M75b2. Predetermined marriage: a bird tries to prevent. 14.29.30.34.
Thebird tries in vain to prevent the marriage, which she learned was inevitable when the future spouses were still children.
Berbers (Sfisifa, SW Algeria), Crimean Tatars, Kalmyks, Karachays, Ossetians, Ingush, Chechens, Avars, Azerbaijanis, Persians, Turkmens, Tuvans, Mongols (Buryats?).
North Africa. Berbers (Sfisifa, SZ Algeria) [Solomon told the spirits that Djabersa had a daughter and Djaberka had a son and they would get married (these two countries are on opposite ends of the world); the griffin said that would prevent this, despite God's will, took his daughter Djabersa (along with her mother), left her on a fig tree by the sea; Djaberka's son sailed there on his ship, lay down to rest, the girl threw leaves on him, found out that there were other people besides her, her mother and the griffin; told the young man to hide in the shoes of a dead horse; asked the griffin to take her to Solomon; the griffin brought both the girl and the boy, although he thought he had brought her horse skin; was shamed by Solomon]: Basset 1887, No. 13:27-28.
Caucasus - Asia Minor. Crimean Tatars [every morning the Zumranka bird flew to Suleiman and said, "Good morning"; S. knew 18,000 languages; laughs: a boy was born in the West, and a girl in the east even at that moment Allah predetermined their fate; Z. stole a girl, brought her to the palace on top of a tree that grew on the island; 18 years later, a young man boarded a ship, it crashed off this island; a boy and a girl they started talking; at the foot lay the body of an elephant; girl: get into it; my mother would fly in and pick me up (the girl told the bird she wanted to play with it); 9 months later the girl gave birth; S. immediately found out, but Z. did not know; S. asked to bring the girl; the girl told the bird that she was afraid to fly on her back; she would go into the body of an elephant, let the bird bring it to Suleiman; parents came out of the elephant with a boy; because Z. went against Allah's will, she will never be able to go down and flies in the sky forever; her eggs, without touching the ground, turn into birds and fly in the sky]: Zherdeva 2020, No. 16 ; Kalmyks [Khan Garudi is called a steppe mangas; it stole cattle from people; people asked Barhan Bagshi to help; BB predicted that an orphan boy lives in Khan's nutuk by sunset; he must marry the daughter of a khan who lives on the side of sunrise; BB asked HG if he could keep them from getting together; HG: if I can't, I'll settle overseas forever; told the Khan of the East to place his daughter in a palace without windows and doors in the middle of deep waters, and throw food through a chimney; otherwise an orphan boy marries her; on the side of Khan at sunset, there was no food, the cattle died; the orphan boy ate meat dead animals; once fell asleep in the skeleton of a fallen cow; HG grabbed him and threw him into the chimney of the khan's daughter's palace; the orphan and the khan's daughter began to live together, they had a son, then a daughter; HG lost the argument and flew to live overseas]: Besangova 2017, No. 28:77-79; Karachays [in one of the folklore texts, the Ankao bird is called ass kush ("rebellious bird"); A. argued with the tsar that she would be able to separate a boy and a girl who were destined to live together; when the girl was 9-10 years old, A. took her to a cave on a rock; the young man came on horseback, saw a cave, stabbed a horse, climbed into it, A. took the horse to the cave; the king ordered the horse to be brought, the beloved were in the carcass, they were married; as punishment for his pride, the king exiled A. for Kab-Tau, the mountains that encircle the entire earth, forbiding him to return]: Jurtubayev 2007:407-409 (briefly 1991:72); Ossetians [the son of the Tsar of the East must marry the daughter of a merchant of the West; the eagle takes the merchant's daughter, but the young man still gets to her and marries]: Byazyrov 1960, No. 187:103; Ingush: Dakhkilgov 2003:33-34 [God created a man in the east and a woman in the west, and before that he created birds; God decided that a man and a woman would marry, but the owl said it wasn't admit, took the woman to the rock; the man saw the girl; she advised her to slaughter the horse and climb inside the carcass; told the owl that she missed horse meat; the owl brought her a horse and flew away; God offered The owl chose punishment in this or that world to choose punishment in this or that world; God made the owl not see during the day and is deprived of honor between birds], 37-38 [about the same; 17 years after imprisonment the owl dispute brought the sage a horse's stomach, and not only a girl, but also a young man came out of it; since then, the owl has not seen during the day, and all the birds do not like her]; Chechens [God created a man and a girl to marry him, The owl took the girl to the cliff (to prevent her from marrying the destined man); she told the man to hide inside the slaughtered horse, asked Owl to bring her horse meat; the owl brought the carcass a man met a girl; Owl admitted his defeat before God; God asked if he wanted to be punished in this or that world; Owl chose punishment in this world, was blind during the day, lost honor between birds]: Dalgat 2004:176-177 (=Dirr 1908:1075-1076); Avars [people say that the owl and the big bird object to everything Allah's will; the old man in response to them: a boy and a girl from different the sides of the world are destined to unite; an owl and a big bird took the girl into the forest; a ship crashed nearby, only a young man survived, saw a girl in a tree, she helped him get into the hollow; a big one flew a bird to take the girl to another place; she said she was not wearing clothes; the bird brought a horse's skull, the girl and the boy climbed into it, the bird brought them to the village; when they saw that they could interfere with the will Allah failed, a big bird flew to heaven, and the owl now appears only at night]: Khalidova 2012, No. 42:60-61; Azerbaijanis [Solomon realized that fate is inevitable, and the Firebird is in this doubted; offered to give her a boy and girl who were destined to marry, and she would upset him; the Firebird left the boy and took the girl to a deserted island at sea; the young man grew up I went to the shore opposite the island, the girl and the boy saw each other, the girl threw a basket into the sea, she was washed ashore by a young man, he sat in it and swam to the girl; their Firebird I found it when I heard the baby crying; brought them to Solomon and admitted defeat]: Bogoyavlensky 1892:330-331.
Iran - Central Asia. Persians [when Solomon was sitting surrounded by birds and animals, the starling did an unpraiseworthy act; asked him not to punish: everything is predetermined by God; Simurg: the starling is wrong, predestination no; S. is angry; Archangel Gabriel Solomon: we will make sure that the padishah of the East has a son and the padishah of the West has a daughter; they are destined to meet; S. will try to prevent, but will not be able to; S. takes the girl to a nest on a mountain across the seas; no one knows about it; the girl considers Simurg her mother; the son of the padishah of the East was shipwrecked, merchants sheltered him; he gained confidence in the owner and decided to look for origins Neil; he gave him Solomon's potion, which made it possible to understand the language of birds and animals; the prince came to the garden, where trees were made of gold, leaves of emeralds, fruits made of gems, everything was wrapped in canvas; the king demands learn the secret of trees from the viziers, otherwise he executes; the viziers met the prince, they went together; the young man cuts off ripe and unripe crops and sprinkles everything into the water; the man at the well fills the vessels of those who come, and him its own vessel is empty; the snake stings those who pass by, but no one is wary of it; one butcher has fatty meat, the other has skinny and rotten meat, but customers prefer the second; people cling to the gazelle and run after her; man picks up firewood, can't pick up, puts it back; puppies bark in the dog's womb; the tripod is covered with cloth, people tear off pieces; old man: my brother is older, ask him; the second old man refers to to the oldest brother; he is black-haired, gives explanations; the king was so generous and fair that trees with gems grew, and everything was sewn into the canvas to tell about his justice; a young man with a sickle - angel of death; a man at the well labors gains benefits, and deprives his loved ones of them; the bird came out of the hole, but could not return - a word; a fat kid sucking his mother, but he did not become fatter himself: the king , oppressing subjects; the snake is life, it strikes; people and two butchers: turning away from his wife and leaning towards the forbidden; the gazelle is earthly life; the person who collected fuel is a sinner; puppies in the womb: who do not let their parents speak; the canvas is faith; my hair is black because my wife is good, and my younger brothers have bad wives; the prince stays with the young man; hears and understands the conversation between a bull and a donkey; a bull tired, the donkey advises to pretend to be sick; in the morning the plowman harnessed the donkey; in the evening, the donkey advises the bull to become cheerful again, otherwise they want to slaughter the patient; the prince laughs; the owner's wife demands an explanation; he asks for feces and ink to write about everything (and die); in the yard, the rooster praises the owner's mind; the dog: he is stupid because he will die, the king will find out about this and, as a result, the owner is executed, and his house will be ruined; let the husband he will beat his wife; the prince told her husband, and he beat his wife; the prince goes on; the elder orders to grab the bird, it will carry it across the sea, it is necessary to take water from the spring, return back on the bird; the elder will dead, it must be washed; in that land the dome is paradise, with four rivers flowing from it: the Nile, the Euphrates, the Tigris, and Jeyhun; in paradise, the prince picked a bunch of grapes; when he returned, the devil offered him an apple; the grapes immediately disappeared; the prince sailed on the ship, the ship sank, the prince got ashore with his horses; saw a girl in the tree; advised her to ask Simurg to bring a mirror; she was convinced that she did not look like Simurg; ask Simurg to take you to the seashore for a day; the prince began to come out of the horse's skin in which he wrapped himself, the girl became pregnant; then asked Simurg to bring her skin into the nest; in the prince's shoes; when he was 15 years old, S. ordered Simurg to bring that skin: it was wearing a girl, a prince and their child; in fear of the promised terrible execution, Simurg flew away and no one else saw him; wedding]: Romaskevich 1934a, No. 65:331-355 (=Braginsky 1977:289-315); Turkmens: Basilov 1953 (Ashgabat Region, but not Baghir, three entries) [Suleiman-Pihamber predetermined the boy and girl to marry on such a day; the huge bird Burkut decided to stop him, took the girl to the mountains (or to the island); the guy was riding a boat, the storm brought him to the girl; she hid the guy, asked B. to make a chest - she will sit in it and not will be afraid when B. carries it; B. brings S.'s chest, there are a guy and a girl]: 44; Samoilovich 1914, No. 2 (Ahal, sat down. Bagheer) [the Simurg bird undertook, at Suleiman's suggestion, to prevent a marriage predetermined by fate, but the marriage took place, Simurg fled in fear]: 332.
Southern Siberia - Mongolia. Tuvans [two hunters agreed to marry children when the boy Shor-ool was 10 years old, the girl Kondom was 9 years old; her father was Hakas; the Khan Hereti bird decided to prevent the marriage, took K. the crest of a wooded mountain; one ox fell, refreshed it, went for tea; Sh. was nearby; when he heard the sound of his wings, he hid in the belly of an ox; the bird carried the carcass to the same place as the girl, flew away by itself; S. and K. began to live together, their language became mixed - Tuvan-Khakass; XX brought food for K., and S. was hiding at that time; brought a yurt, cattle; then saw that S. and K. had been married for a long time, had children; decided more with a fortuneteller do not compete, neither Tuva nor Khakassia anymore; Tuvans from Khemchik began to call the descendants of Shor-ool Shors]: Alekseeva et al. 2010, No. 43:109-113; Mongols or Buryats ("Lamai the legend told by Rabdanov") [the king asks Burkhan-Bakshi what fate awaits his newborn daughter; he replies that she will marry a beggar; to prevent prediction, the Khan Garidi bird takes away girl into her nest; feeds meat to dead animals; when the girl grows up, HG asks B. if his prediction has come true; B. replies that the girl already has two children from the beggar; it turned out that the beggar scared of HG, hid in a deer carcass, HG took the carcass to the nest, the beggar began to live with the girl]: Potanin 1899:432.