i-iv -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY AND ABBREVIATIONS -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- TYPE INDEX -- I. ANIMAL TALES -- II. ORDINARY FOLKTALES -- III. JOKES AND ANECDOTES -- IV. FORMULA TALES -- V. UNCLASSIFIED TALES -- MOTIF-INDEX -- A. MYTHOLOGICAL MOTIFS -- Β. ANIMALS -- C. TABU -- D. MAGIC -- Ε. THE DEAD -- F. MARVELS -- G. OGRES -- Η. TESTS -- J. THE WISE AND THE FOOLISH -- Κ. DECEPTIONS -- L. REVERSAL OF FORTUNE -- Μ. ORDAINING THE FUTURE -- Ν. CHANCE AND FATE -- P. SOCIETY -- Q. REWARDS AND PUNISHMENTS -- R. CAPTIVES AND FUGITIVES -- S. UNNATURAL CRUELTY -- Τ. SEX -- U. THE NATURE OF LIFE -- V. RELIGION -- W. TRAITS OF CHARACTER -- X. HUMOR. Teil 1 -- X. HUMOR. Teil 2 -- Ζ. MISCELLANEOUS GROUPS OF MOTIFS