Northern European Mythology
Basque Legends: Contents
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| INTRODUCTION | vii |
| I.--LEGENDS or THE TARTARO | 1 |
| The Tartaro | 4 |
| M. d'Abbadie's Version | 4 |
| Variations of above | 5 |
| Errua, the Madman | 6 |
| Variations of above | 10 |
| The Three Brothers, the Cruel Master, and the Tartaro | 11 |
| The Tartaro and Petit Perroquet | 16 |
| II.--THE HEREN-SUGE.--THE SEVEN-HEADED SERPENT | 20 |
| The Grateful Tartaro and the Heren-Suge | 22 |
| Variation of above | 32 |
| The Seven-Headed Serpent | 33 |
| The Serpent in the Wood | 38 |
| III.--ANIMAL TALES | 42 |
| Acheria, the Fox | 43 |
| The Ass and the Wolf | 45 |
| IV.--BASA-JAUN, BASA-ANDRE, AND LAMINAK | 47 |
| Basa-Jauna | 49 |
| The Servant at the Fairy's | 53 |
| The Fairy in the House | 55 |
| The Pretty but Idle Girl | 56 |
| The Devil's Age | 58 |
| The Fairy-Queen Godmother | 59 |
| V.--WITCHCRAFT AND SORCERY | 64 |
| The Witches at the Sabbat | 66 |
| The Witches and the Idiots | 67 |
| The Witch and the New-Born Infant | 69 |
| The Changeling | 73 |
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| VI.--CONTES DES FÉES | 76 |
| (A) Tales like the Keltic | 77 |
| Malbrouk | 77 |
| The Fisherman and his Sons | 87 |
| Tabakiera, the Snuff-Box | 94 |
| Mahistruba, the Master Mariner | 100 |
| Dragon | 106 |
| Ezkabi-Fidel | 111 |
| Variation of above | 120 |
| The Lady-Pigeon and her Comb | 120 |
| Suggested Explanation of above | 130 |
| Laur-Cantons | 132 |
| The Young School-Boy | 136 |
| The Son who Heard Voices | 137 |
| The Mother and her Idiot Son; or, the Clever Thief | 140 |
| Juan Dekos, the Blockhead (Tontua) | 146 |
| Variation of the above--Juan de Kalais | 151 |
| The Duped Priest | 154 |
| (B) Contes dos Fées, derived directly from the French | 158 |
| Ass'-Skin | 158 |
| Variations of above | 165 |
| The Step-Mother and Step-Daughter | 166 |
| Beauty and the Beast | 167 |
| Variation of above | 172 |
| The Cobbler and his Three Daughters (Blue-Beard) | 173 |
| Variations of above | 175 |
| The Singing Tree, the Bird which tells the Truth, and the Water which makes Young | 176 |
| Variation of above | 181 |
| The White Blackbird | 182 |
| The Sister and her Seven Brothers | 187 |
| Variations, etc. | 191 |
| List of Publication of Foreign Legends in France | 192 |
| VII.--RELIGIOUS TALES | 194 |
| Fourteen | 195 |
| Variation of above--Jesus Christ and the Old Soldier | 199 |
| The Poor Soldier and the Rich Man | 200 |
| The Widow and her Son | 202 |
| The Story of the Hair-Cloth Shirt (La Cilice) | 206 |
| The Saintly Orphan Girl | 209 |
| The Slandered and Despised Girl | 211 |
| AN ESSAY ON THE BASQUE LANGUAGE | 219 |
| APPENDIX.--BASQUE POETRY | 235 |