The Hero of Esthonia and Other Studies in the Romantic Literature of That CountryKirby, W. F. (William Forsell)
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The Hero of Esthonia and Other Studies in the Romantic Literature of That Country
Kirby, W. F. (William Forsell)
Estonian literature; Estonian literature -- History and criticism
Blood, souls sold by, ii. 150, 175, 181, 245.
Blood, spells to stay flow of, i. 136.
Blood used in magical practices, i. 248; ii. 229.
Blood-vessel of Wisdom, ii. 186.
Bluebeard, ii. 1.
Blue bird, i. xxviii.; ii. 292, 296.
Blue spring, ii. 145.
Blumberg on the "Kalevipoeg," ii. 299.
Blumberg's account of Lake Endla, ii. 85 note.
Boecler on Esthonian customs, beliefs, &c., ii. 299.
Bouquet from the Baltic, ii. 299.
Brandy offered by lovers, i. 10; ii. 89.
Break-Iron, name of dog, ii. 6.
Breslau edition of the "Thousand and One Nights," i. 72 note.
Bridge-builder or wishing-rod, i. 91, 105, 108, 198.
Bridge, Finnish, i. 4, 48; ii. 287.
Brobdingnagians, Gulliver's remark respecting, i. 116 note.
Brooch and beetle, divination by, i. 19.
Brothers, friendly, i. 3, 49; ii. 23.
Brothers, gifted, ii. 12.
[Pg 308]Brothers, parting of, i. 55.
Brothers, unnatural, ii. 41, 70, 71, 267.
Brothers of the Kalevipoeg, i. 18, 25, 51, 55.
Brothers, two, and the Frost, ii. 71.
"Brynhilda," poem by W. Herbert, i. 60.
Bug, Devil changed into, ii. 181.
Bugs, origin of, ii. 127, 181.
Boys, orphan, i. 4, 85, 261.
Bulookiya, story of, in the "Thousand and One Nights," ii. 236.
Cat, Devil in form of black, ii. 192, 199, 202, 276.
Cat, dog, and mouse, ii. 282.
Cat, pet, ii. 43.
Cave-dwellers, ii. 114.
Chamisso's Alsatian legend, "Das Riesenspielzeug," the "Giant's Toy,"
or the "Giant's Daughter and the Peasant," i. 116 note.
Chamois-hunter's inexhaustible cheese, i. 265 note.
Charlemagne, i. xxxii.
Charm against snake-bite, ii. 298.
Charms to stanch blood, i. 136.
Chase of Slieve Cullin, Irish legend, i. 71.
Cholera, arrival of, in a Greek island, ii. 271 note.
Christ, Väinämöinen quitting Finland on the coming of, ii. 60.
Church stories, ii. 282.
Church, Devil in, ii. 112.
Church at Fellin, ii. 265.
Church of the Holy Cross, ii. 265.
Church of Lais, ii. 145.
Church at Pühalepp, ii. 263.
Church at Revel, ii. 262.
Chuvash of Kasan call God Tora, i. 6 note.
Cinderella, i. 273; ii. 4.
Clever countrywoman, i. 186.
Coach, Devil's, ii. 186.
Cock-crowing, i. 250; ii. 40, 251, 291.
Cock, red, euphemism for burning a house, i. 108, 234.
Cock, witch riding on, ii. 140.
[Pg 309]Cockchafer, spinning, i. 19 note.
Coiners of Leal, ii. 192.
Coins, discovery of English, ii. 194.
Cologne Cathedral, legend of, ii. 261 note.
Compassionate shoemaker, ii. 182.
Compassionate woodcutter, ii. 124.
Contest of brothers, i. 55.
Copper, man of, i. 3, 35.
Courageous barn-keeper, ii. 195.
Courland, Province of, i. xiii.; ii. 25.
Cox, Marian Roalfe, "Cinderella, Three Hundred and Forty-five Variants
of Cinderella, Catskin, and Cap o' Rushes, abstracted and tabulated,
with a discussion of mediæval analogues and notes, with an introduction
by Andrew Lang, M.A.," London, 1893, ii. 4.
Crafty Hans, ii. 115, 211.
Crayfish, i. 85, 139, 140, 190.
Crayfish, powerful, ii. 48.
Creation-myths of Finns, ii. 60.
Cross, Church of Holy, ii. 285.
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