Barlaam legend, [6], [16], [25]

Basil, The Hexameron of, [28]

Basile, St., [257]

Bear, The, and the tom cat, [333]

Bear, The Great (constellation), [80]

Bee, The, [25], [38];
“the Bee and Creation,” [27];
outwits the Devil, [63], [71], [72];
becomes black, [63], [71];
becomes narrow waisted, [64], [71];
gives honey and wax, [64];
given its sting, [64];
the mole and, [65];
outwits the mole, [67];
feeds on itself, [68];
the brick-carrier daughter, [70];
made first, [135];
stolen by the Gipsy, [135];
belongs to the Rumanians, [136], [137];
God’s blessing on, [138]

Beetle, Nun, [132], [134]

Beetles, Horned, [102];
red beetles, [107], [108]

“Belief” in fairy tales, [3]

Beliefs, Ancient, in folk-tales, [37], [39]