Dacian survivals, 10
Dacians, 15
Dähnhardt (Oskar) Natursagen named, 26, 27, 65, 72, 83, 84, 87, 88
Danube, The, 120
Days as divinities, 274
Death, The angel of, 365
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