| PAGE | |
| PREFACE | ix |
| INTRODUCTION— | |
| ESTHONIA | xiii |
| THE KALEVIPOEG | xviii |
| FOLK-TALES IN PROSE | xxii |
| BALLADS AND OTHER SHORT POEMS | xxiii |
| PASTOR HURT'S COLLECTIONS | xxiv |
| MYTHOLOGY | xxvi |
| PART I | |
| THE HERO OF ESTHONIA | |
| THE KALEVIPOEG | 1 |
| THE ARGUMENT | 2 |
| CANTO I.—THE MARRIAGES OF SALME AND LINDA | 7 |
| CANTO II.—THE DEATH OF KALEV | 18 |
| CANTO III.—THE FATE OF LINDA | 24 |
| CANTO IV.—THE ISLAND MAIDEN | 32 |
| CANTO V.—THE KALEVIDE AND THE FINNISH SORCERER | 38 |
| CANTO VI.—THE KALEVIDE AND THE SWORD SMITHS | 42 |
| CANTO VII.—THE RETURN OF THE KALEVIDE | 49 |
| CANTO VIII.—THE CONTEST AND PARTING OF THE BROTHERS | 55 |
| CANTO IX.—RUMOURS OF WAR | 61 |
| CANTO X.—THE HEROES AND THE WATER-DEMON | 64 |
| CANTO XI.—THE LOSS OF THE SWORD | 72 |
| CANTO XII.—THE FIGHT WITH THE SORCERER'S SONS | 80 |
| CANTO XIII.—THE KALEVIDE'S FIRST JOURNEY TO HADES | 87 |
| CANTO XIV.—THE PALACE OF SARVIK | 94 |
| CANTO XV.—THE MARRIAGE OF THE SISTERS | 105 |
| CANTO XVI.—THE VOYAGE OF THE KALEVIDE | 110 |
| CANTO XVII.—THE HEROES AND THE DWARF | 119 |
| CANTO XVIII.—THE KALEVIDE'S JOURNEY TO PÕRGU | 124 |
| CANTO XIX.—THE LAST FEAST OF THE HEROES | 129 |
| CANTO XX.—ARMAGEDDON | 135 |
| PART II | |
| ESTHONIAN FOLK-TALES | |
| SECTION I | |
| TALES ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE "KALEVIPOEG" | |
| THE MILKY WAY | 147 |
| THE GRATEFUL PRINCE | 152 |
| THE CLEVER COUNTRYWOMAN | 186 |
| SLYBOOTS | 187 |
| THE HOUSE-SPIRIT | 207 |
| THE GOLD-SPINNERS | 208 |
| SECTION II | |
| ORPHAN AND FOUNDLING STORIES | |
| THE WOOD OF TONTLA | 237 |
| THE KING OF THE MISTY HILL | 259 |
| THE ORPHAN'S HANDMILL | 260 |
| THE ORPHAN BOY AND THE HELL-HOUNDS | 261 |
| THE EGG-BORN PRINCESS | 273 |
| THE ROYAL HERD-BOY | 279 |
| TIIDU, THE FLUTE-PLAYER | 303 |
| THE LUCKY EGG | 308 |
| THE MAGICIAN IN THE POCKET | 321 |
| THE GOD-DAUGHTER OF THE ROCK-MAIDENS | 321 |
| THE FOUNDLING | 321 |