Table of Contents
Reading edition
‘PAZORRHUS’ v
INTRODUCTION ix
Distribution of Gypsies. ix
Appearance in West. x
At Bologna. x
At Paris. xii
In England. xiii
In Scotland. xiv
In North America. xv
In South America. xvi
In Australia. xvii
Transportation. xviii
In Crete. xviii
In Corfu. xix
In the Peloponnesus. xx
In Roumania. xxi
The Chaltsmide. xxii
Athingani. xxii
Atsincan. xxiii
Komodromoi. xxiv
Nails of Crucifixion. xxvii
Gypsy Language. xxxii
Gypsies as Nomads. xxxv
Caldarari. xxxvi
Ciboure. xxxviii
‘Greek Gypsies.’ xlii
Eastern Gypsies in Galloway. xliii
Gypsy Folk-tales. xlv
Campbell of Islay. xlv
Dr. F. Müller. xlvii
Dr. Paspati. xlix
Dr. Barbu Constantinescu. lii
Miklosich. liii
Wlislocki. liii
Dr. R. von Sowa. liv
Dr. Kopernicki. liv
John Roberts. lv
Mr. John Sampson. lv
Campbell of Islay. lviii
Boat-dwelling Tinkers. lix
Kounavine. lxii
Theory as to Gypsy Folk-tales. lxiii
Gypsy Variants. lxiii
Unique Features. lxv
Literary Sources. lxvi
Questions of Date. lxviii
Indian Parallels. lxviii
Tokens of Recent Diffusion. lxxi
The Anthropological Theory. lxxii
Gypsy Savagery. lxxii
Gypsy Migrations. lxxiv
Gypsy Originality. lxxv
Gaelic and Welsh-Gypsy Stories. lxxvi
Other Parallels. lxxvii
Irish and Gypsy Folk-tales. lxxviii
Gypsy Story-tellers. lxxx
Story-telling a living Gypsy art. lxxx
Possible Gypsy influences. lxxxi
Theory. lxxxii
I. TURKISH-GYPSY STORIES 1
1. The Dead Man’s Gratitude 1
2. Baldpate 4
3. The Riddle 9
4. Story of the Bridge 12
II. ROUMANIAN-GYPSY STORIES 14
5. The Vampire 14
6. God’s Godson 20
7. The Snake who became the King’s Son-in-law 21
8. The Bad Mother 24
9. The Mother’s Chastisement 29
10. The Three Princesses and the Unclean Spirit 36
11. The Two Thieves 41
12. The Gypsy and the Priest 46
13. The Watchmaker 53
14. The Red King and the Witch 58
15. The Prince and the Wizard 62
16. The Apples of Pregnancy 65
III. BUKOWINA-GYPSY STORIES 67
17. It all comes to Light 67
18. The Golden Children 70
19. The Two Children 72
20. Mare’s Son 74
21. The Deluded Dragon 80
22. The Gypsy and the Dragon 83
23. The Seer 85
24. The Prince, his Comrade, and Nastasa the Fair 90
25. The Hen that laid Diamonds 95
26. The Winged Hero 100
27. Tropsyn 104
28. The Beautiful Mountain 107
29. Pretty-face 110
30. The Rich and the Poor Brother 112
31. The Three Brothers 114
32. The Enchanted City 117
33. The Jealous Husband 121
34. Made over to the Devil 124
35. The Lying Story 128
36. Happy Boz’ll 129
IV. TRANSYLVANIAN-GYPSY STORIES 131
37. The Creation of the Violin 131
38. The Three Golden Hairs of the Sun-King 133
39. The Dog and the Maiden 138
40. Death the Sweetheart 140
V. SLOVAK, MORAVIAN, AND BOHEMIAN GYPSY STORIES 141
41. The Three Girls 141
42. The Dragon 143
43. The Princess and the Forester’s Son 144
44. The Three Dragons 151
VI. POLISH-GYPSY STORIES 155
45. Tale of a Foolish Brother and of a Wonderful Bush 155
46. Tale of a Girl who was sold to the Devil, and of her Brother 161
47. The Brigands and the Miller’s Daughter 168
48. Tale of a Wise Young Jew and a Golden Hen 175
49. The Golden Bird and the Good Hare 182
50. The Witch 188
VII. ENGLISH-GYPSY STORIES 198
51. Bobby Rag 198
52. De Little Fox 200
53. De Little Bull-calf 205
VIII. WELSH-GYPSY STORIES 209
54. Jack and his Golden Snuff-box 209
55. An Old King and his three Sons in England 220
56. The Five Trades 234
57. Ashypelt 235
58. Twopence-Halfpenny 243
59. The Old Smith 247
60. The Old Soldier 250
61. The Dragon 252
62. The Green Man of Noman’s Land 254
63. The Black Lady 256
64. The Ten Rabbits 257
65. The Three Wishes 258
66. Fairy Bride 259
67. Cinderella 259
68. Jack the Robber 260
69. The Fool with the Sheep 262
70. The Tinker and his Wife 263
71. Winter 266
72. The Black Dog of the Wild Forest 267
IX. SCOTTISH-TINKER STORIES 272
73. The Brown Bear of the Green Glen 272
74. The Tale of the Soldier 278
75. The Fox 283
76. The Magic Shirt 289
APPENDIX 291
DE NEW HAN’. 291
JOHN BUNYAN. 293
INDEX 296