Basque Legends; With an Essay on the Basque Language
Wentworth Webster, an English clergyman settled in the French Basque country, gathered these tales by ear, chiefly in the province of Labourd, from peasants, fishermen and servants who told them in Basque. The book is arranged by kind: legends of the Tartaro, a one-eyed giant close kin to the Cyclops; the Heren-Suge, a seven-headed serpent; animal fables; the Basa-Jaun or wild man of the woods and the fairy Lamiñak; witches and their sabbaths; and a long run of fairy tales and saints' legends. Webster adds notes comparing each story with versions elsewhere in Europe, and the volume closes with Julien Vinson's essay on the Basque language and an appendix on Basque poetry. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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