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Basque Legends; With an Essay on the Basque Language

Wentworth Webster

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  • Book language: English
  • 280 pages

This is a collection of Basque folk legends gathered chiefly in Labourd by the Rev. Wentworth Webster, together with an essay on the Basque language and an appendix of Basque poetry. It opens a window onto Basque oral tradition and is worth listening to for its folklore and linguistic context.

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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.

Contents

  1. Contents.
  2. Introduction.
  3. I.—Legends of the Tartaro.
  4. II—The Heren-Suge.—The Seven-Headed Serpent.
  5. III.—Animal Tales.
  6. IV.—Basa-Jaun, Basa-Andre, and Lamiñak.
  7. V.—Witchcraft and Sorcery.
  8. VI.—Contes des Fées.
  9. VII.—Religious Tales.
  10. An Essay on the Basque Language,
  11. Basque Poetry.
  12. Colophon
  13. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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