Viru, native name for Esthonia proper, i. xiv., 8. Vladinin, Prince of Kief, the suzerain of the mythical Russian heroes, i. xxxii. Vöhandu River, i. 137. Voyage of the Kalevide, i. 110. War, Herald of, i. 63; ii. 287. War, rumours of, i. 61. Water-lily, girls transformed to, i. 225; ii. 46. Water-mother, i. xxiv., ii. 61. Water-nymphs of Irish lakes, ii. 147 note. Water-sprite, gifts of, ii. 98. Water of strength and weakness (this is perhaps connected with the Russian Water of Death and Life, the first of which heals the wounds of a dead body, and the second restores it to life), i. 90, 100, 127. Waters, Lord of, seeks the hand of Linda, i. 15. Waters, Lady of the, ii. 95. Were-wolves, ii. 277. Weil, G., "Biblische Legenden der Muselmänner aus arabischen[Pg 336] Quellen, zusammengetragen und mit jüdischen Sagen verglichen," Frankfort-on-Main, 1845, ii. 236. Whirlwind, spirit of the, i. xxxi.; ii. 110. White Horse. _See_ Horses. (I have forgotten to notice elsewhere that the White Horse is a universally sacred emblem. It occurs more than once in the Apocalypse (Rev. vi. 2, xix. 11, 14)). White Mare. _See_ Mare. Why the dog and cat and cat and mouse are enemies, ii. 282. Wicked farmer's wife devoured by wolves, i. 291. Widow of Lääne, i. 2, 9. Widows at magic well, ii. 145. Wiek, German name for the province of Lääne, i. xiv., 8 note. Wierland, German name for the province of Viru, or Esthonia proper, i. xiv. Wife, insatiable, ii. 48. Wife-murderer (Bluebeard), ii. 1. Will o' the Wisps, ii. 111. William Tell expected to return, i. xxxii. Wind seeks the hand of Linda, i. 15. Wind magician, i. 19, 20. Wind-mother, i. xxiv, 218; ii. 106. Wind sorcerers, i. xxix., xxxi. Wind-and-Weather, name of a giant, ii. 282 note. Winds, King of, ii. 95. Wishes, Three, ii. 45. Wishing-rod, i. 91, 105, 108, 198. Witch-Bride, ii. 45. Witch Peipa, ii. 137. Witch poisoned with hemlock-roots, i. 233. Witch riding on cock, ii. 140. Witch's coil, i. 218. Wolf, i. 52, 84, 97, 171; ii. 31. Wolf, creation of, ii. 274. Wolf, Devil changed into, ii. 181. Wolf stories, ii. 274. Wolf and Devil, i. xxxi.; ii. 76 note, 274. Wolfsbrunnen, near Heidelberg, ii. 86 note. [Pg 337]Woman in the Moon, ii. 29, 37. Wonderful Haycock, ii. 133. Wood of Tontla, ii. 237. Wood-goddess, ii. 196. Woodcutter, compassionate, ii. 124. Wooden man and birch-bark maid, ii. 180. Woodpecker and Iliawatha, i. 81 note. Word-sorcerers, i. xxxi. Yellow Plague in Britain, ii. 272 note. Yggdrasil (properly Yggthrasil), the sacred ash-tree of Scandinavian mythology, i. 39 note. Ymir, giant from whose body the earth was formed, in the Scandinavian mythology, i. 60 note. Youngest son, despised, ii. 44. Yudhishthira, one of the heroes of the Indian Epic, the Maha-Bharata, i. 25 note; ii. 23 note. THE END VOL. II. _Printed by_ Ballantvne, Hanson & Co. _Edinburgh and London_ FOOTNOTES: