cannot at present be determined, but it certainly looks
that way. I have, however, omitted Bolte's F referring to the
punishment of the Queen, which is wanting in the majority of the
variants. No editor of a text would under similar circumstances take
account of so rare a variant.

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LIST OF INCIDENTS

I give in the following list the chief incidents that occur in the
preceding tales, using for the most part the nomenclature used in the
notes or in the list of incidents attached to my paper on "The Problem
of Diffusion" in the _Transactions of the International Folk-Lore
Congress_, 1892, pp. 87-98.

N. B. Incidents in Drolls are placed in italics. In some few
cases, the incidents are referred to only in the notes.

Acquisition Task, xii.

Animal Aid, xi., xvii.

Apple Speaking, xviii.

Bean Transformation, xxiv.

Bird Aid, i.

Bird Election, viii.

Bird Prophecy, viii., xxi.

Bird Throwing, x.

Blood Resuscitation, xvi.

Bread Crumb Track, xxii.

Bride Quest, xii.

Captured Bride, xii., xxi.

_Casting Sheep's Eyes_, xv.

Castle Building Task, xviii.

_Cheese Squeezing_, x.

Children Sacrifice, xvi.

Cleansing Stable Task, xviii.

_Cow's Stomach Refuge_, xxiv.

Cure by Fruit, ix.

Descent to Hell, xvii., xviii.

Dogs in Bag, vi., xx.

_Door Dropping_, xix.

Dragon Slayer, xxi.

Dress Rhyme, i.

Enclosure in Bag, vi.

Envious Sisters, i., vii.

Exchange Series, ii.

Exposed Hero, viii., xxii.

External Soul, iii.

Fairy Godmother, i.

_False Bathing_, xi.

False Bride, xviii.

_False Sale_, xxiv.

Feather Dress, vii.

Feet Rhyme, i.

Finger Ladder Task, xviii.

_Flea Bite Blows_, x.

Flight from Ogre, xviii.

Forbidden Chamber, xii.

_Fox in Briar Bush_, vi.

_Fox in Fish-cart_, vi.

_Giants Quarrelling_, x.

_Girl in Bag_, ii.

Helpful Animals, i.

Honey Trap, i.

_Horse from Stable Theft_, xvi.

_Horse's Ear Guide_, xxiv.

_Iced Bear's Tail_, vi.

_Inside Again_, xx.

Jealous Brother-in-law, xvii.

Jealous Mother-in-law, xvii., xxv.

Jephtha Vow, xviii.

Language of Animals, viii.

Life Token, iii., vii.

_Lollipop House_, xxii.

Lost Shoe, i.

Love at Distance, xxi.

_Magic Cudgel_, ix.

Magic Dress, i.

Magic Purse, ix.

Magical Weapons, xii.

Menial Hero, xviii.

Menial Heroine, i.

Moon on Forehead, vii.

Mutilated Foot, i.