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THE PHILOSOPHY OF FOLK-TALES

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(c) Jorinde and Joringel (58).

(d) Fir Apple (59).

(e) The Two Brothers (61).

(f) The Pink (75).

(g) The Gold Children (78).

Also 1. a. (b), (e), (g).

c. Goodness triumphant over Evil (Magic).

(a) Hansel and Grcthel (14).

(b) Old Mother Frost (24).

(c) The Table, the Ass, and the Stick (35).

(d) The Robber-Bridegroom (40).

(e) The Almond Tree (47).

(f) Roland (55).

Also 1. a.; 1. b. (b), (c), (d),(f); 2. (e); 3. (a), (e) ; 4. (g).

2. Simplemindedness (or Stupidity) attended with good fortune.

(a) The tale of one who travelled to learn what shivering meant (4).

(b) The Good Bargain (7).

(c) The Three Spinsters (13).

(d) The Three Languages (33).

(e) The Golden Bird (39).

(f) The Knapsack, the Hat, and the Horn (53).

(g) The Little Farmer (57).

(h) The Queen Bee (62).

(i) The Three Feathers (63).

(j) The Golden Goose (64).

Also 1. b. (e); 3. (a), (b): 10. c. (a).

In (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e) stupidity is the characteristic, and in (b) and (g) cunning is added.

3. Ability, or Valour, rewarded (by royal marriage).

(a) The Three Snake Leaves (15).

(b) The White Snake (17).

(c) The Valiant Little Tailor (19).

(d) The Riddle (22).

(e) The Singing Bone (28).