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AND OTHER STUDIES IN THE
ROMANTIC LITERATURE OF
THAT COUNTRY
FROM ESTHONIAN AND GERMAN SOURCES BY
CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE FINNISH
LITERARY SOCIETY
JOHN C. NIMMO
14, KING WILLIAM STREET, STRAND.
MDCCCXCV
| PAGE |
| PREFACE |
| INTRODUCTION |
| ESTHONIA |
| THE KALEVIPOEG |
| FOLK-TALES IN PROSE |
| BALLADS AND OTHER SHORT POEMS |
| PASTOR HURT'S COLLECTIONS |
| MYTHOLOGY |
| PART I |
| THE HERO OF ESTHONIA |
| THE KALEVIPOEG |
| THE ARGUMENT |
| CANTO I.THE MARRIAGES OF SALME AND LINDA |
| CANTO II.THE DEATH OF KALEV |
| CANTO III.THE FATE OF LINDA |
| CANTO IV.THE ISLAND MAIDEN |
| CANTO V.THE KALEVIDE AND THE FINNISH SORCERER |
| CANTO VI.THE KALEVIDE AND THE SWORD SMITHS |
| CANTO VII.THE RETURN OF THE KALEVIDE |
| CANTO VIII.THE CONTEST AND PARTING OF THE BROTHERS |
| CANTO IX.RUMOURS OF WAR |
| CANTO X.THE HEROES AND THE WATER-DEMON |
| CANTO XI.THE LOSS OF THE SWORD |
| CANTO XII.THE FIGHT WITH THE SORCERER'S SONS |
| CANTO XIII.THE KALEVIDE'S FIRST JOURNEY TO HADES |
| CANTO XIV.THE PALACE OF SARVIK |
| CANTO XV.THE MARRIAGE OF THE SISTERS |
| CANTO XVI.THE VOYAGE OF THE KALEVIDE |
| CANTO XVII.THE HEROES AND THE DWARF |
| CANTO XVIII.THE KALEVIDE'S JOURNEY TO PRGU |
| CANTO XIX.THE LAST FEAST OF THE HEROES |
| CANTO XX.ARMAGEDDON |
| PART II |
| ESTHONIAN FOLK-TALES |
| SECTION I |
| TALES ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE "KALEVIPOEG" |
| THE MILKY WAY |
| THE GRATEFUL PRINCE |
| THE CLEVER COUNTRYWOMAN |
| SLYBOOTS |
| THE HOUSE-SPIRIT |
| THE GOLD-SPINNERS |
| SECTION II |
| ORPHAN AND FOUNDLING STORIES |
| THE WOOD OF TONTLA |
| THE KING OF THE MISTY HILL |
| THE ORPHAN'S HANDMILL |
| THE ORPHAN BOY AND THE HELL-HOUNDS |
| THE EGG-BORN PRINCESS |
| THE ROYAL HERD-BOY |
| TIIDU, THE FLUTE-PLAYER |
| THE LUCKY EGG |
| THE MAGICIAN IN THE POCKET |
| THE GOD-DAUGHTER OF THE ROCK-MAIDENS |
| THE FOUNDLING |
| PART II |
| ESTHONIAN FOLK-TALES(continued) |
| SECTION III |
| COSMOPOLITAN STORIES |
| PAGE |
| BLUEBEARD (THE WIFE-MURDERER) |
| CINDERELLA (TUHKA TRIINU) |
| THE DRAGON-SLAYER (THE LUCKY ROUBLE) |
| THE DWARF'S CHRISTENING |
| THE ENVIOUS SISTERS (THE PRINCE WHO RESCUED HIS BROTHERS) |
| THE GIFTED BROTHERS (SWIFTFOOT, QUICKHAND, AND SHARPEYE) |
| THE SWIFT-FOOTED PRINCESS |
| THE IDIOT'S LUCK (STRANGE TALE OF AN OX) |
| THE MAGICIAN'S HEIRS (THE DWARFS' QUARREL) |
| THE MAN IN THE MOON |
| VIDEVIK, KOIT, AND MARIK |
| THE MAIDEN AT THE VASKJALA BRIDGE |
| THE WOMAN IN THE MOON |
| POLYPHEMUS |
| RED RIDING-HOOD (THE DEVIL'S VISIT) |
| SNOWWHITE, THE GLASS MOUNTAIN, AND THE DESPISED YOUNGEST SON (THE PRINCESS WHO SLEPT FOR SEVEN YEARS) |
| THE THREE SISTERS |
| THE THREE WISHES (LOPPI AND LAPPI) |
| THE WITCH-BRIDE (RUGUTAJA'S DAUGHTER) |
| THE STEPMOTHER |
| SECTION IV |
| FAMILIAR STORIES OF NORTHERN EUROPE |
| MELUSINA |
| THE FISHERMAN AND HIS WIFE (THE POWERFUL CRAYFISH AND THE INSATIABLE WIFE) |
| THE MERMAID |
| HOW THE SEA BECAME SALT |
| THE TWO BROTHERS AND THE FROST |
| THE SOLDIER AND THE DEVIL |
| SECTION V |
| STORIES OF THE GODS AND SPIRITS OF THE ELEMENTS |
| THE SONG-GOD'S DEPARTURE |
| JUTTA |
| THE TWELVE DAUGHTERS |
| THE FOUR GIFTS OF THE WATER-SPRITE |
| THE LAKE-DWELLERS |
| THE FAITHLESS FISHERMAN |
| THE MERMAID AND THE LORD OF PAHLEN |
| THE SPIRITS OF THE NORTHERN LIGHTS |
| THE SPIRIT OF THE WHIRLWIND |
| THE WILL O' THE WISPS |
| THE FOUNDLING |
| THE CAVE-DWELLERS |
| THE COMPASSIONATE WOODCUTTER |
| CHRISTIAN VARIANT OF SAME |
| THE GOOD DEED REWARDED |
| SECTION VI |
| HEATH LEGENDS |
| THE WONDERFUL HAYCOCK |
| THE MAGIC EGG |
| SECTION VII |
| LAKE LEGENDS |
| LAKE PEIPUS |
| THE LAKE AT EUSEKLL |
| EMMU LAKE AND VIRTS LAKE |
| THE BLUE SPRING |
| THE BLACK POOL |
| SECTION VIII |
| STORIES OF THE DEVIL AND OF BLACK MAGIC |
| THE SON OF THE THUNDER-GOD |
| THE MOON-PAINTER |
| THE TREASURE-BRINGER |
| THE WOODEN MAN AND THE BIRCH-BARK MAID |
| THE COMPASSIONATE SHOEMAKER |
| MISCELLANEOUS STORIES OF THE DEVIL |
| MARTIN AND HIS DEAD MASTER |
| THE HUNTER'S LOST LUCK |
| THE COINERS OF LEAL |
| THE BEWITCHED HORSE |
| SECTION IX |
| HIDDEN TREASURES |
| THE COURAGEOUS BARN-KEEPER |
| THE GALLOWS-DWARFS |
| THE TREASURE AT KERTELL |
| THE GOLDEN SNAKES |
| THE DEVIL'S TREASURE |
| THE NOCTURNAL CHURCH-GOERS |
| SECTION X |
| ORIENTAL TALES |
| THE MAIDENS WHO BATHED IN THE MOONLIGHT |
| THE NORTHERN FROG |
| SECTION XI |
| CHURCH STORIES |
| THE CHURCH AT REVEL |
| THE CHURCH AT PHALEPP |
| THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY CROSS |
| THE CHURCH AT FELLIN |
| SECTION XII |
| UNNATURAL BROTHERS |
| THE RICH BROTHER AND THE POOR ONE |
| SECTION XIII |
| PLAGUE-LEGENDS |
| SECTION XIV |
| BEAST-STORIES |
| WOLF-STORIES |
| THE MAN WITH THE BAST SHOES |
| WHY THE DOG AND CAT AND THE CAT AND MOUSE ARE ENEMIES |
| THE ORIGIN OF THE SWALLOW |
| THE SPIDER AND THE HORNET |
| THE OFFICIOUS FLIES |
| PART III |
| ESTHONIAN BALLADS, &c. |
| THE HERALD OF WAR |
| THE BLUE BIRD (I.) |
| THE BLUE BIRD (II.) |
| CHARM AGAINST SNAKE-BITE |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY |
| INDEX AND GLOSSARY |
- Abercromby, Hon. J., specimens of Finnish charms, ii..
- Adam and Eve, i..
- Aennchen, Cinderella sometimes called in German, ii..
- ike, one of the names of the Thunder-God, i..
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