# Fairy Tales: Their Origin and Meaning/Index

INDEX.
A :
| Achilles, heroes kindred with, 91 ||
| Agni, the fire, 22 ||
| Ahermambâd, city of the Dïvs, 110 ||
| Ahriman, the Evil Deity, 15, 109 ||
| Akvân, the Dïv, 113 ||
| Aladdin, 2, 97 ||
| Albs, 26 ||
| Alberich, King of Teutonic dwarfs, 192 ||
| Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, 97 ||
| Andersen, Hans, 8 ||
| Andromeda, the Dawn Maiden, 90 ||
| Aphrodite, angered by Psyche, 37; her vengeance, 44 ||
| Apuleius, 50 ||
| Arabian Nights, whence derived, 35 ||
| Arbhus, the Lightnings, 25, 26, 52 ||
| Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, 35, 97 ||
| | heroes kindred with, 91 |
| Aryan race, derivation of the name, 10 ||
| | our descent from, how traced, 11 |
| | what manner of men they were, 13 |
| | when they lived, 14 |
| | their language, 14 |
| | home of, 15 |
| | migrations of 15, 28 |
| | a superior race, 16 |
| | their weapons, 16 |
| | their handicrafts, 17 |
| | trades or occupations, 17 |
| | government, 18 |
| | family relations, 18 |
| | summary of characteristics, 19 |
| | their poems, 20 |
| | their religion, 20 |
| | deities, 22 |
| | native worship, 23 |
| | imagination, 23 |
| | their mythology, 24 |
| | have given us our Fairy Lore, 82, 158 |
| Asdiv, the Dïv, 112 ||
| Atlas, 95 ||
| Aurora—Cinderella, 34, 185 ||
| B ||
| Balderich, the Giant, 150 ||
| Banou, the Fairy Peri, 97 ||
| Banshee, the, 97, 165 ||
| Baring-Gould quoted, 190 ||
| Barra, Giant in, 174 ||
| Battle of the Birds, the, 71—81 ||
| | a sun myth, 77 |
| | kindred tales, 82 |
| Beauty and the Beast, 2, 98 ||
| | in old Hindu legends, 8 |
| | kindred with Eros and Psyche, Urvasî and Purûravas, and Orpheus and Eurydiké, 53 |
| | and other tales, 82 |
| Berkhyas, the Dïv, described, 110 ||
| Bheki, the frog, story of, 24, 78 ||
| Big John and the Bocan, 161 ||
| Blind Man, Deaf Man, and the Rakshas, story of, 103—109 ||
| Blue Bird, 2 ||
| Blunderbore, the Giant, 191 ||
| Bocan, the, a kind of Brownie, 160 ||
| | Big John and the Bocan, 161 |
| | Callum Mohr MacIntosh and the Bocan, 161 |
| Boggarts, the, 136 ||
| | another form of Robin Goodfellow, 137 |
| | story of a Yorkshire Boggart, 138 |
| Boobrie, a Water Spirit in form of a great bird, 164 ||
| Brother, meaning of the word, 19 ||
| Brownies, 136 ||
| | more helpful than Boggarts, 139 |
| | the farm spirits, 160 |
| Brynhilt, 35, 97 ||
| C ||
| Callum Mohr MacIntosh and the Bocan, 161 ||
| Campbell, J. F., his Popular Tales of the West Highlands, 71 ||
| | story of Conall Cra Bhuidhe quoted, 87 |
| | full of curious stories, 160 |
| | on the Fuath, 165 |
| | on Gaelic Giants, quoted, 173 |
| Changelings, 167 ||
| | stories of, 167—170 |
| | the Tailor and a, 170 |
| Charon ferries the souls of the dead, 47 ||
| Church bells disliked by Trolls, 144 ||
| Cinderella, 2, 98 ||
| | story told in all countries of Europe, 8 |
| | legend of, 33 |
| | meaning of, 33, 185 |
| Centaurs, 95 ||
| Clodd, on Aryan names, 19 ||
| Conal Cra Bhuidhe and the Giant, 87 ||
| Connal, son of King Cruachan, and the Giant, 174 ||
| Cormoran, the Cornish Giant, 191 ||
| Cumberland legend, 133 ||
| D ||
| Dasent, Dr., his Norse Tales, 54, 80, 143 ||
| Daughter, meaning of the word, 19 ||
| Dawn, typified by Cinderella, 33 ||
| Dawn, typified by Urvasî, 52 ||
| | by Psyche, 52 |
| | by Eurydiké, 52 |
| | by the Grey Filly in the Battle of the Birds, 77 |
| Deity, origin of the name, 21 ||
| Demeter, consulted by Psyche, 44 ||
| Demrush the Dïv, conquered by Tamuras, 112 ||
| Devonshire Pixies, 96 ||
| Dietrich, John, story of, 153 ||
| Dinomis, the, 11 ||
| Dïvs, 94, 109 ||
| | described, 110 |
| | their war with the Peris, 111 |
| | are the black clouds of night, 114 |
| Dragons and Monsters, dark thunder-clouds, 86 ||
| | in Hindu or Aryan story, 187 |
| Dwarfs, 27 ||
| | German dwarfs, 143 |
| | White, Brown, and Black dwarfs, 151 |
| | Brown dwarfs carry off children, 152 |
| | work gold and silver, 152 |
| | black dwarfs malicious and ugly, 152 |
| | invisible while wearing caps, their functions, 153 |
| Dwellers in Fairy Land, 92—184 ||
| Dyaus pitâr, Heaven Father, 21 ||
| E ||
| Eagle of Zeus, the, assists Psyche, 45 ||
| East, stories from the, 92 ||
| Ebeltoft, the people of, and the Trolls, 144 ||
| Edenhall, the Luck of, 133 ||
| Elf King's tune, the, 130 ||
| Elves, English, whence derived, 26—27 ||
| Elves, Scandinavian, 128 ||
| | White and Black, 129 |
| Enchanted Horse, the, 97 ||
| Eros and Psyche, 35 ||
| | story of, 37—49 |
| | meaning of, 52 |
| | kindred myths, 82 |
| European nations belong to one great family, 10, 36 ||
| Eurydiké, legend of, 26 ||
| Excalibur = Jack the Giant-Killer's sword, 192 ||
| F ||
| Fachan, the, an ugly Giant, 173 ||
| Fafnir, a Scandinavian Dragon, 95 ||
| Fairies of the West Highlands, 166 ||
| | like Scandinavian dwarfs, 166 |
| Fairy Land, sketch of, 1—7 ||
| | dwellers in, 3, 92, et seq. |
| | something for all tastes in, 4 |
| | no schoolmasters, 4 |
| | nor doctors, 5 |
| | no note of time in, 6 |
| | land of once upon a time, 7 |
| Fairy Legends, likeness of, 8, 82, 189—190 ||
| | difference of, 8, 82 |
| | origin of, 9, 14, 28, 82 |
| | meaning of, 158 |
| | lessons of, 194 |
| Farmer and the Troll, the, 146 ||
| Father, meaning of the word, 19 ||
| Fiddler in Islay, a blind, tells the story of Conall, 89 ||
| Fisherman and the Genie, the, 117 ||
| Flood, like Noah's flood, in Zend Avesta, 15 ||
| Fortunatus, 2, 98 ||
| Frost Giants, 96 ||
| Fuath, Sutherlandshire name for Water Spirit, 164 ||
| | the Fuath and the Shepherd, 165 |
| | the Fuath and the Woman, 165 |
| | a Fuath seized at Loch Moulin na Fouah, 165 |
| G ||
| Gandharvas, kinsfolk of Urvasî, 51 ||
| Gärun, strange music heard there, 130 ||
| George, St., 95 ||
| Giants, 27 ||
| | all stupid, 101, 149 |
| | the Scandinavian Giants, 143 |
| | the Giant Balderich, 150 |
| | the Giant-Maiden, 150 |
| | West Highland Giants, 172 |
| | the Giant of Glen Eiti, 172 |
| | the Giant and the King of Lochlin's daughters, 175 |
| Glashan, the, a Manx Brownie, 162 ||
| | stories of him like those of Polyphemos, &c., 162 |
| Gloucestershire legend, 133 ||
| Golden Key, the, 98 ||
| Gorgon, the, 95 ||
| Grandmother, in Little Red Riding-Hood = the earth, 188 ||
| Grecian Mythology, 95 ||
| Greece, language of, 12 ||
| Greek myths traced to Aryan source, 34 ||
| | likeness to Scandinavian tales, 132 |
| Green Fairies, legend of, 132 ||
| Grimm, 8, 63, 83, 140, 158 ||
| Gudrun, 97 ||
| H ||
| Heinzelman, the Kobold, 140 ||
| Hera, consulted by Psyche, 44 ||
| Herakles, 35, 90 ||
| Hermes, the Master Thief, 90 ||
| | his shoes = those of Jack the Giant-Killer, 192 |
| Hodêken, the Kobold, 140 ||
| | banished by the angry bishop, 140 |
| Hop o' my Thumb, 96 ||
| I ||
| Iblees, the Jinn, refuses to do homage to Adam, and is turned into a Shaitan, 116 ||
| Inch, island of, the Brownie in, 160 ||
| Indo-European family of nations, 10 ||
| Indo-Germanic family of nations, 10 ||
| Indra, the Sun-god, fights of, 85 ||
| | slays the dragon Vritra, 95, 188 |
| | = Jack the Giant Killer, 192 |
| Invisible Prince, the, 2, 98, 139 ||
| Irish Fairies, "good people," 27, 96 ||
| J ||
| Jack and the Bean Stalk, 2, 96 ||
| | germ of story in Hindu tales, 189 |
| Jack the Giant Killer, 2, 96 ||
| | story in old Hindu legends, 8 |
| | connected with legends of various countries, 191 |
| | his adventures, 191 |
| | oldest character in Wonderland, 192 |
| | meaning of the legend, 193 |
| Jân-ibn-Jân, king over the Jinns, 116 ||
| Jason and the Golden Fleece, 35 ||
| | story illustrates changes of night and day, 90 |
| Jests of Robin Goodfellow, an Elizabethan book, 137 ||
| Jinnestan, land of, 110 ||
| Jinns, 94 ||
| | described, 115 |
| | = the winds, 117 |
| Johnnie's flail, story of, 172 ||
| Juber-a-bad, city of, 110 ||
| Jupiter = Dyaus pitâr, 21 ||
| Jutland, story of a Nis in, 141 ||
| K ||
| Kaf, Magic mountains of, 110 ||
| Kelpies, 165 ||
| Kerberos watches in palace of Persephone, 47 ||
| Kingsley, C, quoted, 29, 34 ||
| | his "Heroes," 143 |
| Kirke, the beautiful Sorceress, 95 ||
| Kobolds, 136 ||
| | story of a Kobold, 139 |
| Kobold, the, Hodêken, 140 ||
| Koran, the, on the Jinns, 116 ||
| Krabbin, Elizabeth, carried underground by the dwarfs, 154 ||
| Kronos, Greek legend of, 85 ||
| Kund, story of a Troll at, 144 ||
| L ||
| Land East of the Sun and West of the Moon, a Scandinavian legend, 54—63 ||
| | kindred stories, 82 |
| Leprechaun, the, 97 ||
| | a bounteous little man if well managed, 142 |
| Little Red Cap, 186 ||
| Little Red Riding Hood, 2 ||
| | English version of the story, 186 |
| | German version, 187 |
| | Meaning of, 187 |
| Lochlin; the King of Lochlin's daughters and the Giants, 175 ||
| Lord's Prayer, the, 21 ||
| Lubberkin, 136 ||
| Ludlow's "Popular Epics of the Middle Ages," 143 ||
| Luck of Edenhall, 133 ||
| M ||
| Mac Eachern, the Smith of Crossbrig, and the Changeling, 167 ||
| Maimoun, story of the Genie, 122—127 ||
| | repeated in Fairy Tales of other lands, 126 |
| Maol-o-Chliobain, story of, 180-4 ||
| March of an ancient tribe, 29 ||
| Maruts, Spirits of the Winds, 25 ||
| Master Maid, the, 80 ||
| Max-Müller, Mr., 13 ||
| | quoted, 21, 50 |
| | teaches the meaning of the Urvasî myth, 52 |
| Medusa, the Gorgon, 90, 95 ||
| Merlin and Vivien, 97 ||
| Mitra, the Sun, 22 ||
| Moon-folk of the Danes, 131 ||
| | meaning of the tradition, 132 |
| Moran, haunted by the Bocan, 160 ||
| More of More Hall kills the dragon of Wantley, 95 ||
| Morgan le Fay, Queen, 97 ||
| Morris, Mr., his "Earthly Paradise," 54 ||
| | "Sigurd the Volsung," 143 |
| Mother, meaning of the Word, 19 ||
| "Myself," name of the Woman who hurts the Glashan, 162 ||
| Mythology, Comparative, its province, 13 ||
| N ||
| Niblung-folk, the, 87 ||
| Nis, a Danish house spirit, 136 ||
| | like the English Boggart, 138 |
| | story of a Nis, 138 |
| | answers to the German Kobold, 141 |
| | story of a Nis in Jutland, 141 |
| O ||
| Odensee, servant girl at, 131 ||
| Odysseus blinds Polyphemos, 86 ||
| Odysseus; kindred heroes, 91, 95 ||
| | = Jack the Giant Killer, 192 |
| Ogier the Dane, 97 ||
| Ogres, 94 ||
| Olaf, St. and the Troll, 146, 147 ||
| Ormuzd, the Good Deity, 14, 109 ||
| Orpheus and Eurydike, legend of, 26, 35, 52 ||
| | name from the Sanskrit, 52 |
| Ouranos, derived from Varuna, 85 ||
| Owen, Professor, 11, 12 ||
| P ||
| Pan, consulted by Psyche, 44 ||
| | assists her, 45 |
| Perfumes used for protection of the Peris, 111 ||
| Peris, 94, 109 ||
| | described, 110 |
| | their war with the Dïvs, 111 |
| | are rays of the sun, 114 |
| Persephone, Psyche sent to the realms of, 46 ||
| | gives Psyche the box with precious beauty, 48 |
| Perseus, 90 ||
| | = Jack the Giant Killer, 192 |
| Persians, the, 109 ||
| Pied Piper of Hamelin, whence derived, 130 ||
| Phœbus at Miletus consulted by Psyche's father, 38 ||
| | heroes kindred with, 91 |
| | kills the Python, 95 |
| Philology Comparative, its province, 13 ||
| Pixies, like the northern Elves, 133 ||
| | fond of pure water, 134 |
| Polyphemos, 95 ||
| | = the storm cloud, 86 |
| Polyphemos, legend of, found everywhere, 89 ||
| | like the Glashan, 162 |
| | like the Devil in the Slavonian story, 163 |
| Pooka, the, 97 ||
| Princesses and the Rakshas, story of, 110 ||
| Prithivi, the earth, 22 ||
| Psyche, story of, 37—49 ||
| | identical with Urvasî and Purûravas, 50 |
| | her sisters' jealousy, 41 |
| | punishment of her sisters, 49 |
| Purûravas and Urvasî, story of, 50 ||
| Puss in Boots, 2, 94 ||
| Python, the, 95 ||
| R ||
| Rajah's daughter, story of a Hindu, 31 ||
| Rakshas, the, 94 ||
| | described, 100 |
| Reksh, Rustem's magic horse, 112 ||
| Rhodopê, story of, 32 ||
| Ribhus, the sunbeams, 25, 26, 52 ||
| Rig Veda, a hymn from the, 21 ||
| Riquet with the Tuft, 98 ||
| Robin Goodfellow, 136 ||
| | his tricks, 137 |
| | the Boggart, another form of, 137 |
| Roland, 97 ||
| Root-forms in various languages, 12 ||
| Rumpelstiltskin, story of, 147 ||
| Russian congener of Jack and the Bean Stalk, 189 ||
| Russian Tales, 96 ||
| Rustem and Tamuras, 111 ||
| | stories of Rustem, 112, 113 |
| | and Zohrab, 114 |
| | his death is the sunset, 114 |
| S ||
| Sanskrit language, the, 12 ||
| | a form of an earlier language, 12 |
| Scandinavian legends, 128 ||
| Schaibar, the dwarf, 97 ||
| Scottish Fairies and Brownies, 96, 160 ||
| Servant girl, the, and the Elves, 130 ||
| Shad-u-kân, kingdom of, where the Peris dwell, 110 ||
| Shaitan tribe, descended from the rebellious Iblees, 117 ||
| Shakespeare, his fairies, 96, 135 ||
| | quoted, 136, 137 |
| Sigurd and Brynhilt, 35, 97 ||
| | heroes kindred with, 91 |
| | kills the dragon, Fafnir, 95 |
| | his sword, = Jack the Giant Killer's, 192 |
| Simūrg, the wonderful bird, 111 ||
| Sindbad, 2, 97 ||
| Sister, meaning of the word, 19 ||
| Skrimner the Giant, and Thor, 193 ||
| Sleeping Beauty, the, 2 ||
| | meaning of the story, 189 |
| Soaring Lark, the, story of, 63—71 ||
| | kindred tales, 82 |
| Solomon, his power over Jinns, 116 ||
| Stories:—Of a Hindu Rajah's daughter, 31 ||
| | of Rhodopê, 32 |
| Stories:—of Cinderella, 33 ||
| | of Eros and Psyche, 37 |
| | of Urvasî and Purûravas, 50 |
| | of the Land East of the Sun and West of the Moon, 54 |
| | of the Soaring Lark, 63 |
| | of the Battle of the Birds, 71 |
| | of the Wolf and the Seven little Kids, 83 |
| | of Conall and the Giant, 87 |
| | of the Golden Key, 90 |
| | of the Princesses and the Rakshas, 101 |
| | of the Blind Man, the Deaf Man, and the Rakshas, 103 |
| | of the Fisherman and the Genie, 117 |
| | of the Genie Maimoun, 122 |
| | of the Troll and St. Olaf, 146 |
| | of Rumpelstiltskin, 147 |
| | of John Dietrich and the Dwarfs, 153 |
| | of a Water-horse and a Water-bull, 163 |
| | of Mac Eachern the Smith of Crossbrig and the Changeling, 167 |
| | of Connal and the Giant, 174 |
| | of the King of Lochlin and his three daughters, 175 |
| | of Maol-o-Chliobain, 180 |
| | of Little Red Riding Hood, 186 |
| Suffolk story of Green Fairies, 132 ||
| Sun, the, source of the Aryan myths, 27 ||
| | the Prince in the Cinderella myth, 34 |
| Sun, symbolised by Purûravas, 52 ||
| | by Eros, 52 |
| | by Orpheus, 52 |
| | the Giant in the Battle of the Birds, 78 |
| | the Golden Fleece in the Jason story, 90 |
| Sürya, the Sun, 22 ||
| Swan Maidens, 142 ||
| Sword, the, made by Velent, 192 ||
| T ||
| Tailor, the, and the Changeling, 170 ||
| Tamuras and Rustem, 111 ||
| Tartar stories, 192 ||
| Tavistock, servant maid at, and the Pixies, 134 ||
| | old woman near Tavistock and the Pixies, 135 |
| Tennyson quoted, 98, 138 ||
| Tethertoun, the King of, 71 ||
| Teutonic fauries, 128 ||
| Theseus, heroes kindred with, 91 ||
| Thor, legend of, 26 ||
| | flings his hammer at the Trolls, 144 |
| | = Jack the Giant Killer, 192 |
| | and the giant Skrimner, 193 |
| Tribe, march of an ancient, 29 ||
| Trolls, 27, 95 ||
| | a curious hill-folk, 143 |
| | story of a Troll near Kund, 144 |
| | dislike music, 144 |
| | very stupid, sometimes, 145 |
| | St. Olaf and the Troll, 146 |
| | the Troll giant and the farmer, 151 |
| Tulips and the Pixies, the, 135 ||
| U ||
| Urvasî and Purûravas, story of, 50 ||
| | meaning of the myth, 52 |
| | other myths of like meaning, 82 |
| Ushas, the Dawn Maiden, 22 ||
| | = Cinderella, 185 |
| V ||
| Varuna, the All-surrounder, hymn to, 22 ||
| | prototype of Ouranos, 85 |
| Vedas, the, 12, 14, 50 ||
| Velent, sword made by him, ||
| | = Jack the Giant Killer's, 192 |
| Vivien and Merlin, 97 ||
| Vritra, the dragon = the Python, 95 ||
| W ||
| Wantley, the dragon of, 95 ||
| Water- Bulls, 163 ||
| | story of, 163 |
| Water-Horses, 163 ||
| | story of, 163 |
| Wayland-Smith derived from the horse-smith Velent, 192 ||
| Welsh Giant, the, 191 ||
| White Bear in the Scandinavian legend, 54 ||
| White Cat, the, 98 ||
| Wild Horseman, legend of the, 25 ||
| Winds, ministers of Indra, 25 ||
| Wolf, the, a figure for Clouds, 188 ||
| Wolf, the, and seven little Kids, 83 ||
| | akin to the Greek legend of Kronos, 85 |
| | meaning of the myth, 85 |
| Woman, the cause of misfortune in various legends, 63 ||
| Words, the teaching of, 12 ||
| Y ||
| Yellow Dwarf, the, 2, 98 ||
| Ygdrassil, possibly akin to Jack's beanstsalk, 190 ||
| Yorkshire, fairy legend of, 133 ||
| | the Boggart in, 137 |
| | story of a Yorkshire Boggart, 138 |
| Z ||
| Zend Avesta, oldest sacred book of the Persians, 14 ||
| Zephyrus, commissioned by Eros, wafts Psyche to safety, 39 ||
| Zeupater = Dyaus pitár, 21 ||
| Zeus sends Hermes to fetch Psyche, 49 ||
| Zohrab, son of Rustem, 114 ||
| | = moon or rising sun, 114 |
THE END.