Basque Legends;

Basque Legends; With an Essay on the Basque Language

Name: Basque Legends; With an Essay on the Basque Language
Author: Webster, Wentworth, 1829-1907; Vinson, Julien, 1843-1927? [Contributor]

作者：Webster, Wentworth, 1829-1907; Vinson, Julien, 1843-1927? [Contributor]
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CONTENTS.
Page
Introduction vii
VI.--Contes des Fées 76
List of Publication of Foreign Legends in France 192
An Essay on the Basque Language 219
Appendix--Basque Poetry 235
INTRODUCTION.
I.--LEGENDS OF THE TARTARO.
THE TARTARO.
M. D'ABBADIE'S VERSION.
ERRUA, THE MADMAN.
And so she gives him a bird, and says to him--
When the Tartaro heard that (he cried out)--
The madman says, "Yes."
He answers, "Yes, very well; only I felt a few flea-bites."
He asks him, "Where are the pigs, then?"
He says to him, "They have gone into the mud, they were so tired."
The master says to him, "Both, both."
VARIATIONS OF ERRUA.
THE THREE BROTHERS, THE CRUEL MASTER, AND THE TARTARO.
He says, "No."
THE TARTARO AND PETIT PERROQUET.
II--THE HEREN-SUGE.--THE SEVEN-HEADED SERPENT.
THE GRATEFUL TARTARO AND THE HEREN-SUGE.
He says to him, "Yes, if you will deliver me."
Petit Yorge says to him, "Not even one of us."
He says to her, "Open the door."
THE SEVEN-HEADED SERPENT.
THE SERPENT IN THE WOOD.
III.--ANIMAL TALES.
ACHERIA, THE FOX.
The blackbird says to him, "Yes."
The man said to him, "Yes."
THE ASS AND THE WOLF.
He says to him, "Well! yes."
IV.--BASA-JAUN, BASA-ANDRE, AND LAMIÑAK.
BASA-JAUNA, THE WILD MAN.
And they reply, "It is we who are here."
He says to him, "Yes."
And he said, "Yes."
She says to her, "Yes, my child."
She says to him, "Yes, sir."
THE SERVANT AT THE FAIRY'S.
And she answered, "Do you know a place for a servant?"
She said, "Yes."
And she says to her, "No, my child, you shall not do so."
THE FAIRY IN THE HOUSE.
The man replies, "Yes, now I am tired."
THE PRETTY BUT IDLE GIRL. [54]
She answers, "Yes; if she liked she could make seven shirts a day."
The servant said to her, "Stay here; I will tell her so at once."
THE DEVIL'S AGE.
THE FAIRY-QUEEN GODMOTHER. [57]
She said, "I am afraid you will beat me."
V.--WITCHCRAFT AND SORCERY.
THE WITCHES AT THE SABBAT. [63]
He says, "Yes."
THE WITCHES AND THE IDIOTS.
He goes, and says, "No, no; she is laughing--she keeps on laughing."
THE WITCH AND THE NEW-BORN INFANT.
The mother said to her then (you may guess whether he was listening)--
THE CHANGELING.
The dead man says to him, "No!"
VI.--CONTES DES FÉES.
MALBROUK. [74]
He says to him, "Yes, I will do so."
He said to him, "Am I not here in my own home?"
The princess said to him, "Nobody, happily. I, too, I should die."
He shows her how, saying, "Like that."
THE FISHERMAN AND HIS SONS.
And she called him all sorts of names, even "big donkey."
He said to her, "I must go and see it again."
TABAKIERA, THE SNUFF-BOX. [91]
The lad says to it, "My hat full of gold."
She opens it, and the snuff-box says to her, "Que quieres?"
His mother said to him, "Eat and drink what is before you."
It says to him, "Que quieres?"
MAHISTRUBA, THE MASTER MARINER.
One of them answers, "Yes; I can kill a swallow in its flight."
The serpent answers him, "I know it."
The captain says to him, "It is in sight."
One of them says to him, "As for me, I can catch a hare running."
She says, "No."
The captain goes directly to the serpent: "We have got the flint."
He says to him, "I know it."
DRAGON.
Dragon replies, "Yes, willingly."
EZKABI-FIDEL.
He says to her, "I don't know at all--six months, perhaps?"
They go on again, and the mare says again--
The mare strikes the earth with her foot, and says to it--
The lad said to her: "No, no, I will not hear that mentioned."
His daughter says to him: "At least he is your son-in-law!"
The father then says to her: "He may come on such a day."
Then the king said, "Come then on such a day."
THE LADY PIGEON AND HER COMB. [119]
The lad says to him, "I will try."
The father says, "It is I. I must come in."
The young lady throws up a comb, and says: [129]
And her husband says to her: "And I after to-morrow then."
SUGGESTED EXPLANATION OF THE ABOVE TALE (THE LADY-PIGEON AND HER COMB).
LAUR-CANTONS. [133]
THE YOUNG SCHOOLBOY.
The child answers his father, "Nothing."
The following seems to be a variation of the same:--
THE SON WHO HEARD VOICES.
The other men said to him, "What is that? What is that?"
These men say to the young man: "Will not you cure her--you?"
He said to them: "I will try."
THE MOTHER AND HER (IDIOT) SON; OR, THE CLEVER THIEF. [136]
JUAN DEKOS, [140] THE BLOCKHEAD (TONTUA).
He says, "Yes."
The father says, "That cannot be; he is filthy and disgusting."
VARIATION OF THE ABOVE.
JUAN DE KALAIS. [144]
THE DUPED PRIEST. [148]
He answers, "I have it here."
A second time he says, "You must sell it me."
He replies, "It is nothing; I will soon put it to rights."
ASS'-SKIN. [149]
He says to his mother, "Who told you that?"
His mother says, "She has a very pretty face under her ass'-skin."
The bridegroom says to her, "Who can this king be? Is it my uncle?"
THE STEP-MOTHER AND THE STEP-DAUGHTER.
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. [154]
She said to her father: "And I do not want anything."
She answers, "I am very happy here. I have no longing for it."
Fifine says to him, "From the house to the church, serpent."
Azor says to her, "I, too."
Fifine says to him, "But they will see you as you get down."
THE COBBLER AND HIS THREE DAUGHTERS (BLUE BEARD).
And the third said: "And I with the king himself."
They go with this answer to the king, and he says, "Yes."
THE WHITE BLACKBIRD.
He answers, "I want a young lady from the king's house."
THE SISTER AND HER SEVEN BROTHERS.
The mother says, "Yes."
The king says to her--
VII.--RELIGIOUS TALES.
FOURTEEN. [172]
He asks him, "What do you know how to do?"
He says to him, "I know a little of everything."
JESUS CHRIST AND THE OLD SOLDIER.
St. Peter gently nudges the old man in the ribs, "Say Paradise."
THE POOR SOLDIER AND THE RICH MAN.
THE WIDOW AND HER SON. [173]
THE STORY OF THE HAIR-CLOTH SHIRT (LA CILICE).
The husband said to her, "We shall do well to go there at once."
And he said to him, "Yes, yes, yes; you have been there three hours."
The child says to him, "Where am I? I in Paradise! And my father?"
The young man said to her, "That key belongs to me."
She says, "Yes, yes; he has a mark between his two breasts."
THE SAINTLY ORPHAN GIRL.
THE SLANDERED AND DESPISED YOUNG GIRL.
They answer, "Moved by charity, just to help her."
The son said to her, "She is not at all rich. She is that girl there."
The mother was not pleased. "Leave that bad girl alone."
He said, "It is all the same to me; I will marry none but her."
The man says, "Open the door for me. It is I."
The young girl says, "I will not open the door--I am in bed."
AN ESSAY ON THE BASQUE LANGUAGE,
BY M. JULIEN VINSON.
BASQUE POETRY.
I.--PASTORALES.
Bacchus Alexandre
SATAN AND BULGIFER; ABRAHAM AND ISAAC.
At last Satan and Bulgifer go off, exclaiming:--
He binds himself, and goes on:--
II.
LELOAREN CANTUA. SONG OF LELO.
ALTABISKARCO CANTUA.
SONG OF ALTABISCAR.
SONG OF LELO.
SONG OF ALTABISCAR.
DOTE GALDIA. [208] THE LOST DOWRY.
More literally:--
ARTZAIN DOHATSUA.
THE HAPPY SHEPHERD.
LITTLE PETER. [211]
ARTZAIN ZAHARRAC. THE OLD SHEPHERDS.
NOTES