The Hero of Esthonia and Other Studies in the Romantic Literature of That Country

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THE KALEVIPOEG THE ADVENTURES OF THE SON OF KALEV, THE HERO OF ESTHONIA.

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SECTION I THE MILKY WAY.THE GRATEFUL PRINCE.SLYBOOTS.THE GOLD-SPINNERS.SECTION II THE WOOD OF TONTLA.THE ORPHAN BOY AND THE HELL-HOUNDS. [146]THE EGG-BORN PRINCESS.THE ROYAL HERD-BOY.TIIDU THE FLUTE-PLAYER.THE LUCKY EGG.

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SECTION III BLUEBEARD.CINDERELLA.THE DRAGON-SLAYER.THE DWARF'S CHRISTENING.THE ENVIOUS SISTERS.THE GIFTED BROTHERS.THE IDIOT'S LUCK.THE MAGICIAN'S HEIRS.THE MAN IN THE MOON.VIDEVIK, KOIT, AND ÄMARIK[18]THE MAIDEN AT THE VASKJALA BRIDGE.THE WOMAN IN THE MOON.POLYPHEMUS.RED RIDING-HOOD.SNOWWHITE, THE GLASS MOUNTAIN, AND THE DESPISED YOUNGEST SON.THE THREE SISTERS.[27]THE THREE WISHES.THE WITCH-BRIDE.THE STEPMOTHER.SECTION IV THE FISHERMAN AND HIS WIFE.THE MERMAID.[29]HOW THE SEA BECAME SALT.THE TWO BROTHERS AND THE FROST.THE SOLDIER AND THE DEVIL.SECTION V THE SONG-GOD'S DEPARTURE.JUTTA.THE TWELVE DAUGHTERS.THE FOUR GIFTS OF THE WATER-SPRITE.THE LAKE-DWELLERS.[42]THE FAITHLESS FISHERMAN.THE SPIRITS OF THE NORTHERN LIGHTS.THE SPIRIT OF THE WHIRLWIND.THE WILL O' THE WISPS.THE FOUNDLING.THE CAVE-DWELLERS.THE COMPASSIONATE WOODCUTTER.THE GOOD DEED REWARDED.SECTION VI THE WONDERFUL HAYCOCK.THE MAGIC EGG.SECTION VII LAKE PEIPUS.THE LAKE AT EUSEKÜLL.EMMU LAKE AND VIRTS LAKE.THE BLUE SPRING.THE BLACK POOL.SECTION VIII THE SON OF THE THUNDER-GOD.[51]THE MOON-PAINTER.THE TREASURE-BRINGER.THE WOODEN MAN AND THE BIRCH-BARK MAID.THE COMPASSIONATE SHOEMAKER.MARTIN AND HIS DEAD MASTER.THE BEWITCHED HORSE.SECTION IX THE COURAGEOUS BARN-KEEPER.THE GALLOWS-DWARFS.THE TREASURE AT KERTELL.THE GOLDEN SNAKES.THE DEVIL'S TREASURE.THE NOCTURNAL CHURCH-GOERS.SECTION X THE NORTHERN FROG[70].SECTION XI THE CHURCH AT REVEL.THE CHURCH AT PÜHALEPP.THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY CROSS.THE CHURCH AT FELLIN.SECTION XII THE RICH BROTHER AND THE POOR ONE.SECTION XIII SECTION XIV 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.

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THE HERALD OF WAR[79]THE BLUE BIRD[80] (I.).THE BLUE BIRD (II.).CHARM AGAINST SNAKE-BITE.[81]BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX AND GLOSSARY

UNNATURAL BROTHERS

The story of the wicked rich brother who oppresses the poor one is not unknown in Esthonia. There is a hideous story of such a pair, relating how when the poor brother died his widow begged grave-clothing from the wife of the rich one. When the rich brother returned, he scolded his wife, and rushed off, cursing and swearing, to strip the body of his dead brother, even in his coffin, crying, "That's mine! that's mine!" But when he would have laid the naked corpse back in the coffin, it clung round his neck, and he was compelled to carry it about with him for the rest of his life.

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