M84C. Spirit Guest .12.17.21.29.31.32.34.

Sleeping in a deserted place, a person finds himself among spirits. One of them explains that he has a guest, that is the same person.

Mofu-Gudur, Palestinians, Angami, AO, Garo, Karachays and/or Balkarians, Ingush, Georgians, Finns, Komi, Khakas, Dagurs.

West Africa. Mofu-gudur [a group of hunters ambush a tree, stays there overnight; they see trees moving together, asking people why it doesn't fit; the tree replies that strangers have settled in his place for the night; others agree with him; they say that a girl will be born who will be an adult by the age of seven but will die from a snake bite; and the trees also know how many cattle will be born; one of the hunters decides to test the prediction, marries this girl when she is old; does not tell her to leave the house; one day brings a bunch of brushwood, she has a snake in her , she bites a man's wife to death; relatives demand compensation if the wife died less than a year after marriage; but the husband tells his story, witnesses other hunters, is acquitted]: Sorin-Barreteau 2001, No. 14:103-105

Western Asia. The Palestinians [being in a vacant lot at night, the sheikh's son went to bed under the protection of Allah, while the genies were celebrating their wedding, calling the owner of that wasteland; he replied that he had a guest, whom he cannot take with him because he has spoken the sacred Name; one of the genies advised that the young man be taken to the princess's bedroom and then back; after a night of love, the young exchanged rings; when the princess gave birth, the sultan did not execute her, but sent her to another city into exile; it was that young man's city; when any man approached, the boy cried; when the nanny brought the boy during a walk to his father, the boy laughed; the young got to know each other and lived happily ever after]: Hanauer 2009:188-190.

Tibet is the Northeast of India. Angami [{the reason for the spirits to talk about a guest standing under a tree, like in the Caucasus}; the night caught a man on the road; he killed the spirit with a spear, lay down by a stone under a tree; the perfume brought torches , began to ask if their friend was alive or dead; the stone replied that even if he was dead, the man who killed him was not here; the spirits took the corpse; then another tree asked the fig tree to come treat him; the fig tree replied that she could not now, she had a guest; a few minutes later another tree fell; the fig tree said that he had a fever; the man picked figs, came home; the fig tree was considered tree priest]: Hutton 1914, No. 16:492; ao [when the wife was giving birth, the husband went to the forest and spent the night under a tree; saw {either in a dream or in reality} how three plants fit (all of them used by predictors in connection with snake bites); plants were asked to go with them to the predictor; the tree replied that it could not because it had a guest; when the plants returned, the tree asked what the predictor said; plants: that {girl} would die from a snake bite; the man returned home and found out that the wife had given birth to a daughter exactly at the time when the person had this vision; the girl grew up; parents refused the grooms for a long time; finally, they agreed to the offer of the young man, who promised to keep his wife at home and take care of her; on the way to the groom's house, the bride was carried in a basket; the girl asked for her stand, rest; as soon as she spoke to the groom, a snake fell from the tree, bit her forehead and she died instantly]: Beck et al. 1987, No. 9:29-31; garo [at night in the forest a man named Deng stopped under a big tree; before dawn he woke up to the voices above; it was the spirits of all elements and living beings who were heading to his native village to determine the fate of the newborn; asked the tree, under which D. lay, why does not it go with everyone else; tree: I have a guest; asked another tree: let him put on his "web of fate" instead of him; when the spirits returned, the tree under which D. lay, asked whose web the newborn would fall into; they said that the tiger's web when the boy began to become a teenager; when he heard the woman's name, Chelsea, D. realized that it was his niece; she gave birth son; when he returned, D. did not say anything, but began to watch the boy to try to save him; in the forest, the tiger rushed at the boy, but D. hacked the tiger; began to dance and told the boy to repeat it movements; the boy's leg slipped into the mouth of the game, the fang pierced deeply and the boy soon died of bleeding]: Rongmuthu 1960:115-118.

Caucasus - Asia Minor. Karachayevs/Balkarians [Zaurbek killed a goat while hunting, spent the night in a cave; heard demons talking; began to fry meat, the goat came to life and ran away; the demons said that let Z. He will ask his brother Kalmuk; he tells how he roasted a goat in the cave; the demons called one of them to a feast; he replied that he had a guest; they ordered to take a guest with them; the demons ate three goats they put their bones in their skin, whipped them with a whip, the goats came to life, ran away; K. hid the shoulder blade of the third goat, the demons put a piece of wood instead of it; in the morning K. killed three goats, one with a wooden shovel]: Dzhurtubayev 2007:164-166; Ingush: Dakhkilgov 2003:124 [Gyrgy went to buy salt and on the way back spent the night in the Boala-Khakaryzh area; before going to bed he says, "Let the tyrym here keep me (more correctly taram) , good genius); at night, the tyryms began to echo from the peaks of the neighboring mountains; one invites you to go for a walk in Galgachiye; the other replies that he has a guest and cannot go; before dawn, the first one returns from G. and says that the second guest had a son; the spirits indicate which names would be unhappy for the newborn; but he was chosen one of these names, so that after the death of his father he became impoverished and left native place], 126-127 [hunters spent the night in the cave; hear genies talking, one of whom says he has guests]; Georgians: Virsaladze 1973, No. 31 (Khuvsureti) [the hunter killed and cut the tour; he jumped up, ran away; hunter: what was so amazing that I saw? devils: this is not surprising, Batyr saw surprisingly; the hunter found B.; he told me how he spent the night in the same place and heard a conversation; - Come, we have a wedding. - I can't, I have a guest. - Pick up the guest from by yourself. Batyr was brought to hell; there they ate three rounds, put the bones in their skins; the devil persuaded him to hide the third round shoulder blade; the devils put a wooden shovel; in the morning B. killed three rounds and one shovel was made of wood]: 73-74; Dzidziguri 1971, No. 8 (mountainous Tusheti) [the hunter spent the night in a crevice; the devils invited the Lord of the Rocks to a feast with the guest; the hunter threw the shoulder blade of one of the tours eaten into the river; devils replaced it with a wooden one, revived tours; the next day, a hunter killed a tour with a wooden shovel]: 84-85.

Baltoscandia. The Finns (Jaakkima) [a man rescued a snake from the fire, she gave him knowledge of animal and plant languages, forbid him to talk about it; he hears a dog going to return home to the thieves did not climb, and tells the other to protect the owner from wolves; hears one spruce calling another: I feel bad, come; she answers that she cannot: she has a guest; after the third call, the first spruce collapsed; the second says that you stood on the treasure and fell on the treasure; in the morning a man found gold where the spruce grew and a black-brown fox crushed by the top; when he got rich, he married; hears an old sparrow teaching young people peck flax seeds from the stems, because they will still get those who fall to the ground; the man laughs, the wife thinks that she is above her, demands to tell her; the husband is preparing for death, wants the last time see my chickens; rooster: I manage 50 wives, but the owner can't do one; my husband got ready to beat his wife, who no longer asked why he laughed]: Schreck 1887, No. 6:44-48 (=Conca 1991:173-177, = Salmelainen 1947:26-28).

Volga - Perm. Komi [two hunters spent the night under the spruce tree, first asking her permission; at night they heard someone come up and say, "Your mother is dying, can you visit your mother?" The spruce promised to come tomorrow because she was sleeping; a tree collapsed nearby at night, it was the mother of that spruce]: Rochev 2006, No. 78:124-125.

Southern Siberia - Mongolia. Khakasy: Butanayev 2003 [each tree has its own forest owner aac eezi; one person asked him for permission and fell asleep under a tree; a forest maiden came at night and called the spirit:" Your grandfather is very ill and wants to see you"; but the host spirit replied, "I won't be able to visit him because a guest is sleeping at my foot." "A gift has been prepared for the guest." In the morning, the traveler went to the place the spirits were talking about and saw a fallen tree with sable furs in its hollow; it was the grandfather of the forest spirit who sheltered the traveler who had died]: 39-40; Torokova, Sychenko 2014, No. 18 [the widow asked two hunters to take her son to teach them how to hunt; the hunters did not get anything and did not teach anything; the boy began to play Khomys; a rider arrived and advised him to leave up the log to the oak tree, put an otah (dwelling) there; otters will come at dawn, they must be beaten with a stick, but not beaten with a white neck; remove their skins, dry them; at dawn, the boy killed many otters, sable; at midnight, the tramp and voice that came to the tree: your great-grandfather is dying, calling you; the oak tree answers: I can't, my guest is spending the night; later that rider arrived again; after listening to the boy's story, ordered him to go along the log to the fallen oak tree; cut it in the center of the base; from there, as much as necessary, otter skins and sables would appear; the boy realized that the fallen oak was that great-grandfather; the boy took his skins, sat on horse, that man led him either across the ground or across the sky; went inside the cliff, it's light there; horseback riding has horses twice as large as his horse; horse owners are two brothers from the eastern mountains; the boy who brought the boy plays with they play cards for animals; this man loses, puts a boy in his place; he wins, plays that man's taiga; the man brought the boy to his aal; if he says where he got the skins, he will die; those two hunters claim that the boy stole their skins; the khan orders to beat the boy with six bars and the seventh with a hot iron; when everything was ready for execution, a dust whirlwind came in, and when it was again everything can be seen, Khan, those hunters and torturers have disappeared; they were found hanging on a birch tree]: 341-351; Dagurs [the young hunter spent the night under an old elm tree; hears a young aspen starting to move, says that her mother is seriously ill, whether an elm tree will visit her; the elm replies that he cannot - he has a guest, and he is unlikely to help with anything; the aspen thanks and leaves; the hunter thanks the elm tree, asks if it will be successful hunting; the elm tree replies that the hunt will be successful, and the hunter will see several fallen aspens nearby, one of them is the mother of the one who has just come; that's what happened]: Kevin et al. 1994:85.