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THE PHILOSOPHY OF FOLK-TALES.

Also 1. b. (b), (e), (f); 2. (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (i), (j); 10. c. (a).

4. Wit (Cunning) superior to (mere) Strength or Power.

(a) Thumbling (36).

(b) The Travels of Thumbling (45).

(c) The Feather Bird (46).

(d) Old Sultan (48).

(e) Rumpelstiltskin (54).

(f) The Dog and the Sparrow (56).

(g) How Six travelled through the World (70).

(h) The Wolf and the Man (71).

(i) The Wolf and the Fox (72).

(j) The Fox and God-mother Wolf (73).

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

5. Cunning overreaching Simplicity.

(a) Cat and Mouse in Partnership (2).

(b) The Wonderful Musician (8).

(c) Clever Grethel (76).

Also 2. (g); 4. (h), (i), (j).

6. Villainy and Cunning overreaching itself.

(a) The Wolf and the Seven Little Goats (5).

(b) Little Red Cap (26).

(c) The Rogue and his Master (68).

Also 1. c. (c).

7. Bad Conduct punished.

a. Forbidden Curiosity.

(a) The Woodcutter's Child (3).

(b) Faithful John (6).

(c) The Feather Bird. [See 4 (c).]

b. Disobedience.

(a) The Gold Children. [See 1. b (g).]

(b) The Old Witch (43).

Also 6. (a), (b): 7. a. (a), (b), (c).