P. 307 b. Add 'Linden,' Kristensen's Skattegraveren, V, 50, No 455.
A princess in the form of a toad is kissed three times and so disenchanted: Revue des Traditions populaires, III, 475-6. A princess in the form of a black wolf must be kissed thrice to be disenchanted: Vernaleken, Alpensagen, p. 123. A princess persuades a man to attempt her release from enchantment. Three successive kisses are necessary. On the first occasion she appears as a serpent; he can kiss her but once. The second attempt is also unsuccessful; she appears as a salamander and is kissed twice. The third time she takes the form of a toad, and the three kisses are happily given. Luzel, in the Annuaire de la Soc. des Traditions populaires, II, 53. (G.L.K.)
502 b, 34, first line. Read Decurtins for Decurtius.
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