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Plant Lore, Legends, and Lyrics

Index to Legends and Myths.

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Acis and Galatea, 532

Adam, Eve, the Wolf, and the Dog, 362

Adam’s Tree, 303

Ajax, 404

Albertus Magnus, 133

Ali Baba and the Sesame, 544

Amaracus, 433

Amaranthus, 212

Andromeda, 214

Arabian Priests and Cinnamon, 283

Argonauts, 81, 249

Arjuna, the Betel Thief, 251

Aroth, Maroth, and the Beauty, 577

Aspen and the Flight into Egypt, 230

Aspen and the Passion, 229

Aspic and Balm-tree, 239

Asses and Hemlock, 145

Atalanta and Hippomenes, 218

Atys and Agdistis, 210

Atys and Cybele, 495

Baldr and the Mistletoe, 440

Balm Trees of Cairo, 124

Bachelier and the Anemone, 216

Bacchus and the Pomegranate, 499

Batou and the Cedar, 275

Bertram and the Heartsease, 484

Birth of Vishnu, 241

Blacksmith changed to a Bear, 250

Bonze and the Mouse, 513

Bosworth Field, 360

Buddha, 4, 420, 491

Buddha and Mâra, 4

Bushman Rice, 514

Callimachus and the Acanthus, 206

Calchas and Mopsus, 335

Ceres and Proserpine, 504

Chang Ching and the Fairy, 449

Charlemagne and the Thistle, 269

Chinese Trees of Love, 274

Clairon and the Violets, 581

Clovis, 387

Clytie and Phœbus, 365

Cosmogonic Lotus, 419

Cossacks and Tartars, 286

Crocus and Smilax, 299

Crown Imperial, 347

Cyanus and the Cornflower, 277

Cyparissus, 302

Czekanka, 326

Danes and the Thistle, 562

Daphne and Phœbus, 404

Daughter of the Laurel, 408

Death of Buddha, 539

Devil and Blackberries, 258

Devil and the Oats, 472

Devil and the Reed, 512

Devil’s Brother, 451

Dewadat and Buddha, 268

Diarmuid and Grainne, 531

Duke of Tuscany’s Gardener, 392

Dryope, 417

Earl of Essex’s Horses, 445

Elm of Ethiopia, 131

Emperor of China, 447

Envious Sisters, 436

Erisichthon, 77

Esthonian Peasant, 254

Eugénie and Napoleon III., 581

Eve and the Snowdrop, 546

Fairy Wife, 356

Fairy Widower, 333

Faithful Wife, 551

Falcon and Soma, 439

Fatal Elopement, 582

Father Garnet’s Straw, 134

Fig of Paradise, 127

Fir-tree Elf, 65

First Roses, 515

Flora and Zephyr, 215

Forget-me-not, 342

Fulke and the Plantagenets, 260

Garden of the Lower Regions, 223

Gefroi and the Broom, 260

Glastonbury Thorn, 352

Glaucus, 541

Golden Apples, 477

Grey Horse, 265

Hanpang and Ho, 274

Hercules and Cerberus, 442

Holy Family and Date Palm, 312

Holy Rose of Jericho, 528

Honor Garrigan and the Blackberries, 259

Hoopoe and Springwort, 142

Hop-o’-my-Thumb, 263

Hulda and the Selige Fräulein, 340

Hyacinthus, 383

Ianthis, 578

Ice Mountain, 223

Iduna and the Apples, 217

Indra and Namuchi, 207

Io, 578

Iosbert, 519

Isabella and the Basil, 246

Iseult and Tristan, 389

Isis and Osiris, 560

James, Duke of Monmouth, 257

Jehanghir and Attar of Roses, 521

Jesus Christ and the Broom, 260

Jesus Christ and the Apples, 222

Juno and Hercules, 397, 412

Jussieu and the Cedar, 274

Kang Wou and the Cassia, 271

Khatties, The, 116

King Midas and the Barber, 511

King Oswald and the Moss, 445

Kissos, 388

La Cour and the Tuberose, 568

Ladislas and the Plague, 350

Laurel Maiden, 75

Leucothea, 346

Lieschi, the Geni of the Forest, 253

Life-giving Herb, 144

Lords of Linden, 416

Lotus and Priapus, 417

Luckflower, 112

Lycurgus and the Cabbage, 264

Macbeth and Sweno, 546

Magic Fern-seed, 330

Magic Flute, 431

Magic Mustard-seed, 453

Magic Pumpkin, 507

Magic Thistle, 562

Magic Violin-bow, 81

Main de Gloire, 428

Malvina and Oscar, 308

Mandrake, 426

Maria Theresa and the Camellia, 266

Maschia and Maschiäna, 301

McDonough’s Baby, 361

Melampus and Hellebore, 368

Melius and the Apple, 218

Mercury and his Rod, 362

Mexican Water Age, 435

Mignonette, 437

Milkmaid and Enchanted Cow, 288

Millet-thief, 438

Milto, 518

Minerva and the Olive, 473

Monastery of St. Christine, 257

Murdered Virgin, 591

Myrene, 454

Myrrha, 453

Narcissus, 457

Novice and the Styrax, 131

Oak of Signa, 469

Olive-bearing Birds, 143

Ominous Red Rose, 199

Orchis and Acolasia, 478

Origin of the Tea-shrub, 561

Orpheus and the Elms, 323

Osmund and the Danes, 479

Pæon and Æsculapius, 493

Pæonia and Phœbus, 493

Parizataco, 534

Pales and the Fishermen, 209

Pelops and Myrtillus, 252

Pélé, Goddess of the Volcano, 585

Perkun and the Deluge, 583

Phaethon and the Heliades, 502

Philemon and Baucis, 414

Phyllis and Demophoon, 210

Picts and Heather Beer, 365

Pilgrim and the Palm, 481

Polydorus and Polymnestor, 295

Postomani, 505

Prophetic Trees of Basle, 198

Proserpine and the Pomegranate, 500

Pyramus and Thisbe, 447

Pythagoras and the Beans, 247

Queen Christiania’s Diamonds, 213

Queen of Sheba and Solomon, 18, 19, 303

Queen of the Serpents, 451

Ranunculus, 510

Rhodanthe, 515

Rhœcus and Jupiter, 463

Rosa Marina, 527

Rose and the Sun, 516

Rose Elf, 66

Rose of Bakawali, 570

Rübezahl, 509

Russalka and Basilek, 278

Sacaibu and the First Men, 296

Santon Akyazli, 381

Sappho and Phaon, 327

Satan and the Eglantine, 317

Sâvitri, 65

Seth and the Angel, 18, 19

Seven Oaks, 471

Seven Sisters, 324

Shepherd of Ilsenstein, 552

Shepherdess and the Oak, 468

Side, 500

Sister of the Flowers, 76

Sivika and the Magic Wheat, 293

Stone Tree, 126

St. Benedict and Antidotes to Poison, 374

St. Benedict and the Rose-briar, 525

St. Brigid, 468

St. Cecilia, 133

St. Christopher, 482

St. Dorothea, 133, 222

St. Dunstan and the Devil, 223

St. Dunstan and the Apple-trees, 223

St. Elizabeth of Hungary, 133, 519

St. Francis of Assisi, 519

St. Leonard and the Dragon, 414

St. Margaret of Cortona, 432

St. Martin’s Yew, 591

St. Patrick and the Shamrock, 545

St. Peter’s Mother, 410

St. Rosa di Lima, 519

St. Serf, 219

St. Thomas and the Madonna, 413

St. Thomas and his Tree, 130

Syrinx and Pan, 559

Thlaspis, 268

Thorn of Cawdor Castle, 362

Titteli Ture, 555

Tree of Adam, 17, 19

Tree of Tiberias, 132

Trees and the Cross, 386

Trees and the Crucifixion, 48

Trees and their Monarch, 474

Trees of the Sun and Moon, 123

Ulysses and the Lotos Eaters, 418

Ulysses and the Moly, 442

Venus and Adonis, 214, 341, 411

Venus and the Rose, 516

Venus and the Violet Nymphs, 579

Venus’ Mirror, 267

Veronica, 550

Vertumnus and the Nymph, 307

Virgin Mary and St. John, 483

Virgin Mary and the Cherry-tree, 279

Virgin Mary and the Fig-tree, 558

Virgin Mary and the Juniper, 395

Virgin Mary and the Lupine, 423

Virgin Mary and the Orange-tree, 478

Virgin Mary and the Palm, 481

Virgin Mary and the Pine, 496

Virgin Mary and the Rosemary, 526

Virgin Mary and the Strawberry, 556

Walnut-tree of Benevento, 584

Wandering Jew, 238

Wang Chih and the Date-stone, 312

Watcher of the Roads, 325, 498

Water Lily of Paradise, 463

White Maidens of the Fichtelgebirge, 556

Wild Woman and the Shepherdess, 253

William the Conqueror, 533

Willow Nymph, 81

Witches and Alder Wood, 209

Withered Tree of the Sun, 130, 131

Wonderful Linden-tree, 415

Woodpecker and the Spring-wort, 141, 551

World of the Lower Regions, 577

Xerxes and the Plane-tree, 497

Zoroaster, 521

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