53. Young Beichan.
P. 459 a. For a late German ballad on the Moringer story (‘von dem Markgrafen Backenweil’) see Bolte, Zeitschrift des Vereins für Volkskunde, III, 65-7, and for notes of dramas upon the theme, pp. 62-4. I do not observe that I have anywhere referred to the admirably comprehensive treatment of the subject by von Tettau, Ueber einige bis jetzt unbekannte Erfurter Drucke des 15. Jahrhunderts, Ritter Morgeners Wallfahrt, pp. 75-123. The book did not come into my hands till two years after my preface was written.
VOL. II.
56. Dives and Lazarus.
P. 10 b, III, 507 b, 508 a, IV, 462 b, V, 220 a. Add: Ruthenian ballad, Kolberg, Pokucie, II, 280, No 505. Legends not in stanzas, White Russian, ‘Lazar,’ Šejn, II, 578-90, 3 copies; Romanov, Part V, pp. 341-56, Nos 22-26, 5 copies and variants; Great Russian, Jakuškin, p. 44, No 13, 2 copies. Lazarus and the rich man are brothers.
‘Il ricco Epulone,’ the Madonna begging, Archivio, XIV, 209 f.
57. Brown Robyn’s Confession.
P. 13, 510 a, IV, 463 a, V, 220 a. A serpent stops a ship and demands a passenger: Larminie, West-Irish Folk-Tales, p. 131. On the detention of ships by submarine folk, see Whitley Stokes, Revue Celtique, XV, 294 f. G. L. K. (The article attributed to R. Köhler, II, 510 a, is by L. Laistner.) [Add Jātaka, Bk. I, No 41, Cowell, I, 110. A ship mysteriously detained because the owner has neglected a promise: Yacoub Artin Pacha, Contes pop. de la vallée du Nil, p. 74.]
59. Sir Aldingar.
[P. 33, 511 b, III, 508 a, IV, 462 a. For parallels, including the child champion, see R. Köhler’s account of the Breton mystery of Sainte Tryphine, Revue Celtique, I, 222 ff. F. N. Robinson.]