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For some months he believed that, by means of magnetism exercised on somnambulists, he had discovered the exact spot at Pointe a Pitre where Toussaint-Louverture hid his treasure, and afterwards shot the negroes he had employed to bury it, lest they should betray its hiding-place.
Pitré, vol. xii. p. 304, note; vol. xv. p. 154; "F. L. Españ." vol. ii. p. 51; De Gubernatis, "Usi Natal." p. 219, quoting Bézoles, "Le Baptême." Bartsch, vol. i. p. 46; Jahn, p. 89; Grimm, "Teut. Myth." p. 468; Simrock, p. 418.
The whole island, indeed, is somewhat unsafe; for the hapless town of Point-a- Pitre, destroyed by that earthquake, stands not on the volcanic Basse Terre, but on the edge of the marine Grande Terre, near the southern mouth of the salt-water river. Heaven grant these good people of Guadaloupe a long respite; for they are said to deserve it, as far as human industry and enterprise goes.
Introduction to Romero, p. x.; Arnaudin, p. 5. Pitré, vol. iv. p. xvii. "Wide-awake Stories," p. 1; Knowles, p. ix. White, vol. i. p. vi.; Sir G. Grey, p. vii.; Gill, p. xx.; Rink, pp. 83, 85. Ellis, "History of Madagascar," vol. i. p. 264; Sproat, "Scenes and Studies of Savage Life," p. 51; Im Thurn, pp. 215, 216. Burton, "Nights," vol. x. p. 163; "Revue des Trad. Pop." vol. iv. p. 6.
See. e.g., Papillault, Bulletin Société d'Anthropologie, 1899, p. 446. Guinard, Art. "Castration," Richet's Dictionnaire de Physiologie. J. Whitridge Williams, Obstetrics, 1903, p. 132. Zeitschrift für Ethnologie, 1878, p. 19. C. Pitre, Medicina Populare Siciliana, p. 47.
"F. L. Journal," vol. vii. p. 318; Pitré, vol. iv. pp. 391, 410. A variant given by Prof. Basset, p. 161, quoting Bresnier, "Cours de langue Arabe." In a Maya story given by Dr. "Journ. Ethnol. Soc." N. S., vol. ii. p. 26; Giles, passim; Brauns, p. 388. "Y Cymmrodor," vol. v. p. 94. Map, Dist. ii. c. 11. Map, Dist. ii. c. 12. "Y Cymmrodor," vol. iv. p. 201.
Von Wlislocki, p. 76; Campbell, vol. ii. p. 293; Luzel, "Contes," vol. i. pp. 198, 217; "Annuaire des Trad. Pop." 1887, p. 53; Pitré, vol. v. pp. 238, 248; Grundtvig, vol. i. p. 148; Schneller, pp. 103, 109.
Ralston, "Tibetan Tales," p. 53; Landes, p. 123; Comparetti, vol. i. p. 212, translated "F. L. Record," vol. ii. p. 12; Grimm, "Tales," vol. ii. p. 331; Poestion, p. 55; Vernaleken, p. 274; Pitré, vol. iv. p. 140; Sastri, p. 80. Leland, p. 300. Cf. ibid. p. 140, where the maidens are called weasels, and ultimately marry stars. "Y Cymmrodor," vol. iv. p. 201.
This often occurs, as we have seen, in märchen, where the contrast between the heroine and her father, or, as it is then often put, her master, is very strong. It occurs, too, in tales belonging to other types. A märchen told by Dr. Pitré relates that a man had a pet magpie, which by enchantment had the power of casting its wings and becoming a woman.
Meier, p. 69; Müller, p. 140; "N. and Q.," 7th ser. vol. v. p. 501. Pitré, vol. v. p. 23. The story in its present form does not say that the human food enabled the lady to return from Fairyland, but only that it saved her life. Probably, however, an earlier version may have shown the incident in a more primitive form. Bent, p. 46.
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