M78D. Pea child. 14.-.16.23.27.-.31.

A tiny boy (rarely a girl) comes from a pea (bean, seed) or from a spool of goat droppings, he is almost as tall as a pea. Or he was born after his mother ate a pea.

Moroccan Kabiles, Berbers, Spaniards, Portuguese, Catalans, Italians (Tuscany), French (Dauphine), Telugu, Bulgarians, Slovaks, Turks, Kurds, Persians, Tajiks, Uzbeks, Lutsis.

North Africa. Kabila: Claudot-Hawad 2002 [a person wanted a son to be born even a pea; a pea (pois chiche - "Turkish peas") was born; he overcomes obstacles and becomes normal after swallowed by a lion and regurgitated by it]: 285; Rivière 1882, No. 2 [the man has two wives; he bought them wheat; one found a pea in it and the other a fingernail; each wanted at least such a son; one son Pois chiche (P.), another Ali gicher (A.); father gave A. to herd goats; the owner of the field began to scold the shepherd, but without seeing him, he left; the robbers came, A. went with them; climbing into the yard, became loud ask which cow to take; took the cow away, the robbers slaughtered it, A. shouted as if someone had come, the robbers had run away, A. brought all the meat home; asked his mother for a gut, brought it to the palace, climbed inside, the princess picked her up, A. began to scream, she threw it away, the lion swallowed her gut; began to speak in his stomach, the lion asked him to go out; A. rejects all the holes in his body, says he will get dirty; here the children have razors; I will shout that a lion is coming, they will throw razors, you will swallow one; A. cut the lion's belly and went out and the lion died]: 9-12; the Berbers of Morocco (southern Morocco) [a rich man has a tiny son Muhammad, named Katysh Litter (goat, sheep or hare); he came to his father's laborers and said that he had ordered to burn everything that had been cut; when his father returned, he could not find M., he climbed into the cow's ass; curses people from there; they bought a cow from the owner, stabbed them; M. moved into a cow's head; sold his skin and head to a Jewish caravan; M. began to shout "Beat the Jews!" ; Jews fled; M. brought the caravan to his father]: Stumme 1895, No. 6:85-86.

Southern Europe. Spaniards [childless spouses ask for a son like a pea; he is born; eats 90 loaves; in the donkey's ear he goes to the field to his father; an ox chases in the ox's ear; the ox swallows Pea, he asks To slaughter his father by an ox, promises to return 20 of these; the wolf eats the intestines, the Pea calls the shepherds, they kill the wolf, they make a drum out of the wolf intestines, the Pea in it; the robbers take the drum when they hear the voice they are frightened, Pea brings their parents their treasures; Pea's mother gives the robber water in a precious bowl, he recognizes her; at night, the robbers are going to enter the house through the chimney, the Pea boils resin, chieftain cooked]: Malinovskaya 2002:228-231; Basques: Barandiaran 1962a, No. 19 [grandfather sent Kukubiltxo to herd the cows; he hid from the rain under the leaf, the cow swallowed it along with the grass; he went out with the manure; his mother went to wash it, the river took them both away; the maid tried to pull them out, she was carried away too; the same with his grandfather], 20 [~that (21, 22); not a boy, but a Barachuri girl], 21 [ Barbancho is the size of a pea; his mother sends him lunch to his father, who leads the donkey in his ear; the boys think that the donkey is alone, they kick him, run in fear when they hear a voice; walks with the boys steal lard from a priest who has stabbed a pig; sitting in the pig's ear, screams loudly how delicious it is; the boys run away, afraid that they will be found; the priest comes running, B. hides in the grass, swallowed by a cow; Hearing a voice, everyone thinks that the cow is bewitched; B. gets out with the manure, returns home], 22 [an elderly childless couple gives birth to a tiny boy, Ukabiltxo; one day falls into a fat pot and with the blood of a slaughtered pig; another time it is swallowed by a cow with grass, he comes out with manure; then he rides a goose]: 82-83, 83-85, 85-88, 88-93; Catalans [childless spouses they dream of a son the size of a grain; a son is born; he takes lunch to his father, is swallowed by a cow; she has been stabbed or he comes out with manure; swallowed by a fox (wolf, dog); goes outside; swallowed by a goat, then a wolf; a pig, then a rooster; frightens thieves, takes their money and brings them to parents]: Oriol, Pujol 2008, No. 700:153; Portuguese [childless spouses want a son the size of a pea ( garlic head; tomato seed; etc.); it sits in the animal's ear; frightens robbers; comes to the bazaar, no one sees it; etc.; washed off with rainwater into the cabbage bed, eaten by a cow (ox); answers her parents from her belly; goes outside with manure or the cow has been slaughtered]: Cardigos 2006, No. 700:135; Italians: Calvino 1985, No. 91 (Florence) [pea boy]: 334-337; Crane 1885, No. 91 (Florence) [pea boy]: 334-337; Crane 1885, no. 77 (Tuscany) [The carpenter always scolds his wife for being childless; the beggar gives her a hundred peas, they turn into kids; the husband hits them with a stick, but one pea rolled away, becomes a tiny Cecino boy; he invites his mother to take lunch to his father; people think he is crazy because he talks to himself; he shows them C., leaves an ox on his horn, goes to work; thieves try to steal oxen, C. picks up anxiety, the father comes running, the thieves persuaded him to sell them C.; they go to steal horses in the royal stable; ask C. to give the horses oats, the horse swallows C.; the thieves killed two horses, pulled them out into the field; the wolf began to eat the horse's carcass, swallowed C.; C. calls the shepherd from his stomach, the wolf got rid of C.; thieves come to divide the money, C. repeats their words, the thieves fight with each other, are frightened, run away; C. brings them mother's money]: 242-247.

Western Europe. French: Arnaudin 1967, No. 20 (Gascogne; extremely popular story) [elderly spouses are childless; the wife asks God to give her a son the size of a wheat grain; a son is born, his his name is PZ; his mother tells him to take the oxen to the meadow (var.: take lunch to his father who works in the field); when it rains, he hid under a cabbage leaf, swallowed it along with the grass; he gave a voice from there, old man he beat the ox, but threw the liver away, and the PZ was just there; an old woman picked up the liver; the PZ started screaming from there, the old woman threw the basket, the wolf swallowed the liver; then went to the herd of cows, but the PZ called shepherds; told the wolf to go to the house where the sheep were, but let him go outside; at night two thieves came there; when they heard the voice of the PZ, they ran away; the owner of the sheep came, also frightened; two women were frightened, but returned, brought the PZ almost home; three thieves came, the PZ gave a voice, the thieves ran away, leaving the money; PZ returns to her parents]: 196-214; Joisten 1991, No. 47.2 (Dauphine) [a woman with many children advises childless cook beans: those that fall to the floor will turn into children; everything has fallen, there are many children, everyone demands something; the woman swept them out with a broom, but one bean remained in the crack; his mother sent him to herd the cow and watch the cabbage; he sat on a head of cabbage, the cow swallowed it; his mother is looking for him, he answers from a cow's belly; the cow was stabbed, his intestines were thrown away, eaten by a wolf; when he farted, the boy flew out of it]: 270- 271 (38 options in total, p. 268-284).

South Asia. Telugu (Andhra Pradesh) [the woman's two sons are missing; the wandering sorcerer says they were swallowed by a boar; gives them six seeds of pepper, tells them to put them in a jug, call "Pepperseed"; will pop out a tiny boy; his mother asks him to release his brothers; PZ finds a sleeping boar, pierces his belly with a spear, frees his brothers; the mother married all her sons, shared the inheritance, the PZ received only a hut and an old buffalo; PZ went to the villages with a drum, began to sing, spent the night in the forest on a banyan; his drum fell, the robbers sitting below ran away in fear, the PZ ate, took the box; the robbers decided that the forest goddess Mohini was angry with them, because they did not give her anything, left; PZ brings the necklace in the box to the king, talks about the robbers; the king made the PZ the manager of the capital; the elders but sons went bankrupt]: Zograf 1964:239-244 (=1976:181-185).

The Balkans. Bulgarians [childless parents miraculously have many children (they come out of a chopped pumpkin; they come from grain poured into a vessel; etc.); there is not enough food, they they kill them, the smallest one is saved (as tall as a finger; in one version, two are saved, adventures are distributed between them); the hero takes food to his father in the field; rides in the wild, getting into his ear; sold robbers, takes their money; he is accidentally eaten with grass by a cow; when it is milked, he makes obscene noises from her belly; the cow is slaughtered, the wolf eats its insides with the hero; he warns those whom the wolf wants to attack about his approach; the wolf dies (on the advice of the fox, after eating sand and drinking water, lay down in the sun), the hero goes outside]: Daskalova-Perkovska et al. 1994, No. 700:236.

Central Europe. Slovaks [a woman does not know who will take lunch to her husband in the field, dreams of a son at least the size of a pea; a pea turns into a boy; he brings soup and dumplings to his father, falls into a ditch, soup he spilled, he almost drowned in it, got out on the dumplings, collected them again, they were in the mud; brought them to his father, said that the dog had spilled soup, that there were poppies in dumplings; father did not believe it, wanted to beat them, Pea began to control with oxen, work has begun; the master wants to buy G. as a gift to his wife, G. whispers to his father to sell, he will return; on the way he made a hole in his master's purse, threw away all the ducats and jumped out himself, brought ducats to his parents; when soldiers came, hid in a pot; having enriched his parents, went on a journey; people carry iron on 12 carts, they cannot go uphill; G. suggests removing the mountain if that date he has as much iron as he can carry it away; moves the mountain, takes everything away; tells the forge to make a club out of it; in 24 days, 24 workers forged it; G. sat under the mushroom to fix his shoes, some person wanted to sit on the mushroom, G. stabbed him with an awl; the fire of 11 robbers; G. began to throw bumps into everyone's bowl as he brought it to his mouth; then went out, waved his club, the robbers took him to them; he stayed to guard their parking lot, the wolf swallowed it, he cut it from the inside, went out; the robbers tell him to steal four oxen from the peasant; when he came to the barn, he made a fuss, the owner did not notice him, almost stepped on him; he threw him into the corner, took the oxen; furious that the robbers continued to laugh at him; they split the money and sent G. to wash his giblets to prevent him from giving him his share; by the river he began to beat giblets and scream: it's not me, but them; robbers ran away, G. took their money to his parents; but they had just died; during the funeral he fell into the grave, and the gravedigger refused to pull him out; he got out on his own, buried the gravedigger alive; became a robber again, came to the fire, which has 11 robbers; they argue when to make an chieftain; G.: the one whose club thrown up will be the last to fall; G.'s club fell only the next day and went into the ground; it was made chieftain, the club was hardly pulled out; the rich king has a watchman cock; at the same time, the king promises a daughter to the one who will destroy the robbers; G. ordered ten to carry his club, and he sat at the eleventh in his pocket, gradually filling his pocket with stones, so that the robber could hardly walk; G. threw his club and knocked down the rooster; got inside through the keyhole, opened the passage, cut off the heads of all the robbers who entered as they entered they slipped it in, cut it off and took their tongues with them; another man brought their heads, the king was ready to give him his daughter; but G. showed his tongues; after the wedding, G. confessed, his skin burst crashly, appeared beautiful young man; happy wedding]: Dobšinský 1970, No. 30:161-170.

Caucasus - Asia Minor. Turks [because of his ill-conceived wish, the poor man gets many children the size of a pea; throws them into the fire, only one remains; getting into the donkey's ear, a pea boy brings his father to lunch field; a cow cake fell on him; people collected a dung, began to drown it, the pea boy also burned down; options: the boy was eaten by a cow, he goes outside (through the ass); giants find him; he puts a dead lamb between girls, ties two men with beards, dies laughing; thieves tell him to steal a cow; he says so loudly that the owner came out but did not see anyone; he was given cow giblets and he hides in them; he was pecked by a rooster, then eaten by a cow; he climbed into giblets (dough), eaten by a wolf; he screams from the wolf's belly, he can't get anyone; parents killed a cow, threw his heart away, and There was a boy in his heart, came out]: Eberhard, Boratav 1953, No. 288:332-333; Kurds [son of Nisko ("lentil seed") as tall as a little finger; insisted on taking lunch to his father, then plowing; fell into the manure and got lost; in autumn, the girls went to collect dung, carry bags, with one voice; they found no one; they poured out dung at home; N. turned into a rooster and on the roof of the palace began to shout that the padishah had not repaid his debt to Emir Mysr; the rooster was thrown into the fire, and he filled it with water he had previously drunk; then the padishah ordered the rooster to be thrown into the room where the treasury should pick up coins and leave; N. swallowed gold, regurgitated at home, enriched his parents ; a neighbor saw, began pouring water on her son and hitting him with a stick; he died]: Jalil et al. 1989, No. 29:278-280.

Iran - Central Asia. Persians: Aliev et al. 1958:123-128 [=Rosenfeld 1958:94-99; dervish gives childless spouses peas, tells them to put them in good shape, every pea will become a child; the husband is afraid that there are not so many children feed, sweeps peas, remains alone, this is a tiny boy Justic; brings his father lunch, sitting in his donkey's ear; the bull's leg fails, there is a treasure; J. decides to take the gold to the padishah, but his mother leaves the gold himself, puts garbage in his bag; when he sees the padishah, J. was confused, offered him a cake, the padishah threw him in prison, then let him go; J. brings his father lunch again; climbs an apple tree, divas catches him, gives him to his own to fry the mother; J. pushes her in good shape; tells the diva that he ate his mother; climbs a tree; tells the wonder that he climbed with oil on his body; the diva leans to the hearth, burns; J. brings his treasures parents], 223-225 [husband and wife ask God to send a baby; one pea flew out of the pot, became a girl; she and the other girls go to the field to collect spikelets; divas come, call them to her place; at night asks who is awake; Pea says that before going to bed, her mother gives her scrambled eggs and halva; divas brings it, G. wakes up the girls, everyone has eaten, falls asleep; the diva asks again, Pea replies that after dinner mom from the crystal mountain from the river of light always brings water in a sieve; when the diva reached the river of light, morning came, the girls took the diva's things, left; G. remembered that she had forgotten the golden spoon; the diva entered the house, he put it in a bag, went to get brushwood to carve G.; she made a hole in the bag, put a kid in a bag, hid in the corner; the divas beat the kid to death, opened the bag, saw his favorite kid; found G., asks how to eat it; she says to bake a cake, wrap it in it; G. pushed the diva into tone, he got fried, she took a spoon and returned to her mother]; Rosenfeld 1956 [the lumberjack's wife asks Allah to give a child the size of a pea; gives birth to a boy the size of a thumb, he was called a Pea; he drives a drawn horse sitting on her head; tells the Oltz to sell it to two when he meets; hides from them in a mouse hole; hears a conversation between two robbers, leads them to the mullah's house, deliberately talks loudly, the robbers run away; G. goes to bed on a clover, the servant throws an armful of cow , she swallows G., he speaks from her stomach; the cow is killed, the stomach is thrown away, the wolf swallows it; G. promises to take the wolf to a place where there is a lot of food; brings him to his parents; Father G. kills the wolf, gets a son]: 66-72; Tajiks [a boy the size of a pea was born, he was named that; brought his father lunch; he squeezed most of the wheat in the field; on the way back, the wolf swallowed it; G. screams from the wolf's belly that he wanted to attack the sheep; so several times the wolf was exhausted from hunger, G. fell out, could not get out of the ditch; asked the old man to hand him a staff; returned home]: Amonov 1972:200-201 (= 1980:195-197; =Amonov, Ulug-zade 1957:129-130); Uzbeks [poor Hasan's wife gave birth to a tiny son named Nokhotbay (nohot means "peas"); he himself takes lunch to his father in the field; plows when he climbs on bull; buy orders him to be thrown across the river into the ravine; at the head of the laborers, he kills the bay, takes his property]: Afzalov et al. 1972 (1): 248-251 (Konovalov, Stepanov 1986:83-86).

Baltoscandia. Lutsi (1893; the informant heard a fairy tale from people who did not know Estonian) [the couple are childless, her husband died, the widow was crying, her tears grew peas, the only pea in the pod; she ate it after 9 gave birth for months; the boy is strong; mothers: if she waited to eat, he would have been even stronger; ordered a five-pound iron club from the blacksmith, threw it up, the next day she fell, he put his finger up, his club split; 10-pound - bent; 15-pound - remained intact, suitable; Pea meets, takes as satellites 1) pulling oaks; 2) rearranging mountains; they were hired by the owner for the right to carry away that they would be able; he ordered to level the mountains; they began to make ropes out of sand, throw them over the mountains, pull them off, now a flat field; one took all the flour from the owner, the other all the grain, the third of all the cows; they put them in the forest was a farm; the demoness (mustabaaba) began to go to them, eat everything; he remained guarding the trees pulling; she spat in his eyes, ate everything; the one who moved the mountains was the same; G. beat her with a club, she grew to the clouds, he kept beating, she shrunk again, he tied her to an oak tree; she pulled out an oak tree and went to the lower world; only G. dared to go down; killed the woman's five-headed son; the girl knits stockings, G. pulled the rope, both picked it up, he gave it to the oak puller, went down again; killed the 1-headed, gave the second girl to the one who moved the mountains; the third time he fights the 15-headed; drove him into the ground waist-deep, and he was up to his neck; agreed to take a break; G. drank strong water, and gave the enemy weak water, killed him; went upstairs, but G. went down for the fourth time; it's a shame for the companions that G. took the most beautiful girl for himself, threw the rope down; thunderstorm, eagles on the Christmas tree say that whoever protects them from the weather will help their mother; he covered them; chicks: don't leave until their mother arrives; eagle: I know G. when he was born, three the earth trembled for days; the eagle agrees to carry it across the Sea of Fire, but let it fill three barrels of forest bird; he spit them; there was not enough meat in flight, the eagle tells you to cut off and throw her little finger first , then the calf of the leg; then the little finger of the legs; flew; G. caught the little girl, began to twist; ordered the daw to bring living water from the island in the sea of fire; his body healed with this water; came to his wife, forgave his companions, but I drove them away; they began to live, they probably live now]: Annom et al. 2018:93-100.