K167B. What is the lamb in the belly of the sheep? .29.30.33.

The boy is able to determine the sex and color of the baby in the womb of the animal.

Ingush, Burish, Kyrgyz.

Caucasus - Asia Minor. Ingush [a boy was riding a mare; a prince poked her with a whip; the boy said that he gouged out the eye of a foal with a white mark on its forehead that was in the mare's womb; the mare was stabbed, and that is how it turned out; the prince took the boy in; one day they caught an unusual fish; the prince's daughter picked it up but suddenly realized that this fish was a male; the fish burst out laughing and died; the princess demanded to know the reason; the prince ordered the youth (he was already 17) to answer, otherwise he would burn him; the youth tells how a rider, tormented by thirst, put his hands under the water pouring from above, but a tame dove splashed it; the rider killed the dove, and looking up, saw a dragon spitting; second story: a pious blind couple has a golden bird; God gave her two apples that would restore her sight; a bird threw apples to the old men, and the old man decided that they were stones and killed the bird; then he regained his sight and repented; the prince is adamant - his daughter must know the reason why the fish laughed; the young man: in the basement there are three bastards, whom the princess gave birth to from Black Neg; the young man left the prince, began to study, became smarter than the teachers; they, out of envy, sent him to a certain country; he visited there, brought the golden shoes given by the girls; the teachers hired a witch, she said that the shoes were stolen from her daughter; the young man went to that country again; people on the shore complain that a woman brings food on a ship, shows it, teases and takes it back; the young man grabbed the girl, she broke free, leaving the ship and her ring; on the other shore, another woman teases people in the same way, bringing clothes on a ship, but not giving them; the young man grabbed her scarf and the ship; The young man climbed into the tower and hid; three birds entered, they told how one lost a ring, another a scarf, the third – golden shoes; the birds turned into girls, one noticed that someone was drinking from her glass; the young man showed up, this girl became his wife, gave him a ring – if he put it on, all three would appear; the young man was transported home, the teachers and the witch were thrown into prison; they said that the young man brought the stolen shoes again; the young man put on the ring, those girls appeared, the liars were punished, the young man became a padishah, gave his wife’s sisters in marriage]: Tankieva 2003: 132-140.

Iran - Central Asia. Burishi [Alqash - vizier of King Qubad; his friend Bakht-i-Jamal is the wife of the daughter of a man named Jamas Hakim; he gave his daughter the book Jamasnama as a dowry; no one can read it; BJ gave it to the akhund, although he cannot read it either; A. and BJ are close friends; one day A. told his friend that he would die unless he spent 40 days in complete solitude and silence; 40 days passed, the troubles passed; BJ found the treasure of King Suleiman and wanted to share the gold with A.; but A. told him to prepare for death: two cannot know the same secret; BJ asked him to tell his wife that he was supposedly leaving on business for six months; to give her some money; to name the son, if a son is born, Buzur Jamhur {hereinafter Buzur}; A. killed and buried BJ, buried the gold separately; Buzur was born; at the age of three he forced the people at court to fork out money by blackmailing them (they themselves know that they are thieves); provoking the gardener on A.'s farm, Buzur every now and then unties a sheep, and it begins to nibble on greens; the gardener killed it with a spade; Buzur: you killed three; in the womb of the sheep there is a black ewe and a white lamb; A. orders the sheep to be gutted: everything is so; having learned the name of the boy, he orders a subordinate (his name is Daladar) to kill Buzur, bring his liver and kidneys, he will eat them; Buzur promises C. A.'s daughter, with whom he is in love, if he lets him go; indicates where to find a sheep fed on female milk so that its liver and kidneys do not have the taste of mutton; Buzur asked the akhund for a book; he gave it to him: this is your mother's book; Buzur read it easily; it is written in it how A. killed his father, and that he himself will harness A., ride on him, and then kill him; the king saw a dream, but forgot it: let A. tell it and interpret it; A. is in a panic, but is relieved to learn from S. that Buzur is alive; the king orders Buzur to be called; he refuses to come on foot, on horseback, in a palanquin, etc.: he will come riding on A. harnessed by the vizier; he had to agree; the qadi testifies that BJ had rings with his name on his fingers; Buzur orders that the remains be dug up: the rings bear the name of the murdered man; with the qadi's permission, Buzur cut off the vizier's head over the pit from which BJ's remains were removed; now Buzur tells the king his dream: a black dog stuck its paw in the king's food and he vomited; this means that the king's wife and her lover are now in the treasury; they were seized, the log was split, their hands were thrust into the crack, the wedge was knocked out and they were left to die; Buzur was made vizier; (then another story)]: Lorimer 1987, no. 30: 30-49.

Turkestan. Kirghiz (Jalal-Abad region) [Yakmas Akim possessed great wealth; he saw in a book that there was a herb of immortality on an island in the ocean; he ordered a ship to be built and went in search, but did not pronounce the name of God; he summoned Azrael and ordered him to make the book and compass, which were in YA's hands, drown in the water; taking the form of a bird, A. landed on the stern of the ship; asked where A. was now; YA: Azrael, either you or me; A.: how did you find out? YA: I have a book; A. threw the book and compass into the sea; having failed, YA distributed the wealth to the poor, took his wife by the hand and set out to wander; arrived in the city of Khan Syrdybai; he instructed the vizier named Ydyrys; to level the area and arrange a place for rest; Y. came to the bazaar to hire 40 workers; YA promised to do everything alone if he was given food intended for forty; the khan's grandfather was a giant, his shovel was found under a hill, 40 people brought it, and YA took it with one hand, dug up the hill with it in three days, planted fruit trees, arranged with spells so that the trees grew and the fruit ripened; in the middle of the hill he dug up a jug with gold coins, opened the lid, lay down next to it; Y. offers to divide the gold, but YA wants to give it to the khan; when YA bent over the jug, the vizier cut off his head; it rolled and predicted that his wife would give birth to a son and when he turns six, he will cut off Y.'s head; YA warned his wife in advance so that she would name her son Daanyshman (sage) and give him a knife, he will understand what to do with it; D. arranged it so that the garden watchman threw a stone at the sheep and killed it; says that he has ruined three souls; in the womb of the sheep there are two black lambs with a white mark, one male, the other female; I. realized that in front of him was a boy whom the vizier ordered to kill and bring his heart; when I. was going to slaughter D., he said that the khan and the vizier would not give him the promised khan's daughter, but he, D., would give her; let the guard buy the lamb and cut out its heart; it will taste like a human heart, since the lamb was nursed by a woman whose child had died; a year later the khan saw a dream and forgot it; ordered 40 viziers to find out what the dream was about, otherwise he would hang; Y. regretted that he ordered D. to be killed and was glad to learn that the boy was alive; D. agrees to ride only on the vizier Y. and to stab him along the way with two awls; D. told the khan about the murder of his father and the stolen gold, the khan allowed Y. to be killed; as for the khan's dream, the khan's wife was keeping a lover in a box; let the khan let them go in peace; the khan agreed; made D. a vizier, gave him his daughter in marriage; when the khan died, D. took his place]: Sabyr uulu 2008: 203-208.