Plant Lore, Legends, and Lyrics / Embracing the Myths, Traditions, Superstitions, and Folk-Lore of the Plant Kingdom

by Richard Folkard

Index to Legends and Myths.

• Acis and Galatea, [532]
• Adam, Eve, the Wolf, and the Dog, [362]
• Adam’s Tree, [303]
• Ajax, [404]
• Albertus Magnus, [133]
• Ali Baba and the Sesame, [544]
• Amaracus, [433]
• Amaranthus, [212]
• Andromeda, [214]
• Arabian Priests and Cinnamon, [283]
• Argonauts, [81], [249]
• Arjuna, the Betel Thief, [251]
• Aroth, Maroth, and the Beauty, [577]
• Aspen and the Flight into Egypt, [230]
• Aspen and the Passion, [229]
• Aspic and Balm-tree, [239]
• Asses and Hemlock, [145]
• Atalanta and Hippomenes, [218]
• Atys and Agdistis, [210]
• Atys and Cybele, [495]

• Baldr and the Mistletoe, [440]
• Balm Trees of Cairo, [124]
• Bachelier and the Anemone, [216]
• Bacchus and the Pomegranate, [499]
• Batou and the Cedar, [275]
• Bertram and the Heartsease, [484]
• Birth of Vishnu, [241]
• Blacksmith changed to a Bear, [250]
• Bonze and the Mouse, [513]
• Bosworth Field, [360]
• Buddha, [4], [420], [491]
• Buddha and Mâra, [4]
• Bushman Rice, [514]

• Callimachus and the Acanthus, [206]
• Calchas and Mopsus, [335]
• Ceres and Proserpine, [504]
• Chang Ching and the Fairy, [449]
• Charlemagne and the Thistle, [269]
• Chinese Trees of Love, [274]
• Clairon and the Violets, [581]
• Clovis, [387]
• Clytie and Phœbus, [365]
• Cosmogonic Lotus, [419]
• Cossacks and Tartars, [286]
• Crocus and Smilax, [299]
• Crown Imperial, [347]
• Cyanus and the Cornflower, [277]
• Cyparissus, [302]
• Czekanka, [326]

• Danes and the Thistle, [562]
• Daphne and Phœbus, [404]
• Daughter of the Laurel, [408]
• Death of Buddha, [539]
• Devil and Blackberries, [258]
• Devil and the Oats, [472]
• Devil and the Reed, [512]
• Devil’s Brother, [451]
• Dewadat and Buddha, [268]
• Diarmuid and Grainne, [531]
• Duke of Tuscany’s Gardener, [392]
• Dryope, [417]

• Earl of Essex’s Horses, [445]
• Elm of Ethiopia, [131]
• Emperor of China, [447]
• Envious Sisters, [436]
• Erisichthon, [77]
• Esthonian Peasant, [254]
• Eugénie and Napoleon III., [581]
• Eve and the Snowdrop, [546]

• Fairy Wife, [356]
• Fairy Widower, [333]
• Faithful Wife, [551]
• Falcon and Soma, [439]
• Fatal Elopement, [582]
• Father Garnet’s Straw, [134]
• Fig of Paradise, [127]
• Fir-tree Elf, [65]
• First Roses, [515]
• Flora and Zephyr, [215]
• Forget-me-not, [342]
• Fulke and the Plantagenets, [260]

• Garden of the Lower Regions, [223]
• Gefroi and the Broom, [260]
• Glastonbury Thorn, [352]
• Glaucus, [541]
• Golden Apples, [477]
• Grey Horse, [265]