Although the belief in the existence of the Werwolf (A.-Sax.

Werwulf, Fr. Loup-garou) is of remote antiquity throughout all

Europe, we have not, in the whole region of popular tradition, met

with a counterpart to the story here given.

X Prince Hatt under the Earth; or, the Three Singing Leaves

Beauty

This is a far-famed story. Similar narratives are to be found

among the following nations :-

the Beas

1. THE NORWEGIANS. -See "Asbjörnsen and Moe, Norske

Folkeeventyr," Deel ii. No. 42. Östenfor Sol og Vestenfor

2. THE DANES.-See "Winther, Danske Folkeeventyr," 1st

Saml. pp. 20-25. "Prinds Hvidbjörn."

3. THE SCOTCH.-See Chambers, "Popular Rhymes, &c., of

Scotland," pp. 75, 76, "The Red Bull of Norroway."

4. THE GERMANS. - α. The old poem of "Friedrich von

Schwaben," of the 14th century (a pendant to " Partonopeus de

Blois," to be spoken of presently), is the oldest form of this story

known in Germany. See Neues Jahrbuch für deutsche Sprache,

&c., Berlin, 1846, pp. 95-115; also Massmann, Partonopeus und

Melior, Berlin, 1847, pp. 131, 132. b. See Grimm, Kinder und

Hausmärchen, ii. No. 127. "Der Eisenofen" [Cf. iii. pp. 218-

221]. c. Also iii. pp. 257, 258. "Die Laus.' d. See Müllenhoff,

Sagen, Märchen und Lieder der Herzogthümer Schleswig, Holstein

und Lauenburg. Kiel, 1845, pp. 384, 385. "Vom goldenen

Klingel-Klangel." e. Also, pp. 385-388. Der Weisse Wolf."

f. See Kuhn und Schwartz, Norddeutsche Sagen, Märchen und

Gebräuche, Leipsig, 1848, pp. 347-352. "Die Seidenspinnerin."

5. THE FRENCH.-The Anglo-Norman trouveur, Denis Pira-

mus, from the beginning of the 13th century, in his beautiful

poem of "Partonopeus de Blois," employed the same material,

but with this difference, that the curious person is a prince, in-

stead of a princess. See G. A. Crapelet, "Partonopeus de Blois,

publ. pour la prem. fois d'après le MS. de la Bibl. de l'Arsenal,

avec trois facsimiles." 2 vols. 8vo. Paris, 1834.

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All the Swedish Tales are from the "Svenska Folk-Sagor och Afventyr, samlade
och utgifna af G. O. Hyltén-Cavallius och Geo. Stephens." Stockholm, ii. parts.

6. THE ROMANS.-The oldest known record of this tale is the
story of "Pysche et Cupido" in the Metamorphoses of Apuleius
[ob. circa A.D. 160]. Bishop Fulgentius, who has given the same
story abridged from Apuleius, informs us that it is to be found at
full in the writings of a certain Aristophantes. Whether this
Aristophantes was earlier or later than Apuleius is nowhere men-
tioned.

7. THE WALLACHIANS.-The beginning is to be found as an in-
troduction to "Die Kaiserstochter und die Füllen" in Schott,
Walachische Märchen, Stuttg. und Tübingen, pp. 171-183; and in
the same book, pp. 239-246, "Trandafíra."'

8. THE ITALIANS.-See "Basile, Il Pentamerone," i. No. 5; the
first part of "Lo Polece;" also ibid. ii. No. 5, "Lo Serpe," and
v. No. 3, "Pintosmauto."

9. THE HINDUS.-See the tale of "Gand' harva." Cf. Wilford's
Essay on Vicramáditya and Sati vahana, in Asiatic Researches, ix.
p. 147, Calcutta edit. A similar story, from oral communication
in Calcutta, is given in the Asiatic Journal; a translation of
which is to be found in "Das Ausland," Feb. 1843; 2, in Soma-
devás, Märchensammlung Leipsig, 1843, ii. pp. 194-211; and 3,
in Kletke, Märchensaal aller Völker, iii. pp. 30-42. "Des
Holzhauers Tochter."

The Princess that came out of the Water:

I. The Beautiful Herd-girl

II. Lilla Rosa and Long Leda

III. Jungfru Svanhvita und Jungfru Räfrumpa

This tale is wide-spread over Europe. We have met with the fol-

lowing versions :-

1. IN DANISH.-See Winther, ut sup. 1st Samling, pp. 102-

112. "Svanhvide ;" and Anmærkn. ibid. p. 126.

2. IN GERMAN. a. See Grimm, K. und H. M. i. No. 2. "Brü-

derchen und Schwesterchen." b. ibid. i. No. 13. "Die drei

Männlein im Walde." c. ibid. ii. No. 135. "Die Weisse und

Schwarze Braut." (Cf. Th. iii. pp. 227, 228.)

3. IN BOHEMIAN.-See "Gerle, Volksmärchen der Böhmen,"

Prag. 1819, ii. No. 5. "Die goldene Ente."

4. IN MAGYARISH.-See "Mailath, Magyarische Sagen, Mär-

chen und Erzählungen," 2nd edit. Stuttg. 1837, pp. 209-213.

"Die Gaben.'

5. IN ITALIAN.-See Basile, Il Pentamerone, iv. No. 7. "Le

Doje Pizzelle."

6. IN FRENCH.-See Mad. D'Aulnoy, Contes des Fées.

Rosette.

The Palace that stood on Golden Pillars

"La

Of this tale there are the following foreign varieties:-

1. NORWEGIAN.-See Asbjörnsen og Moe, et sup. No. 28.

"Herrepeer."

2. DANISH.-A fragment of the story, containing the princess's
trial, is given in Andersen's "Eventyr fortalte for Börn," 2nd
edit., 1st number, pp. 44-44. "Princessen paa Ærten."

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3. GERMAN.-A similar fragment is to be found in Grimm, K.
und H. M. ii. No. 182. "Die Erbsenprobe."

4. ITALIAN.

a. See Straparola, Notti piacevoli, xi. 1.
Basile, Il Pentam. ii. 4. "Gagliuso."

b. See

5. FRENCH.-See Perrault, Contes du Temps passé. Paris,
1697. No. 5. "Le Maitre Chat; ou, le Chat Botté."

1. NORWEGIANS.-See Asbjörnsen og Moe, ut sup.

"Jomfruen paa Glasbjerget."

pp. 80-91.

Deel ii.

Weimar,

2. GERMANS.-a. See Vulpius, Ammenmärchen.

1791. b. Grimm, K und H. M. ii. No. 136. The first part of

the tale of "De Wilde Mann" [Cf. iii. p. 229]. c. See Bechstein,

Deutsches Märchenbuch, Leipsig, 1848, pp. 65-67. "Hirsedieb.'

See p. 456.

"

3. ITALIANS.-See Straparola, Notti piacevoli, V., first part of

tale No. 1.

3. POLES.-See Woycicki, Polnische Volkssagen und Märchen,

Berlin, 1839, iii., No. 5; also p. 156. "Der Glasberg."

The latter portion of this tale occurs also in the old Danish ballad

(Kjæmpevise) "Brynilds Vise," first printed in "Tragica," Kjöben-

haffn, 1657, pp. 35-43; afterwards in " Udvalgte Danske Viser fra

Middelalderen," i. pp. 132, 133. Kjöb., 1812. The foundation of

the story may be traced to the songs and traditions of Sigurd Fafnis-

bani, how he rode through the fire to Brynhild, Budli's daughter.

See the Brynhildarqvida in Sæmund's Edda.

The Two Caskets.

The following foreign variations of this story are known to us :—

1. DANISH.-Very incomplete in "Winther," ut sup., pp. 36-39.

"Den onde Stedmoder."

2. NORWEGIAN.-See Asbjörnsen og Moe, ut sup., No. 15.

"Manddatteren og Kjærringdatteren."

3. GERMAN.—a. See Feen-Märchen, Braunschweig, 1801, p. 1,

seqq. Die belohnte Freigebigkeit.' b. Grimm, K. und H. M.

i. No. 24. "Frau Holle," cf. iii. pp. 42-46. c. In a short and

more modern form in Büsching, "Wöchentliche Nachrichten für

Freunde der Geschichte, etc. des Mittelalters," iv. Breslau, 1819,

pp. 150-153. "Lohn und Strafe." d. Stöber, Elsässisches Volks

büchlein. Strassburg, 1842, pp. 113-116. "Die zwei Stiefschwes-

terlein." e. Bechstein, Deutsches Märchenbuch. Leipsig, 1848,

pp. 62-64.

"Die Goldmaria und die Pechmaria." f. Ibid., pp.

179, 180. Fippchen Fäppchen. g. Ibid., pp. 219-221.

Garten im Brunnen." k. Firmenich, "Germaniens Völkerstim-

men," ii. Berlin, 1846, p. 45. "E Stickelche." i. Ibid., pp.

224-226. "Das Märchen vom Beenelangmann Beenelangbart."

k. Abridged and in a Christian garb, in Kuhn und Schwartz, ut

sup., pp. 335, 336. "Das Mädchen im Paradies."

The Little Gold Shoe

"Der

Of this wide-spread story we are acquainted with the following

foreign varieties, besides various versions in a dramatic form :-

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112

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1. THE NORWEGIANS.-See Asbjörnsen og Moe, ut sup., No. 19.

The latter part of "Kari Træstak."

2. THE DANES.-See Winther, ut sup., pp. 12-17. "De to

Kongedöttre."

3. THE GERMANS.-a. The story is mentioned as early as the

16th century in Rollenhagens Froschmäuseler. b. See Büsching,

ut sup., i. pp. 137-140, Ueber die Märchen von Aschenbrödel.'

c. Ibid., ii. pp. 185-188. "Aschenbrödel." d. Grimm, K. und

H. M. i. No. 21. "Aschenputtel," Cf. iii. pp. 36-40. e. Bech-

stein, ut sup., pp. 232-235. "Aschenbrödel." f. E. M. Arndt,

"Märchen und Jugenderinnerungen," ii. Berlin, 1843, pp. 281-320.

"Aschenbrödel."

4. THE GREEKS.-A similar story of Grecian or Egyptian origin,

is told of Rhodopis and Psammeticus in Egypt (a. 617, a. c.). See

Æliani Variæ Historiæ, xiii. cap. 32, περὶ Ῥοδώπιδος ἑταίρας

Túxns. (The author lived about A.D. 225.)

5. THE WALLACHIANS.-See Schott, ut sup., pp. 100-105. "Die

Kaiserstochter Gänsehirtin."

6. THE FRENCH.-a. See Perrault, ut sup., "Cendrillon. b.

Mad. D'Aulnoy, ut sup., the latter part of the tale of "La Fi-

nette."

7. THE ITALIANS.-See Basile, Il Pentam. i. 6. "La Gatta

Cennerentola."

8. THE WELSH.-See Taylor, "Gammer Grethel; or, German

Fairy Tales and Popular Stories." London, 1839, p. 332.

9. THE RUSSIANS.-Cited by Grimm, K. und H. M. iii. p. 40.

10. THE POLES.-a. Cf. Grimm, ut sup., iii. p. 432. b. See

Woycicki, ut sup., 'Die Eiche und der Schaafpelz."

11. THE SERVIANS.-See Büsching, Wöchentl. Nachtrichten, iv.

p. 61.

The Boy that Stole the Giant's Treasures:

I. The Sword, the Golden Fowls, the Golden Lantern, and

the Golden Harp

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II. The Golden Lantern, the Golden Goat, and the Golden

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III. The Golden Horse, the Moon-Lantern, and the Princess

in the Troll's Cage

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"Om

This tale occurs in

1. NORWEGIAN.-See Asbjörnsen og Moe, ut sup., No. 1.
Askeladden, som stjal Troldets Sölvænder, Sengetæppe og Guld-
-harpe."

2. ENGLISH.-In Tabart's Fairy Tales, and elsewhere, under the
title of Jack and the Beanstalk.

The Beautiful Palace East of the Sun and North of the Earth

Kindred stories are met with among the following nations:-

1. THE NORWEGIANS.-See Absjörnsen og Moe, ut sup., No. 9.

"De tre Prindsesser i Hvidtenland;" and No. 27. "Soria Moria

Slot."

158

2. THE DANES.-See Molbech, "Udvalgte Eventyr og Fortæl-

linger, Kjobenh." 1843, pp. 264-270. "Den nedtraadte Ager."

3. THE GERMANS-a. See Grimm, K. und H. M. ii. No. 92.
Der König vom goldenen Berg (Cf. iii. pp. 171-174). b. Ibid.
ii. No. 93. "Die Rabe" (Cf. iii. pp. 174, 175). c. Ibid. No.
193. The first part of "Der Trommler." d. Cf. the latter part
of "Das Wasser des Lebens," in vol. iii. of the same book, p. 184.
4. THE SLAVONIANS.-See Kletke, Märchensaal, ii. pp. 41-53.

"Die Hexe Corva und ihre Knechte."

5. THE HINDUS.-a. A tale similar in its groundplot, although

widely differing in its details, is given in Brockhaus, "Katha

Sarit Sagara. Somadevás Märchensammlung. Leipsig, 1843, ii.

pp. 7-34. Geschichte des Vidûshaka." [This translation first

appeared, together with the original Sanskrit, in Leipsig, 1839.]

b. See also "Geschichte des Saktivega, Königs der Vidyadharas,"

ibid. ii. pp. 118, seqq. c. Cf. the first part of a similar tale in

the 7th fable [Book II.] of Hitopadesa. See Max Müller, "Hito-

padesa, eine alte Indische Fabelsammlung, aus dem Sanskrit zum

ersten Mal in das Deutsch übersetzt." Leipsig, 1844, pp. 86-88.

6. THE ARABIANS.-a. A similar story elaborated into a pseudo-

historic narrative is to be found in Weil, "Tausend und eine

Nacht, Arabische Erzählungen, zum ersten Male aus dem ara-

bischen Urtext. Stuttgart, 1838, i. pp. 783-880. "Geschichte

des Prinzen Kamr essaman und der Prinzessin Bedur." b. See

ibid. ii. Pforzheim, 1842, pp. 311-401. "Gesch. des Hassan

aus Bassora und der Prinzessinnen von den Inseln Wak-Wak."

c. See ibid. pp. 572-582. "Gesch. des trägen Abu Muham-

med."

7. THE MOGOLS. -See Introduction and conclusion of "Die

Krokodillfrosche," in Kletke, Märchensaal, iii. pp. 19–23.

8. THE HEBREWS.-See Kletke, iii. pp. 45-50. "Die gebroch-

enen Eide."

The Girl who could spin Gold from Clay and Long Straw
This tale occurs among the following people :

1. THE GERMANS.-a. See Grimm, K. und H. M. i. No. 55.
"Rumpelstilzchen (Conf. ibid. iii. pp. 97-99). b. A similar
story is given as a popular tradition in Harrys, Sagen, Märchen
und Legenden Niedersachsens, 1st number. Celle, 1840, pp.
16-19. "Zwerge in den Schweckhäuserbergen."

2. THE IRISH.-The story is mentioned by Taylor, in his "Gam-
mer Grethel," p. 333.

3. THE ITALIANS.-See an old, somewhat paraphrastic, tale called
"Rosanie," translated into Danish, and first published at Copen-
hagen, in 1708. Cf. Nyerup, Morskabslæsning, pp. 173-274.

4. THE FRENCH.-See a part of the story of Ricdin-Ricdon, in
the "Tour tenebreuse et les jours lumineux, Contes Anglois tirez
d'une ancienne Chronique composée par Richard, surnommé Cœur
de Lion, Roy d'Angleterre." Amsterdam, 1708.

XThe Three Little Crones, each with something Big

The following foreign variations of this tale are known to us :-
1. NORWEGIAN.-See Asbjörnsen og Moe, ut
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