M84D. A sick tree. .16.21.31.32.34.38.

A person hears trees talking, one of which is (fatally) ill and suffers.

Bretons, Angami, Finns, Komi, Dagurs, Japanese.

Western Europe. Bretons [the poor man persuades his wife to bake pancakes, but she says that she is tired and there is no flour; it's already dark; the husband goes to the mill; hears the conversation of two old beeches he once planted; beech- the woman complains that she is dead cold; the male beech says that she is to blame because she did not give shelter to those who came; offers to go to warm up with their son (i.e. that man), they just divorced fire; a man runs away in horror, forgetting pancakes; at home he hears trees entering the room and then seeing his father and mother on the benches near the hearth; the wife first sees no one, then sees too; at the first stroke of the clock, the trees go full; sighs are heard - "It's cold!" ; in the morning, the couple gave alms to the poor and the trees did not come again]: Le Braz 1923, No. 91:46-55.

Tibet is the Northeast of India. Angami [{the reason for the spirits to talk about a guest who stopped 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.

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.

Volga - Perm. Komi: Limerov 2005 [Before spending the night, the hunter must ask the spruce if it can; then it will protect it; the wind ate: it's time for you to fall; spruce: wait, the hunter sleeps under me; when if I leave, then I'll fall; when I left, the hunter said "thank you" and the spruce fell]: No. 291:349; Rochev 2006, No. 78 [two hunters spent the night under the spruce tree, first asking her permission; at night they heard someone come up and said, "Your mother is dying, can't you visit your mother?" The spruce promised to come tomorrow because she was sleeping; at night a tree collapsed nearby, it was the mother of that spruce]: 124-125.

Southern Siberia - Mongolia. Dagura [a young hunter spent the night under an old elm tree; hears a young aspen tree starting to move, says that her mother is seriously ill, whether an elm tree will visit her; the elm replies that it cannot - he has the guest, and he is unlikely to help with anything; the aspen thanks and leaves; the hunter thanks the elm tree, asks if the hunt will be successful; the elm tree replies that the hunt will be successful, and the hunter will see several nearby fallen aspens, one of them is the mother of the one who just came; that's what happened]: Kevin et al. 1994:85.

Japan. The Japanese [the old man found a red hat when wearing it, understands the language of birds, animals and plants; from a conversation between two crows, he learns that 1) the rich man's daughter is sick because she accidentally shingles on the roof they nailed the snake; the old man introduced himself as a fortuneteller, the snake was released and cured, the girl recovered, the old man was awarded; 2) a camphor tree was cut down in another house during construction, and the stump was left; the tree shoots, but they are pruned; it is neither alive nor dead; therefore, the owner is dying; when he comes to this house, the old man hears at night different trees coming to visit the camphor tree, expressing sympathy; the old man tells you to dig a tree stump, the owner has recovered]: Markova 2000, No. 18:73-78 (=1956:60-65; =2011 [the old man tells not to dig a stump, but to let the shoots grow; perhaps the end has been changed in the presentation for children]: 118- 124).