[1] It was later republished by György Gaal with the same title (Nemtudomka), albeit with textual differences,[2] and translated into German as Weissnitle by author Gottlieb Stier [de].
[3] The wife of a king in Scythia gives birth to a prince named Dániel, and, at the same time, a foal is born in the stables.
The general notices the horse is the one helping the prince, and tells the queen to feign illness and ask for the foal's liver as cure after the king comes home from war.
After the royal family and the staff return from church, the gardener complains to Nemtudomka and threatens to beat him to discipline him, but the princess intervenes on the latter's behalf.
Some time later, the king decides to marry his three daughters: the elder two choose princes and the youngest Nemtudomka, and they move out to a shabby hut just outside the palace.
Later, Nemtudomka's horse gives him three magical bags (one full of unlimited ammo, another with infinite food and the third able to summon an army), since his father-in-law's kingdom will soon enter a war against Kukoricza Marczi.
[4] The Hungarian Folktale Catalogue (MNK) registers type AaTh 532 as Nemtudomka (German: Klein Weißnicht;[5] English: "Little Don't Know"): the hero is threatened by his mother and her lover (or by a stepmother) and escapes with his horse to another kingdom, where is advised to always answer "Nem tudom" (Hungarian for "I don't know").
[8] In the same vein, the Hungarian Folktale Catalogue (MNK) also took notice of the great similarity between types 532 and 314, which difficulted a specific classification into one or the other.
According to Toelken, this Subtype 2 is "the oldest", being found "in Southern Siberia, Iran, the Arabian countries, Mediterranean, Hungary and Poland".
[23] According to German scholars Günther Damman and Kurt Ranke, another motif that appears in tale type ATU 314 is the hero branding his brothers-in-law during their hunt.
[26] Stith Thompson supposed that tale type 532 was "essentially a Russian development", with variants also found in Hungary, Finland and the Baltic Countries.
[8] In the same vein, Hungarian-American scholar Linda Dégh stated that the type was "particularly widespread" in the Central and Eastern regions of Europe.
[9] In a Hungarian tale published by János Berze Nagy [hu] with the title Nemtudomka, collected in Heves from an informant named Molnár Margit, a queen is pregnant, and so is a mare in the stables.
The colt takes the boy to another kingdom, tells him to find work and always utter the words "Nem tudom" ("I don't know"), and gives him its bridle to summon it.
While they are away, Nemtudomka summons his horse and asks it to provide him with silver clothes so he can ride around the garden - an event witnessed by the princess.
After the brothers-in-law boast about their hunting prowess, Nemtudonka points to their gloved hands and scarved foreheads as proof of their trickery, and tells the king the whole truth.
Miklós enters the castle and sees two large white hounds biting away at something gold: an animal's entrail, which he puts on his head.
Some time later, the eldest princess is getting married, and the court goes to church, leaving the youth Nemtudomka in the kitchen to mind the soup.
The prince takes the opportunity of everyone's absence to summon the táltos horse for a ride around the castle patio, an event witnessed by the youngest princess, who was left behind.
While people eat the soup and celebrate her sister's wedding, the youngest princess is despondent, for she misses the handsome knight.
Still, the princess falls into great despair, so the king decides she should be married off: he invites nobles and princes, but no one interests the girl.
[29] In a Hungarian tale published by ethnographer Ákos Dömötor with the title Nemtudomka, a king and queen have a son whom they protect from everything, even the winds.
His horse begins to talk and says the general is too close to the queen, and both plan to get rid of the prince, so the animal suggests he avoids eating and drinking anything they offer him, and he should escape from the kingdom.
They land in France, and the horse tells the prince to always answer "nem tudom" ("I don't know"), and to find work with the king, then gives him a whistle as a parting gift.
He doffs his idiot disguise and talks to the youngest princess, warning her to keep his secret, lest he destroys the kingdom like he did to the garden.
Nemtudomka blows on the whistle and turns the chicken coop into a nice palace with a diamond roof, and the princess bears the brunt of her sisters' mockery.
Later, the princes go on a hunt, and Nemtudomka joins them: he summons his horse and rides into the forest in a nice silver garment, then shoots at a golden eagle.
Finally, the prince puts on diamond vestments and catches a golden duck, which he agrees to give to his brothers-in-law in exchange for their canines (teeth).