BIBLIOGRAPHY.
The following list of variants of The Grateful Dead includes only
such tales as have the fundamental traits, as sketched above, either
expressed or clearly implied. Thus Der gute Gerhard, for example, is
not mentioned because it has only the motive of The Ransomed Woman,
while one of the folk-tales from Hungary is admitted because it follows
in general outline one of the combined types to be discussed later,
even though the burial of the dead is obscured. I cite by the short
titles which will be used to indicate the stories in the subsequent
discussion. The arrangement is roughly geographical.
Tobit.
In the apocryphal book of Tobit. According to Neubauer, The Book of
Tobit, a Chaldee Text from a unique MS. in the Bodleian Library, 1878,
p. xv, Tobit was originally written in Hebrew, although the Hebrew text
preserved was taken from Chaldee. Neubauer (p. xvii) quotes Graetz,
Geschichte der Juden, (2nd ed.) iv. 466, as saying that the book was
written in the time of Hadrian, and he concludes that it cannot be
earlier because it was unknown to Josephus. The correspondence with
Sir Amadas, and thus with The Grateful Dead generally, seems to have
been first noted by Simrock, p. 131 f., again by Koehler, Germania,
iii. 203, by Stephens, p. 7, by Hippe, p. 142, etc.
Armenian.
A. von Haxthausen, Transkaukasia, 1856, i. 333 f. A modern
folk-tale. Reprinted entire by Benfey, Pantschatantra, i. 219,
note, and by Koehler, Germania, iii. 202 f. A somewhat inadequate
summary is given by Hippe, p. 143; a better one is found in
Arch. f. slav. Phil. v. 43, by Koehler, who mentioned the tale again
in Or. und Occ. ii. 328, and iii. 96. Summarized also by Sepp, p. 681,
Groome, Folk-Lore, ix. 228 f., and mentioned by Wilhelmi, p.45.
Jewish.
Reischer, Schaare Jeruschalajim, 1880, pp. 86-99. Summarized by
Gaster, Germania, xxvi. 200-202, and from him by Hippe, pp. 143,
144. A modern folk-tale from Palestine.
Annamite.
Landes, Contes et legendes annamites, 1886, pp. 162, 163, "La
reconnaissance de l'etudiant mort." A modern folk-tale.
Siberian.
Radloff, Proben der Volkslitteratur der tuerkischen
Staemme Sued-Siberiens, 1866, i. 329-331. See Koehler,
Arch. f. slav. Phil. v. 43, note.
Simonides.
Cicero, De Divinatione, i. 27, referred to again in ii. 65 and
66. Retold by Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta, i. 7; after him by
Robert Holkot, Super Libros Sapientiae, Lectio 103; and again by
Chaucer in the Nun's Priest's Tale, Cant. Tales, B, 4257-4294. For
the relationship of Chaucer's anecdote to those in Latin see Skeat,
note in his edition, Lounsbury, Studies in Chaucer, 1892, ii. 274,
and Petersen, On the Sources of the Nonne Prestes Tale, 1898,
pp. 106-117. Connected with The Grateful Dead by Freudenberg in a
review of Simrock in Jahrbuecher des Vereins von Alterthumsfreunden im
Rheinlande, xxv. 172. See also Koehler, Germania iii. 209, Liebrecht in
Heidelberger Jahrbuecher der Lit. lxi. 449, 450, and Sepp. p. 680. Not
treated by Hippe.
Gypsy.
A. G. Paspati, Etudes sur les Tchinghianes ou Bohemiens de
l'Empire Ottoman, 1870, pp. 601-605, Translated from Paspati by
F. H. Groome, Gypsy Folk-Tales, 1899, pp. 1-3. Summarized by Koehler,
Arch. f. slav. Phil. v. 43 and carelessly by Hippe, p. 143. This
tale was heard near Adrianople. Cited by Foerster, Richars li Biaus,
p. xxviii, and by Wilhelmi, p. 45.
Greek.
J. G. von Hahn, Griechische und albanesische Maerchen, 1864, no. 53,
pp. 288-295, "Belohnte Treue." Summarized in part by Hippe, p. 149. See
also Liebrecht, Heid. Jahrbuecher, lxi. 451, and by Groome, Folk-Lore,
ix. 243. This tale was found in northern Euboea.
Maltese.
Hans Stumme, Maltesische Maerchen, Gedichte und Raetsel, 1904, no. 12,
pp. 39-45.
Russian I.
Afansjew, Russische Volksmaerchen, Heft 6, p. 323 f. Analyzed by
Schiefner, Or. und Occ. ii. 174, 175, and after him by Hippe, p. 144,
with some omissions. See Koehler, Or. und Occ. iii. 93-103, and Sepp,
p. 684.
Russian II.
Chudjakow, Grossrussische Maerchen, Heft 3, pp. 165-168. Translation
by Schiefner, Or. und Occ. iii. 93-96 in article by Koehler. In
English by Groome, Folk-Lore, ix. 229 ff. Summarized by Koehler,
Arch. f. slav. Phil. v. 43, and (with an important omission) by Hippe,
pp. 144, 145. See Koehler's notes in Gonzenbach, Sicilianische Maerchen,
ii. 250.
Russian III.
Reproduced from an illustrated folk-book in the Publications of
the Society of Friends of Old Literature in St. Petersburg, 1880,
no. 49. Summarized by V. Jagic, Arch. f. slav. Phil. v. 480, and by
Hippe, p. 145. Jagic remarks that the tale must have been widely known
in Russia in the eighteenth century, though clearly of foreign origin.
Russian IV.
Dietrich, Russische Volksmaerchen in den Urschrift gesammelt,
1831, no. 16, pp. 199-207. English translation, Russian Popular
Tales. Translated from the German Version of Anton Dietrich, 1857,
pp. 179-186. "Sila Zarewitsch und Iwaschka mit dem weissen Hemde." Like
other tales in the collection this was taken from a popular print
bought at Moscow. Mentioned by Benfey, Pantschatantra, i. 220, and
by Koehler, Or. u. Occ. ii. 328.
Russian V. [21]
P. V. Sejn, Materialien zur Kenntniss der russischen Bevoelkerung
von Nordwest-Russland, 1893, ii. 66-68, no. 33. Cited by Polivka in
Arch. f. slav. Phil. xix. 251.
Russian VI.
P. V. Sejn, work cited, ii. 401-407, no. 227. Cited by Polivka,
Arch. f. slav. Phil. xix. 262.
Servian I.
Vuk Stefanovic Karadzic, 2nd ed. of his Servian folk-tales,
1870. Translated by Madam Mijatovies (Mijatovich), Serbian
Folk-Lore, 1874, p. 96. Summarized from Servian by Koehler,
Arch. f. slav. Phil. ii. 631, 632, and from him by Hippe, p. 145.
Servian II.
Summarized from Gj. K. Stefanovic's collection, 1871, no. 15, by
Jagic in Arch. f. slav. Phil. v. 40 f. with the title "Vlatko und
der dankbare Todte." Thence by Hippe, p. 145.
Servian III.
Jagic in Arch. f. slav. Phil. v. 41 f, from Stojanovic's collection,
no. 31. Hippe's summary, p. 146, is exceedingly brief and faulty.
Servian IV.
Jagic, Arch. f. slav. Phil. v. 42, from Matica, B. 105 (A.D. 1863,
St. Novakovic). Summary of this by Hippe, p. 146. Jagic calls the tale
"Ein Goldfisch."
Servian V.
Krauss, Sagen und Maerchen der Suedslaven, 1883, i. 385-388, "Der
Vilaberg." Summarized by Dutz, p. 11.
Servian VI.
Krauss, work cited, i. 114-119. "Fuhrmann Tueguts Himmelswagen." From
the manuscript collection of Valjavec. Summarized by Dutz, p. 18,
note 2.
Bohemian. [22]
Waldau, Boehmisches Maerchenbuch, 1860, pp. 213-241. Mentioned by Koehler,
Or. und Occ. ii. 329, and by Hippe, p. 146. Summarized by the former,
Or. und Occ. iii. 97 f.
Polish.
K. W. Wojcicki, Klechdy, Starozytne podania i powiesci ludowe,
2nd ed., Warsaw, 1851. Translated into German by F. H. Lewestam,
Polnische Volkssagen und Maerchen, 1839, pp. 130 ff; into English by
A. H. Wratislaw, Sixty Folk-Tales from exclusively Slavonic Sources,
1889, pp. 121 ff.; and into French by Louis Leger, Recueil de contes
populaires slaves, 1882, pp. 119 ff. Summarized by Koehler, Germania,
iii. 200 f., and by Hippe, pp. 146 f. See also Sepp, p. 684, Dutz,
p. 11, Groome, Gypsy Folk-Tales, p. 3, note, and Arivau, Folk-Lore
de Proaza, 1886, p. 205.
Bulgarian.
Lydia Schischmanoff, Legendes religieuses bulgares, 1896, no. 77,
pp. 202-209, [23] "Le berger, son fils, et l'archange."
Lithuanian I.
L. Geitler, Litauische Studien, 1875, pp. 21-23. Analyzed by Koehler,
Arch. f. slav. Phil. ii. 633, and after him briefly by Hippe, [24]
p. 147, as his "Lithuanian II."
Lithuanian II.
Koehler, Arch. f. slav. Phil. ii. 633 f. From Prussian
Lithuania. Summarized by Hippe, p. 147, as his "Lithuanian III."
Hungarian I.
G. Stier, Ungarische Sagen und Maerchen, 1850, pp. 110-122. Mentioned
by Koehler, Germania, iii. 202, and by Hippe, p. 147.
Hungarian II.
G. Stier, Ungarische Volksmaerchen, 1857, pp. 153-167. Summarized by
Koehler, Germania, iii. 199 f., and too briefly by Hippe, p. 148.
Rumanian I.
Arthur Schott, Neue walachische Maerchen, in Hacklaender and Hoefer's
Hausblaetter, 1857, iv. 470-473. Mentioned by Stephens, p. 10, Hippe,
p. 147, and Benfey, Pantschatantra, ii. 532.
Rumanian II.
F. Obert, Romaenische Maerchen und Sagen aus Siebenbuergen, in Das
Ausland, 1858, p. 117. Mentioned by Koehler, Germania, iii. 202,
and by Hippe, p. 147.
Transylvanian.
Haltrich, Deutsche Volksmaerchen aus dem Sachsenlande in Siebenbuergen,
1856, pp. 42-45. Analyzed by Koehler, Or. und Occ. ii. 326, and
incompletely by Hippe, p. 148. Mentioned by Stephens, p. 10, and Sepp,
p. 684.
Esthonian I.
Schiefner, Or. und Occ. ii. 175 f., whence the analysis by Hippe,
p. 148.
Esthonian II.
Reisen in mehrere russische Gouvernements in den Jahren 1801, 1807
und 1815, 1830, v. 186-192, from Ein Ausflug nach Esthland im Junius
1807. Reprinted by Kletke, Maerchensaal, 1845, ii. 60-62. Summarized
by Dutz, p. 18, note 3.
Finnish.
Liebrecht, Germania, xxiv. 131, 132. Communicated by Schiefner
from Suomen, Kansan Satuja, Helsingfors, 1866. Summarized by Hippe,
pp. 148 f.
Catalan.
F. Maspons y Labros, Lo Rondollayre: Quentos populars catalans, Segona
Serie, 1872, no. 5, pp. 34-37. Analyzed by Liebrecht, Heid. Jahrbuecher
der Lit. lxv. 894 (1872), and after him by Hippe, p. 151. Mentioned
by d'Ancona, Romania, iii. 192, and by Foerster, Richars li Biaus,
p. xxviii.
Spanish.
Duran, Romancero general, 1849-51, ii. 299-302, nos. 1291,
1292. Summarized by Koehler, Or. und Occ. ii. 323 f. and after him
by Cosquin, Contes populaires, i. 215, and by Hippe, p. 151. [25]
Mentioned by Sepp, p. 686.
Lope de Vega.
Comedy in two parts, Don Juan de Castro. According to J. R. Chorley,
Catalogo de comedias y autos de Frey Felix de Vega Carpio, p. 5, this
play is to be found in Part xix. of the Comedias published in 1623
(later issues 1624, 1625, and 1627). A. Schaeffer, Geschichte des
spanischen Nationaldramas, 1890, i. 141, says that the second part,
called Las aventuras de don Juan de Alarcos, is in Part xxv. of Lope's
comedies. The entire play is edited by Hartzenbusch, Comedias Escogidas
de Lope de Vega, iv. 373 ff. and 395 ff. in the Biblioteca de autores
espanoles, lii. Schaeffer, pp. 141, 142, gives a careful summary of
the play, and Koehler, Or. und Occ. iii. 100 f., gives another. The
latter is followed by Hippe, p. 151. Mentioned by Duran, Romancero
general, ii. 299, by Sepp, p. 686, and by Wilhelmi, pp. 45 ff. and 60.
Calderon.
El Mejor Amigo el Muerto, by Luis de Belmonte, Francisco de Rojas,
and Pedro Calderon de la Barca, in Biblioteca de autores espanoles,
xiv. 471-488, and in Comedias escogidas de los mejores ingenios de
Espana, 1657, ix. 53-84. Analyzed by Koehler, Or. und Occ, iii. 100 f.,
and briefly after him by Hippe, p. 151. Mentioned by Sepp, p. 686,
and by Wilhelmi, pp. 60 f. Schaeffer, work cited, ii. 283 f., says
that a play of this name was written by Belmonte alone in 1610,
which was revised about 1627 with the aid of Rojas and Calderon.
Trancoso. [26]
Contos e historias de proveito e exemplo, by Goncalo Fernandez
Trancoso, Parte 2, Cont ii., first published in 1575 and frequently
re-issued during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. In
the edition published at Lisbon in 1693, our tale is found on
pp. 45r.-60r.; and in that published at the same place in 1710,
on pp. 110-177. Menendez y Pelayo, Origenes de la Novela (Nueva
Biblioteca de autores espanoles vii.), 1907, ii. lxxxvii ff., gives
a bibliography, the table of contents, and a description of the work
on the basis of seventeenth century editions; on p. xcv. he connects
the tale above-mentioned with The Grateful Dead. See T. Braga, Contos
tradiconaes do povo portuguez, 1883, ii. 63-128, who prints nineteen
of the tales in abbreviated form, but not ours.
Nicholas.
Johannes Junior (Gobius), Scala Celi, 1480, under Elemosina. Gobius
was born in the south of France and lived about the middle of the
fourteenth century. [27] Summary by Simrock, pp. 106-109. Mentioned
by Hippe, p. 169.
Richars.
Richars li Biaus, ed. W. Foerster, 1874. A romance written in Picardy
or eastwards in the thirteenth century (Foerster, p. xxi). Analyzed by
Koehler, Revue critique, 1868, pp. 412 ff., and Hippe, p. 155. Compared
in detail with Lion de Bourges by Wilhelmi, pp. 46 ff.
Lion de Bourges.
An Old French romance known to exist in two manuscripts, the earlier
dating from the fourteenth century, [28] the later from about the end
of the fifteenth. [29] It has never been edited, but the portion which
concerns us was analyzed in detail by Wilhelmi, pp. 18-38. This summary
I have made the basis of my discussion. The romance was mentioned by
P. Paris, Foerster, and Suchier (as cited in note below), Gautier,
Les epopees francaises, 1st ed. 1865, i. 471-473, Ebert, Jahrbuch
f. rom. und engl. Lit. iv. 53, 54, and Benfey, Pantschatantra,
i. 220. A prose translation into German is found in manuscripts of
the fifteenth century, which does not differ materially from the
original. [30] This was printed in 1514, and summarized by F. H. von
der Hagen, Gesammtabenteuer, 1850, i. xcvii-xcix, Simrock, pp. 104-106,
and Hippe, p. 154. See E. Mueller, Ueberlieferung des Herpin von Burges,
1905, who analyzes the work and treats its relations to Lion.
Oliver.
Olivier de Castille et Artus d'Algarbe, a French prose romance
composed before 1472, according to Foulche-Delbosc (Revue hispanique,
ix. 592). The first and second editions were printed at Geneva,
the first in 1482, the second before 1492. [31] There exist at
least three manuscripts of the work from the fifteenth century:
MS. Bibl. nat. fran. 12574 (which attributes the romance to a David
Aubert, according to Groeber, Grundriss der rom. Phil. ii. 1, 1145);
MS. Brussels 3861; and Univ. of Ghent, MS. 470. The designs of the
last have been reproduced, together with a summary of the text, by
Heins and Bergmans, Olivier de Castille, 1896. An English translation
was printed by Wynkyn de Worde in 1518. A translation from the second
French edition into Castilian was made by Philippe Camus, which was
printed thirteen times between 1499 and 1845. [32] The edition of
1499 has lately been reproduced in facsimile by A. M. Huntington,
La historia de los nobles caualleros Oliueros de castilla y artus
dalgarbe, 1902. A German translation from the French was made
by Wilhelm Ziely in 1521, and this was translated into English by
Leighton and Barrett, The History of Oliver and Arthur, 1903. From the
German prose Hans Sachs took the material for his comedy on the theme
(publ. 1556). A summary of Ziely's work is given by Froelicher, Thuering
von Ringoltingen's "Melusine," Wilhelm Ziely's "Olivier und Artus"
und "Valentin und Orsus," 1889, pp. 65 f., which is used by Wilhelmi,
pp. 55, 56, in his comparison of the romance with Richars and Lion
de Bourges. An Italian translation, presumably from the French,
was printed three or four times from 1552 to 1622. [33] A summary
of the story is given in Melanges tires d'une grande bibliotheque,
by E. V. 1780, pp. 78 ff., with an incorrect note about the romance,
reproduced by Hippe, pp. 155 f., with an analysis from the same source
of the part of the tale belonging to our cycle. Robert Laneham in
his list of ballads and romances, made in 1575, mentions Olyuer of
the Castl. See Furnivall, Captain Cox, his Ballads and Books, Ballad
Soc. 1871, vii. xxxvii and 30.
Jean de Calais.
I. Mme. Angelique de Gomez, Histoire de Jean de Calais, 1723. Sketched
in the Bibliotheque universelle des romans, Dec. 1776, pp. 134
ff. Koehler, Germania, iii. 204 ff., gives a summary of the work,
which Mme. de Gomez stated was "tire d'un livre qui a pour titre:
Histoire fabuleuse de la Maison des Rois de Portugal." A later
anonymous redaction of this Jean de Calais exists in prints of 1770,
1776, and 1787, and it continued to be issued in the nineteenth
century. Summarized by Hippe, pp. 156 f., and by Sepp, pp. 685
f. Mentioned by Koehler in Gonzenbach, Sicil. Maerchen, ii. 250.
II. Blade, Contes populaires de la Gascogne, 1886, ii. 67-90. This
and the following folk-versions of Jean deserve careful consideration
because of the interesting character of their variations.
III. J. B. Andrews, Folk-Lore Record, iii. 48 ff., from Mentone. See
Liebrecht, Engl. Stud. v. 158, and Hippe, p. 157.
IV. and V. J. B. Andrews, Contes ligures, traditions de la Riviere,
1892, pp. 111-116, no. 26, and pp. 187-192, no. 41. These two versions
differ slightly from one another, but more from the preceding.
VI. P. Sebillot, Contes populaires de la Haute-Bretagne, 3me. serie,
1882, pp. 164-171.
VII. Wentworth Webster, Basque Legends, 1877, pp. 151-154. See Luzel,
Legendes chretiennes, p. 90, note.
VIII. A. Le Braz, La legende de la mort chez les Bretons armoricains,
nouv. ed., 1902, ii. 211-231.
IX. L. Giner Arivau, Folk-Lore de Proaza (Asturia), in Biblioteca de
las tradiciones populares espanolas, viii. 194-201 (1886).
X. Gittee and Lemoine, Contes populaires du pays Wallon, 1891,
pp. 57-61.
Walewein.
Roman van Walewein, ed. Jonckbloet, 1846. Analyzed by G. Paris,
Hist. litt. de la France, xxx. 82-84, and by W. P. Ker, The Roman
van Walewein (Gawain) in Folk-Lore, v. 121-127 (1894). My analysis
is a combination made from these two summaries.
Lotharingian.
Cosquin, Contes populaires de Lorraine, 1886, i. 208-212
(no. xix). Noted by Hippe, p. 157.
Gasconian.
Cenac Moncaut, Contes populaires de la Gascogne, 1861, pp. 5-14,
"Rira bien qui rira le dernier." Summarized by Koehler, Or. und
Occ. ii. 329. Mentioned by Hippe, p. 157, and by Groome, Folk-Lore,
ix. 239.
Dianese.
Novella di Messer Dianese e di Messer Gigliotto, ed. d'Ancona and
Sforza, 1868. Analyzed by Liebrecht, Heid. Jahrbuecher der Lit. lxi. 450
(1868), by d'Ancona, Romania, iii. 191, (reprinted in his Studj di
critica e storia, 1880, p. 353), and by Hippe, p. 152. D'Ancona's
summary is from Papanti, nov. xxi. The variant is of the fourteenth
century, according to the writer of the introduction of the edition of
1868, p. 5. See also Foerster, Richars li Biaus, p. xxiv, and Wilhelmi,
pp. 44 and 57.
Stellante Costantina.
D'Ancona, Romania, iii. 192, mentions the popular poem Istoria
bellissima di Stellante Costantina figliuola del gran turco, la
quale fu rubata da certi cristiani che teneva in corte suo padre e fu
venduta a un mercante di Vicenza presso Salerno, con molti intervalli
e successi, composta da Giovanni Orazio Brunetto. I have not been able
to find this poem and do not know how closely it accords with Dianese.
Straparola I.
Notti piacevoli, notte xi, favola 2. Analyzed by Grimm, Kinder-
und Hausmaerchen, 1856, iii, 289; and rather too briefly by Simrock,
pp. 98-100, and Hippe, p. 153. See Benfey, Pant. i. 221, Koehler in
Gonzenbach, Sicil. Maerchen, ii. 249, and Groome, Tobit and Jack,
Folk-Lore, ix. 226 f., and Gypsy Folk-Tales, p. 3, note.
Straparola II.
Notti piacevoli, notte v, favola 1. See Benfey, Pant. ii. 532.
Tuscan.
G. Nerucci, Sessanta novelle popolari, 1880, pp. 430-437, no. lii. A
folk-tale from the neighbourhood of Pistoia. See Webster, Basque
Legends, pp. 182-187, Crane, Italian Popular Tales, p. 350, and
Cosquin, Contes populaires, i. 215.
Istrian.
Ive, Novelline popolari rovignesi, 1877, p. 19. See d'Ancona, Studj di
critica, 1880, p. 354, and the summary by Crane, Italian Popular Tales,
1885, no. xxxv. pp. 131-136, from whom, as Ive's collection has been
inaccessible to me, I derive my knowledge of the story. Crane gives
the title of Ive as Fiabe, etc., d'Ancona as above.
Venetian.
G. Bernoni, Tradizioni populari veneziane, 1875, pp. 89-96. Referred
to by Crane, Italian Popular Tales, p. 350.
Sicilian.
Laura Gonzenbach, Sicilianische Maerchen, 1870, ii. 96-103. Summarized
briefly by Hippe, pp. 153 f., and by Groome, Folk-Lore, ix. 239 f.
Brazilian.
Romero and Braga, Contos populares do Brazil, 1885, no. x. pp. 215. See
Cosquin, Contes populaires, i. 215.
Basque I.
Wentworth Webster, Basque Legends, 1877, pp. 182-187. See Cosquin,
Contes populaires, i. 215, and Luzel, Legendes chretiennes, p. 90,
note.
Basque II.
Webster, work cited, pp. 146-150. See Crane, Italian Popular Tales,
p. 351.
Gaelic.
Campbell, Popular Tales of the West Highlands, new ed. 1890,
ii. 121-140, no. 32, "The Barra Widow's Son." Summarized by Koehler,
Or. und Occ. ii. 322 f., by Sepp, p. 685, by Hippe, p. 150, and by
Groome, Folk-Lore, ix. 235. See Koehler in Gonzenbach, Sicil. Maerchen,
ii. 249, and Groome, Gypsy Folk-Tales, p. 3, note.
Irish I.
W. Larminie, West Irish Folk-Tales and Romances, 1893, pp. 155-167,
"Beauty of the World." Mentioned by Kittredge, Harvard Notes and
Studies, viii. 250, note.
Irish II.
Douglas Hyde, Beside the Fire. A Collection of Irish Gaelic
Folk-Stories, 1890, pp. 18-47, "The King of Ireland's Son." [34]
Mentioned by Kittredge, place cited.
Irish III.
P. Kennedy, Legendary Fictions of the Irish Celts, 1866, pp. 32-38,
"Jack the Master and Jack the Servant."
Breton I.
Souvestre, Le foyer breton, contes et recits populaires,
nouv. ed. 1874, ii. 1-21. Analyzed by Simrock, pp. 94-98, by Sepp,
p. 685, and in part by Hippe, p. 149. See Luzel, Legendes chretiennes,
i. 90, note.
Breton II.
F. M. Luzel, Legendes chretiennes de la Basse-Bretagne, 1881,
i. 68-90, "Le fils de Saint Pierre." Cited by von Weilen,
Zts. f. vergl. Litteraturgeschichte, N.F. i. 105. Analyzed in part
by Hippe, pp. 149 f.
Breton III.
Luzel, work cited, ii. 40-58. Mentioned by von Weilen, place cited,
and analyzed by Hippe, p. 150. The title, slightly misquoted by Hippe,
is "Cantique spirituel sur la charite que montra Saint-Corentin
envers un jeune homme qui fut chasse de chez son pere et sa mere,
sans motif ni raison."
Breton IV.
P. Sebillot, Contes populaires de la Haute-Bretagne, 1880,
pp. 1-8. Noted by Luzel, work cited, p. 90, note, and by Cosquin,
Contes populaires, i. 215.
Breton V.
F. M. Luzel, Contes populaires de Basse-Bretagne, 1887, ii. 176-194,
"La princesse Marcassa."
Breton VI.
F. M. Luzel, work cited, ii. 209-230, "La princesse de Hongrie."
Breton VII.
F. M. Luzel, work cited, i. 403-424, "Iouenn Kermenou, l'homme
de parole."
Old Swedish.
Stephens, pp. 73 f., reprinted with translation from his Ett
Forn-Svenskt Legendarium, 1858, ii. 731 f. This variant from 1265-1270
is analyzed by Hippe, pp. 158 f.
Swedish.
P. O. Baeckstroem, Svenska Folkboecker, 1845-48, ii. 144-156,
from H--d (Hammarskoeld) and I--s (Imnelius), Svenska Folksagor,
1819, i. 157-189. Baeckstroem also cites several editions of the
folk-book, which he says is of native origin. Mentioned by Stephens,
p. 8. Summarized by Liebrecht, Germania, xxiv. 130 f., and by Hippe,
p. 158.
Danish I.
S. Grundtvig, Gamle Danske Minder i Folkemunde, 1854, pp. 77-80,
"Det fattige Lig." Mentioned by Stephens, p. 8, by Hippe, p. 160,
and by Wilhelmi, p. 45. Summarized by Koehler, Or. und Occ. iii. 99.
Danish II.
Grundtvig, work cited, pp. 105-108, "De tre Mark." Summarized by
Koehler, Or. und Occ. iii. 100. Cited by Hippe, p. 160, and Wilhelmi,
p. 45.
Danish III.
Andersen, "Reisekammeraten," in Samlede Skrifter, xx. 54
ff. (1855). Found in most English editions of Andersen's tales as
"The Travelling Companion." Based on Norwegian II. Analyzed by Sepp,
p. 678. Cited by Koehler, Or. und Occ. ii. 327, by Hippe, p. 159,
and by Groome, Gypsy Folk-Tales, p. 3, note.
Norwegian I.
Asbjoernsen, Iuletraeet, 1866, no. 8, and Norske Folke-Eventyr, 1871,
no. 99, pp. 198-201. Summarized by Liebrecht, Heid. Jahrbuecher der
Lit. lxi. 451 (1868), and by Hippe, p. 159. See Liebrecht, Germania,
xxiv. 131.
Norwegian II.
Asbjoernsen, Illustreret Kalender, 1855, pp. 32-39, Iuletraeet, no. 9,
and Norske Folke-Eventyr, no. 100, pp. 201-214. Translated by Dasent,
Tales from the Fjeld, 1874, pp. 71-88. Cited by Stephens, p. 8,
Liebrecht, Germania, xxiv. 131, and Groome, Gypsy Folk-Tales, p. 3,
note. Somewhat inadequate summaries by Liebrecht, Heid. Jahrbuecher
der Lit. lxi. 452, Hippe, p. 159, and Groome, Folk-Lore, ix. 230.
Icelandic I.
Arnason, Islenzkar ■josoegur og aefintyri, 1864, ii. 473-479. English
translation in Powell and Magnusson, Legends Collected by Jon. Arnason,
1866, pp. 527-540. German translation in Poestion, Islaendische Maerchen,
1884, p. 274. Cited by Liebrecht, Heid. Jahrbuecher, lxi. 451, and
Germania, xxiv. 131, and by Wilhelmi, p. 45. Summary by Koehler,
Or. und Occ. iii. 101 f., and by Hippe, p. 159.
Icelandic II.
A. Ritterhaus, Die neuislaendischen Volksmaerchen, 1902, no. 57,
pp. 232-235. From MS. 537, Landesbibliothek, Reykjavik.
Rittertriuwe.
F. H. von der Hagen, Gesammtabenteuer, 1850, i. 105-128, no. 6. A
poem of 866 lines from the fourteenth century. Summaries in Benfey,
Pant. i. 221, in Simrock, pp. 100-103, and, with a rather bad error,
in Hippe, p. 164. See Foerster, Richars li Biaus, p. xxiv. Compared
with Richars, Oliver, and Lion de Bourges by Wilhelmi, pp. 56 f.
Treu Heinrich.
Der Junker und der treue Heinrich, ed. K. Kinzel, 1880. Previously
edited and analyzed by von der Hagen, Gesammtabenteuer, iii. 197-255,
no. 64. Summary by Simrock, pp. 103 f. Cited by Hippe, p. 165.
Simrock I.
J. W. Wolf, Deutsche Hausmaerchen, 1858, pp. 243-250, contributed by
W. von Ploennies. Summary by Simrock, pp. 46-51, by Koehler, Or. und
Occ. iii. 98, and by Sepp, p. 683. Cited by Hippe, p. 165.
Simrock II.
W. von Ploennies in Zts. f. deutsche Myth. ii. 373-377. From the
Odenwald. Summary by Simrock, pp. 51-54. See Hippe, p. 165. This
is the story analyzed by Sepp, p. 688 f., though he also refers to
Wolf's and Zingerle's tales.
Simrock III.
E. Meier, Deutsche Volksmaerchen aus Schwaben, 1852,
no. 42. pp. 143-153. Summarized by Simrock, pp. 54-58, Koehler,
Or. und Occ. iii. 99, and Sepp, pp. 686 f. See Hippe, p. 165.
Simrock IV.
H. Proehle, Kinder- und Volksmaerchen, 1853, pp. 239-246. Summary by
Simrock, pp. 58-62. See Hippe, p. 165.
Simrock V.
Simrock, pp. 62-65, contributed by Zingerle, who afterwards printed
it in the Zts. f. deutsche Myth. ii. 367 ff., in Sagen, Maerchen und
Gebraeuche aus Tirol, 1859, pp. 444 f., and in Kinder- und Hausmaerchen
aus Tirol, 2nd ed., 1870, pp. 261-267. Analyzed without mention of
source by Sepp, pp. 687 f. See Hippe, p. 165.
Simrock VI.
Simrock, pp. 65-68, from Xanten. See Hippe, p. 165.
Simrock VII.
Simrock, pp. 68-75, from Xanten. See Hippe, p. 165.
Simrock VIII.
F. Woeste, Zts. f. deutsche Myth. iii. 46-50, from Grafschaft
Mark. Given by Simrock, pp. 75-80. Analyzed by Sepp, p. 685, who
inadvertently speaks of it as "nach irischer Sage." See Hippe, p. 165.
Simrock IX.
Simrock, pp. 80-89, contributed by Zingerle, who afterwards printed
it in Sagen, Maerchen und Gebraeuche aus Tirol, 1859, pp. 446-450, and
in Kinder- und Hausmaerchen aus Tirol, 2nd ed., 1870, pp. 254-260. See
Stephens, p. 9, Hippe, pp. 165 f., and Wilhelmi, p. 45.
Simrock X.
Simrock, pp. 89-94, from the foot of the Tomberg. Summarized by Koehler,
Or. und Occ. ii. 326. See Hippe, p. 166, and Wilhelmi, p. 45.
Oldenburgian.
L. Strackerjan, Aberglaube und Sagen aus dem Herzogtum Oldenburg,
1867, ii. 308 ff. Cited by Hippe, p. 166, and by Foerster, Richars
li Biaus, p. xxviii.
Harz I.
A. Ey, Harzmaerchenbuch, 1862, pp. 64-74. Summary by Koehler, Or. und
Occ. iii. 96. Cited by Hippe, p. 166.
Harz II.
A. Ey, work cited, pp. 113-118. Summary by Koehler, Or. und
Occ. iii. 97. Cited by Hippe, p. 166.
Sir Amadas.
Ed. Weber, Metrical Romances, 1810, iii. 241-275, Robson, Three Early
English Metrical Romances, 1842, pp. 27-56, Stephens, Ghost-Thanks,
1860. Stephens seems to have been the first to note the connection of
Sir Amadas with The Grateful Dead. The romance, as it is preserved in
two manuscripts of the fifteenth century, must accordingly have been
composed as early as the second half of the preceding century. It
contains 778 verses in the tail-rhyme stanza. Summarized by Koehler,
Or. und Occ. ii. 325, by Foerster, Richars li Biaus, pp. xxiv-xxvi,
by Groome, Folk-Lore, ix. 236, and by Hippe (with great care),
pp. 160-164. Compared with Oliver by Wilhelmi, pp. 58 f.
Jack the Giant Killer.
Found without essential difference in several chapbooks, the earliest
owned by the British Museum being entitled: The Second Part of |
Jack and the Giants. | Giving a full Account of his victorious
Conquests over | the North Country Giants; destroying the inchanted |
Castle kept by Galligantus; dispersed the fiery Grif- | fins; put
the Conjuror to Flight; and released not | only many Knights and
Ladies, but likewise a Duke's | Daughter, to whom he was honourably
married. Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1711. [35] Other editions with the story
are: The History of Jack and the Giants, Aldermary Churchyard, London;
same title, Bow Church Yard, London; same title, Cowgate, Edinburgh;
The Pleasant and delightful History of Jack and the Giants, Nottingham,
Printed for the Running Stationers, and The Wonderful History of Jack
the Giant-Killer, Manchester, Printed by A. Swindells; all without
date. The Newcastle edition was reprinted by Halliwell-Phillipps in
Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales, 1849, in which our tale appears
at pp. 67-77. Apparently the British Museum copy dated 1711 is that
owned by Halliwell-Phillipps. From his edition it has been reprinted
by Groome, Folk-Lore, ix. 237 f., and summarized by Koehler, Or. und
Occ. ii. 327 f., and Sepp, p. 685. See also Stephens, p. 8, Hippe,
p. 164, and Wilhelmi, p. 45.
Factor's Garland. [36]
The Factor's Garland or The Turkey Factor, a tale in English verse,
which may be regarded as a popular ballad, though by no means
as a primitive one. It has often been reprinted as a chapbook or
broadside. The library of Harvard University possesses copies of
no less than eight different editions (see W. C. Lane, Catalogue
of English and American Chap-Books and Broadside Ballads in Harvard
College Library, 1905, nos. 809-815, 2420). An examination of these
shows that they differ from each other in no essential point, though
they vary considerably in statements of time. The British Museum
Catalogue of Printed Books lists seven editions, all different from
those at Harvard, with one possible exception. The popularity of the
story, at one time at least, is thus strikingly illustrated. Another
variant, reported from oral tradition, has been found in North
Carolina. See the paper read by J. B. Henneman before the Modern
Language Association of America on Dec 29, 1906.
Old Wives' Tale.
George Peele, The Old Wives' Tale (1590), published in 1595, Ed. by
Dyce, 1828 and 1861, by Bullen, 1888, and by Gummere in Gayley's
Representative English Comedies, 1903, pp. 349-382. See H. Dutz for
an elaborate discussion of the connection of the play with our theme.
Fatal Dowry.
Philip Massinger (and Nathaniel Field), The Fatal Dowry. First printed
in 1632. Ed. A. Symons, Mermaid Series, 1889, ii. 87-182.
Fair Penitent.
Nicholas Rowe, The Fair Penitent, The Dramatick Works of Nicholas
Rowe Esq., 1720, vol. i.