Vyatka Governorate
Similar stories could be found in the "Russian Fairy Tales" collection by Alexander Afanasyev (tales No. 210 and 211), "Great Russian Fairy Tales" collection (1861) by Ivan Khudyakov (tale No. 45), "Fables and Legends of the Samara Region" (1884) by Dmitry Sadovnikov (tale No. 14) and "Great Russian Fairy Tales of the Vyatka Governorate" (1915) by Dmitry Zelenin (tale No. 52).