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IN TWO VOLUMES
LONDON
JOHN C. NIMMO
14, KING WILLIAM STREET, STRAND.
MDCCCXCV
CONTENTS OF VOL. I
PAGE
PREFACE ix
INTRODUCTION—
ESTHONIA xiii
THE KALEVIPOEG xviii
FOLK-TALES IN PROSE xxii
BALLADS AND OTHER SHORT POEMS xxiii
PASTOR HURT'S COLLECTIONS xxiv
MYTHOLOGY xxvi
PART I
THE HERO OF ESTHONIA
THE KALEVIPOEG 1
THE ARGUMENT 2
CANTO I.—THE MARRIAGES OF SALME AND LINDA 7
CANTO II.—THE DEATH OF KALEV 18
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CANTO III.—THE FATE OF LINDA 24
CANTO IV.—THE ISLAND MAIDEN 32
CANTO V.—THE KALEVIDE AND THE FINNISH SORCERER 38
CANTO VI.—THE KALEVIDE AND THE SWORD SMITHS 42
CANTO VII.—THE RETURN OF THE KALEVIDE 49
CANTO VIII.—THE CONTEST AND PARTING OF THE BROTHERS 55
CANTO IX.—RUMOURS OF WAR 61
CANTO X.—THE HEROES AND THE WATER-DEMON 64
CANTO XI.—THE LOSS OF THE SWORD 72
CANTO XII.—THE FIGHT WITH THE SORCERER'S SONS 80
CANTO XIII.—THE KALEVIDE'S FIRST JOURNEY TO HADES 87
CANTO XIV.—THE PALACE OF SARVIK 94
CANTO XV.—THE MARRIAGE OF THE SISTERS 105
CANTO XVI.—THE VOYAGE OF THE KALEVIDE 110
CANTO XVII.—THE HEROES AND THE DWARF 119
CANTO XVIII.—THE KALEVIDE'S JOURNEY TO PÕRGU 124
CANTO XIX.—THE LAST FEAST OF THE HEROES 129
CANTO XX.—ARMAGEDDON 135
PART II
ESTHONIAN FOLK-TALES
SECTION I
TALES ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE "KALEVIPOEG"
THE MILKY WAY 147
THE GRATEFUL PRINCE 152
THE CLEVER COUNTRYWOMAN 186
SLYBOOTS 187
THE HOUSE-SPIRIT 207
THE GOLD-SPINNERS 208
SECTION II
ORPHAN AND FOUNDLING STORIES
THE WOOD OF TONTLA 237
THE KING OF THE MISTY HILL 259
THE ORPHAN'S HANDMILL 260
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THE ORPHAN BOY AND THE HELL-HOUNDS 261
THE EGG-BORN PRINCESS 273
THE ROYAL HERD-BOY 279
TIIDU, THE FLUTE-PLAYER 303
THE LUCKY EGG 308
THE MAGICIAN IN THE POCKET 321
THE GOD-DAUGHTER OF THE ROCK-MAIDENS 321
THE FOUNDLING 321
CONTENTS OF VOL. II
PART II
ESTHONIAN FOLK-TALES—(continued)
SECTION III
COSMOPOLITAN STORIES
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BLUEBEARD (THE WIFE-MURDERER) 1
CINDERELLA (TUHKA TRIINU) 4
THE DRAGON-SLAYER (THE LUCKY ROUBLE) 6
THE DWARF'S CHRISTENING 8
THE ENVIOUS SISTERS (THE PRINCE WHO RESCUED HIS BROTHERS) 9
THE GIFTED BROTHERS (SWIFTFOOT, QUICKHAND, AND SHARPEYE) 12
THE SWIFT-FOOTED PRINCESS 23
THE IDIOT'S LUCK (STRANGE TALE OF AN OX) 24
THE MAGICIAN'S HEIRS (THE DWARFS' QUARREL) 24
THE MAN IN THE MOON 29
VIDEVIK, KOIT, AND ÄMARIK 30
THE MAIDEN AT THE VASKJALA BRIDGE 34
THE WOMAN IN THE MOON 37
POLYPHEMUS 38
RED RIDING-HOOD (THE DEVIL'S VISIT) 38
SNOWWHITE, THE GLASS MOUNTAIN, AND THE DESPISED YOUNGEST SON (THE 40
PRINCESS WHO SLEPT FOR SEVEN YEARS)
THE THREE SISTERS 43
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THE THREE WISHES (LOPPI AND LAPPI) 45
THE WITCH-BRIDE (RÕUGUTAJA'S DAUGHTER) 45
THE STEPMOTHER 46
SECTION IV
FAMILIAR STORIES OF NORTHERN EUROPE
MELUSINA 48
THE FISHERMAN AND HIS WIFE (THE POWERFUL CRAYFISH AND THE INSATIABLE 48
WIFE)
THE MERMAID 49
HOW THE SEA BECAME SALT 70
THE TWO BROTHERS AND THE FROST 71
THE SOLDIER AND THE DEVIL 76
SECTION V
STORIES OF THE GODS AND SPIRITS OF THE ELEMENTS
THE SONG-GOD'S DEPARTURE 81
JUTTA 85
THE TWELVE DAUGHTERS 87
THE FOUR GIFTS OF THE WATER-SPRITE 98
THE LAKE-DWELLERS 98
THE FAITHLESS FISHERMAN 104
THE MERMAID AND THE LORD OF PAHLEN 106
THE SPIRITS OF THE NORTHERN LIGHTS 107
THE SPIRIT OF THE WHIRLWIND 110
THE WILL O' THE WISPS 111
THE FOUNDLING 112
THE CAVE-DWELLERS 114
THE COMPASSIONATE WOODCUTTER 125
CHRISTIAN VARIANT OF SAME 127
THE GOOD DEED REWARDED 128
SECTION VI
HEATH LEGENDS
THE WONDERFUL HAYCOCK 133
THE MAGIC EGG 134
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SECTION VII
LAKE LEGENDS
LAKE PEIPUS 136
THE LAKE AT EUSEKÜLL 142
EMMU LAKE AND VIRTS LAKE 144
THE BLUE SPRING 145
THE BLACK POOL 146
SECTION VIII
STORIES OF THE DEVIL AND OF BLACK MAGIC
THE SON OF THE THUNDER-GOD 149
THE MOON-PAINTER 159
THE TREASURE-BRINGER 168
THE WOODEN MAN AND THE BIRCH-BARK MAID 180
THE COMPASSIONATE SHOEMAKER 182
MISCELLANEOUS STORIES OF THE DEVIL 185
MARTIN AND HIS DEAD MASTER 188
THE HUNTER'S LOST LUCK 191
THE COINERS OF LEAL 192
THE BEWITCHED HORSE 193
SECTION IX
HIDDEN TREASURES
THE COURAGEOUS BARN-KEEPER 195
THE GALLOWS-DWARFS 210
THE TREASURE AT KERTELL 222
THE GOLDEN SNAKES 224
THE DEVIL'S TREASURE 225
THE NOCTURNAL CHURCH-GOERS 226
SECTION X
ORIENTAL TALES
THE MAIDENS WHO BATHED IN THE MOONLIGHT 233
THE NORTHERN FROG 237
SECTION XI
CHURCH STORIES
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THE CHURCH AT REVEL 262
THE CHURCH AT PÜHALEPP 263
THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY CROSS 265
THE CHURCH AT FELLIN 265
SECTION XII
UNNATURAL BROTHERS
THE RICH BROTHER AND THE POOR ONE 267
SECTION XIII
PLAGUE-LEGENDS 271
SECTION XIV
BEAST-STORIES
WOLF-STORIES 274
THE MAN WITH THE BAST SHOES 278
WHY THE DOG AND CAT AND THE CAT AND MOUSE ARE ENEMIES 282
THE ORIGIN OF THE SWALLOW 283
THE SPIDER AND THE HORNET 284
THE OFFICIOUS FLIES 285
PART III
ESTHONIAN BALLADS, &c.
THE HERALD OF WAR 285
THE BLUE BIRD (I.) 292
THE BLUE BIRD (II.) 296
CHARM AGAINST SNAKE-BITE 298
BIBLIOGRAPHY 299
INDEX AND GLOSSARY 305
• Käpä, a brook flowing into Lake Peipus, in which the Kalevide's sword was sunk, i. 4, 6, 75, 140.
• Kalev, Kallev, or Kaleva, a mythical giant-king of Esthonia, the father of the Kalevipoeg, i. 1.
• Kalev, arrival in Esthonia, i. 2, 8.
• Kalev, wooing of Linda, i. 16.
• Kalev, marriage of, i. 2, 16, 17.
• Kalev, children of, i. 2, 18, 22.
• Kalev, death of, i. 2, 18.
• Kalev, burial of, i. 2, 21.
• Kalev, visits to grave of, i. 2, 21, 30, 54, 134.
• Kalevala, the country of Kaleva, i. 1.
• Kalevala, name chosen by Lönnrot for the great Finnish Epic, first issued by the Finnish Literary
Society in thirty-two Runos or Cantos in 1835, and subsequently enlarged and recast, and published in
1849 in fifty Runos, since when it has been reprinted several times, the best edition of the text being
that issued by the above-mentioned Society in 1887. More or less complete translations have appeared
in English, French, German, Swedish, Magyar, and Russian, besides specimens in Danish and Italian.
Of these versions, the most elegant appear to me to be the abridged Swedish translations of Herzberg,
in prose and verse. The recent German translation of Paul is most esteemed in Finland; though it was
that of Schiefner, published in 1852, which inspired Longfellow to write his "Hiawatha." The
"Kalevala" commences with creation-myths, and the birth of the patriarch-minstrel and culture-hero
Väinämöinen; proceeds with Väinämöinen's unsuccessful wooing of the Lapp girl Aino; and the rest
of the poem is mainly occupied with the negotiations and wars of the three heroes, Väinämöinen,
Ilmarinen, and Lemminkainen, with Louhi, the witch-queen of Lapland. The adventures of Kullervo,
the morose and wicked slave, who corresponds to the Kalevipoeg in so many particulars, that he was
certainly originally the same character, form a long episode, extending from Runos 31-35 inclusive.
The last Runo contains a strange confused story of the Nativity, and ends with the consequent
departure of Väinämöinen from Finland. Many episodes and parallels of the "Kalevala" reappear in
the "Kalevipoeg," i. xi., xviii., xxi., xxx., 1, 7, 8, 10, 33 note, 34 note, 35 note, 39 note, 40 note, 71
note, 85 note, 88 note, 93 note, 291 note; ii. 81, 147 note, 149, 154, 160 note, 160.
• Kalevide, a hero of the race of Kalev, the usual title of the Kalevipoeg, i. xviii., 1.
• Ragnarök, the Twilight of the Gods, the end of the world in the Scandinavian mythology, when the
evil powers will break loose, and fight with the gods, to the mutual destruction of most of the
combatants, after which the earth will be destroyed by fire and water and regenerated, i. 90 note, 108
note, 261 note.
• Ralston, W.R.S., "Russian Folk-Tales," London, 1873, ii. 41 note.
• Rannapungern, estate of, ii. 142.
• Rannapuura, Princess, ii. 137.
• Rat, Devil transformed into, ii. 181.
• Raven speaking, i. 110, 215.
• Rebuliina, Princess, i. 275.
• Red cock, symbolic of fire, i. 108, 234.
• Red Riding-Hood, ii. 38, 276.
• Reel, magic, i. 177.
• Reindeer, swift, ii. 21.
• Reinthal's translation of the "Kalevipoeg," i. xix., 301.
• Return of the Kalevide, i. 49.
• Revel, Reval, or Tallin, Cathedral of, i. 21.
• Revel, church at, ii. 282.
• Revel, town of, ii. 104.
• "Revue des Traditions Populaires," ii. 133 note, 299, 300.
• Rich brother and the poor one, ii. 267.
• Riddles, i. 115.
• "Riesenspielzeug," the "Giant's Toy," poem by Chamisso, i. 116 note.
• Riga, Gulf of, i. xiii.
• Ring of dwarf, i. 194.
• Ringen, castle and church at, ii. 225.
• River Koiva, i. 139.
• River Narova, ii. 142.
• River Pliha, ii. 142.
• River Vöhandu, i. 137.
• Rock-Maidens, god-daughter of the, i. 321.
• Rogö, arrival of Plague in island of, ii. 271.
• Roland, horn of, i. 136 note.
• Rose-bush, maiden transformed to, i. 181, 302.
• Rosicrucians, ii. 96 note.
• Rõugutaja, an Esthonian god, i. xxviii., xxix., 22.
• Rõugutaja's Daughter, ii. 45.
• Rowan-tree, i. 228; ii. 4.
• Rumours of War, i. 61.
• Run-for-food (name of dog), ii. 6.
• Ukko or Uko, principal God of Finns and Esthonians, often called Taara by the latter, i. xxvii., 6, 22,
62; ii. 86, 284.
• Ülemiste järv, Upper Lake, near Revel, formed of Linda's tears for the death of Kalev, i. 21; ii. 104.
• Underground people, ii. 98 note.
• Underground smithy, ii. 116.
• Unnatural brothers, i. 189; ii. 41, 70, 207.
• Unnatural sisters, ii. 43.
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