In the first story we have, in a hut in the forest, three sisters, of whom the youngest is the most beautiful
In the first story we have, in a hut in the forest, three sisters, of whom the youngest is the most beautiful
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A variation of the story relating to the youngest sister and the dwarf is that of the girl seven years old, the…
A variation of the story relating to the youngest sister and the dwarf is that of the girl seven years old, the wise girl (the aurora), in the fourth Esthonian tale, who, being persecuted by her step-mother, retires into the forest (the night)
Read record →He wanders through the forest; but when the sun arises from out the bosom of the dawn, he resolves to stay out…
He wanders through the forest; but when the sun arises from out the bosom of the dawn, he resolves to stay out of the house, and not to return to his persecutor (the young morning sun flees from the old and perverse night)
Read record →The third brother solves the enigma for the woman (the moon), who, in gratitude, gives him provisions for his…
The third brother solves the enigma for the woman (the moon), who, in gratitude, gives him provisions for his travels
Read record →The thunder-god then becomes a child, and engages himself in the service of a fisherman, near a lake which the…
The thunder-god then becomes a child, and engages himself in the service of a fisherman, near a lake which the devil is accustomed to visit to steal the fishes
Read record →Evidently the monster-dwarf is a favourite subject of Esthonian tradition, and it often occurs in the Hindoo…
Evidently the monster-dwarf is a favourite subject of Esthonian tradition, and it often occurs in the Hindoo and in the German traditions, as well as in the Franco-Latin tradition of Charlemagne
Read record →In the thirteenth Esthonian story, the privileged character of the third brother is explained, as we are told…
In the thirteenth Esthonian story, the privileged character of the third brother is explained, as we are told that he is the son of a king, but was exchanged by a witch during his infancy for the child of a peasant
Read record →He therefore follows him; but on the way he lets a pea fall to the ground from time to time, in order to know…
He therefore follows him; but on the way he lets a pea fall to the ground from time to time, in order to know the way back
Read record →In the twenty-second story we have once more the myth of the young pastoral hero; he is the son of a king
In the twenty-second story we have once more the myth of the young pastoral hero; he is the son of a king
Read record →Also the Tistrya with a whole eye of the Khorda Avesta of Spiegel, p
also the Tistrya with a whole eye of the Khorda Avesta of Spiegel, p
Read record →L.--Two bulls conduct the poor brother to riches.--The bull carries the fugitive home.--The bull is split in…
l.--Two bulls conduct the poor brother to riches.--The bull carries the fugitive home.--The bull is split in two, and is useful even after death.--Ivan and Helen, followed by the bear, flee upon the bull with their faces turned to the part whence the bear is l
Read record →One of the special characteristics of the bull and of the cow is their capacity of drinking
One of the special characteristics of the bull and of the cow is their capacity of drinking
Read record →Ivan and Helen feel hungry; the bull tells them to cut him to pieces and eat him, but to preserve his bones,…
Ivan and Helen feel hungry; the bull tells them to cut him to pieces and eat him, but to preserve his bones, and to strike them together; from the bones of the bull, when struck, a dwarf, the height of a finger-nail, but with a beard a cubit long, comes out; h
Read record →Y ears, and come out by the other, and all will be done."--In the Italian variety of this story,[357] the cow…
y ears, and come out by the other, and all will be done."--In the Italian variety of this story,[357] the cow spins with her horns for the good maiden, whilst she combs the head of the old woman or the Madonna
Read record →Of the sixth book of Afanassieff's collection, Ivan Tzarevic is presented with the apples which restore youth…
of the sixth book of Afanassieff's collection, Ivan Tzarevic is presented with the apples which restore youth to him who eats them, by the sister of the sun, to whose abode he is lifted in the following manner: Ivan (the sun) has for his sister (no doubt half-
Read record →The two brothers, seeing that the third princess is more beautiful than the others, think that the youngest…
The two brothers, seeing that the third princess is more beautiful than the others, think that the youngest brother is reserving her for himself, and throw him into the water
Read record →Rk, that the king of the Turks is, in the Slavonic tradition, as well as in that of Persia, the representative…
rk, that the king of the Turks is, in the Slavonic tradition, as well as in that of Persia, the representative of the devil; the demon, when the hero approaches, smells the odour of human flesh in India, of Christian flesh in Western stories,[387] and of Russi
Read record →The legend of the hero Ivan has yet other interesting forms, reflective of the beautiful Vedic myth of the…
The legend of the hero Ivan has yet other interesting forms, reflective of the beautiful Vedic myth of the Açvinâu, who into their flying chariot-vessel also take up the unhappy
Read record →Under the name of Helen, or Little Helen, she is the protectress of her little brother, Ivanusca (Little…
Under the name of Helen, or Little Helen, she is the protectress of her little brother, Ivanusca (Little John),[410] and his guide through the world; and when the boy, by the incantation of a witch, is transformed into a lamb or kid (in a story of the Canavese
Read record →In the Russian story,[413] after the bull has saved from the bear the fugitive brother and sister, Ivan…
In the Russian story,[413] after the bull has saved from the bear the fugitive brother and sister, Ivan Tzarevic and Helen the exceedingly beautiful (Prekraçna), they enter a brigand's house
Read record →Whilst Ivan is travelling with his sister towards the kingdom where all the people die[415] (that is, towards…
Whilst Ivan is travelling with his sister towards the kingdom where all the people die[415] (that is, towards the night), a fairy gives him a towel, by shaking which a bridge may be thrown across a river--(is this bridge the milky way, the bridge or road to be
Read record →Anna then sends Ivan to take the cows to pasture
Anna then sends Ivan to take the cows to pasture
Read record →[379] In the Festival of the Epiphany, which is also a festival of the husband and wife, the good fairy is…
[379] In the Festival of the Epiphany, which is also a festival of the husband and wife, the good fairy is accustomed to bring to the child, husband, and wife, a boot or a stocking full of presents
Read record →Mother of heroes.--The three brothers of Scandinavian and German mythology.--The warrior-cow.--The sacred cow…
mother of heroes.--The three brothers of Scandinavian and German mythology.--The warrior-cow.--The sacred cow of Ögwaldr burned upon the hero's tomb.--The rod-phallos used to strike the cow, as an augury of abundance and fecundity.--The head of the ox used as
Read record →N himself in all his splendour and strength; and that which the sun does every day he repeats on a larger scale…
n himself in all his splendour and strength; and that which the sun does every day he repeats on a larger scale once a year, rising again from the ice of winter through the tepidity of spring.) Of Buri, who is at birth strong, is born Bör, who has, by Bestla,
Read record →It is with the head of the most beautiful of the giant Hymir's oxen fastened to his hook that, in Snorri's…
It is with the head of the most beautiful of the giant Hymir's oxen fastened to his hook that, in Snorri's Edda, the god Thor goes to fish up the immense serpent of Midgard from the bottom of the sea, and destroys it upon the sea-shore
Read record →Ns of the magical towel of her brother, makes a bridge arise over the river, over which the monster-serpent, in…
ns of the magical towel of her brother, makes a bridge arise over the river, over which the monster-serpent, in the form of a handsome young man, crosses to take her; how the brother is sacrificed in the battle which he is obliged to fight against the monster,
Read record →It is the footprint which, in all the European traditions, betrays the beautiful maiden in her flight; and when…
It is the footprint which, in all the European traditions, betrays the beautiful maiden in her flight; and when the brigand Cacus carried off the oxen of Hercules, the hero, to recover them, searches for their footprints
Read record →In the same way I think the kidney-bean is evidently intended by the fruit of fruits, which, according to the…
In the same way I think the kidney-bean is evidently intended by the fruit of fruits, which, according to the Mahâbhâratam, the merciful man receives in exchange for the little black cow (krishnadhenukâ) given to the priest.[457] In the English fairy tale of "
Read record →We are already acquainted with the cloud-cow and the cloud-bull; the cloud thunders, the bull bellows and speaks
We are already acquainted with the cloud-cow and the cloud-bull; the cloud thunders, the bull bellows and speaks
Read record →O it, in order that it may find good pasturage; then the grateful cow (the moon) puts gold and silver upon its…
o it, in order that it may find good pasturage; then the grateful cow (the moon) puts gold and silver upon its horns to spin for the maiden.[467] In the morning the girl appears upon the mountain with the gold and silver yarn, with the gold and silver robes gi
Read record →In German mythology we have the luminous Berchta, who spins, in contrast with the dark and wild Holda at the…
In German mythology we have the luminous Berchta, who spins, in contrast with the dark and wild Holda at the fountain (the washerwoman of fairy tales)
Read record →Berta, like the cow of the fairy tales, spins silver and gold
Berta, like the cow of the fairy tales, spins silver and gold
Read record →This duck being the aurora, and having a wide spreading tail as well as a large foot, the solar hero, or the…
This duck being the aurora, and having a wide spreading tail as well as a large foot, the solar hero, or the sun, can easily, by holding on to her, raise himself out of the swamp of night
Read record →The literature relating to this subject is composed not of one or a hundred, but of thousands of volumes, of…
The literature relating to this subject is composed not of one or a hundred, but of thousands of volumes, of which some (such, for instance, as the poem of the Nibelungen, and the poems of the Round Table) individually contain, in the germ, almost the whole di
Read record →No sooner is Gargantua born, than he asks with loud cries for something to drink; to give him milk, 17,913 cows…
No sooner is Gargantua born, than he asks with loud cries for something to drink; to give him milk, 17,913 cows are brought, his mother's breasts not being enough, although each time she is milked she yields "quatorze cens deux pipes neuf potées de laict." Thi
Read record →And the dwarfs of tradition know and reveal the mythical how and why of their transformations, since, though…
And the dwarfs of tradition know and reveal the mythical how and why of their transformations, since, though they are dwarfs and hidden, they see all and learn all
Read record →[482] In Porchat, Superlatif, while he is a dwarf, is shut up in a clothes-press; he is a male form of the…
[482] In Porchat, Superlatif, while he is a dwarf, is shut up in a clothes-press; he is a male form of the wooden girl, of the wise puppet, of the sun hidden in the trunk of a tree, in the tree of night, in the nocturnal (or cloudy, or wintry) night, full of m
Read record →Says Ovid, in the first book of the Metamorphoses, when the daughter of Inachos is transformed into a luminous…
says Ovid, in the first book of the Metamorphoses, when the daughter of Inachos is transformed into a luminous cow by Jupiter
Read record →S Acheloos, vanquished by Hêraklês in the shape of a serpent, rises again in that of a pugnacious bull, one of…
s Acheloos, vanquished by Hêraklês in the shape of a serpent, rises again in that of a pugnacious bull, one of whose horns Hêraklês breaks,[491] which he gives to the Ætolians, who receive abundance from it (the waters of the Acheloos fertilise the country tra
Read record →This is the good fairy, or good old man, who shows the way to the heroes in popular tales; it is the cow which…
This is the good fairy, or good old man, who shows the way to the heroes in popular tales; it is the cow which succours the maiden persecuted by her step-mother, the puppet which spins, sews, and weaves for the maiden aurora
Read record →The ashes of these cows (which their friend the heroine preserves) are not only ashes, but golden powder or…
The ashes of these cows (which their friend the heroine preserves) are not only ashes, but golden powder or golden flour (the golden cake occurs again in that flour or powder of gold which the witch demands from the hero in Russian stories), which, mixed with
Read record →This god Mercury, who steals the bulls from Apollo (as Hêraklês leads away the oxen of Geryon), is the divine…
This god Mercury, who steals the bulls from Apollo (as Hêraklês leads away the oxen of Geryon), is the divine form of the thief
Read record →The horse starts, and carries him to the house of silver and gold, where he is resuscitated
The horse starts, and carries him to the house of silver and gold, where he is resuscitated
Read record →There is also a singularly clear allusion to the Açvinâu in the forty-fourth story of the fifth book of…
There is also a singularly clear allusion to the Açvinâu in the forty-fourth story of the fifth book of Afanassieff, which seems to me to be a full confirmation of these interpretations
Read record →Ancient, as it is the most subtle, interpretation of the myth; afterwards, it is possible, and even probable,…
ancient, as it is the most subtle, interpretation of the myth; afterwards, it is possible, and even probable, that in the two Açvinâu only the two gods of morning and of evening were seen, with their respective twilights, considered as two brothers, so like th
Read record →In the story of Merhuma, who is stoned (the aurora lost in the mountain of stone), in the Tuti-Name,[609] we…
In the story of Merhuma, who is stoned (the aurora lost in the mountain of stone), in the Tuti-Name,[609] we have the brother possessed by a demon, who seduces the wife of his brother, who is travelling abroad
Read record →This contradiction of feelings is difficult to explain psychologically even in man; how much more, therefore,…
This contradiction of feelings is difficult to explain psychologically even in man; how much more, therefore, is it so when it has to be analysed in a mythical image, which assumes an animal form in one rapid flash of imagination, and then disappears?
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