CONTENTS.

PAGE

MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR,

xvii

INTRODUCTION.

ORIGIN,

xliii

DIFFUSION,

lvii

NORSE MYTHOLOGY,

lxxxi

NORSE POPULAR TALES,

cviii

CONCLUSION,

clxi

TALES.

TRUE AND UNTRUE,

1

WHY THE SEA IS SALT,

8

THE OLD DAME AND HER HEN,

14

EAST O' THE SUN AND WEST O' THE MOON,

22

BOOTS WHO ATE A MATCH WITH THE TROLL,

36

HACON GRIZZLEBEARD,

39

p. xii

BOOTS WHO MADE THE PRINCESS SAY, "THAT'S A STORY,"

48

THE TWELVE WILD DUCKS,

51

THE GIANT WHO HAD NO HEART IN HIS BODY,

59

THE FOX AS HERDSMAN,

69

THE MASTERMAID,

71

THE CAT ON THE DOVREFELL,

90

PRINCESS ON THE GLASS HILL,

92

HOW ONE WENT OUT TO WOO,

104

THE COCK AND HEN,

105

THE MASTER-SMITH,

105

THE Two STEP-SISTERS,

113

BUTTERCUP,

124

TAMING THE SHREW,

129

SHORTSHANKS,

131

GUDBRAND ON THE HILL-SIDE,

149

THE BLUE BELT,

155

WHY THE BEAR IS STUMPY-TAILED,

172

NOT A PIN TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THEM,

173

ONE'S OWN CHILDREN ARE ALWAYS PRETTIEST,

180

THE THREE PRINCESSES OF WHITELAND,

181

THE LASSIE AND HER GODMOTHER,

188

p. xiii

THE THREE AUNTS,

193

THE COCK, THE CUCKOO, AND THE BLACKCOCK,

198

RICH PETER THE PEDLAR,

199

GERTRUDE'S BIRD,

213

BOOTS AND THE TROLL,

215

GOOSEY GRIZZEL,

221

THE LAD WHO WENT TO THE NORTH WIND,

228

THE MASTER THIEF,

232

THE BEST WISH,

252

THE THREE BILLY-GOATS GRUFF,

261

WELL DONE AND ILL PAID,

266

THE HUSBAND WHO WAS TO MIND THE HOUSE,

269

DAPPLEGRIM,

272

FARMER WEATHERSKY,

285

LORD PETER,

295

THE SEVEN FOALS,

302

THE WIDOW'S SON,

311

BUSHY BRIDE,

322

BOOTS AND HIS BROTHERS,

330

BIG PETER AND LITTLE PETER,

336

TATTERHOOD,

345

THE COCK AND HEN THAT WENT TO THE DOVREFELL

353

p. xiv

KATIE WOODENCLOAK,

357

THUMBIKIN,

372

DOLL I' THE GRASS,

374

THE LAD AND THE DEIL,

377

THE COCK AND HEN A-NUTTING,

378

THE BIG BIRD DAN,

382

SORIA MORIA CASTLE,

396

BRUIN AND REYNARD,

409

TOM TOTHERHOUSE,

411

LITTLE ANNIE THE GOOSE-GIRL,

414

INTRODUCTION TO APPENDIX,

419

NOTE TO INTRODUCTION TO APPENDIX,

422

APPENDIX.

WHY THE JACK-SPANIARD'S WAIST IS SMALL,

425

ANANZI AND THE LION,

425

ANANZI AND QUANQUA,

429

THE EAR OF CORN AND THE TWELVE MEN,

430

THE KING AND THE ANT'S TREE,

432

THE LITTLE CHILD AND THE PUMPKIN TREE,

433

p. xv

THE BROTHER AND HIS SISTERS,

434

THE GIRL AND THE FISH,

437

THE LION, THE GOAT, AND THE BABOON,

438

ANANZI AND BABOON,

439

THE MAN AND THE DOUKANA TREE,

440

NANCY FAIRY,

441

THE DANCING GANG,

443