N28B. Stairway to Heaven .28.29.32.34.

Among the things that do not exist in the world are the stairs to heaven (option: in the sky).

Russians (Samara), Kumyks, Varnishes, Turks, Mari, Chuvash, Barguts (or Trans-Baikal Buryats, Uzumchins or Arukhorchins).

Central Europe. Russians (Samara, Stavropol University, p. Paltsyno) ["There are all things in the world, there are no two, but should we?" (stairs to heaven and sea)]: Sadovnikov 1876, No. 2268:277.

Caucasus - Asia Minor. Kumyks ["What four things are missing in the world?" (stairs to the sky, keys to the ground, a bridge across the ocean, sleeves at the burka)]: Gamzatov, Dalgat 1991:448; varnishes ["There is no cover to cover the sea and stairs to go up to the sky "]: Ramazanova 2005:193; Turks: Zhurinsky 2007 ["There are no four things in this world," she said. "The camel has no horseshoes, the mule has no children, there are no stairs in the sky, for the sea There is no roof"]: 323; Taylor 1954 ["A bird came and said, "Hak!" and said "Hyk!" and said "There are three things which do not exist in the world: a camel's horseshoe, a stairway to the sky, a lid for the sea"]: 407.

Volga - Perm. Marie: Kitikov 2004, No. 394 (meadow; ~Kitikov 2006:29) ["There are no stairs to go to heaven, there is no bridge to cross the sea, the white hawk has no milk"; shopshar is a kind of staircase made of solid wood with short cut branches]; No. 2564 (hervel) ["God's supports - three supports: there are no stairs to climb into the sky, there are no stairs, there is no bridge to cross the sea, no white hawk has no milk"]: 40, 163; Kitikov 2006, No. 395 (Novotoryalsky District) ["There are no three things in the world" (a bridge across the sea, a staircase to heaven, bird's milk)]; â„– 396 (Soviet District) ["There are no three things in God's world ( bridge across the sea, stairs to heaven, bird milk)]: 69; Taylor 1954 ["Three sorts of things are not in the world: for climbing to heaven there is no ladder; for going over the sea there is no beam; a white hawk has no milk"]: 408; Chuvash: Petrukhin 1971 ["There are no four things in the world: no stairs to go to heaven, no twigs by the water, no hands fire, birds have no breasts"]: 56; Taylor 1954 ["What are the three things not found in this world? - There is no ladder to climb to God, water has no branches, the horse has no horns"]: 365.

Southern Siberia - Mongolia. Barguts or Agin Buryats (also possibly: Uzumchins or Arukhorchins) [from "riddles collected by Sh.-Lh. Bases. Bazarov among the Barga- and Agin Buryats, as well as partly in the Uzumuchin and Aru-Khorchin Khoshuns in the summer of 1899, during the expedition of Gr. Nick Potanina": "Two shortcomings in the world.

There are no stairs to reach the sky; there is no cover to cover the sea"]: Bazarov 1902b, No. 13:104 (English translation in Taylor 1954, No. 997:365).