S
Sahula, 31
Saineanu, L., Basmele Române, 72, 258
St. George, 121.
See also George, St.
Saints, The, 39, 40;
on earth, 76
Saints, Lives of the, 120
Samodiva.
See Sila.
Sanziana, 117
Sarcophaga canaria, 215
Satan.
See Devil, The
Satan worship, 89
Saturday, Holy Mother, 236
Satyrs, 89
Saul and David, 358
Saw-fly, why is it red? 104;
why does it live in stables? 108
Saxons, 15
Scapegoat, The, 89
Schott, A. and A., 58
Scripture characters, legends of, 57
Sea, The, divided, 268
Sects, Influence of, 55
Seed of the earth, The devil and, 61
Seirim, 89
Semitic languages, 14
Serpent as deceiver of Eve, 219;
bites the swallow’s tail, 220
Seth, The dog dwells with, 362
Setter, The, 317
Sevastos, 319
Śezatoarea, 58
Sheba, Queen of, 239
Sheep, made by the Devil, 22, 88;
given to Adam, 79;
the shepherd and the (God and the lamb), 94;
and the gad-fly, 115, 116;
God’s blessing on, 138;
and the dog, 361
Shepherd, The polite, and the gadfly, 115, 116
Shirt, The poisoned, 299
Sicily, Survivals in, 10
Sila Samodiva, 238
Silkworm, The, its origin, 193
Sin arises among men, 110
Sindbad the Sailor, 262
Singing of the birds, 151
Skeat, Walter, 28
Slavonic language and the Rumanian language, 17;
in Rumania, 51
Slavonic tales, Parallels with Rumanian, 22, 33
Slavs, 15, 50;
and saints, 40;
in the Balkans, 43
“Sleep” ring, 204
Smiths, The, and nails for the Crucifixion, 184
Snake, The, 82;
the Devil as Eve’s house-snake, 211;
stops up holes in the ark, 218;
saved from the burning tree, and King Solomon, 325;
with a headache, 327
Snake-bite, Charm for a cow against, 351;
charm against, 353
Solomon, King, gift of the tuft to the hoopoe, 230;
Solomon’s ring, 272;
as judge between the man and the snake, 325
Songs and ballads, Religious, 48
Sorcery, 55
Soul, The pilgrimage of the, after death, 341;
Egyptian ideas on, 344
Spain, The saints in, 40;
the Goths in, 41;
Arab conquest of, 46
Sparrow, Christ’s curse on, 195;
age of, 196;
and the sapling, 196;
charms against, 197;
accuses man, 339
Sparrow-hawk, The, 302
Spider, The sullen, 70;
and the Holy Mother, 184, 185, 186;
hangs on a thread, 185, 186;
David and the use of, 358
Spiritual unification in religion, 11
Stag, The, and the maiden, 95
Starling, The, variant of Partridge, fox, and hound story, 293
Stars, The, fallen angels, 74;
the Great Bear or Car, 80;
the stolen, 99
Steel, Mrs. F. A., 28
Step-mother, The wicked, 225
Stone, The, eats the Devil and becomes a wolf, 84
Stork, The, and the waters of life and death, 263;
lose their tails, 265;
King of the frogs, 304;
and the tomtit, 305;
pleads for man, 340
Sultan’s horse, The, 329
Summer, The thrush and the making of, 153
Sun, The, stolen, 99;
The Devil and the, 71;
marriage of the, 72;
and moon, 72;
and God’s oxen (bull-flies), 102;
and the Emperor Pic, 199;
and the young knight (cricket), 207;
and the princess Little Light (lark), 240;
and the rat, 318;
slandered by the moon, 359
Sun, Festival of the, 246;
Mother of the, 242, 244;
Sister of the, 245, 247, 248
Survivals in folk-tales, 9, 12, 15, 16, 19, 36, 37, 38
Swallow, The, and the Holy Mother, 185, 186;
a sacred bird, 188;
its origin and forked tail, 188, 220;
guardian spirit of the knocking mountains, 265;
the demon’s wife becomes a swallow with red breast and divided tail, 271;
servant of Holy Sunday, 273;
a sacred bird, 274;
pleads for man, 340
Swan, The, The king and swan maiden, 249;
origin of, 254;
“Song of the dying swan,” 254;
legend of the swan maiden (carol), 256
Swine, Blood of, to water the vine, 92
Sword, The, and the threads, 269
Synaxarium, 120
Syntipas, 330
Syrians, 15
