Contents.

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[Introduction] vii
[I.—Legends of the Tartaro] 1
[The Tartaro] 4
[M. d’Abbadie’s Version] 4
[Variations of above] 5
[Errua, the Madman] 6
[Variations of above] 10
[The Three Brothers, the Cruel Master, and the Tartaro] 11
[The Tartaro and Petit Perroquet] 16
[II.—The Heren-Suge.—The Seven-Headed Serpent] 20
[The Grateful Tartaro and the Heren-Suge] 22
[Variation of above] 32
[The Seven-Headed Serpent] 33
[The Serpent in the Wood] 38
[III.—Animal Tales] 42
[Acheria, the Fox] 43
[The Ass and the Wolf] 45
[IV.—Basa-Jaun, Basa-Andre, and Lamiñak] 47
[Basa-Jauna] 49
[The Servant at the Fairy’s] 53
[The Fairy in the House] 55
[The Pretty but Idle Girl] 56
[The Devil’s Age] 58
[The Fairy-Queen Godmother] 59
[V.—Witchcraft and Sorcery] 64
[The Witches at the Sabbat] 66
[The Witches and the Idiots] 67
[The Witch and the New-Born Infant] 69
[The Changeling] 73
[VI.—Contes des Fées] 76
[(A) Tales like the Keltic] 77
[Malbrouk] 77
[The Fisherman and his Sons] 87
[Tabakiera, the Snuff-Box] 94
[Mahistruba, the Master Mariner] 100
[Dragon] 106
[Ezkabi-Fidel] 111
[Variation of above] 120
[The Lady-Pigeon and her Comb] 120
[Suggested Explanation of above] 130
[Laur-Cantons] 132
[The Young School-Boy] 136
[The Son who Heard Voices] 137
[The Mother and her Idiot Son; or, the Clever Thief] 140
[Juan Dekos, the Blockhead (Tontua)] 146
[Variation of the above—Juan de Kalais] 151
[The Duped Priest] 154
[(B) Contes des Fées, derived directly from the French] 158
[Ass’-Skin] 158
[Variations of above] 165
[The Step-Mother and Step-Daughter] 166
[Beauty and the Beast] 167
[Variation of above] 172
[The Cobbler and his Three Daughters (Blue-Beard)] 173
[Variations of above] 175
[The Singing Tree, the Bird which tells the Truth, and the Water which makes Young] 176
[Variation of above] 181
[The White Blackbird] 182
[The Sister and her Seven Brothers] 187
[Variations, etc.] 191
[List of Publication of Foreign Legends in France] 192
[VII.—Religious Tales] 194
[Fourteen] 195
[Variation of above—Jesus Christ and the Old Soldier] 199
[The Poor Soldier and the Rich Man] 200
[The Widow and her Son] 202
[The Story of the Hair-Cloth Shirt (La Cilice)] 206
[The Saintly Orphan Girl] 209
[The Slandered and Despised Girl] 211
[An Essay on the Basque Language] 219
[Appendix—Basque Poetry] 235