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Dead Winter. Frost bound Living Nature. Living Nature in waning Autumn. Aggressive Life of Nature in re-opening Spring. Gross, age-clotted, frozen Matter tempting to the knowledge of good and evil. The Fates. Charon. The Sun.
Father Know-All. King—Father of the heroine. His daughter. The woodman—father of the hero. Hero, son of the woodman. Old man leaning on a staff; dead one being buried. The three fates—godmothers of the hero. Ferryman over the black sea. As child, adult and old man.
Long, Broad, and Sharp-Eyes. Lord of the Castle of Steel—father of the heroine. His daughter, dressed in white. Her white spectre is one of twelve seen by the prince in the tower. The old king—father of the hero. The prince, son of the old king, and hero. The old woman who brings the serpent. Long, Broad, and Sharp-Eyes. Outskirts of a dense wood.
Golden Locks. King—father of Golden Locks. Golden Locks, one of twelve maidens; the only one with golden hair. A king, Jirichek’s master. Jirichek, the king’s servant, and hero. The old woman who brings the serpent. The ants, the ravens, and a fish. A fly is added. Outskirts of a black forest. In part Golden Locks.
Reason and Fortune. A king—father of the heroine, his cruel counsellor, and the executioner. His daughter, dumb from her twelfth year. A peasant cottage proprietor. Vanek, his son, the hero. Reason and Good Luck. A carver, tailor and the hero. Outskirts of a pine forest, with wolves.
George and His Goat. A king—father of the heroine. His daughter, who cannot laugh. A shepherd. George, his son, the hero. The goat. Long, Broad, and Sharp-Eyes. The mayor looking out of the window.
The Three Citrons. Lord of the Castle of Steel—father of the heroine. The third of the maidens who appear at the cleaving of the citrons. An old king—father of the hero. His son, the hero. Jezibaba, who incites the prince to go for the three citrons, and appears to him before the castles of lead, silver and gold. The three giants of the castles of lead, silver and gold, respectively. Three days before point of meeting with the twelve ravens. The giant of the castle of gold
The Sun-horse. Mother-in-law of the three kings. A horse with a sun on its forehead. The king of the sunless kingdom. A seer, the hero. In part the mother in-law and the three queens, and the old man at the bridge. In part the servants and the old man leaning on a staff. Cottage of the seer.
Right yet Remains Right. Father of the sick heroine (a princess). An invalid princess. A gamekeeper. His son, the hero. Also a gamekeeper. An old woman who points out the well. Gallows and the three damned spirits.