K103D. Enter the horse's ear and take it out of the cow's ear.

.16.21.27.-.32.34.36.37.

An animal (rarely a demonic creature) commands to take out of its ear the items necessary for the hero or heroine or to enter its ear in order to transform, fall asleep, etc.

English, Scots, Bhutan, Bosnians, Romanians, Moldovans, Hungarians, Russians (Karelian Pomorie, Arkhangelsk {Pinega}, Olonetsk, Vologda, Pskov, Novgorod, Moscow, Ryazan, Gorky, Voronezh, Kursk), Belarusians, Ukrainians (Transcarpathia, Podolia, Chernigov, Kiev, Poltava, Yekaterinoslav), Ossetians, Terek Cossacks, Laks, Georgians, Mingrelians, Azerbaijanis, Burishi, Brahui, Danes, Vepsians, Lutsi, Latvians, Lithuanians, Komi, Mari, Mordvins, Chulym Turks, Far Eastern Evenks, Oroch.

Western Europe. The English [a dying queen tells her daughter that a red calf will take care of her; the king takes a new wife with three ugly daughters, she does not feed her stepdaughter, she sits on the ashes in the kitchen, they call her Rushen Coatie; the calf tells her to get food from his ear; the stepmother tells her daughter to spy, asks her husband to kill the calf; the dead calf tells her to collect all its bones under a stone, will fulfill wishes; but one tibia is missing; everyone goes to church; the calf runs up, limping, brings rich clothes, explains what to say to make dinner cook itself; but RC must return home before the others; when the sisters return, they tell of an unknown beauty; next time RC lost her glass slipper; the prince tells her to try on everything; stepmother cut off the toes and heel of one of the daughters, the prince took her to the palace, but the raven began to cry about it; seeing blood dripping from the slipper, the prince took the impostor back; the slipper jumped out of the prince's pocket and put it on RC's foot by itself; wedding]: 163-168: Jacobs 1894; Irish [a giant to a childless king and queen: if you promise to give me your firstborn when he reaches 24 years of age, I will give you a necklace that the queen must not take off, and within 10 years she will bear 4 sons and 3 daughters; when the youth is 24, his parents send the cook's son in his place; the giant gives him a whip and asks what the youth would do with it; he would drive cats and dogs away from the roast; giant: tell the king that I want their son, not the cook's son; another youth replies that he would drive dogs away from the fox he has caught; giant: one more deception, and I will destroy the castle and you with all the children; the prince has come; moving at lightning speed on a boat and on horses, they finally reached the castle on the mountain; the giant's assistant is a kidnapped princess; 1) clean out a barn that has not been cleaned for 7 years; the princess cleans it instantly, she has magic, which the giant does not know about; tame a horse (the princess took a leather bridle instead of the gold one that the giant gave the young man, and the horse stood rooted to the spot); get 5 eggs from the raven's nest; the princess gave two sticks to climb the smooth trunk; tells to keep quiet when the giant gives her to him as a wife and leaves them together for the night; left three dolls to answer for her; they galloped away; the giant pursues; the princess orders to take a twig of elm from the horse's ear and throw it behind ; a dense forest; the giant passed; a handful of water (lake, ditto); the princess gave an apple, told him to throw it at the giant's forehead; the giant fell down dead; they were already near the castle of the prince's parents; the princess sent the prince on ahead, he must not kiss anyone; the girl, who had previously been in love with the prince, kissed him and he forgot the princess; the wedding with the girl was being prepared; the princess moved in with the woman and began to knit by the window; the prince saw her, but did not recognize her; she came to the wedding, took out a hen and a cockerel, and they began to carry on a dialogue, describing everything that had happened; {missing page in pdf; apparently the prince remembered}]: Kennedy 1875: 56-63; Scots [Campbell 1890(1), no. 2: 25-38; a sparrow and a mouse quarreled over a grain of grain; a war of birds and beasts began; the prince of Tettertain killed the Snake when it was ready to kill the Raven in a duel; the latter carries him across valleys, lakes to his first, second, third sisters, becomes a youth of the third; gives a knapsack, orders not to open it on the way; the youth opens it, a palace with a garden appears; the giant puts them back in exchange for a promise to give a son, who will be born when he is seven years old; the youth becomes king, marries, seven years later the giant comes for her son; the boy's mother gives the cook's son instead of her son; the giant asks him what his father would do if he received the rod; he answers that he would drive away dogs and cats from the treats; the king is forced to give up the promised son; A young man grows up in the house of a giant, who offers him a choice of two daughters; the young man demands the third, Red-haired Mary; the giant demands 1) to clean the barn (M. does everything), 2) to cover the house with bird feathers (the same), 3) to get magpie eggs from the nest in a pine tree and boil them (M. cuts off his fingers and toes, they turn into steps of a ladder, the young man gets the eggs, the fingers grow back, except for the little finger, which the young man did not touch when he climbed); 4) to recognize the bride among her sisters (she has no little finger); M. orders to run, leaving apple slices to answer; M. orders to get from the mare's ear , to throw behind 1) a twig of blackthorn (thorny thicket; the giant runs home for an axe, then takes it back, because the crow promises to steal the axe), 2) a pebble (mountain, the giant runs home for a pick and hammer), 3) a bottle of water (lake, the giant drowns); M. orders not to kiss anyone at home, the young man is kissed by a dog, he forgets M.; M. hides in a tree, the shoemaker's wife and daughter see her reflection, take her for their own, refuse to carry water, since they are such beauties; the shoemaker takes M. into the house, says that the prince is getting married, takes M. with him to the feast; two doves fly out of her goblet, they tell M.'s story; the prince marries M.]: Shustova 1994: 363-373; Scots [a lady has three daughters; the eldest asks to prepare food for her on the road, goes to an old poultry woman; she: open the back door, there is your share; on the first day - nothing, on the second - the same, on the third a carriage arrived and took the girl; the same with the middle sister; on the third day a black bull came for the youngest; she rides on him; he tells her to take food from his right ear, and drink from the left; they spent the night in the castle of the bull's eldest brother; the servants gave her an apple: to cut in case of extreme trouble; the next night the same in the castle of the middle brother (they gave a pear); on the third night - in the castle of the youngest (they gave a plum); then they arrived in a gloomy valley; the girl noticed a pin stuck into the bull's body; she took it out, and he turned into a handsome prince; he said that first he must again become a bull and defeat the devil, and during this time she should not move either her hand or her foot; if everything around turns blue, then the prince has won and the spell is broken forever; and if red, then he will not return; everything turned blue, the girl was happy and crossed her legs; the bull returned, but did not find her; she went and reached the glass mountain; blacksmith: if you serve me for 7 years, then I will forge you iron shoes to climb the mountain; after 7 years, the girl climbed the mountain; washerwoman: the prince gave me bloody shirts; whoever can wash them off will become his wife; neither the washerwoman nor her daughter can wash them off, but the girl washed them off immediately; but the washerwoman said that her daughter did it; the girl broke an apple, there were gold jewelry in it; she exchanged them for postponing the wedding for a day and letting her go to the prince, but the washerwoman gave him a sleeping pill; the same on the second day (pear, the jewelry in it is even more expensive); on the third time (the plum contains the best jewels) the prince pretended to drink the sleeping potion, but poured it out himself (the servant told him that someone was coming to his bed and crying); wedding; the washerwoman and her daughter were punished]: Montgomerie, Montgomerie 2023: 46-51 (translated in Kharitonov 2008: 419-428).

Tibet - Northeast India. Bhutan [the parents have a daughter, Boded; they decided to leave, leaving her behind: the harvest on the plot is meager, and sinpo demons are all around; they told B. to dry the grain, driving away the birds from it; a raven cries that the parents are leaving; B. rushed into the house, but they have not left yet; does not listen to the raven anymore; finally, it cries that the parents have left; no one is home, the girl climbed a peach tree to see if they can be seen on the road; someone asks her to throw him a peach; she threw it; "it fell in the dung, come down, throw another"; ditto; "give it to your hands"; D. held out the peach, the sinpo grabbed {the man} her, put her in a sack and carried her into his house; an old hungry dog ​​is there; whispers: if you feed me a little, I will give you three words of wisdom; B. had some food left with her, she fed the dog, the dog told her to take three packets of seeds out of her ear : they will come in handy when you run; sinpo tells B. to pound rice, every now and then saying, "I am here"; the louse promises to answer for her: let him take it out of her hair and leave it in the spit; when the saliva dried, the louse died and stopped answering; sinpo rushed in pursuit; B. threw pepper tree seeds, a forest of pepper trees grew; then - pine seeds; bamboo; sinpo is about to break through the bamboo; the moon rose; B. asks her to lower her an iron chain, not a wool ladder; the moon Acho La La answers every time: wait, I'm still washing; making breakfast; having breakfast; putting away the dishes; looking for the chain; straightening it out; the moon lowered the chain, B. climbed up; sinpo asks her to lower his chain too; the moon answers the same as the girl (I wash myself, etc.); lowered a ladder made of wool; when he climbed halfway, cut the ladder; sinpo fell, sank deep into the ground; a girl is seen on the moon, milking the cow of the moon]: Choden 1994: 35-40.

The Balkans. Bosnians [the stepdaughter Fata is beautiful, the real daughter Hata is ugly; the stepmother and H. are leaving for a wedding; the cow tells F. to get a box from her ear , it contains a beautiful dress and jewelry; the same the next day; on the third day the sultan's son approached her, she started to run and lost a slipper; the sultan ordered everyone to try it on; Fate approached; the stepmother persuaded F. to take H. as an escort; at the stepmother's prompting, H., when they were riding through the forest and began to be tormented by thirst, gave F. water in exchange for her eyes, threw her in the forest, and appeared to the sultan's son in her place; the cow found F. and brought her to the people, to the house of a pious hadji; they saw how flowers grew on the ground along which F. walked; the cow began to live in the same house, supplying everyone with milk; ordered another box to be taken from her ear , containing pearls formed from tears; a hadji must be sent to exchange them for the eyes; H., the false princess, gave up the eyes, F. regained her sight when the hadji moistened them with water brought from Mecca from the Sem-Sem spring; the sultan promised a reward to anyone who would cure his sick daughter-in-law; when F. arrived, she saw that the necklace of those pearls on H.'s neck was burning and choking her; F. took it off her; the sultan and his son recognized the real bride; the stepmother was torn apart by horses; the hadji was rewarded]: Preindlsberger-Mrazovic 1905: 54-67; Romanians [dragons stole the sun, moon, stars, and also the king's eyes; the two eldest princes went in search, but took up trade, lost money, and were detained as debtors; The younger Dragan Chenushe (chenushe - "ash"), who had been sitting in the ashes, mounted a horse that fed on hot coals, took weapons and armor, as well as ash cakes that his mother had given him, and went in search; he ransomed his brothers by taking gold from the horse's ear ; while the brothers were sleeping, he killed the dragon on the copper bridge that stole the stars, they returned to the sky; on the silver bridge - the moon; a long fight on the golden bridge; DC promised the raven more meat than the dragon promised, the latter sprinkled him with cold water, and the dragon - with hot water; DC killed the dragon, freed the sun; having thrown himself into the form of a mouse, he penetrated to the mother of dragons and took away the box with the eyes of the father; the dragoness sent two daughters to take the form of an apple tree and a well, and brought hunger and thirst upon the brothers; DC crossed them with a sword, blood gushed out; sent the brothers home to take their father's eyes, he himself came to Mark Armenash, asked for 99 centners of hot coals; when the dragoness tried to stick her head in, he poured coals into her mouth and it exploded; DC went with MA to get a bride for him - the daughter of the Green King; they meet and take as a companion one who hears how oats grow and sees what happens in another world; a shooter, a tree crusher; a drinker; an eater; one who can freeze the sea; the latter covered the sea with ice in order to cross over to the land of the Green Tsar; they were put in a red-hot iron house, and it froze it; the drinker and the eater drank and ate everything that was offered; compete in running with an old woman, who put the runner to sleep by putting a dragon bone under his head; the shooter knocked out the bone; they got the princess, crossed over the ice, the freezer melted the ice again, the king and queen who rushed to pursue drowned; DC met an old man: there is no water, the dragon closed the source, allows them to take water in exchange for people, it is the princess's turn; DC killed the dragon, cut off the tips of their tongues; a dwarf with a long beard came to his hut, ate all the meat; DC split a beech tree, pinched his beard in the trunk; the dwarf tore out the beech, disappeared into the lower world; DC followed the bloody trail; ordered to lower him into the black world on a rope; pretended to be a musician; the devils promise many carts of gold if he can free their king's beard from the beech tree; DC cut off his head, ran to the rope, tugged, but no one lifted the rope; hears the squeak of griffin chicks: a dragon is crawling to the nest to devour them; (killed the dragon); the griffin swallowed him and regurgitated him, making him stronger; agreed to take him to the ground; on the way they ran out of meat, DC cut off a piece from his feet and from under his knee; the princess recognized DC by the cut off tongues of the dragon; the brothers' wives poisoned DCh's wife out of envy; he went to fetch living water; the old man gave him a staff and a sheep, telling him not to leave them in the forest where the entrance to hell was; the bird, flying, dropped three feathers (her wife's hair) and three drops of blood (that fell from her wife's cheeks); DCh left the staff and the sheep in the forest and went home; he turned into a walnut tree]: Bîrlea 1966: 384-387; Romanians[the queen has three daughters: with the sun on their foreheads; with the moon on their backs; with the Morning Star above their eyebrows; they went swimming, a whirlwind carried them away; the queen swallowed a peppercorn, Fat-Frumos was born; he grew up quickly; out of mischief, he pierced two pumpkins with water that an old woman was carrying with an arrow; she wants the same whirlwind to carry him away; FF forced his mother to tell about her sisters; and about their father: he fought for 9 years with the Fire-breathing Serpent; his weapon is buried under a poplar, his horse is grazing somewhere; the sorcerer orders to swing the bridle in the meadow; a nag dragged herself along, orders to give her milk from 300 cows to drink: a fire-horse came galloping; then 600; snakes ahead; the horse orders to pull the arrow out of his ear, to launch it at the snakes; they missed; FF came to the first sister; the club of her husband-snake flew in; FF threw it back, waits under the bridge, drove the snake into the ground; turned the silver palace into a nut, took it with him; then the golden palace (snake, nut - the same); the topaz palace; the snake turned into a yellow flame, FF - into scarlet; both ask the raven to sprinkle them with fat, the enemy - with water; the raven sprinkled FF with fat, because he promised him the bodies of three snakes; the horse warned not to eat fruits, grapes, not to drink from the spring, but to hit them with a saber - these are the transformed wives of the snakes; the mother of the snakes is chasing; the horse with FF manages to fly to Tsvetovik-Silkbeard (TSSh); the snake made a hole, FF threw a red-hot club into its mouth; FF fell in love with the daughter of TSSh; he asks for living water for her from behind the crushing mountains; FF meets and takes with him a Drinker, an Eater, a Jumper with millstones on his legs; the horse rushed between the mountains, FF got some water; TS tells him to drink a lot; to eat (the Drinker and the Eater obey); to get a carnation that smells fragrant for 9 kingdoms; FF takes the carnation from the glass palace of the snake, he pursues, FF takes it out of the horse's ear and throws soap (slippery road), a brush (forest), a whetstone (mountain); the snake overcame the obstacles; the horse took off and trampled the snake; wedding; the Jumper spent the night in the bedroom; at night a snake crawled out of the mouth of TS's daughter, then two more; the Jumper killed them; all the other husbands died; the Jumper demands half of the wife, swings his sword, the fourth dragon crawls out of his mouth; Jumper: take your wife, leave only one little devil in her, there should be one in every woman; [at home FF turned three nuts into palaces, father married off his daughters]: Sadetsky 1972: 105-116; Moldovans [the master has a daughter, Kyrmyza {from the Turkish "red"}; he promises her to anyone who climbs her tower, takes off her ring, calls her by name; the Dragon succeeds in this; Gaitan's favorite horse teaches him to leave his husband alone, to hold a sabre in his hand, breaks ahead, the Dragon's head is cut off; G. tells K. to take the clothes out of his ear shepherd, she pretends to be a young man; Ion suspects that she is a girl, the fortune teller offers to test her; but K. overtakes him on horseback, speaks of a wicker basket instead of a spinning wheel, chooses a weapon instead of a towel, but gives herself away not by stepping over a broom, but by sweeping the floor with it; I. takes K. as his wife, goes off to war; sends a letter home, the Dragoness replaces it with an order to burn K.; G. extinguishes the fire, carries K. away, she gives birth to two golden-haired sons, G. orders him to be killed, his chest became a castle, his head - a table with food, his eyes and ears - two wolfhounds, his wool - a garden, his hoof - an old woman servant; the Dragoness, in the form of another old woman, asked the boys to throw hairs on the dogs, they turned into chains, but the dogs broke them, killed the old woman; K. recognized the Dragoness in her; I. returned from the war, traveled around the world, dogs drove him to K.'s castle, the spouses met; in the morning the castle disappeared, G. appeared again]: Botezatu 1982: 226-234 (=Moldavian Tales 1968: 276-285); Moldavians : Botezatu 1981 [someone's horses trample millet; a father sends his sons to guard; the eldest and middle ones fall asleep; the youngest, Tălăesh, grabs one of the horses; he orders three hairs from his mane to be taken from him; the king will give his youngest daughter in marriage to the one who gallops up the narrow stairs to her balcony and takes off the ring; T. first rides a white horse, his brothers overtake him and beat him; then he calls his horse Gaitan, he orders him to go in one ear and out the other , T. turns into a dressed-up groom; G. asks: should he ride like the wind or like a thought? T.: at a normal pace; seeing the rider, the brothers politely ask where he is from; T.: from Poshlechin; he almost climbed to the balcony, but returned; the same thing the next day (T. tells the horse to lead him like the wind; he answers the brothers that he is from Kulakov); on the third day: like a thought; from Knutovsk; the princess gave T. a ring, touched his hair with her hand, it turned golden; the tsar ordered all the young men to be checked; when the kushma was pulled off T.'s head, everyone saw golden hair; the tsar moved his daughter and T. to a hut outside his possessions; but G. created a palace for them; the war began, T. mounted a 105-year-old donkey, got stuck in the mud, tore the skin off the donkey, the tsar, who was passing by, saw this; then he summoned G., defeated the enemies; the same the second time (mounted a nag, was slightly wounded, the king bandaged his arm); the queen went into her daughter's hut, saw the king's kerchief on her son-in-law; the king went to look and went blind; the lioness's milk will cure him; G. brought him to the sleeping lioness, T. milked him; G. turned T. into an old man, he met the sons-in-law, said that in his youth he went for milk and was only now returning; gave the milk (it was cow's) to the sons-in-law for permission to brand them on their backs; the sons-in-law's milk did not help, but the milk brought by the youngest daughter restored his sight; everyone gathered, T. told everything, ordered the sons-in-law to show the brands, the name "T." was on them; the king gave him the throne]: 157-169; Moldavian Tales 1968 [a herd eats a peasant's millet; the eldest and middle sons fall asleep, the youngest Vasily the Fool puts nettles and thorns nearby, does not fall asleep, catches a bay, black, and dun horses; the tsar will give the princess to the one who jumps to her window in the high tower and changes the ring on her finger; V. climbs into the ear of the bay (next time black, etc.) horse, comes out as a hero and with a weapon; only the dun horse jumped far enough; the tsar gives his daughter to V., settles her in a hut; the enemy attacked, V. defeats the enemies, the tsar bandaged his wounded hand, at the feast he sees his handkerchief on V.; he orders to build a crystal palace and a bridge, nearby there are trees with golden fruits and birds; the horses do everything, turn the tsar into a pig]: 222-231; Hungarians [the queen died, the king went to war, a little prince was left; the chamberlain wants to kill him in order to give the throne to his son; in the stable an unkempt foal tells the boy to bring him hot coals; he swallowed them and became strong, tells the boy to take the silver outfit from his ear , collect gold and silver, mount him, bring him to the city; gives him a whistle to call him, gallops away himself, ordering everyone to answer "I don't know" to all questions; the king takes him in; he serves in the kitchen, he grew up; every time the cook leaves him to watch the soup, he spoils the soup (threw a cat into the cauldron; poured salt; burned a piglet); he was assigned to the poultry house, he breaks eggs, lets out the chickens; assigned to the gardener; calls his horse and tramples the whole garden; he was made a swineherd; the princesses must throw an apple at those they want as husbands; the youngest threw it at the swineherd; they were settled in a wooden booth; the elder sons-in-law hunt; Dunno calls his horse every time, sells game made of silver and gold to his sons-in-law for a hundred gold pieces, they do not recognize him; the dog-headed Tatars attacked, Dunno defeats them; the king praises, asks to appear at the ball; Dunno started talking, appeared with his wife; everything became clear, the king gave him the throne]: Ortutai 1974, no. 9: 189-230; Hungarians [at the age of 7, the poor man's son became a strong youth; received the name Handsome András (A.), went wandering, stopped in a cave; a golden-feathered pelican brought him a letter from Rózsa, the queen of the fairies: let him come, she wants to make sure that he is as handsome as in his image; A. followed the pelican for a long time, grew hair and a beard; the dwarf ordered him to sit on it, carried it to the land of fairies; there is a castle that rotates on the paw of a cat with 7 skins; the dwarf turned into that pelican; A. bathed in a white lake, his hair fell out, he became younger; his former clothes disappeared, in their place beautiful robes; the pelican brought a second letter from R. - let him come to her immediately; in his pocket a rose - it turns into a plate with food; he climbed up a giant spruce for a long time, from which a garland is stretched to the rotating castle; A. reached the top of the castle along it, but there is no way to get down, it rotates; then he cut off all his hair, beard, moustache, eyebrows, which had managed to grow back, made a rope out of them, climbed down to the window, entered the castle room through it; R. did not believe the three maids that A. really came, beat them, but then saw him herself; demands that he clean the three horses and their stall; the more A. works, the more manure; these horses are táltos (i.e. related to witchcraft and, perhaps, to past shamanism); one of the horses: let A. put the broom and shovel down with the handle down, they will do everything themselves; get a copper nut out of his ear , in it a silver sword and golden clothes; then climb onto a pile of dung, there is a bush; touch it with a sword, pull it out, under it is a saddle and bridle, put them on him; teaches him to hide under the tail of a buffalo so that R. does not find him; then brings him to where the chariot harnessed to swans brought R.; do not look her in the face; upon returning, A. convinced R. that she did not see him, and he was in the stable all the time; everything is repeated (sword and clothes in a silver nut; A. on horseback follows R. along the Road of Warriors, i.e. along the Milky Way); the third time, get a bean from under the tail, in it is a sword and clothes in diamonds; R. fell ill (from love); A. appears on horseback in her garden three times; the third time he does not torment her anymore and goes to her; wedding; they are alive if they are not dead]: Dégh 1965, no. 3: 28-45.

Central Europe. Russians (Karelian Pomorie, 1908, Lapinskaya volost, 18-year-old girl A.S. Filatova, lived as a worker in different Pomorie villages, composes ditties and songs | "folk poetess" |, illiterate) [Before his death, the father bequeaths to his three sons to spend three nights at his grave. The two older brothers are afraid and ask the youngest Vanka, the daughters-in-law offer "a rye and oatmeal pancake" and he agrees. He talks with his father for two nights, and to the crow of roosters he falls into the coffin. The daughters-in-law hope that their father will eat Vanka, they do not mind. On the third night, the father gives Vanka a golden ball and orders him to unravel it and go wherever he points. The next day, the brothers set off to fight for the princess "on the third floor", the one who jumps to her window and gets the seal of her ring on his forehead will get her as a wife. Vanka takes a basket and is going to the forest, in reality he is following his brothers. He rolled out a ball of yarn, and a horse with “sparks in its nostrils and flames in its mouth” jumped out to meet him. Vanka climbed into one ear of the horse, washed himself, into the other, dressed up, and arrived at the princess, missing the jump by only “two crowns”. At home, the brothers tell Vanka about the young man who almost jumped to the princess. Vanka asks if it was him, the brothers answer that it was definitely not him, “the drooling, the bullet-headed one”. The next day everything is repeated, Vanka missed the jump by only one crown to the princess. On the third day, Vanya jumped to the princess, her ring remained on his forehead. Vanka smears his face with clay and lies down on the stove. The next day, Vanya and his brothers, smeared with clay and soot, set off for the princess’s feast. She cannot find her ring in the forehead of the "rich and necessary", having noticed Vanka, they decide to wash him and find the ring, the princess recognizes him, they get married. The brothers envy Vanka]: Zeitlin 1911, No. 7: 14-16; Russian (Arkhangelskaya: Pinega) [the wife died; Yagabova threatens to eat him if he does not marry her; orders to take the stepdaughter to the forest hut; she lit the stove and calls: whoever is in the forest, whoever is in the dark, come to me for dinner; the steaming under the foam, the young kvass; a miracle with two heads rolled in; asks to be carried over the threshold; lift him up onto the shelf; the girl did everything; the miracle orders to climb into his left ear, climb out of the right; she became a beauty, smart, well-fed and dressed; the next time the same thing (the miracle of five heads, gave a cat of gold); Yagabova sends her husband for a bone, and he brings a smartly dressed stepdaughter and gold; Ya. orders her daughter to be taken away; she does not call her to dinner, does not carry her over the threshold; the next night the miracle of four heads; she climbed into the left ear, climbed out of the right: she became so ugly that it was scary to look; then the miracle of five heads; when the girl climbed out of the right ear, she scattered into bones; the old man went to pick up Ya.'s daughter; the dog barks: peasants are coming, balls on balls, head on stake, bones on shoski; this three times; Ya. each time tears off one of the dog's legs; the old man brought the bones]: Simina 1975, No. 20: ; Russian(Arkhangelskaya: Pinega) [dying, the merchant's wife tells her husband to marry the one who will fit her ring; fits her daughter; the backwoods grandmother advises to ask for a silk; then a silver; then a gold dress; the father got everything; then a dress made of feathers, all from different birds; and he got this; the grandmother: put on all the dresses, the feather one on top, come to me; the grandmother turned her into a bird; fly to Ivan Tsarevich, pick the best apple tree; I. goes for a walk, the bird asks to take you with him; I.: they will kill you with soap there; the bird asks the servants to let her out, calls Sivka-Burka (smoke from her ears, flame from her nostrils), orders him to serve as he served her mother; she entered one exit, came out of another a beauty in a silk dress; I. answers at the walk that she is from Mylnya-gorod; next time a silver dress, "I'll smash you with a towel", "from Plato's city" (from "kerchief"); the third time "I'll smash you with a mirror", in a golden dress, from the Mirror City; I. gives a ring; at home I. fell ill from love; a bird threw the ring into the beer; I. ​​to the bird: take off your clothes! she appeared in a silk dress; wedding]: Simina 1975, No. 35 {the numbering of texts in the doc file is unreliable}: ; Russians (Yandom-Ozero village, Karelia, formerly Olonetskaya province) [dying, the old man orders each of his three sons to spend one night at his grave; all three times the youngest, Ivan, comes; on the first night the father comes out of the grave, "he shouted like an animal, whistled like a snake - the horse runs, the earth trembles, flames shoot out of his mouth"; the old man orders to obey I., as himself; on the second night the same thing - a pig-golden bristle; on the third - a firebird; the tsar has a daughter; whoever jumps over the fence and kisses the princess will get her; I. ​​called a horse, went in one ear, came out of the other, became a fine fellow; so three times; the third time the princess kissed him on the forehead, now there is a star on his forehead; I. bandaged his head, said that a branch fell; the princess looks for the one who kissed her, tears off the bandage, takes I. to her; the pig and the firebird appear in the fields, the tsar orders to catch them; I. gives them to the eldest sons-in-law, for this he cuts off a little finger from their feet; from their hands; at the feast the tsar saw the wounds; everything became clear, the tsar handed over the kingdom to Ivan]: Karnaukhova 2009, No. 45: 132-135; Russians(Olonetskaya, Zaonezhye, Shunga-Bor village, 1926) [A peasant dies and orders his sons: each of them to spend the night at the grave. The first night, the eldest son refuses, sends Vanka the Fool. Vanka the Fool spends the night at the grave, the priest comes and asks who it is. Vanka answers. They go to an open field. The old man calls Sivko-Burko. Vanka climbs into the right ear, climbs out through the left - becomes young and handsome. On the second night, the middle son does not want to go, sends Vanka. Vanka spends the night, his father gives him the best horse. On the third night, Vanka himself goes to spend the night. The father gives him an even better horse. The princess built a house with nine crowns. The condition: she will marry the one who jumps and tears off the ring. The brothers went to get the ring. Ivan the Fool ran into the field, called for a horse, climbed into the right ear and climbed out through the left - became young. He rode on the second horse, jumped over three crowns. Called a third horse, jumped over six crowns. Returned to the field, called Sivko-Burko, jumped over nine crowns, grabbed the ring. The princess hit him on the forehead. Returned to the field, became a fool, smeared his forehead and finger with clay. At night, the house caught fire from the ring. The princess looks for Ivan, threw a feast, splashed mash on her hand, saw the ring. She had to marry a fool. Tsar Trescit went to war against Ivan. The old tsar had two more sons-in-law, they went to war against T., and Vanka with them. They gave Ivan a nag, he went to the field, called Sivko-Burko, became a fine fellow, defeated the tsar. The sons-in-law arrived and began to divide the victory. Ivan gave the victory away for two belts from his back. The sons-in-law boast. T. attacks again, Ivan wins, gives the victory to his sons-in-law for two buckles from his thigh. T. wins for the third time, cuts off his head. He sells his head for the little fingers from his feet. He remains a fine fellow. The Tsar gathers a feast, praises the sons-in-law. The wife brings Ivan. Ivan shows the ransom of the sons-in-law for the victory three times. The sons-in-law repent for the third time. Ivan begins to live well, until "the Red Army ruined"]: Karnaukhova 2008, No. 8: 67-69; Russian(from the collection of P.I. Kireevsky, written by P.Ya. Yakushkin) [before his death, the father orders his sons to sit on his grave for three nights; the first time the youngest fool goes; the other two times he does the same (the elders do not want to, they promise the fool gifts); the father rises from the grave, gives three horse hairs; the fool sets them on fire, a sivka-burka, a prophetic kaurka, runs, the fool climbs into one ear - drank, ate his fill, into the other - became a handsome man; the princess sits on the third floor; the king promises her to the one who kisses her, jumping on his horse; the fool gallops to the first floor on the first day, to the second on the second, on the third day he kisses the princess, she hits him with a gold ring; the brothers tell the fool each time how the young man arrived; a fool comes to a feast with his head tied up, the princess recognizes him, takes him as her husband; the tsar asks his sons-in-law to get a duck with golden feathers, gives the fool an old nag; he kills it, calls Sivka-Burka, gets the duck, gives it to his clever sons-in-law, and in return cuts off each of their little fingers from their right hands; the same golden-bristled pig with 12 piglets (one toe); a golden-maned mare with 12 foals; the horse orders her to be beaten with copper, iron, and tin rods; the fool cuts a belt out of his sons-in-law's back; he presents the cut-off parts at the feast, everything grows back, the fool calls Sivka-Burka, and from then on he is recognized and lives like a king]: Afanasyev 1958(2), No. 182: 10-15; Russian: Russians (Pskov) [two smart brothers, but Ivan is a fool; when dying, the father orders them to guard his grave for three nights in turns; the older brothers entrust this to I.; the father gives a goat with golden horns, a pig with golden bristles, and Sivka-Burka; when you climb into one ear and crawl out of the other, you become a handsome fellow; whoever jumps up to the third floor for the princess and gets her portrait, she will put her ring on his finger; I. ​​galloped three times on Sivka-Burka, jumped to the first, the next day to the second, finally, to the third floor, received the ring; in his hut it shines like fire, they had to tie up his finger; I. ​​was found with the ring, but he is in the form of an old fool; the war began, I. defeats the enemies on a heroic horse; against him is an osilok (hero), who was fattened for 12 days; he wounded I. in the arm and the horse in the leg, the princess bandaged it; and I. killed him at once; when I. fell asleep (not in his heroic guise), the princess saw her chain and scarf; she leads him to the tsar for a treat; the tsar orders his sons-in-law to get a goat with golden horns; I. gives the eldest sons-in-law the goat, in exchange for which he cuts off each little finger from his hand; for a pig with a golden bristle - each little finger from his foot; now the tsar demands a mare and with her 12 sons; Sivka-Burka: this is our mother; we must dig a hole, put 12 skins on him and pour 12 barrels of resin; Sivka-Burka's mother recognizes his voice, comes running, bites through the 12 skins, but not him, and he pushes her into the hole, let I. throw on the bridle; 12 stallions followed her; gave them to his sons-in-law, for which they had to rip off the skin from his back; when the tsar wanted to bequeath the kingdom to his sons-in-law, I. showed his little fingers and the skin; the sons-in-law were torn into horse tails, and Vanya and his wife remained in the state]: Ploshchuk 2004, No. 39: 112-124; Russian(Novgorod) [Masha's mother died, leaving Burenushka, her father married another; the stepmother sends B. to pasture, gives 5 handfuls of flax and orders to bring canvases in the evening; B. orders to climb into the right ear, climb out of the left: the canvases are lying on the ground; the stepmother sends one daughter, M. puts her to sleep (Sleep, little eye, sleep the other); sent the second - three-eyed; M. forgot about the third eye, she saw what was happening; the stepmother orders her husband to slaughter B.; B. orders not to eat her flesh, but to put her ears, horns and legs in a chest and bury it in the yard in manure; a garden, a stallion in the yard and a chest with goods appeared; the son of rich parents arranges a holiday, invites girls; M. took clothes from the chest, arrived unrecognized on her stallion; the next time the groom ordered to smear the stairs with resin; when M. ran away, the shoe stuck; everyone tries it on, the stepmother hides M. under the trough, but the rooster crows that the girl is here; M. got married, but no one took the stepmother's daughters: one had a toe cut off, another's heel - when they tried to put the shoe on]: Vlasova, Zhekulina 2001, No. 48: 86-89; Russian (Vologda) [dying, the father orders three nights to come to his grave; two smart married older brothers do not go, the youngest Ivanushka the Fool goes, the father talks to him three times, teaches him how to call the Sivka-Burka of the eternal kaurka; the beautiful Nastasya will marry the one who jumps up to her window on the second floor of the house, she will make a mark on his forehead; I. climbs into the ear of the sivka, eats and drinks there, becomes beautiful, N. puts a mark on his forehead with a ring; finds, takes as husband; the three-headed serpent declares war on the tsar; the tsar calls three sons-in-law, I. on a skinny horse, then called the sivka, cut off the snake's heads, gave them to the elder sons-in-law for allowing them to cut off a toe ; the same with the six-headed serpent (a finger from each hand); nine-headed (cut straps from the back); I. sends N. to the tsar to wait until the eldest sons-in-law are handed over the kingdom; orders them to show their hands, feet, backs; the tsar signed over the kingdom to V., the elder sons-in-law were shot at the gates]: Smirnov 1917, No. 38: 202-208; Russian: Russian (Vologda) [after the death of his wife, an old man took a Yaga-baba; he has a daughter, Yaga has three daughters: one-eyed, two-eyed, three-eyed; the stepdaughter is grazing a cow, puts one-eyed to sleep, climbs into the cow's ear, eats, drinks and gets dressed; the master's son came, she talked to him; then again into the cow's ear, went out, woke up one-eyed; the same with two-eyed; when three-eyed went, the stepdaughter forgot to put the third eye to sleep; the stepmother slaughtered the cow, the stepdaughter asked for at least a horn; apple trees grew from the horn; lord: whoever brings me apples, I will marry her; apple trees are not given to Yaga-baba's daughters, the lord married the stepdaughter; while the husband is away, Yaga-baba turned his wife into a lynx; the nanny told her husband that a lynx would come running, throw off its skin, and feed the baby it brought; the husband went himself, grabbed the skin and burned it; the wife became a spindle, he broke it, and became a woman]: Smirnov 1917, No. 41: 213-215; Russian (Moscow) [dying, the father orders to be at his grave for three nights; the older brothers are afraid, Vanyushka comes all three times; on the third night the father gave a golden-horned deer, a golden-bristled pig and a mare with 77 foals; the princess is on the porch, will marry the one on whom she puts her seal; V. climbed into one ear of the mare, climbed out of the other, became a fine young man, jumped up to the princess, she put her seal; V. was found in his pitiful form, the princess wants another groom; the king promises her to the one who brings the golden-horned deer; V. gives the deer to the other groom, for which he cuts a belt from his back; the golden-bristled pig (the same - to cut off a toe); the mare (the same, a finger from a hand); V. presents the cut off piece to the tsar, receives the princess and the kingdom]: Vedernikova, Samodelova 1998, No. 49: 107-110; Russian (Ryazan) [an old man had a son, the youngest was a fool; when he was dying, his father ordered that a guard be kept at the grave at night; the eldest did not want to, the youngest went, the father: why did the big one not come; the next night the middle son (same); on the third night the fool went for himself; the father gives him a sivka-burka, a prophetic kaurka, he runs - the earth trembles, flames from his mouth, smoke from his ears; the old man orders her to serve the fool; there is a rumor throughout the kingdom: whoever gallops up on a horse and kisses the tsar's daughter on the balcony, she will be given in marriage to him; the brothers went to watch; the fool goes into the forest to pick mushrooms; he shouted a sivka-burka, it went into one ear, came out of the other; became a handsome man; galloped, almost kissed; galloped back; climbed into one ear, climbed out of the other, became the same; let go of the sivka, brought home a bag of mushrooms; on the third day the fool kissed the princess, became the tsar's son-in-law; the tsar has two more sons-in-law - smart; the tsar orders to get the Firebird; the two sons-in-law rode out to hunt; the fool rode on a nag; rode out to the outskirts; killed the horse and skinned it; called the sivka; the sivka got him the Firebird; the fool lies, the Firebird walks near him; the sons-in-law rode up and ask to give it to them; he agrees in exchange for the little fingers from his right hands; the sons-in-law agreed, since they eat with gloves; the wives of the sons-in-law are happy; the fool hung himself with jackdaws, crows, goes; his wife cries; the fool keeps quiet; the tsar asks his sons-in-law to bring a nightingale, nothing better; (the same; the fool lies down, a nightingale sits in a cage next to him; the fool gives the nightingale in exchange for his toes; the sons-in-law agree, since they are wearing shoes); the tsar orders that the golden antlers of a deer be fetched (the same: in exchange for the belts from his back; the sons-in-law agree, since they are wearing shirts); the fool shows the tsar his little fingers, toes, and belts from his back; he tells how it all happened; the tsar gives him the kingdom, the older sons-in-law are out of sight; their wives are crying, the fool's wife is happy]: Khudyakov 1964, no. 9: 78-79; Russians (Gorky) [dying, Alyonushka's mother tells her husband to give her a black cow; the stepmother has two daughters of her own; she tells A. to graze the cattle and at the same time spin and weave; the cow tells him to climb into the right ear and come out of the left; at this time the cows and sheep weave, spin, bleach, and roll up canvases ; the stepmother sent her own daughter to spy, she fell asleep; but the second daughter only pretended to fall asleep; the stepmother tells her husband to slaughter the cow; where A. buried her head, there was a well formed, where her tail was, a birch tree grew, where her legs were, apple trees; Ivan Tsarevich asks her to pick him some apples; the branches rose up from the stepmother and her daughters, and bent down to A.; the same with the well (when the stepmother tries to get water, the water disappears); I. took A., the well, birch and apple trees followed; a boy was born; the stepmother turned A. into a lynx; I. found out from the servants, brings the child, the lynx runs up, throws off its skin, feeds it, but immediately pulls the skin back on; the servant teaches him to throw the skin into the fire; it will turn into a spindle, it must be broken and also burned, and A. must hold it; [the stepmother was executed]: Borovik, Mirer 1939, No. 93: 232-237; Russians (Voronezh, Bobrovsky district) [the tsar promises his daughter to the one who kisses her through 12 panes of glass; the younger brother Ivan the Fool summons a sivka-burka with a whistle, climbs into one ear, climbs out of the other as a beauty, breaks 6 panes of glass, returns, climbs into the horse's ear and takes on his previous appearance; the brothers tell him what a fine fellow they saw; the same thing the next time, breaks 12 panes of glass, the princess brands his forehead, upon returning, he ties a scarf around his head; the tsar looks for the marked man, the princess is married off to a fool, the other two marry smart women, they laugh at her; the tsar orders his sons-in-law to get a pig with a golden bristle; the fool calls for a horse, two young men jump out and ask what is needed; the fool: that a tent be pitched here, a bed in the tent, and a golden-bristled pig be walking nearby; the brothers ask to sell, the fool in the guise of a handsome man gives it for cut off little toes of his feet; the same: a golden-horned, golden-tailed deer, a little toe from each hand; the same: a golden-maned, golden-tailed horse, cut the straps from the back; the fool orders the brothers to undress, proves that he got the trophies, remains a handsome man]: Afanasyev 1958 (2), No. 183: 15-20; Russian(Voronezh) [The Tsar puts his unmarried, beautiful daughter in a tower and promises her hand to anyone who can jump up to her window and kiss her. Before his death, the old man asks each of his three sons to guard his grave for one night. The eldest, Vanya the Fool, guards all three nights instead of his brothers. His father brings him a goat with golden horns, then a pig with golden bristles, and on the last night a horse with a "golden mane and a golden bridle." The father orders the animals to be released into the field. On his father's advice, Vanya climbs into one of the horse's ears and out the other, becoming a handsome man. The brothers set off to fight for the princess's hand, refusing to take Ivan with them. Three times Vanya, on a golden horse ("smoke billowing from his nostrils, fire blazing from under his hooves"), jumps to the princess's windows, kisses her for the third time, and receives a brand on his forehead. Marya the princess comes out of the tower, waits for the groom, but he does not appear. The brothers guess that Vanya the Fool kissed the princess, and take him to the king by force. The brand is found, and he is married to Marya. Vanya goes hunting with the princes, catches magpies and crows in the field on a horse skin, and brings them to the palace. The princes say that they saw a goat with golden horns and a pig with golden bristles, but could not catch them, Vanya boasts that he can. When they go hunting for the third time, Vanya calls the goat and the pig ("stand before me, like a leaf before the grass"), gives the animals to the princes, takes a finger from each and a belt from the back. At the royal feast, he proves that the princes did not catch the animals, keeps them for himself. With the help of a horse he becomes a handsome man and lives happily with his wife]: Baryshnikova 2007, No. 23: 118-123; Russians (Kurskaya) [dying, the father asks his children to come to his grave to read; the elders do not go themselves, they send Vanyusha; the deceased father sends a horse; V. went into one ear, came out of the other, became a handsome man; the tsar has a daughter, Elena the Beautiful; she ordered to build a temple with 12 pillars, 12 crowns; sits on the throne at the top; the groom must jump up on his horse and kiss her on the lips; V. performed three times, K. recognized him among those gathered]: Afanasyev 1958(2), No. 180: 6-7; Belarusians[after the death of his wife, the husband wants to marry his daughter; she goes to her mother's grave; the mother advises to ask her father to make a dress like the stars and the moon; then the same shoes; horses (the same); the fourth time: let him take a widow with three daughters; the stepmother tyrannizes with work; the cow helps: go in one ear, come out of the other - the canvas is ready; the stepmother sends her daughter to spy, her own mother teaches her to put her to sleep, removing lice from her hair; the same with the second; the third inserted a third eye; sleep one eye, sleep the other, and the third is watching; the stepmother orders to slaughter the cow; the bones and entrails are buried under the window, an apple tree with gold and silver apples has grown; no one can get them; on a holy day they went to church, and the stepmother poured poppy seeds into the ashes and ordered to clean them; on the advice of the own mother, the horses did everything; dressed like the moon and stars, the stepdaughter went to church; the prince smeared the threshold with resin, one shoe stuck; they tried it on, only the stepdaughter fit; the apple tree bent down to her; the stepmother comes to visit, turns the stepdaughter into a fox in the bathhouse, replaces her with her daughter; the midwife carries the baby out, calls the fox, she takes off the fox skin, feeds her; the prince spies, burns the skin; the stepmother and her daughter were tied to a horse's tail]: Romanov 1887: 292-295 (= Potanin 1891: 155-157); 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 him to judge who is the elder. These are Night and Day. IF ties them to poles at a distance, tells 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 ember falls on the elder robber. IF runs away with the fire. The robbers wake up, the youngest and middle ones see nothing, the eldest gets up, his head rises above the trees, he sees IF, takes several steps, catches up with IF, puts him on his palm, brings him to the fire, calls him an ant, promises to kill him for stealing a firebrand. 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, her beauty is indescribable. 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, he begins to crow, the army shoots. IF crawls up, kills a 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, Night and Day tied them 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: in summer there should be a long day (a lot of work, the harvest must ripen), and in winter - a short one. 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, musicians come, demanding that they give what their father ordered, otherwise they will leave no stone unturned. IF throws his sister out of the window to them. The musicians play, the wind blows - a train of a hundred carriages flies away beyond the forests and seas. The neighboring king has promised a daughter to the one who kills the robbers. A gypsy servant finds the bodies and pretends to be their killer. They are preparing a 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 is going to his brothers, the tsar lets him go, but forbids him to take his wife with him, on whom the sun has not shone and the wind has not blown: the wind will kidnap her. IF does not listen, the whirlwind carries away the princess. The tsarina gives three years to find his daughter, otherwise she will execute him. 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 Foul Tsar for the cook. The Foul Tsar also has a horse, his older brother, he is stronger, he will catch up, the Foul Tsar will chop Ivan into pieces. You need to put a sack on the horse so that the horse will later bring the chopped up body. Brother-in-law equips IF for the journey, the horse brings him to the kingdom of the Pagan. Ivan's wife is just going to the well with buckets, singing plaintively. IF puts her on the horse. At that very moment, the Pagan's horse neighs. The Pagan 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 the horse and sets off in pursuit. IF's horse: burns fire, because the Pagan Tsar is catching up. Let IF ask the Pagan to chop him up with a sabre, throw him in a sack and put him on the horse. And so it happens. The Pagan takes the cook. Brother-in-law tells his wife to bring a trough from the attic in advance, puts together the pieces of IF's body, pours healing water on it, everything grows together. Brother-in-law has two souls, he blows on the body, releases one of them, 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 over half the world, she knows a lot, but she can eat him when 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 her everything, the woman pities him. Sends to her husband, but there is little hope there, he will regret, he is even angrier, it is 6 months of travel to him. 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 batters on four legs, hits them with a twig - the batters turn into a stallion and a mare. The horse is happy, asks to be taken 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 a hundred meters deep, drink up all the water, drink up the lake three times: now they are invincible. The horse orders take a diamond robe from his left ear, and a saddle with a bridle for a woman from his right . The horse asks how to carry him, IF: so that neither he nor the horse are 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 the mare, and 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 them to fly up into the sky, to throw off the Pagan. 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. Light fills the entire sky, people think that the whole world is burning. The old king cries with joy, Ivan invites his brothers to a feast]: Lintur, Chendey 1965: 9-29; Ukrainians (Transcarpathia) [the king has a meadow with silky grass; someone is grazing on it; the king promises his daughter to anyone he finds out about; three sons of a common man undertake to guard; the middle and youngest did not keep an eye on her; the youngest, Ivan the Fool, feeds a mouse; she says that these are silver, gold, and diamond horses; the bridle must be removed from each one and not given back; Ivan hid the bridles in a hollow and did not tell anyone about it; the grass is untouched; the king does not want to give his daughter to Ivan; he will give her to the one who gallops to the third tier {of the tower}; each of the horses orders that the harness and sabre (silver, gold, diamond) be removed from its left ear; the princess gives I. a handkerchief, then a ring, then hits I. on the forehead with the tsar's signet; he hides the gifts in the ashes, pulls a stocking over his forehead, but he is found; the young couple are settled in a goose barn; enemies attack, the unrecognized I. defeats them; he answers the tsar that he is from Libováros (in Hungarian: goose-town); this three times; the tsar bandaged the knight's wounded finger; recognized his handkerchief; gave I. the crown]: P. Lintur in Pankejev 1992: 112-122; Ukrainians (Podolia) []: Levchenko 1928, No. 563: 492-494; Ukrainians (Podolia) [the stepmother sends her stepdaughter to graze the cow and tells her to spin tow and weave linen; the cow put the tow in her ear, take the linen out in the evening; the stepmother sent her own daughter to spy; orders the cow to be slaughtered; the cow to her stepdaughter: bury my heart and liver by the gate; an apple tree grew overnight, with apples and a barrel of wine on it, they are given only to the stepdaughter; the tsar sees, sends a Cossack, but he cannot get the apples and wine; the stepdaughter gives it, the tsar marries her; they have a child; the young queen went swimming with her stepmother's daughter, but she drowned her; the child is crying; the Cossack brought it to the water, calls the duck to feed her child; one day the tsar followed and seized his wife; she turned into a stick, he broke it, became a woman; the stepmother and her daughter were tied to horses and set out into the steppe]: Levchenko 1928, No. 563: 492-494; Ukrainians(Chernigovskaya, Nezhinsky district) [the king, queen and one daughter died, leaving behind a second daughter and a son; when the father was dying, he buried them to hide them from the dragon; the dragon flew in and asked the broom, poker, oven forks, axe and shelf where the king had hidden the children; each answered that the king or queen had been kind to them; he would sweep (bury the heat, take the pots out of the oven, chop, etc.) and put (lay), and so I stand (lie); but the dragon insists that there are traces of work (wrinkles) visible on the chisel; it agrees and orders him to go out, throw it behind him and dig where it falls; the dragon dug up the children and carried them off to his hole; along the way, Olenka suggests that the dragon look for lice on him; the dragon fell asleep, Ivan cries; The bumblebee puts the children on his back and carries them away, but the snake catches up with him and returns them; the bull offers to help next time; he carries the children, the snake catches up; the bull tells I. to climb into his right ear and climb out of his left, he has a comb and a scarf in his head; I. waved his comb - a thicket, his scarf - the sea parted and the bull ran on dry land; the snake was afraid, built himself a house and stayed to live in it; the brother and sister came to another house; the bull tells him to slaughter him, hang his legs in different places; in the morning the dogs Protyus and Nedvyus, a sword-kladenets and a gun appeared from them; the sister went to the river to wash, the snake from the other bank asks her to get a scarf and wave it so that he can cross; O. told I. that she wanted to wash her scarf, she waved it, the sea parted, the snake passed; O. agreed to pretend to be ill, to ask for animal milk; when I. approaches, the snake turns into a needle, telling O. to stick it into the wall, otherwise the dogs will tear it apart; the dogs catch up with the hare, she lets them milk her, gives them a baby hare; the same with the fox, she-wolf, she-bear, lioness, tigress; the snake suggested sending I. to the mill so that the animals would remain locked behind 12 doors; when I. left the mill, the doors closed; at home I. asks permission to climb an ash tree before dying; the magpie: don't come down, the dogs have already gnawed through three doors; the dogs came running, tore O. and the snake apart]: Malinka 1902, No. 16: 277-282; Ukrainians(SE Kyiv, Cherkassy uyezd, Mliev village) [the king grew old; he sees in a dream that there is a queen beyond the fiery sea; the Orda River flows from her little finger; there are apples in the garden entwined with planers; whoever drinks that water and tastes the apples will be rejuvenated; the eldest son went away, could not bear the heat of the fiery sea, returned; the same with the middle one; they laugh at the youngest fool, they gave him a horse that carries homebrew, a saddle made of straw, a bridle and bast; horse: my dear sir, my beloved sir, how long have I waited for you! take the heroic ceremonial from your right ear, let me graze in the early dew; he returned as a heroic horse; at the sea he orders to take the handkerchief from his right ear and wave it three times; the sea froze for 20 arshins, and when they crossed, after a wave of the scarf, it began to flame again; they reached a hut, there Saint Monday gives the best horse to reach that queen; the same with Saint Sereda (gives an even better horse); in the third hut Saint Friday (same); there is a fence around the garden, look - the hat will fly off; the horse jumped over the third time; the horse: the girl sleeps for 12 days, wakes up on the 13th; the prince collected apples and water, but, contrary to the horse's prohibition, came together with the girl three times; the horse carried her out of the pit, jumped over the fence, but touched the strings; the alarm was raised; Friday, Sereda direct the pursuit along the wrong path; the girl sees from the mountain, chases again; the horse orders to get it out of his right ear. {skip page; it is clear that the prince ended up in the lower world and protected the chicks of the mighty bird from the bad weather}; she agrees to take him out to the ground, orders to take 12 barrels of water and 12 pieces of meat; the prince cut off the last piece from his leg; on the ground the bird burped him up and put him back; at home the prince again pretended to be a fool; the queen built a bridge and appeared with her three sons (the prince “kissed” her three times); orders the king to “give her the villain”№ the king sent the eldest son; the queen orders to break his ribs, put him on a horse and let him go; beat the middle one, but leave him alive and let him go home; the youngest came out, he was also beaten]: Chubinsky 1878, No. 81: 322-329; Ukrainians(Kyiv, Radomyslsky district, M. Khabnoye) [a grandfather and an grandmother have a daughter; the grandmother sends her stepdaughter to graze an ox and spin hemp; she cries; the ox tells her to watch how workers spin etc. in his left ear, and how finished linen is in his right; the next day the stepmother sends her to bleach the grey linen (ditto); on the third day - to sew shirts (ditto); the stepmother sent her own daughter, she spied, the stepmother ordered to slaughter the ox; the ox: find a stone in my intestines and bury it by the gate; an apple tree with gold and silver leaves and fruits grew; the fruits are not given to anyone - the branches rise higher; a master rode, wanted apples, the stepdaughter plucked them, he fell in love, got married, a child was born, a year later they came to visit; a hare takes care of the baby; the old woman's daughter called him to go swimming, began to beat him on the back, the old man's flew away as a goose; she returned to the hare, told him to bring the child into the forest, to call the lynx {i.e. she becomes not a goose, but a lynx}; she tells the hare that tomorrow is the last time, and that she may never live again; the husband returned, the child is crying, the old woman's daughter beats him; the husband tells the hare to take the child, they went to look for the mother, the hare sings and calls, they found her with difficulty; the lynx rushed out of the tree, began to feed the child, the husband threw a shirt over her, the wife became her former self; they returned home and did not visit the old woman anymore]: Chubinsky 1878, No. 138: 448-453; Ukrainians(Poltava) [after reviewing the troops, the tsar went home; it was hot, he decided to get a drink at least from the swamp; got stuck; "If only the devil would help"; an evil spirit flew in, demanded to give back what the tsar did not know at home; pulled him out of the swamp; at that time his wife gave birth to a son and a daughter; offers to hide the children under the floor; they grew up in a year; the devil flew in; the tsar: I don’t know where the children are; the devil asks for a poker, a poker, an axe; he tells about a chisel; let the devil throw it and look where it stuck; the devil carried the children away, sat down to rest, told the girl to look in his head, and the boy to scratch his heels; a horse flew in, told her to mount it, and flew away; the snake noticed the loss, breathed fire, did not reach them; but the horse realized that the snake would catch up, left the children in the field and flew away; the children persuaded the snake not to eat them; the bird tells her to mount it and carries it (ditto); the third time the bull carries him away; feeling the fiery breath of the serpent, the bull did not leave the children, but ordered to climb into the left ear, climb out of the right and get the harness; it did not help; the bull: climb into the right, climb out of the left, get the comb and throw - there will be a forest; the serpent got through; next time get a white scarf, wave it back, there will be a sea; the sea serpent cannot be overcome; the bull brought it to the hut; orders to slaughter it, eat the meat, and put the bones behind the eaves, from them the dogs Chuiko and Buiko will grow; the serpent pretended to be a handsome guy on the other side of the sea; tells the sister to ask her brother to wash the scarf, wave it; the sea disappeared, the serpent came; advised to pretend to be ill, send for hare's milk; just then the brother comes, the serpent hides in the chest, the dogs bark, the sister asks to drive them out into the yard; the hare scolds her milk, gives a son; all the same with fox's milk (the fox gives a fox cub), wolf's, bear's; the snake advises to send his brother for pears and apples; they are in the snake's garden; the snake shoots fire, but Ivan is baked, and the dogs tore the snake to pieces, I. brought pears and apples; bring a watermelon; in the melon field another snake shoots fire (same); send to the mill, the doors of which will slam shut themselves; snake: if I. kills me, then bake pies with my meat and my tooth inside; I. goes to the mill, a person he meets teaches: you must not look back, otherwise the 12 doors of the mill will lock; but having collected flour, I. looked back and the dogs remained locked; the same man told about his sister and the snake and taught: go slowly so that the dogs have time to break down the doors; at home I. asks to be allowed to steam out in the bathhouse; the magpie teaches to pour out the fire so that the bathhouse does not heat up longer; I. ​​asks to be allowed to climb a sycamore to say goodbye to this world; he whistled; the dogs, the hare, the fox, the wolf, the bear came running, tore the snake to pieces; the sister managed to snatch a piece of meat and a tooth; as soon as I. bit off a pie, the tooth jumped out into his forehead, I. died; Chuiko pulled out the tooth, but it sank into him, Chuiko died; so did all the animals in succession; the hare managed to pull the tooth out of the fox so that it sank into a log; climbed into a dead cow; the eagles flew down; the hare grabbed the eagle and ordered to bring healing and living water, and the eaglet was left as a pledge; the eagle brought it, the hare tore the eaglet to pieces, washed it with healing water, the eaglet grew together,and then with living water – he came back to life; after this the hare revived everyone into whom his tooth sank; I. tied his sister to a sycamore tree and put two buckets in front of her so that she would cry, and he himself went to his father]: Chubinsky 1978, No. 48: 138-152;Ukrainians (Poltava, ca. 1878, s. M. Boryspil, Pereyaslav district) [The sons are chewing bread for their old father, he wants to thank them by giving each of them a horse. Before his death, he asks each of them to spend one night at his grave. The elder brothers send the youngest, a fool, in their place. The father tells him to pluck the wool from the right ear of a beautiful horse that has galloped up, which will then appear every time the fool calls him with a whistle. The son repeats the action two nights in a row and then in his turn. The brothers are going to ride across a glass bridge to the princess's palace: she promises to marry the one who succeeds, the youngest is left to herd pigs. The fool calls the horse, overtakes the brothers, beats them with a whip, rides to the middle of the bridge and returns to the field. At home the brothers complain about the rider who hit them, the fool laughs, says they should stay at home. The next day everything repeats itself, the fool almost reaches the princess's palace, says that he himself will not go. On the third day the fool gallops to the palace, she leaves a seal on his forehead and hand, at home he bandages his forehead and hand, says that he fell. The princess promises to marry the one who catches a wild boar and a goat. The fool calls a horse, hunts animals, dresses up, gives it to the brothers, in exchange for this he cuts off their fingers. The princess arranges a big dinner to find the one who crossed the glass bridge, finds a fool among the guests, dresses him up, he proves with his fingers who exactly caught the boar and the goat. The king marries the young. He gives his son-in-law a horse, he takes it out into the field, skins it, calls dogs, wolves, ravens, they eat it, the fool returns back. The Tsar gives another horse, who repeats the actions. The Tsar goes away on a visit and takes all the horses with him so that his son-in-law does not ruin them, the princess asks to leave them, but her father does not leave them. The husband promises her that he will get horses. After the Tsar leaves, the fool whistles a beautiful troika of horses, the young ones catch up with the Tsar, he does not recognize them]: Chubinsky 1878, No. 70: 269-274; Ukrainians(Ekaterinoslavskaya, Nikopol) [a merchant went to trade, got rich, and after 20 years he was going back; there was no water; the devil gave water in exchange for a promise to give him what was dearest in the house; a son, Ivan, grew up in the house; he went to serve the devil; he was leaving for war, the horse ordered him to drink strong water; after drinking, I. broke the chain to which the horse was chained; the horse asked how I. should carry him: below the skies, above the trees? They were flying, and had come down to eat; I. smeared himself with floorboards so that people would not fall in love with him; he came to the tsar, hired himself out as a gardener, and called himself Golopuz; the princess offered a task: so that the garden would bloom at night, and by morning there would be apples and vegetables too; I. called the horse, it ran, neighed - everything appeared; when G. fell asleep, the youngest princess saw that he was a handsome man and fell in love; the tsar gave her in marriage to him, and the elders to the lords; enemies attacked; G. called a horse, climbed into the right ear, climbed out of the left, became a beauty; this happened three times; he injured his leg, his wife bandaged it, they recognized the bandage; the tsar called him to live with him; then he went to his parents, they had already died, he stayed there]: Chubinsky 1878, No. 59: 219-226; Ukrainians (Ekaterinoslavskaya, Mariupolsky uyezd, Olginskoye village) [a woman sends her grandfather's daughter to graze a tretyachok bull, gives her yarn, and that the svitka should be ready by evening; the bull: look into my right ear, and look out of the left; there is a ready svitka in the left; the stepmother put it on her daughter; the next day the same thing (shirt); the stepmother orders to slaughter the bull; the bull: ask for the intestines, there will be two grains, gold and silver - sow; an apple tree grew; matchmakers for grandma's daughter: if you get the apples, we'll marry you off; she didn't get them; they ordered that the grandfather's hidden daughter be brought; she immediately got the apple, and was married off to a handsome guy; grandma's daughter remained an unmarried woman]: Dragomanov 1876, No. 35: 361-362.

Caucasus – Asia Minor. Ossetians [someone’s horse is grass-grazing millet; three brothers decide to take turns guarding it; the elders are asleep, the youngest, Funuktz (“Cinderella”), has caught the horse, which gives him a bridle to call him when needed; the alderman’s daughter is in the tower; he will give her to the one who snatches the ring from her hands; the horse tells F. to pull the saddle out of one ear and the clothes out of the other; F. flies past the tower twice; the third time he snatches the ring; the alderman calls the men to identify the groom; F. comes in beggarly clothes and covers the ring with a rag; but the alderman’s daughter notices the ring and gives the cup to F.; F. comes to the wedding in his heroic guise]: Dzagurov 1973, no. 36: 108-113; Terek Cossacks (Sleptsovskaya village) [dying, Ulyasha's mother leaves Burenka to her, telling her to nurse her; the peasant took a second wife, that one has Matryosha, Aksyusha and Steshka; she hates her stepdaughter; tells her to leave with B.; B. helps, U. returned home satisfied; the next day the stepmother gives him hemp and tells him to bring the finished canvases by evening; B. tells him to go to bed, and then to climb into one ear and climb out of the other; a roll of canvas is already lying at B.'s feet; the next day - the same thing (gives him unwashed wool, tell him to bring cloth); on the third morning the stepmother sends M. to spy; U. puts her to sleep (Sleep, little eye); the next day he sends A. (also: Sleep, little eye, sleep the other); on the third morning he sends M., takes out one of A.'s eyes and inserts it into the back of S.'s head; the third eye sees U. climbing into one of B.'s ears and coming out of the other; the stepmother tells her husband to slaughter B.; B. teaches him to bury her heart, liver, and lung under the threshold of the barn; an apple orchard grew up in this place; as soon as someone tries to pick an apple, the orchard moves to another place; the prince asks to pick apples for him; the stepmother's daughters cannot; the branches themselves bent down for U.; the prince tells all the girls to come to the feast; the mother leaves U. at home to separate the poppy seeds from the chaff; the hare undertakes to do this for her, tells her to get the clothes that are in the chest under the apple tree; U. leaves the feast earlier than the others; the same thing the next time, but U. lost her golden shoe; the prince tells everyone to try it on, only U. fits; a wedding, U. gave birth to a son; she came with the prince to visit her stepmother; she took her to the bathhouse and turned her into a lynx; dressed M. in her attire, but the shoes wouldn't fit; then cut off M.'s heels; the baby was crying; the hare taught the royal nanny what to do; come into the garden, shout three times "Ryska-kamarska, come and feed the child!"; the lynx came running, fed her, became a fierce beast again and ran away; the next time the prince prepared a pit with coals, threw the lynx skin into the fire; the stepmother was burned in the pit; and I was there, drinking mead and beer - it ran down my beard, but didn't get into my mouth]: Semenov 1893: 181-194; Georgians[a stepmother tells her stepson named Sizmara to guard the grain from the chickens, he falls asleep, the chickens peck the grain; the stepmother beats S., he says that in a dream he found himself in Baghdad, on one side of him sits the moon, on the other the sun, the morning star pours silver water from a golden jug onto his hands; the stepmother tells him to give her the dream, S. says that this is impossible, she drives him out of the house; S. comes to the capital of the king of the West, he is brought to the king; having learned about the dream, the king demands that it be given to him, throws S. into a pit; princess Mzetunakhavi ("never seen by the sun") secretly brings S. food for three years; refuses the king of the East; he 1) sends four mares, tells her to guess which of them is the mother, the eldest, the middle, the youngest daughter; S. teaches M. to let the horses lick some salt, in the morning the mother will be the first to run to the water, followed by the eldest daughter, etc.; 2) orders to break a piece of rock salt into balls; S. advises to ask to show what size balls to break it into; 3) shoots an arrow, no one can pull it out of the ground; S. climbs out of the hole along the rope thrown down by M., pulls out the arrow, returns to the hole; only S. managed to pick up the arrow and shoot it back to the king of the East; the king of the West agrees to give S. his daughter in marriage if he teaches the king of the East a lesson; along the way S. meets and takes as companions 1) Fast Walker with a millstone tied to his leg, 2) Sharp-Hearing, who listens to ants fighting underground, 3) Dexterous Hand, who changes the wings of live doves; the king of the East orders 1) to bring water from the healing spring before his Fast Walker; he slips a sleeping potion into Bystrokhod; Sharp-Hearing hears of this, S. cuts the millstone off Bystrokhod's leg with an arrow, he is the first to bring water; 2) to bring I don't know what; Dexterous Hand sends S. to the forest old woman; she orders I don't know what to give her to eat; food and wine appear; the old woman leaves, S. invites I don't know what to eat with him; he is grateful, goes with S.; invisible, beats the king; the king orders that poison be slipped into S. at the feast; Sharp-Hearing hears of this, Dexterous Hand changes the plates, the king's viziers die; the king of the East flees; the king of the West gives S. his daughter in marriage, but settles them in the stable; the king of the East goes to war; S. takes golden armor from the ear of the winged horse, defeats the horse, the king of the West bandages his wounded finger with his handkerchief; by it S. recognizes, gives him the kingdom; he refuses, takes M. and leaves; he sends four mares, orders to guess which of them is the mother, the eldest, the middle, the youngest daughter; S. ut]: Chikovani 1986: 43-46; Mingrelians : Stepanov 1898, No. 15 [dying, the father orders his three sons to guard his grave; the two eldest did not dare to go to the cemetery; the youngest Gedlachi the Fool cut off the head of the animal that rushed to dig up the grave; the father came out, gave a horse; the horse ordered to take out of its ear what was there; there is horse ammunition, clothes, weapons; the king will give his daughter to the one who flies up to her on horseback to the 2nd floor; the unrecognized G. carries out the task, receives the princess, forgives the brothers for their past mockery]: 47-50; varnishes[the mother died; the neighbor persuades the daughter to ask her father to marry her; he puts it off, but then agrees; the stepmother makes a pie with sand and ashes for her stepdaughter; she persuaded her husband to leave his daughter in the forest; she climbed a tree; wolves, bears, foxes pass by one after another, promising not to eat her; and here comes Zaza, a white cow, digging the sky with one horn, the earth with the other; the girl's tears drip onto her, Z. orders her to jump on her chest; he takes her to the dungeon; allows her to eat everything, but not to touch the jugs; the girl put her finger in, it turned silver; then Z. orders her to bathe in the jugs; the girl turned silver, gold; from the cow's right ear the girl pulled out expensive jugs and other dishes, clothes and jewelry; Z. gave her in marriage to the khan's son]: Omar-oglu 1868: 51-52; Azerbaijanis [Para-Bash finds the dwelling of the div and while he sleeps, carries off the treasures; when he goes again, the div swallows him; his son Shamil grows up and goes to look for the div; kills a snake that was crawling to devour the chicks of the Zumrrud-gushi bird; Z. gives him his feather; Sh. hits a rock with it, a passage to the div's house is formed, there he forces his daughter to tell him where her father's soul is; in a jar; Sh. breaks the jar, the div dies, Sh. takes his father out of it alive; on the way home, the father pushes Sh. into a pit to take possession of everything; Sh. gets out, chops up his father, comes to the mother; the king will give his daughter to the one who can jump to her on horseback; Sh. summons the horse with a feather, climbs into his ear, becomes a handsome man, confesses that it was he who killed the terrible div; wedding]: Bogoyavlensky 1899, No. 8: 65-71.

Iran - Central Asia. Burishi [an episode of the Geseriad; Pangchu uses witchcraft to make the king's daughters go to bed earlier than usual; found a pregnant donkey, hit her on the belly, the fetus fell out, he put it in Lango Brumo's bed, woke her up; ordered her to marry him, otherwise he would tell; the king gathers the men and offers his seven daughters to choose husbands; standing in the crowd, P. shows DB the donkey's fetus and she chooses P.; he brought her to his dirty hut; the king sends his sons-in-law to hunt Beungkapurdono; the mother and wife spy on P.; he appears as a prince on his horse Changi Hirpal; seeing his mother and wife, P. hid the horse in his sleeve and returned to his previous appearance behind a cloud of dust; the women caught him again; he tells them to return home, and he himself goes hunting; deliberately says loudly that there will be no more water, they should stock up; the servants hear and pass on the news to the sons-in-law; they load water, and at the next halt there is an excess of it, but no firewood; the same next time (they took firewood, but it turned out that there was no water); P. (in fact, he is Kiser) gave the beast poisoned cakes; dying, he orders to take a knife out of his ear and slaughter him; his golden skin shines on Mount Diamer when the sun rises; the sons-in-law saw the shine, brought the king pieces of wool and meat; but the king does not believe: where are the golden tail, horns, hooves, mane and forelock? P. ordered his wife to take the beast's bone marrow in a chestnut shell to her father; the whole court ate their fill, bit their fingers, but the amount of marrow did not decrease; P. himself brought the king golden horns, etc. the king allows P. to take as much grain and molasses as will fit in a small wineskin; everything the king had fits in; he takes on his true form and begins to live with his wife; goes on a wandering spree (another episode)]: Lorimer 1987: 64-55; brahui [wife dies, husband takes another, stepmother tyrannizes stepdaughter; her own children are ugly, stepdaughter is beautiful; calf tells her to put her hand in its ear, she takes out any food from there; stepmother spies, pretends to be sick, says that he will get well if the calf is slaughtered; calf tells him to keep and bury its head, wishes will still be fulfilled; stepmother gives her stepdaughter in marriage, feeds her turnips before the wedding; at night she needs to relieve herself; she defecates in her husband's pants; in the morning he believes that he is to blame, asks to wash his pants, promises to reward him generously for his silence; seeing gold jewelry on her stepdaughter, the stepmother turns to ashes]: Bray 1938: 83-88.

Baltoscandia. Danes [stepmother tyrannizes stepdaughter; she tends cattle; red bull orders her to get food from his horn; they run away; girl breaks a twig against orders while galloping through copper forest, bull fights copper bull; then silver bull in silver forest; gold kills him; girl keeps bull's right ear, it gives her everything she needs; gets hired as kitchen maid; comes to church three times in different guise; names token objects: water, comb, towel; runs away third time, loses golden slipper; puts on golden dress, sits in golden carriage, comes for slipper; wedding]: Cox 1893, no. 59: 24-25; Lutsi (zap. 1893) [dying, the father orders each of his three sons to guard his grave for three nights, so that no one eats the grass on it; the stalks of grass are copper, silver and gold; the eldest fell asleep before dawn; a horse with gold harness and a gold saddle galloped up, ate everything; the next night the grass grew again, the same on the second night (a horse with silver harness and saddle); on the third (with copper); the same with the middle brother; the youngest is a slacker, sits on the ashes, nicknamed Cinderella, woke up before dawn, brought the golden horse to his stall; then silver; copper; there is a wedding in the village, the eldest brother rode on a goat, the middle one - on a boar; the golden horse tells the youngest to go in through the left ear, out of the right, Cinderella became a beauty; galloped past the brothers: the goat - into the ditch, the boar - into the puddle, the way for the master; the bride brings beer, he grabbed her and carried her away, left her in the stable with the golden horse, he himself again sits in the house on the ashes; a week later a wedding in another village; all the same (silver horse); next time - on a copper horse; in his stable he ordered the eldest brother to go through the ears of the copper horse, the middle one - the silver one, gave them two brides, he himself took the first]: Annom et al. 2018: 247-254; Latvians[the king loses a haystack every night; he orders his three sons to guard the meadow; the eldest and the middle one fall asleep; the youngest fool crawls to sleep under the haystack; a white mare with two foals wakes him up, he grabs the reins and tames the mare; she orders him to give her to his eldest brother, the eldest foal to the middle one, and take the youngest for himself; the eldest sold their horses, and the youngest takes care of his own; the witch gives the queen poison: if you do not kill the fool, he will destroy you; the foal warns its owner twice; the witch orders the foal to be slaughtered; it advises the youth to ask permission to take a last ride; the foal soared into the sky and landed in another kingdom; orders him to dress in a fur coat with the wool outside and answer "I don't know" to everything; the king gave the fool to the gardener; the young man shakes the bridle, any work is immediately done; tied the forest with a rope and drags it all behind him; the king tells his three daughters to choose grooms; the youngest does not know whom, the king gave her in marriage to a fool; but they live well; the devil demands people to be eaten, it is the king's daughters' turn; the young man calls the horse each time, climbs into the ear, comes out in a luxurious outfit, kills the devils (they have 3, 9, 12 heads; the sword, the horse are silver, gold, diamond); each time then climbs back into the horse's ear, regains his former appearance; the last time, when the giant with 12 heads demands the youngest princess, the horse warns that 12 blacksmiths will come out with him; you must first kill the blacksmiths, because if they manage to hit the anvil, 12 more will come out, etc.; the young man managed to kill the blacksmiths, but the giant drove him into the ground up to his waist twice, and the horse pulled him out twice; the young man cut off the giant's leg, and then his head; the wife bandaged the wound with a handkerchief; in the evening she sees her foolish husband's handkerchief; the fool became a favorite son-in-law, inherited the throne]: Alksnyte et al. 1958: 135-142; Lithuanians[the stepmother tells her husband to take her stepdaughter to the forest; he hangs a board so that it clattered in the wind, as if he were chopping wood, leaves; the sack contains not flour, but ash, not lard, but a firebrand; the girl enters the hut, the Bear asks to open the door at least with a torch; she opens it with her hand; she feeds the Mouse; porridge made of ash, but tasty; she makes a bed for the Bear out of stones, logs, millstones; the Bear tells her to run around the room, jingling her keys; the Mouse runs, the Bear throws stones, the girl sits under the stove; the Bear tells her to blow in his ear, pies fall out, a carriage with horses; the dog barks that the old man's daughter is coming with gifts; the stepmother sends her own daughter, she does not feed the Mouse, the Bear kills her, burns her, six sparrows bring a basin with ashes, the dog barks about it; the stepmother bursts with anger, the father and daughter eat pies], 226-228 [the stepmother sends her stepdaughter to sleep in the barn; there the devils offer to dance; she asks first to bring her water to wash, soap, then various items of clothing and jewelry; so time passes until the first roosters crow, the devils disappear, the clothes and jewelry remain; the stepmother sends her own daughter, she asks for everything at once, she has to dance, in the morning the stepmother finds her dead], 229-230 [the stepmother sends her stepdaughter to spin on the edge of the well, pushes her into the well; she ends up on a green meadow; an old man asks to pasture the sheep, a month later the sheep are well-groomed, the old man offers a choice of red, white and blue chests, the girl chooses the white one; opens it at home, a palace appears; a stepmother pushes her own daughter into a well, she takes poor care of the sheep, chooses the red chest, opens it at home, the fire that breaks out burns her and the stepmother], 382-383 [a poor woman forgot her child in the field; people hear how the laumas are rocking him, they find him undressed, the lauma orders to cut him off from the canvas she left, it will not end, but you can’t look at the end; a rich neighbor deliberately leaves the child, he is torn to shreds; the woman looked at the end of the canvas, it ended]: Lëbīte 1965: 221-225; Lithuanians[a witch-widow had daughters with one, two, three eyes; she married a widower, he had one daughter; the stepmother told her stepdaughter to pasture a cow and spin a sack of yarn in a day; the girl came to her mother's grave and began to cry; mother: it is not snow, not rain, not dew that is dripping from the trees; daughter: these are your daughter's tears; mother: there is a cow in the herd; put the yarn in one ear, take the linen out of the other; the stepmother sent One-Eye as a spy; stepdaughter: come on, I will look in your hair; she says: eya, popeya, sleep, One-Eye; she fell asleep; the next day the same with Two-Eyes; but only two of Three-Eyes' eyes fell asleep; the stepmother slaughtered the cow; mother to her stepdaughter: ask for the entrails to wash; go to the pond; when you wash it, you will find a ring and two grains in the entrails - barley and oat; bury them in front of the window together with the ring; in the morning a spring of wine and an apple tree with apples will appear; the prince was riding by, saw the spring and the apple tree, asked the hostess, i.e. the witch, to give him wine and apples; but the wine was disappearing, the branches of the apple tree were rising; with the witch's daughters - the same; the stepdaughter gave apples and wine; the prince decided to marry her; when going to church, the stepmother replaced the stepdaughter with her own daughter; the shoes given to the bride by the groom were too small for her; the stepmother cut off her own daughter's heels; the stepdaughter turned into a bird, flew up to the prince and sang: cuckoo, the bride-witch's heels are cut off; the prince drove away the deceiver and married the real bride]: Leskien, Brugman 1882, No. 25: 447-450; Veps[the girl's mother died, her husband married Baba Yaga's sister, who had a daughter named Varvey; the stepmother and V. tyrannize over their stepdaughter; they are going to a celebration, the stepmother hopes that V. will please Ivan Tsarevich; she tells her stepdaughter to separate the oatmeal from the ashes; the girl cries at her mother's grave; she tells her to cut a twig, wave it crosswise, and the work will be done; she will also send a horse and clothes; she must return before midnight; having entered one ear of the horse and come out the other, the girl became a beauty; at the celebration she was led to the royal chambers; V. asks I. to give her a bone to gnaw, he threw the bone at her, her leg broke; stepmother: let's make a new one out of a hook; they made her a crooked wooden leg; I. smeared the doorframe with tar, the girl was leaving, took hold of the doorframe, the ring stuck; the next time - to separate millet from sand; I. threw a bone at V., her finger broke; stepmother: let's attach a plank; the girl's shoe stuck to the threshold; the third time - to separate flour from the ground; I. threw a bone, V.'s eye came out; stepmother: let's insert a sheep's eye; the girl's hat stuck; I. gathers all the girls to try on the ring, the shoe, the hat; only Cinderella fits; a wedding is being prepared; the stepmother orders him to pass between her legs, sends him to graze the horses, dresses her daughter in a girl's clothes; when the bride arrives, the girl shouts that they are carrying a poker-leg, a wooden toe, a sheep's eye; they undressed the stepmother's daughter, shoved her naked under the bridge, dressed the girl up; 9 months later she gave birth; the stepmother thinks that this is her daughter; she walks across the bridge, tore off a pipe, from there a voice comes, "Mommy, it hurts!" the daughter is almost rotten, but the stepmother promises to make her I.'s wife anyway; tells I.'s wife to pass between her legs and fly with the geese, and dresses her daughter and brings her to the bedroom; the child is crying; the goose asks the shepherd to bring her baby; seeing a flock of geese, the shepherd asks if the child's mother is with them; they say that she is in another flock; in a third; the goose came down, shed her wings, and began to breastfeed the child; the same on the second day; on the third the shepherd tells I. everything; he came and burned the wings; I. tells his mother-in-law that he wants to slaughter a bull in the room; she hides under the bench; he hits her with an axe, each time saying that the bull kicked; he finished her off, the body was thrown out; the imaginary wife was cut into small pieces, put in a net, tied to the horse's tail; where the head fell, there is a rock, where the eye is, there is a hole in the ice, where the nose is, there is a spring, where the leg is, there is a poker, where the butt is, there is turf (translation: where the head falls, where the poker is, where the butt is , where the turf is)]: Onegina, Zaitseva 1996, No. 3: 42-51; Veps[parents died, the girl went begging; the cow asked to be pulled out of the mud, the girl pulled her out; the cow washed her from one ear, dressed her from the other; the girl went to church, the master's son noticed her; on the third day he smeared the stairs with tar, the galosh stuck; the master's son began to try on everyone; Baba Yaga trimmed the daughter's leg, blood flows, but the galosh still does not fit; they found the beggar girl Mashenka, the galosh fit her; she again dressed herself from one cow's ear, washed herself from the other, became a beauty; wedding]: Onegina, Zaitseva 1996, No. 49: 172-173.

Volga - Perm. Komi [dying, the father orders his three sons to come to his grave in turn for three nights; the eldest, Vasily and Fyodor, send the youngest, named Sedun (always on the stove); he receives a horse three times: bay, gray, golden-maned; hides them; the tsar has daughters Marya, Vasilisa, Marpida, they have blue, yellow, red kerchiefs; whoever gets the kerchief from the roof will marry the princess; S. enters the horse's ear, becomes a handsome man, jumps on the horse three times incognito, but takes only M.'s kerchief; the tsar calls all the men, orders the daughters to take as husbands those who have their kerchiefs; the eldest find an overseas prince and prince, M. Sedun; the tsar settles them in a barn; the tsar orders to catch a doe; S. catches, gives to the elder sons-in-law, for this cuts off each of his big toes; the same - a golden bristle pig, removes the skin from its back with a belt; a mare with 30 foals; the horse tells S. to cover it with skins, pour resin on it, shower it with needles; the mare beats the horse, but hurts herself on the needles, S. tames her; brings; calls the tsar to the bathhouse, shows the leather belts and cut off fingers; S. appears as a handsome man; the tsar drives away the elder sons-in-law along with their wives]: Plesovsky 1975: 77-91; Mari (mountain) [the horse tramples wheat; the eldest, middle brothers fall asleep, the youngest catches the horse, he promises to come when called; the tsar will give his daughter in marriage to the one who jumps on the horse to the third floor, where the daughter will sit; the younger brother climbs into one ear of the horse each time, climbs out the other, becomes a handsome man, jumps up on the third time, receives a ring, a scarf, a note from the king with a promise to give his daughter in marriage to him; in the morning the princess looks for her betrothed among those gathered; cries when she learns that the beggar has the ring; he, with the help of the horse, turns into a handsome man, gets married, and becomes king]: Aktsorin 1995: 62-83; Mordvins [a horse tells its owner to skin it and put it on himself; if it needs to be summoned, stand on the skin and call; now his name is Horse Skin (LS); the king's garden has dried up, the man hired himself out on the condition that he would revive it in three months; if he fails, his head will be cut off, if he succeeds, he will receive the princess; LS slept for 2 months and 27 days, and then summoned a horse with fire from its nostrils. It created a garden; The king sends each of his three daughters for LS, but he is asleep; the three-headed serpent demands the eldest daughter; the horse made the man a hero; to do this, he climbed into one ear and climbed out of the other; he woke up when a tear of the princess fell on his cheek; he cut off the snake's heads, hid them under a stone, received a ring from the princess; the coachman made her call him her savior; the same with the 9-headed serpent and the middle princess; with the 12-headed and the youngest; the horse warned that this serpent would prevail, it would be necessary to call her, the horse; she herself tore off the last heads and did not let them grow back; the king is ready to give the coachman the youngest daughter, but all three princesses demand that he show the rings given to him; the king wakes LS, he has rings on his fingers; LS received the youngest princess and the kingdom]: Maskaev 1966: 199-206.

Southern Siberia – Mongolia. Chulym Turks [The White Khan and the Black Khan met while hunting; they agreed that if the wives gave birth to children of different sexes, they should marry; BH’s wife gave birth to a daughter, Beautiful Rich, BH’s wife gave birth to a son, Kozu (“Beautiful”); BH’s wife came to BH: there her son-in-law was crawling around, getting bread from the slops and eating it; she decided not to give her daughter to such a man, BH migrated far away; BH died; K. was playing knucklebones with some teenagers, they told him that his bride had run away; the old man advised him to tell his mother to cook porridge; K. put his mother’s palm to the cauldron {or stuck it in the porridge – it’s unclear}, she had to confess; he caught a stallion, it said that its name was Kyuryan (“Brown”) and together they were Kozugyuryan; he ordered the saddle to be taken out of his left ear, the clothes out of his right; the horse flies through the air; goes on reconnaissance, learns that his mother has died; they meet shepherds BH, who are grazing horses, cows, sheep; K. met KB, they run, are captured, KB has a knife, they killed themselves, are buried on different banks of the river, poplars grew on the graves, they united; BH burned K.'s poplar, the girl's poplar itself disappeared; then two birches grew; the girl's mother came, saw a pike and a crucian carp, into which the lovers had turned]: Lemskaya 2013: 295-303.

Eastern Siberia. Far Eastern Evenks(probably Uchur) [in the depths of long-past years, at the mouth of five deep rivers with thundering valleys and blazing capes, under a spreading tree, a young man Tyvgunai appeared; where he came from, he does not know; he made a bow, saw two ducks, but does not shoot (maybe they belong to people, it will be bad if I kill them); they fly away, singing: they are grateful that he did not kill them; one says, she left a thimble on a hummock, tells him to take it - it will help; T. came to the camp, there is a rich chief; he promises a daughter to the one who pulls the bow stuck in the ground; no one can; T. did not try, returned under his tree; a man sits there, says that he is his older brother (his name is Cholbon Chokuldai), has been looking for him for several years; T. talks about the chief, his daughter and the bow; CH: enter the left ear of my horse, there is food; enter the right one - there are clothes; T. gathered his strength, dressed in armor, both rode on a huge heroic horse; ChCh pulled out the bow, the shaft broke, the arrow flew up to the sky; the brothers flew on horseback to the upper world to find out where the arrow hit; there people are like mosquitoes, cattle like spiders; smoke from under the ground, there is an old man and an old woman, half charred; the old man: my liver is sick, give me some liver; the old woman: they gave it to me for tanning skins, if I give it to you, they will beat me on the head with a golden poker; then the same about the brain (they will beat me on the head with a poker); then the old woman to the old man: when you were young and the heroes defeated you, they flew to the upper world, taking us with them, I left a two-year-old boy ChCh under a larch, and six-month-old T. under a branchy tree; Having heard this, the brothers burst into the tent, the parents rejoiced; mother: in this country there are invincible heroes; they are now lying there because some death that came from the middle world tore off half of their bodies; they roast us over the fire and ask whom we left in our homeland; they gathered shamans to find out, they kill those who were unable to predict; the brothers fed their parents, came unnoticed to the heroes' tent; the shamanka began to spin: the young men who released death are here; the heroes do not believe, they want to cut off the shamanka's head; she asks the young men to show themselves so that she will not be killed; two heroes Singkeltuken Eden (SE) and Begaltukan Eden (BE) ask the brothers to return their full bodies to them, for it is shameful to kill cripples; they did it; during the battle, ChCh sees nothing, begins to weaken; his horse orders to hit him with a silver hatchet, then he will see a raft with a smoker attached to SE's horse; an old woman has separated him, she must be killed; CHCh did it; SE offers to take a rest, leads him to himself, offers to sit down; CHCh falls through and flies down; SE turns to someone below: I am lowering down to you the strongest hero; in response: if he drives cattle ahead, then they should keep him alive for a few days; CHCh throws lumps of clay, they turn into cattle; CHCh is led to a tent, where people are smoked and eaten; the old woman says to CHCh: if you sniff the smell of this country, you will not return to earth; CHCh and the local leader look at each other for 30 days without closing their eyes; then the leader closed his eye,three days later the second; CC saw a bell above him and far above the opening of the upper world; became a spider, then a bird, crawled, flew; jumping into the opening, became a man again, then the bell thundered; the monster stuck his head out: and henceforth let the people of the middle world come to me with cattle, then sometimes they will be able to return; that is why shamans take cattle in payment; CC led SE to fight to the rock where the sky and earth touch; there the sky is like scissors; CC jumped first, the sky cut off the tip of the horse's tail; when SE jumped, he was cut in half; CC found T.; he was barely alive, his enemy BE was too; BE shot an arrow, ordering it to hit a fish in the sea and bring it to him; the arrow did it, the fish is the soul of CC; T. sends an arrow to the larch for a small swallow; it is about to slip away into the opening of the upper world; T. remembered the thimble, threw it, it plugged the hole, the arrow brought a swallow; BE: none of us will win, we will not fight anymore, we will exchange souls; T. and ChCh took their parents and returned to earth; T. married the girl who gave him the thimble, and ChCh married the daughter of the hero whose bow he pulled out]: Myreeva 2009: 128-145; Far EasternEvenks (Olekmin) [Torganay has a mother, wife, brother; he is hunting; he hears his wife's voice from the sky: Kadanai and Delonoy carried me away; he shot into the air and wanted to run on skis; his horse orders him to go in one ear and out the other; then she will give birth to a foal for him; he rides on it after the kidnappers; the foal orders him not to stop at the girls'; the river, which is covered with human teeth and bones like pebbles, must be praised and called good; it will immediately become shallow; further on there are crushing rocks; the horse: the rocks will cut me in half; on the other side there will be a whirling rock, and on it black and white foam; the remains of the horse must be smeared with white foam, he will come to life; and so it happened, although T. almost took the black one; at another rock the horse orders him to kick him, he became a stump; 5 girls came down, they are picking berries; T. became a pine needle and stuck to the scarf of one of them; at the top of the cliff, three-headed Kadanai asks what smelly thing the girls brought with them; T. cut off two of K.'s heads, but cannot do the third; the wife gives the skins of three squirrels: throw them into the fire; the skins burned, Kadanai, the cliff, and the char disappeared, T. took his wife home]: Varlamnova et al. 2021, no. 3: 99-109; Far Eastern Evenks (Olekmin) [while hunting, Putona hears a voice: your brother was killed by the nine-headed Devulte; P. galloped, found his brother's bones; the horse: take the whip from my right ear, hit me, I will gallop, I will return in 8 days, collect the chick from my body, grease my brother's bones, he will be reborn; and so it happened; the horse orders to get a silver bed from his ear and sleep on it; P. found Devulte; he threw a stone ball, a palm tree, a spear at him; he caught them, broke them; but a year later D. won, began to eat P.; his brother Mengulte saw this in a dream, came, knocked down 9 heads, brought his brother's bones to his horse; he ordered the whip to be taken out of his ear (everything is the same as with the previous revival); P. came to life]: Varlamnova et al. 2021, No. 4: 111-117.

Amur - Sakhalin. Orochi [the ox tells the owner to go to the sea, 12 swans will fly in, throw off their clothes, and become girls; the youngest one's plumage must be hidden; she clapped her hands, created a rich house, fed him, and put him to sleep; he woke up - no house, no girl; the ox reproaches the young man for not making her his wife; he must sow two sunflower seeds, they will grow to the sky; he must climb them; the stars are the roots of the trees of the upper world; the ox also tells him to climb into one ear and come out of the other, the young man became a fine fellow and a handsome man; the young man hit his head on the sky, it parted, he saw houses, and that beauty was in one of them; her father gives her difficult problems, the girl helps him solve them; 1) recognize the bride among three hens (she will raise her wing, there is a white feather); 2) recognize among 12 girls with veiled faces in identical dresses (the bride will pin a needle to the clothes); 3) find and bring three arrows shot in different directions; the bride orders to choose a skinny horse, its fur is in the opposite direction; gives a bottle of medicine to treat wounds; the first arrow is in the side of a sturgeon; the young man took the arrow, cured the sturgeon; the second was brought to the mice to their queen; they ate the young man's horse; the mouse returned the arrow and revived the horse; the young man helped a weaker army; after the victory, he learned that in their city the princess was wounded by an arrow; he took out the arrow, applied medicine, the princess recovered; the young man returned to the bride, her father gave her to him; one day a man decided to visit the land; his wife warned him not to eat chicken; they met him, gave him rooster meat; he ate and became a rooster, therefore the rooster greets the morning dawn]: Avrorin, Lebedeva 1978, No. 82: 133-135.