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Maruts, Spirits of the Winds, 25
Master Maid, the, 80
Max-Müller, Mr., 13
 quoted, 21, 50
 teaches the meaning of the Urvasî myth, 52
Medusa, the Gorgon, 90, 95
Merlin and Vivien, 97
Mitra, the Sun, 22
Moon-folk of the Danes, 131
 meaning of the tradition, 132
Moran, haunted by the Bocan, 160
More of More Hall kills the dragon of Wantley, 95
Morgan le Fay, Queen, 97
Morris, Mr., his "Earthly Paradise," 54
 "Sigurd the Volsung," 143
Mother, meaning of the Word, 19
"Myself," name of the Woman who hurts the Glashan, 162
Mythology, Comparative, its province, 13
 
N
Niblung-folk, the, 87
Nis, a Danish house spirit, 136
 like the English Boggart, 138
 story of a Nis, 138
 answers to the German Kobold, 141
 story of a Nis in Jutland, 141
 
O
Odensee, servant girl at, 131
Odysseus blinds Polyphemos, 86
Odysseus; kindred heroes, 91, 95
 = Jack the Giant Killer, 192
Ogier the Dane, 97
Ogres, 94
Olaf, St. and the Troll, 146, 147
Ormuzd, the Good Deity, 14, 109
Orpheus and Eurydike, legend of, 26, 35, 52
 name from the Sanskrit, 52
Ouranos, derived from Varuna, 85
Owen, Professor, 11, 12
 
P
Pan, consulted by Psyche, 44
 assists her, 45
Perfumes used for protection of the Peris, 111
Peris, 94, 109
 described, 110
 their war with the Dïvs, 111
 are rays of the sun, 114
Persephone, Psyche sent to the realms of, 46
 gives Psyche the box with precious beauty, 48
Perseus, 90
 = Jack the Giant Killer, 192
Persians, the, 109
Pied Piper of Hamelin, whence derived, 130
Phœbus at Miletus consulted by Psyche's father, 38
 heroes kindred with, 91
 kills the Python, 95
Philology Comparative, its province, 13
Pixies, like the northern Elves, 133
 fond of pure water, 134
Polyphemos, 95
 = the storm cloud, 86