[83] Cf. Gerll, Volksmärchen der Böhmen, "Die Goldene Ente."
[84] See also Folk-Lore Record, 1879, "Old Ballad Folk-Lore," pp. 110, 111.
[85] Myling, myring, or myrding generally means the ghost of a murdered person.
[86] Arany says he dare not accept the collection from which this story is taken for scientific purposes, as Merényi has drawn very liberally on his own imagination.
[87] S. ja T. iii. "Pienempiä Eläin-jutun katkelmia," p. 37. The whole of the Finnish beast stories are most interesting, and the resemblance in many cases to the negro variants in Uncle Remus very striking.
[INDEX.]
Acorn, magic growth of [Jack and the Beanstalk incident], [146], [388]
Age of giants, [xxix].
——, hero grows old in his travels, [107]
Agricultural, [xli]., see "[plough]"
Agriculture, giants' dislike of, [xxviii].
Ague, cure for, [403]
Allegorical story, [91]-[95]
Alligator in Serbian folk-lore, [325]
American Indians, folk-tales quoted, [364]
—— notions of, as to dreams, [376]
Ananci folk-tales, quoted, [379], [394]
Angels, allegory of, [93]
Animal superstitions, [lx]-[lxiii].
Animals, grateful, assistance by, [158], [160], [249], [303]-[306], [323], [342], [371], [373], [374], [384], [392], [409]
——, king of the, [106]-[107], [108]
——, language of, [301], [421]-[422]
——, magic, in service of fairies, [xxxiii].
——, marriage of, with human beings, [225]
——, sacrifice of, to stay the plague, [381]
—— servants, [111]
—— skins of, worn at Magyar weddings, [367]
——, witch's life contained in, [205]
——, &c., transformation of, into human beings, see "[boy]," "[eagles]," "[falcon]," "[fish]," "[horses]," "[mares]," "[pig]," "[pigeons]," "[oranges]," "[snake]"
Anthony's (St.) fire, cure for, [xlix].
Apple, castle transformed into, [74], [247], [248], [353]
—— smiling, [130]
Apple tree, miraculous growth of, [11]
Apricot, tinkling, [130]
Arabian folk-tales, quoted, [381]
Arabian Nights, quoted, [347], [352], [353], [355], [360], [362], [364], [368], [371], [375], [377], [389], [392], [395], [396], [400], [402], [406], [408], [415], [418]
Argilus and Helen, story of, [345]
Árpád, the founder of modern Hungary, [viii].
Arrow, shooting of, as test of strength, [120]
Arthur, morte d', quoted, [351], [352]
Ashes, strewed, used for finding way through forest, [145]
—— (house), youngest brother sits among, [97]
Asia, migration from, into Europe, [viii].
Assembly of the giants, [xxix].
Astronomy superstitions, [lxiv].
Attila, conquest of Hungary by, [vii].
——, story of, quoted, [342]
Austrian folk-tales quoted, [370]
Avaricious, allegory of the, [94]
Avars, ethnology of, [x].
Baa-lambs (the), story-title, [90]-[95]
Bachelors' funeral at Magyar weddings, [367]
Bædnag-njudne, giant beings, Lapp, [340]
Bag which never gets full, [141]
Baptism, allegory of unbaptised children, [94]
Basket, to give the, that is to dismiss, Magyar, [366]
Bath used to produce youthfulness, [110], [349]
Bathing custom in Hungary, [308]
Bathing in mare's milk, task set hero, [276]
Bathing of fairy maidens, [101]
Battlefields, silver and copper, created for fighting, [349]
Battles, legends of, in Lincolnshire, [382]
Beanstalk (Jack) parallel incident, [146], [388]
Beating of wife, story incident, [23]
Beauty, delicate skin a feature of, [354]
Beauty and beast stories, [385]
Bed, Madeys, devils dread, Slavonic tale, [310]
Bede (St.), well of, at Jarrow, [373]
Bees, assistance of, to hero, [153]
——, honey brought by, restores life, [374]
Beetles, witch's life and power contained in, [205]
Beggar character in story helps hero, [251]
Beggar's presents, story of, [161]-[163]
Bells, church, ringing of, a hero-task, [228]-[229]
Bells, magic, in giant assemblies, [xxix].
Belt, strength-giving, [353]
Berries, youth-giving qualities of, [373]
Betrothal in Magyar marriage, [366]
Bible quoted, [375], [411]
Biblical characters, see "[God]," "[Joseph]," "[Peter]"
Birds having power to restore youth, [251]
——, hero transforms himself into, [286]
——, iron, made alive by hero's singing, [317]
——, leading of hero by, [99]; carrying of hero by, [108]-[109]
——, enticing of boys by, [362]
——, hero assisted by, [201], [249]
——, moral rebuke by, [20]
Birth, signs of luck at, [120]
Black, colour of the giants, [xxx].
—— cloth, town draped in, [374]
Blindness, cure for, in story incident, [37]; by mud from well, [152]
Blood flowing from finger post sign of disaster, [257]
——, human, wine mixed with, [121]
—— letting for restoration to life, [344]
—— stains, indelible, [125], [382]
Blood feud, incident, Arabian nights, [360]
Blowing upon wound to heal, [95]
Blue Beard incidents, [129], [383]
Blue cross, hero changed to, on divulging secret, [314]
Bohemian folk-tales, quoted, [323]
Boiling skull with millet seed used as omen, [279]
Bones, human, hatched by crow, [299]
—— of boy collected by sister, [299]
——, skeleton, miraculous joining of scattered, [12]
Boy killed for dinner by mother, [298]
Boy who could not shiver nor shake, type story, [228]-[232]
Bramble, dragon's wife takes form of, [202]
Bread, operation of making, used as story incident, [79]
Breathing on old things, causes change, [349]
Bridal customs, Magyar, [365]
Bride, false, given to prince, [214]
——, gipsy personates, [214]
Bride-capture, evidence of, Magyar, [366], [368]; Palócz, [413], [414]
—— and pursuit, story incident, [32]-[35]
——, symbolic customs representing, [369]
Bride purchase, evidence of, Magyar, [365]
Bridges, fights between hero and dragon, on, [199]-[201]
——, in folk-tales, [399]
—— of copper, silver, and gold, [64], [196]; of gold, [74]
Britain, Teutonic conquest of, [xi].
Britanny, were-wolves, [344]
Brocklesby, Roman camp near, Lincolnshire, [382]
Broom, red hot, ridden by witch to pursue hero, [273]
—— seller, story character, [22]
Brothers, elder, separate from hero on journey, [257]
Brothers, three, story title, [152]-[154]
Brothers and sisters, marriage of, [137]
Brush, used as obstacle to pursuit of hero, [160]
Building, immuration during, [376]-[377]
Building legends, [333]-[334]
Bulgarians, origin of, [xiii].
Bullet, magic, to kill a giant, [xxx].
Bullocks with gilt horns, roasted at Magyar weddings, [367]
Bulls used for rescuing treasure, [405]
Burial feasts, [370]
Cake, hero shares with beggar, [252]
——, millet, used in story incident, [28]-[29]
Cakes made with woman's milk, [379]
Cannibalism, [25], [352], [388]-[389], [403]
Cannibal-giant story character, [25]
Cannibal-man in Lapp stories, [352]
Castle built by magical command, [16]
—— built and inhabited by fairies, [xxxv].-[xxxvi].
—— built by giants, [xxvii].
—— turned into golden apple, [206], [247]
—— weeping and laughing, [409]
Cat, accompanies hero, [258]
——, a servant of fairies, [xxxiii].
Cat, the lazy, story title, [23]-[25], [317]
——, troll, [346]
——, witches assume the shape of [xli].
Cataract, cure for, [xlviii].
Cats, witch's carriage drawn by, [204]
Caul, superstition as to being born with, [378]
Caves as the haunts of fairies, [xxxvii].
Caves, the three, riddle solved by hero, [259]
Changed bride incident in folk tales, [386]
Chap-books, [xx].
Chapel and hermit, pursued heroine and hero turn themselves into, [33]
Charitable (the) allegory of, [94]
Charles XI., legend of, [381]
Charming, fairy means of, [xxxiii].
Charms, singing, used for restoration of life, [341]
Chest, magic, incident in folk-tales, [401]
Child, first-born, dedication to devil, [7], [189], [384]
Child-marriage incident, [80]
"Child born to be a King" type stories, [307]-[309]
Children, substitution of, [xlv]., [52]
Children's rhymes, Cumanian, [xvi].
Chopping, symbolic action of, for cure of wrist disease, [332]
Christ, see "[God]."
Christianity, influence of, on folk-tales, [xx]., [xl].
Christmas customs, [li].
Church building legends, [333]-[334]
Church to be built in one night task set heroine, [193]
Church, heroine takes form of, [194]
——, youth-giving bird kept in, [259]
Church bells, ringing of, task of hero, [228]-[229]
Church marriage, [4], [7]
Cinder Jack, story title, [149]-[152]
Cinderella incident occurring with hero, [97], [150]; with heroine, [148]; in folk-tales, [207]-[216], [389]
Cinders, burning, drop from devil's hair, [192]
Clan feuds, Lincolnshire, [382]
Cloak given to hero for singing, [299]
——, giving power of invisibility to its wearer, [141]
——, giving power to transport wearer to any place, [156]
Cloth, magic, provides food, [161]
Clothes, stealing of fairy maiden's, [101]
Club, used by giant for killing, [11]
——, magic fighting, [162]
Coachman, King's, hero takes service as, [270]
Cock, a servant of fairies, [xxxiii].
——, crowing of, good omen, [213]
——, iron, on spire, in story incident, [42]
——, lesson taught by, [301]
——, red, accompanies hero, [259]
Cock-crow, devils disappear at, [37]
——, means of getting rid of ghost, [282]
College, hero's attendance at, [7], [59]
Constantinople, St. Sophia, blood stains at, [382]
Cooking, methods alluded to, [30]
Copper bridge, dragon's home near, [196], [199]
—— forest, [388]
—— objects used in story incidents, [2], [28], [31], [40], [61], [78], [142], [150]
Corn, Finnish method of drying, [315].
Cornish folk-lore, [349]
—— wells, [373]
Corpse assists ghost to find bride, [282]
Cosmogony, tales dealing with, [375]-[376]
Cottele on the Tamar, blood-stains at, [382]
Cotton as a clew to find way out of thicket, [144]
Count's daughter, the, story-title, [127]-[130]
Country inhabited by lions and wolves, [189], [195]
Cramp, cure for, [xlix].
Cray-fish in story incident, [84]
Cripple, cure for, in story incident, [37]
Cromwell, battles attributed to, [382]
Crow assists hero in fight with dragon, [201]
—— hatches bones of boy, [299]
Crow's nest, story title, [298]-[301]
Crutch sticks given to hero for singing, [300]
Csabor Ur, story title, [123]-[125]
Csángós, Magyar settlers in Moldavia, [380]
——, origin of the, [xv].
Csihan, Prince, story title, [1]-[6]; notes to story, [303]-[306]
Cuchulaiun, story of, quoted, [348]
Cumanians, origin of the, [xv].-[xvi].
Cumberland wells, [373]
Curry-comb, used as obstacle to pursuit of hero, [160]
Curse of oblivion, [321]-[322]
Dances, wedding, [104]-[105]
Dancing, caused by flute, [13]-[15]
—— fairy, [xxxiv]. [143]
Danish folk-tales quoted, [306], [324], [334], [355], [401]
Daughters, king ill-using, [288]
—— of witch, mares till nightfall, [159]
Dawn, as story character, [42]
Dawn and night, tying up of, in folk-tales, [326]
Days of the week, [xlix].
Death cured by magic orange, [156]
—— in equalled with sleep, [374]
—— personification of, as story character, [82]
—— sign of, to three brothers on adventure, [55]; superstition, [403]
—— (sudden) penalty for telling secret, [301]
Death superstitions, [xlix].
Deception as to birth of prince during king's absence, [335]-[338]
Deer, brother of heroine transformed into, [221]
Devil and the Red Cap, story title, [226]-[228]
—— and the Three Slovac lads, story title, [126]-[127]
—— and the King, story title, [188]-[195]
"Devil with three golden hairs," Finnish variant of, [310]
Devil carries off corpse from gallows, [289]
—— carries off girls, [288]
—— construction of road by, [xxxvi].
—— conversations of, overheard, story incident, [37]
—— dedication of first child to, [7], [189], [384]
—— helps king to find game, [189]
—— personates hero, [226]
—— use of the word [346]
—— son of, helps heroine to escape devil, [192]
Devils marry sisters of hero, [288]
—— used for carrying out magical commands, [27]
Devonshire, Cottele on the Tamar, blood-stains at, [382]
Dew, at Friday's new moon, used for cure of blindness, [37]
Dew, healing powers of, [322], [416]
—— St. John's Day, properties of, [392]
Diamond, brought by fox to hero, [2]
—— castle, the light of Hades, [68]; abode of giant, [71]
—— horse-shoe nails, used by hero, [68]
Dissemination of folk-tales, causes of, [xxi].
Doctor, successful, story incident, [83], [138]
Dog, faithful, in folk-tales, [402]
——, kissing of hero by, causes oblivion, [322]
—— lungs and liver of, given instead of heroine's, [182]
Doghead, story character, [70]
Dogheaded Tartars, [118]
—— people, [xx]., [377]-[378]
Dragon, sacrifice of virgin to, [112], [374]
—— milk of, [409]; horse fed on, [252]
Dragons devouring human beings, [196]
——, pursuing devils take form of, [195]
——, slain by three princes, story incident, [41], [199]-[201] [247], [248]
——, used for carrying out magical commands, [16], [78]
——, when defeated vomiting lads they had swallowed, [197]
Drawing of object on the ground, magic powers of, [370]
Dream of hero raison d'être of story, [233]
Dream-books, [376]
Dreams obviate the curse of forgetfulness, [35]; importance of in misfortune, [120]
Dreams, three, story title [117]-[123]
Dress, fairy, stealing of, to secure bride, [101]; losing of, gives power of escape to fairy bride, [105]
Dresses, wedding, among the Magyars, [368]
Drink, enchanted, causes oblivion, [321]
—— customs, [lxviii].
Drowning of devils when pursuing heroine, [195]
Drugging hero's wine by witch, [253], [254], [255]
Duck, gold, heroine transformed into, [214], [402]
—— silver, devil's son takes form of, [195]
Dust, figures drawn in, come to life, [103], [104]
Dutch witchcraft, [343]
Dwarf, assistance to heroine by, [47]
—— outwits strong men, [245], [246]
Eagle, pursuing-father takes the form of, [32], [33]
Earthenware pot, skull boiled in, used to obtain news of lover, [279]
Eating taboo,
[9]
Egg (black) presented to hero by fairy godmother, [197]
Egyptian story quoted, [340], [341], [400]
Eldest brother hero of tale, [262]-[277]
Elk, coffin of heroine, carried about by, [174]
—— with gold and silver hairs in Russian story, [304]
Embroidery, an occupation of the fairies, [xxxiv].
Enchantment by spitting, [395]
English folk-tales, quoted, [354], [356], [360], [383], [396], [404], [406]
Envious sisters, story title, [49]-[54]
Epilepsy, cures for, [xlviii].
Eskimo folk-tales quoted, [331], [341], [362], [363], [364], [375], [386], [387], [389], [391], [393], [400], [408], [411]
Esthonian folk-tales quoted, [326]
Ethnology of giants in Magyar folk-lore, [xxvi]., [xxviii].
—— of Hungary, [viii].
Ewe, hero suckled by, [244]
Executioner, functionary at a wedding, [303]
Eye in forehead, giantess with, [146]
Eye, one, monster, [388]
Eyes, affection of, story incident, [59]
Eyes of King unlike each other, raison d'être of story, [250]
Eye-sight restored by herb, [322]
Fairies in Magyar folk-lore, [xxxii]-[xl].
Fairies, marriage of, with the giants, [xxix].
——, descent of witches from, [xli].
Fairies' well, youth-giving water from, [289]
Fairies' well, story title, [288]
Fairy dancing, [142]
Fairy Elizabeth, story title, [95]-[110]
Fairy godmother, present from, to hero, [197]
Fairy, house, origin of, [136]
"Faithful John," variants of, [313]-[315]
Falcon, shooting at, story incident, [40]
Falcon, pursuing mother takes the form of, [33]
False champion, story character, [43], [112]
Falsehood, personification of, story character, [36]
Family feuds, Lincolnshire, [382]
Family life of the fairies, [xxxvii].
Farmer, story character, [7]
Farming life in story incident, [80]
Father eats flesh of his boy, [298]
—— murdered by son in Finnish story, [307]
—— throws knives and forks to frighten hero, [251]
Father's (my) wedding, story title, [86]-[90]
Faust type stories, [306]-[312]
Fays, kissing by, causes oblivion, [322]
Fear, hero unable to learn, [228]
——, shown by pillows dropping from the seat, [45], [114]
Feather picking festival, [215]
—— picking, peasant occupation, [402]
Feathers, copper, gold and silver, from tail of wood grouse in Karelian story, [305]
Feet, silver, child born with, [337]
—— washing at weddings in Scotland, [367]
Feet and hands of hero renewed by rubbing with blood and dust, [261]
Feuds, clan or family, Lincolnshire, [382]
Fight between hero and dragons, [199], [200], [201], [247], [248]
Finger-lore, [331]
Finger-post as trysting place for hero and brothers, [257]
Finger songs, [330]
Finn giant beings, [340]
Finnish folk-tales, quoted, [307], [314]-[315], [318], [321], [323], [324], [326], [328], [329], [331], [332], [334], [335], [337], [342], [346], [347], [349], [350], [352], [353], [355], [356], [372], [373], [374], [379], [384], [385], [386], [389]-[390], [392], [393], [396], [399], [401], [402], [403], [404], [407], [409], [410], [411], [414], [416], [421]
—— marriage custom, [365], [369]
—— names for stars, [410]
Fire, ever-burning, story incident, [41]
Fire camp, in story incident, [99]
—— customs, [liv]., [lviii]., see "[hearth]"
Fire, obtained by youngest brother, [40]
Firpole ridden by witch to pursue hero, [272]
Fish, gold, princess turns into, when pushed into well, [135]
——, king of, assists hero in task, [252], [254]
——sung out of lake by hero, [316]
——, transformation of, into lovely girl, [16]
——, witch's daughters change to, [254]
Fisher Joe, notes to, [313]
—— story title, [15]-[22]
Fishing, story incident, [16]
Flame, red, dragon takes form of, [201]
Flame, white, hero takes form of, [201]
Flattery, applied to witches, [400]
Flint, falling from falcons' rock, story incident, [40]
Flint hoop, dragon takes form of, [201]
Flintshire wells, [373]
Flower gardens belonging to the fairies, [xxxvii].
Fluid, strength-giving, [353]
Flute, powers of, to compel dancing, [13]-[15]
Flying, power of, by giants, [xxx].
Foal, half rotten, of hero, demands for wages for performing tasks, [252]
——, magic power of, [263]; helps hero, [263]-[277]
Foals, the three, riddle solved by hero, [240]
Folk-tales, origin of, [xix].
Food, enchanted, causes oblivion, [321]
——, magic supply of, [284]
Forbidden chamber stories, [326], [384]
Forest, filling of, by devils, [28]; clearing of, for ploughing, [96]
Forgetfulness, curse of, story incident, [34]
Formulae, conjuring, of the fairies, [xxxiv].
Fortunatus' story, [141]
Foundation sacrifice, [376]-[377]
Foundling child becomes hero of tale, [244]
Fox, a story character, [1], [316]
—— in Russian Puss-in-Boots story, [304]; in Finnish story, [305]
French folk-tales quoted, [306], [347], [418]
—— invasion appearing in folk-tales, [xx]., [5]
Friar, ghost, in shape of, guardian of buried treasure, [231]
Friday, efficacy of, in folk-medicine, [37]
Frisian variants of Fisher Joe, [316]
Frog, grateful, for hero's kindness, assists him, [150]
——, the wonderful, story of, [224]-[226]
Frog prince story, Lincolnshire, [404]-[405]
Frogs, witches assume the shape of, [xli].
Fruit, fairy maiden concealed in, [386]
Funeral of heroine, [171], [173]
Gallows, devil carries off man hanging from, [289]
——, legend of, [382]
——, resort of devils at night, [37]
——, secrets heard under, [323]
Gangrene, cures for, [xlviii].
Garter, unloosing of, at weddings, [369]
George (St.) legend of, quoted, [374]
Gepidae, Ardaric King of, [vii].
German folk-tales quoted, [306], [312], [321], [323], [324], [339], [341], [346], [347], [349], [350], [355], [356], [357], [358], [359], [360], [364], [372], [373], [374], [377], [378], [383], [385], [386], [387], [388], [389], [391], [394], [395], [397], [399], [400], [401], [402], [403], [405], [406], [407], [408], [415], [416] [417], [421]
—— wedding customs, [369]
—— witchcraft, [343]
Gesta Romanorum quoted, [375]
Ghost, story character, [142]
——, wishing to marry bride, [282]
Ghost lovers, story title, [278]-[282], [417]
Ghosts, [xlv]; guard buried treasure, [232]
Giant objects in folk-tales, [361]
—— story, [xxvi].-[xxvii].
Giants, northern, [340]
——, identified with Huns, [x].
——, origin of, as sons of witch, [57]
——, story characters, [9], [25], [55], [72], [101], [147]
—— in Magyar folk-lore, [xxiv].-[xxxi].
—— and giantesses, [388]
Giantess, cannibal story characters, [146]
Gift to hero by fairy godmother, [197]
Gifts, wonderful, [394]
Gipsy tales quoted, [375]
Gipsy women in folk-tale, [213]
Girl with the golden hair, story-title, [262]-[277]
—— without hands, story of, [182]-[188]
Girls assist hero, [248]
——, captive, rescued by hero, [247], [248]
—— under form of mares in daytime, [159]
Glass mountains in folk-tales, [350]
Glass rock, hero taken over by magic horse, [65]
Gnats, assists hero in task, [252], [254]
Goats, guardians of giant's treasure, [xxxi].
Goblet of dazzling brightness, story incident, [19]
Goblins, [xlv].-[xlvi].
God, or Christ, descent of, to earth, story incident, [20], [82]
Gold bridge, dragon's home near, [196], [201]
—— children, variant of story, [313]
—— duck, heroine transformed into, [214]
—— hair picked up by hero, [269]
—— horses, fetched by hero as task, [274]
—— objects used in story incidents, [2], [28], [63]-[64], [65], [71], [74], [130], [143], [150]
Golden apple, castle contained in, [206]
—— coffin of heroine carried about by elk, [173]
—— forest, [258]
—— haired children born to heroine, [177], [184]
—— haired stud of horses, [62]
—— hair, girl with, story title, [262]-[277]
—— girl married to hero, [159]
—— hair, Tátos horse with, [198]
—— horned bullocks roasted at Magyar weddings, [367]
—— spade used to dig up Tátos foal, [251]
Goods of heroine fetched by hero in table cloth, [273]
Goose's egg, copper fortress swivelling on, [78]
Gorgons, parallels to, [353]
Gothamite stories quoted, [356], see "[noodle]"
Grapes, speaking, smiling apple, and tinkling apricot, story title, [130]-[132]
Grateful beasts, story incident, [2], [[150]], [153], [158], [160], [249], [303]-[306]
Grave stone and mound, story about, [381]
Greek folk-tales, quoted, [338], [340], [350], [355], [386], [387], [391], [392], [394], [396], [398], [399], [400], [401], [402], [406], [407], [408]
Green king, character in story, [288]
Greyhound, guardian of giant's treasure, [xxxi].
Griffin helps hero to escape from underground world, [249]
Griffins, witch's daughter changed to, [254]
Guns fired at weddings, Magyar, [368]
Gyllenspets, family of, legends as to ennobling, [381]
Hair combing in folk-tales, [389]
——, not to be thrown away, [332]
——, cutting of, punishment, [216]
——, at wedding, [369]
——, folk-lore of, [374]-[375], [402]
—— of heroine used as means to bewitch her, [222]
——, gold, of heroine, used by her to give light, [270]
Hair-pin, poisonous, used by witch for destroying heroine, [172]
Hairs, transformed into serpents, [398]
Handkerchiefs, exchange of, mode of engagements, Palócz, [413]
Hands, girl without, story of, [182]-[188]
——, gold, child born with, [337]
Hands and feet of hero cut off by his brothers, [260]; renewed by rubbing with blood, [261]
——, cutting off of heroine's, by eldest sisters, [50]
Handsome Paul, story title, [25]-[35]; variants of, [317]
Hanging, ceremonial at, [406]-[407]
Harvesting customs, [98]
Head-dress worn by maidens, Palócz, [414]
Healing-grass, restoration of life by, [58]
Healing-mud, [391]
Healing-plants, [374]
Hearth custom, mourning behind the oven, [15], see "[ashes]"
Heat, great, round fairies' well, [291]
Heaven, journey to, story incident, [20]; allegory of, [94]
Helen and Argilus, story of, [345]
Hell, hero marries witch in, [204]
—— voyage to, [8]-[10], [67]
Hermit character in tale, helps hero, [288]; hero restores him to youth, [295]
Hero maimed by elder brothers, [260]
——, limbs of, restored by using magic mud, [261]
—— suckled by ewe, [244]
—— swallowed by king, [317]
Hero transformed by Tátos horse, [198]
—— unable to learn to fear, [228]
Heroine marries devil's son, [195]
History in folk-tales, [380]-[382]
Holofernes, the fire-king, story of, [345]
Holly tree with gold leaves in Russian story, [304]
Holyrood, blood-stains at, [382]
Home, troubles arising from bringing bride to the, [370]-[371]
Homer quoted, [376]
Horace quoted, [376]
Horn, magic, in story incident, [61]
Horse fed on dragon's milk for strength, [252]
——, magic, story incident, [20], [62], [105], [144], [158], [160], [197], [387], [390], [392]-[393]
——, old, made young by hero, [260]
——, piebald, assists hero, [289]
—— racing at weddings, Magyar, [368]
—— (stallion) guardian of giant's treasure, [xxxi].
—— with five legs produced from egg, [197]
Horse-shoe, gold, picked up by hero, [270]
Horses, age of, tested, [119]
——, hero's task to take charge of, [253]
——, mythic, called Tátos, [345]-[349]
——, transformation of human beings into, [31]
——, witch's daughters in shape of, [252]
——, witches assume the shape of, [xli].
House, folk-lore of the threshold, [410]-[411]
—— tidying incident in folk-tales, [386]
House-fairy, origin of, [136]
Human sacrifice in story incident, [112]
—— to stay the plague, [381]
Hundetyrk, giant beings, Swedish, [340]
Hunes, a tribe who came over with Saxons to Britain, [xi].
Hungarian Faust story, [312]
—— folk-tales, collections of, [xxii].-[xxiii].
Hungarians, origin of, [vii].-[viii].
Hungary, bathing customs in, [308]
——, the happy land, [126]
Huns, origin of the, [vii]., [x].
Hunting princes, story title, [39]-[46]
——, story incident, [1], [39], [54], [186],