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Dacian survivals, 10

Dacians, 15

Dähnhardt (Oskar) Natursagen named, 26, 27, 65, 72, 83, 84, 87, 88

Dalmatia, 46, 52

Danube, The, 120

Days as divinities, 274

Death, The angel of, 365

Demon husband, The, 267, 282

Devil, The, belief in, 38;
Rumanians and the, 40;
and the seed of the earth, 61;
and the bee, 63, 71;
and the sun, 71;
the fall of, 78;
makes the wolf, 79, 82;
and the car, the mill, and fire, 80;
power of the wolf over, 80;
the hairs of the wolf, 80, 81, 82, 83;
fires the eyes of the wolf, 81, 82;
becomes a wolf, 84;
ate by the wolf, 85;
goats and his fire, 86;
creates the goat, 88;
depicted with goat’s horns and hoof, 89;
helps Noah to plant the vine, 92;
strife with God, 97, 100;
St. George leads against, 97;
loses Paradise, 98;
stealing the sun, 99;
and the clever men, 122;
and Eve, 210, 213, 219;
as snake, 211;
as mouse, 211, 213, 214;
contract with God for the dead, 216;
and the St. Peter’s foot, 217;
and the Archangel Michael’s foot, 217

Devil worship.
See Dualism

Devil’s daughter as nun, 134

Devil’s horse, The (dragon-fly), 97

Dib-dib, The, 331

Dionysios, St., 92

Dog, The, and the wolf, 79;
enmity with the cat, 208, 209;
three-headed, 242;
two-headed, 243;
the magic dog and the demon, 267;
with a headache and the snake, 327;
challenges the wolf, 335;
length and manner of life, 337;
and man, 339;
why it fights the cat, 360

Dog-headed people, 284;
saint, 287

Dogma, 38

Dogs and cats, Men changed into, 122

Dogs, St. Peter’s.
See Wolf, The

Doomsday, 85

Dositheus, Archbishop, 120

Dove, The, in legendary tales, 275;
the three white doves, 276;
its origin, 277;
the raven imitates its walk, 363.
See also Turtle dove

Dragon, The, of Cerna, 118

Dragon-fly, The (devil’s horse), 97

Drunkenness, Animal characteristics, 92, 93

Dualism, 25, 36, 38, 39, 49;
Iranian, 26;
in Russia, 53;
and devil worship, 54, 55

Duck, The, The girl who becomes a duck, 261;
why ducks are fat and feed on refuse, 261;
the wild duck accuses man, 339

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