K77b3. Goat with three bellies. .28.29.31.

Goats meet a wolf. One has one belly (stomach), the second has two, the third has three, etc. The goat with the most bellies kills or scares the wolf.

Lusatians, Kabardians, Ossetians, Balkars, Ingush, Setos.

Central Europe. Lusatians [one goat had one belly, another two, the third three; the first two answer the wolf that they have horns on their heads, udders on their bellies, the wolf swallows them; the third says that she has a pitchfork on her head, a club on her belly, and dogs growling in her belly; the wolf got scared, jumped over the fence, ran into it, the goats jumped out of his belly]: Romanenko 1962: 137-138.

The Caucasus - Asia Minor. Kabardians [an old man named Don has 8 goats and a male goat; the first goat has one stomach, the second has two, etc., and the male goat has nine; the goats leave the pasture one by one as their stomachs are full; the wolf asks if Don is brave, each goat answers that she is not brave, the wolf eats her; the male goat praises the courage and strength of Don; he answers that he has sharp horns on his head to rip open a wolf's belly, teeth in his mouth to gnaw a wolf, hooves on his feet to crush a wolf; the wolf runs away, the male goat tells everything at home; they find the wolf, rip open his belly, the goats come out alive]: Kardanov 1961: 88-92; Ossetians : Britaev, Kaloev 1959 [Kobli has 5 goats: one-bellied, two-bellied, etc.; a one-bellied wolf: what's on his head; goat: tips for K.'s pitchfork; underfoot? food for the kids; the wolf eats it; and so with the others; five-bellied: on her head are spears for the wolves, between her legs are stones to beat the wolves; K. comes to the wolf's den; loudly tells the traveler to tell his wife: when a son is born, when he grows up, send him with a shovel to dig up the wolf's den; the wolf believes that K. will stay for years, jumps out, K. leads him on a rope; says that he is selling to Falvar (the patron saint of animals), whoever buys it will get rich; the rich man buys it, the wolf slaughters all his goats and sheep]: 21-24; Dzagurov 1973, No. 4 [poor Gazza, he has 7 goats - one-bellied, two-bellied, etc.; the wolf is the first: what is on the head (horns) are tips for G.'s pitchfork; what is between the legs: an udder with milk; a wolf eats a goat; and the following ones; seven-bellied: G. is a wolf hunter, on his head are iron sticks to kill wolves, between his legs are stones to kill wolves; the wolf left the goat alive, she came home and said that the other goats had been eaten; G. shot the wolf]: 21-25; Ingush [the youngest goat has one belly, the middle one has two, the eldest has three, knives at the hooves, sabres on the body, needles instead of a beard; each one meets a wolf, who offers to fight, swallows the first two goats; the eldest pricks with a needle, cuts with a knife, rips open the wolf's belly with a sabre, the swallowed ones jump out]: Malsagov 1983, No. 139: 282; Sadulaev 2004, No. 19 [approximately as in Malsagov 1983, No. 139]: 51-52.

Baltoscandia. Setu [in a clearing there are three haystacks; one goat has one belly, the second has two, the third has three; a wolf to the first goat: why are you trembling? – Out of fear of you; the wolf swallowed her; the same with the second goat; the third: I am trembling because I want to rush at you; (the same answer to further questions); rushed, tore the wolf's belly with her horns, the other two goats jumped out alive, went to their haystacks]: Kippar 1997, No. 104: 112-113.