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CONTENTS.<br />

V<br />

Of Water Elves.<br />

Page<br />

I. The Mermaid 76<br />

II. Fountain Maidens 77<br />

III. The Neck and the Stromkarl 78<br />

The Wild Hunt 83<br />

Mystic Animals<br />

The Mountain Troll 1 85<br />

II. Sten of Fogelkarr 86<br />

Ill 87<br />

IV 88<br />

The Trolls celebrate Christmas 89<br />

Origin of the Noble Name of Trolle<br />

The Giant's Path<br />

The Tomte or Swedish Niss<br />

Ravens.—Py slingar and Mylingar.— Skrat , 94<br />

The Werwolf 96<br />

Jack o' Lantern 97<br />

The Ram in the Getaberg<br />

The Dragon, or White Serpent 98<br />

The Uninvited Wedding Guests 100<br />

Of Lund Cathedral 101<br />

The Chm-ch-grim and the Church-lamb 102<br />

Hehge Thor's Kalla (Well) 103<br />

Of the Virgin Mary<br />

Yule-Straw 104<br />

The Biai-aan, or Bare 105<br />

Midsummer Eve 106<br />

Christmas 107<br />

The Cuckoo<br />

Swedish Popular BeUef 108<br />

lb.<br />

f>l<br />

ib.<br />

ib.<br />

ib.<br />

ib.<br />

ib.<br />

III.<br />

DANISH TRADITIONS.<br />

Trolls — Barrow- or Mount-Folk, Elf-Folk, and<br />

Dwarfs.<br />

Origin of Trolls 115

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