The Breton tale of The King of the Fishes—Four trains of incident here developed—Variants in Lorraine, Tirol, Gascony—The Wonderful Pike and other Scandinavian variants—Greek story—The Argyllshire tale of the Sea Maiden—A German variant—The Enchanted Hind in the Pentameron, and its variants in Italian folklore—Slavonic and Gipsy tales—Sanskrit tale.
The Remaining Types of the Story
The Mermaid type—Scottish, Lithuanian, and Sicilian tales—The Gold Children type—German, Flemish, Italian, and Breton tales—The Tower of Babylon type—The Enchanting Bird type—Variants in the Tirol, Normandy, and the Lowlands of Scotland—The Knife-grinder’s Sons type—Found in the Tirol and Germany—A favourite type among Slavonic peoples—Kabyle and Italian variants—The Enchanted Twins type—Variant from East Africa—Abruzzian and Swabian variants—Saint George type—Stories from Portugal and Lorraine.
The Incident of the Supernatural Birth in Märchen
Stories of Supernatural Birth are world-wide—Only examples analogous to those in the variants of Perseus to be dealt with—Birth caused by something eaten or drunk—Fish—Fruit and cereals—Drugs—Portions of human corpses—Flowers and leaves—Water and other liquids—Birth caused by scent—By touching flowers, herbs, and other things—Zulu story of aid by pigeons—Conception by rays of the sun—By a wish.
The Supernatural Birth in Sagas
Stories of Supernatural Birth not only told for amusement but believed to be true—The eating of fish a rare cause—The eating of fruit and cereals frequently found in both hemispheres—Indian and Mongolian stories—Heathen and Christian elements in the fiftieth rune of the Kalevala—Yehl, the Thlinkit hero—Heitsi-Eibib, the Hottentot ancestor-god—Birth of Vikramâditya—Siamese tradition—Other Mongolian traditions—Irish legends—Impregnation by drinking—By eating portions of human bodies—By smell—By touching stones and other magical substances—By saliva—Conception by the foot—Pictures of the Annunciation—Birth of Quetzalcoatl—Conception by bathing—Saoshyant—Anti-christ—Conception by wind, rain, and vapour—By the sun—Legend of Genghis Khan—Impregnation by a glance—Birth from a clot of blood.