N22. Alive if they didn't die. 15.16.26.-.31.
Thefairy-tale text ends with a formula that says that if the characters are not dead, they are still alive. {Motive at work, more data}.
Italians (Veneto), Ladins, Germans (Hessen, Pomerania, Grimms, Upper Palatinate), Koreans, Croats, Bosnians, Serbs, Hungarians, Romanians, Moldovans, Kashubians, Slovaks, Ukrainians, Balkarians, Persians, Estonians, Western (and Eastern?) Sami, Norwegians, Swedes.
Southern Europe. Italians (Veneto) [a pregnant woman steals parsley from a witch's garden; she catches her and promises to pick up half of the child when he is 7 years old; when the deadline is over, the witch cut the boy along; one half stayed with her, the other returned to his mother; the half grew up, began to fish, caught an eel; he asked him to let go, for which he sent him a full net of fish; his half again caught and let go, the eel made all his wishes come true; the princess saw the Half and began to laugh; he wanted her to conceive a child with him; when she gave birth, the witch doctor advised a year later, to gather all the noble men - the boy will name his father himself; no one was found; then the poor were collected and the boy gave the apple to the Half; after the wedding, the young, together with his son, were placed in a barrel and thrown into the sea; Half wants the barrel to be washed ashore, to have a lot of food, it would become whole, a palace will appear - all named after an eel; the former Half called kings to a feast, warning not to they took silver and gold apples; two apples were missing, they ended up in the pockets of the former Half's father-in-law; he explains: as you don't know why you got the apples, your daughter did not know why got pregnant; everyone forgave each other, all is well; they're still alive if they haven't died]: Calvino 1980, No. 34:99-102; Ladins: Decurtins, Brunold-Bigler 2002, No. 5 [brothers agreed to share 8 cows; those that go to the old stall will go to the older stall and the youngest to the new stall; 7 cows went to the old stall; he stabbed his youngest, went to sell the skin, no one bought it; on the way back he climbed on a tree; a gang of gypsies is located under it; the youngest first wrote (they thought it was from God) and then dropped his skin; the gypsies thought it was hell, ran away; the youngest took their money; told the elder at home what got them for their skin; the elder slaughtered his seven cows, no one bought the skins; the gypsies beat him under the tree; the elder came to kill the youngest; he put a boiling pot in the middle of the room and hit him with a rod; supposedly, this is why the cauldron is boiling; the eldest bought a rod; when he came again, the younger one pretended to quarrel with his wife and stabbed her; before that he tied a bubble of blood to her throat; he blew in the pipe, the woman got up; the elder believed that she had been killed and revived, bought a pipe; when he returned, the youngest was dead; the elder decided to relieve himself, the youngest bit him, the elder thought he was dead bites, runs away; if the youngest does not die, he is still alive], 60 [the mother and her three sons went to Santiago de Compostela; at the night the youngest guards at midnight; climbed a spruce tree, light in the distance, young man three giants come to the fire; shot a piece of meat out of one's mouth; the giants are ready to take it into business, send the princess to the castle through the window to widen the hole so that they can also expand the hole get in; a young man cuts off everyone's head when he gets up and slips it in; snatches a tooth from each giant; at the bedside of a sleeping princess, he took one golden shoe from a pair, half a ring and a half handkerchief; quietly returned to her brothers and mother; to find out who her deliverer was, the princess ordered to build an inn on the pilgrims' way; food is free there, but everyone must tell that he knows about giants; on the way back, the young man also stopped there; showed his teeth torn out from the giants; the princess appeared, the young man showed his shoe, halves of a ring and a scarf; a wedding; if they did not die, and now alive]: 29-33, 161-164.
Western Europe. The Germans (Hessen) [the king and queen live in a golden palace; the Queen has a mirror in which she constantly sees what her husband is doing; one day he went to the seashore and saw the body of a drowned sailor; He was wearing a strange outfit; the king felt like wearing it; then found himself in an unknown place, and the Queen saw a sailor instead of her husband; the king came to the old woman; she did not know where the golden palace was; took him to the queen of creeping creatures; she sits on the throne surrounded by snails, snakes, toads and lizards; her subjects don't know, she sent a snake to take the king to the queen of running animals; she is surrounded on the throne lions, bears, deer, etc.; no one knows; the queen ordered the cat to take the king to the queen of flying creatures; the stork was the last to arrive: he stayed because he was sitting on the roof of the golden palace; the stork carried the king home; the king and queen asked how to reward him; after 7 years give me your first child; the son born became a handsome boy; the stork flew in; said it was just a test sent queen of birds; feast and dancing; the golden palace is still standing, if not collapsed; and where, ask the stork]: Wolf 1845, No. 1:1-6; Germans (Hessen) [the king and queen had a son, but the witch turned him into a wild boar; the rich master has three daughters; the boar fell in love with the eldest, her father forced her to marry a wild boar since that prince; when the newlywed went to bed, the boar jumped on her, hit her with her foot on her neck, she died; the same with her middle daughter; when the boar went to the youngest, he was driven into the forest; one day everyone went for a walk, a boar appeared and took the girl to the cave; she sees in front of his eyes tears; he says he can save him if he agrees to marry him; she agrees; at night she dreams: she must burn the boar's skin; she got up in the morning and burned it; a beautiful young man came out of the cave; soon he inherited the throne, his wife became queen; if they still haven't risen from the throne, they still sit on it]: Wolf 1845, No. 3:16-21; Germans (Hessen) [the fisherman caught a huge fish, she tells her to let her go; the same the next evening; on the third, the fish tells her to eat its head to the mare, the tail to the dog, bury the bones in the garden, and eat the rest with his wife; the wife gave birth to three sons, the mare three foals, dogs - puppies, bones grew three flowers and their roots were three swords; the fisherman has always come back with a good catch ever since; the brothers grew up and went on a journey; everyone on the edge saw in a dream that they should break up; they will meet at the same place in a year and 6 weeks; the eldest came to the castle, the princess fell in love with him; after the wedding they went to the window, you could see a strong fire; princess: who is there he will go, give up his life; the young man went there, and when he approached, the witch touched him, the horse and the dog with a rod, and they petrified; the second brother arrived, he was mistaken for the first; the same with him; the third came and said who he was; the old woman began to talk to him; to spell his brothers, he must go through the castle to the mountain where the bird is sitting on a tree, bring it to her; predatory animals are behind attention there is no need to turn; the bird teaches: the old woman not to give it away; cut off a branch from the tree and not put it on the ground; collect a mug of tree sap; then tells her to moisten the stones with juice; the brothers have come to life, the bird turned into a prince - the brother of the elder's wife; a feast; the princess's younger brothers and brother also found marriage partners; they all went to the parents of the boys and, if they did not come, then more they go]: Wolf 1845, No. 27:126-127, 134-140; Germans (Pomerania) [young man grazing pigs in the forest from year to year; once he came across a tree whose top went into the clouds; day he climbed, spent the night, tied to a thick branch, then reached the fork where the village was; when he found out that the tree continued, he reached the castle; there was an enchanted girl: she must live in this castle forever; young man stayed with her; she warns not to unlock one of the rooms; the young man unlocked, there was a raven nailed to the wall with three nails; asked him to drink; the young man gave a few drops, the nails fell out, the raven flew out the window; the girl says that it was the devil who bewitched her; now he will take her away; in the morning she disappeared; the young man came down from the tree and went in search; he met a wolf; he gave him three hairs to call him for help; same bear; lion; young man comes to the princess; she says she is guarded by an old hunter (i.e. that sorcerer); he has a three-legged horse that knows everything and can easily catch up with the fugitives; they run away, three-legged screams, the sorcerer has come running: are they far away? - Not far away, sit on me and catch up; sorcerer young man: this time I forgive because I gave me water, but next time I'll kill me; the young man teaches the princess: I'll come, get under the bed, and you ask where the sorcerer got it a three-legged stallion; the sorcerer and the princess call each other "daughter" and "dad"; the sorcerer replies that he got a three-legged three-day service; a witch nearby, she tells those who come to herd her foals; who she can, can choose a foal to her liking; sometimes she also lets 12 lambs throw them to 12 wolves to let them through the forest; but she did not give him, the sorcerer, so the wolves caught up with the foal and tore one off leg; whoever fails to herd, head off shoulders and stake; it's time to put around the house for the ninth time; the young man makes the witch a condition that, in addition to the foal, she also gives lambs; the witch gave supplies; the young man drank vodka and fell asleep; when he woke up, he remembered the wolf's hairs; he told him to sit on it, and after catching up with those who had run away, hit them three times, making the sign of the cross; the foals stood up as if dug in; the young man brought them the witch in time; she started beating the foals, but they talked about the wolf; the next day the witch gave the young man more vodka; he woke up later, but called the bear and he brought the foals back; on the third day the witch poured a full flask; the lion brought the foals; the witch had to let the young man choose his foal, who chose the most inconspicuous one; he barely jumps: the witch put the pies in her bag, leaving the foal hungry; the young man gave them to him, he found strength; the young man threw lambs to the wolves; when the sorcerer chased the young man on a three-legged foal, his four-legged did not convince him, but advised his foal to throw off his sister the sorcerer; she threw him off and the foals trampled him to death; then the princess drove a three-legged and the young man a four-legged one; the wedding; the king died and the young man received the throne; the four-legged tells him to cut off the heads of him and his sister; he did this and the horses became prince and princess; they were bewitched by the same sorcerer; the forest turned into a flourishing country with villages and cities; if the king and his wife did not die, still alive]: Jahn 1891, No. 3:19-29; Germans (Pomerania) [the old woman gave the childless king herbs to insist on and drink with his wife; but the king remembered not only God, but also the devil; a black girl was born, became an adult in three years; after the first and second years she said, "Father!" , but nothing else, she did not cry or laugh; after the third, she ordered her to be left in an iron coffin in the church and let a soldier stand at the coffin every night; every soldier is dead in the morning; three days left, that's it refuse; at this time, Hans, the earl's unlucky son, agreed to join the service, but only wasted money; wrote to his father about his multiple promotions to get more money; the father came and found out that everything was a lie; the commander wanted to expel G. from the country, but the king ordered him to be sent to guard the princess's coffin; in the church, a gray-haired man (that was God) tells G. to hide in the organ and remain silent; the princess found G., but at that time the clock struck and she returned to the coffin; on the second night, the same (hide under the altar); on the third night, the man tells her to hide under the coffin, and when the princess is from it she would get out, lie in her place; when she saw that her seat was taken, the princess began to scream and threaten, but could not do anything; with the beat of the clock, she turned white and turned into a normal girl; G. slept her from her clutches trait; wedding; one day, with a large detachment of soldiers G. went to visit his father; stopped in an empty castle; it was a robber's castle; at night they returned, killed or lured the soldiers, and G. He jumped out the window and came to his father; he began to beat him, although G. shouted that he was king; he had to herd pigs; that little man came and gave a pipe to which the pigs began to dance; G. sold the dancer a pig to a peasant, but he does not dance; G.: he needs a friend; the peasant bought a second one; the pigs are losing weight because they have no time to eat; the father followed and picked up the pipe; 6 weeks later, the queen sent the knights looking for a husband; they killed the robbers, leaving only defectors, who explained that they had no choice; the Queen came to the Count, saw her husband from a distance, and when the count went to bed, she dressed G. again in the royal outfit and in the morning told the Count that the king had also come to him; ordered the pigsty to be smeared with blood and left shreds of hair there; the count believed that G. had taken away the wild beast and was happy; but when he found out the king of the son, fell to his knees; G. said it was his own fault and invited his father to his place; they are alive, if not dead]: Jahn 1891, No. 16:90-100; Germans: Grimm, Grimm 2002, No. 51 [mother fell asleep under a tree; the bird of prey grabbed the baby, left it at the top of the tree; the forester saw the boy, took it out, began to raise it; the foundling and the forester's daughter Lenchen became friends; L. asked the old woman living in the house why she was wearing so much water; old woman: tomorrow I'll cook the Foundling; L. tells him to run; the old woman sends workers in pursuit; L. turned the Foundling into a rose bush, became a rose herself; next time, the church and the crown on her; the third time the old woman is chasing by herself; the lake and the duck; the old woman is trying to drink the lake; the duck dragged her and drowned her; the children have returned home; still alive, if not dead]: 175-177 (Grimm, Grimm 1987:140-142 ); Germans (Upper Palatinate): Schönwerth 1981:27 [The peasant has sons, the elder Michl and the younger Jodl; the father would like to leave the property to the elder; promises the one who will bring the best handkerchief; towards Y. the toad, tells me to go with her, brings her into the house, calls the mouse maid, who brings a box with the best scarves; the handkerchief brought by Yodel is better than that brought by Michael; the same second time; the third is who will bring the best bride; the toad tells her to go to bed with her; when J. woke up, he is in the castle, beautiful next to her, she was bewitched; the mouse became a maid; J. gave his brother the house and household, and he himself began to live with the princess; if they did not die, they still live], 29 [the husband sent his wife to sell lard; she smeared the wounds of the road with bacon; sent them to sell the canvas - they tied the rags to the birch trees, feeling sorry for them, because they sent them to sell the canvas. they are completely naked; the husband went to work in the forest, left his wife money, warning him that it was for a great need; a beggar came, the woman asked if he was needed; he confirmed that he took the money; when the husband returned, he said that they were now broke and it was time to leave; without going far from home, the husband sent his wife to pick up the best things in the house; she took off the hinges and brought the door; they climbed the tree for the night; under him the robbers are sitting down; the wife says she must relieve a small need; then a big one; the robbers take it for dew: it's morning soon and it's time to get down to business; then both fell with the door; the robbers are terrified they ran away, and the couple took the money; they began to live well; and now they live, if they did not die].
China - Korea. Koreans [poor Kim-hoduri cut wood and sold it; he cut three bundles a day; one began to disappear; K. began to cut four - alone again in the morning; he hid inside and with the bundle was taken to heaven; the Jade Lord {GM's distorted "Okonshante"} checked: Kim is always destined to slurp only empty soup; K. began to ask himself for a different fate; Vladyka allowed him to take someone else's happiness, until he came for him; made Chapoga happy; brought K. down to the ground; K. quickly became rich; one day two beggars came in the yard: husband and wife; they hid under the cart and the woman gave birth; the baby was named Chapogi ("found under the cart"); Kim did not kill him as he intended, but adopted him so that he would continue to be happy; if Kim did not die, he still lives happily and richly, like the father of a man born under cart]: Garin-Mikhailovsky 1958:.
The Balkans. Croats (Karlovac) [the princess never laughs; promised to whoever will make her laugh; the young sheaf knitter went to try his luck; sees a carriage traveling alone without horses, and the carriage sounds flutes; boy: God bless you, named sisters! they ask if the guy wants to be named their brother, he says yes; they were three fairies; they gave them a carriage and a flute; if you play, the carriage goes in the direction the flute points to; the guy stopped at the inn, went to bed in the carriage; at night, the owner's three daughters noticed three golden apples on the carriage and went out naked to steal them; grabbed and stuck; in the morning the carriage went, and naked the girls ran after her; soldiers rushed to the girls and everyone stuck; the peasant woman baked bread and hit the soldiers with a bread shovel; stuck; the princess saw and began to laugh; the king married the boy to his daughter and he gave half his kingdom; if the boy is alive, he still reigns]: Eschker 1992, No. 44:203-205; the Bosnians [in the forest, the master and the servant boy saw the door closed; the master told the boy to come in; all he did would bring, promised to divide it in half; three blocks of gold in the basement; an eagle sits on one, a three-headed serpent on the other, on the third line; the boy could not take away their gold; picked up the box; the wind immediately carried him away into an unfamiliar forest; he came to an unfamiliar city; opened a box with 9 candlesticks; hired a job for 9 days, got 9 candles, lit it; 9 girls flew in; danced until midnight, left them in their purse with gold; the boy became rich; the king found out; when the boy showed him a miracle, the king decided to take away the candlestick; came with his entourage; but this time nine araps flew in and beat everyone with batons; when the king promised do not try to steal the candlestick, the boy blew out the candles, the araps disappeared; returned to his city, where he still lives, if he did not die]: Vazhaev 1962:441-444; Hungarians (Changoshi, Hetfalu, Romania) ["They arranged a rich wedding. There were plenty of spoons and plates, but he thought he was lucky who got even a drop of soup. And I went to a wedding. I asked for a piece of meat. And someone threw a bone at me, put a tick in my left leg - I'm still limping. There was one person living there next door. My head was completely bald. Shamu Feher Marton was his name. Here he came too, asking for a drop of soup. And someone was angry and threw a bowl of soup on him, right out of the fire. So he, poor man, died with his bald patch. And the young are still alive, even if they haven't died yet. That's the whole fairy tale, go away, friends"]: Ortutai 1974, No. 29:361; Jones, Kropf 1889 [the father gave his youngest son half of his possessions; they are still alive if they did not die]: 250-262; Hungarians [see motive h54; Kiss Miklos and his wife still rule two kingdoms if they didn't die]: Curtin 1890:477-516; Hungarians [father sent three sons to explore the world; they agreed to eat the youngest's supplies first, then the middle one; after eating the younger one's supplies, they blinded him and abandoned him; he rolled into a swamp whose mud turned out to be magical: reviving the dead and making the cripples healthy; took a supply of dirt with him; revived the mouse, a bee, a wolf; everyone blew a whistle to call for help; the young man was hired by the same king as his brothers; they want to lime him; it is said that the younger one boasted that he could remove all the bread from the fields overnight ( the mice were collected); maybe build a wax bridge from the palace to the bazaar overnight (the bees built it); deliver 12 wolves by morning; the wolf brought all the wolves of the kingdom; the guy sat on the wolf king, and the wolves they gnawed at everyone they saw; the king wanted to pay off, but the wolves tore them all apart, leaving only the princess; the guy still lives with her if he didn't die]: Stier 1950:65-70; Romanians [Healed Trandafir with Sorina is happy and friendly. If they did not die, they are still alive today]: Mirener 1958:127; Moldovans [This is how Ivan lived, who does not know death, century after century without a number, may still live today if he did not die]: Moldovan tales 1968: 131; Serbs [the widow's son is not afraid of anything; his mother asks his priest to scare him; he sends him to the bell tower in the evening to ring the bells; the pop put the dead man there with the bell rope in his hand ; guy: well, call him; the dead man did not say a word; the guy hit him, called him and returned to the ass; then the pop told him to come to him tomorrow; asks him to spend the night under the gallows, where the hanged man hangs many days ago; bones are knocking in the wind; the guy took off the dead, put the bones under his head and fell asleep; the hanged man was innocent; asks the guy what he would like to receive for removing him from the gallows; he asks for full of fearlessness; hangman: you're not afraid anyway; here's a golden shirt that you order to beat whoever you want; and a gold shirt that, if you put in the game, you'll always win; hell torments the townspeople, the guy undertakes to drive him away; wins all the gold from the devils at cards, and then tells his shirt to beat them; the devils promise not to return to town; the local king married the boy to his daughter; if the guy is alive, he is still there Reigns]: Eschker 1992, No. 30:152-158.
Central Europe. Kashubas (from the Carl Jaromir Erben collection) ["And a stupid guy married a royal daughter and had a big feast. And I was there, eating, drinking and dancing, but they didn't treat me well at that feast: they gave me glass shoes, a paper coat and an oil cap. I got excited while dancing, the oil spread, my coat burst, the glass crumbled. So after that they hit me in a cannon barrel and shot me, so I flew here to your table, and I'm sitting here. And the two newlyweds are still alive, eating, drinking, and having fun, unless they died yesterday"]: Lifshits-Artemyeva 2017:200; Slovaks [when the forester brought the hare, the wife was going to cook it, but the cat stole meat; the wife cut off her breasts and fried her husband; the next day she told her; they agreed to kill Janek first, then Evichka, the forester's children from her first marriage; E. heard; taught me to run into a room where her stepmother would comb her hair, grab the ribbon, run away; she would pretend to run after her brother to return the ribbon; when she saw that the children were already near the forest, her stepmother cursed them: let them turn into animals from whose trail they will get drunk; E. does not allow Y. to drink from a bear, a wolf, he drinks from a deer, becomes a deer; she drinks from a well herself, becomes a gold-haired beauty with a star in her forehead; her finds and marries a young king; in the absence of her husband, she gives birth to a boy with a gold star in his forehead; an old woman pushes E. into the water, replaces her daughter in bed; the baby cries, the deer takes him to The Danube, asks the ducks to show the way to their mother; the ducks answer that she is one of them; the mother arrives as a duck, becomes a woman, feeds the baby, returns to the river; so every day; the king returns, imaginary the wife wants deer meat; the king goes after the deer when he carries the mother's baby; the king grabs his wife, she turns into ducks, monsters {it is not said which ones}, but he does not let go; E. and I. human appearance; the king asks the old woman what anyone who tried to kill two innocent people and condemn a third to misfortune deserves, she replies that such a person should be put in a barrel of nails, let him down mountains; they did so to the old woman and her daughter; the king, queen and Janek still live happily ever after they died]: Dobšinský 1970, No. 12:69-74 (slightly shortened translation in Bogatyrev 1955: 110-116, =Gorbov 1949:112-118); Western Ukrainians: Zinchuk 2006 (Boykivshchyna, Rozhnyatovsky District, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, 1994), No. 71 ["Zlapav vin totu gypsy, combing one leg to a single horse, and to a friend to another. Having let the horses quiet at the svit, that stink with her all her bones shook. And then, after getting married again, robity wedding. They smashed the stench of the wedding and had fun living. That nini live, as they did not die. And as they have already died, then they are dumb. First thing"]; № 114 ["The stench already lived in that palace, vin no longer turned back home. Live now, as they did not die"]: 253, 377; Day 1981 (Transcarpathia): 45-50 [i can live today, as they did not die], 69-73 [maybe, I dnest more gas if they didn't die], 88-98 [the tsar sent his son choose a wife; he met three girls; one promises to make clothes for an entire army from one hemp; the second to bake bread for an entire army from one ear; the third to give birth to two gold-haired boys; the prince married a third; the prince left, komorna (maid?) buried the babies in the mud, replaced them with puppies; the prince orders his wife to be buried chest deep in the ground in the doorway; opening the doors passing by her beat; married the maid's daughter; two sycamores grew out of the baby; wife prince {hereinafter referred to as the tsar; presumably, the prince reigned after the death of his father} tells them to cut them down, make beds for himself and her husband; at night he hears the brothers' conversation: it's easy for one, his father, and the other's hard, there is a female girl on it; she tells me to burn the beds; the shepherd prepared salt for the sheep, the coals fell into salt; the sheep gave birth to two gold-fleece lambs; the queen tells them to be slaughtered, sent the maids to wash their guts, two bunks {what this?} went with the flow; the woman picked it up, they became gold-haired boys; they came to their father, began to tell a fairy tale, that is, their story; they put peas on the bed; as they told, peas bounced in viko; the mother of the young men was released, the maid and her daughter were torn apart by horses; the king, queen and their sons are still alive, unless they died].
Caucasus - Asia Minor. Balkarians: Malkonduev 2017:229-240 (Western 1959) [the elder brother and his squad stopped for the night, the black fog approached, destroyed them; the middle brother was the same; the younger brother was careful, hid, escaped himself; came to Emegensha, fell to her breasts; her sons with they made friends with him; explained that the fog was a girl, she stole their horse; they had a piebald mare, her foals were dragged away by a wolf; the girl managed to take the foal, but the wolf gnawed off his leg, so her horse three-legged; fog is steam from his nostrils; tomorrow the mare will give birth again; the young man caught the foal without injury; emegens teach: hiding alternately so that the girl thinks that the horse is falsely raising the alarm, approach girl; she sleeps for a month, her hair must be tied; let her go when she swears a prayer book; a boy and a girl got married; she gave her husband her portrait; he lost it, water brought it to the khan; the witch promised to get a beauty; came to the young man's wife, while not, persuaded him to find out where that shower was; in a broom; burned a broom; in a bead in his hair; the young man got drunk, the witch tore off the bead, threw it into the corner, took the girl away; she demands to wait a year with the wedding; the emegens see that blood is dripping from the young man's arrow; they came, found a bead, put it, the young man came to life; asked the shepherd, threw a ring into his wife's maid's jug; during weddings, an unrecognized man stabbed a witch and took his wife on a four-legged horse; brought the groom's friend on a three-legged emegen to be eaten; along with his emegen brothers in that mentioned rock crack, if not they probably died (and now) live], 513 ["And today, if they did not die, both of them, probably live braver than the other"].
Iran - Central Asia. The Persians ["They are still living happily and well, unless they died"]: Osmanov 1958:248.
Baltoscandia. Estonians (Viru-Jaagupi, Ambla; all over mainland Estonia but not on islands) [=Mälk et al. 1967, No. 47:97-102; six brothers go to find seven sisters to marry for themselves and for the seventh younger brother who remains at home; the old man tells him to bring his wife too, the brothers laugh; they find seven sisters for marriage, lead them to themselves, the old man turns six brothers and their brides into stones, takes the seventh sister for herself; answers her that his heart is in the pillow, then in the door; the wife decorates the pillow, the door with flowers; the old man admits that his heart is in a bird, that in a distant church; a woman tells the youngest brother who comes about this; he walks through the forest, feeds a wild bull, a wild boar, an owl; they promise to help; a bull transports across the river, a boar breaks a wall, an owl grabs a flying in the church a bird; kills a bird, an old man dies, a young man revives the petrified with his rod; everyone marries their brides; if they are not dead, they live happily now (=J.Parijõgi in Raud 2004:301-305)]: Jä rv et al. 2009, No. 18:96-97; Estonians (Sangaste) [a person earns money by going to the forest and making brooms; a well-dressed gentleman offers him a trough of copper money if he gives his eldest daughter; he refuses, but his daughter disappears, and a trough with money appears; the same with the middle (silver), with the eldest (gold) daughter; the couple has a son; he grew up to look for sisters; two are fighting over bast shoes (delivered to the right place), invisible hats and sticks (whoever you hit will disappear); the guy asks you to give him a try, touched those two with a stick, ordered him to move himself to his older sister; her husband is a bear, gave fur to call him; (her house, apparently, is copper); the same with her middle sister (the eagle gave feathers, the silver house), the youngest (pike, scales, gold); the guy came to hell (vanapagan), demanded the keys to dungeons; he says that the keys are in the barn; in front of them there is an evil bull, a horse; the guy called a bear, the bear tore them; a pigeon flew out of the stallion (the eagle tore him), the keys fell into the sea (the pike took it out); the guy released prisoners, burned the IOU, touched the line with a stick; the sisters' sons-in-law had a human form; they all still live if they didn't die]: Mälk et al. 1967, No. 78:241-245; Western {and Eastern?} The Sami ["If they did not die, they are still alive"]: Bartens 2007:104; Norwegians [on Ivanovo night someone eats grass in the meadow; the eldest, middle son guards when they hear a rumble, run home; the youngest sees a horse, a harness, copper armor, catches and hides a horse, and everything else; in a year the same thing - silver armor, a year later - gold armor; the king will give his daughter for someone who jumps up a glass hill and will take the golden apple from the princess's hands; an unknown rider does it three times; the king orders to gather all the men to find the owner of the apples; he turns out to be the youngest son, gets the princess and half the kingdom; wedding; and if they haven't finished having fun yet, they still do it]: Dasent 1970:92-103; Swedes (Värmland) [the queen is dead, the princess has grown beautiful; the king went to war; for a daughter innocence was preserved, built a tower in the forest, left food for his daughter and maids there, forbade men to come close; those who wanted to get a princess sent a witch; she has two apples in her basket; the princess and her partner took the basket to the tower, ate an apple each and became pregnant; Princess Silfwerhwit's son ("silver white"), son of Lillwacker's maid ("little guard"); both grew up strong and beautiful; after 7 years, the king returned and the boys' mothers had to bring them down from the tower to the ground and send them to the world; the princess gave her son a precious dagger; towards a big man, gave them to everyone a sword and three dogs; at the crossroads, the boys broke up; S. put a knife in the stream: if blood flows, he is dead, let L. take revenge; S. came to a city where mourning; the king must give his eldest daughter sea troll; S. went to the shore, where the princess and the court; he mistook S. for a troll, ran away and climbed a tree; the troll emerged: let our dogs fight first; S.'s dogs bitten to death the troll's dogs ; then S. cut off the troll's head, he dived into the sea, and S. cut out his eyes and hid it; S. left, and the courtier forced the princess to say that he was the savior; the same the next day (three-headed troll, middle daughter of the king); on the third day - six-headed; younger princess; S. came to the wedding, showed the younger princess's ring and troll's eyes; wedding; once a knock on the window: S., go out to talk; there's a troll whose S. killed the brothers; S.'s dogs bit to death his dogs, and S. drove the troll into a tree; he promised a ransom, asked him to calm the dogs by throwing three of his hairs on them; the dogs froze; the troll went down and killed S.; Seeing blood in the stream, L. went to save S.; in the city he was mistaken for S.; put his sword between himself and the princess in bed; knocking on the window and the same thing, but L. threw hairs on the troll's dogs; made him revive dogs S., let water revive S. and another that makes him stick to the place; L. stuck to the stone and burst at the first rays of the sun; when he learned that L. went to bed with the princess, S. cut him off head; after learning from his wife about the sword, S. returned and revived L. with that water; L. married another princess and shared the kingdom with S.; if they did not die, they are still alive now]: Hyltén-ñavallius, Stephens 1848:78- 94.