K, KOIT, AND AeMARIK 30

THE MAIDEN AT THE VASKJALA BRIDGE 34

THE WOMAN IN THE MOON 37

POLYPHEMUS 38

RED RIDING-HOOD (THE DEVIL'S VISIT) 38

SNOWWHITE, THE GLASS MOUNTAIN, AND THE DESPISED YOUNGEST SON
(THE PRINCESS WHO SLEPT FOR SEVEN YEARS) 40

THE THREE SISTERS 43

THE THREE WISHES (LOPPI AND LAPPI) 45

THE WITCH-BRIDE (ROUGUTAJA'S DAUGHTER) 45

THE STEPMOTHER 46

SECTION IV

FAMILIAR STORIES OF NORTHERN EUROPE

MELUSINA 48

THE FISHERMAN AND HIS WIFE
(THE POWERFUL CRAYFISH AND THE INSATIABLE WIFE) 48

THE MERMAID 49

HOW THE SEA BECAME SALT 70

THE TWO BROTHERS AND THE FROST 71

THE SOLDIER AND THE DEVIL 76

SECTION V

STORIES OF THE GODS AND SPIRITS OF THE ELEMENTS

THE SONG-GOD'S DEPARTURE 81

JUTTA 85

THE TWELVE DAUGHTERS 87

THE FOUR GIFTS OF THE WATER-SPRITE 98

THE LAKE-DWELLERS 98

THE FAITHLESS FISHERMAN 104

THE MERMAID AND THE LORD OF PAHLEN 106

THE SPIRITS OF THE NORTHERN LIGHTS 107

THE SPIRIT OF THE WHIRLWIND 110

THE WILL O' THE WISPS 111

THE FOUNDLING 112

THE CAVE-DWELLERS 114

THE COMPASSIONATE WOODCUTTER 125

CHRISTIAN VARIANT OF SAME 127

THE GOOD DEED REWARDED 128

SECTION VI

HEATH LEGENDS

THE WONDERFUL HAYCOCK 133

THE MAGIC EGG 134

SECTION VII