N6. Whip a horse .29.32.34.
Thehorse tells the rider to whip it so hard that his blood splashes, his skin peels off, the meat is cut to the bone, etc. The rider follows these instructions.
Abkhazians, Ossetians, Lezgins, Georgians, Megrelians, Azerbaijanis, Chuvash, Kazan Tatars, Bashkirs, Tuvans, Khamnigans.
Caucasus - Asia Minor. Abkhazians [fairy tale episode: "Don't be afraid, Hyanchkut," Arash replied, "this grief is easy to help. Agulshap lies in the middle of the sea. His back sticks out above the water. This agulshap contains the cure for headaches. I'll take you to that place, and when we arrive, you hit me on my right side so that its skin peels off, and then I'll hit the agulshap so much that it will fall into two halves <... >". As soon as Arash said this, Hyanchkut jumped on top of him and rushed to the seashore. Having jumped to the sea, Hyanchkut whipped the arash with a whip so that his skin peeled off"]: Shakryl 1974, No. 42:220; Ossetians: Liberinsky 1948 [episode of the epic tale: "And then the horse said to him: "Well, if so , then tighten my cinches tightly and tie my tail with a strong knot, but leave three hair from the tail untied. And then when we get to the mountains that knock down like sheep, you must whip me so that a piece of leather, the size of a sole, bounces off my thigh so that a piece of skin no smaller than a tongue at the tip of the whip, bounced off your hands. And then we'll slip through"; Aisan (the rider) did so]: 397-398; Gabulov 1987 [fairy tale episodes: "When they began to approach the apple tree, the horse said to the young man: "You can't easily approach this apple tree, he guards it Zaliag serpent, he'll swallow us. When we get closer, you whip me so that skin bounces off my thigh, the size of a bounce, and a flap from your palm." The young man did as the horse told him"; "The horse teaches him again: "When we get to the door, I will touch it with my head, and you hit me so that my skin bounces off, the size of a bounce, and from your palm - shred." The young man did so"]: 411, 413; Khamitsaeva, Byazirov 1989, No. XXVII.91 (Digors) [episode of the epic story: "How can you do it? "said the horse, and he cried. "And your father chased this Waig for a long time, but he could not defeat him. There are two mountains on the way to Waig, like two rams [fighting], colliding. As soon as they disperse, hit me three times to make my skin fly off my sides to my leather dudes and your hands to your soles, and we'll slip through or die. Your grandfather once failed to hit me like he should, the mountains took over his tail, and I've been short ever since." We got to a place where the mountains look like two rams collide. Hamits's son Batraz pranced on horseback, pulled him up, turned towards the mountains and, as soon as the two mountains parted, struck the horse three such blows that his skin flew from his sides to his leather dudes, and from his palms Batraz is on the soles. The horse rushed and found himself behind the mountain"]; No. XXXIV.116 (Irons) ["Then tie the cinch more tightly, tie the tail in a strong knot, leave only three hairs untied. Then hit me so that a piece of leather the size of a sole flies off my thigh and a whip-length strip of leather from the palm of your hand." When we arrived at the two mountains, Amzor tightened the horse's cinch more tightly, tied his tail in a strong knot, leaving only three hairs untied. Then he hit the horse so that a strip of skin as long as a whip flew off his palm, and a piece of leather the size of a sole flew off the horse's thigh. The horse flew between two mountains in an instant"]: 266, 374; Lezgins (village. Kaka, Akhtynsky District, 1928): Khalilov 1965, No. 40 [fairy tale episode: "And suddenly the horse spoke in a human voice: "Hey, young man, what are you thinking about? Stop thinking, you'd better hit me with a whip so that the meat cuts into my bones and my bones into my brain. Then I'll take you across the sea." The young man was happy, hit the horse, and he swam"]; No. 63 ["And while Eskender and Tavat Khanum were crying, standing on the lake shore, the wind-horse spoke: "Don't cry, young man," said the horse. "Hit me with a whip like this, for meat to cut into bones and bones to cut into the brain. Then I'll fly to the other side." The girl and the boy sat on the horse again, the young man hit him with a whip, and the horse flew across the lake"]: 88-89, 191; Georgians [episodes of fairy tales: "The young man went to that horse, and the horse said: "What did you think? Tell your father to order you a nine-length saddle and give you his best sword and whip. When you sit on me, hit me with that whip so that three kalamans of skin fly off me, and I'll rush, so much so that no one will notice if I fly into the air or fall into the ground <... > "The young man did it"; "The horse says: "Hit me three times so that three bands of skin are ripped off me." When the rock opened, the young man hit the horse three times, the horse rose and flew through the rock, only his tail was torn off. Let's move on. They go and see that a huge fire is burning, neither going around nor going around. The horse said, "Hit me from the other side, so that three bands of skin are ripped off." A young man hit, a horse rose and flew over the fire"]: Gabulov 1987:255, 303; Megrelia [fairy tale episode: "Near Rashi's third tree, {horse} orders the rider: "Hit me with a whip so that my skin I got down: then I'll jump half the height of a tree, and you'll cut it down right now!" When the boy did this, Bakbak-Mdevi immediately appeared before him"]: Mashurko 1894:389-390; Armenians [fairy tale episode: "Having absolutely convinced that the cruel master no longer exists, she {a horse} said to the young man, "Well, take a saddle, ride me, sit on me and hit me with a whip so that a piece of leather breaks out; but saddle tight so that you don't get in trouble." The prince did what the horse said. When he got on his horse and hit him with his whip with all his might, he rushed faster than the wind, immediately flew out of the well and rushed him to his hometown"]: Bogoyavlensky 1892b, No. 9:110; Azerbaijanis [with the king son Melik-Mamed and two other sons; when he dies, he tells his brother to give his daughter to MM, but he ordered the brothers to be expelled; they worked as grooms, then began to mow hay; someone scattered cattle; MM guards, caught three horses that came out of the sea; brothers came to the old woman on them; the MM spotted horse teaches her daughters to exchange hats; in the morning the old woman stabbed not her brothers, but her daughters; spotted the horse teaches MM to hit it so that mother's milk spills out of his nostrils; the brothers came to town, were hired by the king by grooms; the elders were jealous of MM; told the king that he could bring news from suns, why do eclipses occur; the horse tells you to take a written order from the king; give the mother of the sun; her son replies that he is hiding from shame when he sees Peri, the daughter of the king of angels, who goes for a walk; king demanded that MM deliver this peri; the horse teaches how to lure the peri into the tent; peri demands that the king fill the pool with mares milk, swim to get younger; gives MM a handful of land to throw into the pool, where The king is bathing; he turned to the ground, and MM is younger and married a peri]: Bagriy, Zeynally 1935:262-269.
Volga - Perm. Chuvashi (village. Nizhnyaya Ulu-Yelga, Bashkiria, 1932) [fairy tale episode: "The horse says again: "Hit me so that my thigh is cut, my bone splits, and my brain splashes. If you hit so that your bone doesn't split and your brain doesn't splash, let your hand dry." Ivan Tsareevich hit the horse, cut his thigh, shattered his bone and sprayed his brain. The horse went to the sky and hit him, and then flew I don't know how far"]: Chuvash tales 1937:270; Kazan Tatars [fairy tale episode: "And the stallion saw everything and said to him reproachfully:" You've brought trouble to yourself! We should hurry now. If we don't hurry to make it to the White Kingdom, we're both dead. Hit me on one side as soon as possible so that blood splashes from the other - then I'll rush even faster!" Timur hit the stallion as he ordered him to. And the stallion jumped right across far away"]: Yarmukhametov 1957b:7; Bashkirs: Barag 1988, No. 4 (Aurgazinsky District, 1972) [fairy tale episode: "On the way home, Alpamysh gave his horse a drink in the river and jumped into the saddle. Then the horse was speechless: "Alpamysha-batyr, hit once - pain will enter the skin, hit the other - it will enter the meat, hit the third time - it will enter the bone brain." Alpamysha hits his horse three times. He says again: "Close your eyes, my father." Before he even blinked an eye, the horse brought him to the doorstep of his home"], No. 56 (Ishimbay District, 1968) ["The stallion spoke again: "Ahmet-Batyr, where are you going now?" "There is a poplar on the English island, with a chest under it, and a duck in the chest, with three eggs under the duck. We need to get those three eggs." "You, Ahmet, hit me once - let the whip pierce my skin, let the second blow penetrate my body, and let the third blow reach my bones." Ahmet hit his horse three times, and it sank into the air with twelve wings. Instantly flew to that poplar"]: 53, 402; Barag 1989, No. 68 (Baymaksky District, 1962) [fairy tale episode: "Get on top of me," says Tulpar Yuldybay, "hit me on my left side with a kamcha, so that blood comes out on my right side and close your eyes yourself." That's what I did. Just closed my eyes, the horse rose to the sky and instantly found himself at that seven-story palace"]: 330; Sagitov 1987, No. 3 (Davlekanovsky District of Bashkiria, 1964) [episode of an epic tale: "And only Zayatulyak's horse limped and fell behind the others. And then the white tulpar addressed the owner with these words: "Step harder on the stirrups and hit me with all your might with a kamcha on the sides so that blood splashes from there." As soon as Zayatulyak hit the horse on the left and right, blood splashed from his sides, and at the same time, hammered nails fell from his hooves ringing. Having spread his white wings, the tulpar rushed forward with an arrow"]; No. 9 (Kunashaksky District, Chelyabinsk Region) ["Kuk-Tulpar is speechless: "Whip my right rib so that blood splashes from my left rib and close your eyes yourself!" Kuzykurpas hit the horse's right edge, so that blood splashed from his left rib and closed his eyes. And at this time, Kuk-Tulpar blew the wind past the wolves"]: 180, 252.
Southern Siberia - Mongolia. Tuvans (Dzun-Khemchik District) [fairy tale episode: "The horse said: "Don't feel sorry for me, dare hit me! Hit me on the side so that my ribs sparkle in the sun, because you're not hitting my father. Tighten the bridle so that my cheeks burst from ear to ear, because you're not tearing my mother's cheeks apart." The hero raised his whip so that he covered the sun and hit the horse on the side, so that his ribs sparkled, and then pulled the bridle so that the horse's cheeks burst to ear"]: Vatagin 1971, No. 20:159; Hamnigans (r. Onon, 1911): Damdinov 1982, No. 4 [uliger episode: "My mouth is not your mother's mouth, pull it so that it bursts to my colorful cheek. My thigh is not your father's, whip it to the bone," said the horse. "And hold on tight!" - said it again. "Peace and harmony have been broken," the owner told Jitkult. "I thought there was no one ahead of me." "This is not my mother's mouth," he said and pulled so that he tore the horse's mouth to his colorful cheek. "It's not my father's thigh," and hit him so that he tore it to the bone"]; No. 6 ["The horse then spoke: <... > I see something very big, /Only a huge bird will fly, /And the horse with He will not be able to hooves. /After all, not your father's mouth, /To my cheek with my motley /Tearing my mouth, pull the reason. /After all, not your father's thighs, /Hit me to yellow, tender meat! /Let's jump so that the fat on the back of my neck bursts. /If it's hard for me/Throw away the gold cup, /I'm silent on that./Tsohonda pulled the reason so that/The horse's mouth burst to the cheek motley, /He whipped on his right thigh so that/A piece of meat fell off"]: 217, 237-238.