to whoever can propose a
riddle she cannot solve (in our story it is the hero who must give
the answer to the princess's riddle). On his way to court, the hero
receives magic objects. He successfully outriddles his opponent,
but is put in prison. He wins release and the princess's hand by
means of the magic objects. (See Thompson, 415-416.)

36.

Page 283. A New-Mexican Spanish variant of "Juan Tinoso" (JAFL 24 :
403-408) combines features from "John the Bear."

Page 284. The "Iron Hans" cycle (Grimm, No. 136) Bolte and Polivka
(3 : 97) outline as follows:--

(A1) A prince sets free a wild man, Iron Hans, whom his father has
captured; (A2) the prince flees from the machinations of his hostile
or wanton step-mother; (A3) the wild man bestows on a childless couple
a son, who, however, after a definite term, must be surrendered to him.

(B) While with Iron Hans, whose orders he disobeys, the boy acquires
golden halt, and (B1) is either forgiven and restored to favor, or
(B2) escapes on a talking horse.

(C) After covering his gold hair with a hat or cloth, he takes service
as a gardener at a king's palace, where the princess falls in love
with him.

(D) At a tournament he appears three times on a magnificent horse
that Iron Hans has furnished him with, and he gains the hand of the
king's daughter.

(E) He manifests his nobility as victor in a combat, as a
dragon-killer, as a bringer of a cure for the sick king (cf. No. 97),
or on a hunt, where he disgraces his mocking brothers-in-law.

(F) Iron Hans or the helpful horse is disenchanted.

For American Indian variants of the "Iron Hans" cycle, see Thompson,
350-357.

Page 284, line 3. For throwing of apples to intended husbands, see
Bolte-Polivka, 2 : 381; 3 : 111.

Line 16. For the branding of the brothers-in-law, see Grimm, Nos. 59,
91, 97; also Bolte-Polivka, 3 : 114 (note 1).

Juan Tinoso means John the Scabby. Two French versions have exactly the
same title, "Jean le Teignous" and "Jean le Tigneux" (Bolte-Polivka,
3 : 99). A somewhat distant Sinhalese relative of "Juan Tinoso,"
in which the hero is a turtle, is Parker, No. 151 (2 : 345-352).

In an Osage Indian story occurs the release of an imprisoned monster
by a boy (Thompson, 331).

38.

Page 288. For bibliography of the question "How much is the king
worth?" see Bolte-Polivka, 3 : 232. The Negrito's counter-demand to
the king's third task (i.e., drink all the fresh water) is identical
w