T., tries how it works, kidnaps; T. goes back to the river, fishes for the horn, who hits; M. thinks that this horn provides even more food, kidnaps him too, his horn hits him; he is forced to return the horn that gives food]: Sieber 1921, No. 51:237-239 (retelling in Klipple 1992:210); ecoi [sonya Nki drops a nut into the crab hole, the nut rolls into the city of spirits, the chief eats the nut; N. demands it back, the chief gives a drum that produces food; the leopard steals it and breaks it; N. drops the nut again, gets a long drum, hits it, Egbo's figure pops up, N. hits, she stops hitting the drum; the leopard steals it again, 7 pieces pop up, hits the leopard, then goes to beat people]: Klipple 1992:210-211; ashanti [when he was hungry, Anansi (the spider) noticed a palm tree on the island; he hardly sailed there in an old boat, climbed a palm tree, began to drop nuts, but they all fell not into the boat, but into the water; A. too jumped into the water; ended up in the house of the Old Thunder; he gave him a pot that cooks any food; A. decided to keep the pot from his family; his wife and children are losing weight, and he is getting fat; the eldest son became a fly, watched; they they took the pot, ate; then the wife took the pot to the village to feed everyone, but because of so much work, the pot melted; A. came back to the island; this time the nuts fell into the boat, but A. threw them into the water on purpose; Thunder gave a stick; when A. asked her to do what she needed to do, she started hitting him; he threw it, swam ashore]: Barker, Sinclaire 1917:41-44; Yoruba [Ahun climbs on a palm tree, cuts down a bunch of fruits, it falls into the river; Omo-Olokun takes it to his father's house; A. comes, prostrates, gets a calebas who gives food; A. feeds the family, then brings Calebas to the king; he summons people to celebrate; A. breaks the calebas; again drops a threat of fruit into the river, gets a whip, which beats him, his family and everyone present until he is in the hands of the king]: Klipple 1992:211; guro [in starvation, the spider goes for fruit; the snake swallows the fruit, gives in return a horn that gives food; at home, the spider's wife blows at it, food appears; the old woman sees the horn, blows, gets food, carries the horn; the spider receives from a new snake that hits whoever blows; an old woman kidnaps him, is beaten to death]: Klipple 1992:212; so [in hunger, the monitor lizard gives the spider a stick that produces food, the spider takes it to the leader, everyone fed; hunger again, monitor lizard gives a mortar - the same; people stop working; the third time the monitor lizard gives a whip, it hits people for being lazy]: Frobenius, No. 38 in Klipple 1992:212; bassari (Togo) [during hunger, a person cuts a tree by the river, drops an ax, finds a scraper to scrape cauldrons instead, from which food falls; Spider's son comes to the man and sees what is in his house there is plenty of food; the spider tells the leader that he tells the man to bring a scraper, the leader gathers the people, everyone rushes for food, breaks the scraper; the spider climbs a tree, drops the ax on purpose, finds a whip; he hits him then his family; the Spider brings it to the chief, the whip hits everyone until the chief takes it in his hand]: Frobenius, No. 23 in Klipple 1992:211-212; gourmanchem [in hunger, the man who raised chickens sees a lump of flour that asks him to catch, but each time hides in a hole; a person plugs a leaf in a hole, catches a lump; he gives him a magic pot and a whip; he promises to tell him how to use the whip later; the chief takes the pot; a lump of flour tells the whip to beat, he hits the chief, the chief returns the vessel]: Klipple 1992:213; mukula [the poor man lives collecting and selling firewood; saw on a bob rolled into a crack in the ground; God came down from heaven, gave a rope that could tie anyone and could create any food; after feeding the family, the man went to show the strength of the rope to the leader, he took it away rope; the same episode with the rooster (creates food, the blacksmith took the rooster); the man set fire to the chief's house; everyone rushed to the fire, the man took possession of the rope; tied the blacksmith with it, took the rooster away, and then ordered the rope untie the blacksmith and return to him; went with his family to live in another village]: Jungraithmayr 1981, No. 12:59-61.
Sudan - East Africa. Maya [The rabbit went to the river to find food when hungry; dropped the fruit found into the river and instead found a horn that gave food; brought it home, fed everyone; when he left, the children told their neighbor about the horn, she broke it; The rabbit collected a new horn from pieces, he also gave food, but not much; when the Rabbit left again, the children told their neighbor about the horn, she broke it completely; the Rabbit found the horn again in the river, but instead of eating, he started hitting everyone; when the neighbor took the children's horn again, he beat her]: Alexander Yuryevich Zheltov, 2011 field materials; (cf. mundang [Kazayé found a horn, he replied that he gave food; K. ate; came to the chief, fed him and all his people; the horn tells him to leave it only in addition; once K. forgot it in the yard, horn disappeared; K. went to look in the forest, but found another horn; the horn gives out whips that hit the petitioner; K. brings it to the leader, the whips hit everyone; K. throws it into the swamp, but never found the first horn]: Louafaya 1990:62-65); malgashi: Anpetkova-Sharova 2010 [the poor man starts cutting a tree; it says it hurts, gives a basket that dances and is filled with food; it is worn out, her master weaver changed; the poor man again threatens to cut down a tree, he gives a sheep that dances and defecates with money; the neighbor has changed; the tree gives a stick, it hits the offenders, they return the basket and the sheep]: 452-456; Dahl 1968 , No. 1 [poor Halála is going to cut down a tree in which the spirit lives; he gives him a pot that serves food; H.'s wife gives it to the chief for storage, who replaces him; the tree gives the bull to burp coins; then But; a baton that hits itself; it kills the leader and all his men]: 22-28; Haring 1982, No. 4.563 [the tree tells the poor man not to cut him down, but to go north, where there is an unfinished basket in the clearing, to bring him home, tell me to dance; boiled rice and broth are in the basket; the wife takes it to the carpenter to finish the weaving, but tells her not to dance; he breaks the ban, replaces the basket; the man goes again to the King of the Trees; he tells me to go south, let the ram dance there; the ram produce gold; the wife takes the ram to the leader for a while, asks him not to dance; he commands and, seeing gold, replaces the ram; the third time a tree tells me to go east, pick up a club; when a man tells her to dance, she hits him; he brings it to his wife, a stick hits his wife; brings it to the carpenter, then to the chief, they are forced to return it stolen]: 414-415
North Africa. Berbers [story known to Berbers in Morocco and Algeria]: Dahl 1968:28; Moroccan Arabs [desperate poor man turns to God and hits a rock; a chicken appears laying golden eggs; one day he entrusted the chicken to a barber friend, who replaced it with an ordinary one; the man began to beat the rock again, received two batons; deliberately left them in the barber's house; the batons began to beat him, he returned the chicken]: El Koudia 2003, No. 7:39-41; Kabila: Arezki 2010 [a poor woodcutter kills a snake to save a frog; it turns into a beautiful peri, carries it to his father, tells you to choose a bag, a flute and hat; at home, a disappointed wife puts it in a jug; after the lumberjack dies, his son Mahond asks for a bag to go to the bazaar; returns, the mother discovers that the bag is full of gold; M. builds a palace next to the royal; the princess solders M., he tells everything, she takes away the bag; becoming poor again, M. asks her mother for a hat, she takes out the hat kept in the jug; it is an invisible hat; everything repeats like with a bag; M. asks for money for a flute, the mother gives it stored in a jug; M. plays, warriors appear, ready to raze the kingdom to the ground; M. goes with them, but the princess solders him again, takes away the flute; M. comes to the ravine, sees black and white grapes; after trying black grapes, he loses his sight, his horns grow; white - gains sight, horns disappear; M. goes to sell grapes, the princess eats black; forced to return the stolen goods, M. gives her white grapes; soldiers demolished the city from the face of the earth, M. married a cousin]: 116-124; Basset 1903, No. 11 (Mzabite) [the poor lumberjack has four children, his rich brother childless; the poor begins to cut down yuyuba; the tree asks not to do so, gives a pot that is filled with whatever you want; the rich brother took it away; the tree gave a stick; she began to beat people; they forced the rich brother to return the pot and share the property with the poor brother]: 30-33; Tunisia ["Mr. Ali Wind". Once upon a time, there was a poor man. Once he climbed a high mountain to ask Mr. Ali Wind for help. He gave him a magic chest filled with money. The poor man healed well with his wife and children, but when he went to the bathhouse, the bathhouse attendant changed the chest. Then it's the same with the magic plate. Mr. Ali Wind then told him about the bathhouse attendant and gave him a club. The bathhouse attendant gave everything away, and the poor man threw it away and said that he wanted to work in his bathhouse. He also told this story to his children and bequeathed them to work, not to be lazy]: Al-Aribi 2009, No. 6 in Korovkina MS; Egypt: El-Shamy 2004, No. 563:321-323.
Southern Europe. Basques: Barandiaran 1962a, No. 107 [the older brother has been working for a year, receiving a donkey that defecates as a cold; the inn owner replaced him; the same with his middle brother who received a magic table; the third received a baton; the owner uttered words that his younger brother did not tell them to say, the baton began to hit everyone; he had to return the donkey and the table]: 9-12; Barbier 1931, No. 15 [senior out of three brothers, he went to work; he helped the Lord and St. Petra crossed the river; received a magic tablecloth; she was replaced at the inn; the same with her middle brother (got a donkey who wastes money); the youngest received a baton, she hits the owners inn, they return the stolen goods]: 46-48; Sicilians [a poor mason meets a fairy, consistently receives a reed from her that serves any food, a donkey that defecates with gold , a stick that hits on orders; the first two items were replaced by the owner of the tavern; using a stick, the mason forced everything to return; told the king, he sent an army; the mason met a man with with a shooting hat; the stick beat the hat, he took both items, they defeated the royal army]: Gonzenbach 2004 [1870], No. 23:157-178; the Italians (Veneto, Tuscany, Umbria, Rome, Lazio, Campania, Molise, Abruzzo, Calabria): Cirese, Serafini 1975, No. 563:133; Italians: Basile 2018 (Naples) []: 47-57; Calvino 1980, No. 83 (Tuscany) [=Cotrelev 1991:94-97; Geppone came to complain to the North To the wind that it was destroying his harvest; the SV gave a magic box; the abbot of the monastery ordered it to be given to him for rotten grain; the SV gave a gold box; the abbot gave it in exchange for the first one; when he opened it, they jumped out men with sticks began to beat the monks; J. saved them by closing the box]: 301-304; Crane 1885, No. 32 [poor widow sends her son to her uncle for help; he gives a donkey who defecates with gold coins; master the inn is replaced by a donkey; a magic tablecloth (the same); a baton; she beats the owner, he has to return everything; the widow and son call the guests, a feast]: 123-127; Keller 1981 (Ticino) [the mother's son was so annoyed, that she wanted the devil to take him away; he took the boy to hell, told him to wear out a pair of iron shoes, burn straw under the cauldron; the boy's grandmother said he was happy with his work and would reward him with a donkey; told him to choose black, gold was pouring from under his tail; when he came out of hell, he spent the night in an inn, paying with that gold; the owner changed the donkey; the guy returned to hell, he was given a job again, the reward is a magic tablecloth (you must choose cotton, not linen); the hostess replaced the tablecloth in the inn; the boy's mother is furious both times; the guy goes to hell again; the grandmother tells me to choose the biggest club; it hits the owner and hostess of the inn, they return everything; the mother says that the hell helps her]: 229-232; Pitré in Cosquin 1887 [1) Emilia Romagna; the bean has grown to heaven man went to collect the pods; God gave a magic donkey, a magic table, a frying pan {poêle - there are other meanings of the word} that hits the right person; 2) Tuscany, Pitré, no. 29; boy planted a bean, it grew to the sky; St. Peter consistently gives him a magic table, a donkey that litters gold, a baton]: 172-173; Calvino 2017, No. 83 (Tuscany: Mucello) [Jeppone came to complain to the North Wind that it was destroying his harvest; The SV gave a magic box; the abbot of the monastery ordered it to be given to him for rotten grain; the SV gave it a gold box; the abbot gave it in exchange for the first one; when he opened it, the men with sticks jumped out and began to beat monks; J. saved them by closing the box]: 389-392 (=Kotrelev 1991:94-97);; (cf. Maltese [a poor woman lives by sifting flour from a rich woman, shaking out clothes at home and making bread from the collected flour dust; when she learns about this, the rich woman tells her to shake out her clothes in her house; she ( or a poor man) meets a group of men without knowing that these are months; they ask what she or he thinks about everyone, she or he praises everyone; January gives a magic tablecloth, a stick, a bag of money; Upon learning about this, the rich man comes to months and scolds everyone; the stick hits him, he doesn't know how to stop it]: Mifsud-Chircop 1978, No. 480.II: 128-131); Spaniards: Camarena, Chevalier 1995, No. 563 (all Spain, Galicia) [the older brother is hired as an employee, receives a donkey who defecates in gold; the owner of the tavern has replaced him; the middle brother receives a magic table - the same; the younger gets a baton, the owner is forced to return everything; at home, the brothers and father want to see the baton, it also beat them]: 559-562; Cole 1916 (the text was recorded in the Philippines by the Tagals, but the plot is European, and the hero's name is Juan) [the mother asked Juan's lazy son to bring firewood; he swung a machete, asked him not to cut the tree, gave him a goat with silver falling from its face; the friend found out, gave Juan a drink, changed the goat; now the tree gave a net; if you throw it in a dry place, it's still full of fish; same; inexhaustible pot of rice; same; baton; she beat a friend and he returned everything; then a baton beat Juan's family and they promised to hold him as the head of the family; one day thieves came, and a baton beat them too; Juan married a beautiful princess]: 196-199; Portuguese [poor man (poor woman, three brothers) gets three wonderful items: a table (napkin, tablecloth, stick) that create food at will; a donkey or sheep that defecates with gold; a baton or bag of batons that hit kidnappers; a guitar that makes you dance; the first two items were stolen by the inn owner (neighbor, etc.); items were returned with a baton (guitar, something else)]: Cardigos 2006, No. 563:141; Corsicans: Massignon 1984, No. 28 [the son of a poor widow went on a journey, met an old woman who gave an old lamp that makes wishes come true; the young man stayed with the cannibal's three daughters; while he was sleeping , they changed the lamp; the old woman gave the chicken from which gold was poured - the same thing; then a bag of batons; the cannibal's daughters had to return everything; the young man tells the lamp to create a better palace than the royal one, invites the king and his entourage, serves any food; then releases batons; says this is the place for the king for evil he has done to people], 31 [mother and son are going to squeeze the barley, but it turned out that the wind destroyed him ; the young man came to the mother of the winds; her sons came; the guilty wind dug a bag from which you can get any food; the son told his mother not to tell anyone, but she chatted, the king took the bag; then the wind gave a bag of batons; they beat the young man's mother; he said what kind of chatter it was], 50 [the eldest son worked for a carpenter, got a magic table; the middle son from the groom, got a donkey that litters gold , the youngest is in the shop, received a bag with batons popping out; the innkeeper changed the table, the donkey; when the batons attacked him, he returned everything], 74 [poor Tomasu planted potatoes, but the wind knocked her down; he came to the mother of the Winds to demand compensation; she gave the box, ordered her to open only houses; any food in it; the wife let it slip, the rich godfather exchanged the box for a bag of wheat; T. again went to Vetrov's mother, she gave another box with batons in it; they beat the godfather; knowing that he would come to take revenge, T. tied Calebas with blood under his wife's clothes; "killed" his wife and revived him by blowing a pipe; godfather (having bought pipe) stabbed his wife, but could not resurrect him; M. placed the bees under an inverted cauldron, told his wife to say that he had gone to confess; the godfather also came to confess; T., on behalf of the confessor, tells him to knock on the cauldron in which the souls of purgatory, and then lift it up; the bees bit the godfather to death, T. took all his property]: 62-65, 69-70, 123-125, 163-166; Ortoli 1883, No. 23 [the poor man saw a chestnut to the sky, climbed to the gates of paradise; St. Peter did not let him in, but gave him a magic tablecloth; it was replaced at the inn; then St. Peter gave a donkey littering with gold; and he was replaced; then St. Peter gave a baton; she beat the inn owner and he returned everything]: 171-178; ladins [the miller's three sons went to work, each worked for 3 years; one received an inexhaustible purse, the other - the horn from which the army appears; the third is an invisible hat; the first one built the palace, took the princess; she found out that the wealth was in her purse, stole it; the brothers sent an army, the king returned the princess and bag; got the brothers drunk, they spilled out, he took possession of the horn; the third brother put on his hat, took possession of his horn and purse, expelled the king, reigned himself, made the brothers advisers; all three married]: Brunold-Bigler, Widmer 2004, No. 42:244-254; (cf. ladins [three poor brothers went to look for work; the youngest went one way, the elders went the other, agreed to meet a year later by the oak tree on which each carved a cross; the youngest was hired to to an old woman; a year later she gave him a bean; the young man got angry, was going to cut the bean in half; he asked not to do it, promised to give him whatever you wanted; the young man asked for a magic tablecloth; he came with her to the brothers , got drunk, fed it; then asked for a donkey who was defecating with gold; the brothers were jealous, they also threatened to cut the bean; but the bean kept silent, gave nothing; the three brothers returned home rich]: Uffer 1973, No. 2:7-8).
Western Europe. The Irish [man gets a magic tablecloth, a donkey, a club; they're stolen and returned]: Jackson 1936:288; the French (Lorraine): Cosquin 1886, No. 4 [the poor man meets God, he gives he had a magic tablecloth, she was replaced at the inn; then God gave him a donkey who wastes money; the same; a baton; she beats thieves, they returned the tablecloth and the donkey]: 50-52; 1887, No. 56 [the old man planted beans, one bean grew to the sky; the old man climbed and came to heaven; asked God not to work, he gave him a magic tablecloth ("disposable"); next time he gave me more food was enough for a longer period; the third time God gave a donkey who was wasting gold on condition not to tell anyone; she told her belle-soere (apparently her brother's sister); her husband replaced the donkey; then God gave a baton that hits itself; the donkey had to be returned]: 168-171; Bretons: Lopyreva 1959, No. 20 [on the advice of a neighbor, the tailor's lazy wife is trying to prove to her husband that she works; her linen allegedly the wind scattered; the tailor goes to the Wind, the mother of the Wind persuades her son not to eat the guest; he gives a donkey that defecates with silver and gold coins; the tailor talks about this in the tavern, a donkey replace; now the Wind gives a magic napkin (same); baton (the beaten inn owner returns the stolen goods)]: 65-71; Sébillot 1910, No. 25 [strong wind destroyed the sown hemp; the man went deal with it; there was only a gentle wind at home; then a strong one came; gave a goat that weeds gold; on the way home, the inn owner changed it; then the wind gave a baton that hits itself; to the owner I had to return the goat]: 105-107; walloons [{the first two pages in pdf are missing}; the wizard gave the poor man a donkey who wastes money; the man stayed at the inn and there was a donkey changed; then the magician gave a magic tablecloth; the same; the wizard gives a horned goat: let him go with her to that inn and tell her to "do his duty"; the goat began to butt the owners and they had to do everything return]: Carnoy 1883:308-315; walloons [the woodcutter swings his ax, but the tree asks not to cut it; for this he gives a hand mill that gives out any food; a beggar who enters the house replaced it; the tree gives a cat defecating with gold; the same; gives a rod; the thief had to return everything]: Laport 1932, no.*563A: 64; Flemish [a man planted a bean, he grew to the sky; climbing there, man received from St. Peter is a goat who wastes money; a goat was replaced in the inn; next time, a magic tablecloth (the same); then a bag containing batons that attack people; a goat and a tablecloth had to be returned]: Cosquin 1887:172; the British [father is harsh with Jack; marries him only if he has money; D. met an old woman, she gave him a donkey; when he screamed, from his mouth Coins were falling down; at the inn, the donkey was changed when D. brought him home - no coins; his father beat him; D. hired a carpenter who gave him a magic table; at the inn, he was replaced; the father beat again; the man asked for help throw the trunk across the river; gave a branch from this tree, he himself beats whoever you ordered; the owners of the inn had to return everything; D. promised to marry the richest girl, but when they brought their money, he put a baton on it and married the one he loved before]: Jacobs 1890, No. 39:206-210; Germans [the tailor's eldest son herds a goat; to him she replies that she ate enough, and his father that he was hungry; the father beat and drove her son away; the same with the middle son, with the youngest son; the tailor herds the goat himself; then he shaved her, beat her with a whip, she ran away; the tailor was left alone, and his eldest son received a magic table for his work at the carpenter; the hotelier replaced him; the middle one received a donkey from the miller who spits and defecates gold; then same; the youngest studied with a turner and got a club; she hits the owner of the hotel, he gave her donkey and a table; the goat took the fox hole and did not let the fox go there; the bear could not drive her out, and the bee kicked her out]: Grimm, Grimm 2002, No. 36:124-132 (=Grimm, Grimm 1987:110-118); Germans (Tyrol, Zillertal) [four brothers take turns wandering; each meets an old man who sells him a handkerchief for data mother's money; one discovers that the handkerchief gives money if desired, the second - food and wine, the third - allows you to see far, the fourth - to become invisible; the first handkerchief was taken away by robbers, the second - the owner of the inn, the third is king; the owner of the fourth found and took all three lost handkerchiefs and returned home]: Zingerle, Zingerle 1980:65-67; Germans (Tyrol, Meran) [bringing what he earned , the husband tells his wife that this is for Fürpass (in reserve, for the future); the beggar comes; the wife: I will not give anything, everything is for Fürpass; beggar: this is how I am; she gave him everything; the husband came back, scolds her; decided sell a cow; at the market, a person offers to exchange it for a donkey who wastes money; the witches in the inn have replaced the donkey; the person again goes to the one who gave him a donkey, who gives him a chicken that carries golden eggs; the same; the magic table is the same; a hammer named Kolotun; in the inn, a man tells him to beat the witches, they returned everything; the wife does not believe, he also put a hammer on her; they have lived well since then ]: Zingerle, Zingerle 1980:157-163; Germans (Austria: Styria) [a woman in white gives an object to the poor boy; he attaches it to his hat and a gold coin immediately appears there; the item is snake crown, the boy became rich and grew up; the count snuck into his house, wearing beggar clothes, found the crown and swallowed it; as soon as he took off his rags, it was back on it; began to sneak into the castle, servant mistook him for a beggar or a thief, beat him with a whip; the count spit out the crown; the peasant should have worked from now on, but remained wealthy]: Streblova 1999:185-186; Germans (south?) [the peasant leads to sell the last cow; the green man takes it to the forest, giving him an empty bottle; she gives any food if you ask; the peasant gets rich, the king makes him sell the bottle for 10 thalers, the peasant goes poor again; leads the last cow again, gets another bottle; two guys with batons jump out of it, beat the peasant and his wife for boasting and extravagance; the peasant sells this bottle to the king as well, the guys beat the king, he pays the peasant a lot of money]: Cerf 1992:77-85.
Western Asia. Aramei [The fox fell into a trap, cut off his tail, was named Tailless; his wife drove him away; a man came out of the spring, gave him a magic bowl; the wife called the king to a feast, he took the bowl; the same the man gave a donkey, from under whose hooves gold coins are falling; the tailless became rich; the wife rode a donkey to the bathhouse, the bathhouse attendant replaced the donkey; the man gave a bag with two giants; the wife does not let him in again into the house, Hostless orders the giants to tie her up; tells the king to be thrown into prison, takes the bowl; tie the bathhouse attendant and pick up the donkey; the man from the source asks for the return of magic items so that Tailless them no longer lost; agrees to leave him a bag with giants; (hereinafter new adventures)]: Belov, Wilsker 1960:176-180; (cf. Syrian Arabs: Kuhr 1993:81-83 [man dropped a zest into the river, lamented; the mermaid gave him a pot that made gold instead of a zest; the next time, the same, a broom giving gold; forbid him to talk about it; he told his wife, the neighbor changed the pot and broom; the man came to the river again but received nothing else], 233-237 [when dying, the father offers his sons a choice of gold or a blessing; the eldest two choose gold, drive away the youngest; on the seashore he dug a lamp under seven candles; when he lit it, seven women appeared, each playing her own instrument, leaving money; the young man became rich, the brothers burned down; they came to him beggars, stole the lamp; the elder lit it, 7 servants came, began to beat him; he did not confess to his middle brother, he was also beaten; the older brothers returned the lamp to the younger one]); Palestinians, Arabs of Jordan, Iraq: El- Shamy 2004, No. 563:321-323; Qatar [a man lives harvesting firewood; one day he hits a tree, a genie jumps out of there; a man complains of poverty, a genie gives him a magic table; the wife wants not only food, but also clothes, sends her husband back, but the genie refuses to give more; the man showed the table to the Sultan, who changed it; the genie gives everything you ask for; the blacksmith changed it; the genie gives an ax, he attacks the sultan and the blacksmith, they return the stolen goods]: Abu Shehab 2019:63-65; mehri [the poor man went into the house, asked for food, he was given a goat that defecates with coins; The next day, her wife took her to the well, the Sultan's son replaced her; the poor man came back to that house, received a bowl filled with food; the wife took it to the master to decorate it, let it slip, and the master replaced it; Now the poor man received a baton; it beat the Sultan's son and the master, who returned the stolen goods]: Müller 1909, No. 28:62-67.
Tibet is the Northeast of India. Tibetans (Amdo): Kajihama 2004, No. 20 [The mother and son lost their dog, the young man went to look for her, the monk gave him an inexhaustible bottle of butter; but the old woman once wanted meat so much that she cooked and ate the leather vessel himself; the young man met the monk again, who gave a golden wajdra to fulfill wishes; the man married his daughter to a young man, who stole the vajdra; now the monk gave black and white pebbles; the young man gave a pebble to his ex-father-in-law, a terrible pain pierced him, he returned the wajdra; then the young man touched it with a white stone and the pain was gone], 26 [the girl does not give rice to the crow when she asks, but gives it when the crow asks on loan; the same with tubers and tea leaves; for this, the mother drives her daughter out of the house; the girl asks the crow to return what she has borrowed; she gives a hand mill that grinds tsampa and flour; the prince meets a girl feeds, replaces the mill; the mother drives her daughter away again; the same happens to the donkey, whose mouth comes out gold coins and whatever you ask for; the third time the crow gives a golden baton; she beats the prince, him we have to return everything]: 78-81, 107-112; Bhutan [the boy does not have buckwheat to sow; everyone gave him a handful, but the sparrows pecked the seeds sown; the boy found a sparrow nest and was going to burn it; the sparrow persuaded him to take pity, gave him a wooden cup in which any food he wanted; the woman in charge of a large household replaced her; now the sparrow gave a goat; if it was washed and pet, money is pouring off him; the woman changed again; the sparrow gave a baton; she drove the woman until she returned it all]: Choden 1994:137-139; best [the man went to get paid for a married sister; the debtor gave him a bamboo rice mixer: if the water in the pot is disturbed, the pot is full of rice; on the way, the man spent the night with an old woman, she changed the stirrer; the same with a goat that litters amber and cornelian beads; the third time the man received a flexible stick and a hammer; the stick wrapped around the old woman, the hammer beat her to death]: Shakespear 1912:100-101; meitei [the widow is lazy son; decided to go wandering; let his mother give him 7 cakes and push him from behind; under a tree by the pond, the guy began to think out loud: will I start with this one or that one? Or eat them all at once? the bathing perfume decided that it was them, who the guy was going to eat; paid off by giving a goat that fulfilled wishes; staying in a poor hut, the guy said that he would feed himself and the owners; at night, the owners they changed the goat; the guy went again to scare the spirits, they gave them a stick and rope; when the guy stopped in the same hut, the owners took a stick and a rope; the rope tied them up and the stick started hitting; they returned the goat] : Oinam et al. s.a.
South Asia. Kumaoni [the boy took four loaves from his mother, went on a journey; put bread around the pond; says he will eat all four; snakes think they are talking about them, they gave them a plane bed, rags- self-picks (drops money), a self-boiling bowl, a self-scoop spoon; the old woman changed things; the snakes gave a stick, the old woman had to give everything]: Minaev 1966, No. 12:47-49; marathi [jackal suggests arrange a vegetable garden for the barber; he gives him money, the jackal buys the plot, eats everything himself, invites other animals, each time tells the barber that the fruits are not yet ripe; he spies, ties a knife to cucumber, jackal cut himself; lay on the rock for three days, the blood dried up to the stone; it rained, the jackal freed himself; found the bull's carcass, climbed inside, the carcass dried, there was no way out; people came to bury the carcass; jackal says from the inside that he is a local god, he tells me to bring chicken and other food, water the carcass; the carcass is soaked, the jackal has got out; the poor brahmana has 7 daughters, he says that he should take at least one jackal; the jackal persuades him to give him the girl; leads to a crevice, there is a palace, the jackal takes off his skin, becomes a prince; gives his father-in-law a melon to plant it; many melons grow, a neighbor buys them, inside jewelry; the youngest daughter opened the last one, the brahmana went to the neighbor, who said she knew nothing; the brahmana took the jewelry that was in the last melon to the jeweler, who accused him of stealing, took everything away; the jackal gave a magic dish; the Raja found out about it, took it away; the jackal gave a rope and a stick; the rope tied the raja and his entourage, the stick began to beat, the Raja returned everything; the same with others offenders; the younger sister saw the eldest husband in the guise of a man, the jackal's wife threw his skin into the fire, he remained human]: Frere 1868, No. 12:175-194; Khuntia Chokh [wife scattered rice to dry; the husband fell asleep, the sparrows pecked the rice; the next day the husband smeared glue, the sparrows stuck, he killed them; one said that he was the king of sparrows - let the man come to him tomorrow; the man received a cow that litters gold; spent the night in the house of a married daughter, who changed a cow; the king of sparrows gave a pot, always full of rice and lentils - the same; the king gave a rope and a stick; the daughter was tied and beaten returned the stolen goods]: Elwin 1944, No. 6:124-126; Bengalis: Porozhnyakov 1990 [the poor brahmana turned to Durga, she gave a pot from which fried rice was poured; the pot was changed in the inn; The next time Durga gives a pot of demons; the brahmana let it on the inn owners, who returned the first pot; the brahmana became rich; but the children once opened the pot of demons and were badly beaten and then they broke the rice pot; Durga gave him a pot of sweets instead; Zamindar took it but returned it when the demons beat him]: 107-111; Devi 1915 [the poor brahman complains loudly under the banyan that he and his wife are starving; Haro and Gouri hear these screams, H. gave a bowl that produces any food; H. ate, decided to feed the children on the way, but their parents changed the cup; H. gave another; bachman He came to that house, his fists jumped out of the bowl, beat the owners, they gave the cup; the brahmana fed the guests at the Raja's party, the vizier advised them to take the cup away; then the brahmana brought the one with his fists again, Raja returned everything]: 1-12; Stokes 1879, No. 7 [Sachúli is a fool, a widow's son; asks the mother how to make women laugh; mother: throw a pebble at them; S. began to throw stones at three girls at the well; two left He killed the third on the spot; when he saw her grinned mouth, he thought she was laughing; called her mother; she recognized the rich man's daughter; took her jewelry, threw the corpse into the well; the father promises a reward to whoever would return her daughter; S.: mine her mother pushed her into the well; her mother managed to pull out the corpse, threw a sheep into the well; S. went down to the well, asks if the girl had eyes; mouth; long face; tail; four legs; pulls out the sheep; when C . came back, the mother threw the corpse into the well again; beat her son; gave him bread, he left; brought a broken camel loaded with jewelry; the mother let the camel go, hid the jewelry, scattered sweets, told her son that it was raining with sweets; S. says that it rained on the day when his mother got the jewelry; but people found nothing in S.'s house; S. climbed the tree, began to cut the branch he was sitting on to break; a passerby says that S. will die if he falls; S. makes him say when he dies; a passerby: seeing a red thread on his clothes; once he saw dug a grave, lay down to die; a man carries a jug of butter, looks for a porter; S. undertakes to carry; thinks how much money he will earn, get rich, marry; stumbled and spilled everything; he met four in the forest fairies, they were frightened of him, gave him a samovar pot; they changed it in the tavern; the fairies gave him a chest with any clothes in it; the fairies gave a rope that would tie the person to point to and a baton that She beats herself; S. tells them to tie up and beat the owners of the tavern, they returned everything]: 27-34; oriya [poor brahman Sudarsan fed the beggar; he gave him betel gum that gives him any food; his boys changed; the beggar gave a box giving any clothes - the same thing; a baton; she hits the boys, they returned everything]: Kudinova, Kudinov 1995:285-289; Tamils [mother to son: if you get some from the owners good flour, I'll bake delicious cakes; the mother baked one big cake and one small one for her son and went to work; and he sat all day thinking out loud: eat a small one or a big one first; mother came back and drove him away; in the forest he kept thinking; two heavenly maidens thought they had a monster in front of them who thought they should eat; they gave them an inexhaustible purse: you can ask for rice for 10 rupees, and they are always in her purse; only hetera had so much rice, and he started buying it from her; Hetera watched, looked into her purse, but it was empty; sent her lover to steal it; the boy thought the purse was designed only for a few days and returned to the forest, repeating the same words; the heavenly maidens gave a goat that litters gold; Hetera noticed again and her lover stole the goat; the heavenly maidens gave a wire and a hoe; She tied the wire to the hetera, and the hoe began to beat; she returned everything; the young man came to another kingdom, went to the old woman; she tells her not to go out anymore; at three o'clock an elephant comes, kills and devours people; Raja promises a daughter and half a kingdom to whoever kills an elephant; he must show the tip of his ear and tail; the young man went to the pond where the elephant came, told the wire to tie it and beat the hoe; brought the old woman a piece of ear and tail , saying that he had killed an elephant; the laundress found the carcass, also cut off a piece of ear and part of the tail and brought it raja; the wedding was being prepared; the young man was not allowed in, he screamed; it turned out that the laundress did not bring exactly what it is necessary; the young man showed authentic trophies, and the laundress was burned in a lime kiln; the princess married the young man but refused to sleep with him: she saw him collecting garbage in the garbage dump; the young man decided to visit mother and wife went with him; in the same kingdom someone steals flowers from the Raja, he promises a daughter and half a kingdom; two heavenly maidens steal flowers for the gods; one is entangled in the bushes and tore her clothes; a young man persuaded the Raja to let them go; he came to his mother, giving her both cakes; and added: big and small, my two wives, and he himself was the Raja of the two kingdoms]: Blackburn 2005, No. 55; Sinhalese [the poor man asks help the rich man, he gives bread, advises him to sell it; no one buys; in the forest under a tree, the poor man says out loud that it is better for him to eat everything; the devatava (= yaksha) in the tree thinks that this is about him, asks him not to eat it, gives a magic dish; the rich man finds out, replaces; the same is a ring returning to the owner, a cow with gold in its manure; then the yaksha gives a baton, it beats the rich man, he returns everything]: Volkhonsky, Solntseva 1985, No. 172:386-388.
Malaysia-Indonesia. Aceh [poor young man Si Musukin came to the separator; he gave him a magic tablecloth, his neighbor stole it; the hermit gave a duck that gives money; the hermit decides to steal it again, the duck escaped, he killed her with a stone; the hermit gave a baton; on the way home he came to the robbers; a baton killed them, the captive princess and her servants were released, SM took the treasure; the princess wants him as a husband; a baton defeated her father's enemies; SM received a princess and commander-in-chief; when she saw that neighbor, the baton killed him as well]: Knappert 1977, No. 5:138-140.
The Balkans. Bulgarians [the lark has a nest in the tree, the peasant is going to cut down a tree, the lark tells him not to do so, gives a stick that fulfills his wishes; the peasant invites the king to visit, he replaces him a stick; next time the lark gives a donkey that spits out the chervonets; the blacksmith replaces him; the lark gives a hammer, he hits the tsar, the blacksmith, they return the stolen goods]: Klyagina-Kondratyeva 1951:68-72; Moldovans: Botezat 1981 [a man cured a doe that had broken his leg; she brought him to the king of the forest, he gave a magic tablecloth; it was replaced in the tavern; gave a horse, from whose mane and nostrils {in the original is most likely gold is pouring out of the ass}; the same; gave a baton; she hits the innkeeper and his wife, they return the stolen goods]: 349-351; Moldavian tales 1968 [the poor man grinded the grain, the wind took away the flour, the poor man went to shut the wind hole; to meet the unrecognized god and St. Peter, he does not recognize them, they gave a magic nut; he spent the night in the hut, the hostess changed the nut; then God gave a donkey that defecates with gold (the same); a crutch; he beats those who replaced the nut and donkey, they are theirs they return; the poor man is rich, the king sent an army, the poor man put a crutch on the king]: 169-171; Greeks: Cosquin 1887 [the old man has only a carob tree; it grows to the sky; he climbs for pods ; in the sky, Winter and Summer are arguing about which of them is better; the old man replies that both are beautiful; they are happy, they give a pot that gives you what you want; the old man's son falls in love with the princess; the king sets the condition: build a palace by morning; the pot does, the young man gets the princess; the king replaces the pot; the old man rises again to Winter and Summer; they give a rope and a baton; the rope ties the king, the baton hits, he returns the pot]: 173; Dawkins 1916 (Asia Minor) [parents sent the boy to school; teacher George presented a magic table; the king found out, took it away; G. gave a donkey, which he littered with gold coins; the shepherd replaced him; G. gave a pumpkin, two blacks with batons came out of it; they beat the king and his wife, and then the shepherd, who returned the stolen goods; the boy grew up, put his finger in the cauldron that G. had, then touched his head, her hair turned golden; she put a goat's stomach on her head; when she was swimming, the river turned golden; the king's daughter married this young man; another king attacked, the young man defeated him; the king gave tie a handkerchief to the hero to identify him; it turned out that this was the young man; wedding]: 545-549; (cf. Schmidt 1877, No. 19 [the guardian angel decided to reward the man; ordered him to go to the cave, where there was a tall woman; she gave him a handkerchief that fulfilled all his wishes; the king took him away, but his handkerchief ceased to work ; the same with the chicken laying golden eggs; the king ordered the man to be beheaded; that woman was the mistress of the land and sea; she came to the king, promised him cruel punishment, he and his palace fell into the ground, and the man went to heaven]: 114-115); Romanians [the old people picked up the baby, called the Foundling; he went out and went on a journey; when he saw a burning house, he saved the child and property from the fire; the owner gave a machine with which dishes are sharpened, he does any job; N. spent the night in a rich house, the owner replaced the machine; next time N. saved the drowning gold digger; he gave him a row that he washes himself gold; the rich man changed again; for the third time N. saved the hunter, who gave him a baton that hits himself; she began to beat the rich man and his wife, they returned everything]: Mirener 1958:74-90; Romanians []: Bîrlea 1966:444-445; the Bosnians [in the forest, the master and the servant boy saw the door closed; the master told the boy to come in; he promised to divide everything he would bring in half; in the basement there were three blocks of gold; on one an eagle sits, on another three-headed serpent, on the third line; the boy could not take their gold; picked up the box; the wind immediately carried him into an unfamiliar forest; he came to an unfamiliar city; opened the box, in it 9 candlesticks; hired for 9 days, got 9 candles, lit it; 9 girls flew in; danced until midnight, left a wallet full of gold; the boy became rich; the king found out; when the boy showed him a miracle, The king decided to take away the candlestick; he came with his entourage; but this time nine araps flew in and began to beat everyone with batons; when the king promised not to try to steal the candlestick, the boy blew out the candles, the araps disappeared; returned to his city, where he still lives, if he did not die]: Vazhaev 1962:441-444; Serbs (Kosovo) [when he died, the father bequeathed his son an invisible hat, a bag serving any food, and a baton that hits him Whoever they point to; the guy bragged to his neighbor, he changed his bag; the guy put on an invisible hat, brought a baton and let it go over the neighbor; he returned the bag]: Eschker 1992, No. 31:259-261; Hungarians, Slovenes, Croats, Macedonians: Uther 2004 (1), No. 563:331-333.
Central Europe. The Czechs [after the death of their father, Martin, Michal and Janek go on a journey; the older brothers think I. is a fool and a loafer; they see a treasure palace in the forest; the elders first collected copper ones, then silver, then gold coins; I took a coin, but ate food; his brothers beat him, left, bought a farm, began to live richly; I returned to the palace; the giants made him a watchman, allowed him use the magic table; I took it and left; exchanged it from the old man for a parcel in which the army; sent an army to take away the table; the same with another old man, whose parcel creates locks at will; I. took the form of a beggar, came to his brothers, they put him in a stable without giving him food; but at night he built a castle and ate; once told his brothers about a table; the king asked him for three days, changed him; I. sent an army, defeated the king and got a princess, reigned, set up castles, became a great king]: Curtin 1890:295-310; Poles: Dombrowski 1992 []: 207-218; Krzyżanowski 1962, No. 563 [ there are many records all over Poland; a poor man (or two brothers) decides to go to God, or to hell, to St. Peter, to the wind that carried away the flour, to the frost; he gives a magic table; a donkey (chicken, ram) from which money is poured, etc., and finally a baton or object from which warriors jump out; two the first items are replaced by a kochmar (neighbor, etc.), but he has to give them away when the baton (warriors) begin to beat him]: 184-185; Kashubians [after hearing at the church what kind of property God has donated there he will reward, the shoemaker gave all the churches, began to starve with his family, went to look for God; the shepherd gave a lamb; if you say, "Lamb, shake off", ducats fall off him; ordered not to go on the way to the godfather; the shoemaker came in, the godfather changed the lamb; the same with a magic tablecloth; the shepherd gave a baton; the shoemaker said, "Butt, move," two fellows started beating him, he told them to stop; let them go to the godfather, that one had to return the stolen goods]: Lifshits-Artemyeva 2017:200-205 (=Wratislaw 1890, No. 16:101-106); Russians (Arkhangelsk, Vologda, Kaluga, Ryazan, Tambov), Ukrainians (Eastern Slovakia, Transcarpathia, Ugric Russia, Galicia, Hutsulshchyna, Ivano-Frankivsk, Podolia, Yekaterinoslavskaya, Kiev, Poltava), Belarusians [Wonderful gifts: a person gets a tablecloth- a magic trick, a goat crumbling in gold (a mill from which gold flows), a wonderful baton; a thief replaces magic objects and an animal; a wonderful baton beats the kidnapper and makes him return gifts to the owner]: SUS 1979, No. 563:160-161; Russians (Teresky Bereg) [the grandfather went to the forest, baled with an ax, the bird jumped out an iron nose, a wooden tail; gave a pot; "Pour it, pour it!" - there will be porridge, "Tough, be strong!" - will stop; the woman forgot about "Be strong!" , almost drowned in porridge; the neighbors collected porridge, Yagisnya changed the pot; the grandfather went back to the birds, she gave a bakery tablecloth; Yagisnya changed again; the third time the bird gave the dog; "Male, scratch it!" - he will eat flour, "Male, pomeley!" - it will tear it to pieces; my grandfather specifically told Yagisna not to say, "Male, pomelo!" ; she said the dog began to tear her up, the tablecloth had to be returned; the woman once also said "pomeli", her grandfather barely saved her]: Balashov 1991:33-40; Russians (Olonetskaya: Zaonezhye) [At night, the poor brother heard that someone is threshing on the threshing floor, asked who is it? He was told that it was "to take" his brother into account and take him into account in the field under the birch tree. The poor man went there, hit his "take into account", complaining about poverty because of her laziness, "took into account gave him a magic tablecloth." The poor man came home, tried the tablecloth, invited the rich man, who asked to borrow the tablecloth, refused to return it. The poor man went back to his account, she gave him a dime, which, if you throw it from hand to hand, pours up money. The poor man showed the rich man again, he borrowed it again and kept it for himself. For the third time, she gave the bag to take into account: "Get the idiots out of the bag, and the Idiots sit in the bag." When the poor man said, "Take the idiots out of the bag," forty people came out and asked what to do, he kept silent, they beat him, and when he complained about the poor hut, they built a house. The rich found out about the bag, built a ship and asked for a bag for a while to push the ship into the sea. He took the bag, gave instructions to the Idiots, they did everything and asked what else they needed. The rich man didn't know what to say, they started hitting him. The rich man began to ask the poor for help. He returned the Nudomkov to his bag after his rich brother gave the magic tablecloth and the dime]: Karnaukhova 2008, No. 37:109-111; Russians (Karelia) [poor brother asked the rich man to take his firewood cut; plunged an ax into an aspen, she gave bread; they eat a week, not over; the rich brother found out (and apparently changed the bread; it's not very clear); next time a bag of money; then a bag with three fellows, who whip; brother had to return everything]: Lyzlova 2013, No. 36:192-196; Russians (Vologodskaya) [each of the three brothers takes a hundred rubles from his father, goes to look for happiness, meets an old man; He gave the first a goat, which, if trampled with four hooves, would have money; the second a magic tablecloth, the third a fool a whip; each of the brothers sleeps with an old woman; she changed a goat; a tablecloth; the whip began to beat her, I had to return everything]: Burtsev 1995, No. 19:111-114; Russians (Moscow, Zaraisky District; Khudyakov, No. 8) [two smart sons, Ivanushka is a fool; he was sent to guard peas; a sandpiper flew in , I. wanted to break his neck; he told him better to come to him, give him a magic tablecloth; horse shepherds send him to cows, those to pork; sheep; goose; ducks; on the way, Baba Yaga changed her tablecloth; The next time the wader gave the horse when he laughs, gold was pouring in; the same; the third time, tongs; they would spit Babyu-yaga, she returned everything; now the brothers stole the tablecloth and the horse; I. and put tongs on them - everything was returned]: Vedernikova, Samodelova 1998, No. 54:151-153; Russians (Ryazan) [father and son lived, son was a fool; sends his father to the city to buy urine to stuff film; father sowed peas; went, put the film; cranes got into the habit of flying on peas; the son caught one, wants to beat; the crane asks not to beat and gives the branu a tablecloth; the brana tablecloth was sewn at the request turned around and everything appeared; fool He let the crane go; went to my aunt with a tablecloth for the night; tells me not to say: tablecloth, turn around; the aunt changed the tablecloth; the son comes a fool to his father, tells him not to call the merchants; the tablecloth does not turn around: a fool I caught the crane again, he gave a horse; if the horse is told to stomp with one foot, copper money will fall; the other will fall in silver, the third is gold, the fourth is precious stones; the fool let the crane go; went to to my aunt, she changed the horse; the fool went back to the crane; he says that it is the aunt who is lying; gave a bag; the fool said: two from the bag, three from the bag, come out; good fellows with whips came out of the bag; went to my aunt , tells her not to say these words; she goes to take a steam bath; the aunt said "two from the bag, three from the bag"; good fellows whip her, she returned the tablecloth and the horse; the fool comes home; tells her father to call merchants, gentlemen, rich men; father called everyone; the fool shows a tablecloth, horse and bag; good fellows came out of the bag, began to whip the guests]: Khudyakov 1964, No. 9:76-77; Russians (Gorkovskaya) [guy Kingdoms fell into the trap; asks to let go and go to her for a gift; on the way, the guy asks the shepherds whose sheep; herons; the same goats; shepherd: take two goats and throw herons at the gate of the palace to the guard dogs; the guy asked for a magic tablecloth; the tsar took away the houses; then the heron gave a pumpkin, from which people with sticks come out; the tsar had to return the tablecloth]: Eremina et al. 1979, No. 40:220-222; Belarusians [grandfather sowed millet, the crane poisoned it; tells his grandfather to come for the reward, gives a purse containing inexhaustible food and drink; when the grandfather and woman invited Mr., he took the purse; the grandfather came to the crane again, he gave a barrel in which 12 are great; they beat Mr. and his men, the pan returns the purse]: Romanov 1887, No. 50:271-276 (= Vasilenok 1958:59-67); Belarusians [the woman sent her husband to the mill to grind rye; grandfather brought flour, put it on the rubble, the wind carried away the flour and scattered it; the grandfather went to look for the wind, saw the hut, sat around the corner and began to turn; the wind asked not to do this and gave an inexhaustible piece of bread; on the way Grandfather went home to the godfather, she changed the bread; the grandfather returned to the wind, he gave a ram that was shaken off with gold and silver; the godfather changed again; now the wind gave a horn, I must say, There are many things out of the horn; Some people jumped out of the horn, began to beat the godfather; she returned everything; then the pan stole bread and lamb - the same with him]: Romanov 1887, No. 52:277-279; Ukrainians [frost beat the man millet, he is coming Frost search; unrecognized Frost gives a bag that gives any food; a rich neighbor exchanges it for 6 hives and a plow, but gives nothing; the man goes back to Frost, gets a silver bag; exchanges it from a rich man to the same; the rich man gathers guests, devils jump out of the bag, torment everyone; the guests broke the windows, ran away]: Petnikov 1956:202-203; Ukrainians (Poltava, Romensky y.) [The grandfather sends three sons to grind, then guard the millet, the elders fall asleep, the third, the "idiot" sees the cranes, grabs one of them, who asks him to be released in exchange for a goat that gives money. On the way back, he spends the night at the old woman's house, offers her money for idle time, but she refuses, she changes a goat at night. The guy comes home, shows the goat, she doesn't give money, he gets beaten. The next night he catches the crane again, who gives him a wonderful tablecloth, and the guy sleeps with his grandmother, who replaces her. It all repeats itself. On the third night, the crane gives a "kiyochok" (?) - he is lucky, everything repeats himself, the grandmother says the words, the kiyochok grabs her braids, the guy sees, asks for "more". The woman gives the tablecloth and the goat, the kiyochok beats her older brothers. The goat was sold, the tablecloth was kept, the kiochek was cut. They squeezed millet, they no longer guard]: Gnedich 1916, No. 1520:47-49; Eastern Ukrainians (Kherson) [grandfather went to the forest: either he finds a job or let the wolves eat it; St. Nikolai gave a lamb: they led him to be afraid; various foods fell out of the ram; his grandfather gathered his neighbors, they persuaded him to sell the ram for 100 rubles; St. Nikolai gave a new lamb; 12 fellows jumped out, began to beat his grandfather so as not to sell the lamb]: Yastrebov 1894, No. 6:129-130.
Caucasus - Asia Minor. The Kalmyks [the old man saved the magpie from the cat, went out; when she flew away, she left her pen, it would lead to her; when the old man and the old woman were very old and impoverished, the old man threw down his pen and followed him; the man he met ordered to ask the magpie for a foal to recover in gold; having received it, the old man took the foal as a gift to the khan, but the children replaced him; the old man goes back to forty, asks for a chest with an inexhaustible with food; the children replaced him again, the khan again ordered the old man to be beaten; the third time forty gave a mallet; she beat the boys first, then the khan, the old man took the foal and the chest]: Vatagin 1964:150-155; Adygs: Aliyeva, Kardangushev 1977 (Kabardian people) [approximately like Kerashev 1957]: 78-82; Kerashev 1957 [=Maksimov, Kerashev 1953:182-186; an old man and an old woman caught a crane eating millet; he asks him do not beat, gives a bowl that fills itself with food; the old man feeds the whole village, the guy changed the bowl; the crane gives a horse that defecates with gold and silk; the same guy changed the horse; the crane gives skin who throws a man up and does not let go; the guy is forced to return everything; the skin also punished those people from another village who scolded the old man when it turned out that the bowl he brought and the horse he brought ordinary; she threw them up until they swore not to hit the old man]: 265-268; Tambiev 1900 (Kabardian people) [=Sokolov, Broydo 1936:125-127; the old man and the old woman wanted to slaughter the chicken, but she began to lay golden eggs; then disappeared; the old man went to look; the old woman in the hut swears: if you yell in front of her, food will appear; in the village they changed the nag; the old woman gives a goat; if you say "me", from her gold falls in the nose and mouth (the same); gives a samoboy stick; it beats people in the village, they returned the looshad and the goat]: 12-13; Abkhazians: Shakryl 1975, No. 40 [the bird cut down the forest on the old man's plot and performed all the fieldwork, but she harvested the harvest herself; the old man wants to slaughter it, she leads her, gives her a skinny horse, then a thin bucket, then an alder stick; the man explains that the horse litters gold and with silver, a bucket gives food, a stick will beat the enemies; the old man called the prince to a feast, told everything, the prince ordered the wars to kill the old man, but he let a stick on them; the old man lives well], 45 [adaui demanded that the old man's daughter; when he came to visit her, the old man received a goose carrying gold and silver; when he got rich, the old people went to warm waters and there the watchman replaced his son; the same was arshin, who gave out fabrics; the third gift - flail that beats itself; the watchman has to return the stolen goods]: 208-212, 239-243; abazins [the chicken laid a golden egg, but disappeared the next day; the old man went to the fortune teller; she gave chicken instead of horse - if you laugh in front of him, he throws away his food; on the way to the village, the horse was replaced; the old man went again, the fortune teller gave a ram whose mouth and nose are pouring gold (the same); for the third time she gave it a baton, it beat the thieves and they returned the stolen goods]: Tugov 1985, No. 55:168-169; Karachays [the old man trapped a black eagle; he asked him to let go, two three feathers; the old man planted one, it flew, he came to the eagle for him; the workers advised him to ask for a wooden bowl, which would be filled with gold; on the way back, the old man tried to curl, then put the gold back; spent the night from the khan, he changed the bowl; the second feather: a short horse, containing all the offspring of black eagle cattle; the old man tried cursing along the way; cattle came out, but the three-headed emegen came to take it away; the old man managed to hide the cattle in a horse, promised to fulfill Emegen's wish when necessary; the khan changed the horse; the third time to ask for a baton; she began to beat the khan and his sons, who returned the horse and bowl; emegen appeared, the old man's daughter demanded; he put a baton at him, but she stopped and emegen turned into a black eagle; he wanted to check whether the old man valued his daughter more or wealth; when he found out that his daughter, the eagle had left all three magic items for the old man]: Rumyantseva 1981:35-43; Balkarians (zap. 1965) [someone is ruining a cornfield; old man Biybo guards, a bird with golden feathers arrives, B. grabbed it; she asks him to let go, gives the pen to call her; the wife beats the old man, demands a bird; he lets him go a feather comes to the bird in the wind, it gives a three-legged table on which any food appears; on the way, B. stops at people, the table is changed; next time a lamb defecating with gold (the same); the third time the bird gives a baton; the old man put a baton on the one who replaced the curiosities, he returned everything; the lamb brought gold and wheat at home, food appeared on the table; but the wife was still unhappy; the old man let him go a baton on her; after that, the old man's wife began to wear on her back]: Malkonduev 2017:422-425; Ossetians: Sokayeva 2004, No. 563:87; Terek Cossacks [the rich brother lives in the city, he is lucky in everything; poor in the village, unlucky; his wife advises him to go to his rich brother; he let servants on him; the man he met gave a bag of buckwheat and helped to plant arable land; but the morning frost killed buckwheat; the poor man came to Frost; he scolded his son for his prank, forgave the poor man a box with food in it as he wanted; the rich persuaded him to sell him the box, and the poor man soon ran out of money; now Frost gave a box with whips; the poor man exchanged it from his brother for the old one, saying that the new one also serves wine; the rich man called the guests, everyone ran beaten; the poor man healed well]: Baranov 1899, No. 4:211-221; Avars [the widow's son wants shoot a pigeon, he gives him a magic tablecloth; the widow invites the khan to visit, he buys a tablecloth; the dove gives him a donkey, from which coins fall; the young man stops for the night, the owner changed donkey; the dove gives sticks, they beat the khan, the owner, they return the tablecloth and the donkey]: Ganiyeva 2011b, No. 64:546-550; Dargins [Vahig (forest demon) tells the man to give him a daughter; the father visits her, that advises to ask for a broken tray; he feeds any food; talkhan takes it away; a person receives a donkey from Vahig, from which coins are poured; a Jew replaces him; receives a bag with strongmen in it with batons; they force the kidnappers to return everything]: Ganiyeva 2011b, No. 65:553-555 (to the same story, the Osmans 1963:122-125); Lucky [father and daughter Raiganat knit sheaves, the snake asks to give his daughter, that I agree; the serpent leads to its underground palace, the roads are guarded by fire-breathing ajdaha, but the serpent made them bow; gives them a magic tablecloth; it was stolen; the serpent gives millstones, R. The snake stepped on its tail, the snake skin peeled off, a beautiful young man Musil Muhad appeared; he gives his father-in-law a magic tablecloth, envious people stole her; gives millstones that grind flour themselves (the same); donkey from which gold is poured (the same); then gives sticks, they force the kidnappers to return everything]: Khalilov 1965, No. 68:207-211 (=Ganiyeva 2011b, No. 66:558-561); Archins [the boy and his mother lived in poverty; found money on the road; the guy went to the bazaar, saw that children were killing a cat; gave them money, took the cat; the mother cried; after a while the guy took the money for food and went to again bazaar; saw a snake being killed; gave the money, saved the snake; near one place she began to hit her tail; told her to leave it there (this is her hole) and told the guy to come if he needed any thing; the mother beat the boy, then sent him for food; the guy came to the place where he let the snake go; there was a devil man; he advised me to ask the snake for a handkerchief; the guy did so; the snake got angry, but She gave the handkerchief; the guy went home, met that man; he advised him to come back and ask for a stick; the guy did that too; the snake reluctantly gave a stick; the guy went home, the man said to him: "This handkerchief is you, "in God's name!" saying, spread it out in front of them. Then you will have food to feed the people. If people steal this handkerchief, you tell all people, "Go see a miracle," say it. Then when they get together, you let go of this stick by saying "voor, voor, vur." If you want her to come back, say "back, back, back"; the boy fed the mother, then the people; the thieves took the handkerchief, put another one; the guy put a stick, she started beating the person who stole the handkerchief; the handkerchief was returned, the boy and his mother became rich]: Mikayilov 1967:156-158; taty [a poor woodcutter with three daughters cuts a forest in the padishah's forest; he is looking for a thief, sees girls, promises not to execute, if the woodcutter gives him one; the youngest agrees; the father visits her, receives a magic tambourine as a gift, calls guests, one old man stole; the same with the casket in which the jewelry (the bathhouse attendant stole); in the third once she gets a baton, she beats a bathhouse attendant, an old man; the woodcutter gets rich, builds houses for his daughters, marries them well]: Kukulla 1974, No. 13:106-113; Georgians [the poor man sowed a seed, an ear has grown, he he sowed more, the birds began to bite, he knocked out one wing; she gave him a feather, tells him to come and ask for what he wants; the old man teaches him to ask for an old tablecloth; she turns out to be magic; the man calls the king with with an army for a feast, he replaces a tablecloth; the same is a hand mill from which gold and silver are poured (the neighbor changed it); the same is a baton (she beats the neighbor, the tsar, they return the stolen goods)]: Kurdovanidze 1988 (2), No. 84:86-90; Armenians ("recorded in an Ararat village") [a peasant leads his son to study, drinks from a stream, says Okhay; O.'s water spirit takes the boy to study; after a while at the request of the peasant, gives him a magic tablecloth; Melik's wife replaces her; O. gives a pumpkin, cavalry jumps out of it, went to the melik, he returned the tablecloth, the peasant hid the cavalry back in the pumpkin; daughter O. tells the young man to answer that he has not yet learned, otherwise his father will cut off his head like other students; the young man knows how to turn into animals, tells him to sell him like a horse without a bridle; O. buys him with a bridle the daughter lets the young man go, he flies away with a dove, O. chases a hawk; the dove fell with a rose among the feasts, the hawk became an ashug, crushed a rose; millet - chicken - fox; the young man began to feast with everyone]: Khachatryants 1933:95-100 (Ganalanyan 1965:80-83); Turks: Dmitriev 1967, No. 65 []: 351-354; Stebleva 1986, No. 16 [Kelogan ("bald") carries firewood from the forest, leans against a tree, says Oh; an arap appears, whose name is Oh; K. tells him to take firewood home; the arap gives a casket, tells him not to say, "Open, my casket"; at home K. says the casket opens, there are food in it; K. calls the padishah to visit, he tells the vizier steal the casket; K. goes to that tree, gets a baton from the arap; she hits the padishah, he returns the casket; the arap gives K. a donkey, says he does not say, "Roar, my donkey"; K. says gold has fallen from under his tail coins; K. and his mother went to another country, built a palace there]: 46-48; Kúnos 1901 [after the death of his father, mad Mehmet agrees to share cattle with his brother: the brother will go to the new stable; only an old ox comes into an old one; one day he turns to a noisy tree, it does not answer, it hits it, a gold treasure falls out; a brother takes a measure from a neighbor, a gold coin sticks; a brother buries money, leaves; sends M. to close the door; he decided to buy them to his old mother (having welded her), removed the door from its hinges so that they would not enter the house, carried them; seeing the chase, the brothers climbed the tree; the door fell, the pursuers in they ran away in horror; M. was hired as an employee on the condition that if one was angry, the other could drown him; the owners, horrified by what M. was doing, decided to leave, M. hides in the chest they were carrying; M. makes a bed by the river for him to stumble and drown; he changes places with the owner's wife, she drowned; the owner was angry, M. drowned him; M. dropped a dry crust into the river, began to scream to she was returned; the genie gave him a magic table; M. began to feed others, the table was changed; the genie gave him a mill from which gold and silver pour in; the same; the genie gives two batons, they beat the deceivers, all of them they return; M. married and became a wise man]: 42-52.
Iran - Central Asia. Persians: Osmanov 1987 [the peasant sowed beans, the crow pecked everything, he caught it, she gives him three feathers, each leading to it if necessary; for the first time, the crow gives a pot that he himself filled with food - the shah took away; then the donkey that litters gold is the same; a flask in which guys with batons; the shah returns the stolen goods]: 170-173; Rosenfeld 1956 [the tailor tells the eldest son to herd the goat; in the evening, she replies to the young man that she ate enough, and to his father that the young man tied her on bare stones; the tailor drives her son away; the same with the middle son, with the youngest sons; the tailor himself leads the goat to graze, in the evening out of habit, she replies that she is hungry, because he brought her to the salt marsh; the tailor shaves the goat, ties her goat to a pole, hits her; she pulls out a pole, runs away; the eldest son is hired by a tinker, who gives him a pot- magic; the owner of the caravanserai replaces him; the middle son worked for a miller, received a donkey from which gold was poured; the owner of the caravanserai replaces him; the youngest son worked for a turner, received a baton, who hits herself; she does not sleep in the caravanserai, the baton hits the owner, he is forced to return the cauldron and the donkey; all the sons have returned to their father; the goat hid in the fox hole, the fox is frightened, the bear came with her, I was also frightened; the bee dug into the goat, which ran into the desert]: 23-33; 1958 [after the death of his father, the waterer Mehrak spends money recklessly; remembering his father's covenant, he sold the cow and began to cultivate the land; the crow spoils the crop, and when M. drives it, she sits on a black stone every time; his wife advises to grease the stone with resin; the crow stuck, but begged her to let her go; gave three feathers to go down the wind if it became difficult; M. starved the first one, it flew, he followed him, let the diva let him pass, the crow a bag of wheat and a chicken that lays golden eggs; the elder borrowed it and replaced it; M. let the second feather go - the crow gave a skimmer and a cauldron in which any food; the elder changed again; the third feather is a pumpkin with a hundred black slaves with sticks; the elder returned everything, Mehrak was chosen as the head]: 28-33; Tajiks: Amonov 1980 [ Pleshivets's grandmother hid her snare, the bald man began to catch sparrows, they ate them; once she caught a crow, he asked him to let him go, told him to go to him for a reward; on the way, the shepherds herd the crow's herds; they advise you to ask for a donkey, from under whose tail gold coins fall; the padishah sent an old woman to Baleshivets's grandmother, who found out about the donkey, the padishah sent the thief to steal it; the same: a block from which, when hit gold coins fly out; magic dastarkhan; pumpkin with wasps; a warrior dies from every bite, a padishah gives magic items and a daughter to the pleshiva, makes him a commander]: 101-107: Amonov, Ulug-zade 1957 [young man traps, lets go of the heron; goes to her kingdom; the shepherd advises to ask her for a magic tablecloth; the padishah took it away; next time the heron gave a pumpkin, warriors came out of it, the padishah returned the tablecloth]: 94-96 (=Ulug-zade 1967:175-179); Bartangans [the grandson of a poor old woman catches birds in a snare; a crow was caught, asked her to let her go, indicated where her home was; the grandmother scolded her grandson for letting the crow go; he I came to the crow, she gave a cow that provides oil; on the way, the witch sent bad weather, the guy spent the night with her, she changed the cow; the guy went back to the crow, she gave the donkey pouring money (same) ; a millstone giving flour (the same); the crow gave a chest of bees; the guy brought it to the witch, opened it, and went out himself; the bees bit her, the guy took everything the witch stole]: Sokolova 1960, No. 7:40-44; Turkmens [a crooked raven stole the shepherd's cheese; he caught him; the raven promised to give him a gift, called him to his place, gave a magic tablecloth; the shepherd invited the padishah to a feast; he sent the vizier to take away the tablecloth; the raven gave a donkey from which gold coins are poured; the padishah also took it away; the raven gave a chest with a mallet man in it; the padishah took the chest, the man killed the padishah, the courtiers, the guards, destroyed the palace; the shepherd told him to return to the chest; took the tablecloth and the donkey]: Erberg 1953:7-11; Sarykoltsy [a man releases a crow caught in a snare, she gives a magic tablecloth; on the way home he spends the night in another house the hostess changed the tablecloth; the crow gives a stick, she hits the woman, she returns the tablecloth; now the king orders to give the tablecloth, sends an army; the stick has killed the entire army; the king gave man the kingdom, and he made the king a groom]: Grunberg, Steblin-Kamensky 1976, No. 61:463-465; the Wakhans [the sorcerer asks the lumberjack to send him his son for training; the sorcerer's daughter tells the young man to answer that he has not learned anything; the sorcerer gives the lumberjack a magic tablecloth; he calls the king and the vizier to visit, they replace it; the sorcerer gives a pumpkin, an army in it, the king has to return the tablecloth; returning to his father, the son turns into a horse camel, tells him not to sell the bridle; the sorcerer buys a bridle, tells his daughter to bring a knife to slaughter the camel; she untied it, he ran away like a hare, the sorcerer is chasing in the form of a dog; the dove is a hawk; the dove is a dove turns into a flower, the king's daughter drops it, it turns into millet, the hawk turns into a chicken, bites, the last grain became a cat, she killed a chicken; the young man married the sorcerer's daughter]: Grunberg, Steblin- Kamensky 1976, No. 39:349-353; Uzbeks: Ostroumov 1890, No. 5 [], 6 [the young man caught and released a heron, received a magic tablecloth, the tsar took it away, the heron gave a pumpkin with soldiers, they destroyed the tsar's army, the young man reigned]: 25-29, 32-34; Afzalov et al. 1972 (1) [the stork falls into the old man's trap, asks him to let him go, his house is around the corner, everyone will show; the old man goes, asks the shepherds, the herd, they say that they herd sheep and Stork horses; the herd orders to ask for a squat as a reward; when he enters the house, the old man greets the Stork; he replies that he would have swallowed him otherwise; reluctantly gives a squat, she gives gold coins; the old man spends the night with a friend, he replaces his crust; the same: a magic tablecloth; a baton; a baton beats a thief, he gives a writhing and a tablecloth; the khan wants to take it all away, the baton hits the vizier, the khan's army; wonderful items remain with the old man]: 76-80; kafirs (kati; west in 1968 in Kabul from a native of villages. Kulem) [the boy and his old mother live poorly; the guy went on a journey, stayed overnight with an old witch; the next day he came to the spring, said: "I'll eat you, eat you, eat all the mountains"; source he got scared, threw away the cauldron to the guy; the guy returned to the old witch and said: "Whatever you say to him, "Cook," he will cook"; the old woman changed the cauldron; the guy came home, gave the cauldron to his mother; when it turned out that the cauldron is not magical, he set off; the situation repeats with a goat, about which the guy says: "If you tell her: "Give birth, give birth, give birth to silver, give birth to gold," she will give birth to it and [ ] will fill everything around]"; the third time the source threw away the staff; the guy returned to the old witch and said: "If you tell him, 'Hit him, hit this, 'he will beat people"; at night, the old woman said words to the staff; he began to beat her; the old woman gave the boy a cauldron and a goat; he returned home with them and his staff; told his mother to go to the king and marry his daughter; he set two conditions: 1) feed the whole army, 2) fill his house with gold; with the help of a cauldron and a goat, the guy did it; the king refused to give his daughter; the guy used the staff; the army fled, the king gave his daughter]: Grunberg 1980, No. 1 : 131-133.
Baltoscandia. Estonians [the old man and the old woman found a handful of grain, ground it, but the wind scattered the flour; the old man came to the mother of the Wind to complain; the Wind came, found out what was going on, gave a goat with which gold was falling; on the way back, the old man stopped in a wealthy house, replaced by a goat; the same was a magic tablecloth; then the Wind gave a box of batons; batons began to beat the owner, he had to return everything]: Normann, Lä tt 1968:125-129; Lutsi (Western 1936; the informant is Russian Orthodox, but an Estonian and a Polish woman told the same stories) [the poor brother decided for once to go mow before the rich, but at any time the time of day is already mowing; it is not him - happiness is, but the happiness of the poor by the lake is playing cards; gave the poor two rubles: if you hit each other with them, it will be four; the poor is rich, the rich borrowed and replaced; the same is a magic tablecloth; a bag of wisdom% poor for a rich man: you will become a minister; he asks for wisdom; they jump out of the bag and beat him; the brother returned the kickers after the rich gave him two ruble and tablecloth]: Annom et al. 2018:236-238; Lutsie (West 1893) [husband and wife found a handful of grain, the husband grinded, tormented his wife, the wind carried her away; the man came to complain to the mother of the wind; she was his fed her and put her to bed; the wind came: what does it smell like? I did not do anything bad, but gave a goat that litters silver; on the way back I spent the night, the owners replaced the goat; the wind gave a magic table - the same; the third time the wind gives a box, sticks in it; beaten owners returned the goat and table]: Annom et al. 2018:278-282; the Swedes [the poor brother went to ask for food from the rich man, got a ham; came with him to the tower, the guard advised him to ask for the rooster's ham; he should tell him to scream to create ducats; on the way back, the man stopped at the old woman, told her everything, she changed the rooster; he went again, got the mill, she made flour herself; the same thing; received a baton, she began to beat the old woman, she returned everything; the rich brother begged him to give him the mill; after that, the rooster refused to produce ducats, since the poor brother did not save good, and the rooster ate that flour; the poor man remained poor]: Stier 1971, No. 17:79-83; Veps [the mother scraped the last flour in the barn, the wind carried her away; the son went to the wind to return the flour; the wind sends to his brother, who to the wind father, the wind father gives the tablecloth a magic; on the way back, the boy spent the night in the house, the owner changed the tablecloth; next time the wind gave a millstone that gives you what you want; the same; the third time the wind gave a baton ; she beats the owner, he returned everything; the master asked for a tablecloth and millstones for a while, did not give it back; the guy let a baton on him and his guests, the master returned everything; the son and mother became rich]: Onegin, Zaitseva 1996, No. 37:145-148; Latvians: Aris, Medne 1977, No. 563 [The magic table, horse and baton. The wind dispels the guy's flour (also: frost freezes peas), he goes to complain, gets a table that he sets himself (also: the guy gets gifts for his work). Returning home, the guy spends the night with the owner (rich brother), who replaces the magic table with an ordinary one, and the guy again goes to the wind to complain. The wind gives him a horse sprinkling money and a baton in a bag that beats the thief. The guy gets the table and the horse back], 564 [The magic bag. The wind dissipates a person's flour (frost freezes peas and barley), and he sets off to find and teach the wind a lesson. The wind gives him a bag (tues, barrel) for food. The master takes money from a person (the witch replaces). The man goes to the wind again and receives another bag from him, from which warriors jump out and beat the kidnapper. The man gets the first bag back]: 302; Norwegians [a gust of wind carries the flour away from the hands of a poor young man; he comes to the North Wind to ask for flour back; he gives a magic tablecloth; on the way, the hostess the inn replaces her; the young man's mother is disappointed; next time North Wind gives a ram (goat) defecating with gold coins, the same; the third time, a baton; she beats the hostess, she returns the tablecloth and the ram]: Dasent 1970:228-232 (same or very similar text in Suritz 1991:157-159); the Finns [poor farmhand borrowed a pig from the owner for Christmas; the following year he brought repay the debt, and the owner told him to go to hell with his pig; the farmhand came to hell, he was happy with the gift, the farmhand was advised to ask for a hand mill; she grinds flour herself; returning, farmhand stayed with a woman, she changed the mill; the same with a magic tablecloth; the third time the farmhand was advised to ask for a bag; if you call well done from it, they would do any job, but if they they will not give work, they will beat the caller; the woman called, they began to beat her, she returned the mill and tablecloth; the former farmhand ordered the laborers to build a palace, invited the king; he is outraged by such audacity , sent an officer with soldiers; well done killing soldiers; so three times; the king came, made friends with a former farmhand; enemies attacked, well done killed them out of a bag]: Salmelainen 1947:28-32 (=Conca 1991:244-252); Karelians [the frost froze the poor brother's rye, but did not touch the rich man's field; the poor came to Frost, who gave him a torn purse containing any food; the rich brother persuaded him to sell the purse to him; the poor again came to the Cold, got a beautiful purse; men jumped out of it, began to beat the man, he forcibly drove them back; the rich man also bought this purse, called guests; the men beat everyone with iron sticks, (rich man returned his old purse)]: Onegin 2010, No. 38:351-353; Karelians [poor brother works day and night, still poor, rich - on the contrary; the poor went to the forest for a horse, came across nine men who cut down the burn; we are your brother's shares; and yours on the Black Sea coast sleeps on a large stone, hiding in red cloth; take three rowan branches and hit her on the back; Share gave a magic tablecloth; the rich brother borrowed, did not give it back; the poor again to Dola, she gave an inexhaustible purse; the same; Share gives the bag: you have to open it, ask for intelligence; then "Enough, bag, mind, no more"; there are three in the bag man with whips; beaten rich brother returned his tablecloth and purse; now (everyone) lives well, honestly]: Konkka, Tupitsyna 1967, No. 43:328-332; Eastern Sami (Skolts, Neiden) [poor brother hears someone working in the forest; the stranger replies that he is the luck of his older brother, and the younger brother's luck sleeps behind the mountain by the stone; the poor man found his luck and started hitting; she gave a stone: if you throw it over on hand, money in his hand; the elder brother persuaded him to tell how the youngest became rich, forced him to sell him a stone; the youngest became impoverished again; he went to his luck again, she gave a satchel, understanding it; the guy brought him home, two soldiers jumped out and beat him; he told them to return to his satchel; sold the satchel to the elder, and the soldiers beat him until he returned the stone and the money he had received with it ]: Lagercrants 1961, No. 296:145-150; Danes, Swedes, Faroese, Icelanders, Lithuanians, Livs: Uther 2004 (1), No. 563:331-333
Volga - Perm. Marie: Akzorin 1984 [someone ruins a pea field; older brothers fall asleep, younger Toymet hides, leaves a mead, a crane descends, eats peas, drinks, gets drunk, T. catches him; a crane gives for itself a chest that shows everything; the pop replaces the chest; the next time the crane gives a goat that defecates with gold when it bleats; the pop replaces; the crane gives a stick that hits deceivers; T. beats the priest, he returns what was taken away; beats the brothers, they recognize the merits of T.]: 182-187; Bakulevsky 1973 [about the same as in Aktsorin 1984; the protagonist is Koksha; mare, tablecloth, baton]: 107-110 ; Beke 1938, No. 52 []: 527-531; Chuvash: Marchenko 1993:322-325 [=Eysin 1993:43-45; mother sent 10-year-old Ivan to carry grain to the field, he dropped the bag, the son of the Wind-woman scattered the grain; mother sent Ivan to Vetra's mother; she asks her sons which of them scattered the grain; the youngest was to blame; the brothers asked his mother to give I. a pie, told them not to fix it on the way; he spent the night with a married woman sisters, at night she broke the cake, gold and silver fell out, her sister changed the pie; the mother sent I. to return the cake; the sons of the Wind gave the goat, she defecates with gold, the sister changed again; the third time they gave a baton; her sister, contrary to the ban, said, "Chysh, chukmar, chish," the baton began to beat her, she returned the cake and the goat], 325-326 [=Eysin 1993:78-79; the older brother is rich, the younger Ivan is poor; sowed peas, Frost beat him with hail; he grabbed him by the beard in the forest, Frost gave him an old bag; food was pouring out of it at home; his elder brother persuaded him to change his bag for two ricks of bread; frost again beat the peas with hail, and in paying a gold bag; 12 pugnacious soldiers jump out of it; I. exchanged bags with his brother, soldiers beat his brother and his guests, then judges in court, judges left I. alone]; Chuvash tales 1937 [someone poisons the peasant's peas; four sons take turns guarding; the elders fall asleep, the younger Pleshivy Ivan waited for the cranes, began to whip them, caught one; he asked him to let him go, told how he was find; when I. came, the crane gave him a parcel, tells him not to open it home; the old woman invites him to the bathhouse, stole the parcel; the same is a self-propelled sleigh; the crane gives a horn, tells him not to let go; a Cossack from the horn hits the old woman, she has to return everything; there were 4 girls in the bundle; the brothers almost got into a fight over them, but the Cossack pacified them; they played weddings]: 109-114; Kazan Tatars [worker Khriton received flour from bay, the wind carried it away; H. came to the king of the winds to punish him; he was frightened, gave a magic table; the table was changed at night; the same was a goat; the third time a chest; the owner of the house opened chest, two fellows came out of it, began to beat it, forcing him to return the table and the goat]: Bashirov, Yarmukhametov 1956:105-107 (=Yarmukhametov 1957:171-172; =Zamaletdinov 2009, No. 73:297-298); Bashkirs [1) the old man catches and releases the crow, which promises a reward for his release; the shepherd he meets advises to ask for a donkey spewing gold; in the village he is replaced; next time, dishes filled with food; a baton; she hits the boys who changed the donkey and the dishes, she returns the stolen goods; 2) the crane bites peas in the field, the Pelvis catches it; releases it in exchange for a magic tablecloth; the old woman replaced her; more a crane that sprinkles gold; the same; a baton; she hits the old woman, she returns the stolen; the brothers want to kill Taz, the baton hits them, Taz drives them away]: Khusainova 2014:62; Mordovians [most likely the donor is a bird, like most Volga-Perm groups]: Kecskeméti, Paunonen 1974, No. 563, 564:232; Udmurts: Kralina 1960, No. 61 [Ivan is poor, he goes to look for Inmar to beat him; old woman in a forest hut gives him a ram, which, if you ask, turns gold; on the way back, the merchant replaces him; next time the old woman gives him a magic tablecloth; the same; the third time she gives a bag, from which soldiers jump out; they hit the merchant, he returns everything; I.'s domestic do not believe that he brought anything valuable; he lets soldiers at them, they got off the stove, saw gold, ate well], 62 [crane pulls peas in the field, the father tells his sons to guard; the eldest, the middle one cannot catch the crane, the youngest Ivan caught it, he gave him a magic tablecloth; on the way back, the old woman replaced her, the brothers beat her I.; he caught the crane again, he gave a baton; she beat the old woman, she returned the tablecloth; beat Ivan's brothers], 65 [three pigeons gave the soldier a pipe from which an invincible army, an inexhaustible purse, comes out and an invisible handkerchief; the king steals all this; in the forest, a soldier eats fruits, turns into a beast, then eats others, becomes a man; gives the king the first fruits, promises to cure him, beats him, makes him man, drives away with all the courtiers, stays in the palace]: 167-170, 180-183; Potanin 1884, No. 12 [the beggar went to visit another beggar; he had a little flour to make pancakes; but there were enough pancakes even for the morning; the one who came tells the owner to come to his city, ask the merchant Ivan; he gave an egg; a soldier came out of it, asked what was needed; the poor man fed his family and neighbors; someone stole an egg; I. gave another egg; who came out The soldier beat the poor man with him; the poor man called the guests, turned to the egg, the soldier began to beat the guests; the one who stole the egg returned it]: 236-237; Komi [the wife sent the poor brother to work; on the way he went to a rich man who kept a tavern, but he did not give him a drink; the poor stopped in front of a dilapidated bridge, the raven told him to go; the man crossed, and on the other side the old man asked him to be transferred back ; the man translated, the person he met gave a lamb, from whose wool gold was pouring; the poor brother boasted to the rich, who replaced the ram; the same was a magic tablecloth; the third time the old man gave a bag, from which two fellows jump out with batons; they beat the rich brother, he returned everything, the poor man healed well]: Plesovsky 1975:125-131.
Turkestan. Kyrgyz [the hunter caught a gray hawk (kök-karchiga, KK); he asks to let him go, promises a valuable gift; the hunter goes to the hawk; on the way, shepherds herding countless flocks of KK, they advise you to ask for a smoky cauldron; KK (in human form): you say, "The cauldron is full" and any food will be in it; on the way home, the old man stopped in the village, tells the children not to say, "Kazan, fill up!" ; they changed the cauldron; the old man went back to the KK, which gave the chest from which the cattle came out (the same); the third time, the KK gave a beater (tokpak); the children immediately say, "Hit, mallet!" , I had to return the stolen goods; the old woman could not resist at home and said, "Hit, mallet!" ; the mallet killed her]: The Muchnik 1944:72-74.
Southern Siberia - Mongolia. Khakasy: Balter 1986 [poor brother goes to ask God why he is poor; meets an old man who gave a silver cover book, if you read the names of the dishes in it, they appear on the table; rich the brother bought the book, but the poor man became impoverished again; he came back to the old man, who gave the gold-cover book; two mallets jumped out of it, the poor brother barely had time to close the book; sold it to the rich man for all the herds and herds; the rich called the khan, the mallets began to beat everyone; when he closed the book, the khan was lying under the table; the khan ordered the rich to be executed, and the poor lived well]: 68-72; Torokova, Sychenko 2014, No. 19 [the poor brother found two khomys, brought one, began to play, any food appeared; the wife spilled out to the wife of the rich brother; he came, begged him to give the khomys to him; the poor went for the second; 40 torturers jumped out from there and began to beat him; poor first he let them in on his wife so as not to talk; then at his older brother and his guests; took the first khomys]: 351-355; Tuvans (Ak-Khem) [Karaty Khan took everything from the poor; the old man and the old woman feed on that that falls into the snare; one day an old man sees a golden eagle pecking a partridge that fell into the snare; did not become angry; the old woman at home is outraged: the eagle should have been shot; the same the next day; On the third day, the old man is ready to shoot the eagle, but he calls himself the eagle king, let the old man come to him on Mount Arsyy; the old man came there, got a horse and a saddle that creates any food; an old woman at home went to brag to K., he changed his saddle; next time he was torba; the third time the eagle gave an arrow that flies at its own target and returns; the old man let her go to Khan; he begged him not to kill; the old man did Khan as a shepherd, hanshu as a maid, distributed cattle to the poor]: Taube 1978, No. 43:227-233; the Buryats [frost beat the poor man's harvest without touching the rich man; the poor man comes to the ice palace, eats to his heart's content, says that He will blow Frost's head; he gives a bag from which you can ask for any things; the poor man sold the bag to the rich man drunk; he comes back to Frost, he gives a bag with copper-faced fellows; the rich man buys it, calls guests, well done, they start beating everyone, the guests ran away, the owner dropped his bag, ran away from home]: Dugarov 1990:213-215; the Mongols [the poor man pulled a fox, a wolf, a magpie out of the well; the fox and the wolf refused him help; the magpie gave a wineskin filled with koumiss; the khan took it away; the magpie gave a baton; she began to beat the hansha; the khan had to return his wineskin]: Mikhailov 1962:33-34; Mongols (Ordos) [Saikhan-hoo (" beautiful boy") went west; decided to spend the night between cows; jumped on a cow to steal; rode it all night; in the morning it turned out to be a tiger; tried to grab a branch, tore it off, but it turned out to be the head of the serpent Abyrga-Mogay; in the city every new king dies the next day; lama: the king will be a tiger who drives him with a snake Abyrga-Mogay; people pulled S. off the tiger with a noose, he grabbed the tiger's tail and tore it off; S. became king; someone spoils bread on arable land; S. went and saw a tree, under it tigers stood one on top of the other to eat apples; the lowest tiger without a tail; S. called him short, he fled, the others fell and crashed; S.'s father became impoverished at that time; caught a goose, broke his leg, the goose promised three lands; S. let go, the goose disappeared into the sea; got out of the water old man: this is not a goose, but Losun Khan; we must ask him for a black black donkey; this donkey is littering with gold; the Chinese replaced him; then L. gave a broken kettle, he cooks any food, the khan took the kettle; in the third once the old man got the bones, they ask who to beat; old man: except for the black donkey and the broken one, hit everyone; the bones killed everyone; the old man took the donkey and the teapot back]: Potanin 1893, No. 21:181-184; the Mongors [the bird gives the poor a magic basket, then a tree on which gold and silver grow; the landowner takes everything away, but his magic items lose their power; the bird gives a baton, it beats the landowner, poor man picks up the selected]: Stuart, Limusishiden 1994:169-170; Oirats: Potanin 1883, No. 95b (burguts) [the old men have only one foal; forty pecked his back; the old man chased her, she went to heaven, then back to the ground, he caught everything; the magpie bought her life by giving a cow that gives a huge amount of milk; the khan found out, changed it; the next time she gave a horse's head (skull), giving you will; the same; gave an iron pestle; the khan wanted to take away, the pest killed the khan, his family and associates; the old man took everything], 160 (darhats) [the man caught the bird, then the animals began to come by themselves, hunter became rich; the wife met with the merchant, who asked for a bird to be cooked, her two sons accidentally entered, the youngest ate the head and the older wing; their mother began to beat them, they ran away, lost each other; the youngest lives with an old woman, sells hay, is paid at exorbitant prices; Noyon's daughter lures him to her, gives him a drink, he regurgitated the gems first, then the bird's head; Noyon's daughter threw him away, he returned to the old woman, happiness is gone; the young man leaves, undertakes to judge his father arguing over the inheritance: who will get an invisible hat, a wishful box and a staff with which to walk on water; he threw a stone, told him to race, took possession of his things, came back to Noyon's daughter, she took everything again, leaving only a staff; he came to live with another old woman, pretended to be asleep, saw what it was shulmusikha with one eye in her forehead; pretended to wake up, shulmusikha again took the form of an old woman; replied that the flowers on her drawer made her wishes come true; fell asleep; the young man burned her eye with a hot staff, ran away, crossed the sea with the help of a staff, shulmusikha followed and drowned; the young man came to Noyon's daughter, turned her into a horse by the power of flowers, maids into donkeys; promised noyon to find his daughter if he will give him her box; it contains all the magic objects; the young man restored Noyon's daughter to her human form, but left only one eye; gave the second one after receiving Noyon's daughter as his wife; noyon made him the eldest dignitary; he found his father and mother, made his father a boss, his mother a maid; his older brother caught forty, agreed not to kill, she became a girl, her father gave a piece of cloth, she performs desires, the fabric was changed in the ail; then he gave a baton, she began to beat the deceivers, they returned matter; servants and cattle came out of it]: 355-358, 535-539.
Western Siberia. Munsey: Lukina 1990, No. 182 (b. Yukonda) [the capercaillie asked the hunter to let him go; the young man's mother is dissatisfied; the young man went there - the capercaillie turned into an old man, put food in the back and a golden circle on top; the young man hung it on the house, City The Old Man Hero stole; the same twice more (silver, copper circle); the fourth time the young man hit the old man and took his magic stick, killing the Old City Hero with it]: 467-468; Kannisto 1951, No. 4 ( upper Lozva) [the nephew lives with his aunt, hunts; offered her to sow grain; someone ruined the field, the nephew grabbed the crane; he asks him not to kill, to go where he will fly; there is a house in it, an old man in it with the old woman, the old man gave him a squirrel skin, his nephew brought her home, in the morning the house was full of furs; the mayor came to ask for flour; asked for a skin; the next morning no fur, nothing; the nephew goes to the same house, gets an ermine skin; the same; a wolverine tooth; goes to the mayor to ask for flour, puts a wolverine tooth in a bag, puts all the flour of the bins in the bag; the head gives the skins, for which the nephew returns part of his flour; he's rich again]: 41-47.
Amur - Sakhalin. Nanais: Keele 1996, No. 44 [the crow has a nest in a tree, she asks the old man not to cut the tree, gives a winnower, she gives grain and flour; the chief's servants took the winnower, the crow gave a sieve (the same); gave a mallet, she beats the servants, they return the stolen goods; one day the old men woke up - two beauties and a mergen are sleeping on the canals; Mergen brought all residents from the village of robber servants to the village; old people healed in satiety]: 395-399; Medvedev 1992 [the old man has a bast sieve, a silver scoop and a wooden mallet; food is pouring out of the sieve, wine is pouring out of the scoop; the old man went to a wake; the shaman changed the sieve; next time the scoop; the third time the old man took the mallet, it beat the shaman until he returned everything]: 269-271.