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| PART II | ||
| ESTHONIAN FOLK-TALES—(continued) | ||
| SECTION III | ||
| COSMOPOLITAN STORIES | ||
| PAGE | ||
| BLUEBEARD (THE WIFE-MURDERER) | 1 | |
| CINDERELLA (TUHKA TRIINU) | 4 | |
| THE DRAGON-SLAYER (THE LUCKY ROUBLE) | 6 | |
| THE DWARF’S CHRISTENING | 8 | |
| THE ENVIOUS SISTERS (THE PRINCE WHO RESCUED HIS BROTHERS) | 9 | |
| THE GIFTED BROTHERS (SWIFTFOOT, QUICKHAND, AND SHARPEYE) | 12 | |
| THE SWIFT-FOOTED PRINCESS | 23 | |
| THE IDIOT’S LUCK (STRANGE TALE OF AN OX) | 24 | |
| THE MAGICIAN’S HEIRS (THE DWARFS’ QUARREL) | 24 | |
| THE MAN IN THE MOON | 29 | |
| VIDEVIK, KOIT, AND AMARIK | 30 | |
| THE MAIDEN AT THE VASKJALA BRIDGE | 34 | |
| THE WOMAN IN THE MOON | 37 | |
| POLYPHEMUS | 38 | |
| RED RIDING-HOOD (THE DEVIL’S VISIT) | 38 | |
| SNOWWHITE, THE GLASS MOUNTAIN, AND THE DESPISED YOUNGEST SON (THE PRINCESS WHO SLEPT FOR SEVEN YEARS) | 40 | |
| p. vi | ||
| PAGE | ||
| THE THREE SISTERS | 43 | |
| THE THREE WISHES (LOPPI AND LAPPI) | 45 | |
| THE WITCH-BRIDE (ROUGUTAJA’S DAUGHTER) | 45 | |
| THE STEPMOTHER | 46 | |
| SECTION IV | ||
| FAMILIAR STORIES OF NORTHERN EUROPE | ||
| MELUSINA | 48 | |
| THE FISHERMAN AND HIS WIFE (THE POWERFUL CRAYFISH AND THE INSATIABLE WIFE) | 48 | |
| THE MERMAID | 49 | |
| HOW THE SEA BECAME SALT | 70 | |
| THE TWO BROTHERS AND THE FROST | 71 | |
| THE SOLDIER AND THE DEVIL | 76 | |
| SECTION V | ||
| STORIES OF THE GODS AND SPIRITS OF THE ELEMENTS | ||
| THE SONG-GOD’S DEPARTURE | 81 | |
| JUTTA | 85 | |
| THE TWELVE DAUGHTERS | 87 | |
| THE FOUR GIFTS OF THE WATER-SPRITE | 98 | |
| THE LAKE-DWELLERS | 98 | |
| THE FAITHLESS FISHERMAN | 104 | |
| THE MERMAID AND THE LORD OF PAHLEN | 106 | |
| THE SPIRITS OF THE NORTHERN LIGHTS | 107 | |
| THE SPIRIT OF THE WHIRLWIND | 110 | |
| THE WILL O’ THE WISPS | 111 | |
| THE FOUNDLING | 112 | |
| THE CAVE-DWELLERS | 114 | |
| p. vii | ||
| PAGE | ||
| THE COMPASSIONATE WOODCUTTER | 125 | |
| CHRISTIAN VARIANT OF SAME | 127 | |
| THE GOOD DEED REWARDED | 128 | |
| SECTION VI | ||
| HEATH LEGENDS | ||
| THE WONDERFUL HAYCOCK | 133 | |
| THE MAGIC EGG | 134 | |
| SECTION VII | ||
| LAKE LEGENDS | ||
| LAKE PEIPUS | 136 | |
| THE LAKE AT EUSEKÜLL | 142 | |
| EMMU LAKE AND VIRTS LAKE | 144 | |
| THE BLUE SPRING | 145 | |
| THE BLACK POOL | 146 | |
| SECTION VIII | ||
| STORIES OF THE DEVIL AND OF BLACK MAGIC | ||
| THE SON OF THE THUNDER-GOD | 149 | |
| THE MOON-PAINTER | 159 | |
| THE TREASURE-BRINGER | 168 | |
| THE WOODEN MAN AND THE BIRCH-BARK MAID | 180 | |
| THE COMPASSIONATE SHOEMAKER | 182 | |
| MISCELLANEOUS STORIES OF THE DEVIL | 185 | |
| MARTIN AND HIS DEAD MASTER | 188 | |
| THE HUNTER’S LOST LUCK | 191 | |
| THE COINERS OF LEAL | 192 | |
| THE BEWITCHED HORSE | 193 | |
| p. viii | ||
| SECTION IX | ||
| HIDDEN TREASURES | ||
| PAGE | ||
| THE COURAGEOUS BARN-KEEPER | 195 | |
| THE GALLOWS-DWARFS | 210 | |
| THE TREASURE AT KERTELL | 222 | |
| THE GOLDEN SNAKES | 224 | |
| THE DEVIL’S TREASURE | 225 | |
| THE NOCTURNAL CHURCH-GOERS | 226 | |
| SECTION X | ||
| ORIENTAL TALES | ||
| THE MAIDENS WHO BATHED IN THE MOONLIGHT | 233 | |
| THE NORTHERN FROG | 237 | |
| SECTION XI | ||
| CHURCH STORIES | ||
| THE CHURCH AT REVEL | 262 | |
| THE CHURCH AT PÜHALEPP | 263 | |
| THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY CROSS | 265 | |
| THE CHURCH AT FELLIN | 265 | |
| SECTION XII | ||
| UNNATURAL BROTHERS | ||
| THE RICH BROTHER AND THE POOR ONE | 267 | |
| SECTION XIII | ||
| PLAGUE-LEGENDS | 271 | |
| p. ix | ||
| SECTION XIV | ||
| BEAST-STORIES | ||
| PAGE | ||
| WOLF-STORIES | 274 | |
| THE MAN WITH THE BAST SHOES | 278 | |
| WHY THE DOG AND CAT AND THE CAT AND MOUSE ARE ENEMIES | 282 | |
| THE ORIGIN OF THE SWALLOW | 283 | |
| THE SPIDER AND THE HORNET | 284 | |
| THE OFFICIOUS FLIES | 285 | |
| PART III | ||
| ESTHONIAN BALLADS, &c. | ||
| THE HERALD OF WAR | 285 | |
| THE BLUE BIRD (I.) | 292 | |
| THE BLUE BIRD (II.) | 296 | |
| CHARM AGAINST SNAKE-BITE | 298 | |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 299 | |
| INDEX AND GLOSSARY | 305 | |