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
[Pg 316]Hialmar, hero of the Hervarar Saga, i. 60 note.
"Hiawatha," poem by Longfellow, i. xx., 81 note.
Hidden treasures, i. 135; ii. 194.
Holger or Olger, Danish hero expected to return, i. xxxii.
Holy Cross, Church of, ii. 285.
Hornet and spider, ii. 284.
Horse, bewitched, ii. 193.
Horse of Kalevide, i. 3, 58, 128, 130.
Horse of the tempest, i. 15.
Horses devoted to the Devil, ii. 181, 187.
Horses, white, i. 59, 142, 260.
House-spirit, i. xxxi. 207; ii. 167.
How the sea became salt, ii. 70.
How seven tailors went to war in Turkey, i. xxiii.
Hunter's lost luck, ii. 191.
Hurt, Pastor, collection of Esthonian folk-lore, i. xxiv.; ii. 301,
302.
Hylas and Heracles, i. 115 note.
Iblees (Satan), entering ark with ass, ii. 76 note.
Iceland (Fire Island), i. 114 note.
Idiot's luck, ii. 14.
Iliad, origin of, i. xi.
Ilma, Lake, i. 87, 110.
Ilmarine or Ilmarinen, the Vulcan of Esthonia and Finland, i. xxi.,
xxx., 4, 83; ii. 120, 159.
Ilmarine, wife of, i. 291 note.
Ilmatar, the Daughter of the Air, the mother of Väinämöinen, and the
creatrix of the world in the first Runo of the "Kalevala," where she
apparently represents the Spirit of God floating on the surface of the
waters, i. 71 note; ii. 60.
Inexhaustible wallets, &c., i. 265.
Ingoldsby Legends, ii. 159.
Insatiable wife, ii. 48.
Invasions, i. 129, 132.
Irish lakes, water-nymphs in, ii. 147 note.
Irmi, name of dog, i. 25 note.
[Pg 317]Iru, Mount, i. 27, 51.
Island of Dagö, i. xiii.; ii. 222, 283.
Island of Fire (Iceland), i. 5, 114.
Island of Œsel, i. xiii.
Island Maiden, i. 3, 32, 50.
Israel's work on the "Kalevipoeg," i. xix.; ii. 300.
Jacob and Esau, i. 18 note.
Jacobs on "junior right," i. 18 note.
Jalopeura, Finnish name for lion and lynx, i. 89 note.
Jamasp, story of, in the "Thousand and One Nights," ii. 234 note.
Jann = Jinn, i. 72 note.
Jannsen, Harry, "Esthonian Tales," i. xxii.; ii. 300.
Järva (the Lake District), province of Esthonia, i. xiv.
Jephthah, i. 152 note.
Jerwen, German name of province of Järva, i. xiv.
Jews, Passover of, i. 265 note.
Jews, persecution of, i. 155.
Jinn of Arabia, ii. 96 note.
Jinn, oblique eyes of, i. 72 note.
Jones, W.H., and Kropf, L.L., "The Folk-Tales of the Magyars," London,
1889, ii. 30 note.
Joodar, story in the "Thousand and One Nights," i. 199 note, 265 note;
ii. 229.
Joyce, P.W., "Old Celtic Romances," 2nd edition, London, 1894, i. 71.
Jullanar of the Sea, story in the "Thousand and One Nights," ii. 96
note.
Jumal or Jumala, name of God, i. xxiii., 8.
Junior right, i. 18 note.
Jutta, foster-daughter of Vanemuine, and Queen of the Birds, i.
xxviii., 85.
Jutta, priestess of Hertha, ii. 86 note.
Käpä, a brook flowing into Lake Peipus, in which the Kalevide's sword
was sunk, i. 4, 6, 75, 140.
[Pg 318]Kalev, Kallev, or Kaleva, a mythical giant-king of Esthonia,
the father of the Kalevipoeg, i. 1.
Kalev, arrival in Esthonia, i. 2, 8.
Kalev, wooing of Linda, i. 16.
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