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
Lalli, a port near Lindanisa, i. 118.
Land of Ten Thousand Lakes (Finland), ii. 135.
Lane's "Thousand and One Nights," ii. 76 note.
Lapland, Louhi, witch-queen of, in the "Kalevala," ii. 149.
Lapland, Kalevide's voyage to, i. 5, 112.
Lapland stories, i. xvi.; ii. 29, 38.
Last feast of the heroes, i. 129, 131.
Latham, R.G., "Nationalities of Europe," 2 vols, London, 1863, i.
xxiii., xxvii., 9 note, 33; ii. 38 note, 112 note, 302.
Lauma, Lithuanian Nightmare, ii. 112 note.
Leal, coiners of, ii. 192.
Lemminkainen, one of the heroes of the "Kalevala," i. xxix., 34 note,
40 note.
[Pg 322]Lennuk, the Flyer, the Kalevide's ship, i. 5, 112.
Letts, demons compared to, i. 67, 69.
Letts, war with, i. 137.
"Light Princess," story by George Macdonald, i. 211 note.
Lijon, festival of, ii. 33.
Lind or Lindu, a bird, i. 10.
Linda, the wife of Kalev and the mother of the Kalevipoeg, born from an
egg, i. xxviii., 2, 10; ii. 85 note.
Linda, marriage of, i. 2, 16, 17.
Linda, mourning of, i. 2, 20.
Linda, children of, i. 2, 18, 22.
Linda, carried off by Finnish sorcerer, i. 2, 26.
Linda, transformed to a rock, i. 2, 27.
Linda, fate of, i. 24.
Linda, shade of, in Põrgu, i. 127, 129.
Lindanisa, "Linda's Bosom," the Kalevide's capital, now called Tallin,
Revel, or Reval, i. 6, 118, 119, 131.
Lindu, the daughter of Uko, the queen of the birds, i. xxviii., 9 note,
10 note, 147.
Lion, Kalevide compared to, i. 89.
Lithuanian tales, ii. 112 note, 182 note, 224.
Lithuanian Thunder-God. _See_ Perkunas.
Little Red Riding Hood, ii. 39, 276.
Livonia, province of, i. xiii.
Longfellow's "Hiawatha," i. xx., 81 note.
Loss of the Kalevide's sword, i. 72.
Lots cast for princess, ii. 23.
Louhi, witch-queen of Lapland, in the "Kalevala" (may not this name,
though feminine, be connected with Loki?), ii. 149, 154.
Löwe's translation of Kreutzwald's Tales, i. xxii.; ii. 301.
Lucky egg, i. 308.
Lucky rouble, i. 25 note; ii. 6.
Maasika (Strawberry), i. 321.
"Mabinogion," old Welsh romances, translated by Lady Guest, ii. 272
note.
Macdonald, George, story of the Light Princess, i. 211.
[Pg 323]Macgillivray's adventure in the Solomon Islands, i. 139.
Maelström, i. 114 note.
Magic cudgel, ii. 25, 74.
Magic egg, ii. 234.
Magic flute, ii. 43 note.
Magic hat, i. 91, 103; ii. 25.
Magic knapsack, i. 265; ii. 72.
Magic reel, i. 177.
Magic saddlebags, i. 265, note.
Magic shoes, ii. 25.
Magic, skill of Lapps, Finns, and Esthonians in, i. 20 note.
Magic sword, i. 198.
Magician in the pocket, i. 321.
Magician's heirs, ii. 24.
Magpie speaking, ii. 4.
Magyar Folk-tales, ii. 30 note.
Maha-Bharata, Indian Epic, i. 25 note; ii. 25, 234 note.
Maiden of Island, i. 3, 32.
Maiden at the Vaskjala Bridge, ii. 34.
Maiden's Wood, i. 27.
Maidens who bathed in the moonlight, ii. 233.
Maidens in Sarvik's palace, i. 5, 90.
Maidens spinning, i. 5, 90, 209.
Mail-clad warriors, i. 134.
Man in the moon, ii. 29, 164.
Man with the bast shoes, ii. 278.
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