*Frontmatter, pg. i*Note to the Paperback Edition, pg. v*Preface, pg. vii*Contents, pg. ix*Introduction, pg. 1*Prologue, pg. 21*I. The Universe and Its Beginnings, pg. 23*II. The Animal and His World, pg. 91*III. The Realm of Man, pg. 159*IV. Man and His Fate, pg. 227*Epilogue, pg. 305*Sources of the Folktales, pg. 309*Glossary, pg. 313*Index, pg. 321