THE THREE PRINCES, THE THREE DRAGONS, AND THE OLD WOMAN WITH THE IRON NOSE. Erdélyi, iii. 4.

Page 197. Tátos. Cf. notes, p. 345, also Roumanian Fairy-Tales, "The Hermit's Foundling" and "Vasilica the Brave." Pentamerone, "Corvetto" and Geldart, Folk-Lore of Modern Greece, "The Golden Steed," and "The Scab Pate."

The dragon vomiting out those it has eaten. Cf. The queen swallowed by the whale, in the story of the "Two Orphans," p. 223. Also Red Riding Hood. Grimm, i. "The Wolf and the Seven little Kids." Cf. old Greek legend of Kronos devouring his children.

Page 199. The bridge seems to suggest the bridge in the Koran. See also the bridge in Pentamerone, "The golden root."

This part of the story somewhat resembles that of "the Accursed Garden," in Vernaleken.

Page 201. The transformation of Ambrose and the Dragon. Cf. Roumanian Fairy Tales, "Vasilica the Brave," p. 73.

In the Lapp stories the hero calls for help to his gods. See Friis. "Stallo og Patto Poadnje," and "Stallo og Fiskerlappen."

Page 202. In the Finnish story, Alderblock turns himself into an ermine. See S. ja T. 2, "Leppäpölkky," a story which is very much like the Magyar in this part. Ralston, Russian Folk-Tales, "Ivan Popyalof," p. 69. Also ib. pp. 71 and 72. In the Finnish tale (S. ja T. i.) "Weljiänsä-etsijät Tyttö"—a little dog prevents the girl from bathing in water which would transform her. Cf. Pedroso, Portuguese Folk-Tales, "Pedro and the Prince," p. 26. Gubernatis, i. p. 191.

Page 203. Ambrose sticks to the axle as the people did to the lamb, p. 14, ante. Cf. Story of Loki and the Eagle.

Page 204. The witch in the lower world reminds us of the Egyptian Legend of Ishtar, Records of the Past, vol. i. p. 144.

Page 205. The folk-tale-teller was ever fond of having a sly rap at the clergy. Cf. Lapp tale, where the priest wants to marry the goveiter girl himself, because she has a costly silver girdle; Friis, "Goveiter-Pige." Also Ralston, Russian Folk Tales, p. 27.

Page 205. Worming secrets out of witch, &c. by flattery. Cf. S. ja T. ii. "Antti Puuhaara," and Friis, "Stallo og Lappebrødrene Sodno."

Ib. Concealed Life. Cf. Friis, "Jætten, som havde skjult sit Liv i et Hønseaeg," and "Jætten og Veslegutten," where the giant has hid his life in the middle of a cow's heart. Rink, Eskimo Tales, "The girl who fled to the Inlanders," p. 220. Old Deccan Days, "Punchkin," p. 13. Stokes, Indian Tales. "Brave Hírálálbásá," p. 58; "The Demon and the King's Son," p. 187, and note, p. 261. Dasent, Tales from the Norse, "The giant who had no heart in his body," p. 75.

Sagas from the Far East, "Child Intellect," p. 133. Steere, Swahili Tales, "Story of the Washerwoman's Donkey," p. 5. Ralston, Russian Folk Tales. "Koschei the Deathless," p. 103, and pp. 113—115. Mr. Ralston also gives Asbjörnsen, "New Series," No. 70, p. 39. Haltrich, Deutsche Volksmärchen ausdem Sachsenlande in Siebenbürgen, p. 188. Wenzig, Westabauischer Märchenschatz, No. 37, p. 190. Hahn, No. 26, i. 187, and ii. pp. 215, 294—5, Vuk Karajich, No. 8. Cf. Records of the Past, vol. ii. "Tale of the Two Brothers," p. 149. Geldart, Greek Folk-Tales, "The little Brother who saved his Sister from the Dragon," p. 56. Pentamerone, "The Dragon." Campbell, "Tales of the Western Highlands," vol. i. p. 81. Grimm, vol. ii. p. 564. Denton, Serbian Folk-Lore. "Bash-chalek," p. 172. Payne, Arabian Nights, vol. i. p. 118, and vol. vii. p. 91. Engel, Musical Myths, vol. i. p. 201. Folk-Lore Journal, 1884, "The Philosophy of Punchkin." Tylor, Primitive Culture, pp. 152, 153. Gubernatis, vol. i. pp. 131, 140, 269, and 412. Thorpe, Yule-Tide Stories. "The Man without a Heart." Black, Folk-Medecine, p. 32. Gesta Romanorum, "The Knight and the Necromancer." Castren, Ethnologische Vorlesungen über die Altaischen Völker, p. 174. Page 206. A wonderful chest in the Finnish story, "Awaimetoin Wakka" (S. ja T. i.) opens as the golden apple in the Magyar tale, and out of it comes castle, servants, &c. See also Prince Mirkó, p. 74, ante.