The Hero of Esthonia and Other Studies in the Romantic Literature of That Country - W. F. Kirby

Ukko or Uko, principal God of Finns and Esthonians, often called Taara by the latter, i. [xxvii.], [6], [22], [62]; ii. [86], [284].
Ülemiste järv, Upper Lake, near Revel, formed of Linda's tears for the death of Kalev, i. [21]; ii. [104].
Underground people, ii. [98 note].
Underground smithy, ii. [116].
Unnatural brothers, i. [189]; ii. [41], [70], [207].
Unnatural sisters, ii. [43].

Vad Velen, the Yellow Plague in Britain, ii. [272 note].
Väinämöinen, a patriarch and culture-hero, the principal character in the "Kalevala," identical with the Esthonian Vanemuine, i. [xxi.], [xxvii.], [xxix.], [7]; ii. [60].
Väinämöinen worshipped by Finns, i. [xxvii.]; ii. [81].
Valkyrior, the maidens of Othin in the Scandinavian mythology, who choose the heroes destined to fall in battle, i. [60 note].
Vampyrism (this is said to be still prevalent in Eastern Europe, though it has disappeared from Western Europe along with witchcraft. The best preventative or cure is cremation), i. [xxxii.]; ii. [188].
Vana, Old, term of respect applied to gods and devils, ii. [144 note].
Vana isa. See Old Father.
Vana kannel, "Old Harp," i. [xxiv.]
Vana mees, "Old Man," one of the epithets for the Devil, ii. [181].
Vana pois. See Old Boy.
Vana Sarvik, "Old Hornie." See Sarvik.
Vanemuine, God of Music among the Esthonians, identical with the Finnish Väinämöinen, i. [xxi.], [xxix.], [7]; ii. [60], [81], [299].
Vanemuine, farewell to Esthonia, ii. [85].
Varrak, a wise Laplander, i. [5], [113], [132].
Vaskjala bridge, Maiden of the, ii. [34].
Videvik (Twilight), Koit, and Ämarik, ii. [30].
Villein, Prince, i. [275].
Villina Hills, ii. [145].
Virgilius the Enchanter, ii. [20 note].
Virgin Mary worshipped by Finns, i. [xxvii.]; ii. [81].
Virts, Lake, i. [xiv.]
Virts Lake and Emmu Lake, ii. [144].
Viru, native name for Esthonia proper, i. [xiv.], [8].
Vladinin, Prince of Kief, the suzerain of the mythical Russian heroes, i. [xxxii.]
Vöhandu River, i. [137].
Voyage of the Kalevide, i. [110].

War, Herald of, i. [63]; ii. [287].
War, rumours of, i. [61].
Water-lily, girls transformed to, i. [225]; ii. [46].
Water-mother, i. [xxiv.], ii. [61].
Water-nymphs of Irish lakes, ii. [147 note].
Water-sprite, gifts of, ii. [98].
Water of strength and weakness (this is perhaps connected with the Russian Water of Death and Life, the first of which heals the wounds of a dead body, and the second restores it to life), i. [90], [100], [127].
Waters, Lord of, seeks the hand of Linda, i. [15].
Waters, Lady of the, ii. [95].
Were-wolves, ii. [277].
Weil, G., "Biblische Legenden der Muselmänner aus arabischen Quellen, zusammengetragen und mit jüdischen Sagen verglichen," Frankfort-on-Main, 1845, ii. [236].
Whirlwind, spirit of the, i. [xxxi.]; ii. [110].
White Horse. See Horses.
(I have forgotten to notice elsewhere that the White Horse is a universally sacred emblem. It occurs more than once in the Apocalypse (Rev. vi. 2, xix. 11, 14)).
White Mare. See Mare.
Why the dog and cat and cat and mouse are enemies, ii. [282].
Wicked farmer's wife devoured by wolves, i. [291].
Widow of Lääne, i. [2], [9].
Widows at magic well, ii. [145].
Wiek, German name for the province of Lääne, i. [xiv.], [8 note].
Wierland, German name for the province of Viru, or Esthonia proper, i. [xiv.]
Wife, insatiable, ii. [48].
Wife-murderer (Bluebeard), ii. [1].
Will o' the Wisps, ii. [111].
William Tell expected to return, i. [xxxii.]
Wind seeks the hand of Linda, i. [15].
Wind magician, i. [19], [20].
Wind-mother, i. xxiv, [218]; ii. [106].
Wind sorcerers, i. [xxix.], [xxxi.]
Wind-and-Weather, name of a giant, ii. [282 note].
Winds, King of, ii. [95].
Wishes, Three, ii. [45].
Wishing-rod, i. [91], [105], [108], [198].
Witch-Bride, ii. [45].
Witch Peipa, ii. [137].
Witch poisoned with hemlock-roots, i. [233].
Witch riding on cock, ii. [140].
Witch's coil, i. [218].
Wolf, i. [52], [84], [97], [171]; ii. [31].
Wolf, creation of, ii. [274].
Wolf, Devil changed into, ii. [181].
Wolf stories, ii. [274].
Wolf and Devil, i. [xxxi.]; ii. [76 note], [274].
Wolfsbrunnen, near Heidelberg, ii. [86 note].
Woman in the Moon, ii. [29], [37].
Wonderful Haycock, ii. [133].
Wood of Tontla, ii. [237].
Wood-goddess, ii. [196].
Woodcutter, compassionate, ii. [124].
Wooden man and birch-bark maid, ii. [180].
Woodpecker and Iliawatha, i. [81 note].
Word-sorcerers, i. [xxxi.]

Yellow Plague in Britain, ii. [272 note].
Yggdrasil (properly Yggthrasil), the sacred ash-tree of Scandinavian mythology, i. [39 note].
Ymir, giant from whose body the earth was formed, in the Scandinavian mythology, i. [60 note].
Youngest son, despised, ii. [44].
Yudhishthira, one of the heroes of the Indian Epic, the Maha-Bharata, i. [25 note]; ii. [23 note].

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