| PAGE |
| PREFACE | [ix] |
| INTRODUCTION— | |
| ESTHONIA | [xiii] |
| THE KALEVIPOEG | [xviii] |
| FOLK-TALES IN PROSE | [xxii] |
| BALLADS AND OTHER SHORT POEMS | [xxiii] |
| PASTOR HURT'S COLLECTIONS | [xxiv] |
| MYTHOLOGY | [xxvi] |
| PART I | |
| THE HERO OF ESTHONIA | |
| THE KALEVIPOEG | [1] |
| THE ARGUMENT | [2] |
| CANTO I.—THE MARRIAGES OF SALME AND LINDA | [7] |
| CANTO II.—THE DEATH OF KALEV | [18] |
| CANTO III.—THE FATE OF LINDA | [24] |
| CANTO IV.—THE ISLAND MAIDEN | [32] |
| CANTO V.—THE KALEVIDE AND THE FINNISH SORCERER | [38] |
| CANTO VI.—THE KALEVIDE AND THE SWORD SMITHS | [42] |
| CANTO VII.—THE RETURN OF THE KALEVIDE | [49] |
| CANTO VIII.—THE CONTEST AND PARTING OF THE BROTHERS | [55] |
| CANTO IX.—RUMOURS OF WAR | [61] |
| CANTO X.—THE HEROES AND THE WATER-DEMON | [64] |
| CANTO XI.—THE LOSS OF THE SWORD | [72] |
| CANTO XII.—THE FIGHT WITH THE SORCERER'S SONS | [80] |
| CANTO XIII.—THE KALEVIDE'S FIRST JOURNEY TO HADES | [87] |
| CANTO XIV.—THE PALACE OF SARVIK | [94] |
| CANTO XV.—THE MARRIAGE OF THE SISTERS | [105] |
| CANTO XVI.—THE VOYAGE OF THE KALEVIDE | [110] |
| CANTO XVII.—THE HEROES AND THE DWARF | [119] |
| CANTO XVIII.—THE KALEVIDE'S JOURNEY TO PÕRGU | [124] |
| CANTO XIX.—THE LAST FEAST OF THE HEROES | [129] |
| CANTO XX.—ARMAGEDDON | [135] |
| PART II | |
| ESTHONIAN FOLK-TALES | |
| SECTION I | |
| TALES ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE "KALEVIPOEG" | |
| THE MILKY WAY | [147] |
| THE GRATEFUL PRINCE | [152] |
| THE CLEVER COUNTRYWOMAN | [186] |
| SLYBOOTS | [187] |
| THE HOUSE-SPIRIT | [207] |
| THE GOLD-SPINNERS | [208] |
| SECTION II | |
| ORPHAN AND FOUNDLING STORIES | |
| THE WOOD OF TONTLA | [237] |
| THE KING OF THE MISTY HILL | [259] |
| THE ORPHAN'S HANDMILL | [260] |
| THE ORPHAN BOY AND THE HELL-HOUNDS | [261] |
| THE EGG-BORN PRINCESS | [273] |
| THE ROYAL HERD-BOY | [279] |
| TIIDU, THE FLUTE-PLAYER | [303] |
| THE LUCKY EGG | [308] |
| THE MAGICIAN IN THE POCKET | [321] |
| THE GOD-DAUGHTER OF THE ROCK-MAIDENS | [321] |
| THE FOUNDLING | [321] |