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Ralston, Russian Folk Tales, [65], [178], [195], [213], [219]
Rat, The, journeys to God, [318];
and the daughter of the sun, [318]
Raven, The, [170];
croaking omen, [175];
and drought, [178];
and burial of Abel, [178];
of Noah’s ark, [278];
turns black and feeds on carcases, [279];
eggs hatched by frost, [279];
the bird of oracle, [279];
in mythology, [279];
Rumanian popular beliefs, [280];
a bird of ill-omen, [280];
the young of the, [357];
why it hops in its walk, [363];
why it mates differently, [364]
Religious character of Rumanian animal tales, [1], [5];
religious beliefs, [3];
religious cause for unity of folk-lore, [11];
religious sectarians and use of animal tales, [31];
propaganda and popular rhymes, [47];
popular religious songs, [48]
Reverence, Lack of, in the stories, [39]
Reynard cycle, [54]
Reynard the Fox, [8], [31];
and the clergy, [33]
Ring, The, and the fish, [271]
Roads and pathways, [179]
Romans, [15]
Rosebush, The, and the soul, [341]
Royal Asiatic Society, Journal, [30], [356]
Rumania, The saints in, [40]
Rumanian animal tales, Characteristics of, [1];
religious character, [3];
the interest of their study, [4];
their two groups, [4];
similarity with those of other nations, [6];
their origins, [7], [17], [36];
their survival, [9];
parallels, [20];
fables not found among the, [23];
not local, survivals, or isolated, [23];
their source, [25], [26];
fables not “humanised,” [28];
their moral nature, [58];
syncretism, [59]
Rumanian language, Slavonic in, [17], [18];
and the gipsies, [17];
of Latin origin, [17];
purity of, [17];
elements of other languages in, [18];
no old Teutonic words in, [50]
Rumanian peasantry, Superstitions of, [55]
Rumanian Popular Literature, History of, [30].
See Gaster
Rumanians of Latin origin, [10];
how long in Rumania, [50];
unity with the Bulgarians, [51];
and the wasp and bee, [135], [137]
Rushava, [117]
Russia and the transmission of folk-tales, [24];
the saints in, [40];
heterodox sects, [53]
Russian tales, [22], [26], [27];
animal tales, [53]
Ruthenians, [22]