B33f2. Going for fire, the hero ties up the old woman. .27.-.29.

At night the fire goes out. The young man goes to look for fire and along the way ties up an old woman or man (usually a character responsible for the length of night and day).

Hungarians, Moldovans, Macedonians, Albanians, Greeks, Western Ukrainians (Transcarpathia), Russians (Tula), Azerbaijanis, Turks.

Balkans. Hungarians[beyond the sea of ​​Opérentz lived a king; dying, he ordered his three sons for those who would come for them; in the evening someone knocks on the window, gets the eldest sister; then the middle one; the youngest; the king did not order to stay overnight in the forest under one tree; the brothers wanted to know why; they stayed by this tree; the eldest brother guards first; he saw a fire, went there, came across a three-headed dragon and killed it, did not tell the brothers anything; on the second night the middle brother, a six-headed dragon; on the third - the middle one, nine-headed; having killed the dragon, the youngest began to look for fire; going to the light, he saw how Night was fighting with Morning Dawn; dawn: she does not want me to go out; the young man tied both to a tree; he went to the fire of three giants, they were sleeping; the young man took a brand, but the giants woke up; they agreed not to roast him in order to eat him if he would help them kidnap three princesses; The youth entered the castle; the eldest princess lay on a copper bed, the middle one on a silver one, the youngest on a gold one; he took a gold ring from the finger of each; lowered a rope to the giants, killed them one by one as they rose; went to the brothers, untying Night and Dawn on the way, and immediately the day came; brothers: it was a long night! The youngest led the brothers to the city where he saved the princesses; called himself the killer of giants, took the youngest princess, gave the elder ones to the brothers; three weddings; the king asks his youngest son-in-law not to take his wife to himself, but he did not listen; she was kidnapped at the border; the king: look for her in the White Country; on the way, the youth visits the sisters; their husbands are dragons with 4, 8 and 12 heads; the 4-headed one does not know the White Country, calls the animals, they do not know either; the same with the 6-headed one; the 12-headed one was last to receive a lame wolf; he just injured his leg in that country when he attacked a sheep; the wolf led the youth to a mountain from where the White Country is visible; approaching the spring, the youth met his wife; wife: the White Knight has kidnapped me, his horse rushes like a thought, he will catch up with us; go to the old woman who has three mares; these are her daughters; hire yourself out as a coachman, ask for a foal, an old saddle and a bridle in payment; on the way to the old woman, the youth released a fish into the water, she blew a whistle to call it; helped an ant that was fighting a fly (ditto); took a splinter out of a fox's paw and bandaged the paw (ditto); the old woman has 99 heads on stakes, the hundredth is missing; the youth has served a year, 3 days left; the mares must be grazed, the old woman gave her a sleeping pill; it is already evening, there are no mares; the fish shows three gold fish in the pond, tells to throw a bridle, the fish became mares; the same the next day (among the ants three are mares); on the third day the fox: mares - three eggs in a basket under the old woman's chair in her room; I will grab the golden rooster and the hen in her henhouse, she will rush there, and you grab the eggs; the old woman had to give up the foal born yesterday, a saddle and a bridle; the foal asks to let him go for a day to fatten up; brought the youth to the spring, where he met his wife; the foal: to run like the wind or like a thought? youth: as you wish; the White Knight galloped up, but the horse threw him, he crashed to death; the youth mounted him,and the wife rode on his foal; the old king died, the youth reigned; they are still alive, if they have not died]: Gaals, Stier 1957, No. 1: 1-15;Moldavians [three young men kidnapped three princesses; the king promises a reward to anyone who finds his daughters; Kalin the Fool and his two older brothers go in search; K. watches at night, kills three-, four-, eight-headed dragons; the blood of the last one flooded the fire; K. goes into the light, met, tied up Evening, Midnight, Dawn , so that day would not come until he returns; 12 dragons and their mother are sleeping around the fire; K. takes a coal, but also meat; the dragons woke up, order the daughter of the Red King to be brought (they themselves cannot, because they are afraid of the puppy with the rooster); K. takes the dragons with him, kills one by one when they climb over the city wall; K. took the ring from the princess's finger; cut out the tongues of the dragons; in their lair he killed one dragoness, and the second ran away; fed and released the bound Evening, Midnight, Dawn; passing through the gold, silver, copper forest meets three kidnapped princesses, each one prepares food for her dragon; kills two dragons; when he fights with the third, both call for a raven, but K. calls him the bright king, the raven pours water on the dragon's flame, he dies; when K. fell asleep, his brothers cut off his legs; he was found by an armless man; K. grabbed the escaped dragon, she showed him the lake; when K. and his sworn brother took a dip, their legs and arms grew back; they killed the dragon; the princess is given to the gypsy, who supposedly killed the dragons; K. sends his ring, is recognized, shows his tongue; the gypsy with a bag of nuts is tied to the horse's tail; where the nut fell, a piece of the body fell off; K. gave the princess to her former betrothed; K. came home, his wife was made a servant; he offered to throw a cannonball into the air; falling, it crushed his brothers]: Moldavian Tales 1969: 158-168; Albanians [three brothers have sisters married to the Sun, the Moon and the South; they decided to visit them; they spend the night three times, each time one brother guards the others' sleep; the eldest killed the lamia, did not tell the brothers about it; the middle one does the same; the youngest too, but the lamia managed to put out the fire with her tail; the young man sees a light in the distance, they go there; on the way he meets the mother of the night, asks her to prolong the darkness; she promises to do this, but he does not believe and ties her up ; approaching the source of light, he sees a huge cauldron with 12 ears standing on the fire; he picked it up, lit a torch, and put it back; 12 robbers are amazed by this strength: they can lift the cauldron only together; they led the youth to rob the king; having broken through the wall, they climbed into the stable; the youth remained outside; raised the alarm, cut off the heads of the robbers as they got out; left his knife there; on the way back he freed the mother of the night; the king found the dead robbers and the knife; ordered to set up an inn where they feed for free, but let everyone tell about what he did; the eldest and middle brothers told how each killed the lamia, the youngest also about the robbers; the king gave him his daughter in marriage; on the occasion of the royal wedding, the prisoners were released; among them a man half made of iron; the youth persuaded the king to release him too; as soon as the king broke the shackles, the monster swallowed the princess and flew away; the young man asks the king to give him iron shoes and a staff, promises to return the princess in a year; comes to his sister, whose husband is the Sun; she hid her brother, the Sun smells human flesh, but promises not to touch his brother-in-law; advises to ask the Moon; he sends to the South; the South also does not know where the iron man is, directs him to a huge falcon, orders him to come up to him from behind and threaten to kill him if he does not tell where the iron man is; the falcon orders them to prepare meat and repair his wings - he is too old; they fly to a high mountain, the young man cut off the last piece of meat from his thigh; having flown there, the falcon regurgitated this piece and attached it back; the wife hid the young man, but the iron one found him, drank his blood, and spat out the skin and bones; the falcon saw, flew between the crushed mountains, filled its beak with swallow's milk, revived the youth with it; he taught the wife to pretend to be dead and ask her husband where his strength was; iron; in a broom; the wife burned the broom, but nothing happened; pretended to be sick again; iron: on the mountain there is a boar, he has a silver tusk, in the tusk a hare, in the hare three doves, in them is strength; the youth came to the shepherd, began to ask about the boar, he heard, the youth began to fight with him; boar: I would like racine de gouet to sharpen my tusk; youth: I would like flour, fried fish and wine; the shepherd brought everything, the youth killed the boar, got the doves; having twisted off the heads of two, the youth came to the iron man, killed the third, the iron man died; the falcon brought the youth and the princess to the king; [all are happy]: Dozon 1991, No. 15: 121-134; Macedonians [dying, a father tells his three sons, without asking any questions, to give his sister in marriage to the one who comes for her; they do so, but then go looking for her; they stop for the night at a mountain, take turns guarding; a dragon comes, the eldest cuts it down, but does not tell the other in the morning; the next night the middle brother (two dragons; the same); the third night – the youngest brother; killed three dragons, but the fire went out; he noticed a light in the distance, went there; an old woman comes towards him; says that she is Daylight, will soon go to shine; the guy tied her up , came to a big fire, 40 robbers were around; the guy moved the cauldron, pulled out and threw away the firebrand, put the cauldron back in place; the robbers were amazed by his strength; they offered to take part in the robbery of the royal treasury; they let the guy in first; he cut off the head of everyone who entered the door after him; he entered through another door; the king was sleeping there, and a snake was crawling along the ceiling; the guy drank water from a jug, nailed the snake to the ceiling with a saber and left; took fire, untied the old woman on the way back, returned to his brothers; it began to get light; the brothers came to the spring; there was a woman with jugs; they recognized their sister; the king will give half the kingdom to the one who killed the robbers and the snake; the younger brother showed up; the king gave him the keys to all the rooms except one; there was a half-man, half-stone there; the guy persuaded them to give him the last key; the monster came out; the woman was with him; she washes the threshold; Monster: Why? - My power. - It's not there. The woman began to wash the cesspool shovel. - And not in the shovel. - Where? - There are swamps by the Black Sea, there is a wild boar in it, in the boar there are three doves, my power is in them; the brothers' sister's husband was the king of the birds; he called them together; no one knows where the swamp by the Black Sea is, but perhaps an old falcon knows; she was the last to appear; she replies that she had been to those places in her youth; if you feed me meat for 40 days, maybe I will fly there; after such fattening, the falcon became younger; she put the guy on her back, brought him to the swamp; he slaughtered the boar, killed two doves at once, took one with him; the monster fell ill; he confessed that if he touched the {petrified} ones with a dove feather, they would come to life; the guy revived people and animals, then wrung the neck of a dove; brothers began to live with their sister and her husband]: Mazon 1936, No. 81: 297-303; Greeks : Legrand 1881 [a father orders his three sons to pray at his grave for three nights and to give their three sisters to the first person who asks for their hand in marriage; after saying the prayer, the eldest returns to the house; at this time a strange-looking man, almost a freak, comes; only the youngest brother insists on giving him his sister; the same with the middle brother and middle sister; a woman comes to the youngest with two balls of thread, black and white ; it depends on her whether there will be night or day; the young man asks to unwind the black thread more slowly, so that he can finish reading the prayer before dawn; she refused; then he tied her to a tree, and he himself went to where the light was visible; there are 40 dragons around a huge boiling cauldron; the young man picked it up and put it back; they ask for help in stealing the princess; having climbed the tower, the young man orders the dragons to climb one by one and kills each one; in the sleeping chamber he kissed the princess and exchanged rings with her; returned home, having untied the mistress of the night and day; in order to identify the hero who killed the dragons, the king orders everyone to come and tell about their life; the princess recognized the young man and her ring; wedding; the young man noticed a golden key in his wife's hair; he opened the locked door with it, pulled the ring, a dark figure fell from it and carried away the princess; the young man went in search; came to the castle of the eldest sister; her husband called the birds, but only the lame eagle knew where the sorcerer's castle was, and carried the youth there; taking the princess, they flew back, but the sorcerer, to whom his flying horse communicates everything, caught up with them, took the princess away and cut the youth in half; the eagle brought the halves, the sister's husband revived them with living water; the youth came to the middle sister; her husband explains that he needs to get the same winged horse as the sorcerer's; the youth came to the mountain, tamed the horse, took his wife home; the sorcerer's horse could not catch up with them]: 145-160; Hahn 1864(1), No. 52 [robbers kidnapped the sister of three brothers; they went in search; in the evening they lit a fire; on the first night the eldest brother stands guard; a lamia came, he killed her, did not tell the brothers anything; on the second night the same with the middle brother; in the third, the younger one killed three lamias who came; but the fire went out, the young man went to look for fire; he saw light in the distance, went towards it; he met an old woman , she answered that the distant fire was the fire of robbers; and she herself brings day into the world; the young man asked her to stay where she was while he went for fire; she promised, but he did not trust her, tied her to a tree; 40 robbers were sitting around a cauldron with 40 ears; the young man took off the cauldron, took some fire and put the cauldron back; returning to the old woman, the young man untied her, came to his brothers; dawn broke and they went on; but the robbers brought the young man to themselves, ordered him to climb into the royal treasury; he found a sword and cut off the heads of all the robbers, who crawled through the hole one by one; having drunk water from the cup, the young man left; In order to find out who killed the robbers and saved the treasury, the king set up an inn where everyone had to tell about their adventures; the young man also came and began to tell; the king married him to his daughter, and his brothers to the daughters of noble people]: 286-288.

Central Europe. Ukrainians (Transcarpathia, Tyachiv district, Dulova village) [The tsar has three sons and a daughter, the eldest sons are good students, the youngest Ivan Farmudz is a bit stupid, Pepelyanik. The brothers decide to find out why one of their father's eyes is crying and the other is laughing. The eldest goes first. The tsar is reading, there is a sabre on the table, he swings it at his son, he runs away, the tsar throws the sabre after him, it sticks in the door. The same with the middle son. When IF enters, the tsar swings, and IF puts his head on the table: the tsar has the right to kill him. The tsar says that he was sold to the devil in his mother's womb. When he dies, the devils will scatter his bones across the 7 powers, that is why one eye is crying. But he hopes that his sons will protect him, that is why the other one is laughing. He orders to prepare 7 fathoms of firewood, to dig a grave 7 fathoms deep, for the sons to spend the night near the grave and light a fire, sabres in their hands, three snakes will fly in at night: at 9 o'clock - a three-headed one, at 10 - a six-headed one, at midnight - a 12-headed one. If someone comes for his sister, give her up. The Tsar died, the brothers spend the night at the grave. The elders fall asleep. IF kills the three-headed snake, the blood almost flooded the sleeping ones. IF puts logs under the heads of the sleepy brothers. He kills the six-headed one, the blood almost flooded the sleeping ones, IF sits the sleepy brothers down. The 12-headed snake flies in. Ivan chops off 6 heads, then 6 more, but one keeps returning to its place. IF pierces the snake's neck and presses it to the ground, the blood cools, the head cannot grow back. Blood flows like a river, IF makes the sleepy brothers stand upright. The fire goes out, IF climbs an ash tree, there is light in the distance, IF goes, there is a forest on the way, two women ask to judge who is older. This is Night and Day . IF ties them to poles at a distance, orders them to keep quiet until he returns, otherwise he will chop off their heads. He approaches a fire of 300 fathoms of firewood, robbers (opryshki) are sleeping around. IF cuts off a stick, splits the end and pulls out a brand with the split, but the coal falls on the senior robber. IF runs away with the fire. The robbers wake up, the youngest and middle ones do not see anything, the eldest gets up, his head rises above the trees, he sees IF, takes several steps, catches up with IF, puts it on his palm, brings it to the fire, calls him an ant, promises to kill for stealing the brand. IF calls himself the best thief in the world. The robber demands help to steal the king's daughter. The sun has never shone on her, the wind has never blown, a golden star on her forehead, golden hair on her head, indescribable beauty. The robbers have been unable to steal her for three years: there is a golden rooster on the royal gates and as soon as they approach, it begins to crow, the army shoots. IF crawls up, kills the rooster, finds the room where the girl is sleeping, calls the robbers one by one, chops off each one's head, exchanges rings with the sleeping princess, leaves a note: IF chopped down three snakes, tied Night and Day to trees, shot the rooster, chopped off the robbers' heads, exchanged rings with the princess. Night and Day ask to let them go: it has been dark for 7 days already. IF judges this way: there must be long days in the summer (a lot of work, the harvest must ripen), and short ones in the winter. Night and Day sign an eternal contract. IF returns, chops off the frozen blood of the snakes, the awakened brothers faint with fear. IF rules the state. At midnight, the musicians come and demand that he give them what his father ordered, otherwise they will leave no stone unturned. IF throws his sister out of the window. The musicians play, the wind blows - a train of a hundred carriages flies away beyond the forests and seas. The neighboring king has promised his daughter to the one who kills the robbers. A gypsy servant finds the bodies and pretends to be their killer. They are preparing for the wedding. IF is late, the gypsy demands that he not be let in, but the king lets him in. IF ridicules the groom, awaits execution for insulting the future king's son-in-law. At the gallows he tells what he did and where he put the letter, shows the princess's ring. The people rejoice, the army and servants disperse the gypsies. After the wedding, IF gathers to see his brothers, the king lets him go, but forbids him to take with him a wife on whom the sun has not shone and the wind has not blown: the wind will abduct her. IF does not listen, the whirlwind carries away the princess. The queen gives three years to find her daughter, otherwise she will execute her. IF wanders, there is a hole in the trunk of an oak tree: "The wedding with Farmudz Mariyka entered here." IF comes to a small hut, like a box. There his brother-in-law tells his wife to cook food: her brother is dying of hunger. He puts IF to bed, asks the horse where IF's wife is. The horse: in the seventieth country, with the Pagan Tsar for a cook. The Pagan Tsar also has a horse, his older brother, he is stronger, he will catch up, the Pagan Tsar will chop Ivan into pieces. It is necessary to put a sack on the horse so that the horse can bring the chopped up body later. The brother-in-law equips IF for the journey, the horse brings him to the Pagan's kingdom. Ivan's wife is just going to the well with buckets, singing plaintively. IF puts her on the horse.At that very moment, Pogany's horse neighs. Poganin grabs an iron pitchfork, rushes into the herd, learns that IF has stolen his cook, but there is time. He clicks his teeth and eats two carloads of nuts, smokes two carloads of tobacco, sleeps for two hours, takes a sabre, mounts his horse and sets off in pursuit. IF's horse: it burns a fire, because the Pogany Tsar is catching up. Let IF ask Poganin to chop it up with a sabre, throw it in a sack and put it on the horse. And so it happens. Poganin takes the cook. The brother-in-law tells his wife in advance to bring a trough from the attic, puts together the pieces of IF's body, pours healing water on it, everything grows together. The brother-in-law has two souls, he blows on the body, releases one of them from himself, the soul enters IF, he comes to life. Brother-in-law explains that he will not be able to revive him again. His mother could help, she is the eldest of half the world, knows a lot, but can eat as soon as she sees him. IF walks to her for 6 months. The woman senses him from a distance, roars: she has lived in this place for 10 thousand years, but has not seen an earthly man, has not eaten fresh human flesh for 3000 years. IF calls her sweet mother, dear matchmaker, says that her son sent him. The woman wants to see him, but promises to eat him. She takes two iron poles, 10 m each, props up her eyelids, otherwise they will not hold. IF tells him everything, the woman pities him. She sends him to her husband, but there is little hope there, that he will pity him, he is even angrier, it is 6 months of travel to him. She feeds IF with tin dumplings, he does not feel hunger during the journey. Grandfather senses him from an even greater distance, 15 thousand years, has not seen a person, has not eaten human flesh for 5000 years. IF calls him dear father, dear matchmaker, tells him that he was pardoned and sent by his wife as to the oldest in the world. Grandfather: ate millions of people, but have never met such an affectionate and kind person. Wants to look, and then eat. Props his eyelids with iron posts 20 meters long. Moved to pity, feeds IF with steel dumplings. Gives two twigs growing from the ground. Under the house there is a basement, there are two horses, one must be hit with one twig, and the second with the other, he gives these horses because he is old, horses must be obeyed, they will do anything. IF goes down into the dungeon, sees wooden rakes on four legs, hits them with a twig - the rakes turn into a stallion and a mare. The horse is happy, asks to be led out of the basement, take a wooden axe, chop three thousand fathoms of firewood, light a fire. The wooden axe splits the trees into ready logs. The horses eat fire, eat away the ashes for a hundred meters, drink up all the water, drink up the lake three times: now they are invincible. The horse orders to take out the diamond clothes from his left ear, from his right - a saddle with a bridle for a woman. The horse asks how to carry him, IF: so that neither he nor the horse is harmed. The horse is happy that he has waited for the good king. The Pagan's horse is his son. They fly to the well, IF dresses his wife in diamond clothes, puts her on a mare, rise above the sky. The horse in the herd of the Pagan king neighs. They fly in pursuit, there is no time to wait. The Pagan's horse calls his father and mother, asks them to wait for him, otherwise the pagan will torture him. They advise to fly into the sky and throw off the bastard.The pagan is still falling, and if he had fallen, all the thunder would have rumbled and the earth would have crumbled. The horse rushes after his parents, flies with them. The light spreads across the entire sky, people think that the whole world is burning. The old king cries with joy, IF calls his brothers to the feast]: Lintur, Chendey 1965: 9-29;Russian: Russian (Tula) [dying, the father tells his sons to guard his grave for three nights; the eldest brother sends the youngest Ivanushka in his place; the middle one too; when it is I.'s turn, the father tells him from the grave where gold, silver and copper money are hidden; he tells him to pray to God: he himself has been on a pilgrimage 99 times, but did not have time for the hundredth time; the brothers divided the money, went on a pilgrimage and ended up in the forest at night; the brothers are sleeping, I. is on guard; killed a wolf; a bear; a deer's golden horns, cut out everyone's tongues; the fire went out; I. went to where he noticed the light; an old man is winding threads in a hut; I. asks him to give him light, he does not give it; I. tied him up, but the fire went out; the old man sent him to the 12 robbers; when I. returns with fire, let him untie him; the robbers are cooking corned beef; unnoticed I. hits each of them on the hands with a pole; having noticed I., the robbers took him as a comrade; they went to kill the king's cockerel; they broke a crack in the wall; I. climbed through, there was a sword on the wall; he calls the robbers, cuts off each one's head in turn; he took the king's golden pipe, and the princess's shoe and stocking; he left a note: He was a fine fellow, he drank wine, he didn't cover it with a lid; on the way to his brothers he untied an old man; the king opened an inn, ordered everyone to come; the brothers came, and I. unharnesses the horse; when he arrived, he told him everything; the king let him live with him]: Erlenwein 1882: 64-69.

Caucasus - Asia Minor. Azerbaijanis [40 sons of the king go to marry 40 sisters; the king orders not to stop for the night in a ruined building or in the steppe; the brothers spend the night near an old minaret where there is a white div; only the youngest, Melik-Mamed, does not sleep; he killed the div, refusing to hit him again, and hid the corpse; the same thing in another place, a black div; on the third night, MM came to an old man, who winds threads onto black (night) and white (day) balls ; MM tied up the old man so that the night would drag on, came to the house where there was a wedding of 40 giants with 40 kidnapped princess sisters; MM bribed the old woman, who gave her cotton wool so that the guard bell would not ring; MM killed the giants who came out one by one, thrust his sword into the marble in the palace of the princesses' father, and returned to his brothers; no one can pull out the sword, only MM himself; the king gives his daughters to his brothers; on the way back the serpent king brought MM to him, ordered to kidnap Sanam with 40 braids, the daughter of the underground king; having received a self-assembled tablecloth from the serpent, MM fed a lion, an ant, a bird Zumrud-gushi on the way, they gave him a strand of wool, etc.; the underground king has 99 heads on his roof; he orders 1) to defeat the lion (the lion, whom MM fed, won); 2) to collect the sown millet (the ants collected it); the last grain was brought by a lame ant); 3) to hang scales in the air (MM agrees with the old woman that she will cut off one braid of the princess, the bird Zumrud-gushi hung scales on it); MM received the princess; [on the bridge he freed Jansyn-Kes; he pursues, took the princess away, disappeared; Zumrud-gushi revived MM with living water; explained that J.K.'s death was in a needle, in a needle, in a sparrow, in a cage, in an elephant in the forest; MM got it out, broke the needle, J.K. died; the king of snakes gave up the princess to MM; there is a feast at home, MM lives with two wives]: Bogoyavlensky 1892v, No. 6: 308-318; Turks [dying, the padishah orders his grave to be guarded for three nights; whoever copes with this will receive the throne; three sisters must be given in marriage to the first ones who come to ask for marriage; the eldest son hears a rumble and noise at night, runs away in fear; the middle one does the same; the youngest Mehmed kills the dragon; he asks to hit him with the sword a second time, M. says that his mother gave birth to him once; saw an old man with white (day) and black (night) balls ; tied his hands so that he would not let the day go by, came to 40 robbers, offered to help them steal the treasure, killed them one by one when they were climbing the wall; cut the snake; saw three sleeping princesses, fell in love with the youngest; returned, cutting off the dragon's nose and ears; untied the old man; the eldest brother had already become the padishah; at the insistence of the younger one, the sisters were given to a lion, a tiger, and an Anka bird (he is the padishah peri); the king of the castle, in which M. killed 40 robbers and a snake, agrees with the vizier to identify the hero by arranging a bath for all the men; M. is identified: he has no sword; he asks for the youngest princess; the king: but the demon-whirlwind wants her, so she sits in a steel room; M. received the princess, and his brothers - her sisters; as soon as M. went away into the forest, the whirlwind carried away his wife; M. goes in search, visits three sisters, the husband of each shows the way; M. takes his wife, gallops away; the whirlwind woke up on the fourth day, slowly gathered himself, easily caught up, tore to pieces; allowed his wife to collect the bones; she loaded them on a horse, told him to go where he needed to; he came to Anka's wife; Anka gathered all the birds; the old owl appeared last, she alone had been in the Garden of Eden; from there she brought living water, Anka revived M.; he returned to his wife: let her find out what the life of the whirlwind is; he confesses: at the seventh level of the sea there is an island, there is a bull, in it a box, in the box a dove; on the mountain there is a spring, once a year 40 sea horses come to it, one must be tamed, it will deliver where it is needed; M. took out the box, took away his wife, killed the dove, the whirlwind died, M. became a padishah]: Kunos 1901: 112-133.