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Acheria, the Fox.—p. 43.
Second Edition.
Basque Legends:
Collected, Chiefly in the Labourd,
With an Essay
On
The Basque Language,
On
The Basque Language,
Together with
Appendix: Basque Poetry.
Appendix: Basque Poetry.
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To
M. Antoine D’Abbadie,
of Abbadia,
Member of the Institute of France,
this
Translation of Legends,
originally told in the language of his ancestors,
in grateful acknowledgment
of
kindly courtesy and of ever-ready assistance,
is
dedicated
by his obliged and obedient servant,
Wentworth Webster. [v]
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Contents.
- Page
- Introduction vii
- I.—Legends of theTartaro 1
- The Tartaro 4
- M. d’Abbadie’s Version 4
- Variations of above 5
- Errua, the Madman 6
- Variations of above 10
- The Three Brothers, the Cruel Master, and theTartaro 11
- The Tartaro and Petit Perroquet 16
- II.—The Heren-Suge.—TheSeven-Headed Serpent 20
- The Grateful Tartaro and the Heren-Suge 22...