Folk-Lore Record, 1881, p. 142. "The story of Mamma-na-Bura," a Portuguese tale: ib. 1883, p. 254, "Folk-Lore of Yucatan."
Page [246]. The latter portion of the tale is to be met with in many tales, e.g., "Awannolla Kehräajät," where the girl goes through a hole in the ice, and finds a beautiful world there.
Dasent. Tales from the Norse. "The two step-sisters," p. 129; "Shortshanks," p. 166; and "The Big Bird Dan," p. 449.
Vernaleken. In the Land of Marvels. "The Taylor and the Hunter," "The Accursed Garden," and "The Three Princesses."
Denton. Serbian Folk-Lore. "The wonderful Kiosk."
Patrañas, "Simple Johnny and the spell-bound Princesses." Grimm, "The Elves," and notes. Sagas from the Far East, "How the Schimnu-Khan was slain." Ralston, Russian Folk-Tales, "The Norka," and variants there given on p. 80.
Geldart, Folk-Lore of Modern Greece, "The Prince and the Fairy." Steere, Shahili Tales, "Hasseebu Kareem ed Deen," p. 337.
Arabian Nights. "Ahmed and Pari-Banou," and numerous other examples of underground palaces, where distressed princesses lie awaiting deliverance.
Gubernatis, vol. i. pp. 25, 129, 193, 194; vol. 187, &c.
Rink. Tales of Traditions of the Esquimaux. "The woman who got connected with the Ingersuit or under-world people." There are numerous stories about the under-world and its people in Lapp stories, e.g., Friis, "Cacce-haldek eller Havfolk," where a boy rows to the under-world. (Notes and Queries, 7th s. v. p. 381; cf. ib. 7th s. v. p. 501.) "Bæivekongens Datter," "Goveiter." There is also a tribe of underground people called Kadnihak, who are said to dress in red clothes, and have long flaxen hair reaching to their waists. Some people are said to have learned their songs, which are called "Kadniha-Vuolee." Cf. Baring Gould, Curious Myths of the Middle Ages, "St. Patrick's Purgatory." Deutsche Märchen und Sagen, Gesammelt und mit Anmerkungen herausgegeben von J. W. Wolff, "Der Kühne Sergeant." Polnische Volksagen, Aus dem Polnischen des K. W. Woycicki von F. Levestam, "Die drei Brüder."