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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 |
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 |
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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 PŌRGU | 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 | |
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SECTION II | ||
ORPHAN AND FOUNDLING STORIES | ||
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THE WOOD OF TONTLA | 237 | |
THE KING OF THE MISTY HILL | 259 | |
THE ORPHAN’S HANDMILL | 260 | |
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 |