The Hero of Esthonia and Other Studies in the Romantic Literature of That Country _COMPILED FROM ESTHONIAN AND GERMAN SOURCES BY_ W.F. KIRBY, F.L.S., F.E.S., ETC. CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE FINNISH LITERARY SOCIETY WITH A MAP OF ESTHONIA _IN TWO VOLUMES_ LONDON JOHN C. NIMMO 14, KING WILLIAM STREET, STRAND. MDCCCXCV CONTENTS OF VOL. I PAGE 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 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 PÕRGU 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 SECTION II ORPHAN AND FOUNDLING STORIES 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 CONTENTS OF VOL. II