INDEX
G. = Gypsy, and Gs. = Gypsies.
‘Accursed Garden, The,’ [232].
Actors, Gs. as, [124].
Africa, Gs. in, [ix], [xxxviii]–[xli].
Agareni, [xxii].
‘Aladdin,’ [90], [218], [219].
‘Ali Baba,’ [li].
American Gs., [ix], [xv]–[xvii].
Animals, grateful. See Grateful animals.
Apple causing horns to grow, [85]–[86].
Apples turning into donkey, [98].
Revivifying apple, [29], [57].
Apples of pregnancy, [36], [40], [65], [66].
Golden apple-tree and apples, [26], [27], [135], [137], [182], [183], [220], [225], [227].
Arabian Nights, [57], [72], [168].
Arabic and Rómani, [xxxiii].
Arrows, [li], [79], [80], [259].
Ash-hole, sitting in, or by stove, [155], [235], [242], [267], [268].
Asia Minor, [lxiv n].
Australia, Gs. in, [xvii], [xviii].
‘Bad Mother, The,’ [24].
Baht or bakht, fortune, [53 n].
‘Baldpate,’ [4].
Ball of yarn, thread, etc, [221], [222], [233], [234], [254], [255], [268].
Barbu Constantinescu, Dr., [lii], [liii].
Basque-speaking G., [xxxix].
Bataillard, Paul, [x], [xxix], [xl], [xli].
‘Beam, The,’ [lxxxi].
Bear, [31], [228], [272]–[78].
Bear-wards, [xliii], [xliv].
‘Beauty and the Beast,’ [l].
‘Beautiful Mountain, The,’ [107].
Bell of Antermony, John, [xxxvii].
Bellerophon letter, [10], [134].
Bellows, [xx], [xxvi], [lxiv n], [248], [285]–[286 n].
‘Binnorie,’ [132].
Bird-maidens. See Swan-maidens.
Birds, summoning the, [38], [40], [214], [254], [255].
Queen of the birds, [59].
Prophetic and talking birds, [lxxix], [6], [9], [115], [116], [256].
Bird, stealing a, [106], [185]–[187], [284].
Birth-marks, [17], [72], [121]–[23], [181], [236], [241].
‘Black Dog of the Wild Forest,’ [267].
‘Black Lady, The,’ [256].
Blind mother of dragon, [84], [143].
Blindness cured, [78], [79], [113], [115], [122], [123], [187].
Blood, Mountains of, [32].
‘Blue Belt, The,’ [35].
‘Blue Light, The,’ [103].
Boat-dwelling Scotch tinkers, [lix].
‘Bobby Rag,’ [198].
Bohemian-G. story, [151]–[54].
Bologna, Gs. in 1422 at, [x]–[xii].
Book, magic, [11], [12], [254].
Boots. See Youngest son.
Bow and arrows, [259].
Bread cast on water to discover drowned body, [139].
Breaking through to steal, [146 n].
Bride, Forsaken, [li].
Bridge, [12], [268], [269].
Golden bridge, [xlviii], [23].
‘Brigands and Miller’s Daughter,’ [168].
‘Brother Lustig,’ [249].
Brothers of the Cross, [80 n], [93].
‘Brown Bear of the Green Glen,’ [272].
Bukowina-G. stories, [liii], [29]–[34], [61]–[129], [181].
‘Bull-calf, De Little,’ [205]. [[297]]
Burning, punishment of, [28], [71], [74], [94], [102], [175], [201], [204], [256].
Bursting of monster, [18 n].
Bushel to measure money with, [113], [117], [170], [263].
Cake and blessing or curse, [lxxvii], [219], [257].
Callot, Jacques, [xxxvii].
Campbell of Islay, J. F., [xlv]–[xlvii], [lviii]–[lxi].
His West Highland Tales, [lxxvi]–[lxxx], [3], [12], [124], [171 n], [188], [192], [233], [242], [243], [255], [262].
Candle, shining like a, [16], [17], [95], [105].
Cannibalism, [lxxiii], [lxxiv], [37], [61], [66], [165], [181].
Cards, playing, [28], [117], [120], [184], [256].
Carlyle’s, Mrs., G. ancestry, [51].
Carriageful of money, [73], [82], [90], [113].
Cart, winged, [93].
‘Caruseddu,’ [109].
Castles of copper, silver, and gold, [xlvi], [60], [233]–[34], [244], [245].
Cat, [xlvi], [li], [117]–[120].
Catalonian-G. story, [249].
Chair that one cannot rise out of, [248].
Chaldæan version of Tobit, [3].
Challenge to war, [65], [119].
Chaltsmide, [xxii].
Chamber, forbidden, [25], [30], [256].
Cheese-squeezing, [84], [206].
‘Childe Rowland,’ [40].
Childlessness, [liii], [21], [24], [36], [65], [175].
China, Gs. in, [xxxvii], [xxxviii].
Chinganéros, [xvii].
Church and priest, transformation into, [lxxi], [127], [196].
Chutilla the Handless, [111].
‘Cinderella,’ [259].
Cloak of darkness, [164].
Clock, musical and rejuvenating, [54].
Club, hurling a. See Mace.
Cock-crow, [14], [15], [38], [40], [113], [279].
Comb, magic, [64], [126], [127].
Conception, miraculous, [201], [258].
Copper, palace or castle of, [xlvi], [60], [233]–[34], [244], [245].
Corfu, Gs. in, [xix], [xx], [xlii].
Cosquin’s Contes de Lorraine, [3], [52], [72], [79], [85], [90], [109], [117], [120], [128], [175], [197], [246].
Covenant as to new-born child, [102], [103], [125].
Crabs in ‘Master Thief,’ [45], [47], [52], [53].
‘Creation of the Violin, The,’ [131].
Crete, Gs. in, [xix], [xxii n].
Crofton, Mr. H. T., [xiv].
Cross, brothers of the, [80 n], [93].
Cross-roads, [85], [90], [220], [236].
Crown floats on to future king’s head, [xlv], [97].
Nuptial crown, [21].
Crucifixion. See Nails.
‘Cudgel, bestir thyself,’ [lvi n], [251].
Cufic coins, [lxxiv].
‘Cymbeline,’ [lxvii], [121]–[4].
Danubiani, [xix].
Dasent’s Norse tales, [3], [12], [35], [50], [161], [171], [233], [234], [255], [257], [258], [271].
Days of week personified, [31]–[33].
‘Dead Man’s Gratitude, The,’ [1].
Death, resuscitation from, [8], [18], [28], [33], [94], [99], [103], [270].
‘Death the Sweetheart,’ [140].
‘Deluded Dragon, The,’ [80], [144].
Devil, [19], [93], [94], [112]–[114], [117]–[118], [125]–[127], [141]–[143], [191]–[194], [248], [249], [278]–[282].
‘Dog and the Maiden, The,’ [138].
Omniscient dog, [143].
Helpful dogs, [268]–[271].
Black Dog, [267].
Donkey-apples, [98].
Donkey-cabbages, [99].
Doom, pronouncing one’s own, [74], [89].
Dragon, [2], [6], [7], [9], [20], [24], [30]–[34], [62], [78], [80]–[85], [85]–[87], [110], [143]–[144], [151]–[154], [166]–[167], [205]–[208], [219], [252], [253].
Drama and Gs., [124].
Drowned body, recovery of, [139].
Dumplings, leaden, [152].
Dwarf, [75], [76], [243]–[246].
Dynamitters, [xxxii].
Eagles, [78], [79], [198], [214], [215], [274], [275].
Egypt, Gs. in, [xix].
Elven, Professor H. van, [xli], [xlii]. [[298]]
‘Enchanted City, The,’ [117].
English-G. stories, [130], [198]–[208].
Fairies, [lxiii], [77], [78], [133], [138], [141], [143], [155], [160], [178], [258], [259].
‘Fairy Bride,’ [259].
‘Faithful John,’ [9].
Fata and Moirai, [138].
Feast or ball given, [70], [73], [85], [158], [174], [198], [203].
Feather, magic, [lxx], [105], [108], [109], [167 n].
Feats. See Tasks.
Feet, vampire detected by, [14].
‘Ferdinand the Faithful,’ [109].
‘Fiend, The,’ [18].
Fire, undying, [30].
‘Five Trades, The,’ [234].
Flags, red, black, and white, [110].
Fleabite, [82].
Flower, transformation into a, [lxix], [16 n], [17], [19], [195].
‘Flying Trunk, The,’ [103].
‘Follower, The,’ [3].
‘Foolish Brother and the Wonderful Bush, The,’ [154].
‘Fool with the Sheep, The,’ [262].
Footprints, detection by, [101].
Forbidden chamber, [25], [30], [256].
Forest, felling a, [22], [23], [64], [126], [191], [243], [255].
Forsaken Bride, [l].
Fortune-telling, [xi], [xii], [xiv], [xv], [xviii], [12].
Fox, [82].
‘De Little Fox,’ [200].
‘Mr. Fox,’ [175], [200].
‘The Fox,’ [283].
‘Frederick and Catherine,’ [266].
Friday personified, [31].
Frogs, [213].
Fruits of pregnancy. See Apple.
Gesta Romanorum, [lxvi], [lxvii], [90].
Giant, [108], [252], [273], [274], [284].
‘Girl sold to the Devil,’ [161].
Glass mountain, [255].
Goat, riding a, [78].
God, [20], [30], [65], [66], [73], [74], [102], [103], [129], [163], [205], [249], [250]–[2].
‘Godfather Death,’ [liv].
‘God’s Godson,’ [20].
Gold, Gs. as workers in, [xxv], [xxvi].
Golden apple-tree and apples, [26], [27], [135], [137], [182], [183], [220], [225], [227].
Golden children, [17], [70]–[72].
Golden God, [48], [188].
Golden fir-trees, [68].
Golden hen, [178], [179], [192].
Golden lambs, [68].
‘Golden Bird and the Good Hare, The,’ [182].
Gonzenbach’s, Laura, Sicilian folk-tales, [3], [35], [51], [109], [164], [182], [188].
Grateful or helpful animals, [34], [38]–[41], [99], [108], [125], [126], [185]–[187], [208], [213]–[220], [268]–[271].
‘Grateful Dead, The,’ [1].
Greek folk-tales. See Hahn.
Greek loan-words in Rómani, [xxxii].
‘Green Man of Noman’s Land, The,’ [lxxvi], [lxxvii], [197], [254].
Griffin of the Greenwood, [223].
Grimm, [l], [lxvi], [9], [35], [51], [57], [62], [72], [79], [85], [90], [99], [103], [109], [117], [120], [129], [130], [138], [143], [145], [151], [175], [188], [208], [219], [242], [246], [249], [257], [262], [266].
Gun, never-missing, [30], [35].
Hahn’s Greek folk-tales, [xlviii], [lxv], [9], [17], [24], [35], [51], [62], [79], [85], [94], [99], [103], [112], [144], [151], [182], [218], [221], [258], [263], [267].
Hair, feather, fin, etc., summoning by a, [lxx], [38], [120].
Hammer, hurling a. See Mace.
Handkerchief, identification by, [161], [165], [225], [230 n].
Ordeal by handkerchief, [230], [231].
Hare, [34], [50], [81], [99], [185]–[187], [208].
Head impaled on stake, [39], [257], [258], [284].
Head cut off, to transform, [225], [226], [227], [270], [271].
Heart as token of death, [29], [35], [198].
Hedgehog, [lxxiv], [lxxxi], [257].
Helpful animals. See Grateful animals.
‘Hen that laid Diamonds, The,’ [95].
Hen, golden, [178], [179], [182].
Hero, [20], [24], [62], [65], [66]. [[299]]
Hop-o’-my-thumb trick, [105], [109].
Horns caused by eating apple, [85], [86].
Horse, binding to a wild, [70].
Talking horse, [104]–[109].
Winged horse, [26], [27], [40], [91], [125].
Hungarian-G. stories, [liii], [liv], [19], [34], [48], [174], [208].
‘Huntsman, The Skilful,’ [151].
Husk-myths, [li], [21]–[24], [200]–[204], [228].
India, king of, [li].
Indian parallels, [l], [lii], [lvi n], [lxviii]–[lxxi], [9], [12], [13], [14], [24], [35], [66], [72], [80], [85], [86], [92], [99], [103]–[104], [117], [132], [146] n, [168], [175], [197], [208], [219], [234], [256], [263], [266]–[7].
Indian origin of Rómani, [xxxiii]–[xxxv].
Invisible cloak, [104].
Ireland, Gs. in, [lxxix], [lxxx].
‘It all comes to Light,’ [67].
‘Jack and his Golden Snuffbox,’ [209].
‘Jack the Giant-killer,’ [3].
‘Jack the Robber,’ [48], [260].
Jacobs, Mr. Joseph, [lxviii], [lxxv], [lxxxiii], [40], [218], [232].
‘Jealous Husband, The,’ [121].
‘Jean de l’Ours,’ [79], [90], [246].
Jews, [1], [2], [57], [122], [162], [175]–[181].
Kidneys, man deprived of, [62]–[64].
‘King of the Golden Mountain,’ [120].
King of the Serpents, [li].
‘Knight of Riddles, The,’ [12].
Kopernicki, Dr. I., [liv], [lv].
‘Koschei the Dauntless,’ [90].
Kounavine, Michael I., [lxii], [lxiii].
Lang, Mr. Andrew, [lxxii]–[lxxiv].
Langari, [xlii].
‘Little Bull-calf, De,’ [205].
‘Little Fox, De,’ [200].
‘Little Snow-white,’ [l].
Liverpool, ‘Greek Gs.’ at, [xlii].
Loaf, inexhaustible, [30], [67], [71], [275].
Lousing, [156], [157], [192 n].
Lowbeys, [xvii].
Luck personified, [53].
MacDonald, John, [lviii]–[lxi].
Mace, hurling a, [37], [40], [63], [64], [110], [152], [153].
MacRitchie, Mr. David, [xv], [xxxvii], [xliii], [182].
‘Made over to the Devil,’ [125].
‘Magic Shirt, The,’ [289].
Manneken, [258].
Manoli, [13].
Marionettes and Gs., [124].
‘Master Smith,’ [247]–[9], [291].
‘Master Thief,’ [41]–[53], [109].
‘Merchant of Venice,’ [124], [171].
Metallurgy, G., [xvii], [xxiv]–[xxxii], [lxxxi], [46]–[8], [285]–[6 n].
Mid-day. See Noon.
Migrations, G., [lxxiv].
Miklosich, Franz von, [liii].
Miller’s daughter, [168], [175].
Millstone, [127].
Moirai, [138].
Money, contest in, [97], [99].
Montanéros, [xvii].
Moon personified, [31].
Moravian-G. story, [144]–[151].
‘Mother’s Chastisement, The,’ [29].
Nails of Crucifixion, [xxvii]–[xxx].
Names: Manoli, [13];
Nita, [14];
Handak, [20];
Silvester, [30];
Peterkin, [59];
Jankos, [73], [141];
Marishka, [73];
Nastasa, [90];
Paul the Wild, [92];
Dorohýj Kúpec, [93];
Tropsyn, [104];
Peter Pretty-face, [110];
Chutilla, [111];
Mara, [131];
Nameless, [134];
Halenka, [141];
Bruntslikos, [151];
Jack, [209], [220], [252], [257], [260], [262], [268];
Valentine and Oliver, [220];
Jubal, [228];
Ashypelt, [235];
John, [235], [272], [278];
Winter, [266];
Brian, [283];
Sheen Billy, [289].
‘Nastasa the Fair,’ [90].
Needles to keep one awake, [59], [183].
Needle and thread to track vampire by, [15].
Negro folk-tale, [291]. [[300]]
Nether world. See World.
‘New Han’, De,’ [291].
Nibelungenlied, [95].
Noon or one o’clock, [27], [32], [223].
‘Norka, The,’ [62].
Obstacles to check advance or pursuit, [64], [65], [126], [127].
‘Old King and his Three Sons,’ [220].
‘Old Smith, The,’ [247].
‘Old Soldier, The,’ [250].
Ordeal, [lxv], [79], [89], [90], [230], [231].
‘Osborn’s Pipe,’ [258].
Other world. See World.
Otter King, [xlviii].
‘Ox, The Stolen,’ [219].
Parents, recognition of, [73], [258], [276], [277].
Paris, Gs. in 1427 at, [xii], [xiii].
Paspati, Dr. A. G., [xlix].
Peter, St., [20], [30], [65], [249], [252].
Place-names:
White Sea and Black Sea, [4];
Bucharest, [53], [56];
Paris, [54];
Vienna, [54];
Bukowina, [69], [70], [85];
Vah river, [72];
Danube, [106], [121];
England, [220];
London, [227];
Epping Forest, [229];
Melváles, [230];
North Wales, [232];
Forest of Dean, [235];
Montford Bridge, [262];
Ireland, [267];
Erin, [272], [289];
Greece, [283].
Polish-G. stories, [liv], [lv], [154]–[197].
Polygamy, G., [lxxiii].
Portrait, falling in love with a, [4], [94], [95], [176].
Pregnancy. See Apple.
‘Pretty-face,’ [110].
Price, Cornelius, [lvi], [lvii], [48].
‘Prince and the Wizard, The,’ [62].
‘Prince, his Comrade, and Nastasa the Fair, The,’ [90].
‘Princess on the Glass Hill,’ [161].
‘Prince who ate Men, The,’ [66].
‘Princess and the Forester’s Son,’ [144].
Puppet-shows and Gs., [124].
Pursuit, [126], [127], [195]–[7].
Queen of the Birds, [59].
Ralston’s Russian folk-tales, [12], [18], [35], [41], [62], [94], [121], [128], [161], [197], [234], [249].
Ranking, Dr. D. F., [lix].
Recognition of parents, [73], [258], [276].
‘Red King and the Witch, The,’ [58].
Resuscitation from death, [8], [18], [28], [33], [94], [103], [247], [270].
Rhampsinitus, [52].
‘Rich and the Poor Brother, The,’ [112].
‘Riddle, The,’ [lxxviii], [9], [95].
Ring as talisman, [87]–[90].
Recognition by ring, [127], [128], [152], [154], [159], [207], [208].
Ring as life-token, [110].
‘Rivals, The,’ [181].
‘Robber-Bridegroom, The,’ [175].
Roberts, John, [lv].
Robin, [257].
Rómani or G. Language, [xxxii]–[xxxv], [lvi], [lxiii].
Room, forbidden, [25], [30], [256].
Roslin, Gs. at, [xiv], [xv], [124].
Roumanian-G. stories, [lii], [liii], [14]–[66], [219].
Roumanian Gs., [xxi], [xxii].
Russian folk-tales. See Ralston.
Saddle, magic, [164].
Saddle-bags, [28], [33], [34], [35], [120].
Sampson, Mr. John, [xliv], [lv]–[lviii].
Savagery, G., [lxxii]–[lxxiv].
Sayce, Professor, [xxxv], [3], [4].
Scotland, Gs. in, [xiv], [xv].
Scottish-Tinker stories, [272]–[290].
Seed, gathering, [125], [126], [128].
Selection of true bride, [126], [255].
Serpent-maiden, [36]–[40].
See also Snake.
Sharpshooter, [30], [35], [145].
Shelta, [lix].
Ships or boats, [1], [4]–[7], [106], [108], [109], [121], [122], [202], [210], [211], [255], [258].
Shoes of swiftness, [284].
‘Shoes that were danced to pieces,’ [143].
Sicilian tales. See Gonzenbach.
Sieve to bale water with, [193], [257].
‘Sir Amadas,’ [3].
‘Skilful Huntsman, The,’ [151].
Slave-dealers, Gs. as, [xvii].
Slavery, [xxi], [xxii], [10], [11]. [[301]]
Slavonic folk-tales. See Ralston and Wratislaw.
Sleeping Beauty, [li], [lxx], [101]–[4], [147], [224], [225], [234], [275].
Slovak-G. stories, [liv], [46]–[48], [72]–[74], [83]–[84], [141]–[144].
Smelling human flesh, [37], [78].
‘Smith, The Old,’ [250].
Snakes, [li], [21]–[24], [36]–[40], [136], [137], [219], [220], [280], [290].
‘The Snake who became the King’s Son-in-law,’ [21].
Snake-leaves, [99], [111], [112], [208].
Solario, Antonio, [lxviii].
‘Soldier, The Old,’ [250].
‘Tale of the Soldier,’ [278].
Somersault, turning a, prior to transformation, [lxv], [16 n], [24], [40], [58], [59], [68], [106], [120], [127].
Sowa, Dr. Rudolph von, [liv].
Stable, cleansing a, [255].
Stag half swallowed by serpent, [219].
Stake, head impaled on, [39], [284].
Stepfather, [205].
Stepmother, [35 n], [67]–[70], [289].
Sterility. See Childlessness.
‘Stolen Ox, The,’ [219].
Stone, turning into, [xlviii], [6], [7], [8], [9], [117], [118].
Story-tellers, Gs. as professional, [xlv], [xlvi], [xlix], [lxxx].
Stream that consumes flesh, [86].
Strength, seat of, [xlviii], [35], [119], [167].
Stripes, red, out of back, [124], [171 n].
‘Strong Hans,’ [79], [90], [246].
Swan-maidens, [li], [189], [254], [255].
Swiftness, shoes of, [284].
Sword, magic, [63], [64], [92], [119], [120], [152]–[4], [160], [284]–[8].
Oath on sword, [38].
Symon Simeonis, [xviii], [xix].
Tabu, G., [lxxiii].
Tailor, hero turns, [87]–[90].
Talisman, [87]–[90], [210]–[219].
Tannhäuser episode, [xlviii].
Tasks imposed, [li], [22], [23], [125]–[8], [191]–[5], [255], [256].
Telescope, [57].
‘Ten Rabbits, The,’ [257].
‘Three Brothers, The,’ [114].
‘Three Dragons, The,’ [151].
‘Three Girls, The,’ [141].
‘Three Golden Hairs of the Sun-king, The,’ [133].
‘Three Princesses and the Unclean Spirit, The,’ [36].
‘Three Wishes, The,’ [258].
Threshold, burial under, [19].
‘Tinker and his Wife, The,’ [lxxxi], [263].
Tinkers, Scottish, [lviii]–[lxi].
Toad, [113].
Tobit, [3].
Tobolsk, Gs. at, [xxxvii].
Tongue, Dragon’s, [154], [207], [208].
Transformation, [xlviii], [l], [li], [lii], [16], [37], [40], [58], [59], [68], [98], [99], [106], [108], [125]–[8], [141], [195]–[7], [255].
Transylvanian-G. stories, [liii], [liv], [85], [103], [131]–[140].
‘Travelling Companion, The,’ [3].
Travelling robe, [57].
Tree, plucking up a, [74].
Wife in tree, [166]–[7].
G. tree-worship, [lxxiii].
‘Tropsyn,’ [104].
Turkish-G. stories, [xlix]–[lii], [1]–[13].
‘Twopence-Halfpenny,’ [243].
‘Two Thieves, The,’ [41].
‘Valiant Little Tailor,’ [80]–[85], [143].
‘Vampire, The,’ [14], [143], [172], [257].
‘Violin, The Creation of the,’ [131].
Wagtail, [xxxi].
‘Watchmaker, The,’ [53].
Water of life and Water of death, [27], [28], [93], [94], [120].
Water transforming one’s appearance, [87], [88], [89].
Water stopped, [99], [112]–[117], [134], [136], [208].
Webster, Rev. Wentworth, [xxxix].
Wednesday personified, [33].
Welsh-G. stories, [lv]–[lviii], [48], [49], [107], [130], [174], [204], [209]–[271].
Whetstone, magic, [64], [126], [127].
Whip, fiery, [126].
Whistle, G., [193], [194], [217 n].
Wind personified, [60]. [[302]]
‘Winged Hero, The,’ [100].
Winged horse, [26], [27], [40], [91], [125].
Winged cart, [93].
‘Winter’ as G. surname, [266].
‘Wise Young Jew,’ [175].
‘Witch, The,’ [188].
Wlislocki, Dr. H. von, [liii], [liv].
Wood, Matthew, [lvi].
World, other, [25], [26], [63], [76]–[9], [86], [87], [244]–[6].
Wratislaw’s Slavonic folk-tales, [3], [24], [41], [62], [65], [72], [109], [117], [138], [154], [188], [197], [218], [234], [259].
Wrestling match, [xlviii], [152]–[4], [274].
Year and a day, [36], [212], [241].
Youngest son, [1], [59]–[62], [85]–[90], [155]–[161], [182]–[8], [220]–[234], [235]–[242], [243]–[246].
Printed by T. and A. Constable, Printers to Her Majesty at the Edinburgh University Press