Page [238]. "Immuring alive." Cf. Roumanian legend "Manuli," and notes in this collection, p. [376].
Page [243]. In the Finnish tale, "Alderblock," there is a sword, which cuts the enemy into fragments.
[SHEPHERD PAUL. Erdélyi, iii. 17.]
Cf. Finnish stories, "Lappäpölkky," S. ja T. 2; where Alderblock has five companions who assist him in his labours; also "Mikko Metsolainen" and "Mikko Mieheläinen," S. ja T. i.; stories very much like the Magyar one. Also, "Maan, meren kulkija laiwa." In a Lapp story we find companions helping the hero. Friis. "Ruobba, Jaetten og Fanden."
Grimm. "How six men got on in the world," and notes; "The six servants," and notes; "Strong Hans," and notes.
Müllenhoff, Märchen und Lieder der Hertzogenthümer Schleswig Holstein und Lauenberg, "Rinroth." Molbech, Udwalgte Eventyr, "De fer Tienere." Cavallius och Stefens, Svenska Folksagor, "De begge Fosterbröderne," and "Halftrollet eller de Tre Swärden."
Bechstein. Deutsches Märchenbuch. "Der Hafenhüter."
Denton. Serbian Folk-Lore. "Sir Peppercorn."
Patrañas. "The ill-tempered Princess." "A tale of fourteen men," a Flemish tale; see Magazin für die Literatur des Auslandes, 1844. Caballero, Spanish Tales, "Lucifer's ear." Geldart, Folk-Lore of Modern Greece, "The Golden Casket" and "Little John, the widow's son." Pentamerone, "The Flea" and "The Booby."