Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) The Folk-Lore Society For Collecting and Printing Relics of Popular Antiquities, &c. Established in The Year MDCCCLXXVIII. Publications Of The Folk-lore Society LX. [1907] THE GRATEFUL DEAD The History of a Folk Story By GORDON HALL GEROULD B. Litt. (Oxon.) Preceptor in English in Princeton University Published for the Folk-Lore Society by David Nutt, 57--59 Long Acre London 1908 To Professor A. S. Napier In gratitude and friendship TABLE OF CONTENTS Chap. Page Introduction ix I. A Review 1 II. Bibliography 7 III. Tales with the Simple Theme and Miscellaneous Combinations 26 IV. The Grateful Dead and The Poison Maiden 44 V. The Grateful Dead and The Ransomed Woman 76 VI. The Grateful Dead and The Water of Life or Kindred Themes 119 VII. The Relations of The Grateful Dead to The Spendthrift Knight, The Two Friends, and The Thankful Beasts 153 VIII. Conclusion 162 Index 175 INTRODUCTION.