G
Gabriel, The Archangel, [99], [101], [104];
wager with Voinic, [105]
Gad-fly, The, and the cattle, [114], [116]
Gaster, M., Chrestomatie Romăna, [58];
Exempla of the Rabbis, [126];
Literatura Populara Română, [204], [348];
Chronicles of Jerahmeel, [319]
Genoese and Venetian traders and St. George, [120]
George, St., and the dragon legend, [16], [98], [101];
fights the devil, [97];
his horse, [97];
and the dragon, variant, [120]
George, St., Life of, [120]
Ghirosana, Ana, [117]
Giants, The, [90];
destruction of the, [215]
Gimlet, The, [218]
Gion, [287]
Gipsies, [15], [17];
and transmission of folk-tales, [24];
as villain and fool, [24];
and the bee and wasp [135], [137];
greed of, [161];
and the nails for the Crucifixion, [190]
Gipsies’ bird, The (wagtail), [161]
Gipsy, The, and the swan queen, [249]
Giurgiu, [121]
Glove, The fur, becomes a cat, [212], [213], [214]
Glow-worms, [25], [38];
angelic sparks, [39], [74], [75];
light St. Peter’s way, [77];
and the cuckoo, [77]
Gnat, The, and the flea, [306];
and the lion, [307];
and the buffalo, [310]
“Gnat and the Lion, The,” [22]
Goat, with wings, [86];
tries to steal God’s fire, [86];
why its knees are bare, [86], [88];
devil’s beast, [87], [88];
God gives it life, [87], [88];
its intelligence, [87];
without tail, [88];
with the devil’s eyes, [89];
the goat-devil in popular belief, etc., [89];
Noah and the, [90];
leads Noah to discover the vine, [90]
Goat’s knees, The, [27]
God, [26], [38], [39], [48];
and the sun, [71];
makes the dog, [79];
and the devil, [79]–81;
gives life to the wolf, [80], [82], [83], [85];
and the devil’s fire, [86], [87];
and the lamb (carol), [94];
strife with the devil, [97], [100];
his herds and flocks (the bull-fly), [102];
and the rude cowherd, [114], [116];
and the polite shepherd, [115], [116];
and the false teachers, [122];
and the young animals and birds, [170];
and young crows, [170];
and the old woman who became a tortoise, [180];
and the mosquito’s food, [200];
allots the span and manner of life, [336];
rewards the good man, [346];
and the angel of death, [365]
Goddesses of fate, [21]
“God’s hens” (swallows), [274]
Gods, The heathen, rob Paradise, [99]
Goldfinch, The, elected king of birds, [168];
and the cuckoo, [169]
Gonzenbach’s Tales, [57]
Goths, [15];
Arianism, [41], [43];
their kingdom, [41];
their original home and migration, [42];
adopt Christianity, [42];
their conquests, [43];
conversion of rulers to Catholicism, [43];
beliefs and practices, [43];
and the Teutonic language, [45];
and the dissemination of heretical myths, [49]
Grape vine, The.
See Vine
Grasshopper, The mower, [127];
origin of, [129]
Greece, Bogomilism in, [51]
Greek Church.
See Eastern Church
Greek folk-lore, [50]
Greek, Modern, folk-lore, [20], [21]
Greek mythology, [244]
Greek myths, [12]
Greeks, [15]
Grimm’s Tales, [49], [57], [88], [167], [178], [235], [293], [309], [324], [331]