Basque Legends
Description
Basque Legends is a book by English folklorist Wentworth Webster, first published in 1877. It is a collection of mythology and folklore from the Basque people, an ethnic group from Spain, which the author collected from local people after living and working in Saint-Jean-de-Luz from 1869 - 1882.
Stories in this collection include: The Tartaro; Errua, The Madman; The Three Brothers, The Cruel Master, And The Tartaro; The Tartaro and Petit Perroquet; The Grateful Tartaro and the Heren-Suge; The Seven-Headed Serpent; The Serpent in the Wood; Acheria, The Fox; The Ass and the Wolf; Basa-Jauna, The Wild Man; The Servant at the Fairy's; The Fairy in the House; The Pretty But Idle Girl; The Devil's Age; The Fairy-Queen Godmother; The Witches at the Sabbat; The Witches and the Idiots; The Witch and the New-Born Infant; The Changeling; The Young Schoolboy; The Son Who Heard Voices, and many more.
Also includes an essay on the Basque language and some Basque poetry.