396, 398, 399, 400, 401, 402, 406, 407, 408
Green king, character in story, 288
Greyhound, guardian of giant's treasure, xxxi.
Griffin helps hero to escape from underground world, 249
Griffins, witch's daughter changed to, 254
Guns fired at weddings, Magyar, 368
Gyllenspets, family of, legends as to ennobling, 381
Hair combing in folk-tales, 389
----, not to be thrown away, 332
----, cutting of, punishment, 216
----, at wedding, 369
----, folk-lore of, 374-375, 402
---- of heroine used as means to bewitch her, 222
----, gold, of heroine, used by her to give light, 270
Hair-pin, poisonous, used by witch for destroying heroine, 172
Hairs, transformed into serpents, 398
Handkerchiefs, exchange of, mode of engagements, Palócz, 413
Hands, girl without, story of, 182-188
----, gold, child born with, 337
Hands and feet of hero cut off by his brothers, 260; renewed by rubbing
with blood, 261
----, cutting off of heroine's, by eldest sisters, 50
Handsome Paul, story title, 25-35; variants of, 317
Hanging, ceremonial at, 406-407
Harvesting customs, 98
Head-dress worn by maidens, Palócz, 414
Healing-grass, restoration of life by, 58
Healing-mud, 391
Healing-plants, 374
Hearth custom, mourning behind the oven, 15, see "ashes"
Heat, great, round fairies' well, 291
Heaven, journey to, story incident, 20; allegory of, 94
Helen and Argilus, story of, 345
Hell, hero marries witch in, 204
---- voyage to, 8-10, 67
Hermit character in tale, helps hero, 288; hero restores him to youth,
295
Hero maimed by elder brothers, 260
----, limbs of, restored by using magic mud, 261
---- suckled by ewe, 244
---- swallowed by king, 317
Hero transformed by Tátos horse, 198
---- unable to learn to fear, 228
Heroine marries devil's son, 195
History in folk-tales, 380-382
Holofernes, the fire-king, story of, 345
Holly tree with gold leaves in Russian story, 304
Holyrood, blood-stains at, 382
Home, troubles arising from bringing bride to the, 370-371
Homer quoted, 376
Horace quoted, 376
Horn, magic, in story incident, 61
Horse fed on dragon's milk for strength, 252
----, magic, story incident, 20, 62, 105, 144, 158, 160, 197, 387, 390,
392-393
----, old, made young by hero, 260
----, piebald, assists hero, 289
---- racing at weddings, Magyar, 368
---- (stallion) guardian of giant's treasure, xxxi.
---- with five legs produced from egg, 197
Horse-shoe, gold, picked up by hero, 270
Horses, age of, tested, 119
----, hero's task to take charge of, 253
----, mythic, called Tátos, 345-349
----, transformation of human beings into, 31
----, witch's daughters in shape of, 252
----, witches assume the shape of, xli.
House, folk-lore of the threshold, 410-411
---- tidying incident in folk-tales, 386
House-fairy, origin of, 136
Human sacrifice in story incident, 112
---- to stay the plague, 381
Hundetyrk, giant beings, Swedish, 340
Hunes, a tribe who came over with Saxons to Britain, xi.
Hungarian Faust story, 312
---- folk-tales, collections of, xxii.-xxiii.
Hungarians, origin of, vii.-viii.
Hungary, bathing customs in, 308
----, the happy land, 126
Huns, origin of the, vii., x.
Hunting princes, story title, 39-46
----, story incident, 1, 39, 54, 186, 188
Husks in folk-tales, 385
Hussar and the servant girl, story-title, 83-85
Hydrophobia, cures for, xlviii.
_Iliad_, quoted, 349
Illness, feigned, incident in folk-tales, 386
Images, wax, used in sorcery, 332
Immuration of human beings, 376-377, 407
----, punishment by, 114
Incantation, witch, xliii.
Indian tales quoted, 306, 307, 314, 321, 323, 338, 339, 341, 342, 344,
346, 356, 361, 362, 363, 364, 373, 383, 384, 385, 386, 387, 389, 391,
394, 395, 396, 398, 400, 402, 403, 404, 415
Invisible cap given by devil, 227
---- shepherd lad, story title, 141-144
Ishtar, legend of, quoted, 400
Italian folk-tales quoted, 356, 383, 384, 396-398, 400, 401, 408. 421
Irish folk-tales quoted, 322, 348, 353, 355, 364, 372, 394, 396, 397
Iron age, giants connected with, xxvi.
---- kneader, character in story, 245, 246
---- nose, woman with, 159, 203, 243
---- pole, witch rides on, to pursue hero, 269
---- railing round witch's house, 267
---- teeth, witch possessing, 221
Irons, brothers of hero working in, for debt, 260
Jack and the Bean Stalk incident, 146, 388
Jack Dreadnought, story title, 228-232
Jack the Giant Killer, 341
James I., legend of, 382
Japan marriage customs, 368
Japanese folk-tales quoted, 306, 391
Jaundice, cures for, xlvi.
Jazyges, origin of the, xvii.
Jesuits in Hungary, 409
Jewel, youth-giving qualities of, 373
Jewish wedding customs, 369
Jikil, a people of Hungary, xiii.
Johara, Juharia, province of, recorded in folk-tales, 371
Joseph, Biblical story of, quoted, 375
Kaffir folk-tales, 403
_Kalevala_, quoted, 331, 374
Karelian story quoted, 353, 359, 390
Keyne, St., well of, in Cornwall, 373
King adopts hero as his son, 234
---- and the devil, story of, 188-195
----, child born to be, type story, 233-244
---- made young again by magic water, 295
---- marrying most beautiful woman, 163
---- with eyes that weep and laugh, 251
King's daughter, story character, 4, 15, 234, 238
---- youngest daughter, story character, 27
Kissing by fays and by dog, causes oblivion, 322
Knife, non-use of, for killing, 11
----, wooden, stone cut by, 247
Knives stuck in a tree for life index, 374
Knot-holes in wood, folk-tale connected with, 364
Knowledge, obtaining of secret, 322-324
Koiran-Kuonalanien, giant beings, Finn, 340
Kronos, legend of, quoted, 399
Kuns, origin of the, xv.-xvi.
Ladybird rhyme, xx.
Lake, magic, power of restoring limbs possessed by, 185
----, silver, heroine takes form of, 195
Lamb, possessing power to rain gold, 162
---- with golden fleece, story title, 13-15; variants of, 312
Lamb and shepherd, pursued heroine and hero become, 33
Lameness of characters in folk-tales, 372
----, superstition about, 398
Language of animals, see "animals" Languages of Hungary, xviii., xix.
Lapp folk-tales quoted, 305, 312, 321, 326, 328, 329, 343, 344, 346,
352, 358, 359, 361, 362, 364, 370, 372, 373, 379, 384, 385, 386, 388,
389, 390, 392, 393, 396, 397, 399, 400, 403, 408, 410, 415, 418, 420
Lapp giant beings, 340
---- wedding customs, 369
Laughing, cure of illness by, 15
Lazy cat, 23-25; note to, 317
Lead, boiling, ordeal of truth by jumping in, 297
---- used as punishment by fairies, 294
Letter forged by witch, 178, 185
Letter intercepted, story incident, 52, 185
Life, allegory of, 92-94
---- concealed away from the body, 400
---- restoration to, 329, 341, 342, 344; by animals, 374, 396; by snake,
55; by healing grass, 58, 113
Life or soul, witch's, contained in animals, 205
Life index incidents, 339, 340, 374, 378
Light extinguished by animal bridegroom, 226
Limber, Lincolnshire, battle legends in, 382
Lincolnshire folk-lore, 343, 350, 363, 376, 378, 382, 398
---- folk-tales quoted, 358, 392, 393, 404, 405, 417, 418-420, 421
---- Mumby Hill, treasure legend, xxxi.
---- superstitions, 402
---- treasure legend, 406
---- wedding customs, 369
---- witchcraft, xliii.
Lions, country inhabited by, 188, 195
Literature, mediæval, influence on folk-tales, xx., xxi.
Livy quoted, 377
Loaf, baked seven times with other loaves, used as charm against dragon,
79
Local influences on folk-tales, xx.
Lodging, hero's, at a cottage held by a murderer, 9
London, legend relating to, quoted, 351
Looking back, misfortune from, 101
----, superstition against, in folk-tales, 362-363
----, unlucky at weddings, 369
Looking-glass, magic, power of speaking possessed by, 165
Lord of the manor, story character, 17
Love of the fairies, xxxiv.-xxxv.
Lover's ghost, story title, 278-282
Luck and bliss, story title, 22, 23; variants of, 317
Lungs and liver eaten by would-be murderer, 183
Mace, sent as sign of recognition, 106
---- used by devil as weapon, 194
Mace-throwing, 353
Magic pony, little, story of, 157-160
---- powers of giants, xxix.
---- queen of, 78
---- woman, godmother to heroine, 144
Magpie in Swedish folk-lore, 364
Magyars, origin of, viii., xiii.
Maiming of slain enemies, story incident, 43
Malagasy folk-tales quoted, 340, 394, 398, 401
---- superstition as to the threshold, 411
Man, hanged, eaten by devil, 290
Manners of Magyars, lxvii.
Märchen, origin of, xix.
Mare, power of talking possessed by, 263
Mares, milking, task set hero, 275
Mares, witch's daughter in story, 159
Market operations in noodle story, 81
Marriage by guessing of bride's secret marks, 141
---- by taking down objects from high pole, 151
----, child, 80
----, church, 4, 7
---- customs, Magyar, liv., 365; Palóczy, 412-414
---- festivals, Magyar, 389
---- in folk-tales, 328
---- of hero to queen of the fairies, 298
---- of hero with witch, 204
---- of heroine with frog, 225
---- of most beautiful girl, 163
---- of twelve brothers to twelve sisters, 159
---- to slayer of king's enemies, 44
---- by capture, see "bride-capture."
Maundeville's travels quoted, 342
May-pole, used in marriage custom, Palóczy, 412
Meadow, silken, of enemies, 67
Medicine folk, xlvi.-xlix., 403, 409; in story incident, 37
Melton Ross, Lincolnshire, gallows legend at, 382
Merlin, tradition of, 341
Message stick, story incident, 106
Messenger, intercepted, story incident, 52
Mezey, knight, story character, 66
Mice, king of, assists hero in task, 252, 255
Midnight, a story character, 42
Migration of a people, probable reference to, in folk-tales, 371
Milk, adulteration of, allegory of, 94
Milk, bathing in, task set hero, 276
Milk flowing from finger-post a sign of prosperity, 257
Milk-jug, lid of, formed from remains of murdered princes, 136
Milk lake and golden duck, pursued heroine and hero become, 34
Milk, woman's, bread made with, 121
Milking mares, task set hero, 274
Miller, a story character, 1
Millet-cake, story incident, 29, 30
Millet-field, heroine takes form of, 32, 193
Millet-seed, skull boiled with, as means of divination, 279
---- to cleanse, task set heroine, 192
Millstone given to hero for singing, 300
Mirkó, Prince, story title, 59-76
Mirror, magic, 395
Mohammedanism, influence of, on folk-tales, xx., xl.
Moldavia, Hungarian settlers in, xv.
----, Magyar settlers in, 380
Money given to hero by devil to aid him on his journeys, 290, 292, 293
Mongolian marriage customs, 368
Monk, devil's son takes form of, 194
Moon, on forehead of twin son, 52, 337; on hero's forehead, 387; on
right breast of king's daughter, 140
----, myth of, in folk-tales, 327
----, new, efficacy of, in folk-medicine, 37
---- superstition, 403
Moonlight in the water, 358
Mopstick, witch riding on, 253
Moss, eyelids covered with, sign of old age, 259
Mother marrying son, in Finnish story, 308
---- of heroine, her enemy, 183
Mountain adventures, story incident, 39, 54
Mountains built by giants, xxvii.
Mouse, assistance of, to hero, 153
Murder, crime of, committed and punished, 9-13
Murder of father by son in Finnish story, 307
Murders of the Blue Beard type, 129
Music, folk-, 370
Musical air to rhymes, 405
Musical myths, quoted, 347, 400
Mysterious land in folk-tales, 371-372
Myth, saints' legends develop into, x.
Nail-pairing superstitions, 402
Name, taboo in story incident, 47, 330-344
Names of fairies, xxxvi. xxxviii.
Negro legend of treasure, 406
Nettles, Prince Czihan, story title, 1-6
New Year's Day, liii.
_Niebelungen_ quoted, 351
Night and dawn, tying up of, in folk-tales, 326
Nimrod, giant legend of, viii.
Noodle stories, 80, 83, 86, 356-359, 361; parallels between, xix.
Norse tales quoted, 322, 323, 329, 342, 346, 350, 352, 353, 355, 358,
359, 360, 361, 370, 371, 372, 373, 375, 383, 385, 386, 389, 391, 392,
394, 396, 397, 398, 400, 404, 408, 410, 415, 421
Northumberland folk-lore, 343, 383
Norwegian giant beings, 340
Nose, sausage grows to man's, 219
Nothing, character in Finnish story, 315
Numbers, lix.
Nutshell, fairy bride's dress placed in, 102
Oak tree with golden leaves in Russian story, 304
Oblivion curse of, 321-322
Obstacles to pursuit in folk-tale, xxxiii., 32-35, 160, 393-394
Occupations of the fairies, xxxiv.
Ointment, strength-giving, 353
Operencian Sea, magic trees on shores of, 256
Orange, cure of dead by, 156
Oranges, three, story title, princesses spring from, 133-136
Orphans, the two, story of, 220-224
Oven, retirement behind, as mourning, 15
Owls' feathers, 409
----, pillow stuffed with, 191, 255, 398
Oxen, ploughing with, in tale, 298
Palaces of the fairies, xxxviii.
Palm Sunday, descent of God to earth on, 21
Palocz, origin of the, xviii.
----, folk-tales, 412
Palstave, used by Magyars, 412
Pannonia conquest of by Romans, vii.
Paris, Carmelite convent, blood stains at, 382
Pear-tree, poisonous, dragon's wife takes form of, 202
Pears, stolen from tree, incident in tale, 183
Peas in open field, picked up by hero, 76
Peel borrowed by mother in tale, 298
Pelican, the, story title, 250-262
Pelicans, unknown in Hungary, 409
_Pentamerone_ quoted, 339, 342, 374, 375, 379, 386, 387, 388, 394, 396,
398, 399, 400, 401, 403, 407, 410, 417
Perspiration, superstition about, Indian, 395
Peter (St.), appearance of, to hero, 141
----, descent of, to the earth with God, 20
Petticoat, tale said to be in tucks of, 282
Phooka, the wild horse of Ireland, 349
Picture in folk-tales, 396
Piebald horse, magic horse, 289; assists hero, 289; enemy of devils,
291, 292, 293
Pig, prince in form of, 131, 132
Pig-driving, in story incident, 80
Pigeon, hero transforms himself into, 286
Pigeons, transformation of, into girls, 101
Pigeons help heroine in task, 208
Pillow stuffed with owls' feathers in devil's house, 191
Pin, in folk-tales, 395-396
----, poisonous, used by witch to destroy heroine, 170
Pistols, used by hero, 63
Plaid, possessing power of making wearer invisible, 289
Plague, animal sacrifice at, 381; witch sacrifice, xliv.
Plants, wound-healing, 341
----, superstitions, lxiii-lxiv.
----, see "apples," "apricot," "bramble," "oak," "pear" Pleurisy, cures
for, xlvii.
Plough, six-ox, yoking of, 370
Ploughing task, story incident, 28, 96
Pluto, story character, 29
Poker changed into horse by witch, 160
Polish folk-tales quoted, 322, 379, 418
Pony, magic, story of, 157-160
Pope, hero becomes, 12
Portraits, superstition against, 333
Portuguese folk-tales quoted, 324, 334, 339, 342, 361, 365, 372, 374,
386, 389, 394, 395, 396, 397, 399, 400, 401, 402
Post (finger) oozing blood, sign of misfortune to hero, 257
---- used as trysting place, 257
Poultry yard, hero and heroine locked in, 286
Presents, the beggar's, story of, 161-163
Priest, name for Tátos, also name for mythic horse, 345
Priests and their sermons, allegory of, 94
----, folk-tale allusion to, 205, 400
Princes, the three, story title, 110-117
Princess who never laughed, type story, 312
Princesses, the three, story title, 144-149
Property, obtaining of, by descent, 16, 34, 137; by force, 6; by
marriage, 7, 46, 53, 153
Proverbial sayings, Székely, ix.
Punchkin, incident in folk-tales, 205, 400
Punishment by immuration, 114
Punishment of false knight, story incident, 45
Puppies supposed to be born of heroine, 178, 185
Purse which never gets full, see "bag"
Pursuit obstacles, in story incident, 32-35, 160, 393-394
Puss in Boots, type story, 1-6, 303, 306
Pygmy race, 330
Queen of the faires, 294
Quinsy, cure for, xlix.
Rabbit, hero takes form of, 202
Races, stories indicating old feuds between, 380
Rats, witch's daughters changed to, 255
Raven, shooting at, story incident, 39
Red cap, devil and the, story of, 226-228
Red-haired people, unluck of meeting, 329
Red Knight, a false champion, 43, 114
Relations, quarrels of, allegory of, 94
Rhymes, children's, Cumanian, xvi.
Rich men, children of two, story title, 80-83
Riddles in folk-tales, 239, 240, 334
Ring, betrothal, in Magyar marriage, 366
----, poisonous, used by witch to kill heroine, 168
---- possessing power of waking wearer in case of need, 291
Ring, wedding, 3, 7
----, wife's means of recognising husband, 315
Rivers, fairy origin of, xxxix.
Robbers, twenty-four, story characters, 42
----, heroine protected by, 167
Rod, growth of, put as a test, 119
----, growth, magic, 71
Rose, gold, means of identifying heroine, 211-213
Rose, knight, story title, 54-58
Roumanian folk-tales quoted, 353, 387, 388, 391, 399, 407
Roumanian intrigues with Turkey alluded to, 124
Rug, used as obstacle in pursuit of hero, 160
Russian folk-tales quoted, 304, 306, 321, 325, 329, 338, 339, 341, 344,
347, 353, 355, 358, 359, 361, 362, 364, 373, 374, 379, 381, 389, 391,
392, 393, 394, 397, 398, 399, 400, 401, 404, 408, 411, 415, 420, 421
Russian marriage ceremony, 366
Sacrifice, human, in story incident, 112, 344
----, to stay the plague, 381
Saddle, magic, for magic horse, 63
----, old, used on Tátos horse, 198
Saddle and bridle demanded by hero for wages, 252
Sale at markets, used as story incident, 22
Saints' legends, place of, in mythology, x.
---- quoted, 339
Saints' Days, customs, l.-lix.
Sausage, magic, 219
Scab, cure for, xlix.
Scabbard growing on hero's side, 233
Scandinavian Huns, xi.
School, hero's attendance at, 7
Scottish folk-lore, 363, 368, 411
---- folk-tales quoted, 312, 346, 349, 398, 400
---- wedding custom, 369
Scurvy, cures for, xlvii.
Sea, mythical, in Hungarian folk-tales, 375-376
Secret, hero's life depends on keeping, 233, 244
Secret-keeping little boy and his little sword, story title, 233-244,
314
Secrets, transformation of hero on divulging, 314
Selection, magic powers in, 378
Serbian folk-tales quoted, 306, 323, 325, 339, 342, 347, 353, 361, 362,
373, 374, 386, 387, 388, 391, 392, 400, 401, 407, 408, 421
Serpents, hairs from devil's beard become, 192
Servants, animals so-called, 373
Servian witchcraft, 343
Service of hero with king, 263
Seventh son superstition, xxx.
Shepherd, story character, 13, 91, 141
Shepherd Paul, story title, 244-249
Shepherd's daughter given to devil instead of heroine, 191
Ship that sails over land and sea, 316
Shirt, silk, given to hero to increase strength, 248
Shoe, Cinderella's, 149
Shoes, in folk-tales, 387
Shoes thrown after the bride, 369
Shooting incidents in folk-tales, 329
Sicilian folk-tales quoted, 338
Siculus, people of Székely, ix., xiii., xiv.
Sillyhood, name for the caul, 378
Silver bridge, dragon's house near, 196, 200
---- of dazzling brightness, story incident, 20
Silver horse, concealment in, 139
Silver objects mentioned in story incidents, 61, 130, 143, 150
_Sindibad_, book of, quoted, 360
Sins, washing away of, allegory of, 93
Sisters, twelve, marry twelve brothers, story incident, 159
Skin, delicacy of heroines, 354
Skin, assumption of snake's, 342
Skull, boiling of, used in divination to get news of absent lover, 279
Slavonic folk-tales quoted, 323, 306
Sleep, magic, falls on watchers of heroine, 183
----, mode of, as a test of princely origin, 77
Sleeping beauty incidents in folk-tales, 396
Smell, giants sense of, 340
Smithy, hero takes refuge at, 203
Snake in Russian Puss in Boots story, 304
----, prince in form of, 283; proposes to marry king's daughter, 284
---- teaches hero language of animals, 301
----, three-headed, sacrifice of king's daughter to, 344
---- with girl's head, restores life to hero, 55
---- field, task of hero's to clean, 316
---- friends, 342
Snake-skin, story title 282-287, 417
Snakes-skin, assumption of, by heroine, 342
Snipe, origin of, 359
Snow-water collected in March, youth-giving qualities of, 372
Social organisation of the fairies, xxxvii.
Son marrying mother in Finnish story, 308
Song, singing a, means of discovering truth, 299
Songs, mystic, for restoration of life, 341
----, wedding and love, 370
Spade, golden, used to dig up Tátos foal, 256
Spanish belief in herb to restore eyesight, 322
Spanish folk-tales quoted, 313, 329, 334, 347, 360, 392, 394, 402, 407,
408
Spanish wedding customs, 369
_Spectator_, wedding songs quoted from, 370
Spinning in folk-tales, 330
Spinning-girl (the lazy) who became queen, story-title, 46-49
Spitting, enchantment by, 395
Spittle, fairy, makes objects speak, xxxiii.
---- speaking of, to delude pursuers, 321
---- used by witch to disfigure heroine, 166
Sports at weddings, Magyar, 389
Spring of poisonous water, dragon's wife takes form of, 202
Sprites, xlv.
Squirrel, shooting at, story incident, 40
Staff broken at hanging ceremony, 407
Stag, means of finding heroine, 186
Star, morning, horse similar to, 63
---- superstitions, 410
Stars, child born with, on his face, 338
----, marks of, on hero's forehead, 387
----, three, on left breast of king's daughter, 140
----, kicking of, by high-stepping horses, 130
Steel dropping from raven's back, story incident, 39
---- hoop, hero takes form of, 201
Stepsister, heroine of tale, 207
Stephen the murderer, story title, 7-13; variants of, 306-312
Stone cut with wooden knife by hero, 247
Stone, giants turned to pillars of, 316
---- hero turned into, 71; hero's animal servants turned into, 115
Stone-boulders eaten by giants for food, 247
Stone-column, removal of, as task for hero, 18
Stone-crusher, character in story, 245, 246
Stonemasons, story characters, 18
Stones, with imprint of giant's heel, xxv; of fairies xxxiv.-xxxv.
xxxix.
Stones, (precious) superstitions, lxiv.
Strength of giant kept apart from his body, 71
----, secret of, revealed in order to kill hero, 326
Strength-giving substances, 353
Student who was forcibly made king, story-title, 76
Students' careers alluded to, see "college" "school"
Subterfuge for gaining a wife, 4
Subterranean houses of the fairies, xxxviii.
Summons by whistle and whip, 372
Sun, child born with, on top of head, 337
----, on forehead of twin son, 52; of king's daughter, 140
----, comparison of hero with, 342
----, hero's beauty like the, 56
----, myth of, in folk-tale, 328
----, stoppage of, to admire heroine's beauty 112
Sunbeams, woman appearing on, 364
Swahili folk-tales quoted, 306, 322, 342, 364, 386, 391, 397, 400, 408
Swallow, herb known to, will restore eyesight 322
Swan-maiden incident, 101, 363-365, 315 390
Swedish folk-tales quoted, 306, 330, 333, 334, 362, 386, 388, 391, 397,
401, 405,415
Swedish giant beings, 340
Swedish wedding songs, 370
Swineherd helps hero of tale, 261
Swineherd hero-prince takes situation as, 296
Swineherd's daughter given to devil instead of heroine, 190
Sword, clanking of hero's, denoting approbation, 235, 241
Sword possessing power of slaying numbers, 293
Sword, unsheathed, placed between wife and husband's substitute, 116,
375
---- used by hero, 63, 66; growing in garden, 233; kills hero's enemies,
243
Swords, magic, in folk-tales, 350, 406
Székely folk-medicine quoted, 342
----, origin of the, ix., xii.-xv.
Table-cloth, magic, 162
---- used by hero to carry goods, 273
Tartar conquest alluded to, 118-119, 124
Tartars, dog-headed, 377
Tasks in folk-tales, 18, 27, 47, 153, 192-193, 273-275, 313, 315, 379,
390, 392, 393, 415
Tátos, giant's horse, xxv., 197, 345
Teeth, children born with, 378
Telescope, wonderful, bought by prince to win a bride, 156
Thorn-tree, cure for ague by shaking, 403
Thornton Abbey, Lincolnshire, battle legend about, 382
Three, significance of the number, 101
---- canes, riddle of, solved by hero, 239
---- foals, riddle of, solved by hero, 240
---- legs, foal with, 257
---- Princes, Three Dragons, and the Old Woman with the Iron Nose,
story of, 196-206
---- sisters in tale, 224
---- sons, hero youngest of, 250
---- wishes type story, 217-219
Threshold, ceremonies at, 332, 333
----, folk-lore of, 410-411
Tinder, shot from squirrel's tree, story incident, 40
Time, rapid passing of, in folk-tales, see "age," "year"
----, stopping of, story incident, 42, 362
Toad used as means to bewitch heroine, 222
Tools, assistance by, to youngest son, 390
---- work by themselves, Frisian, 316
Toothache of king ceasing only with granting hero's wishes, 197
Tower, hero immured in, 240
Town draped in black cloth, 374
Trance, heroine falls into, through treachery, 172, 174
Transformation of hero and heroine to avoid pursuit, 321
Transylvania, wedding customs, 369
----, races occupying, ix.