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
Pikne, one of the names of the Thunder-God, i. xxviii., 24; ii. 28.
Pikne's trumpet, ii. 149 note.
Plague legends, ii. 271, 291.
Plantain-leaf as boat, i. 265.
Plate, gold and silver, in Põrgu, i. xxx., 66, 93, 95, 203.
Pleskau, Pihgast, or Pskov, district, lake, and town of, i. xiv., 73,
173.
Pliha, River, ii. 142.
Poestion, J. C, "Lapplandishe Märchen, Volksagen, Rathsel und
Sprichwörter. Nach lappländischen, norwegischen, und schwedischen
Quellen. Mit Beiträgen von Felix Liebrecht," Vienna, 1886, ii. 38.
Pohjola, the North Country, Finnish name for Lapland, i. 8 note, 40
note.
Poles, invasion of, i. 132, 137; ii. 142.
[Pg 328]Polyphemus, ii. 38, 159.
Poor brother and the rich one, ii. 267.
Popular Poetry of Esthonians, ii. 302.
Põrgu, Hell or Hades, i xxxi., 4, 5, 6, 66, 110, 124, 142, 164; ii.
154.
Põrgu neitsi, the Hell-Maiden, ii. 242.
Pouka, the Irish, i. xxxi.
Poverty, personified, ii. 269.
Powerful crayfish and the insatiable wife, ii. 48.
Prince Ahmed, story of, in the "Thousand and One Nights," i. 246 note.
Prince, Grateful, i. 152.
Prince who rescued his brothers, ii. 10.
Princess, Egg-born, i. 273.
Princess Helena the Fair, Russian story of, ii. 41 note.
Princess, lots cast for, ii. 23.
Princess Rannapuura, ii. 37.
Princess who slept for seven years, ii. 44.
Prince, L.C. Alexander, "Ancient Danish Ballads, translated from the
originals," 3 vols., London, 1860, i. 115 note.
Pskov, Pihgast, or Pleskau, district, lake, and town of, i. xiv.
Puck, i. xxxi.
Pühalepp, church at, ii. 283.
Puuk, one of the names of the house-spirit, i. xxxi.
Puuläne ja Tohtläne (wooden man and birch-bark maid), ii. 181.
Ragnarök, the Twilight of the Gods, the end of the world in the
Scandinavian mythology, when the evil powers will break loose, and
fight with the gods, to the mutual destruction of most of the
combatants, after which the earth will be destroyed by fire and water
and regenerated, i. 90 note, 108 note, 261 note.
Ralston, W.R.S., "Russian Folk-Tales," London, 1873, ii. 41 note.
Rannapungern, estate of, ii. 142.
Rannapuura, Princess, ii. 137.
Rat, Devil transformed into, ii. 181.
Raven speaking, i. 110, 215.
Rebuliina, Princess, i. 275.
[Pg 329]Red cock, symbolic of fire, i. 108, 234.
Red Riding-Hood, ii. 38, 276.
Reel, magic, i. 177.
Reindeer, swift, ii. 21.
Reinthal's translation of the "Kalevipoeg," i. xix., 301.
Return of the Kalevide, i. 49.
Revel, Reval, or Tallin, Cathedral of, i. 21.
Revel, church at, ii. 282.
Revel, town of, ii. 104.
"Revue des Traditions Populaires," ii. 133 note, 299, 300.
Rich brother and the poor one, ii. 267.
Riddles, i. 115.
"Riesenspielzeug," the "Giant's Toy," poem by Chamisso, i. 116 note.
Riga, Gulf of, i. xiii.
Ring of dwarf, i. 194.
Ringen, castle and church at, ii. 225.
River Koiva, i. 139.
River Narova, ii. 142.
River Pliha, ii. 142.
River Vöhandu, i. 137.
Rock-Maidens, god-daughter of the, i. 321.
Rogö, arrival of Plague in island of, ii. 271.
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