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What the Rose did to the Cypress[1]
Ball-Carrier and the Bad One[48]
How Ball-Carrier finished his Task[59]
The Bunyip[71]
Father Grumbler[77]
The Story of the Yara[88]
The Cunning Hare[100]
The Turtle and his Bride[106]
How Geirald the Coward was Punished[114]
Hábogi[126]
How the Little Brother set Free his Big Brothers[134]
The Sacred Milk of Koumongoé[143]
The Wicked Wolverine[154]
The Husband of the Rat’s Daughter[161]
The Mermaid and the Boy[165]
Pivi and Kabo[183]
The Elf Maiden[190]
How Some Wild Animals became Tame Ones[197]
Fortune and the Wood-Cutter[202]
The Enchanted Head[205]
The Sister of the Sun[215]
The Prince and the Three Fates[233]
The Fox and the Lapp[245]
Kisa the Cat[256]
The Lion and the Cat[263]
Which was the Foolishest?[270]
Asmund and Signy[275]
Rübezahl[283]
Story of the King who would be Stronger than Fate[300]
Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-hearted[315]
Tale of a Tortoise and of a Mischievous Monkey[327]
The Knights of the Fish[343]

ILLUSTRATIONS

COLOURED PLATES

‘You will have to make me your Wife,’ said the Elf Maiden (p. [193])[Frontispiece]
Prince Almās Transformedto face p.[20]
The Punishment of the Rose”[36]
Hábogi’s Horses”[128]
‘Listen, listen!’ said the Mermaid to the Prince”[178]
The Princess and the Snake”[238]
Rübezahl and the Princess”[290]
The Dragon and the Mirror”[346]

FULL-PAGE PLATES

The Deer eludes Prince Tahmāspto face p.[2]
Mihr-afrūz and Prince Tahmāsp”[8]
The Shadow in the Stream”[14]
Chil-māq carries off Almās”[28]
The Death of the Bad One”[54]
The Witch outstrips the Wolf”[60]
‘Wake up, my Grandson, it is time to go home’”[64]
The Bunyip”[72]
The Yara Defeated”[94]
The Little Hare is Caught”[100]
The Turtle Outwitted”[110]
Geirald claims his Reward and the Queen demands another Test”[120]
The Jealous Sisters spell-bound in the Ash-pit”[130]
The Mermaid asks for the King’s Child”[166]
The Princess on the Seashore”[172]
The Bee, the Princess, the Red Knight, and the Lion”[180]
Pivi dives for the Shell-fish”[186]
The Princess sees the Magic Head”[210]
The Golden Hen will not be Caught”[218]
Signy at the Window”[278]
The Gnome falls in love with the Princess”[284]
Wali Dâd and the Peris”[322]

IN TEXT

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Prince Almās brings Game to the King Lion[27]
The Dog and his Attendants[39]
The Boy in the Witch’s Hut[49]
The Magic Basket[79]
The Wonderful Cock[83]
The Holy Man gives the Bag to Father Grumbler[85]
Julia sings her Song into the Shell[92]
The Girl laughs at the Army of Turtles[108]
‘The Giant will trouble you no more,’ said Geirald[119]
Every Time a Bear was killed his Shadow returned to the House of the Great Bear Chief[135]
How the Boys were half turned into Bears[138]
‘Why do you give to the Ogre your Child, so fair, so fair?’[146]
‘Bring to me Dilah, Dilah the Rejected One’[151]
All the Animals try to get the Rock off Wolverine’s Legs[155]
The Elf Maiden’s House[195]
The King falls in Love with the Sister of the Sun[225]
The Pool in the Sand[243]
The Elves and the Bear[247]
Kisa the Cat carries off Ingibjörg’s Feet from the Giant’s Cave[260]
The Princess steals the King’s Letter[311]