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Basque Legends

73 entries · 10 sections

by Wentworth Webster

Title Page Contents Introduction

I.--Legends of the Tartaro

Introduction The Tartaro M. d'Abbadie's Version Variations of 'The Tartaro'Errua, The Madman Variations of Errua The Three Brothers, The Cruel Master, And The Tartaro The Tartaro and Petit Perroquet

II.--The Heren-Suge.--The Seven-Headed Serpent.

Introduction The Grateful Tartaro and the Heren-Suge Variation of 'The Grateful Tartaro and the Heren-Suge'The Seven-Headed Serpent The Serpent in the Wood

III.--Animal Tales

Introduction Acheria, The Fox The Ass and the Wolf

IV.--Basa-Jaun, Basa-Andre, and Lamiñak

Introduction Basa-Jauna, The Wild Man The Servant at the Fairy's The Fairy in the House The Pretty But Idle Girl The Devil's Age The Fairy-Queen Godmother

V.--Witchcraft and Sorcery

Introduction The Witches at the Sabbat The Witches and the Idiots The Witch and the New-Born Infant The Changeling

VI.--Contes Des Fées, (A) Tales Like The Keltic

Introduction Malbrouk The Fisherman and his Sons Tabakiera, The Snuff-Box Mahistruba, the Master Mariner Dragon Ezkabi-Fidel Variation of 'Ezkabi-Fidel'The Lady Pigeon and Her Comb Suggested Explanation of 'The Lady-Pigeon and Her Comb'Laur-Cantons The Young Schoolboy The Son Who Heard Voices The Mother and Her (Idiot) Son; Or, The Clever Thief Juan Dekos, The Blockhead (Tontua)Variation of 'Juan Dekos'. Juan De Kalais The Duped Priest

VI.--Contes Des Fées: (B) Derived Directly From The French

Introduction Ass'-Skin Variations on 'Ass’-Skin'The Step-Mother and the Step-Daughter Beauty and the Beast Variation of 'Beauty and the Beast'The Cobbler and His Three Daughters (Blue Beard)Variation on 'Blue Beard'The Singing Tree, the Bird Which Tells the Truth, and the Water That Makes Young Variation on 'The Singing Tree, the Bird Which Tells the Truth, and the Water That Makes Young'The White Blackbird The Sister and Her Seven Brothers Variations of Other French Fairy-Tales List of Publications of Foreign Legends in France

VII.--Religious Tales

Introduction Fourteen Jesus Christ and the Old Soldier The Poor Soldier and the Rich Man The Widow and Her Son The Story of the Hair-Cloth Shirt (La Cilice)The Saintly Orphan Girl The Slandered and Despised Young Girl An Essay on the Basque Language

Basque Poetry

I.--Pastorales II.