Page:Folk-lore - A Quarterly Review. Volume 4, 1893.djvu/548

 536 Miscellanea. Folk-Tales. . The Merchant, the Pri7tcess, and the Grateful Animals. — Hero saves animals' lives, who reward him. Magic ring, with four attendant demons. Sympathetic plant (life index), which withers if the hero falls in misfortune. Four tasks for a suitor. Wife's shoe falls in the water, and a king finding it falls in love with its owner. The wife is tricked into yielding her husband's magic ring. This is recovered and the pair come together again by aid of the grateful beasts. . How the Jackal got the Weaver married. 7. Hoiv the Manjhi won his Wife. 8. The Brahinan attd Mother Ganges. . The Tiger, the Brahmaft, and the Covetous Goldsmith. . The Rival Queens. (" Cruel step-mother replaced by cruel co- wife.