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| 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 |
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| 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 PŌRGU | 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 | |
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| SECTION II | ||
| ORPHAN AND FOUNDLING STORIES | ||
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| 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 | |