Marya Morevna, story of, [97]
Medea’s Cauldron incident, [359], [368]
Miser, story of the, [60]
Mizgir, or Spider, story of the, [68]
Morfei the Cook, story of, [234]
Mouse, legends about the, [334]
Mythology, &c. Personifications of Good and Evil, [77];
the Snake, [78];
Daylight eclipsed by a Snake, [81];
the Chudo-Yudo, [83];
the Norka-Beast, [86];
the Usuinya-Bird, [95];
Koshchei the Deathless, [96-116];
the Bluebeard’s Chamber myth, [109];
stories about external hearts and fatal eggs, &c., [119-124];
the Water Snake, [129];
the Tsar Morskoi or Water King, [130-141];
the King Bear, [142];
the Water-Chudo, [143];
the Idol, [144];
Female embodiments of Evil, [146];
the Baba Yaga, [146-166];
magic dolls or puppets, [167];
the story of Verlioka, [170];
the Supernatural Witch, [170-183];
The Sun’s Sister and the Dawn, [178-185];
Likho or Evil, [186-187];
Polyphemus and the Arimaspians, [190];
Goré or Woe, [192];
Nuzhda or Need, [199];
Kruchìna or Grief, [201];
Zluidni, [201];
stories about Luck, [203-206];
Friday, [206];
Wednesday, [208];
Sunday, [211];
the Léshy or Woodsprite, [213];
stories about Rivers, [215-221];
about Frost, [221];
about the Whirlwind, [232];
Morfei, [234];
Oh! the, [235];
Waters of Life and Death, [237-242];
Symplêgades, [242];
Waters of Strength and Weakness, [243-245];
Magic Horses, [249], [264];
a Magic Pike, [269-273];
Witchcraft stories, [273-295];
the Zhar-Ptitsa or Glow-Bird, [289-292];
upper-world ideas, [296];
the heaven-tree myth, [296-302];
lower-world ideas, [303];
Ghost-stories, [308];
stories about Vampires, [313-322];
home and origin of Vampirism, [323-328];
legends about Saints, the Devil, &c., [329];
Perun, the thunder-god, [341];
superstitions about lightning, [343];
legends about St. George and the Wolves, [349];
old Slavonian gods changed into demons, [362];
power attributed to curses, [364];
dulness of demons, [375];
their resemblance to snakes, [380]
National character, how far illustrated by popular tales, [18]
Need, story of Nuzhda or, [199]
Nicholas, St., legends about, [343];
his kindness, [352-354];
story of the Priest of, [355]
Nicholas, St., and Elijah, story of, [343]
Norka, story of the, [86]
Oh! demon named, [235]
One-Eyed Likho, story of, [186]
One-Eyes, Ukraine legend of, [190]
Peewit, legend about the [335]
Perun, the thunder-god, [341]
Pike, story of a magic, [269]
Polyphemus, [190]
Poor Widow, story of the, [336]
Popes, Russian Priests called, [36]
Popular Tales, their meaning &c., [16-18];
human and supernatural agents in, [75-78]
Popyalof, story of Ivan, [79]
Priest with the Greedy Eyes, story of the, [355]
Princess Helena the Fair, story of the, [262]
Purchased Wife, story of the, [44]
Ride on the Gravestone, story of the, [308]
Rip van Winkle story, [310]
Rivers, legends about, [215-221]
Russian children, appearance of, [157]
Russian Peasants;
their dramatic talent, [19];
pictures of their life contained in folk-tales, [21];
a village soirée, [24];
a courtship, [31];
a death, [32];
preparations for a funeral, [33];
wailing over the dead, [35];
a burial, [36];
religious feeling of, [40];
passion for drink, [42];
humor, [48];
their jokes against women, [49];
their dislike of avarice, [59];
their jokes about simpletons, [62]
Rye, legends about, [332]
Saints, legends about, [341];
Ilya or Elijah, [341-343];
story of Elijah and Nicholas, [344];
St. Andrew, [348];
St. George, [348-352];
St. Nicholas, [352-354];
St. Kasian, [352]
Scissors story, [49]
Semilétka, story of, [44]
Shroud, story of the, [311]
Skazkas or Russian folk-tales,
their value as pictures of Russian life, [19-23];
occurrence of word skazka in, [23];
their openings, [62];
their endings, [83]
Smith and the Demon, story of the, [70]
Snake, the mythical, his appearance, [78];
story of Ivan Popyalof, [79];
story of the Water Snake, [126];
Snake Husbands, [129];
legend about the Common Snake, [334];
likeness between Snakes and Demons, [380]
Soldier and Demon, story of, [380]
Soldier and the Devil, legend about, [366]
Soldier and the Vampire, story of the, [318]
Soldier’s Midnight Watch, story of the, [279]
Sozh and Dnieper, story of, [216]
Sparrow, legends about the, [335]
Spasibo or Thank You, [202]
Spider, story of the, [68]
Stakes driven through Vampires, [326-328]
Stepmothers, character of, [94]
Strength and Weakness, Waters of, [243]
Suicides and Vampires, [327]
Sunday, tales about, [211]
Sun’s Sister, [178-182]
Swallow, legends about the, [335]
Swan Maidens, [129]
Symplêgades, [242]
Terema or Upper Chambers, [182]
Three Copecks, story of the, [56]
Treasure, story of the, [36]
Troyan, City of, legend about, [351]
Two Corpses, story of the, [316]
Two Friends, story of the, [309]
Ujak or Snake, [126]
Unwashed, story of the, [366]
Usuinya-Bird, [95]
Vampires, stories about, [313-322];
account of the belief in, [322-328]
Vasilissa the Fair, story of, [158]
Vazuza and Volga, story of, [215]
Vechernitsa or Village Soirée, [24]
Verlioka, story of, [170]
Vieszcy, the Kashoube Vampire, [325]
Vikhor or the Whirlwind, story of, [232-244]
Volga, story of Vazuza and, [215];
of Dnieper and Dvina and, [217]
Vy, the Servian, [84]
Warlock, story of the, [292]
Water King and Vasilissa the Wise, story of the, [130]
Water Snake, story of the, [126]
Waters of Life and Death, [237-242]
Waters of Strength and Weakness, [243]
Wednesday, legend of, [208]
Week, Days of the, [206-21]
Whirlwind, story of the, [232]
Whittington’s Cat, [56-58]
Wife, story of the Bad, [49];
about a Good, [56]
Wife-Gaining Leap, stories of a, [266-269]
Witch, story of the, [171]
Witch, story of the Dead, [34]
Witch and Sun’s Sister, story of the, [178]
Witch Girl, story of the, [274]
Witchcraft, [170-183], [273-295]
Woe, story of, [193]
Wolf-fiend, story of a, [376]
Wolves, traditions about, [349]
Women, jokes about, [49-56]