Spain, 99–100
Spanish tradition, 94, 117
Spenser, Edmund, ix, xxiii
Stallybrass, James S., ix–x, xv
Stenner, Mrs. (informant), 71
Stephens, James, 106
Stepmother: makes pies of dead stepdaughter, 28
Studholme, Mary (informant), 123
Stupidity: because of deafness, 128; because of ignorance of language, 127
—examples: banana thought to cause blindness, 123; church fertilized, 130; foolish farmhand, 137–38; literal interpretation of instructions, 121, 135–36, 137; mirror mistaken for photograph, 134–35; wall built to retain bird, 129
Supernatural ability: to foresee future, 18; to put people in trance, 21, 22, 23, 24; to remove trance, 22, 23, 24; to see fairies, 38–39; to see ghosts and spirits, xxix; to wish oneself somewhere or something else, 18–19, 22, 24, 25
—great skill: imp spins five skeins in one night, 13–16
—great strength: at jumping, 86–87; in running, 87
Supernatural beings. See Apple-Tree Man, Bogey, Fairy, Green Lady, Pixy, Witch
Suffolk, 10, 129
Sussex, 76, 95, 99
Swedish tradition, 6, 68, 122, 132, 133
Taboo: protects primitive man, x; violated, 4–5, 9, 50
—nature of: eating fairies’ food, 8; looking through keyhole, 7; speaking about a certain happening, 49; speaking to fairy, 88; touching fairy, 88; using fairy ointment, 38; using unkind name, 4, 5; women at fishing grounds, 57
Tasks: answer three questions, 120; assigned by witch, 7–10; guess unusual name, 13–16; run around garden before entering Heaven, 115; spin five skeins in one night, 12–15; write out sins before entering Heaven, 114
Test, bride: fitting glass slipper, 25; pouring half-cup of tea, 100–101
Thiselton-Dyer, T. F. (English folklorist), 50, 58
Thomas, Northcote W. (English folklorist), 38
Thompson, Stith (American folklorist), xvii, xix, 27
Thompson, T. W. (English gipsy-lorist), xxv, 16, 125
—Notebooks of, xxvi, xxix–xxx, 90, 127
Thorns, William John (English folklorist), v, ix, xii
Tom Tit Tot, xxiii, 13–16
Tongue, Ruth (English folklorist), xx, xxiii, xxvii, xxix, 26, 28, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 44, 46, 47, 50, 51, 54, 55, 56, 61, 62, 68, 70, 71, 72, 73, 75, 78, 80, 86, 87, 88, 90, 92, 94, 95, 96, 105, 106, 107, 109, 124, 129, 137, 138, 140, 147
Tortoise: sent on errand, 144–46
Transformations: human into animal: witch into cat, 57; woman into rabbit and back, 63
—animal into human: dog into young man, 4; rabbit into woman, 54
—supernatural creature into human: Devil into woman, 77
—supernatural creature into animal: pixies into cattle, 56; spirit into horse, 78; spirit into pig, 65. See also Soul
—object into object: cider mug into silver mug, 34; gold mug into toadstool, 37; leaves into gold, 34; wood chips into ships, 95
Treachery: lover digs grave, 93; sexton digs unneeded grave, 61–62; stepmother makes pies of stepdaughter, 28. See also Death, Deception
Tregeagle, xiv
Trickery: outwitting bogey, 29; misleading greedy brother, 46
Turkish tradition, 130
Tylor, E. B. (English anthropologist), v, x, xv
