Light of exceeding brightness streams forth from the head of a saint—I. [418].

Lights used to protect a new born child from demons—I. [189], [246], [305] and note, [397]; II. 631.

Lion, man transformed into, released on being shot by a king—I. [37];
a maiden rides on a—I. [178], [179];
the, represented as king of beasts in German stories—II. [28];
made to drown himself by a hare—II. [32], [33].

Lokapála, meaning of the term—II. [528].

Longing of a pregnant woman—I. [173], [435].

Lotus an antidote to poison—I. [553], [554];
sky-going chariot in the form of a—II. [455].

Love, brings about the death of three people—II. [346].

Lovers in European romances meet in temples—II. [262] note.

Lower world, openings loading down to—II. [197].

Madness caused by ingratitude to an animal—I. [28];
feigned by a hero in order to have an opportunity of finding his beloved—I. [137];
feigned for a politic purpose—II. [158];
cured by the hand of an ascetic—II. [211].