N21a. Goroshina is a hero (.28.)

After swallowing a pea, a woman gives birth to a mighty hero.

Slovaks, Belarusians, Northern Ukrainians, Russians (Arkhangelsk, Moscow). (see SUS 312d - check).

Central Europe. Slovaks [daughter is missing; two sons went in search, the dragon ate them; the mother went to the old woman for advice, who told her to look for a pea in her clothes and swallow them; the woman gave birth to a tiny one She breastfed her son Goroshina for 9 years, he became incredibly strong, went to peace]: Dobšinský 1970:170; Belarusians: Afanasiev 1958 (1), No. 134 (Grodno Region) [two brothers go to plow in the forest, mark the road with straw, the sister must walk along it to bring them lunch; the seven-headed Serpent overheard, changed signs, the girl came to the Snake; one, then the second brothers come, The serpent shows its wealth, offers iron bread, hangs his brothers on a beam; their mother's pea turns into a boy Pokatypea (P.), he grows up, the blacksmith makes him a seven-pound mace, he throws it to the clouds, it falls, breaks; he orders stronger; comes to the Serpent, eats iron bread, breaks the deck without an ax, burns it without fire; P. and the Serpent drive each other into the ground, P. drives him whole, kills him with a mace; kills a horse, hides in a carcass, grabs the Crow that has descended, orders him to bring living and dead water; he brings, P. tears the Raven in two, glues, revives brought with water; revives the brothers; on the way back, the brothers tie him to the oak tree, not believing that he is their brother; he drags the oak tree to the house, leaves his parents, leaves; meets and takes Vyrvigora as a friend, Vyrvidub; P. kills a six-, seven-, nine-headed snake, brings tongues to the king; the wives of the Serpents turn into a bed, into an apple tree, P. cuts them, preventing their comrades from sitting down and eating apples; the third Snake falls from earth to heaven; P. throws three kani (stones?) into her mouth , three falcons, comrades; each time she Snake returns to drink; P. hides with blacksmiths; they tell the Snake to wipe the doors with their tongue, grab her tongue with ticks, P. kills her]: 254-263; Vasilenok et al. 1958 [y the merchant has two sons and a daughter; the ship sank, the merchant died; the serpent Shkurupey took her daughter; the sons went in search and disappeared; the merchant dropped a tear, she turned into a pea, the merchant swallowed her, conceived and gave birth to a son Katigoroshinka; he asks his mother to give him a needle, tells the blacksmith to forge it into a road, it has 25 pounds, only the third time the road is strong (thrown under the clouds, K. falls on his head, remains intact, his head is also intact); K. comes into the possession of Sh., rips off a stallion, a bull, a ram; kills a giant; makes S. revive his brothers with living and dead water; kills Sh.; when he fell asleep, the brothers tied him to oak tree, brought his sister home, said that they killed Sh.; K. uprooted the oak tree, came and forgave his brothers]: 82-86; northern Ukrainians (Chernigovskaya, Nezhinsky y.) [The widow has two sons and two daughters, they were kidnapped by a snake; a pea is rolling, she swallowed it, and Katigoroshka gave birth to them on the same day; three days later he goes to the blacksmith and tells them to tie a mace of 25 pounds; he threw it up, put his knee up, it broke; the same with a mace of 35 pounds; a mace of 50 pounds came up: it fell on his head, but did not break; on the way, shepherds of sheep, pigs, oxen offer to eat a ram in one sitting, pig, ox; if he can, let him go to the snake, but not, let him return; K. eats easily; iron house, on the porch the serpent's sister beats lice; K. ran out on the porch, the snake ran out with a 40-pound club; they began to drive each other in stone; K. drove a snake; K.: Where are the brothers? sister snake: hanging on poles; K. took them out alive; on the way back they cook food by a huge birch tree; K. fell asleep; the brothers chained him to a birch tree: the snake killed us and would kill us; K. woke up, pulled out a birch tree, caught up with the brothers, put the birch tree on the cart; brothers: throw it away; he threw it away; the same with the aspen; then the brothers wanted to kill him with a mace, but could not lift it]: Malinka 1902, No. 25:297-300; Russians ( Arkhangelskaya, Pinega, 1927, d. Inkwell) [The beautiful sister of three brothers is kidnapped by the evil Wizard while she is walking in the garden. All three go looking for her. The shepherd of a hundred rams invites them to eat his entire herd and drink 40 barrels of wine - in which case they can defeat his powerful owner, the evil wizard, but they can't even eat one roasted one. They also meet a shepherd with a herd of 150 pigs, then a shepherd with a herd of 200 bulls, and they invite the brothers to eat the whole herd to win, but they can't. The brothers come to their sister, she hides them under the stove, her owner returns, invites her brothers to the table, eats the raw pig and the rug herself, they cannot eat anything. He calls them to fraternize in the field, cuts off their heads and puts them in the basement. The mother follows the brothers, eats a pea along the way, becomes pregnant, returns home, gives birth to a son Ivan, while "they went to get his ass, he grew up to 17 years." The mother talks about his older brothers, he asks the blacksmith to forge a cane of 50, 50, 200 pounds (Each time he tries a cane - he throws it into the sky, drinks kvass at home and then catches a cane, only on the third since his palm feels the weight of his cane). Ivan goes to pick up his siblings. On the way, he eats all the sheep, piglets and bulls unroasted (he drinks all the wine/vodka), says he could eat as much more. The shepherds thank him, because if the animal remains malnourished, there are twice as many in the herd. Ivan comes to his sister and refuses to hide under the stove. The snake eats the rug and the pig, Ivan eats "a couple at a time", the snake brings more food. In the field, Ivan throws a cane at the snake and cuts down 6 heads, the snake tells us where Ivan's brothers are, who kills the enemy, finds brothers, splashes on them from a barrel in the basement dead, then with live blood, and they come to life. Ivan finds gold, a chain, and puts it in a bag. On the way back, the brothers tie Ivan, who has fallen asleep, to an oak tree and leave. On the third day, he wakes up and, having uprooted the oak tree, comes home, gives his mother all the gold (asks her to bring a bigger purse and then allocate the whole hut). Ivan settles in the basement, but sees that his brothers don't love him and leaves. He meets Vernydub's grandfather, crying by the oak tree - his life is in the oak tree (if you cut down an oak tree, it will die) and his grandfather, whose life in grief (if you cut it down, it will die). The three of them live on the mountain, two clear the field, one cooks. While Vernydub is cooking, a little old man comes to him, beats Vernydub and pulls the food out of the oven, Vernydub says that lunch is dead. When it's Ivan's turn, the old man asks to let him in, Ivan refuses, tries to send the old man soup, and he runs away. The three of them track down the old man, come to a hole covered with a stone, Ivan goes down. She meets a girl at the palace, she suggests changing her master's 2 vats with amplifying and "weakening" water. When a little old man comes back and fights with Ivan, he drinks from the vat and weakens. Ivan wins and frees two more girls, wants to marry the last, youngest and most beautiful, and give the oldest to his brothers. On their belts, they lift the girls upstairs, fight over each one, do not want to bother Ivan, but at the girls' insistence, they pull them out. Brothers diverge in different directions]: Karnaukhova 1934, No. 89:179-184; Russians (Moscow) [a snake stole a girl; three brothers came to fight him, he turned them into stone; their mother found a pea, Pokatigoroshka ate and gave birth to a son; he took an iron stick, went to the snake; the girl tells us to swap barrels of strong and weak water; the snake drank weak water, P. killed him, the brothers came to life; all returned home]: Vedernikova, Samodelova 1998, No. 25:65-66.