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

Volume 2 / Part 2 — THE FOUR GIFTS OF THE WATER-SPRITE.

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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

(Jannsen.)

Four boys were playing one Sunday on the banks of Lake Peipus, when the water-spirit appeared to them in the form of an old man with long grey hair and beard, and gave each of them a present—a boat, a hammer, a ploughshare, and a little book. As they grew up, one became a smith, another a fisherman, another a farmer, and the last a great king, who conquered the Danes and Swedes.

After this story, of which we have only given a brief abstract, we place another, descriptive of the dwellings of the lake-spirits.

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