M78G. Sleep-related. .21.28.-.31.33.34. (.37.)

When the inhabitants of the house fall asleep, a joker (usually a tiny boy) ties them together in pairs so that when they wake up, they quarrel.

Tibetans, Ukrainians (Kharkiv), Terek Cossacks, Turks, Turkmens, Eastern Sami, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Buryats, (Nanais).

Tibet is the Northeast of India. Tibetans [the old man and the old woman decide to divorce, share the goat, pull it in different directions, the old woman gets the tail, the old man does everything else; she is going to throw away the tail, he calls her mom, promises help; steals good from a rich neighbor; he agrees to give her more if Tail steals a turquoise talisman from the king for him; The tail bandages the watchdog at the gate to replace the calf and vice versa, takes the weapons of sleeping guards, two sleeping watchmen and two maids are tied by pigtails, puts a bubble between two sleeping nuns, carries away the talisman; in the morning, the nuns accuse each other that another has a miscarriage; general confusion; The tail brings a talisman to a rich man, who shares his property with the old woman]: Macdonald 1931, No. 9:463-464.

Central Europe. Ukrainians (Kharkiv, p. Nizhnyaya Syrovatka, Sumy University, 1885) [The son and father are walking along the road, they see a man carrying a goat in his hands, the son promises to steal it. He takes off his boot, smears feces, leaves it on the road, the traveler picks it up but does not want to wash the paired one, then picks up another boot, also left by his son, ties the goat to the willow and returns behind the first shoe, meanwhile, the son takes the animal away. At home, Anton wants to get the first piece of the goat he has cooked, his father refuses him, he runs out of the house, shouts that his father stole the goat, he is allowed to eat first. Anton raises the goat's head above the bush, gives a goat's voice, and the owner of the goat finds out the loss, Anton admits that he stole the goat and is called to steal the horse. Pan tells the workers to protect the horse, they fall asleep at night, Anton transfers the first from the horse to the matitsa, gives pegs to the one who held his legs, and those who held the mane - yarn, leaves the bridle, takes away horse. Pan demands that Anton steal oxen and send them to the field with workers all day long. Anton shows up and shouts as if he sees a miracle, invites half of the employees to look at it, the other half to watch the oxen, the other half does not wait for the first to return and leaves. Anton takes the workers into the forest, returns quietly, takes the oxen away, puts the tail in front of everyone in their mouths, leaves them alone with their tails in their mouths - the workers decide that the ox has eaten the herd. Pan realizes the trick, demands that he steal his wife. Pan surrounds his wife with workers, falls asleep next to her. Anton ties braids to the workers, throws up a pig's stomach, spills kvass, glues the workers' hair with resin, puts a deck instead of his wife, and takes his lady away. Pan wakes up, girls scream for "", accuse each other, workers argue about who got dirty (?). Anton says he gave the hell his wife for 3 carts of pennies, and the man promises to give him a box of pennies if he returns it back. Anton weaves a rope by the pond, says to the line from the lake that he wants to measure the swamp in order to build a monastery, drive the devils out. He promises not to do that if they give up Mr.'s wife. The devil offers to resolve the dispute by running around the lake, Anton exposes the hare (like a son), wins, gets a wife, kicks the lord out, takes his place and lives with his wife]: Grinchenko 1895, No. 175: 214-218.

Caucasus - Asia Minor. Terek Cossacks (art. Ardon) [the old man and the old woman have no children; the old man wants to cut off chips, cuts off his finger; a boy appears out of him; he lives with the old people, remains the size of a finger; returning from mowing, hears the conversation of thieves who want to rob the priest; asks them to take him with them; goes with them at night to the priest's house; climbs into the lock hole, opens the gate; thieves take three horses and slaughter the ox; the boy climbs into the house, covers his butt with wet skin, puts the demand between his father's daughters, braids two clerks and inserts a pipe into the old woman's nose; then brings meat home; in the morning, the pop scolds from behind a wet blanket, his daughters argue which of them gave birth, and the clerks scream at each other from behind their braids; the pop tells the old woman to light the fire; she blows on the coal, the pipe plays; the old woman dances, pop screams]: Gusev 1893:363-366; 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 his ear a pea boy brings lunch to his father in the 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 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 he's out the owner, but did not see anyone; he is given cow giblets and he hides in them; he was pecked by a rooster, then eaten by a cow; he climbed into giblets (into the dough), they (him) were eaten by a wolf; he screams from the wolf's belly, he is no one can get it; parents killed a cow, threw away the heart, and there was a boy in the heart, came out]: Eberhard, Boratav 1953, No. 288:332-333.

Iran - Central Asia. Turkmens: Sokali et al. 1955 [his wife gave birth to a son half an ear tall, Yarty Gulak; he went to his father's mill in a camel ear; went down to the grass, fell asleep on the grass, the camel ate him with grass; parents killed a camel, did not find a son; the wolf swallowed it with guts; from the wolf's belly, YAG warns the shepherds; the wolf asks the Fox to help, she tells him to eat unripe grapes, the owner of the vineyard Hits the Wolf, YAG jumps out; on a basket of grapes, YAG arrives at the owner's house; at night he holds two guests by the beard; they accuse each other, fight; the owner fights with his wife (YAG held him by the beard, her for braids); at night, YAG smears ishan's (mullah) pants with pumpkin porridge, puts jug covers on his daughters' heads, turban on his wife's head, calls for prayer; general stir; etc.; YAG gets sheep for the promise to leave home, tells the father to pick them up at home; (beginning, including the wolf episode, pp.28-31)]: 28-39; Stebleva 1969, No. 44 [about the same as in Sokali, but more episodes in the second part; Yartygulak binds the guests' beards, and does not hold them by himself]: 225-237.

Baltoscandia. Eastern Sami [grandfather accidentally cut off the end of his thumb, gave the woman a boy would grow up; she rinsed her finger in warm water, he shouted "dad"; began to talk and walk; he picked him up pop, put a knife and purse in his pocket, went on; the boy cut his pocket, fell out with a knife and money; brought his grandfather and woman, they were surprised - so much money; the boy slept for three days, went on a journey; the pop found him, now put him in an iron pocket, brought him home; everyone laughs how he feeds forty; prepared the dough to bake bread for him, fell asleep; the boy put the dough between his ass and his wife, tied his daughter and maids, son and grandfather by the hair; in the morning everyone began to pull each other's hair; pop tells his wife to remove what is between them; the boy returned to his grandfather and woman; they bought new home, began to live well]: Kert 1988:177-179.

Turkestan. Kazakhs (Syr-Darya) [the old woman asks her husband to bring her 40 lamb ears, eats, gives birth to 40 ears; they are at peace, the old people have nailed them, one ear is hidden; goes on a camel for salt; an old woman warns not to hide from the rain under the leaves, the ear hides, the camel swallows it; the old man cuts it but does not find his ear, throws away his stomach, it is swallowed by the wolf; every time he rushes to rams, his ear screams from his stomach; the fox advises him to run and sit on the ice; the wolf froze, the traveler killed him, took off his skin, his ear hid in his pocket; with this man two more, they stopped for the night, ear made a hole in the cup, ate everything, the owner's daughters are surprised (the guest must leave food to the owners); at night, the ear puts the lamb's head between the girls, ties his wife's braids to the owner's beard, the maid to the oil mill, the shepherd to the wormwood bush; shouts that the wolf attacked the sheep; each girl accuses the other that she has a miscarriage, everyone is fighting; the ear steals sheep to the elderly]: Divaev 1909:90-95; Kyrgyz [the tiny boy's name is Kuyirshik - a tail; he rode a camel to the city; on the way back it rained, K. hid under a leaf, the camel began to pinch the grass and swallowed K.; comes to 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.; approaches 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 the 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, 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. The Buryats [the old man tore off the sheep's tail, he turned into a boy; the khan promised him his daughter if he stole his ring, which the khan keeps in his mouth at night; two dogs, two girls guard the palace at the gate, two more by the fire, the llama reads a holy book; at night, the tail boy throws sheep stegns to the dogs, finds the watchmen sleeping; ties the first girls together by the hands, between the second puts the sheep's cecum full of hot blood; the lama 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 and falls; Khansha shouts that her kidneys have fallen out; girls accuse each other of giving birth to the other; the tail boy married the khan's daughter]: Tugutov, Tugutov 1992, No. 4:36-38.

(Wed. Amur - Sakhalin. Nanais [seven mergens offer Holkhachikha to steal a pig, a burial knife from old man Ka; he does it (Ka does not react, Ka's wife says it's just a servant, the maid has come in); mergens they take the pig meat, H. hits the pig bubble, shouts to old man Ka that the mergens are thieves, they have thrown the meat; old man Ka is ready to recognize H. as a thief if he cuts off his notes on the go (cut it off, Ka did not notice) his daughter will steal; at night, H. ties the tails of the horses of sleeping servants, ties their hands, ties the maids' braids to their wooden beater axes, puts fish skin in the maid's hand instead of birch bark, pours beetles into Ka's wife's pants, Ka ties dry grass to her beard, a bar to the old woman's hand, Ka inserts a pipe into her daughter's anus; servants, maids have injured each other, the maid cannot light a fire , Ka's beard lights up, his wife wounds him with a bar, his daughter makes an indecent sound; H. gets a wife]: Kile 1996, No. 37:347-353).