Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore
Simplest form of the incident--Strong Jack--The Herdsman type--Menial hero in other tales--Punishment of impostors--Attacking the monster from inside--Faithless Sister type--Stolen Sister type--Underworld type--Fearless Johnny type--Helpful Animals--Change of sex--Rescue of yo...
Simplest form of the incident--Strong Jack--The Herdsman type--Menial hero in other tales--Punishment of impostors--Attacking the monster from inside--Faithless Sister type--Sto...
2. CHAPTER XVIIClassical stories--Saint George--The Pollard Worm--Cuchulainn and Devorgoil--Susa No and Inada--The Dragon of Deerhurst--Other British legends--Variants in the East and Africa--...
3. CHAPTER XVIIILegends of the slaughter of a monster are widespread--Origin of the conception of the monster--Totemism--Animal gods--The incident of the Rescue a record of the abolition of hum...
4. CHAPTER XIX5. CHAPTER XXThe witch’s hair--Other examples of the power of a hair--The Magical Fetter--The Magical Word--Power of a curse--Magical effect of an incautious word--The Magical Blow--Petrifac...
6. CHAPTER XXIThe origin of the story to be sought for among nations who have passed beyond human sacrifices to brutes--The story as a whole confined to certain parts of the Eastern Hemispher...
7. CHAPTER XVI.We have traced the incidents of the Supernatural Birth and the Life-token throughout the world: the two remaining incidents of the Rescue of Andromeda and the Medusa-witch have...
8. CHAPTER XVII.How far the tale of the loving spirit, Vira, is accepted by the Tuscan peasant as a recital of facts may be disputed. We have little but internal evidence to guide us; and that...
9. CHAPTER XVIII.Popular as the story of the rescue of the devoted maiden is, and appealing as it does to the imagination, it is not a little remarkable that it appears to be indigenous only in...
10. CHAPTER XIX.The stories analysed in the first three chapters are abundant evidence that the form assumed by the Quest of the Gorgon’s Head in modern _märchen_ is that of a sojourn in a witc...
11. CHAPTER XX.Belief of a more or less serious character in the power of the witch’s hair is one for which readers who have followed the arguments and illustrations of previous chapters will...
12. CHAPTER XXI.My task draws towards its close. We have now examined the four leading trains of incident as developed in modern folktales belonging to the Perseus cycle. We have found the Supe...
13. i. Campbell, 7114. ii. Cosquin, 56Lorraine Horses and dogs Congenital === Zéliqzon, 63 Lorraine Horses and dogs Congenital === Bladé, _Agenais_, 9 Gascony Horses and dogs Congenital === Webster, 87 Basque Provin...
15. vii. Pitrè, 29616. iii. De Nino, 321Abruzzi Horse and dog Congenital === Nerucci, 61; and Imbriani, 375 Tuscany Horses and dogs Congenital === De Gubernatis, 40 Tuscany Horses and dogs Congenital === Visentini, 10...
17. i. Von Hahn, 166; and Geldart, 74Epirus Horses and dogs Congenital === Legrand, 161 Greece Horses and dogs Congenital === *Leskien, 546 (from Afanasief) Russia Horses and dogs Congenital === *Leskien, 546 (from...
18. ii. Macdonald, 34119. i. Grundtvig, 27720. i. Campbell, 93South Uist Horses and dogs / Lion, wolf, and falcon Congenital / Gratitude for dividing carcase justly === Cavallius, 354 Sweden Horses and dogs / Bears, wolves, and foxes Conge...
21. i. Comparetti, 126; and Crane, 30Pisa Horses and dogs / Lion, eagle, and ant / Dog-fish Congenital / Gratitude for dividing carcase / Gratitude for saving life === Cavallius, 95 Sweden Dogs / Bears, wolves, and...
22. i. Campbell, 98Berneray Fox, wolf, and hoodie Gratitude for dividing carcase justly === *Dasent, _Fjeld_, 237 (from Asbjörnsen) Norway Lion, falcon, and ant Gratitude for dividing carcase just...
23. i. Gonzenbach, 272Sicily Horses Given by fish in gratitude for sparing life === Denton, 256 Servia Bears, wolves, dogs, and cats / Winged horse Bought from persons about to kill, or who were tort...
24. i. Cosquin, 64Lorraine Lances Congenital === Pedroso, 100 Portugal Lances Congenital === Braga, i. _Contos_, 117 Portugal Lances Congenital === Coelho, 120 Portugal Lances Congenital === i. F...
25. i. Grundtvig, 27726. xviii. Pitrè, 4527. ii. Macdonald, 341=== Authority. Country. Weapons. How acquired. === Chambers, 89 Scotland Magical wand Given by old woman === Webster, 33 Basque Provinces Stick Given by old woman === Leskien, 5...
28. i. Gonzenbach, 272Sicily Defensive armour and swords Given by fish in gratitude === Meier, _Märchen_, 101 Swabia Magical pipe Given by princess whom hero has freed from giants === *Luzel, ii. _Co...
29. i. Campbell, 93South Uist Iron staff Forged by smith to order === *MacInnes, 279 Argyllshire Club Forged by smith to order === *ix. _Rev. Trad. Pop._, 172 Brittany Club weighing 500 lbs. Forge...
30. i. Cosquin, 64Lorraine Tongues Charcoal-burner === Zéliqzon, 63 Lorraine Tongues Charcoal-burner === *Luzel, ii. _Contes Pop._, 296 Brittany Tongues Charcoal-burner === *i. _Mélusine_, 57 Bri...
31. i. Grundtvig, 27732. ii. Macdonald, 341Quilimane (probably from Portugal) Tongue Captain of soldiers === *Romero, 83 Brazil (Portuguese) Points of tongues Negro === *Romero, 129 Brazil (Portuguese) Points of tongues...
33. iii. De Nino, 321=== i. _Pentamerone_, 90; and i. Basile, 87 South Italy Tongues Peasant === *i. Gonzenbach, 299 Sicily Tongues Slave === Legrand, 161 Greece Tongues Charcoal-burner === *Maury,...
34. i. Gonzenbach, 272Sicily Tongues wrapt in lady’s handkerchief Slave === *Haltrich, 101 Transylvania Tongues; and lady’s handkerchief and silken band bound by her round each of hero’s dogs’ necks...
35. ii. Cosquin, 56=== *Steel and Temple, 143 Panjáb Ogre’s head Scavenger. [He produces the head, and is successful; but the hero is subsequently recognised] === *Day, 64 Bengal Rakshasi’s head W...
36. i. Campbell, 71Argyllshire Lady’s rings; only hero can take the beast’s heads off the withy on which he has bound them General === *i. _Archæol. Rev._, 303 Ireland Strip from lady’s garment bo...
37. i. Campbell, 93=== *i. Campbell, 97 Argyllshire Joint bitten off hero’s little finger by damsel, patch cut by her from top of his head, and notch from his ear; only he can untie heads from wit...
38. i. Campbell, 98=== Authority. Country. Token of identity. Impostor. === *MacInnes, 279 Argyllshire Point of hero’s little finger cut off by lady Cook === *Larminie, 139 West of Ireland Piece o...
39. i. Campbell, 9740. i. Campbell, 9841. i. Campbell, 7142. i. Campbell, 93_Am Urdsbrunnen._ Am Urdhs-Brunnen. Organ des Vereins für Verbreitung volksthümlich-wissenschaftlicher Kunde. 6 vols. 1881-89. [Printed at Lunden in Holstein. The latter vols. a...
43. CHAPTER XVI NOTES[16.1] Von Wlislocki, _Volksdicht._, 323 (Story No. 55). In savage tales the attack on a monster from the inside is not very uncommon. See, for example, Riggs, _Dakota Grammar_,...
44. CHAPTER XVII NOTES[37.1] Pausanias, ix. 26. Nor are the cases of Herakles and Kleostratos the only cases in antiquity of what I may call combat with a dragon from the inside. In the Vatican Museu...
45. CHAPTER XVIII NOTES[71.1] i. Schouten, 115. The islanders were grievously offended when the travellers caught any crocodiles, and attempted to prevent them from doing so. Compare a Tupi custom whi...
46. CHAPTER XIX NOTES47. CHAPTER XX NOTES[130.3] G. Calvia-Secchi, in i. _Rivista_, 427. The saint’s question is, of course, an equivocation. “Stai bene?” may be an ironical inquiry after the victim’s health. In Slavon...
48. CHAPTER XXI NOTES[151.1] A curious tale is told by the Iroquois concerning the slaughter by their Thunder-God of a serpent which dwelt underground and fed upon human flesh. To increase its suppl...