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
Old Father (Vana isa), frequent epithet for God in Esthonian, i.
xxvii., xxx.; ii. 144, 150 note.
"Old Harp" (Vana kannel), Pastor Hurt's collection of Esthonian songs
and ballads, i. xxiv.
Old Hornie (Vana Sarvik), one of the names of the Devil, i. xxxi., 89
note; ii. 195.
Olev the master-builder, possibly a brother of Kalev, i. xxii., 2, 108,
111, 118, 119, 139; ii. 282 note.
Olevide, a hero of the race of Olev; the term is often applied to[Pg
326] his son, the Olevipoeg, the companion, and perhaps the cousin, of
the Kalevide. The Olevide is, however, frequently called by his
father's name, Olev, i. xxii., 6, 108.
Olevide meets the Kalevide, i. 108.
Olevide builds ships, i. 111.
Olevide builds Lindanisa, i. 119.
Olevide appointed successor to the throne, i. 139.
Olger or Holger, a famous Danish hero, one of Charlemagne's Paladins
(Ogier le Danois), who is expected to return, i. xxxii.
Oriental tales, ii. 233.
Origin of bugs, ii. 127, 181.
Origin of the swallow, ii. 283.
Origin of the wolf, ii. 274.
Orphan and foundling stories, i. 84, 236.
Orphan-boy and the Hell-hounds, i. 261.
Orphan-boys, i. 4, 85, 261.
Orphan's hand-mill, i. 260.
Orphan's Wood, i. 27.
Orpheus, ii. 60.
Othin, i. 261 note.
Ox, great, i. xxvi., 88, 130.
Ox of Videvik, ii. 30.
Ox, strange tale of an, ii. 24.
Oxenford, John, on the "Kalevipoeg," ii. 302.
Oxen of Ukraine, i. 270.
Pärtel = Bartholomew, i. 310.
Pahlen, Lord of, and mermaid, ii. 106.
Palace of Sarvik, i. 4, 5, 94, 127.
Palmerin, a legendary Emperor of Constantinople, whose adventures and
those of his family are contained in a series of three romances of
chivalry, the last and most celebrated of which relates to his grandson
and namesake, Palmerin of England, i. xxxii.
Pandavas, five princes, the reputed sons of Pandu, the heroes of the
Indian Epic, the Maha-Bharata; their names were Yudhishthira, Bhima,
Arjuna, Nakula, and Sahadeva, ii. 23 note.
[Pg 327]Parika Heath, ii. 111.
Paristaja, one of the names of the Thunder-God (? = Sanscrit,
Parjanya), i. xxviii.
Parting of brothers, i. 55.
Passover, Jews', i. 265 note.
Pastor Hurt's collections of Esthonian Folk-lore, i. xxiv.; ii. 301.
Peacock and Peahen, story in the "Thousand and One Nights," ii. 76
note.
Peas given to the watchers of the dead, i. 157, 256.
Peipa the witch, ii. 137.
Peipus or Peipse, Lake, i. xiv., 4, 6, 44, 71, 72, 237; ii. 98.
Perkunas, Lithuanian and Lettish Thunder-God (the Slavonians called him
Perun; the Finnish word Piru (Devil) may be connected with this), i.
xxviii., 24 note.
Perm, identified with Kungla, i. 15 note.
Pernau, ii. 283.
Peter, i. 25 note; ii. 6.
Peter, St., disguised as beggar, ii. 182 note.
Pihgast, Pleskau, or Pskov, lake, district, and town of, i. xiv.
Piirisilla, the sorcerer, ii. 19.
Piker, one of the names of the Thunder-God, i. xxviii.
Pikker, one of the names of the Thunder-God, i. xxviii., 24, 26; ii.
155.
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