Dead Winter. | Frost bound Living Nature. | Living Nature in waning Autumn. | Aggressive Life of Nature in re-opening Spring. | Gross, age-clotted, frozen Matter tempting to the knowledge of good and evil. | The Fates. | Charon. | The Sun. | |
Father Know-All. | King—Father of the heroine. | His daughter. | The woodman—father of the hero. | Hero, son of the woodman. | Old man leaning on a staff; dead one being buried. | The three fates—godmothers of the hero. | Ferryman over the black sea. | As child, adult and old man. |
Long, Broad, and Sharp-Eyes. | Lord of the Castle of Steel—father of the heroine. | His daughter, dressed in white. Her white spectre is one of twelve seen by the prince in the tower. | The old king—father of the hero. | The prince, son of the old king, and hero. | The old woman who brings the serpent. | Long, Broad, and Sharp-Eyes. | Outskirts of a dense wood. | |
Golden Locks. | King—father of Golden Locks. | Golden Locks, one of twelve maidens; the only one with golden hair. | A king, Jirichek’s master. | Jirichek, the king’s servant, and hero. | The old woman who brings the serpent. | The ants, the ravens, and a fish. A fly is added. | Outskirts of a black forest. | In part Golden Locks. |
Reason and Fortune. | A king—father of the heroine, his cruel counsellor, and the executioner. | His daughter, dumb from her twelfth year. | A peasant cottage proprietor. | Vanek, his son, the hero. | Reason and Good Luck. | A carver, tailor and the hero. | Outskirts of a pine forest, with wolves. | |
George and His Goat. | A king—father of the heroine. | His daughter, who cannot laugh. | A shepherd. | George, his son, the hero. | The goat. | Long, Broad, and Sharp-Eyes. | The mayor looking out of the window. | |
The Three Citrons. | Lord of the Castle of Steel—father of the heroine. | The third of the maidens who appear at the cleaving of the citrons. | An old king—father of the hero. | His son, the hero. | Jezibaba, who incites the prince to go for the three citrons, and appears to him before the castles of lead, silver and gold. | The three giants of the castles of lead, silver and gold, respectively. | Three days before point of meeting with the twelve ravens. | The giant of the castle of gold |
The Sun-horse. | Mother-in-law of the three kings. | A horse with a sun on its forehead. | The king of the sunless kingdom. | A seer, the hero. | In part the mother in-law and the three queens, and the old man at the bridge. | In part the servants and the old man leaning on a staff. | Cottage of the seer. | |
Right yet Remains Right. | Father of the sick heroine (a princess). | An invalid princess. | A gamekeeper. | His son, the hero. Also a gamekeeper. | An old woman who points out the well. | Gallows and the three damned spirits. |
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