[ [122] ] As in the Kalevipoeg, [Canto 13] ; and the story of the [Gold-Spinners], &c.
[ [123] ] Compare [p. 121] (anteà). The bell is not mentioned elsewhere in this story.
[ [124] ] A beer-barrel with a tap, for general use, often stands in the houses of the Esthonian peasantry.
[ [125] ] "And as to the sword, if it be drawn against an army, and its bearer shake it, he will rout the army; and if he say to it at the time of his shaking it, 'Slay this army,' there will proceed from that sword a lightning which will slay the whole army."— Story of Joodar ( Thousand and One Nights ).
[ [126] ] Compare the scene between the Kalevide and Tühi, in [Canto 15] of the poem.
[ [127] ] This old man may have been the consort of the Meadow-Queen. Cf. pp. [188], [259].
[ [128] ] We shall find mussel-shells used as boats in other tales.
[ [129] ] "These forests are very useful in delivering princes from their courtiers, like a sieve that keeps back the bran. Then the princes get away to follow their fortunes."— George MacDonald, " The Light Princess. "
[ [130] ] Compare the scene with the four Grey Women in the second part of Faust.