G
Gabriel, The Archangel, 99, 101, 104;
wager with Voinic, 105
Gad-fly, The, and the cattle, 114, 116
Gaster, M., Chrestomatie Romăna, 58;
Exempla of the Rabbis, 126;
Literatura Populara Română, 204, 348;
Chronicles of Jerahmeel, 319
Genoese and Venetian traders and St. George, 120
George, St., and the dragon legend, 16, 98, 101;
fights the devil, 97;
his horse, 97;
and the dragon, variant, 120
George, St., Life of, 120
Ghirosana, Ana, 117
Giants, The, 90;
destruction of the, 215
Gimlet, The, 218
Gion, 287
Gipsies, 15, 17;
and transmission of folk-tales, 24;
as villain and fool, 24;
and the bee and wasp 135, 137;
greed of, 161;
and the nails for the Crucifixion, 190
Gipsies’ bird, The (wagtail), 161
Gipsy, The, and the swan queen, 249
Giurgiu, 121
Glove, The fur, becomes a cat, 212, 213, 214
Glow-worms, 25, 38;
angelic sparks, 39, 74, 75;
light St. Peter’s way, 77;
and the cuckoo, 77
Gnat, The, and the flea, 306;
and the lion, 307;
and the buffalo, 310
“Gnat and the Lion, The,” 22
Goat, with wings, 86;
tries to steal God’s fire, 86;
why its knees are bare, 86, 88;
devil’s beast, 87, 88;
God gives it life, 87, 88;
its intelligence, 87;
without tail, 88;
with the devil’s eyes, 89;
the goat-devil in popular belief, etc., 89;
Noah and the, 90;
leads Noah to discover the vine, 90
Goat’s knees, The, 27
God, 26, 38, 39, 48;
and the sun, 71;
makes the dog, 79;
and the devil, 79–81;
gives life to the wolf, 80, 82, 83, 85;
and the devil’s fire, 86, 87;
and the lamb (carol), 94;
strife with the devil, 97, 100;
his herds and flocks (the bull-fly), 102;
and the rude cowherd, 114, 116;
and the polite shepherd, 115, 116;
and the false teachers, 122;
and the young animals and birds, 170;
and young crows, 170;
and the old woman who became a tortoise, 180;
and the mosquito’s food, 200;
allots the span and manner of life, 336;
rewards the good man, 346;
and the angel of death, 365
Goddesses of fate, 21
“God’s hens” (swallows), 274
Gods, The heathen, rob Paradise, 99
Goldfinch, The, elected king of birds, 168;
and the cuckoo, 169
Gonzenbach’s Tales, 57
Goths, 15;
Arianism, 41, 43;
their kingdom, 41;
their original home and migration, 42;
adopt Christianity, 42;
their conquests, 43;
conversion of rulers to Catholicism, 43;
beliefs and practices, 43;
and the Teutonic language, 45;
and the dissemination of heretical myths, 49
Grape vine, The.
See Vine
Grasshopper, The mower, 127;
origin of, 129
Greece, Bogomilism in, 51
Greek Church.
See Eastern Church
Greek folk-lore, 50
Greek, Modern, folk-lore, 20, 21
Greek mythology, 244
Greek myths, 12
Greeks, 15
Grimm’s Tales, 49, 57, 88, 167, 178, 235, 293, 309, 324, 331
