L37b3. The bird's body has a miraculous effect. .14.15.21.23.29.

From the conversation of birds, man learns that their bodies or secretions have a miraculous effect.

Kabyles, Italians (Basilicata), Meiteis, Himachali Paharis, Kumaoni, Punjabis, Crimean Tatars, Nogais, Armenians, Azerbaijanis, Kurds.

North Africa. Kabyles [a prince came to a well to water his horse; an old woman asked him to wait while she filled her jug; they quarreled, the old woman ordered the prince to bring the Sun Maiden (SD) into the house; the prince lost his peace; called the old woman to make peace; stuck her hand in the hot soup: tell me how to find SD; she says that SD is the wife of the king of the blacks in the high mountains (but SD herself is white); on the way, the prince sees a man being led to execution; the local king explains that he is a murderer, he is not being tried for the first time, but the prince ransoms him, giving him four times his weight in gold; Ali Demmu (that is his name) promises to become a faithful servant; in the city of the blacks, he enters the king's bedroom; he sleeps, having tied himself to SD (legs, belt and neck); AD stabbed the king to death, SD advised him to put on his clothes, they left the palace and came to the prince; AD ordered him to hide SD in a box and not to open it on the way; while he went to fetch water, the prince opened the box, the spirit stole SD; they met a shepherd driving sheep to the sea; AD questions him, the shepherd replies that he serves the one who steals brides, he recently brought a new one; he lives beyond the sea, one can get there on the back of a black sheep; AD exchanged clothes with the shepherd; the shepherd further explains that he must enter the yard and call a woman to milk the sheep; this time the spirit's new wife will come out; when SD came out, AD put the sheep with its head towards her; SD is surprised, AD says who he is (pretending) to blame her for the fact that he ran away, SD objects; they agreed to wait until night; the spirit tells SD that he is going to sleep with her that night; SD: then tell me, what is your life; on a rock in the sea a dove sits on an egg, in it is the life of the spirit; AD swam on a sheep to the rock, got the dove with the egg, returned, broke the egg; however, inside the dove there was a second egg, so the spirit did not die, although it lost its strength; AD brought SD to the prince; he sent the shepherd to the island, let him take for himself all the treasures of the spirit; AD with SD and the prince spent the night under a tree; AD hears the conversation of two birds: a snake will crawl up, turn AD into stone; in order to revive him, the prince must strangle his son over the stone; when the son was born, the prince brought him to the statue and strangled him; AD came to life; birds: if you rub the child with droppings from our nest , he will come to life; AD got the droppings, revived the boy; everyone is happy; AD stayed with the prince and he married him]: Grim 1983: 99-119.

Southern Europe. Italians(Basilicata) [a shoemaker's daughter, her parents have grown old; her mother sent for cabbage; if the seller is not there, take some from the garden and leave money on the ground; just don't pull out the stalk; the girl pulled it out by accident; a handsome young man appeared from the hole, took her underground, there is luxurious peace; the young man (it was Golden Thread, the son of an orc; ZN); having sent her home, tells her to come every day to the same place and put a coin in the hole; the girl's mother began to spy out of curiosity; ZN saw her and died; his orc mother warned that he should take the first woman he saw, and if he saw anyone else, he would die; after ZN stopped appearing, his wife went in search; in one place she hears a conversation between a dove and a dove; if someone kills us and burns us, the ashes will revive ZN; she grabbed the doves, strangled them, burned them; In the forest she came across a hut; there was a woman there; she gave figs for the orca; she would like it; when he asked to come down, she asked her to swear on the soul of her son that she would not eat her; the orca revived her son with pigeon ashes, but forbade him to see his wife; let him first collect enough feathers in a day to fill 5 feather beds - otherwise she would eat her; ZN took another form and offered feathers for a kiss; the girl: no, I only need ZN; he walked away, but birds flew in and dropped the feathers; then the orca sent her daughter-in-law to her sister, who lives beyond the mountains - let her give her a box with music and singing for the wedding; the path through a mountain of snakes, a mountain of blood and a mountain of pus, and the orca's sister had to swallow the one who came; ZN in another form tells the girl: tell the snakes - what delicious pasta! call blood the best wine; pus - the finest milk; boldly enter the house of the orca's sister; there is a servant - a sweet girl-captive; she had to take bread out of the oven with her hands or breasts; she felt all the pain, but the heat did not cause her burns; the servant suggested: let the guest give her a grater, a mill {a grain grater with a chime?} and a shovel for bread, so as not to burn her chest and hands, and she will give her the required box; returning and not finding the box, the orca orders the mountains of snakes, blood and pus to detain the kidnapper, but they refuse, because she was kind to them; on the way, ZN's wife opened the box out of curiosity - it is empty; cries; ZN appears again in a strange guise; when the wife again refuses to kiss him, accepts his, the music and singing returned to the box; ZN tells him to return quietly to his mother's house: in 3 days we will get married; ZN goes to bed with another wife {the one given by the orca?}, but does not copulate with her, and tells the first wife {i.e. the shoemaker's daughter} to hold a lamp, announcing every hour what hour of the night it is; from one to seven; asks the one who is in bed with him; she answers that it is seven; at this time the church strikes 6; damned souls begin to fly around; ZN tells them to take the one who is in bed with him to hell; after this he goes to bed with his real wife, heavenly music sounds from the box; the orca enters, covers her face with her hands and says: you will give birth only after I cover my face with my hands again; ZN: when the contractions begin,dress in brown, go to my mother and explain that ZN has died, so she is in mourning; Orca covers her face with her hands in grief, ZN's wife gives birth to a beautiful boy; Orca embraces and blesses all three]: Comparetti 1875, No. 33: 133-139.

Tibet - North-East India. Meitei [the queen sees two dead sparrows on the ground; the male's mate died, he took another, but she threw the first ones out of the nest; the queen cries, begs her husband to take care of their sons Turi and Basanta if she dies; she died; the stepmother pretended to be ill, persuaded the doctor to say that she would be cured by bathing in the blood of her stepsons; the king sent them to kill them, but the servants let them go, brought the blood of a dog; the younger B. fell asleep under a tree, and T. overhears the parrots talking; whoever eats the female will be unhappy at first, and then happy, and whoever eats the male will become king ; T. shot and roasted the parrots; fell asleep; B. woke up, ate the female, and T. then ate the male; B. could not walk from fatigue, T. went for water, an elephant sent to choose a king met him; an elephant ordered to sit on him; T. became a king and forgot about his brother; B. came to the palace, but he was taken for an impudent beggar, the king ordered to throw him into prison; a merchant cannot lower a boat into the river, even elephants cannot move it; the king gives up a prisoner to be sacrificed; B. touches the boat and it moves; the merchant makes him his partner; the king of another country organizes a swayamvara for his daughter; the merchant and B. come, the princess hangs a garland on B.'s neck; the angry king gave his daughter in marriage to B. and sent her away from the palace; the merchant pushed B. into the river, his wife managed to throw him a pillow; she demanded that the merchant postpone the wedding with her for three years; the husband and wife-washermen found B. on the shore and adopted him; B. accidentally came to the hut where his wife lived, recognized her, began to tell his story, the wife recognized him; she promised the merchant to marry him immediately after she told the story to the king; she brought B., he began to tell, the king recognized his brother; he appointed B. as a military leader, expelled the merchant, all was well]: Damant 1975: 260-254.

South Asia. Himachali- Pahari [a raja asks his six daughters, five answer that their blessed destiny is in his hands, they owe everything to him; the sixth: in no one's, whatever will be, will be; her father wants to kill her, then orders to take her to the forest; there she sits in a palanquin, prays, Mahadeva heard her, sends servants to give her food; she sees a damp spot on the ground, digs the earth, finds water and much gold, builds a palace; the raja learns about her, returns, asks forgiveness; leaving, asks his daughters what to bring them; the sixth daughter wants a casket; he buys it for a lot of money; the girl waves a fan over it, a prince comes out of the casket; the sisters learn about this, sprinkle glass on the bed, the prince is wounded, goes to his world, does not appear from the casket; the girl goes to look for him, under a tree she hears an eagle talking to a parrot; eagle: the glass will come out of the prince's body if he is rubbed with dung from an eagle's nest ; the girl dresses up as a fakir, comes to the prince's father, heals him, asks for his ring, bow and arrows as a reward; the prince reappears from the casket, the girl shows him the ring and bow and arrows, everything is explained, the prince takes her as his wife]: Dracott 1906: 20-30; Kumaoni [the headman drives a poor Brahmin, he goes to the cemetery; the cemetery demon pishach tells him to hide in a tree; four rakshasas came, ate the demon; one said that silver was buried under the tree, another, that if you feed the excrement of a bird living in the tree to a 70-year-old, he will become 10 years old in appearance, the third, that if you throw clay at a mouse, it will leave its precious necklace, the fourth, that if you build a house on such and such a mountain, the house will contain gold stones; Brahmin treats a leper king, asks for a mountain as a gift, builds a house there, becomes rich; the headman goes to the same cemetery, the rakshasas ate him]: Minaev 1968, No. 42: 101-104; Punjabis (Seraiki, Multan) [The Good and the Evil were walking together, stopped to eat; ate the Good's food, and the Evil agreed to share water only in exchange for the Good's eyes; pushed the blind man into a dry well and left; he hears a snake, a swan, and Deh talking on a banyan tree; swan: my droppings restore sight ; Snake: I hid treasures in a cave, they can be gotten only by lifting the lid with a branch of this banyan tree; Deh: I cast a shadow on the princess, she fell ill, she will be cured by bathing in an infusion of the leaves of this banyan tree; The Good Man cured his eyes, cured the princess, got her as his wife; the Evil Man came, out of envy accused the Good Man of being a shudra; the Good Man brought the Snake's treasure: how can a shudra have so much money? The Evil Man himself climbed into the well; the Snake, the Swan and the Deh found him and killed him]: Mehta 2011: 189-192.

The Caucasus - Asia Minor. Crimean Tatars [there lived a great sultan; and what did he not have in his palace? everything, except for bird's milk; but no children; the sultan went on a journey; the old man gave him an apple: eat a third yourself, a third - your wife, a third - the mare; a son will be born, except me no one should know his name; after the birth of the son, the people are indignant: why is the boy not given a name; at the last moment a dervish came, gave the name Shash-Smail; slapped the boy on the back: may your back not bow before the power of people"; he named the foal Hamer-tai; "may no bird of the sky overtake you"; the sultan kept his son locked up in the yard for 18 years; ShS fell ill, the reason is unclear; drunkards offer to let him go to them - he will tell everything; ShS saw Guluzar-khanym in a dream; the messengers returned, but G. was not found; then ShS mounted his G. and rode off in search; arrived at the palace of the beautiful Gulberi; she was in grief: her 7 brothers had gone to war and never returned; ShS destroyed the enemies, the brothers gave him G., but ShS did not touch her; he left, promising to return in a year; an Arab in the desert: my master lacks only one human head to finish building the fortress; ShS defeated the enemy, he took off his clothes, and before him was the beautiful Guzel-batyr; ShS wanted to part with her too, but she rode with him for Gulberi; the old woman said that she was getting married today; Guljuzar agreed, they ran; at a halt ShS fell asleep on Gulberi's lap, and Guljuzar fought with the army pursuing them; seeing that her two brothers were killed, Guljuzar shed a tear, ShS woke up; by this time the enemy had already been destroyed; On the way home, SS captured the sister of the seven brothers and began to live at home with three wives; but SS's father himself fell in love with Guluzar; she has an all-seeing mirror: her father dug a hole for SS to fall into; the next time, her father offered poison, but his wife told SS to eat only what her dog tried; the third time, her father invited his son to play chess; the loser will allow himself to be tied up; SS easily broke the ropes; father: in whose lies your strength? SS: in the little finger of your right hand; her father bandaged his little finger, SS became weaker than a child; her father ordered him to be blinded and thrown into a well in the desert; Guluzar destroys the warriors sent after her; SS hears the conversation of the birds in the well: if you touch your eyes with my feather , then the blind will see; drops the feather; [ShS regained his sight, untied his little finger, climbed out of the well, destroyed his father's army; his father was executed, ShS met his wives and ascended the throne]: Kondaraki 1875, No. 8: 92-108; Nogays [the khan sees how the son of a servant helped him; grieves that he himself is childless; the old man gives him an apple to eat half and half with his wife and gives the other to the mare and stallion; Ismail and the heroic horse Myasir are born; I. fell in love, but the girl's father took her away; I. killed the diva who intended to take another girl, her brothers give her to I.; defeated the Arab hero, received his sister; takes away the bride, who was going to be given to another; I.'s father wants to kill him in order to take possession of his three wives; I. says that he will not be able to break the only thing is the bowstring of his bow; the father orders to steal the bow, I. is tied up, blinded, abandoned in the mountains; he hears a conversation between two pigeons: if you dip their feathers in a spring and run them over your eye sockets , you will regain your sight; the pigeons leave their feathers, I. is healed; he orders his Arab wife to hack his father to death; [becomes khan]: Nogai 1979, No. 14: 65-75; Armenians [the king ordered to grow a garden; the old man says that the garden lacks a nightingale; the king sends his sons for the nightingale; the old man teaches the youngest to whistle to call a mare; she will carry him over a mountain that sometimes rises to the sky, sometimes falls; the door hinges in the house must be oiled; the gold and silver vessels must be swapped near the sleeping princess; eat pilaf, pour ashes into the cauldron; take away the cage with the nightingale; on the way back the brothers gave the youngest bread and water in exchange for his eyes, took away the cage; the blinded man hears the dove explaining to the chick: put the eyes into the eye sockets and touch with this feather ; the young man regained his sight, but swapped his eyes and became cross-eyed; the brothers gave the nightingale to their father, but the nightingale does not sing; under the guise of a bald shepherd, having pulled a ram's stomach over his head, the younger brother hired himself out as a gardener to his father; at that time a beauty appeared and began to ask who had carried off the nightingale; the older brothers answered incorrectly, and she turned them into doves; the imaginary shepherd confessed, the queen married him, and at his request returned the brothers to human form; the king gave the throne to his youngest son]: Kagan 1898c, No. 28: 219-223; Azerbaijanis (Shushinsky district of Elisavetpol province) [Tsar Melik-Nadir orders to kill daughters; leaving, orders his son Gazanfar to kill his sister if she is born; he took pity on the girl; MN returned, orders to execute both, the nobleman persuaded to send them into the desert; G. kills seven divs, throws them into a well; the sister throws the remains of food there, one div survived, became strong; G. agrees with his sister to kill him - to pretend to be sick, ask to bring 1) a melon from the garden of the divs; G. defeated the heroine, she fell in love with him, gave him a flying horse, G. brought a melon; 2) apples from the garden of the divs; the heroine's wife orders to feed the terrible dog, greet the bridge; the seven-headed div orders the bridge and the dog to stop the kidnapper, they refuse; the wife replaced the apples; 3) the fat tail of a ram with branched horns that lives in the north; G. brought it, but his wife replaced it with a regular one, keeping the magic fat tail; the sister suggests that G. tie his hands to test his strength; when G. cannot break the rope, the div chopped him into pieces, put him in a sack, tied him to a donkey, and drove him into the forest; G.'s dogs guarded the donkey, the wife found it, revived it with a medicine made from the fat tail and magic apples; G. cut off the div's hands and feet, burned his sister; returned to his father; found a portrait of the beautiful Shahbaz-Pari in a chest; G. goes after her; takes as his companion the giant Kara-Kulamali, who killed all the babies in the village; he defeats the army, gives the beauty to G., warns him not to step on the carpet that his father will spread (he himself will want to take possession of the beauty), not to untie the hands of the old man - this is the seven-headed div; G. untied the old man, he carried off the beauty; G. called K., he brought him to the beauty, she found out that the life of the div is in a bottle, G. broke it; the father sends a vizier with G. with the order to destroy G.; in the desert the vizier rips out G.'s eyes in exchange for water; K. saved him ( two doves: my pen can restore sight ), burned his father and the vizier, married the beauty]: Bogoyavlensky 1899, No. 13: 109-120; Azerbaijanis [brothers Merd ("magnanimous") and Namerd ("treacherous") went to look for work; N. suggested eating M.'s provisions first, but then did not share his own; agreed to feed M., having taken out his eyes, but did not give him any food, and 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 feather, they need to run it over the eyes inserted into the eye sockets , and they will begin to see again; M. regained his sight, took the gold, bought a dog, cured the padishah's daughter of madness with her blood, and married her; he sees N., forgives her, he goes to spend the night in the forest, and the animals tear him to pieces]: Marchenko 1993: 270-275; Kurds [having given birth to a daughter, a shepherd's wife hears three doves telling her to name her Golbarin; if she laughs, roses will fall from the sky, if she cries, it will rain; accompanied by her aunt, G. is sent off to be the padishah's son's wife; the aunt feeds the girl salty food, gives her water in exchange for eyes, dresses her ugly daughter in her clothes; the shepherd picks up a blind girl, she tells him to exchange her roses for eyes in the city; the doves teach her to wash her eyes in a spring, to run a feather over them , G. regains her sight; she goes into service to her aunt; she receives beautiful clothes from the doves; the shepherd's son recognizes her as a true bride, the heads of the aunt and her daughter are chopped off, the shepherd is invited to live in the palace]: Farizov, Rudenko 1959: 29-33.