[83] Herr Köhler quotes M. Luzel's Chat Noir, a Breton tale, in which a stepmother kills a cow that befriends Yvonne. Within the dead cow were found two golden slippers. Then comes in the formula of the False Bride (Rev. Celtique, 1870, p. 373).
[84] Among the Basutos this happens in 'The Murder of Maciloniane.' Casalis, p. 309: 'The bird was the heart of Maciloniane.'
[85] Apoll. Rhod. i. 256. The story of Athamas is an ingenious medley of Märchen, including, as will be shown, part of Hop o' my Thumb.
[86] Gubernatis, Zoolog. Myth. ii. 5.
[87] A Zulu tale in Callaway, pp. 64, 65, is proof that this was once the Zulu custom.
[88] Elton, op. cit. p. 190.
[89] Callaway, p. 121.
[90] Revue Celtique, Jan., Nov. 1878, p. 366.
Riquet à La Houppe.
Riquet of the Tuft.