INDEX.

A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P R S T U V W Y Z

Ad, or Hades, 303 Anepou and Satou, story of, 122 Andrew, St., legend about, 348 Arimaspians, 190 Awful Drunkard, story of the, 46

Baba Yaga, her name and nature, 146; stories about, 103-107, 148-166, 254-256 Back, cutting strips from, 155 Bad Wife, story of the, 52 Beanstalk stories, 35, 296 Beer and Corn, legend of, 339 Birds, legends about, 335 Blind Man and Cripple, story of the, 246 Bluebeard’s Chamber, 109 Brandy, legend about origin of, 378 Bridge-building incident, 306 Brothers, enmity between, 93 Brushes, magic, 151

Cat, Whittington’s, 56 Chort, or devil, 35 Christ’s Brother, legend of, 338 Chudo Morskoe, or water monster, 143 Chudo Yudo, a many-headed monster, 83 Clergy: their bad reputation in folk-tales, 40 Coffin Lid, story of the, 314 Combs, magic, 151 Creation of Man, legends about, 330 Cross Surety, story of the, 40 Curses, legends about, 363

Days of the Week, legends about, 206-212 Dead Mother, story of the, 32 Demons: part played in the Skazkas by, 361; souls of babes stolen by, 363; legends about children devoted to, 364; about persons who give themselves to, 367; dulness of, 375; tricks played upon, 375; gratitude of, 377; resemblance of to snakes, 380 Devil, legends about, 330, 331, 333 Dnieper, Volga, and Dvina, story of the, 217 Dog, legends about, 330-332 Dog and Corpse, story of the, 317 Dolls, or puppets, magic, 167-169 Don and Shat, story of the rivers, 215 Drink, Russian peasant’s love of, 42; stories about, 48 Durak, or Ninny, stories about, 23, 62

Eggs, lives of mythical beings connected with, 119-124 Elijah, traditions about, 341-343 Elijah and Nicholas, legend of, 344 Emilian the Fool, story of, 269 Evil, personified, 186

Fiddler in Hell, story of the, 303 Fiend, story of the, 24 Fool and Birch-tree, story of the, 62 Fools, stories about, 62 Fortune, stories about, 203 Fox-Physician, story of the, 296 Fox-Wailer, story of the, 35 Friday, legend of, 207 Frost, story of, 221

George, St., legends about, 348; the Wolves and, 349; the Gypsy and, 350; the people of Troyan and, 351 Ghost stories, 295-328 Gold-Men, 231 Golden Bird, the Zhar-Ptitsa or, 291 Golovikha, or Mayoress, story of the, 55 Goré, or Woe, story of, 192 Gossip’s Bedstead, story of the, 381 Gravestone, story of the Ride on the, 308 Greece, Vampires in, 323 Gypsy, story of St. George and the, 350

Hades, 303 Hasty Word, story of the, 370 Head, story of the trunkless, 230 Headless Princess, story of the, 276 Heaven-tree Myth, 298 Helena the Fair, story of, 262 Hell, story of the Fiddler in, 303 Hills, legend of creation of, 333

Ivan Popyalof, story of, 79

Katoma, story of, 246 Koshchei the Deathless, stories of, 96-115 Kruchìna, or Grief, 201 Kuzma and Demian, the holy Smiths, 82

Lame and Blind Heroes, story of the, 246 Laments for the dead, 36 Leap, bride won by a, 266-269 Legends, 329-382 Léshy, or Wood-demon, story of the, 213 Life, Water of, 237 Likho the One-Eyed, story of, 186 Luck, stories about, 203-206

Marya Morevna, story of, 97 Medea’s Cauldron incident, 359, 368 Miser, story of the, 60 Mizgir, or Spider, story of the, 68 Morfei the Cook, story of, 234 Mouse, legends about the, 334 Mythology, &c. Personifications of Good and Evil, 77; the Snake, 78; Daylight eclipsed by a Snake, 81; the Chudo-Yudo, 83; the Norka-Beast, 86; the Usuinya-Bird, 95; Koshchei the Deathless, 96-116; the Bluebeard’s Chamber myth, 109; stories about external hearts and fatal eggs, &c., 119-124; the Water Snake, 129; the Tsar Morskoi or Water King, 130-141; the King Bear, 142; the Water-Chudo, 143; the Idol, 144; Female embodiments of Evil, 146; the Baba Yaga, 146-166; magic dolls or puppets, 167; the story of Verlioka, 170; the Supernatural Witch, 170-183; The Sun’s Sister and the Dawn, 178-185; Likho or Evil, 186-187; Polyphemus and the Arimaspians, 190; Goré or Woe, 192; Nuzhda or Need, 199; Kruchìna or Grief, 201; Zluidni, 201; stories about Luck, 203-206; Friday, 206; Wednesday, 208; Sunday, 211; the Léshy or Woodsprite, 213; stories about Rivers, 215-221; about Frost, 221; about the Whirlwind, 232; Morfei, 234; Oh! the, 235; Waters of Life and Death, 237-242; Symplêgades, 242; Waters of Strength and Weakness, 243-245; Magic Horses, 249, 264; a Magic Pike, 269-273; Witchcraft stories, 273-295; the Zhar-Ptitsa or Glow-Bird, 289-292; upper-world ideas, 296; the heaven-tree myth, 296-302; lower-world ideas, 303; Ghost-stories, 308; stories about Vampires, 313-322; home and origin of Vampirism, 323-328; legends about Saints, the Devil, &c., 329; Perun, the thunder-god, 341; superstitions about lightning, 343; legends about St. George and the Wolves, 349; old Slavonian gods changed into demons, 362; power attributed to curses, 364; dulness of demons, 375; their resemblance to snakes, 380

National character, how far illustrated by popular tales, 18 Need, story of Nuzhda or, 199 Nicholas, St., legends about, 343; his kindness, 352-354; story of the Priest of, 355 Nicholas, St., and Elijah, story of, 343 Norka, story of the, 86

Oh! demon named, 235 One-Eyed Likho, story of, 186 One-Eyes, Ukraine legend of, 190

Peewit, legend about the 335 Perun, the thunder-god, 341 Pike, story of a magic, 269 Polyphemus, 190 Poor Widow, story of the, 336 Popes, Russian Priests called, 36 Popular Tales, their meaning &c., 16-18; human and supernatural agents in, 75-78 Popyalof, story of Ivan, 79 Priest with the Greedy Eyes, story of the, 355 Princess Helena the Fair, story of the, 262 Purchased Wife, story of the, 44

Ride on the Gravestone, story of the, 308 Rip van Winkle story, 310 Rivers, legends about, 215-221 Russian children, appearance of, 157 Russian Peasants; their dramatic talent, 19; pictures of their life contained in folk-tales, 21; a village soirée, 24; a courtship, 31; a death, 32; preparations for a funeral, 33; wailing over the dead, 35; a burial, 36; religious feeling of, 40; passion for drink, 42; humor, 48; their jokes against women, 49; their dislike of avarice, 59; their jokes about simpletons, 62 Rye, legends about, 332

Saints, legends about, 341; Ilya or Elijah, 341-343; story of Elijah and Nicholas, 344; St. Andrew, 348; St. George, 348-352; St. Nicholas, 352-354; St. Kasian, 352 Scissors story, 49 Semilétka, story of, 44 Shroud, story of the, 311 Skazkas or Russian folk-tales, their value as pictures of Russian life, 19-23; occurrence of word skazka in, 23; their openings, 62; their endings, 83 Smith and the Demon, story of the, 70 Snake, the mythical, his appearance, 78; story of Ivan Popyalof, 79; story of the Water Snake, 126; Snake Husbands, 129; legend about the Common Snake, 334; likeness between Snakes and Demons, 380 Soldier and Demon, story of, 380 Soldier and the Devil, legend about, 366 Soldier and the Vampire, story of the, 318 Soldier’s Midnight Watch, story of the, 279 Sozh and Dnieper, story of, 216 Sparrow, legends about the, 335 Spasibo or Thank You, 202 Spider, story of the, 68 Stakes driven through Vampires, 326-328 Stepmothers, character of, 94 Strength and Weakness, Waters of, 243 Suicides and Vampires, 327 Sunday, tales about, 211 Sun’s Sister, 178-182 Swallow, legends about the, 335 Swan Maidens, 129 Symplêgades, 242

Terema or Upper Chambers, 182 Three Copecks, story of the, 56 Treasure, story of the, 36 Troyan, City of, legend about, 351 Two Corpses, story of the, 316 Two Friends, story of the, 309

Ujak or Snake, 126 Unwashed, story of the, 366 Usuinya-Bird, 95

Vampires, stories about, 313-322; account of the belief in, 322-328 Vasilissa the Fair, story of, 158 Vazuza and Volga, story of, 215 Vechernitsa or Village Soirée, 24 Verlioka, story of, 170 Vieszcy, the Kashoube Vampire, 325 Vikhor or the Whirlwind, story of, 232-244 Volga, story of Vazuza and, 215; of Dnieper and Dvina and, 217 Vy, the Servian, 84

Warlock, story of the, 292 Water King and Vasilissa the Wise, story of the, 130 Water Snake, story of the, 126 Waters of Life and Death, 237-242 Waters of Strength and Weakness, 243 Wednesday, legend of, 208 Week, Days of the, 206-21 Whirlwind, story of the, 232 Whittington’s Cat, 56-58 Wife, story of the Bad, 49; about a Good, 56 Wife-Gaining Leap, stories of a, 266-269 Witch, story of the, 171 Witch, story of the Dead, 34 Witch and Sun’s Sister, story of the, 178 Witch Girl, story of the, 274 Witchcraft, 170-183, 273-295 Woe, story of, 193 Wolf-fiend, story of a, 376 Wolves, traditions about, 349 Women, jokes about, 49-56

Yaga Baba. See Baba Yaga Youth, Fountain of, 72

Zhar-Ptitsa or Glow Bird, 289-292 Zluidni, malevolent beings called, 201

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Page 9—Khudyayof amended to Khudyakof—"Khudyakof (I.A.). ..." Page 9, footnote [7]—1 amended to i—"... Afanasief," i. No. 2, ..." Page 10—Karadjich amended to Karajich—"The name "Karajich" refers to the ..." Page 10—Tale amended to Tales—"... the "Popular Tales of the West Highlands," 4 vols. ..." Page 14—page reference for The Shroud amended from 351 to 311. Page 14—page reference for The Dog and the Corpse amended from 316 to 317. Page 16—medieval amended to mediæval—"... a blurred transcript of a page of mediæval history ..." Page 20, footnote [13]—Helen amended to Helena—"... the close of the story of Helena the Fair ..." Page 32—bare amended to bore—"Well, the mistress bore a son ..." Page 37—garveyard amended to graveyard—"I’ll go to the graveyard, ..." Page 37—pack amended to back—"... and hobbled back again ..." Page 41—rubles amended to roubles—"... he had gained a hundred and fifty thousand roubles ..." Page 42, footnote [37]—Nicola's amended to Nicholas's—"In another story St. Nicolas’s picture is the surety." Page 44, footnote [41]—Dei amended to Die—"Die kluge Bauerntochter" Page 45—crouched amended to couched—"... couched in terms of the utmost severity ..." Page 49—alternation amended to alteration—"... how little alteration it may undergo." Page 54, footnote [54]—chortevnok amended to chortenok—"... (chortenok = a little chort or devil) ..." Page 55—Golovh amended to Golova—"Golova = head" Page 59—the author uses the statement, "The folk-tales of all lands delight to gird at misers and skinflints ...". While gird does not seem to be the right word in this context, it's unclear what the author really intended—possibly gibe?—so it is left as printed. Page 80, footnote [77]—Afansief amended to Afanasief—"... i.e., says Afanasief ..." Page 83, footnote [83]—Wissenchaften amended to Wissenschaften—"... Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften ..." Page 92—Mährchen amended to Märchen—"...Schleicher’s "Litauische Märchen" ..." Page 97, footnote [101]—Afansief amended to Afanasief—"Afanasief, viii. No. 8. ..." Page 98—gronnd amended to ground—"The Eagle smote upon the ground ..." Page 101—Is it amended to It is—"It is possible to sow wheat, ..." Page 104—me amended to met—"Presently there met him a lioness ..." Page 104—omitted 'I' added—"... so hungry, I feel quite unwell!" Page 109, footnote [108]—No. 20o amended to No. 20—"Khudyakof, No. 20." Page 110—faries amended to fairies—"... a lake in which fairies of the swan-maiden ..." Page 113, footnote [114]—chigunnova amended to chugunnova—"Do chugunnova kamnya, to an iron stone." Page 120, footnote [128]—Siebenbügen amended to Siebenbürgen—"... Deutsche Volksmärchen aus dem Sachsenlande in Siebenbürgen ..." Page 123, footnote [136]—Professer amended to Professor—"... referred to by Professor Benfey ..." Page 123, footnote [136]—Egyptain amended to Egyptian—"... parallel to part of the Egyptian myth ..." Page 126—nto amended to into—"Then in a moment they rolled themselves into ..." Page 129, footnote [142]—Rusalk amended to Rusalka—"For a description of the Rusalka ..." Page 138, footnote [146]—traslated amended to translated—"The word here translated ..." Page 143, footnote [148]—Afansief amended to Afanasief—"Afanasief, v. No. 28. In the preceding story ..." Page 146, footnote [160]—the word "jenzi" is repeated. Probably one of the occurrences had a diacritical mark which was not reproduced in this edition; it has been left as printed. Page 153—foul's amended to fowl's—"... twirling round on "a fowl’s leg."" Page 160—By-and-bye amended to By-and-by—"By-and-by she put out the lights ..." Page 167, footnote [194]—government amended to Government—"From the Poltava Government." Page 170, footnote [204]—Afansief amended to Afanasief—"Afanasief, vii. No. 18." Page 170, footnote [205]—Sanscrit amended to Sanskrit—"... answering to the Sanskrit ..." Page 171, footnote [206]—Voronej amended to Voroneje—"From the Voroneje Government." Page 172, footnote [208]—Shazka amended to Skazka—"... the Skazka for that of witch ..." Page 172—Ivaschechko amended to Ivashechko (verse following "... called to her son")—"Ivashechko, Ivashechko, my boy ..." Page 177—servants-maids amended to servant-maids—"... the bereaved mother sends three servant-maids ..." Page 177, footnote [214]—Id. amended to Ibid.—"Ibid. No. 52." Page 179—woman amended to women—"... where two old women were sewing ..." Page 190—in amended to it—"... there is no occasion to dwell upon it here." Page 208, footnote [255]—Rhudyakof amended to Khudyakof—"Khudyakof, No. 166." Page 213—plating amended to plaiting—"... sat a moujik plaiting a bast shoe." Page 214—alloting amended to allotting—"... when God was allotting their shares ..." Page 215, footnote [267]—i.i. amended to ii.—"Afanasief, P.V.S., ii. 226." Page 217, footnote [271]—Borichesky amended to Borichefsky—"Quoted from Borichefsky ..." Page 218—withen amended to within—"... when he came within a few versts of the sea- shore ..." Page 225—superfluous 'to' removed before "out to merry-makings" Page 228—put amended to puts—"... the girl puts on the robes, and appears ..." Page 233—n amended to in—"... went out one day to walk in the garden." Page 233—omitted 'a' added—"... hiding him behind a number of cushions, ..." Page 241—Brynhildr amended to Brynhild—"... who bear so great a resemblance to Brynhild ..." Page 252, footnote [321]—omitted roman i. reference added—"See A. de Gubernatis, "Zool. Mythology," i. 181." Page 255—euough amended to enough—"That’s no go, sure enough!" Page 257—t amended to it—"If the Princess found it out, ..." Page 260, footnote [326]—omitted word 'Cox' added—"... by G. W. Cox ..." Page 261, footnote [328]—Kullish amended to Kulish—"For a little-Russian version see Kulish ..." Page 262—shaskas amended to skazkas—"But skazkas tell that ..." Page 276—the amended to The—"The fiend disappears howling, ..." Page 276, footnote [363]—Märchensammlung amended to Mährchensammlung—"Brockhaus’s "Mährchensammlung des Somadeva Bhatta" ..." Page 277—dont amended to don't—"... from your psalter and don’t look behind ..." Page 286—of amended to off—"Do you drive off with the coffin, ..." Page 288, footnote [368]—Gessellschaft amended to Gesellschaft—"... Königl. Sächs. Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften ..." Page 291—sportman amended to sportsman—"... a sportsman finds in a forest ..." Page 313, footnote [407]—Geöthe amended to Goethe—"... Goethe founded his weird ballad ..." Page 321—omitted word 'in' added—"The pyre became wrapped in flames ..." Page 334, footnote [430]—Tereschenko amended to Tereshchenko—"Tereshchenko, v. p. 45." 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Personifications of Good and Evil,—Zluidni". Page 385 and Page 386—page reference 243 amended to 242 in index entries for "Symplêgades". Page 385—lighting amended to lightning—"superstitions about lightning, 343;" Page 385—page reference 255 amended to 355 in index entry for "Priest with the Greedy Eyes, story of the". Page 385—page reference 383 amended to 157 in index entry for "Russian children, appearance of". Page 385—page reference 36 amended to 49 in index entry for "Russian peasants—their jokes against women". Page 386—page reference 83 amended to 84 in index entry for "Vy, the Servian". Page 386—page reference 113 amended to 130 in index entry for "Water King and Vasilissa the Wise, story of the". Page 386—30-237 amended to 237-242, in line with other index entry for "Waters of Life and Death".