_What the Rose did to the Cypress_ 1
_Ball-Carrier and the Bad One_ 48
_How Ball-Carrier finished his Task_ 59
_The Bunyip_ 71
_Father Grumbler_ 77
_The Story of the Yara_ 88
_The Cunning Hare_ 100
_The Turtle and his Bride_ 106
_How Geirald the Coward was Punished_ 114
_Hábogi_ 126
_How the Little Brother set Free his Big Brothers_ 134
_The Sacred Milk of Koumongoé_ 143
_The Wicked Wolverine_ 154
_The Husband of the Rat's Daughter_ 161
_The Mermaid and the Boy_ 165
_Pivi and Kabo_ 183
_The Elf Maiden_ 190
_How Some Wild Animals became Tame Ones_ 197
_Fortune and the Wood-Cutter_ 202
_The Enchanted Head_ 205
_The Sister of the Sun_ 215
_The Prince and the Three Fates_ 233
_The Fox and the Lapp_ 245
_Kisa the Cat_ 256
_The Lion and the Cat_ 263
_Which was the Foolishest?_ 270
_Asmund and Signy_ 275
_Rübezahl_ 283
_Story of the King who would be Stronger than Fate_ 300
_Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-hearted_ 315
_Tale of a Tortoise and of a Mischievous Monkey_ 327
_The Knights of the Fish_ 343
_ILLUSTRATIONS_
_COLOURED PLATES_
_'You will have to make me your Wife,' said
the Elf Maiden (p. 193)_ _Frontispiece_
_Prince Almâs Transformed_ _to face p._ 20
_The Punishment of the Rose_ " 36
_Hábogi's Horses_ " 128
_'Listen, listen!' said the Mermaid to the
Prince_ " 178
_The Princess and the Snake_ " 238
_Rübezahl and the Princess_ " 290
_The Dragon and the Mirror_ " 346
_FULL-PAGE PLATES_
_The Deer eludes Prince Tahmâsp_ " 2
_Mihr-afrûz and Prince Tahmâsp_ " 8
_The Shadow in the Stream_ " 14
_Chil-mâq carries off Almâs_ " 28
_The Death of the Bad One_ " 54
_The Witch outstrips the Wolf_ " 60
_'Wake up, my Grandson, it is time to go home'_ " 64
_The Bunyip_ " 72
_The Yara Defeated_ " 94
_The Little Hare is Caught_ " 100
_The Turtle Outwitted_ " 110
_Geirald claims his Reward and the Queen
demands another Test_ " 120
_The Jealous Sisters spell-bound in the Ash-pit_ " 130
_The Mermaid asks for the King's Child_ " 166
_The Princess on the Seashore_ " 172
_The Bee, the Princess, the Red Knight, and the
Lion_ " 180
_Pivi dives for the Shell-fish_ " 186
_The Princess sees the Magic Head_ " 210
_The Golden Hen will not be Caught_ " 218
_Signy at the Window_ " 278
_The Gnome falls in love with the Princess_ " 284
_Wali Dâd and the Peris_ " 322
_IN TEXT_
PAGE
_Prince Almâs brings Game to the King Lion_ 27
_The Dog and his Attendants_ 39
_The Boy in the Witch's Hut_ 49
_The Magic Basket_ 79
_The Wonderful Cock_ 83
_The Holy Man gives the Bag to Father Grumbler_ 85
_Julia sings her Song into the Shell_ 92
_The Girl laughs at the Army of Turtles_ 108
_'The Giant will trouble you no more,' said Geirald_ 119
_Every Time a Bear was killed his Shadow returned to
the House of the Great Bear Chief_ 135
_How the Boys were half turned into Bears_ 138
_'Why do you give to the Ogre your Child, so fair,
so fair?'_ 146
_'Bring to me Dilah, Dilah the Rejected One'_ 151
_All the Animals try to get the Rock off Wolverine's
Legs_ 155
_The Elf Maiden's House_ 195
_The King falls in Love with the Sister of the Sun_ 225
_The Pool in the Sand_ 243
_The Elves and the Bear_ 247
_Kisa the Cat carries off Ingibjörg's Feet from the
Giant's Cave_ 260
_The Princess steals the King's Letter_ 311