Page [223]. The witch wishes to get rid of the deer, in the same way that the gipsy does the golden duck, ante p. [215]. Cf. Stokes's Indian Fairy Tales: "The Pomegranate King," p. 10; "Phúlmati Ráni," p. 4; "The Jackal and the Kite," p. 22; "The Bél-Princess," p. 144; and Notes, pp. 245-253. Gubernatis, vol. i., p. 412, and vol. ii., p. 31.
Page [223]. In the Lapp Story, "Pigen fra Havet," Friis, No. 8,[75] a child is brought down to the sea-shore to bring mother back; and in the Finnish story, "Ihmeelinen Koiwu," The wonderful Birch, the child's cry brings mother back, just as the little deer's lament in this tale reaches the sister's ears at the bottom of the well.
In this Finnish tale the mother replies, and says to the reindeer, which are feeding near:
"Reindeer! Reindeer! feeding in the swamp,
Come and take care of your child!
Come and see the child you have borne!
For the witch's daughter has neither food nor drink,
And cannot quiet its cries."
See also Finnish, "Maid who rose out of the sea."
Grimm, "The lambkin and the little fish," and notes.
Pentamerone, "The two cakes." Theal, Kaffir Folk-Lore, "The story of Tangalimlibo," p. 61.
Page [223]. Creatures inside others.
Cf. Theal, Kaffir Folk-Lore, "The story of the cannibal mother," p. 142; "The story of the glutton," p. 175; "The great chief of the animals," p. 177; and the Finnish story, "Seppo Ilmarisen Kosinta" (Smith Ilmarinen's courtship), where the smith, after being swallowed by Untamoinen, cuts his way out.
Stokes's Indian Fairy Tales, "Loving Lailí," p. 76.