[188]
Husks in folk-tales, [385]
Hussar and the servant girl, story-title, [83]-[85]
Hydrophobia, cures for, [xlviii].
Iliad, quoted, [349]
Illness, feigned, incident in folk-tales, [386]
Images, wax, used in sorcery, [332]
Immuration of human beings, [376]-[377], [407]
——, punishment by, [114]
Incantation, witch, [xliii].
Indian tales quoted, [306], [307], [314], [321], [323], [338], [339], [341], [342], [344], [346], [356], [361], [362], [363], [364], [373], [383], [384], [385], [386], [387], [389], [391], [394], [395], [396], [398], [400], [402], [403], [404], [415]
Invisible cap given by devil, [227]
—— shepherd lad, story title, [141]-[144]
Ishtar, legend of, quoted, [400]
Italian folk-tales quoted, [356], [383], [384], [396]-[398], [400], [401], [408], [421]
Irish folk-tales quoted, [322], [348], [353], [355], [364], [372], [394], [396], [397]
Iron age, giants connected with, [xxvi].
—— kneader, character in story, [245], [246]
—— nose, woman with, [159], [203], [243]
—— pole, witch rides on, to pursue hero, [269]
—— railing round witch's house, [267]
—— teeth, witch possessing, [221]
Irons, brothers of hero working in, for debt, [260]
Jack and the Bean Stalk incident, [146], [388]
Jack Dreadnought, story title, [228]-[232]
Jack the Giant Killer, [341]
James I., legend of, [382]
Japan marriage customs, [368]
Japanese folk-tales quoted, [306], [391]
Jaundice, cures for, [xlvi].
Jazyges, origin of the, [xvii].
Jesuits in Hungary, [409]
Jewel, youth-giving qualities of, [373]
Jewish wedding customs, [369]
Jikil, a people of Hungary, [xiii].
Johara, Juharia, province of, recorded in folk-tales, [371]
Joseph, Biblical story of, quoted, [375]
Kaffir folk-tales, [403]
Kalevala, quoted, [331], [374]
Karelian story quoted, [353], [359], [390]
Keyne, St., well of, in Cornwall, [373]
King adopts hero as his son, [234]
—— and the devil, story of, [188]-[195]
——, child born to be, type story, [233]-[244]
—— made young again by magic water, [295]
—— marrying most beautiful woman, [163]
—— with eyes that weep and laugh, [251]
King's daughter, story character, [4], [15], [234], [238]
—— youngest daughter, story character, [27]
Kissing by fays and by dog, causes oblivion, [322]
Knife, non-use of, for killing, [11]
——, wooden, stone cut by, [247]
Knives stuck in a tree for life index, [374]
Knot-holes in wood, folk-tale connected with, [364]
Knowledge, obtaining of secret, [322]-[324]
Koiran-Kuonalanien, giant beings, Finn, [340]
Kronos, legend of, quoted, [399]
Kuns, origin of the, [xv].-[xvi].
Ladybird rhyme, [xx].
Lake, magic, power of restoring limbs possessed by, [185]
——, silver, heroine takes form of, [195]
Lamb, possessing power to rain gold, [162]
—— with golden fleece, story title, [13]-[15]; variants of, [312]
Lamb and shepherd, pursued heroine and hero become, [33]
Lameness of characters in folk-tales, [372]
——, superstition about, [398]
Language of animals, see "[animals]"
Languages of Hungary, [xviii]., [xix].
Lapp folk-tales quoted, [305], [312], [321], [326], [328], [329], [343], [344], [346], [352], [358], [359], [361], [362], [364], [370], [372], [373], [379], [384], [385], [386], [388], [389], [390], [392], [393], [396], [397], [399], [400], [403], [408], [410], [415], [418], [420]
Lapp giant beings, [340]
—— wedding customs, [369]
Laughing, cure of illness by, [15]
Lazy cat, [23]-[25]; note to, [317]
Lead, boiling, ordeal of truth by jumping in, [297]
—— used as punishment by fairies, [294]
Letter forged by witch, [178], [185]
Letter intercepted, story incident, [52], [185]
Life, allegory of, [92]-[94]
—— concealed away from the body, [400]
—— restoration to, [329], [341], [342], [344]; by animals, [374], [396]; by snake, [55]; by healing grass, [58], [113]
Life or soul, witch's, contained in animals, [205]
Life index incidents, [339], [340], [374], [378]
Light extinguished by animal bridegroom, [226]
Limber, Lincolnshire, battle legends in, [382]
Lincolnshire folk-lore, [343], [350], [363], [376], [378], [382], [398]
—— folk-tales quoted, [358], [392], [393], [404], [405], [417], [418]-[420], [421]
—— Mumby Hill, treasure legend, [xxxi].
—— superstitions, [402]
—— treasure legend, [406]
—— wedding customs, [369]
—— witchcraft, [xliii].
Lions, country inhabited by, [188], [195]
Literature, mediæval, influence on folk-tales, [xx]., [xxi].
Livy quoted, [377]
Loaf, baked seven times with other loaves, used as charm against dragon, [79]
Local influences on folk-tales, [xx].
Lodging, hero's, at a cottage held by a murderer, [9]
London, legend relating to, quoted, [351]
Looking back, misfortune from, [101]
——, superstition against, in folk-tales, [362]-[363]
——, unlucky at weddings, [369]
Looking-glass, magic, power of speaking possessed by, [165]
Lord of the manor, story character, [17]
Love of the fairies, [xxxiv].-[xxxv].
Lover's ghost, story title, [278]-[282]
Luck and bliss, story title, [22], [23]; variants of, [317]
Lungs and liver eaten by would-be murderer, [183]
Mace, sent as sign of recognition, [106]
—— used by devil as weapon, [194]
Mace-throwing, [353]
Magic pony, little, story of, [157]-[160]
—— powers of giants, [xxix].
—— queen of, [78]
—— woman, godmother to heroine, [144]
Magpie in Swedish folk-lore, [364]
Magyars, origin of, [viii]., [xiii].
Maiming of slain enemies, story incident, [43]
Malagasy folk-tales quoted, [340], [394], [398], [401]
—— superstition as to the threshold, [411]
Man, hanged, eaten by devil, [290]
Manners of Magyars, [lxvii].
Märchen, origin of, [xix].
Mare, power of talking possessed by, [263]
Mares, milking, task set hero, [275]
Mares, witch's daughter in story, [159]
Market operations in noodle story, [81]
Marriage by guessing of bride's secret marks, [141]
—— by taking down objects from high pole, [151]
——, child, [80]
——, church, [4], [7]
—— customs, Magyar, [liv]., [365]; Palóczy, [412]-[414]
—— festivals, Magyar, [389]
—— in folk-tales, [328]
—— of hero to queen of the fairies, [298]
—— of hero with witch, [204]
—— of heroine with frog, [225]
—— of most beautiful girl, [163]
—— of twelve brothers to twelve sisters, [159]
—— to slayer of king's enemies, [44]
—— by capture, see "[bride-capture]."
Maundeville's travels quoted, [342]
May-pole, used in marriage custom, Palóczy, [412]
Meadow, silken, of enemies, [67]
Medicine folk, [xlvi].-[xlix]., [403], [409]; in story incident, [37]
Melton Ross, Lincolnshire, gallows legend at, [382]
Merlin, tradition of, [341]
Message stick, story incident, [106]
Messenger, intercepted, story incident, [52]
Mezey, knight, story character, [66]
Mice, king of, assists hero in task, [252], [255]
Midnight, a story character, [42]
Migration of a people, probable reference to, in folk-tales, [371]
Milk, adulteration of, allegory of, [94]
Milk, bathing in, task set hero, [276]
Milk flowing from finger-post a sign of prosperity, [257]
Milk-jug, lid of, formed from remains of murdered princes, [136]
Milk lake and golden duck, pursued heroine and hero become, [34]
Milk, woman's, bread made with, [121]
Milking mares, task set hero, [274]
Miller, a story character, [1]
Millet-cake, story incident, [29], [30]
Millet-field, heroine takes form of, [32], [193]
Millet-seed, skull boiled with, as means of divination, [279]
—— to cleanse, task set heroine, [192]
Millstone given to hero for singing, [300]
Mirkó, Prince, story title, [59]-[76]
Mirror, magic, [395]
Mohammedanism, influence of, on folk-tales, [xx]., [xl].
Moldavia, Hungarian settlers in, [xv].
——, Magyar settlers in, [380]
Money given to hero by devil to aid him on his journeys, [290], [292], [293]
Mongolian marriage customs, [368]
Monk, devil's son takes form of, [194]
Moon, on forehead of twin son, [52], [337]; on hero's forehead, [387]; on right breast of king's daughter, [140]
——, myth of, in folk-tales, [327]
——, new, efficacy of, in folk-medicine, [37]
—— superstition, [403]
Moonlight in the water, [358]
Mopstick, witch riding on, [253]
Moss, eyelids covered with, sign of old age, [259]
Mother marrying son, in Finnish story, [308]
—— of heroine, her enemy, [183]
Mountain adventures, story incident, [39], [54]
Mountains built by giants, [xxvii].
Mouse, assistance of, to hero, [153]
Murder, crime of, committed and punished, [9]-[13]
Murder of father by son in Finnish story, [307]
Murders of the Blue Beard type, [129]
Music, folk-, [370]
Musical air to rhymes, [405]
Musical myths, quoted, [347], [400]
Mysterious land in folk-tales, [371]-[372]
Myth, saints' legends develop into, [x].
Nail-pairing superstitions, [402]
Name, taboo in story incident, [47], [330]-[344]
Names of fairies, [xxxvi]. [xxxviii].
Negro legend of treasure, [406]
Nettles, Prince Czihan, story title, [1]-[6]
New Year's Day, [liii].
Niebelungen quoted, [351]
Night and dawn, tying up of, in folk-tales, [326]
Nimrod, giant legend of, [viii].
Noodle stories, [80], [83], [86], [356]-[359], [361]; parallels between, [xix.]
Norse tales quoted, [322], [323], [329], [342], [346], [350], [352], [353], [355], [358], [359], [360], [361], [370], [371], [372], [373], [375], [383], [385], [386], [389], [391], [392], [394], [396], [397], [398], [400], [404], [408], [410], [415], [421]
Northumberland folk-lore, [343], [383]
Norwegian giant beings, [340]
Nose, sausage grows to man's, [219]
Nothing, character in Finnish story, [315]
Numbers, [lix].
Nutshell, fairy bride's dress placed in, [102]
Oak tree with golden leaves in Russian story, [304]
Oblivion curse of, [321]-[322]
Obstacles to pursuit in folk-tale, [xxxiii]., [32]-[35], [160], [393]-[394]
Occupations of the fairies, [xxxiv].
Ointment, strength-giving, [353]
Operencian Sea, magic trees on shores of, [256]
Orange, cure of dead by, [156]
Oranges, three, story title, princesses spring from, [133]-[136]
Orphans, the two, story of, [220]-[224]
Oven, retirement behind, as mourning, [15]
Owls' feathers, [409]
——, pillow stuffed with, [191], [255], [398]
Oxen, ploughing with, in tale, [298]
Palaces of the fairies, [xxxviii].
Palm Sunday, descent of God to earth on, [21]
Palocz, origin of the, [xviii].
——, folk-tales, [412]
Palstave, used by Magyars, [412]
Pannonia conquest of by Romans, [vii].
Paris, Carmelite convent, blood stains at, [382]
Pear-tree, poisonous, dragon's wife takes form of, [202]
Pears, stolen from tree, incident in tale, [183]
Peas in open field, picked up by hero, [76]
Peel borrowed by mother in tale, [298]
Pelican, the, story title, [250]-[262]
Pelicans, unknown in Hungary, [409]
Pentamerone quoted, [339], [342], [374], [375], [379], [386], [387], [388], [394], [396], [398], [399], [400], [401], [403], [407], [410], [417]
Perspiration, superstition about, Indian, [395]
Peter (St.), appearance of, to hero, [141]
——, descent of, to the earth with God, [20]
Petticoat, tale said to be in tucks of, [282]
Phooka, the wild horse of Ireland, [349]
Picture in folk-tales, [396]
Piebald horse, magic horse, [289]; assists hero, [289]; enemy of devils, [291], [292],
[293]
Pig, prince in form of, [131], [132]
Pig-driving, in story incident, [80]
Pigeon, hero transforms himself into, [286]
Pigeons, transformation of, into girls, [101]
Pigeons help heroine in task, [208]
Pillow stuffed with owls' feathers in devil's house, [191]
Pin, in folk-tales, [395]-[396]
——, poisonous, used by witch to destroy heroine, [170]
Pistols, used by hero, [63]
Plaid, possessing power of making wearer invisible, [289]
Plague, animal sacrifice at, [381]; witch sacrifice, [xliv].
Plants, wound-healing, [341]
——, superstitions, [lxiii]-[lxiv].
——, see "apples," "apricot," "bramble," "oak," "pear" Pleurisy, cures for, [xlvii].
Plough, six-ox, yoking of, [370]
Ploughing task, story incident, [28], [96]
Pluto, story character, [29]
Poker changed into horse by witch, [160]
Polish folk-tales quoted, [322], [379], [418]
Pony, magic, story of, [157]-[160]
Pope, hero becomes, [12]
Portraits, superstition against, [333]
Portuguese folk-tales quoted, [324], [334], [339], [342], [361], [365], [372], [374], [386], [389], [394], [395], [396], [397], [399], [400], [401], [402]
Post (finger) oozing blood, sign of misfortune to hero, [257]
—— used as trysting place, [257]
Poultry yard, hero and heroine locked in, [286]
Presents, the beggar's, story of, [161]-[163]
Priest, name for Tátos, also name for mythic horse, [345]
Priests and their sermons, allegory of, [94]
——, folk-tale allusion to, [205], [400]
Princes, the three, story title, [110]-[117]
Princess who never laughed, type story, [312]
Princesses, the three, story title, [144]-[149]
Property, obtaining of, by descent, [16], [34], [137]; by force, [6]; by marriage, [7], [46], [53], [153]
Proverbial sayings, Székely, [ix].
Punchkin, incident in folk-tales, [205], [400]
Punishment by immuration, [114]
Punishment of false knight, story incident, [45]
Puppies supposed to be born of heroine, [178], [185]
Purse which never gets full, see "[bag]"
Pursuit obstacles, in story incident, [32]-[35], [160], [393]-[394]
Puss in Boots, type story, [1]-[6], [303], [306]
Pygmy race, [330]
Queen of the faires, [294]
Quinsy, cure for, [xlix].
Rabbit, hero takes form of, [202]
Races, stories indicating old feuds between, [380]
Rats, witch's daughters changed to, [255]
Raven, shooting at, story incident, [39]
Red cap, devil and the, story of, [226]-[228]
Red-haired people, unluck of meeting, [329]
Red Knight, a false champion, [43], [114]
Relations, quarrels of, allegory of, [94]
Rhymes, children's, Cumanian, [xvi].
Rich men, children of two, story title, [80]-[83]
Riddles in folk-tales, [239], [240], [334]
Ring, betrothal, in Magyar marriage, [366]
——, poisonous, used by witch to kill heroine, [168]
—— possessing power of waking wearer in case of need, [291]
Ring, wedding, [3], [7]
——, wife's means of recognising husband, [315]
Rivers, fairy origin of, [xxxix].
Robbers, twenty-four, story characters, [42]
——, heroine protected by, [167]
Rod, growth of, put as a test, [119]
——, growth, magic, [71]
Rose, gold, means of identifying heroine, [211]-[213]
Rose, knight, story title, [54]-[58]
Roumanian folk-tales quoted, [353], [387], [388], [391], [399], [407]
Roumanian intrigues with Turkey alluded to, [124]
Rug, used as obstacle in pursuit of hero, [160]
Russian folk-tales quoted, [304], [306], [321], [325], [329], [338], [339], [341], [344], [347], [353], [355], [358], [359], [361], [362], [364], [373], [374], [379], [381], [389], [391], [392], [393], [394], [397], [398], [399], [400], [401], [404], [408], [411], [415], [420], [421]
Russian marriage ceremony, [366]
Sacrifice, human, in story incident, [112], [344]
——, to stay the plague, [381]
Saddle, magic, for magic horse, [63]
——, old, used on Tátos horse, [198]
Saddle and bridle demanded by hero for wages, [252]
Sale at markets, used as story incident, [22]
Saints' legends, place of, in mythology, [x].
—— quoted, [339]
Saints' Days, customs, [l].-[lix].
Sausage, magic, [219]
Scab, cure for, [xlix].
Scabbard growing on hero's side, [233]
Scandinavian Huns, [xi].
School, hero's attendance at, [7]
Scottish folk-lore, [363], [368], [411]
—— folk-tales quoted, [312], [346], [349], [398], [400]
—— wedding custom, [369]
Scurvy, cures for, [xlvii].
Sea, mythical, in Hungarian folk-tales, [375]-[376]
Secret, hero's life depends on keeping, [233], [244]
Secret-keeping little boy and his little sword, story title, [233]-[244], [314]
Secrets, transformation of hero on divulging, [314]
Selection, magic powers in, [378]
Serbian folk-tales quoted, [306], [323], [325], [339], [342], [347], [353], [361], [362], [373], [374], [386], [387], [388], [391], [392], [400], [401], [407], [408], [421]
Serpents, hairs from devil's beard become, [192]
Servants, animals so-called, [373]
Servian witchcraft, [343]
Service of hero with king, [263]
Seventh son superstition, [xxx].
Shepherd, story character, [13], [91], [141]
Shepherd Paul, story title, [244]-[249]
Shepherd's daughter given to devil instead of heroine, [191]
Ship that sails over land and sea, [316]
Shirt, silk, given to hero to increase strength, [248]
Shoe, Cinderella's, [149]
Shoes, in folk-tales, [387]
Shoes thrown after the bride, [369]
Shooting incidents in folk-tales, [329]
Sicilian folk-tales quoted, [338]
Siculus, people of Székely, [ix]., [xiii]., [xiv].
Sillyhood, name for the caul, [378]
Silver bridge, dragon's house near, [196], [200]
—— of dazzling brightness, story incident, [20]
Silver horse, concealment in, [139]
Silver objects mentioned in story incidents, [61], [130], [143], [150]
Sindibad, book of, quoted, [360]
Sins, washing away of, allegory of, [93]
Sisters, twelve, marry twelve brothers, story incident, [159]
Skin, delicacy of heroines, [354]
Skin, assumption of snake's, [342]
Skull, boiling of, used in divination to get news of absent lover, [279]
Slavonic folk-tales quoted, [323], [306]
Sleep, magic, falls on watchers of heroine, [183]
——, mode of, as a test of princely origin, [77]
Sleeping beauty incidents in folk-tales, [396]
Smell, giants sense of, [340]
Smithy, hero takes refuge at, [203]
Snake in Russian Puss in Boots story, [304]
——, prince in form of, [283]; proposes to marry king's daughter, [284]
—— teaches hero language of animals, [301]
——, three-headed, sacrifice of king's daughter to, [344]
—— with girl's head, restores life to hero, [55]
—— field, task of hero's to clean, [316]
—— friends, [342]
Snake-skin, story title [282]-[287], [417]
Snakes-skin, assumption of, by heroine, [342]
Snipe, origin of, [359]
Snow-water collected in March, youth-giving qualities of, [372]
Social organisation of the fairies, [xxxvii].
Son marrying mother in Finnish story, [308]
Song, singing a, means of discovering truth, [299]
Songs, mystic, for restoration of life, [341]
——, wedding and love, [370]
Spade, golden, used to dig up Tátos foal, [256]
Spanish belief in herb to restore eye-sight, [322]
Spanish folk-tales quoted, [313], [329], [334], [347], [360], [392], [394], [402], [407], [408]
Spanish wedding customs, [369]
Spectator, wedding songs quoted from, [370]
Spinning in folk-tales, [330]
Spinning-girl (the lazy) who became queen, story-title, [46]-[49]
Spitting, enchantment by, [395]
Spittle, fairy, makes objects speak, [xxxiii].
——, speaking of, to delude pursuers, [321]
—— used by witch to disfigure heroine, [166]
Sports at weddings, Magyar, [389]
Spring of poisonous water, dragon's wife takes form of, [202]
Sprites, [xlv].
Squirrel, shooting at, story incident, [40]
Staff broken at hanging ceremony, [407]
Stag, means of finding heroine, [186]
Star, morning, horse similar to, [63]
——, superstitions, [410]
Stars, child born with, on his face, [338]
——, marks of, on hero's forehead, [387]
——, three, on left breast of king's daughter, [140]
——, kicking of, by high-stepping horses, [130]
Steel dropping from raven's back, story incident, [39]
—— hoop, hero takes form of, [201]
Stepsister, heroine of tale, [207]
Stephen the murderer, story title, [7]-[13]; variants of, [306]-[312]
Stone cut with wooden knife by hero, [247]
Stone, giants turned to pillars of, [316]
——, hero turned into, [71]; hero's animal servants turned into, [115]
Stone-boulders eaten by giants for food, [247]
Stone-column, removal of, as task for hero, [18]
Stone-crusher, character in story, [245], [246]
Stonemasons, story characters, [18]
Stones, with imprint of giant's heel, [xxv]; of fairies [xxxiv].-[xxxv]. [xxxix].
Stones, (precious) superstitions, [lxiv].
Strength of giant kept apart from his body, [71]
——, secret of, revealed in order to kill hero, [326]
Strength-giving substances, [353]
Student who was forcibly made king, story-title, [76]
Students' careers alluded to, see "[college]" "[school]"
Subterfuge for gaining a wife, [4]
Subterranean houses of the fairies, [xxxviii].
Summons by whistle and whip, [372]
Sun, child born with, on top of head, [337]
——, on forehead of twin son, [52]; of king's daughter, [140]
——, comparison of hero with, [342]
——, hero's beauty like the, [56]
——, myth of, in folk-tale, [328]
——, stoppage of, to admire heroine's beauty [112]
Sunbeams, woman appearing on, [364]
Swahili folk-tales quoted, [306], [322], [342], [364], [386], [391], [397], [400], [408]
Swallow, herb known to, will restore eyesight [322]
Swan-maiden incident, [101], [363]-[365], [315] [390]
Swedish folk-tales quoted, [306], [330], [333], [334], [362], [386], [388], [391], [397], [401], [405],[415]
Swedish giant beings, [340]
Swedish wedding songs, [370]
Swineherd helps hero of tale, [261]
Swineherd hero-prince takes situation as, [296]
Swineherd's daughter given to devil instead of heroine, [190]
Sword, clanking of hero's, denoting approbation, [235], [241]
Sword possessing power of slaying numbers, [293]
Sword, unsheathed, placed between wife and husband's substitute, [116], [375]
—— used by hero, [63], [66]; growing in garden, [233]; kills hero's enemies, [243]
Swords, magic, in folk-tales, [350], [406]
Székely folk-medicine quoted, [342]
——, origin of the, [ix]., [xii].-[xv].
Table-cloth, magic, [162]
—— used by hero to carry goods, [273]
Tartar conquest alluded to, [118]-[119], [124]
Tartars, dog-headed, [377]
Tasks in folk-tales, [18], [27], [47], [153], [192]-[193], [273]-[275], [313], [315], [379], [390], [392], [393], [415]
Tátos, giant's horse, [xxv]., [197], [345]
Teeth, children born with, [378]
Telescope, wonderful, bought by prince to win a bride, [156]
Thorn-tree, cure for ague by shaking, [403]
Thornton Abbey, Lincolnshire, battle legend about, [382]
Three, significance of the number, [101];
—— canes, riddle of, solved by hero, [239];
—— foals, riddle of, solved by hero, [240];
—— legs, foal with, [257]
—— Princes, Three Dragons, and the Old Woman with the Iron Nose, story of, [196]-[206]
—— sisters in tale, [224]
—— sons, hero youngest of, [250]
—— wishes type story, [217]-[219]
Threshold, ceremonies at, [332], [333]
——, folk-lore of, [410]-[411]
Tinder, shot from squirrel's tree, story incident, [40]
Time, rapid passing of, in folk-tales, see "[age]," "[year]"
——, stopping of, story incident, [42], [362]
Toad used as means to bewitch heroine, [222]
Tools, assistance by, to youngest son, [390]
—— work by themselves, Frisian, [316]
Toothache of king ceasing only with granting hero's wishes, [197]
Tower, hero immured in, [240]
Town draped in black cloth, [374]
Trance, heroine falls into, through treachery, [172], [174]
Transformation of hero and heroine to avoid pursuit, [321]
Transylvania, wedding customs, [369]
——, races occupying, [ix].
Travelling, speed of, in folk-tales, [xxiv].-[xxv]., [26], [350]
—— with magic wings, [142]
Treasure, buried, ghosts as guards of, [231], [232], [405]
——, buried, legends, [xxix]., [xxx].
Treasures, offered by witch as reward refused by hero, [255]
Tree, good luck coming from being under, [387]
——, grown from remains of murdered princes, [135]
——, heroine and her children take refuge in, [179]
——, heroine placed amongst branches of, [213]
——, magic growth of,
[146]
——, sap of, used for cure of illness, [138]
——, witch seated in, [57], [115]
Tree-comber, character in story, [244]
Trees, magic, on borders of Operencian Sea, [256]
——, kissing each other means of hero crossing water, [258]
——, notched by hero to guide his path, [258]
Triangle traced by witch, [256]
Tribal blood feud incident, Arabian Nights, [360]
Trolls, assume shape of magpies, in Sweden, [364]
Truth and falsehood, travels of, story title, [36]-[39]
Trynetyrk, giant beings, Norwegian, [340]
Tumuli, called giants graves, [x].
Turkish sultan in folk-tales, [xx].
Twelve brothers marry twelve sisters, [159], [263], [267]
Twins, golden-haired, born to heroine, [184]
Twilight, myth of, in folk-tales, [327]
Uliva (St.) legend of, quoted, [339]
Underground people, in folk-tales, [408]
Useless article found on road, source of wealth to finder, [354]
Valuable, three things, story title, [155]-[157]
Vargaluska (dancing), concealed name of dwarf, [48]
Vasfogu, Bába, story character, [5]
Vikings, probable legend of, quoted, [352]
Vine-growing as task for hero, [18]
Vomiting of persons eaten, incident in folk-tales, [399]
Walachian folk-tales, quoted, [338], [395], [396]
Watching, youngest son successful in, [390]
Water, foal washed in to gain strength, [256]
—— immersion, cure of maiming by, story incident, [53]
—— possessing power of transforming human being into animal, [220]
——, reflection of heroine's face in, [135]
——, want of, causes death of princesses who were cut from oranges, [133]
——, youth-giving, from fairies' well, [289], [293], [295]
—— of life, allegory of, [93], [250]-[262]
Water-spring, blocking up by devils, story incident, [37]
——, magic origin of, [72]
Wayland Smith, legend quoted, [351]
Weaving in folk-tales, [330]
——, soldiers produced by, [68]
Wedding customs, Magyar, [365]
—— festivities, [104]-[105]
—— party, greeting to, [80]
Weeding operations in story incident, [81]
Well, frog residing in, [224]
——, holy, flowers from, used at marriages, Palócz, [412]
——, mud from, cures blindness, [152]
—— worship, [xxxii].
Wells, marvellous powers of water, [373]
Wend, folk-tales quoted, [359]
Were-wolves, [344]
Whale, heroine devoured by, [222]
Wheat, dirty, heroine set task of cleaning, [208], [209], [211]
Whip, magical, [16], [27], [107]
Whistle, magic, [392]
—— given by grateful animals for summons, [153]
—— commanding obedience from insects, fish, or mice, [252], [253]
Whistle and whip, a method of summons, [372]
Widower and his daughter, story of, [207]-[216]
Wife, lord's power over vassals, alluded to, [18]
Wife of hero desired by king, [314]
Wife-beating of, story incident, [23]
Wife's kindred, interposition of, [24]
Wine taken by hero to renew strength, [201], [248]
—— drank by foal for food, [265]
Wings, magic, for travelling, [142]
Winifred, St., well of, in Flintshire, [373]
Wishes, the, story of, [217]-[219]
Witches, assist youngest son, hero, [61]
——, burning of, [181]
—— changes into pigeon, story incident, [160]
——, children of, born with teeth, [378]
—— drugs hero, [253], [254] [255]
——, fear of, for animals, [57], [115]
——, giants supposed to be, [xxiv].
—— guardian of castle in Hades, [68]
—— in Magyar folk-lore, [xli].-[xliv].
—— kills her own children by ruse, [159], [268]
——, magical powers of, [xlii].
——, method of seeing, [xli].
——, mother of giants, [57]
—— with iron nose, [241], [243]
—— year consists of three days, [252]
Witch's daughter personates heroine, [221]
—— daughters in shape of horses, [252]
—— maid helps hero, [204]
Witchcraft defeated by the drawing of blood, [343]
Wives, dragon's, destroyed by hero, [203]
Wodin, dragon sacred to, [325]
Wolf, assistance of, to hero, [153]
Wolf, in Finnish grateful animal story, [305]
Wolves, country inhabited by, [188], [195]
Woman's curiosity, story title, [301]-[302], [313]
Woman, old, made young by hero, [260]
Women, aged, direct hero in quest, [258]
Wood-grouse in Karelian grateful animal story, [305]
Woodpecker in folk-tales, [362], [372]
——, influence of, on hero's actions, [99], [108]-[109]
Worcestershire folk-lore, [378]
Words, story turning on similarity of, [84]
World, underground, visited by hero, [247]
World's beautiful woman, story of, [163]
Wrestling of hero with strong men, [245]
Yarborough Camp, Lincolnshire, legend concerning, [382]
Year of service given by hero, [157]
—— of three days duration, [98]
Yellow Hammer, King, story character, [2]
Yorkshire finger-lore, [330], [331]
—— folk-lore, [349], [398]
—— superstitions, [402]
Youngest, success of, [389]-[391]
Youngest brother, story hero, [40], [55], [60], [92], [97], [116], [153], [157], [203]
—— daughter, story heroine, [27], [43], [49], [159]
—— prince successful in quest, [288]
—— prince and youngest princess, story title, [137]-[141]
—— sister heroine of tale, [207], [224]-[226]
—— son successful, [150], [196], [250]
Youth, allegory of, [93]
—— giving plants, [109]
—— giving water, [288], [372]-[373]
——, power to restore, possessed by pelican, [251], [258], [262]
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