K88C. The blood of a dog will heal the princess. .13.17.(.24.).29.30.
The character learns that the blood (brain, etc.) of a dog guarding a neighboring herd will cure the princess (prince). He uses this medicine and is rewarded.
Harari, Arabs of Syria, Iraq (Sundanese), Laks, Dido, Armenians, Azerbaijanis, Persians.
Sudan – East Africa. Harari [Jemal and Mulugeta set out; M. offered to eat J.'s provisions first, then refused to share his own and demanded J.'s eyes in exchange for food and left J. under a tree; at night the jinn came and started talking; the leaves of this tree would heal the blind man; the blood of a black dog would heal the princess; a spring of water under the tree in the city; J. regained his sight, healed the princess, received a reward from the king, and indicated which tree should be uprooted; after this benefit the king married him to the princess; having learned of everything, M. went to that tree, and the jinn killed him]: Reuss-Nliba, Reuss-Nliba 2016: 66–70.
Western Asia. Arabs of Syria : Bushnaq 1987 [the young men Abu-Sharr ("father of evil") and Abu-Kheit ("father of good") worked in a bakery, but decided that they would earn more working in the fields; on the way, ASH offered to eat AH's supplies first, but then refused to share his own and parted with his comrades; he reached a garden where fig trees grew, ate the fruit and lay down under a tree; three doves flew in and started a conversation; a blind shoemaker does not know that three pots of gold are buried where he sits; the people of Damascus pay dearly for water, but if you dig near the gates, a spring will gush out; the sultan chops off the heads of doctors who are unable to cure his daughter, but she will recover if she eats the meat of his hunting dog; AH asked the shoemaker to let him spend the night in his shop, dug up gold; On the last pot it is written: only the cursed son of a cursed father will get rich at the expense of the poor; therefore AH took only a few gold pieces and left the rest; in the morning he gave the shoemaker a gold piece, told him to buy food, ate, and left the rest with him; the shoemaker's wife danced with happiness; then AH gave the shoemaker all three pots; he wanted to divide them in half, but AH took only as much as was needed to go to Damascus; he asked the sultan for diggers, they began to dig at the gate, water flowed; the sultan was ready to enrich AH with gold, but he took only as much as was needed for the road to the country where the blind princess was; there, on the city wall, the heads of unsuccessful doctors are displayed; they killed the dog, the princess was healed; AH received the princess and asked the king to build a bakery where everyone could eat bread for free; meanwhile, ASH ate all the money he earned and became a beggar; he was sent to that bakery; ASH and AH recognized each other and ASH asked to be taken to the garden where the fig trees were; by this time the fig tree had dried up, the full-flowing stream had almost dried up, and the three Afrits realized that someone had overheard them; ASH: of course, it was the Father of Good; Afrits: and what is your name? - Father of Evil. Afrits: let each one according to his name; they tore ASH apart and threw the remains into the well]: 129-132; Arabs of Iraq [two half-brothers go to seek their fortune, agree to share bread; the stingy one refuses to give to the generous one, they part; the generous one spends the night in a cave, overhears a conversation between two lions; in a rat hole there is a piece of gold, with the gold you can buy a black dog, with its blood drive out the genie from the sultan's daughter; the generous one heals and receives the girl and the kingdom; a miser goes begging, the new sultan notices him, does not punish him, tells him what happened to him, he spends the night in a cave, lions tear him apart]: Stevens 2006, No. 46: 267-274.
( Cf. Malaysia – Indonesia. Sundanese [Ki Satu and Ki Dua go to study theology in Rum; KD coaxes money from KS, gives bread in exchange for his eyes, lowers him into a well; overhearing the conversation of the dwarfs, KS learns that the blind are treated with the leaves of the singavereng tree, that by killing a black dog you will learn where treasures are buried; the peasant pulls KS up, brings him to the tree, he regains his sight, restores the princess’s sight with the same leaves, marries her, gets the treasure, takes care of the impoverished KD; he climbs into the well, the dwarfs say that someone overheard their conversation, kill KD]: Braginsky 1972: 57-61).
Caucasus – Asia Minor. Lucky [brothers Lavmart and Chumart set out to earn money; L. suggests that they first eat Ch.’s provisions; then shares his own in exchange for Ch.’s eyes; Ch. spends the night at a mill, overhears animals talking; fox: a leaf from a nearby tree will heal the blind; wolf: broth made from the meat of a shepherd’s dog will heal the pachakha’s daughter; bear: there is gold in a nearby cave; Ch. regained his sight, got the gold, bought a dog from a shepherd, healed the pachakha’s daughter, received a reward; L. also goes to the cave, the animals found him and tore him apart]: Alieva 2013, no. 95: 426-427; Didoys (Tsez) [Sakhavat and Karum (“generous” and “greedy”) set out on a journey, K. does not want to share food, S. parted with him; spends the night at a mill, overhears animals talking; fox: tomorrow a mouse will bring treasures; wolf: the khan's daughter has an eye knocked out, it can be replaced with a dog's eye; bear: bears bully the cattle that go to the watering hole; if you dig in the middle of the village, a spring will gush out, the cattle will be safe; S. killed a mouse, inserted a dog's eye into the khan's daughter, received a reward, ordered her to dig under a stone in the village, a spring gushed out, S. received a reward again; K. went to spend the night at the same mill, the animals found him and beat him]: Aliyeva 2013, No. 96: 429-431; Armenians (Erzurum) [two people set out on a journey; one offered to eat the other's provisions first, and then his own; but did not share, but left the hungry man to die; he spent the night in a destroyed mill; hiding, he hears the conversation of a bear, a wolf, and a fox; bear: there are many nutritious roots nearby; wolf: he is driven away from the herd by a black dog, whose blood can cure the king's son; fox: under a sycamore tree and at the threshold of the mill she buried jugs of gold; a drum hung nearby; the man hit it and the animals ran away; in the morning the man dug up the gold, ate the roots and gave it to the owners, who gave him a black dog for it; he cured the prince, was generously rewarded and loved; during this time his treacherous companion became poor; having learned of the success of the one he abandoned, he went to spend the night at the mill; the animals tore him apart]: Seklemian 1898: 149-153; Armenians : Nazinyan 2014 [the rich man's wife did not give the poor man's wife bread; the poor man took the last piece and went wandering; at night he hid in a flour vat at the mill, overheard the conversation of the fox, the wolf, and the bear; fox: rolled on gold, having taken it from a hidden jug; wolf: the shepherd does not know that the brains of his dog will cure the daughter of the king of Istanbul of leprosy; bear: I bring the spoils to my cauldron of gold; the poor man drove the fox away from the gold, bought the dog, cured the king's daughter, the king gave the soldiers to drive the bear away, the poor man brought home a cauldron of gold; the rich neighbor also went to spend the night at the mill, the wolf tore him to pieces]: 220-332; Armenians(Ararat Valley) [Right and Wrong agreed to ask a man they met which of them should go first; the winner will cut out the eyes of the loser; the old man replies that it is Wrong; he abandoned the blinded man near the mill; the owner says that there are devils in the mill, but Right asks to leave him there; the devils report their achievements; one drove the princess crazy, the blood of a black shepherd will cure her; another said that he was the old man who supported Wrong; the third says that if the blind man digs a hole near a plane tree, wets the eye sockets with the water that appears and puts the cut out eyes into them, he will regain his sight; the fourth devil caused a quarrel between people who dug gold from under a millstone, they killed each other; in the morning Right asked the owner of the mill to take him to the plane tree; having regained his sight, he got the gold, bought a shepherd dog, cured the princess, married her, and after the death of his father-in-law, became king; found the Wrong One and told him everything; he went to the mill; the devils wrapped him in a carpet and beat him to death]: Khachatryants 1933: 241-245 (= Karapetyan 1967: 161-165); Armenians (Ararat Valley) [two people argue about who should go forward, the right one or the wrong one; they agree to ask the person they meet, the winner will cut out the eyes of the loser; they meet an old man, the old man says that it is the wrong one; the wrong one blinds the right one, leaves him by the mill; devils come there at night; one drove the princess crazy, another explains how to cure her: anoint her with the blood of a shepherd's black dog; the third devil was that old man; another devil: you need to dig near the mill, wet the cut out eyes (they are in the pocket of the right one), insert them into the eye sockets; another devil says that gold is hidden under the millstone; a man regains his sight, gets gold, buys a dog, heals the princess, gets her as a wife; the unjust man learns about this, goes to the mill, the devils find him and kill him]: Khachatryants 1933: 241-245 (= Karapetyan 1967: 161-165); Azerbaijanis [brothers Merd ("generous") and Namerd ("treacherous") went to look for work; N. offered to eat M.'s supplies first, but then did not share his own; agreed to feed M., having gouged out his eyes, but did not give him any food, abandoned him in the forest; M. overheard a conversation between the Lion, the Wolf, and the Fox at night; 1) a sick person who drank the blood of a shepherd's dog will recover; 2) the Rat has jugs of gold in her cave; two doves say that they will cure M.; one drops a pen, they need to run it over the eyes inserted into the eye sockets, they will see again; M. regained his sight, took the gold, bought a dog, cured her of madness with the blood of the padishah's daughter, married her; sees N., forgives, he goes to spend the night in the forest, the animals tore him to pieces]: Marchenko 1993: 270-275.
Iran - Central Asia. Persians : Osmanov 1987: 34-40 [the younger brother Neputevy suggests first eating the supplies of the elder Putevy, then abandons him in the desert; for the night he built a fence of stones around himself; the div tells the animals where the gold is buried and a basin in which any food is; Putevy became rich, and Neputevy became poor; he went to that place, the div ate him]: 280-281; Rosenfeld 1956 [Putny meets Neputny, they go together; N. suggests first eating P.'s supplies, abandons him; P. spends the night in a mill, hears the animals talking; leopard: the mice have gold on the roof of the mill; wolf: the brain of the shepherd's dog will cure the king's daughter of madness; fox: there is treasure in the ruins of the castle; P. takes gold from mice, buys a dog, cures the princess, gets her as a wife, finds treasure, the shah makes him heir; he meets N., who goes to the mill, the animals find him, the lion orders to tear him apart], 280-281 [The wise brother left the unwise brother without provisions and went away; he spent the night in a ruined mill; the animals came; the fox: the brain of the shepherd's dog will restore the sight of the tsar's daughter; hit the tsar's daughter with a tree branch, she will be cured of madness; in the morning the Unwise One saw gold in a mouse hole, took it, bought the dog, took a tree twig, cured the princess, married her, dug up the remaining treasures, became tsar]; Romaskevich 1934a, No. 9 (Isfahan) []: 64-66; Marzolph 1984, #613 (Kerman, Mazandaran, Khorasan, Azerbaijan, etc.) [on the way, the Evil One offers to first eat the Good One's supplies, and then demands that he allow himself to be blinded if he wants to eat; he does not agree, and remains alone; the Good One overhears the conversation of a wolf, a fox, a lion, a div, etc.; gold is hidden in the mill; the brain of the shepherd's dog will cure the princess; etc.; the Good One cures the princess, marries her, becomes rich; the Evil One goes to the same place and is torn to pieces by beasts]: 125-127.