Plant Lore, Legends, and Lyrics / Embracing the Myths, Traditions, Superstitions, and Folk-Lore of the Plant Kingdom

by Richard Folkard

Index to Legends and Myths.

• Acis and Galatea, [532]
• Adam, Eve, the Wolf, and the Dog, [362]
• Adam’s Tree, [303]
• Ajax, [404]
• Albertus Magnus, [133]
• Ali Baba and the Sesame, [544]
• Amaracus, [433]
• Amaranthus, [212]
• Andromeda, [214]
• Arabian Priests and Cinnamon, [283]
• Argonauts, [81], [249]
• Arjuna, the Betel Thief, [251]
• Aroth, Maroth, and the Beauty, [577]
• Aspen and the Flight into Egypt, [230]
• Aspen and the Passion, [229]
• Aspic and Balm-tree, [239]
• Asses and Hemlock, [145]
• Atalanta and Hippomenes, [218]
• Atys and Agdistis, [210]
• Atys and Cybele, [495]

• Baldr and the Mistletoe, [440]
• Balm Trees of Cairo, [124]
• Bachelier and the Anemone, [216]
• Bacchus and the Pomegranate, [499]
• Batou and the Cedar, [275]
• Bertram and the Heartsease, [484]
• Birth of Vishnu, [241]
• Blacksmith changed to a Bear, [250]
• Bonze and the Mouse, [513]
• Bosworth Field, [360]
• Buddha, [4], [420], [491]
• Buddha and Mâra, [4]
• Bushman Rice, [514]

• Callimachus and the Acanthus, [206]
• Calchas and Mopsus, [335]
• Ceres and Proserpine, [504]
• Chang Ching and the Fairy, [449]
• Charlemagne and the Thistle, [269]
• Chinese Trees of Love, [274]
• Clairon and the Violets, [581]
• Clovis, [387]
• Clytie and Phœbus, [365]
• Cosmogonic Lotus, [419]
• Cossacks and Tartars, [286]
• Crocus and Smilax, [299]
• Crown Imperial, [347]
• Cyanus and the Cornflower, [277]
• Cyparissus, [302]
• Czekanka, [326]

• Danes and the Thistle, [562]
• Daphne and Phœbus, [404]
• Daughter of the Laurel, [408]
• Death of Buddha, [539]
• Devil and Blackberries, [258]
• Devil and the Oats, [472]
• Devil and the Reed, [512]
• Devil’s Brother, [451]
• Dewadat and Buddha, [268]
• Diarmuid and Grainne, [531]
• Duke of Tuscany’s Gardener, [392]
• Dryope, [417]

• Earl of Essex’s Horses, [445]
• Elm of Ethiopia, [131]
• Emperor of China, [447]
• Envious Sisters, [436]
• Erisichthon, [77]
• Esthonian Peasant, [254]
• Eugénie and Napoleon III., [581]
• Eve and the Snowdrop, [546]

• Fairy Wife, [356]
• Fairy Widower, [333]
• Faithful Wife, [551]
• Falcon and Soma, [439]
• Fatal Elopement, [582]
• Father Garnet’s Straw, [134]
• Fig of Paradise, [127]
• Fir-tree Elf, [65]
• First Roses, [515]
• Flora and Zephyr, [215]
• Forget-me-not, [342]
• Fulke and the Plantagenets, [260]

• Garden of the Lower Regions, [223]
• Gefroi and the Broom, [260]
• Glastonbury Thorn, [352]
• Glaucus, [541]
• Golden Apples, [477]
• Grey Horse, [265]

• Hanpang and Ho, [274]
• Hercules and Cerberus, [442]
• Holy Family and Date Palm, [312]
• Holy Rose of Jericho, [528]
• Honor Garrigan and the Blackberries, [259]
• Hoopoe and Springwort, [142]
• Hop-o’-my-Thumb, [263]
• Hulda and the Selige Fräulein, [340]
• Hyacinthus, [383]

• Ianthis, [578]
• Ice Mountain, [223]
• Iduna and the Apples, [217]
• Indra and Namuchi, [207]
• Io, [578]
• Iosbert, [519]
• Isabella and the Basil, [246]
• Iseult and Tristan, [389]
• Isis and Osiris, [560]

• James, Duke of Monmouth, [257]
• Jehanghir and Attar of Roses, [521]
• Jesus Christ and the Broom, [260]
• Jesus Christ and the Apples, [222]
• Juno and Hercules, [397], [412]
• Jussieu and the Cedar, [274]

• Kang Wou and the Cassia, [271]
• Khatties, The, [116]
• King Midas and the Barber, [511]
• King Oswald and the Moss, [445]
• Kissos, [388]

• La Cour and the Tuberose, [568]
• Ladislas and the Plague, [350]
• Laurel Maiden, [75]
• Leucothea, [346]
• Lieschi, the Geni of the Forest, [253]
• Life-giving Herb, [144]
• Lords of Linden, [416]
• Lotus and Priapus, [417]
• Luckflower, [112]
• Lycurgus and the Cabbage, [264]

• Macbeth and Sweno, [546]
• Magic Fern-seed, [330]
• Magic Flute, [431]
• Magic Mustard-seed, [453]
• Magic Pumpkin, [507]
• Magic Thistle, [562]
• Magic Violin-bow, [81]
• Main de Gloire, [428]
• Malvina and Oscar, [308]
• Mandrake, [426]
• Maria Theresa and the Camellia, [266]
• Maschia and Maschiäna, [301]
• McDonough’s Baby, [361]
• Melampus and Hellebore, [368]
• Melius and the Apple, [218]
• Mercury and his Rod, [362]
• Mexican Water Age, [435]
• Mignonette, [437]
• Milkmaid and Enchanted Cow, [288]
• Millet-thief, [438]
• Milto, [518]
• Minerva and the Olive, [473]
• Monastery of St. Christine, [257]
• Murdered Virgin, [591]
• Myrene, [454]
• Myrrha, [453]

• Narcissus, [457]
• Novice and the Styrax, [131]

• Oak of Signa, [469]
• Olive-bearing Birds, [143]
• Ominous Red Rose, [199]
• Orchis and Acolasia, [478]
• Origin of the Tea-shrub, [561]
• Orpheus and the Elms, [323]
• Osmund and the Danes, [479]

• Pæon and Æsculapius, [493]
• Pæonia and Phœbus, [493]
• Parizataco, [534]
• Pales and the Fishermen, [209]
• Pelops and Myrtillus, [252]
• Pélé, Goddess of the Volcano, [585]
• Perkun and the Deluge, [583]
• Phaethon and the Heliades, [502]
• Philemon and Baucis, [414]
• Phyllis and Demophoon, [210]
• Picts and Heather Beer, [365]
• Pilgrim and the Palm, [481]
• Polydorus and Polymnestor, [295]
• Postomani, [505]
• Prophetic Trees of Basle, [198]
• Proserpine and the Pomegranate, [500]
• Pyramus and Thisbe, [447]
• Pythagoras and the Beans, [247]

• Queen Christiania’s Diamonds, [213]
• Queen of Sheba and Solomon, [18], [19], [303]
• Queen of the Serpents, [451]

• Ranunculus, [510]
• Rhodanthe, [515]
• Rhœcus and Jupiter, [463]
• Rosa Marina, [527]
• Rose and the Sun, [516]
• Rose Elf, [66]
• Rose of Bakawali, [570]
• Rübezahl, [509]
• Russalka and Basilek, [278]

• Sacaibu and the First Men, [296]
• Santon Akyazli, [381]
• Sappho and Phaon, [327]
• Satan and the Eglantine, [317]
• Sâvitri, [65]
• Seth and the Angel, [18], [19]
• Seven Oaks, [471]
• Seven Sisters, [324]
• Shepherd of Ilsenstein, [552]
• Shepherdess and the Oak, [468]
• Side, [500]
• Sister of the Flowers, [76]
• Sivika and the Magic Wheat, [293]
• Stone Tree, [126]
• St. Benedict and Antidotes to Poison, [374]
• St. Benedict and the Rose-briar, [525]
• St. Brigid, [468]
• St. Cecilia, [133]
• St. Christopher, [482]
• St. Dorothea, [133], [222]
• St. Dunstan and the Devil, [223]
• St. Dunstan and the Apple-trees, [223]
• St. Elizabeth of Hungary, [133], [519]
• St. Francis of Assisi, [519]
• St. Leonard and the Dragon, [414]
• St. Margaret of Cortona, [432]
• St. Martin’s Yew, [591]
• St. Patrick and the Shamrock, [545]
• St. Peter’s Mother, [410]
• St. Rosa di Lima, [519]
• St. Serf, [219]
• St. Thomas and the Madonna, [413]
• St. Thomas and his Tree, [130]
• Syrinx and Pan, [559]

• Thlaspis, [268]
• Thorn of Cawdor Castle, [362]
• Titteli Ture, [555]
• Tree of Adam, [17], [19]
• Tree of Tiberias, [132]
• Trees and the Cross, [386]
• Trees and the Crucifixion, [48]
• Trees and their Monarch, [474]
• Trees of the Sun and Moon, [123]

• Ulysses and the Lotos Eaters, [418]
• Ulysses and the Moly, [442]

• Venus and Adonis, [214], [341], [411]
• Venus and the Rose, [516]
• Venus and the Violet Nymphs, [579]
• Venus’ Mirror, [267]
• Veronica, [550]
• Vertumnus and the Nymph, [307]
• Virgin Mary and St. John, [483]
• Virgin Mary and the Cherry-tree, [279]
• Virgin Mary and the Fig-tree, [558]
• Virgin Mary and the Juniper, [395]
• Virgin Mary and the Lupine, [423]
• Virgin Mary and the Orange-tree, [478]
• Virgin Mary and the Palm, [481]
• Virgin Mary and the Pine, [496]
• Virgin Mary and the Rosemary, [526]
• Virgin Mary and the Strawberry, [556]

• Walnut-tree of Benevento, [584]
• Wandering Jew, [238]
• Wang Chih and the Date-stone, [312]
• Watcher of the Roads, [325], [498]
• Water Lily of Paradise, [463]
• White Maidens of the Fichtelgebirge, [556]
• Wild Woman and the Shepherdess, [253]
• William the Conqueror, [533]
• Willow Nymph, [81]
• Witches and Alder Wood, [209]
• Withered Tree of the Sun, [130], [131]
• Wonderful Linden-tree, [415]
• Woodpecker and the Spring-wort, [141], [551]
• World of the Lower Regions, [577]

• Xerxes and the Plane-tree, [497]

• Zoroaster, [521]