The Grateful Dead: The History of a Folk StoryGerould, Gordon Hall
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The Grateful Dead: The History of a Folk Story
Gerould, Gordon Hall
Dead -- Folklore; Folk literature -- Themes, motives; Grateful dead (Tale)
Chudjakow, Grossrussische Maerchen, Heft 3, pp. 165-168. Translation
by Schiefner, Or. und Occ. iii. 93-96 in article by Koehler. In
English by Groome, Folk-Lore, ix. 229 ff. Summarized by Koehler,
Arch. f. slav. Phil. v. 43, and (with an important omission) by Hippe,
pp. 144, 145. See Koehler's notes in Gonzenbach, Sicilianische Maerchen,
ii. 250.
Russian III.
Reproduced from an illustrated folk-book in the Publications of
the Society of Friends of Old Literature in St. Petersburg, 1880,
no. 49. Summarized by V. Jagic, Arch. f. slav. Phil. v. 480, and by
Hippe, p. 145. Jagic remarks that the tale must have been widely known
in Russia in the eighteenth century, though clearly of foreign origin.
Russian IV.
Dietrich, Russische Volksmaerchen in den Urschrift gesammelt,
1831, no. 16, pp. 199-207. English translation, Russian Popular
Tales. Translated from the German Version of Anton Dietrich, 1857,
pp. 179-186. "Sila Zarewitsch und Iwaschka mit dem weissen Hemde." Like
other tales in the collection this was taken from a popular print
bought at Moscow. Mentioned by Benfey, Pantschatantra, i. 220, and
by Koehler, Or. u. Occ. ii. 328.
Russian V. [21]
P. V. Sejn, Materialien zur Kenntniss der russischen Bevoelkerung
von Nordwest-Russland, 1893, ii. 66-68, no. 33. Cited by Polivka in
Arch. f. slav. Phil. xix. 251.
Russian VI.
P. V. Sejn, work cited, ii. 401-407, no. 227. Cited by Polivka,
Arch. f. slav. Phil. xix. 262.
Servian I.
Vuk Stefanovic Karadzic, 2nd ed. of his Servian folk-tales,
1870. Translated by Madam Mijatovies (Mijatovich), Serbian
Folk-Lore, 1874, p. 96. Summarized from Servian by Koehler,
Arch. f. slav. Phil. ii. 631, 632, and from him by Hippe, p. 145.
Servian II.
Summarized from Gj. K. Stefanovic's collection, 1871, no. 15, by
Jagic in Arch. f. slav. Phil. v. 40 f. with the title "Vlatko und
der dankbare Todte." Thence by Hippe, p. 145.
Servian III.
Jagic in Arch. f. slav. Phil. v. 41 f, from Stojanovic's collection,
no. 31. Hippe's summary, p. 146, is exceedingly brief and faulty.
Servian IV.
Jagic, Arch. f. slav. Phil. v. 42, from Matica, B. 105 (A.D. 1863,
St. Novakovic). Summary of this by Hippe, p. 146. Jagic calls the tale
"Ein Goldfisch."
Servian V.
Krauss, Sagen und Maerchen der Suedslaven, 1883, i. 385-388, "Der
Vilaberg." Summarized by Dutz, p. 11.
Servian VI.
Krauss, work cited, i. 114-119. "Fuhrmann Tueguts Himmelswagen." From
the manuscript collection of Valjavec. Summarized by Dutz, p. 18,
note 2.
Bohemian. [22]
Waldau, Boehmisches Maerchenbuch, 1860, pp. 213-241. Mentioned by Koehler,
Or. und Occ. ii. 329, and by Hippe, p. 146. Summarized by the former,
Or. und Occ. iii. 97 f.
Polish.
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