S

Sahula, [31]

Saineanu, L., Basmele Române, [72], [258]

St. George, [121].
See also George, St.

Saints, The, [39], [40];
on earth, [76]

Saints, Lives of the, [120]

Samodiva.
See Sila.

Sanziana, [117]

Sarcophaga canaria, [215]

Satan.
See Devil, The

Satan worship, [89]

Satires, Animal, [31], [32]

Saturday, Holy Mother, [236]

Satyrs, [89]

Saul and David, [358]

Saw-fly, why is it red? [104];
why does it live in stables? [108]

Saxons, [15]

Scapegoat, The, [89]

Schott, A. and A., [58]

Scripture characters, legends of, [57]

Sea, The, divided, [268]

Sects, Influence of, [55]

Seed of the earth, The devil and, [61]

Seirim, [89]

Semitic languages, [14]

Serpent as deceiver of Eve, [219];
bites the swallow’s tail, [220]

Seth, The dog dwells with, [362]

Setter, The, [317]

Sevastos, [319]

Śezatoarea, [58]

Sheba, Queen of, [239]

Sheep, made by the Devil, [22], [88];
given to Adam, [79];
the shepherd and the (God and the lamb), [94];
and the gad-fly, [115], [116];
God’s blessing on, [138];
and the dog, [361]

Shepherd, The polite, and the gadfly, [115], [116]

Shirt, The poisoned, [299]

Sicily, Survivals in, [10]

Sila Samodiva, [238]

Silkworm, The, its origin, [193]

Sin arises among men, [110]

Sindbad the Sailor, [262]

Singing of the birds, [151]

Skeat, Walter, [28]

Slavonic language and the Rumanian language, [17];
in Rumania, [51]

Slavonic tales, Parallels with Rumanian, [22], [33]

Slavs, [15], [50];
and saints, [40];
in the Balkans, [43]

“Sleep” ring, [204]

Smiths, The, and nails for the Crucifixion, [184]

Snake, The, [82];
the Devil as Eve’s house-snake, [211];
stops up holes in the ark, [218];
saved from the burning tree, and King Solomon, [325];
with a headache, [327]

Snake-bite, Charm for a cow against, [351];
charm against, [353]

Solomon, King, gift of the tuft to the hoopoe, [230];
Solomon’s ring, [272];
as judge between the man and the snake, [325]

Songs and ballads, Religious, [48]

Sorcery, [55]

Soul, The pilgrimage of the, after death, [341];
Egyptian ideas on, [344]

Spain, The saints in, [40];
the Goths in, [41];
Arab conquest of, [46]

Sparrow, Christ’s curse on, [195];
age of, [196];
and the sapling, [196];
charms against, [197];
accuses man, [339]

Sparrow-hawk, The, [302]

Spider, The sullen, [70];
and the Holy Mother, [184], [185], [186];
hangs on a thread, [185], [186];
David and the use of, [358]

Spiritual unification in religion, [11]

Stag, The, and the maiden, [95]

Starling, The, variant of Partridge, fox, and hound story, [293]

Stars, The, fallen angels, [74];
the Great Bear or Car, [80];
the stolen, [99]

Steel, Mrs. F. A., [28]

Step-mother, The wicked, [225]

Stone, The, eats the Devil and becomes a wolf, [84]

Stork, The, and the waters of life and death, [263];
lose their tails, [265];
King of the frogs, [304];
and the tomtit, [305];
pleads for man, [340]

Sultan’s horse, The, [329]

Summer, The thrush and the making of, [153]

Sun, The, stolen, [99];
The Devil and the, [71];
marriage of the, [72];
and moon, [72];
and God’s oxen (bull-flies), [102];
and the Emperor Pic, [199];
and the young knight (cricket), [207];
and the princess Little Light (lark), [240];
and the rat, [318];
slandered by the moon, [359]

Sun, Festival of the, [246];
Mother of the, [242], [244];
Sister of the, [245], [247], [248]

Sunday, Holy Mother, [237], [273]

Survivals in folk-tales, [9], [12], [15], [16], [19], [36], [37], [38]

Swallow, The, and the Holy Mother, [185], [186];
a sacred bird, [188];
its origin and forked tail, [188], [220];
guardian spirit of the knocking mountains, [265];
the demon’s wife becomes a swallow with red breast and divided tail, [271];
servant of Holy Sunday, [273];
a sacred bird, [274];
pleads for man, [340]

Swan, The, The king and swan maiden, [249];
origin of, [254];
“Song of the dying swan,” [254];
legend of the swan maiden (carol), [256]

Swine, Blood of, to water the vine, [92]

Sword, The, and the threads, [269]

Synaxarium, [120]

Syntipas, [330]

Syria, [30], [31], [36]

Syrians, [15]