Fairy Tales: Their Origin and Meaning/Index

by John Thackray Bunce

INDEX.

A
Achilles, heroes kindred with, 91
Agni, the fire, 22
Ahermambâd, city of the Dïvs, 110
Ahriman, the Evil Deity, 15, 109
Akvân, the Dïv, 113
Aladdin, 2, 97
Albs, 26
Alberich, King of Teutonic dwarfs, 192
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, 97
Andersen, Hans, 8
Andromeda, the Dawn Maiden, 90
Aphrodite, angered by Psyche, 37; her vengeance, 44
Apuleius, 50
Arabian Nights, whence derived, 35
Arbhus, the Lightnings, 25, 26, 52
Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, 35, 97
	heroes kindred with, 91
Aryan race, derivation of the name, 10
	our descent from, how traced, 11
	what manner of men they were, 13
	when they lived, 14
	their language, 14
	home of, 15
	migrations of 15, 28
	a superior race, 16
	their weapons, 16
	their handicrafts, 17
	trades or occupations, 17
	government, 18
	family relations, 18
	summary of characteristics, 19
	their poems, 20
	their religion, 20
	deities, 22
	native worship, 23
	imagination, 23
	their mythology, 24
	have given us our Fairy Lore, 82, 158
Asdiv, the Dïv, 112
Atlas, 95
Aurora—Cinderella, 34, 185
B
Balderich, the Giant, 150
Banou, the Fairy Peri, 97
Banshee, the, 97, 165
Baring-Gould quoted, 190
Barra, Giant in, 174
Battle of the Birds, the, 71—81
	a sun myth, 77
	kindred tales, 82
Beauty and the Beast, 2, 98
	in old Hindu legends, 8
	kindred with Eros and Psyche, Urvasî and Purûravas, and Orpheus and Eurydiké, 53
	and other tales, 82
Berkhyas, the Dïv, described, 110
Bheki, the frog, story of, 24, 78
Big John and the Bocan, 161
Blind Man, Deaf Man, and the Rakshas, story of, 103—109
Blue Bird, 2
Blunderbore, the Giant, 191
Bocan, the, a kind of Brownie, 160
	Big John and the Bocan, 161
	Callum Mohr MacIntosh and the Bocan, 161
Boggarts, the, 136
	another form of Robin Goodfellow, 137
	story of a Yorkshire Boggart, 138
Boobrie, a Water Spirit in form of a great bird, 164
Brother, meaning of the word, 19
Brownies, 136
	more helpful than Boggarts, 139
	the farm spirits, 160
Brynhilt, 35, 97
C
Callum Mohr MacIntosh and the Bocan, 161
Campbell, J. F., his Popular Tales of the West Highlands, 71
	story of Conall Cra Bhuidhe quoted, 87
	full of curious stories, 160
	on the Fuath, 165
	on Gaelic Giants, quoted, 173
Changelings, 167
	stories of, 167—170
	the Tailor and a, 170
Charon ferries the souls of the dead, 47
Church bells disliked by Trolls, 144
Cinderella, 2, 98
	story told in all countries of Europe, 8
	legend of, 33
	meaning of, 33, 185
Centaurs, 95
Clodd, on Aryan names, 19
Conal Cra Bhuidhe and the Giant, 87
Connal, son of King Cruachan, and the Giant, 174
Cormoran, the Cornish Giant, 191
Cumberland legend, 133
D
Dasent, Dr., his Norse Tales, 54, 80, 143
Daughter, meaning of the word, 19
Dawn, typified by Cinderella, 33
Dawn, typified by Urvasî, 52
	by Psyche, 52
	by Eurydiké, 52
	by the Grey Filly in the Battle of the Birds, 77
Deity, origin of the name, 21
Demeter, consulted by Psyche, 44
Demrush the Dïv, conquered by Tamuras, 112
Devonshire Pixies, 96
Dietrich, John, story of, 153
Dinomis, the, 11
Dïvs, 94, 109
	described, 110
	their war with the Peris, 111
	are the black clouds of night, 114
Dragons and Monsters, dark thunder-clouds, 86
	in Hindu or Aryan story, 187
Dwarfs, 27
	German dwarfs, 143
	White, Brown, and Black dwarfs, 151
	Brown dwarfs carry off children, 152
	work gold and silver, 152
	black dwarfs malicious and ugly, 152
	invisible while wearing caps, their functions, 153
Dwellers in Fairy Land, 92—184
Dyaus pitâr, Heaven Father, 21
E
Eagle of Zeus, the, assists Psyche, 45
East, stories from the, 92
Ebeltoft, the people of, and the Trolls, 144
Edenhall, the Luck of, 133
Elf King's tune, the, 130
Elves, English, whence derived, 26—27
Elves, Scandinavian, 128
	White and Black, 129
Enchanted Horse, the, 97
Eros and Psyche, 35
	story of, 37—49
	meaning of, 52
	kindred myths, 82
European nations belong to one great family, 10, 36
Eurydiké, legend of, 26
Excalibur = Jack the Giant-Killer's sword, 192
F
Fachan, the, an ugly Giant, 173
Fafnir, a Scandinavian Dragon, 95
Fairies of the West Highlands, 166
	like Scandinavian dwarfs, 166
Fairy Land, sketch of, 1—7
	dwellers in, 3, 92, et seq.
	something for all tastes in, 4
	no schoolmasters, 4
	nor doctors, 5
	no note of time in, 6
	land of once upon a time, 7
Fairy Legends, likeness of, 8, 82, 189—190
	difference of, 8, 82
	origin of, 9, 14, 28, 82
	meaning of, 158
	lessons of, 194
Farmer and the Troll, the, 146
Father, meaning of the word, 19
Fiddler in Islay, a blind, tells the story of Conall, 89
Fisherman and the Genie, the, 117
Flood, like Noah's flood, in Zend Avesta, 15
Fortunatus, 2, 98
Frost Giants, 96
Fuath, Sutherlandshire name for Water Spirit, 164
	the Fuath and the Shepherd, 165
	the Fuath and the Woman, 165
	a Fuath seized at Loch Moulin na Fouah, 165
G
Gandharvas, kinsfolk of Urvasî, 51
Gärun, strange music heard there, 130
George, St., 95
Giants, 27
	all stupid, 101, 149
	the Scandinavian Giants, 143
	the Giant Balderich, 150
	the Giant-Maiden, 150
	West Highland Giants, 172
	the Giant of Glen Eiti, 172
	the Giant and the King of Lochlin's daughters, 175
Glashan, the, a Manx Brownie, 162
	stories of him like those of Polyphemos, &c., 162
Gloucestershire legend, 133
Golden Key, the, 98
Gorgon, the, 95
Grandmother, in Little Red Riding-Hood = the earth, 188
Grecian Mythology, 95
Greece, language of, 12
Greek myths traced to Aryan source, 34
	likeness to Scandinavian tales, 132
Green Fairies, legend of, 132
Grimm, 8, 63, 83, 140, 158
Gudrun, 97
H
Heinzelman, the Kobold, 140
Hera, consulted by Psyche, 44
Herakles, 35, 90
Hermes, the Master Thief, 90
	his shoes = those of Jack the Giant-Killer, 192
Hodêken, the Kobold, 140
	banished by the angry bishop, 140
Hop o' my Thumb, 96
I
Iblees, the Jinn, refuses to do homage to Adam, and is turned into a Shaitan, 116
Inch, island of, the Brownie in, 160
Indo-European family of nations, 10
Indo-Germanic family of nations, 10
Indra, the Sun-god, fights of, 85
	slays the dragon Vritra, 95, 188
	= Jack the Giant Killer, 192
Invisible Prince, the, 2, 98, 139
Irish Fairies, "good people," 27, 96
J
Jack and the Bean Stalk, 2, 96
	germ of story in Hindu tales, 189
Jack the Giant Killer, 2, 96
	story in old Hindu legends, 8
	connected with legends of various countries, 191
	his adventures, 191
	oldest character in Wonderland, 192
	meaning of the legend, 193
Jân-ibn-Jân, king over the Jinns, 116
Jason and the Golden Fleece, 35
	story illustrates changes of night and day, 90
Jests of Robin Goodfellow, an Elizabethan book, 137
Jinnestan, land of, 110
Jinns, 94
	described, 115
	= the winds, 117
Johnnie's flail, story of, 172
Juber-a-bad, city of, 110
Jupiter = Dyaus pitâr, 21
Jutland, story of a Nis in, 141
K
Kaf, Magic mountains of, 110
Kelpies, 165
Kerberos watches in palace of Persephone, 47
Kingsley, C, quoted, 29, 34
	his "Heroes," 143
Kirke, the beautiful Sorceress, 95
Kobolds, 136
	story of a Kobold, 139
Kobold, the, Hodêken, 140
Koran, the, on the Jinns, 116
Krabbin, Elizabeth, carried underground by the dwarfs, 154
Kronos, Greek legend of, 85
Kund, story of a Troll at, 144
L
Land East of the Sun and West of the Moon, a Scandinavian legend, 54—63
	kindred stories, 82
Leprechaun, the, 97
	a bounteous little man if well managed, 142
Little Red Cap, 186
Little Red Riding Hood, 2
	English version of the story, 186
	German version, 187
	Meaning of, 187
Lochlin; the King of Lochlin's daughters and the Giants, 175
Lord's Prayer, the, 21
Lubberkin, 136
Ludlow's "Popular Epics of the Middle Ages," 143
Luck of Edenhall, 133
M
Mac Eachern, the Smith of Crossbrig, and the Changeling, 167
Maimoun, story of the Genie, 122—127
	repeated in Fairy Tales of other lands, 126
Maol-o-Chliobain, story of, 180-4
March of an ancient tribe, 29
Maruts, Spirits of the Winds, 25
Master Maid, the, 80
Max-Müller, Mr., 13
	quoted, 21, 50
	teaches the meaning of the Urvasî myth, 52
Medusa, the Gorgon, 90, 95
Merlin and Vivien, 97
Mitra, the Sun, 22
Moon-folk of the Danes, 131
	meaning of the tradition, 132
Moran, haunted by the Bocan, 160
More of More Hall kills the dragon of Wantley, 95
Morgan le Fay, Queen, 97
Morris, Mr., his "Earthly Paradise," 54
	"Sigurd the Volsung," 143
Mother, meaning of the Word, 19
"Myself," name of the Woman who hurts the Glashan, 162
Mythology, Comparative, its province, 13
N
Niblung-folk, the, 87
Nis, a Danish house spirit, 136
	like the English Boggart, 138
	story of a Nis, 138
	answers to the German Kobold, 141
	story of a Nis in Jutland, 141
O
Odensee, servant girl at, 131
Odysseus blinds Polyphemos, 86
Odysseus; kindred heroes, 91, 95
	= Jack the Giant Killer, 192
Ogier the Dane, 97
Ogres, 94
Olaf, St. and the Troll, 146, 147
Ormuzd, the Good Deity, 14, 109
Orpheus and Eurydike, legend of, 26, 35, 52
	name from the Sanskrit, 52
Ouranos, derived from Varuna, 85
Owen, Professor, 11, 12
P
Pan, consulted by Psyche, 44
	assists her, 45
Perfumes used for protection of the Peris, 111
Peris, 94, 109
	described, 110
	their war with the Dïvs, 111
	are rays of the sun, 114
Persephone, Psyche sent to the realms of, 46
	gives Psyche the box with precious beauty, 48
Perseus, 90
	= Jack the Giant Killer, 192
Persians, the, 109
Pied Piper of Hamelin, whence derived, 130
Phœbus at Miletus consulted by Psyche's father, 38
	heroes kindred with, 91
	kills the Python, 95
Philology Comparative, its province, 13
Pixies, like the northern Elves, 133
	fond of pure water, 134
Polyphemos, 95
	= the storm cloud, 86
Polyphemos, legend of, found everywhere, 89
	like the Glashan, 162
	like the Devil in the Slavonian story, 163
Pooka, the, 97
Princesses and the Rakshas, story of, 110
Prithivi, the earth, 22
Psyche, story of, 37—49
	identical with Urvasî and Purûravas, 50
	her sisters' jealousy, 41
	punishment of her sisters, 49
Purûravas and Urvasî, story of, 50
Puss in Boots, 2, 94
Python, the, 95
R
Rajah's daughter, story of a Hindu, 31
Rakshas, the, 94
	described, 100
Reksh, Rustem's magic horse, 112
Rhodopê, story of, 32
Ribhus, the sunbeams, 25, 26, 52
Rig Veda, a hymn from the, 21
Riquet with the Tuft, 98
Robin Goodfellow, 136
	his tricks, 137
	the Boggart, another form of, 137
Roland, 97
Root-forms in various languages, 12
Rumpelstiltskin, story of, 147
Russian congener of Jack and the Bean Stalk, 189
Russian Tales, 96
Rustem and Tamuras, 111
	stories of Rustem, 112, 113
	and Zohrab, 114
	his death is the sunset, 114
S
Sanskrit language, the, 12
	a form of an earlier language, 12
Scandinavian legends, 128
Schaibar, the dwarf, 97
Scottish Fairies and Brownies, 96, 160
Servant girl, the, and the Elves, 130
Shad-u-kân, kingdom of, where the Peris dwell, 110
Shaitan tribe, descended from the rebellious Iblees, 117
Shakespeare, his fairies, 96, 135
	quoted, 136, 137
Sigurd and Brynhilt, 35, 97
	heroes kindred with, 91
	kills the dragon, Fafnir, 95
	his sword, = Jack the Giant Killer's, 192
Simūrg, the wonderful bird, 111
Sindbad, 2, 97
Sister, meaning of the word, 19
Skrimner the Giant, and Thor, 193
Sleeping Beauty, the, 2
	meaning of the story, 189
Soaring Lark, the, story of, 63—71
	kindred tales, 82
Solomon, his power over Jinns, 116
Stories:—Of a Hindu Rajah's daughter, 31
	of Rhodopê, 32
Stories:—of Cinderella, 33
	of Eros and Psyche, 37
	of Urvasî and Purûravas, 50
	of the Land East of the Sun and West of the Moon, 54
	of the Soaring Lark, 63
	of the Battle of the Birds, 71
	of the Wolf and the Seven little Kids, 83
	of Conall and the Giant, 87
	of the Golden Key, 90
	of the Princesses and the Rakshas, 101
	of the Blind Man, the Deaf Man, and the Rakshas, 103
	of the Fisherman and the Genie, 117
	of the Genie Maimoun, 122
	of the Troll and St. Olaf, 146
	of Rumpelstiltskin, 147
	of John Dietrich and the Dwarfs, 153
	of a Water-horse and a Water-bull, 163
	of Mac Eachern the Smith of Crossbrig and the Changeling, 167
	of Connal and the Giant, 174
	of the King of Lochlin and his three daughters, 175
	of Maol-o-Chliobain, 180
	of Little Red Riding Hood, 186
Suffolk story of Green Fairies, 132
Sun, the, source of the Aryan myths, 27
	the Prince in the Cinderella myth, 34
Sun, symbolised by Purûravas, 52
	by Eros, 52
	by Orpheus, 52
	the Giant in the Battle of the Birds, 78
	the Golden Fleece in the Jason story, 90
Sürya, the Sun, 22
Swan Maidens, 142
Sword, the, made by Velent, 192
T
Tailor, the, and the Changeling, 170
Tamuras and Rustem, 111
Tartar stories, 192
Tavistock, servant maid at, and the Pixies, 134
	old woman near Tavistock and the Pixies, 135
Tennyson quoted, 98, 138
Tethertoun, the King of, 71
Teutonic fauries, 128
Theseus, heroes kindred with, 91
Thor, legend of, 26
	flings his hammer at the Trolls, 144
	= Jack the Giant Killer, 192
	and the giant Skrimner, 193
Tribe, march of an ancient, 29
Trolls, 27, 95
	a curious hill-folk, 143
	story of a Troll near Kund, 144
	dislike music, 144
	very stupid, sometimes, 145
	St. Olaf and the Troll, 146
	the Troll giant and the farmer, 151
Tulips and the Pixies, the, 135
U
Urvasî and Purûravas, story of, 50
	meaning of the myth, 52
	other myths of like meaning, 82
Ushas, the Dawn Maiden, 22
	= Cinderella, 185
V
Varuna, the All-surrounder, hymn to, 22
	prototype of Ouranos, 85
Vedas, the, 12, 14, 50
Velent, sword made by him,
	= Jack the Giant Killer's, 192
Vivien and Merlin, 97
Vritra, the dragon = the Python, 95
W
Wantley, the dragon of, 95
Water- Bulls, 163
	story of, 163
Water-Horses, 163
	story of, 163
Wayland-Smith derived from the horse-smith Velent, 192
Welsh Giant, the, 191
White Bear in the Scandinavian legend, 54
White Cat, the, 98
Wild Horseman, legend of the, 25
Winds, ministers of Indra, 25
Wolf, the, a figure for Clouds, 188
Wolf, the, and seven little Kids, 83
	akin to the Greek legend of Kronos, 85
	meaning of the myth, 85
Woman, the cause of misfortune in various legends, 63
Words, the teaching of, 12
Y
Yellow Dwarf, the, 2, 98
Ygdrassil, possibly akin to Jack's beanstsalk, 190
Yorkshire, fairy legend of, 133
	the Boggart in, 137
	story of a Yorkshire Boggart, 138
Z
Zend Avesta, oldest sacred book of the Persians, 14
Zephyrus, commissioned by Eros, wafts Psyche to safety, 39
Zeupater = Dyaus pitár, 21
Zeus sends Hermes to fetch Psyche, 49
Zohrab, son of Rustem, 114
	= moon or rising sun, 114

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