Water of Youth, Water of Life, and Water of Death. Page [72]. (Part vii. p. 66.)
The sleeping maiden in this tale, with her slumbering host, reminds us at once of the Queen of Tubber Tintye in “The King of Erin and the Queen of Lonesome Island.” See “Myths and Folk-lore of Ireland.”
The Footless and Blind Champions. Page [82]. (Part v. p. 164.)
This tale has many variants in Russian, and resembles the Brünhilde and Gunter story in the “Niebelungen Lied.”
The Three Kingdoms. Page [97]. (Part viii. p. 91.)
This story is remarkable for the change or metamorphosis of Raven, the great power, into a common raven after his defeat by Ivan Tsarevich and the surrender of the feather staff.
Raven is a great personage in American mythology, especially in that of the Modocs. Whenever he appeared and uttered his spell with an ominous laugh, everything was turned to stone. There are many rock groups of Eastern Oregon described in the myths as ancient mighty personages turned into stone by Raven. As soon as the body became stone, however, the spirit escaped, and took physical form in some other place. Over the spirit, Raven had no power.