Matthias Johann Eisen

Changeling 13

Only for Himself 21

The Grey Ones of Lapland 26

The Beggar-woman\'s Blessing 33

Seven Years Spent in Lapland

The Piper 44

A Clever Wife 51

Waiting for Death 57



Juhan Kunder

Big Peter and Little Peter 61

The Making of the Wolf 74

The Cuckoo 79

The Guardian Wolf 85

The Cat and the Mouse 89

The Swallow 93

The Golden Egg 98

The Stoker and the Devil 108

The Northern Lights 113

The Cunning Stoker 117

The Keen-witted Orphan 121



Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald

Thunderer\'s Trumpet 128

Woody and Barky 135

The Bold Threshing-barn Stoker 141

A Strange Steer Bartering 154

The Orphan\'s Hand-mill 163

Good Deed Rewarded 169

The Tender-hearted Wood-cutter 174



Three Setu Tales

The Tarred Ox 180

The Goat with Two Kids 186

Fox as a Nighth\'s Lodger 192



In Conclusion 197