Deeming it unnecessary to trouble our readers with niceties of pronunciation, we have represented the “Böig” of the original by the more easily pronounceable “Boyg.” The root-idea seems to be that of bending, of sinuousness; compare Norwegian _böie_, German _biegen_, to bend. In Aasmundstad’s version of the _Peer Gynt_ legends (see Note, p. xvii) when the Boyg names itself, Peer answers “Antel du æ rak hell bògjë, saa fæ du sleppe mé fram”—“Whether you are straight or crooked, you must let me pass.” The German translator, both in the folk-tale and in the drama, renders “Böigen” by “der Krumme.” So far as we are aware, the name occurs in no other folk-tale save that of _Peer Gynt_. It is not generic, but denotes an individual troll-monster. Footnote 18: Dr. A. von Hanstein (_Ibsen als Idealist_, Leipzig, 1897, p. 67), states that Ibsen himself endorsed this interpretation; but I do not know on what evidence his statement is founded. Footnote 19: _Henrik Ibsen_ 1828-1888. _Et Literært Livsbillede_, Copenhagen, 1888. English Translation, London, Heinemann, 1890. ----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PEER GYNT (1867) CHARACTERS. ÅSE,[20] _a peasant’s widow_. PEER GYNT,[21] _her son_. TWO OLD WOMEN _with corn-sacks_. ASLAK, _a smith_. WEDDING GUESTS. A KITCHEN-MASTER, A FIDDLER, ETC. A MAN AND WIFE, _newcomers to the district_. SOLVEIG and LITTLE HELGA, _their daughters_. THE FARMER AT HEGSTAD. INGRID, _his daughter_. THE BRIDEGROOM and HIS PARENTS. THREE SÆTER-GIRLS. A GREEN-CLAD WOMAN. THE OLD MAN OF THE DOVRË. A TROLL-COURTIER. SEVERAL OTHERS. TROLL-MAIDENS and TROLL-URCHINS. A COUPLE OF WITCHES. BROWNIES, NIXIES, GNOMES, ETC. AN UGLY BRAT. A VOICE IN THE DARKNESS. BIRD-CRIES. KARI, _a cottar’s wife_. Master COTTON, Monsieur BALLON, Herren VON EBERKOPF and TRUMPETERSTRÅLE, _gentlemen on their travels_. A THIEF and A RECEIVER. ANITRA, _daughter of a Bedouin chief_. ARABS, FEMALE SLAVES, DANCING-GIRLS, ETC. THE MEMNON-STATUE (_singing_). THE SPHINX AT GIZEH (_muta persona_). PROFESSOR BEGRIFFENFELDT, Dr. phil., _director of the madhouse at Cairo_. HUHU, _a language-reformer from the coast of Malabar_. HUSSEIN, _an eastern Minister_. A FELLAH, _with a royal mummy_. SEVERAL MADMEN, _with their_ KEEPERS. A NORWEGIAN SKIPPER and HIS CREW. A STRANGE PASSENGER. A PASTOR. A FUNERAL-PARTY. A PARISH-OFFICER. A BUTTON-MOULDER.