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INTRODUCTION	vii
I.--LEGENDS or THE TARTARO	1
The Tartaro	4
M. d'Abbadie's Version	4
Variations of above	5
Errua, the Madman	6
Variations of above	10
The Three Brothers, the Cruel Master, and the Tartaro	11
The Tartaro and Petit Perroquet	16
II.--THE HEREN-SUGE.--THE SEVEN-HEADED SERPENT	20
The Grateful Tartaro and the Heren-Suge	22
Variation of above	32
The Seven-Headed Serpent	33
The Serpent in the Wood	38
III.--ANIMAL TALES	42
Acheria, the Fox	43
The Ass and the Wolf	45
IV.--BASA-JAUN, BASA-ANDRE, AND LAMINAK	47
Basa-Jauna	49
The Servant at the Fairy's	53
The Fairy in the House	55
The Pretty but Idle Girl	56
The Devil's Age	58
The Fairy-Queen Godmother	59
V.--WITCHCRAFT AND SORCERY	64
The Witches at the Sabbat	66
The Witches and the Idiots	67
The Witch and the New-Born Infant	69
The Changeling	73
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VI.--CONTES DES FÉES	76
(A) Tales like the Keltic	77
Malbrouk	77
The Fisherman and his Sons	87
Tabakiera, the Snuff-Box	94
Mahistruba, the Master Mariner	100
Dragon	106
Ezkabi-Fidel	111
Variation of above	120
The Lady-Pigeon and her Comb	120
Suggested Explanation of above	130
Laur-Cantons	132
The Young School-Boy	136
The Son who Heard Voices	137
The Mother and her Idiot Son; or, the Clever Thief	140
Juan Dekos, the Blockhead (Tontua)	146
Variation of the above--Juan de Kalais	151
The Duped Priest	154
(B) Contes dos Fées, derived directly from the French	158
Ass'-Skin	158
Variations of above	165
The Step-Mother and Step-Daughter	166
Beauty and the Beast	167
Variation of above	172
The Cobbler and his Three Daughters (Blue-Beard)	173
Variations of above	175
The Singing Tree, the Bird which tells the Truth, and the Water which makes Young	176
Variation of above	181
The White Blackbird	182
The Sister and her Seven Brothers	187
Variations, etc.	191
List of Publication of Foreign Legends in France	192
VII.--RELIGIOUS TALES	194
Fourteen	195
Variation of above--Jesus Christ and the Old Soldier	199
The Poor Soldier and the Rich Man	200
The Widow and her Son	202
The Story of the Hair-Cloth Shirt (La Cilice)	206
The Saintly Orphan Girl	209
The Slandered and Despised Girl	211
AN ESSAY ON THE BASQUE LANGUAGE	219
APPENDIX.--BASQUE POETRY	235

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