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Cole's Tinguin Folktales — a different Philippine area than covered in Fansler.

Beckwith's Hawaiian Mythology.

A comprehensive study, now in progress, of the principal tale and myth collections of Australia, Melanesia, Polynesia, and Micronesia. References are made directly to these works.

Special studies, such as Luomola's Maui of the Thousand Tricks.

Thompson's Tales of the North American Indians, with comparative notes.

Alexander's North American Mythology and Latin American Mythology.

Eskimo collections, annotated by Bjorn Winger.

Gay ton and Newman's comparative study of the California area.

Mrs. Pessoa's monograph on the flood myths of North and South America.

The Handbook of South American Indians, which in its six volumes gives a good summary of the myths of tribes over the continent.

Various other collections, especially those of Alfred Métraux.

Additional North American Indian references furnished by Dr. Remedios Wycoco Moore in her unpublished Ph. D. thesis Types of North American Indian Tales.

Miscellaneous notes from various collections.

Native motifs from Klipple's African Tales with Foreign Analogues.

Further notes from various collections, chosen so as to be representative of different areas.

Of all fields of traditional literature included in this index, that concerning local legends is least complete. The list is based upon several general books, such as Werhahn's Die Sage and the various surveys of Sagen in the FFCommunications. In addition, a large number of monographs on special legends have been used.