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Chapter 24

Index to Legends and Myths

  • Acis and Galatea, 532
  • Adam, Eve, the Wolf, and the Dog, 362
  • Adam’s Tree, 303
  • Ajax, 404
  • Albertus Magnus, 133
  • Ali Baba and the Sesame, 544
  • Amaracus, 433
  • Amaranthus, 212
  • Andromeda, 214
  • Arabian Priests and Cinnamon, 283
  • Argonauts, 81, 249
  • Arjuna, the Betel Thief, 251
  • Aroth, Maroth, and the Beauty, 577
  • Aspen and the Flight into Egypt, 230
  • Aspen and the Passion, 229
  • Aspic and Balm-tree, 239
  • Asses and Hemlock, 145
  • Atalanta and Hippomenes, 218
  • Atys and Agdistis, 210
  • Atys and Cybele, 495
  • Baldr and the Mistletoe, 440
  • Balm Trees of Cairo, 124
  • Bachelier and the Anemone, 216
  • Bacchus and the Pomegranate, 499
  • Batou and the Cedar, 275
  • Bertram and the Heartsease, 484
  • Birth of Vishnu, 241
  • Blacksmith changed to a Bear, 250
  • Bonze and the Mouse, 513
  • Bosworth Field, 360
  • Buddha, 4, 420, 491
  • Buddha and Mâra, 4
  • Bushman Rice, 514
  • Callimachus and the Acanthus, 206
  • Calchas and Mopsus, 335
  • Ceres and Proserpine, 504
  • Chang Ching and the Fairy, 449
  • Charlemagne and the Thistle, 269
  • Chinese Trees of Love, 274
  • Clairon and the Violets, 581
  • Clovis, 387
  • Clytie and Phœbus, 365
  • Cosmogonic Lotus, 419
  • Cossacks and Tartars, 286
  • Crocus and Smilax, 299
  • Crown Imperial, 347
  • Cyanus and the Cornflower, 277
  • Cyparissus, 302
  • Czekanka, 326
  • Danes and the Thistle, 562
  • Daphne and Phœbus, 404
  • Daughter of the Laurel, 408
  • Death of Buddha, 539
  • Devil and Blackberries, 258
  • Devil and the Oats, 472
  • Devil and the Reed, 512
  • Devil’s Brother, 451
  • Dewadat and Buddha, 268
  • Diarmuid and Grainne, 531
  • Duke of Tuscany’s Gardener, 392
  • Dryope, 417
  • Earl of Essex’s Horses, 445
  • Elm of Ethiopia, 131
  • Emperor of China, 447
  • Envious Sisters, 436
  • Erisichthon, 77
  • Esthonian Peasant, 254
  • Eugénie and Napoleon III., 581
  • Eve and the Snowdrop, 546
  • Fairy Wife, 356
  • Fairy Widower, 333
  • Faithful Wife, 551
  • Falcon and Soma, 439
  • Fatal Elopement, 582
  • Father Garnet’s Straw, 134
  • Fig of Paradise, 127
  • Fir-tree Elf, 65
  • First Roses, 515
  • Flora and Zephyr, 215
  • Forget-me-not, 342
  • Fulke and the Plantagenets, 260
  • Garden of the Lower Regions, 223
  • Gefroi and the Broom, 260
  • Glastonbury Thorn, 352
  • Glaucus, 541
  • Golden Apples, 477
  • Grey Horse, 265
  • Hanpang and Ho, 274
  • Hercules and Cerberus, 442
  • Holy Family and Date Palm, 312
  • Holy Rose of Jericho, 528
  • Honor Garrigan and the Blackberries, 259
  • Hoopoe and Springwort, 142
  • Hop-o’-my-Thumb, 263
  • Hulda and the Selige Fräulein, 340
  • Hyacinthus, 383
  • Ianthis, 578
  • Ice Mountain, 223
  • Iduna and the Apples, 217
  • Indra and Namuchi, 207
  • Io, 578
  • Iosbert, 519
  • Isabella and the Basil, 246
  • Iseult and Tristan, 389
  • Isis and Osiris, 560
  • James, Duke of Monmouth, 257
  • Jehanghir and Attar of Roses, 521
  • Jesus Christ and the Broom, 260
  • Jesus Christ and the Apples, 222
  • Juno and Hercules, 397, 412
  • Jussieu and the Cedar, 274
  • Kang Wou and the Cassia, 271
  • Khatties, The, 116
  • King Midas and the Barber, 511
  • King Oswald and the Moss, 445
  • Kissos, 388
  • La Cour and the Tuberose, 568
  • Ladislas and the Plague, 350
  • Laurel Maiden, 75
  • Leucothea, 346
  • Lieschi, the Geni of the Forest, 253
  • Life-giving Herb, 144
  • Lords of Linden, 416
  • Lotus and Priapus, 417
  • Luckflower, 112
  • Lycurgus and the Cabbage, 264
  • Macbeth and Sweno, 546
  • Magic Fern-seed, 330
  • Magic Flute, 431
  • Magic Mustard-seed, 453
  • Magic Pumpkin, 507
  • Magic Thistle, 562
  • Magic Violin-bow, 81
  • Main de Gloire, 428
  • Malvina and Oscar, 308
  • Mandrake, 426
  • Maria Theresa and the Camellia, 266
  • Maschia and Maschiäna, 301
  • McDonough’s Baby, 361
  • Melampus and Hellebore, 368
  • Melius and the Apple, 218
  • Mercury and his Rod, 362
  • Mexican Water Age, 435
  • Mignonette, 437
  • Milkmaid and Enchanted Cow, 288
  • Millet-thief, 438
  • Milto, 518
  • Minerva and the Olive, 473
  • Monastery of St. Christine, 257
  • Murdered Virgin, 591
  • Myrene, 454
  • Myrrha, 453
  • Narcissus, 457
  • Novice and the Styrax, 131
  • Oak of Signa, 469
  • Olive-bearing Birds, 143
  • Ominous Red Rose, 199
  • Orchis and Acolasia, 478
  • Origin of the Tea-shrub, 561
  • Orpheus and the Elms, 323
  • Osmund and the Danes, 479
  • Pæon and Æsculapius, 493
  • Pæonia and Phœbus, 493
  • Parizataco, 534
  • Pales and the Fishermen, 209
  • Pelops and Myrtillus, 252
  • Pélé, Goddess of the Volcano, 585
  • Perkun and the Deluge, 583
  • Phaethon and the Heliades, 502
  • Philemon and Baucis, 414
  • Phyllis and Demophoon, 210
  • Picts and Heather Beer, 365
  • Pilgrim and the Palm, 481
  • Polydorus and Polymnestor, 295
  • Postomani, 505
  • Prophetic Trees of Basle, 198
  • Proserpine and the Pomegranate, 500
  • Pyramus and Thisbe, 447
  • Pythagoras and the Beans, 247
  • Queen Christiania’s Diamonds, 213
  • Queen of Sheba and Solomon, 18, 19, 303
  • Queen of the Serpents, 451
  • Ranunculus, 510
  • Rhodanthe, 515
  • Rhœcus and Jupiter, 463
  • Rosa Marina, 527
  • Rose and the Sun, 516
  • Rose Elf, 66
  • Rose of Bakawali, 570
  • Rübezahl, 509
  • Russalka and Basilek, 278
  • Sacaibu and the First Men, 296
  • Santon Akyazli, 381
  • Sappho and Phaon, 327
  • Satan and the Eglantine, 317
  • Sâvitri, 65
  • Seth and the Angel, 18, 19
  • Seven Oaks, 471
  • Seven Sisters, 324
  • Shepherd of Ilsenstein, 552
  • Shepherdess and the Oak, 468
  • Side, 500
  • Sister of the Flowers, 76
  • Sivika and the Magic Wheat, 293
  • Stone Tree, 126
  • St. Benedict and Antidotes to Poison, 374
  • St. Benedict and the Rose-briar, 525
  • St. Brigid, 468
  • St. Cecilia, 133
  • St. Christopher, 482
  • St. Dorothea, 133, 222
  • St. Dunstan and the Devil, 223
  • St. Dunstan and the Apple-trees, 223
  • St. Elizabeth of Hungary, 133, 519
  • St. Francis of Assisi, 519
  • St. Leonard and the Dragon, 414
  • St. Margaret of Cortona, 432
  • St. Martin’s Yew, 591
  • St. Patrick and the Shamrock, 545
  • St. Peter’s Mother, 410
  • St. Rosa di Lima, 519
  • St. Serf, 219
  • St. Thomas and the Madonna, 413
  • St. Thomas and his Tree, 130
  • Syrinx and Pan, 559
  • Thlaspis, 268
  • Thorn of Cawdor Castle, 362
  • Titteli Ture, 555
  • Tree of Adam, 17, 19
  • Tree of Tiberias, 132
  • Trees and the Cross, 386
  • Trees and the Crucifixion, 48
  • Trees and their Monarch, 474
  • Trees of the Sun and Moon, 123
  • Ulysses and the Lotos Eaters, 418
  • Ulysses and the Moly, 442
  • Venus and Adonis, 214, 341, 411
  • Venus and the Rose, 516
  • Venus and the Violet Nymphs, 579
  • Venus’ Mirror, 267
  • Veronica, 550
  • Vertumnus and the Nymph, 307
  • Virgin Mary and St. John, 483
  • Virgin Mary and the Cherry-tree, 279
  • Virgin Mary and the Fig-tree, 558
  • Virgin Mary and the Juniper, 395
  • Virgin Mary and the Lupine, 423
  • Virgin Mary and the Orange-tree, 478
  • Virgin Mary and the Palm, 481
  • Virgin Mary and the Pine, 496
  • Virgin Mary and the Rosemary, 526
  • Virgin Mary and the Strawberry, 556
  • Walnut-tree of Benevento, 584
  • Wandering Jew, 238
  • Wang Chih and the Date-stone, 312
  • Watcher of the Roads, 325, 498
  • Water Lily of Paradise, 463
  • White Maidens of the Fichtelgebirge, 556
  • Wild Woman and the Shepherdess, 253
  • William the Conqueror, 533
  • Willow Nymph, 81
  • Witches and Alder Wood, 209
  • Withered Tree of the Sun, 130, 131
  • Wonderful Linden-tree, 415
  • Woodpecker and the Spring-wort, 141, 551
  • World of the Lower Regions, 577
  • Xerxes and the Plane-tree, 497
  • Zoroaster, 521