N28C. Sky support. .23.33.34.
Among the things that do not exist in the world is the support (support) of the sky.
Kashmiris, Kyrgyz, Southern Altaians, (Khakas), Trans-Baikal Buryats, Barguts (?) , dagurs.
South Asia. Kashmiris [riddle: "What is that without a covering? What is that without a pillar (i.e. support)?" (river and sky)]: Knowles 1887, No. 2:127 (quoted in Taylor 1954:408; translated into Zhurinsky 2007:328).
Turkestan. Kyrgyz ["What doesn't have cream? /- Clean water doesn't have cream./ What doesn't have roots? /- A stone has no roots./What doesn't have a bridge? /- The lake doesn't have a bridge./Why doesn't it have a support? /- The sky has no support. /What doesn't have a soul? /- A log has no soul./ What doesn't have a language? /- Fish don't have a tongue./ What doesn't blood? /- The herb has no blood./ What doesn't have bile? /- A horse doesn't have bile./Why doesn't milk? /- Birds don't have milk./What don't they have hair? /- The snake has no hair"]: Orozova 1998:114.
Southern Siberia - Mongolia. The Southern Altaians ["When Earth and Sky appeared,/Three things were not perfect. What is this? /1. The mountain has no belt;/2. The sky has no support;/3. The river has no mixer"]: Ukachina 1984:68; (cf. Khakas ["Although it is higher than the mountains/But it has no support" (sky)]: Zhurinsky 2007:227, with reference to Katanov 1907:66, where this mystery does not exist); Buryats: Bazarov 1902a, No. 116 (Aginsky) ["V the world has three drawbacks - which ones? - 1) sky without support; 2) water without a roof; 3) a mountain without a belt"]: 29 (English translation in Taylor 1954, No. 1007:365); Budaev 1988 ["There are three drawbacks in the world: a mountain without a belt, a sky without support , the sea without a cover" (p. Mogoytuy, Mogoytuy District, Aginsky District); there are three amazing ones in the world: "It's amazing that the mountain is without a belt, it's amazing that the sky is without support, it's amazing that the river is without a cover" (the recording place is not indicated); there are three drawbacks in the world: "The sea without a cover is a flaw, the sky without support is a flaw, a land without a belt is a flaw" (option: "Sky without support, sea without roof, mountain without a belt"; the place of recording is not specified)]: 26, 181-182; 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": "Three "nothing" in the world. Mount Sumeru without a belt is "nothing"; a "sea of milk" without a lid is "nothing"; a sky without a column is "nothing"]: Bazarov 1902b, No. 12:104 (English translation in Taylor 1954, No. 1006:365); Dagurs ( Buthai dialect, Hulun-Buir District, Inner Mongolia) [three missing: "The sky has no support. The sea has a bottom. The mountain has belts"]: Todayeva 1986:112.