[48] See pp. 105 f.

[49] See the paper by Kittredge, Journal of American Folk-Lore, xviii. 1–14, 1905.

[50] See pp. 107 f.

[51] In this connection it is cited by Kittredge in the study above mentioned, pp. 9 f.

[52] See p. 108.

[53] See p. 101.

[54] See pp. 31 f.

[55] The same loss is evident in Catalan, Spanish, Simrock I., and Simrock VII.

[56] See p. 27 for Jewish.

[57] That is, the rescue of the bridegroom from the creatures which possess the bride.