The Grateful Dead; the history of a folk story

by Gordon Hall Gerould

The Folk-Lore Society

FOR COLLECTING AND PRINTING

RELICS OF POPULAR ANTIQUITIES, &c.

ESTABLISHED IN
THE YEAR MDCCCLXXVIII.

Alter et Idem.

PUBLICATIONS

OF

THE FOLK-LORE SOCIETY

LX.

[1907]

THE

GRATEFUL DEAD

THE HISTORY OF A FOLK STORY

BY

GORDON HALL GEROULD

B. Litt. (Oxon.)

PRECEPTOR IN ENGLISH IN PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

Published for the Folk-Lore Society by

DAVID NUTT, 57—59 LONG ACRE

LONDON

GLASGOW: PRINTED AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS
BY ROBERT MACLEHOSE AND CO. LTD.

TO
PROFESSOR A. S. NAPIER
IN GRATITUDE AND FRIENDSHIP

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAP.		PAGE
	Introduction	ix
I.	A Review	1
II.	Bibliography	7
III.	Tales with the Simple Theme and Miscel- ⁠laneous Combinations	26
IV.	The Grateful Dead and The Poison Maiden	44
V.	The Grateful Dead and The Ransomed Woman	76
VI.	The Grateful Dead and The Water of Life or ⁠Kindred Themes	119
VII.	The Relations of The Grateful Dead to The ⁠Spendthrift Knight, The Two Friends, and ⁠The Thankful Beasts	153
VIII.	Conclusion	162
	Index	175