K56a8c. He who married a dog. .14.17.28.30.
A young man brings an animal to himself, it turns into a girl. Imitating him, another marries a dog (pig), but it remains an animal.
Arabs of Morocco, Syria, Slovaks, Ukrainians (Hutsulshchyna), Persians.
North Africa. Arabs of Morocco (central region) [on a holiday a poor man brought his son and daughter to the mosque; a lion appeared, and the poor man stuck to the ground; the daughter climbed up the tower and carries on a dialogue with her father as the lion devours a man; after this the sister and brother left; the sister drank water from the pond for people, and the brother from the pond for birds, and became a bird; the sister saw a greyhound skin on the ground, put it on and became a dog; the prince took her home, fed her bran; at night the greyhound complains to the bird about her life; this was heard, the dog's skin was torn off; the girl agrees to marry the prince if he will also take the bird; he smeared the roof with pitch, the bird stuck; the prince bathed her in the pond for people and the brother became a man again; another young man also ordered to be married to a greyhound; she tore it and he died]: Socin, Stumme 1895, no. 2: 85-89.
Western Asia. Arabs of Syria [a woman asked God to give her a third daughter while breaking almonds; named her daughter Hab el Loz ("almond"); her older sisters envy her; took her into the forest for fruit, put stones in her basket, left her alone; a cannibal took her away, but she refused to marry him and ran away; during her wedding with her cousin, the cannibal took the form of a horse and carried her off when she sat in the saddle; turned her into a dog for 20 months; the swans see her true nature, feed her their eggs; the queen also fell in love with the dog; left alone with the swans, HL takes off the dog skin; the prince caught her while bathing; ordered her to marry him to the dog; after the wedding, the cannibal came out to meet them, but the prince ordered HL to throw off the dog skin and threw it over the cannibal himself; hearing about the dog that turned into a girl, the prince's relative also ordered him to marry a dog; it bit him]: Abu Risha 2015: 66-68.
Central Europe. Slovaks [a childless woman wishes to give birth to at least a piglet; gave birth to a daughter-piglet; the piglet went with the girl and the young men to pick cherries, temporarily turned into a girl; the young man noticed this, got married, threw the pig's skin into the fire, the wife remained a human; another young man demanded to marry a pig, but she remained a pig]: Gašparíková 1993, no. 166: 113; Ukrainians (Hutsulshchyna) [when the wife finally gave birth, the daughter turned out to be in the form of a piglet; one day she returned - there was a basket of mushrooms on the bench; this happened several times; a young man came across a pig's skin in the forest; a naked girl came out, she was picking mushrooms; she agreed to marry the young man; he proposed to the woman's daughter-pig; after the wedding he burned the skin, everyone is happy; the neighbor's boy proposed to the mayor's pig; but she is a pig; and she cannot be slaughtered, since she is married]: Zinchuk 2006a, No. 223: 377-379.