CHAP.

PAGE

INTRODUCTION

ix

I.

A REVIEW

1

II.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

7

III.

TALES WITH THE SIMPLE THEME AND MISCELLANEOUS 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