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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