M78A. The tail boy. .21.32.-.34.39.

A tiny little man emerges from the severed tail of a goat or sheep.

Tibetans (Amdo), Mustang, Lepcha, Bashkirs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Buryats, Mongols, Dongxians, Khakas, Tuvans, Forest Yukaghirs.

Tibet is the Northeast of India. Tibetans: Kajihama 2004, No. 10 (Amdo) [despite the old woman's protests, the old man stabbed a goat; the old woman took a goat's tail and left; wanted to eat it, but he turned into a boy; after becoming a thief, he brought it any food; king: if the thief steals my turquoise necklace in 3 days, I will give him half the kingdom, if not, then I will execute him; the tail boy stole the necklace, the king gave half the kingdom; the tail boy is gone, the old man is guilty to wife, they began to rule]: 27-29; Macdonald 1931, No. 9 [the old man and the old woman decide to divorce, share a goat, pull in different directions, the old woman gets the tail, the old man everything else; she is going to throw away her tail , he calls her mom, promises to help; steals good from a rich neighbor; he agrees to give her more if the Tail steals his turquoise talisman from the king; the tail bandages the watchdog at the gate on the calf's seat and vice versa, takes the weapons of sleeping guards, ties two sleeping watchmen and two maids by pigtails, puts a bubble between two sleeping nuns, carries away the talisman; in the morning, the nuns they accuse each other that the other has a miscarriage; general confusion; The tail brings a talisman to a rich man, who shares his property with the old woman]: 463-464; Mustang [the old man and the old woman have 9 goats; a young woman came the man, praised the old people - they live well, do not starve; joyfully, the old woman gave him a goat; he came again, so he received 8 goats; when the old woman was going to give the ninth, the husband began to pull the goat, not wanting to give, the tail came off; the old man died, the old woman was going to cook her tail, he turned into a tiny boy, promised to give his grandmother whatever she wanted; the old woman asked for flour; the boy brought a tail a bag of flour from the king's palace, asks to open the door; old woman: come in through the hole; boy: I'll go in, but the bag won't fit; a barrel of oil (the same); the old woman asks for meat; the tail boy hid under a pile of manure on the field where the yaks grazed; three thieves who came to steal the yaks were going to throw stone into the pile; the tail boy tells us not to throw, promises to help steal; brought a knife from the king's palace, the thieves stabbed a yak and a female yak, the tail boy asks to give him the bubble, not to carry it to him again; puffed it, began to beat him and shout that he did not steal the royal yaks; the thieves thought that the tail boy was captured by the king's people, threw the meat and ran away , the tail boy brought meat to his grandmother; decided to marry the princess; began screaming on the roof of the palace, the king sent the eldest daughter to find out what was going on, she did not see anyone; the middle daughter was the same; the youngest boy- the tail fell into the hem, demanded that the king give her to him as his wife, if he did not let her, I would laugh; king: laugh please; the tail boy laughed, the walls of the palace staggered; cry; a flood of tears flooded the palace, the king He promised to give his daughter, but he did not give it back; then I will leave; the tail boy went, followed by the whole palace; the king advises his daughter to ask the groom to drive the horse, when they reach the desert, she will trample him; but he grabbed horse chest, unharmed; the princess had to put up with it; the king calls his daughters to the party, the tail boy tells his wife to stay at home, he will go by himself; took off his skin, became a beautiful young man; the princess also went, came back early, threw her skin into the fire, a piece stuck to her hand; her husband says she burned her skin too early; he left for three years on business, his wife became a beggar; when he returned, they did not recognize each other; then he only recognized her by a piece of skin in the palm of his hand; everything is fine]: Kretschmar 1985, No. 23:144-148; lepcha [the old woman asks her husband how many goats they have; he calls each time fewer and fewer; the leopard eats the goats; the old man wants to slaughter the last one; the old woman has only a severed tail; she puts it in a box; the tail asks the old man not to eat it; fills the vessels with water, brings firewood; goes to kill the king's three buffaloes; on the way he hides from the sun under a mushroom hat; the Prince of Sunrise and Prince of Call shoot a mushroom, the tail screams, they all three go to kill buffaloes; princes carry dead buffaloes, the tail is a bubble of blood; warns princes to run away if he screams (which means danger); he screams when they are near his house; calls the king to a feast; after a feast, he notices the heads of his own buffaloes; the tail explains that he wanted to teach the king generosity; the king agrees not to demand the buffaloes back and give Tail his daughter if he can steal jewelry from his boxes; the guards sleep at night; The tail replaced the dogs with sheep, bows with sticks; the king hands the box to the queen, goes to bed; in the dark, the tail, disguised as a king, takes the box back; gets the princess; unrecognized three times in the guise of a handsome man comes to dance; the wife suspects the truth; finds a tail (empty shell), throws it into the fire; the husband runs in, says that his wife is in a hurry, tells me to scatter the remnants, they turn into gold, people, cattle; The tail becomes equal to the king]: Stocks 1925, No. XXIII: 383-387; Bhutan [the old man and the old woman decided to slaughter a goat, but do not know how to do it; the old man began to pull horns, the old woman by the tail; the tail has come off; the old man eats meat in different forms, and the old woman has only given bones once; the goat tail she has put on the shelf laughs at her; she wants to bake it, but he promises to be useful to her; came to the mill; there the girl poured ground wheat into the bag; the tail grabbed the bag, it could not be picked up; she went to call for help lift the bag, the tail took it away and brought it to the old woman; then killed a bull in the royal pasture, brought it to an old woman, and put his tail into the quagmire as if a bull had drowned; the king's men began to pull its tail, and the tail boy (he is immensely strong) pulled him deeper into the swamp; everyone thought that the bull is gone; the king has a treasure; whoever can steal it will give his daughter and half his kingdom to him; the tail waited for everyone to fall asleep; fed the dogs with meat; took the dogs to the barn, the cows to the kennel; the horses to the sheepfold , sheep to the stable; smeared the stairs with slimy juice; tied stones to the fringes of the guards' capes, put leather bags over their heads; carrying the treasure, shouted that it had been stolen; terrible stir; tail got a wife; she goes to a party where she sees a handsome man; on the third evening she remained on guard; her tail lost the appearance of her tail, became a beautiful young man; the wife threw her skin into the fire; husband: a little hasty; ordered ash to be scattered everywhere; cattle, a farm appeared; but that is, ahead of schedule, all with a slight defect; garments have a torn seam or no collar; another rooster without a scallop, and some animals without tail]: Choden 1994:109-114.

Volga - Perm. Bashkirs: Bessonov 1941, No. 60 [an old man and an old woman slaughtered a goat, put their tail on the hearth cornice; the tail became a boy as tall as a finger; his father put him on a camel and ordered him not to get off; Goat The tail (KH) of tears, could not get back in; the camel swallowed it along with the grass; the old man stabbed the camel, threw his stomach away; the wolf bit his stomach, the X jumped on the wolf, they ran, tired, they were killed by hunters; KH shouts that he has exhausted the wolves; when the hunter sent his wife to scatter the horse, the KH shouts that he will not; at night, the farm covered the sleeping old people with a sebaceous membrane from the stomach of a slaughtered goat; meat and He put feces between two sons-in-law, goat embryos between the old man's daughters; they accused each other for giving birth, sons-in-law for getting dirty the other night, old men for pulling a fur coat over them, it bursts and torn; the old man slipped on his goatskin, broke his leg; thieves stole goats; the farm asked the merchant to count the money, hid in his cart, made a hole, all the money fell out; helped the thieves steal the cows, I only asked for giblets; how the thieves brought the meat, made a fuss, the thieves ran away, took everything, brought everything, brought it to his old people, grew up, got married, everything was fine], 61 [the old man stabbed the goat, put his tail on stove cornice, a tiny boy appeared; went to herd goats, clinging to the goat's horn; frightened thieves who wanted to steal the herd; next time he rode a camel, tears, the camel swallowed it with grass; the old man stabbed the camel, threw out his intestines; the wolf gnawed the gut, the boy frightened the wolf; frightened the fellows who killed the wolf; hid in their house, secretly eats; stabbed the goat, put the kid's embryo on his daughters, feces - well done, he covered the old people with a greasy membrane; they blame each other; the boy with a finger robbed the merchant, went with the thieves, helped them steal the cow; gave them to the old man, began to live with him, said that his horse they want to slaughter; thieves stole and slaughtered their own horse; the boy with his finger returned to his parents, became a merchant]: 289-293, 294-298.

Turkestan. Kazakhs [a childless old woman milked a goat, she knocked over the bucket, the old woman tore off her kuyirshyk (tail), he turned into a son; rode a camel for salt; hid from the weather under a leaf, the camel ate the grass, swallowed it; the camel was brought home, the old people heard K.'s voice, stabbed the camel, the Wolf ate the giblets; when he comes to the herd, K. screams from his belly, calls the shepherds; the fox advised he sweat, sit on the ice, sit until morning; the wolf froze, the travelers killed him, peeled off his skin, quietly took K.; stopped for the night; K. blew out the fire, ate everything; others began to blame each other; went to bed; K. put the slaughtered ram between the guests, tied braids for the master's daughters, put a cauldron over the owner's head, hung a tripod above the door, filled the ground with nails at the door; shouted that wolves were coming ; the owner hit the cauldron, the tripod, sat on nails, screamed; the guests accuse each other that the other turned into a ram, the girls that the other was holding her braids; everyone is fighting; K. burst with laughter]: Marchenko 1993:81-84; Kyrgyz [the tiny boy's name is Kuyirshik - tail; he rode a camel to the city; on the way back it started raining, K. hid under a leaf, the camel began to pinch the grass and swallowed K.; approaches the owner's yurt, and K. screams from the stomach: take purchases from the cart; the father stabbed the camel, the women began to clean their intestines, but did not notice K.; the wolf swallowed the camel stomach with K.; is approaching to the sheep, and K. raises the alarm from his stomach; the shepherd let dogs at the wolf; the wolf starved to death; K. got out and climbed onto the horse of one of the riders who were passing by; they came to bay; when everyone ate, K. stabbed a goat, took out an unborn lamb; tied the Bai daughters with braids, put an unborn lamb between them, covered the eyes of Bayu and his wife with gastric fat, and tied wooden hammers to the door, raised the alarm: wolves stole rams; everyone jumped up, hit and quarreled; sisters blame each other: gave birth to a lamb instead of a baby; K. got on the guest's horse and returned home]: Muchnik 1944:68-69.

Southern Siberia - Mongolia. Buryats: Tugutov, Tugutov 1992, No. 4 [the old man tore off the sheep's tail, which turned into a boy; the khan promised him his daughter if he stole his ring, which the khan keeps in his mouth at night; palace two dogs are guarded, two girls are at the gate, two more by the fire, the llama reads a holy book; at night, the tail boy throws sheep stegs to the dogs, finds the watchmen sleeping; connects the first girls to each other by hands, between the second he puts the sheep's cecum full of hot blood; puts part of the sheep's stomach behind his sinus; bile drips into the khan's mouth, puts sheep buds on the bed, raw skin on the floor; the khan jumps up , falls; khansha screams that her kidneys have fallen out; girls accuse each other of giving birth to the other; a tail boy married a khan's daughter], 17 [Buhe Langden-Bator is a thief in Northern Mongolia; Khan tells him to steal his ring, hides it in his mouth at night; BL gives salt to two guard camels, meat to dogs, stomach and blood between Khan's daughters, ram's rectum to Khan's bed; further as in (4 ); Khan allows BL to steal in Inner Mongolia]: 36-38, 68-69; Mongols: Mikhailov 1967 [an old man tore off a goat's tail, he turns into a boy; steals an ax from noyon, eats an ox; noyon tells steal the ring from his wife, tells his wife to hide it in her mouth; the boy feeds meat to guard dogs, throws premature lambs to sleeping maids, lamb testicles to noyona under his robe, llamam manure from the intestines a ram, poured bile into the hanshi's mouth so that she spits the ring; everyone blames each other; drowns the shaman in a wineskin with koumiss; noyon promises a reward to whoever takes the dead home; the boy takes a ferocious camel and awl; when the dogs rush towards him, stabs the camel, he throws off the dead shaman, the boy pretends to have been thrown off, that the shaman is dead now; the noyon gives the boy a herd, he returns to parents]: 112-115; Potanin 1883, No. 166 [the old woman tore off the goat's tail, which turned into a boy; the camel swallowed it along with the grass; the old woman stabbed the camel, but threw out the cecum where she was boy; the wolf swallowed the gut; when the wolf comes to the cattle, the boy screams, Catch; the wolf asks the fox for help, it tells him to defecate at the crossroads of seven roads; the boy goes out, kills the sheep, He puts a premature lamb between two sleeping girls, lard from the peritoneum covers the old man and the old woman, liquid from the peritoneum pours between two guys; when the girls wake up, the girls argue whose miscarriage; the old man and an old woman takes lard for a fur coat, the old man hits the old woman for tearing her fur coat by pulling it towards herself at night; the guys also quarreled; the boy laughed, his ass cracked, he died]: 550-551; Dongxiang [the old man and the old woman agreed that the sheep would be given to the one who had cooked vegetables earlier; the old man put his vegetables in the old woman's pot and put his own from her pot; the old woman's vegetables were raw, the old man got a sheep; the old woman chased, tore off her tail, hid the sheep's tail in the box; llama to the old woman: how many times did she dig a shovel? If you don't count by tomorrow, I'll kill him; the tail boy from the box tells you to take it into the field and hide it under the basket; llame: how many traces did your horse leave? Lama to an old woman: how much hair is on your head? tail boy: what about your horse? The llama tells the old woman to give him her grandson; the tail boy tells her to agree; the llama left the boy in the hay, set fire to the hay at night; he screamed: the old woman's grandson has burned down! tail boy: the llama's horse burned down; at night, the boy lay down where the llama had put his saddle and put the saddle in its place; at night, the llama threw his saddle into the river; "The water took the old woman's grandson away!" tail boy: the llama's saddle has been carried away by water; the tail boy eats balls - fried flour with honey; tells the llama to feed the dog flour, beat it, it will leave the balls; what the dog has left is impossible to eat; the tail boy sent the llama for honey; the bees began to bite, the llama screams for the boy to kill them; he killed the llama with a hammer; hid it in the chest; the porters stopped for the night; the boy told them what was in the chest silver; they took the chest; when they found the dead man, they left him standing in a pea field; the landlord threw a lump of land at him, the corpse fell, the man thought he had killed another; the porters fled, leaving the cattle and things, but taking the llama's body; the boy took cattle and things]: Todayeva 196:85-87; Khakas [childless old men decided to slaughter the only sheep; when the old man fell asleep, the wife fried and ate the sheep alone tail; the old man was offended; after a while the old man hears the child's scream; called him a tail born from a sheep's tail; the boy began to hunt with onions; two other boys began to persuade him go steal; they told him to go into the house - he is small; the boy shouts loudly: which lasso to take; the khan's soldiers woke up, the tail hid under the arcana, then slowly took out the lasso; the thieves took out the ox; They sent a tail for an ax; he again: which one should I take? they did not find him again, he brought an ax; they sent him to remove the skin from the ox; the same thing; he was given only his lungs; he started hitting them and shouting: why did he steal? He answers in a different voice: it was not me, it was the boys who stole; the boys ran away, ate his tail and returned home; the khan arrived; the tail cut off his stallion's lip, it was cooked; the khan ate, was satisfied; He did not find an ox; he was going home; the khan's daughter: probably the father found an ox, his horse laughs; then the khan sent a letter to the boy: to appear neither equestrian, nor on foot, not on the road, not off-road, neither dressed nor naked; the boy wrapped his net, sat on the wheel of the cart, walked along the side of the road; the khan, cursing and surprised, drove him away]: Torokova, Sychenko 2014, No. 43:577-581; Tuvans [Bureldey stabbed the last ox out of greed, He ate everything himself, gave the old woman her peritoneum, drove her out; the raven asks to give her peritoneum to him; tells her to go across the pass, where the horse's head grazes the goats, gets into a mortar; you must kill her with a bronze pestle, pick up the goats; the old woman brought the goats, the old man almost died of hunger; once he sneezed so much that the goats ran away, the old woman had a tail in her hand; he became a boy; he hid in the sheep's fur, screaming that he was an evil spirit; Karaty Khan stabbed the ram and threw it away, the old woman got the meat; two brothers asked for help punish K.; the tail boy hid in the ox's ear; the brothers stabbed the ox as with the ram, but the boy was given only the liver and lungs; the same with clothes; the tail boy dressed richly, began to scream, a hundred brothers stole K.'s ox; they abandoned their horses and ran away]: Hadahane 1984:87-89.

SV Asia. Forest Yukaghirs (p. The ridiculous Verkhnekolymsky ulus of Yakutia) [the old woman cooked the last piece of meat; the old man, deciding to eat it alone, asked for snow; the old woman ran out, the old man did not let her go back; she found a palace, there three golden dog heads rolled; an old woman killed them, took possession of wealth and large livestock; once she visited an old man; he was starving, the old woman took him with her; the old man ate day and night; when I decided to overlook, the old woman sent him over the mountains; he did not have time to run and sat down in the middle of the camp; all the deer and cattle ran away; the calf was the last to run; the old men grabbed his tail, he broke away; because There was no food, we decided to cook it; we tried to throw it into the fire several times, but he jumped out and shouted: "Oh, oh, it's hot!" ; the old woman wrapped her tail in a cloth and said to him: "Be a little thief"; the next day she turned it around, there was a little man lying there; every day he grew bigger, turned handsome, and became steal cattle from a rich neighbor; the rich man announced that he wanted to see the thief, and that if he stole his gold ring, he would give half of his wealth; at night, the Tail Boy went to his house; stabbed several calves, threw them to chain dogs; took off the saddles with the riders and attached them to the fence, driving the horses out the gate; at those sleeping by the fireplace, the old women replaced the oil in the cups with water; when the rich man snored and opened his mouth, the boy saw that the ring was inside; the guy poured water into his mouth; he spit out and screamed for light; the old women splashed water, the fire went out; the rich man called the guards, who are sitting on the fence; the next day, the guy returned the ring to the rich man, and the rich man gave him half of the wealth]: Zhukova, Prokopyeva 1991, No. 8:148-150.