Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-307) and indexes
Puputiriru: An Eastern Folktale from the Disciplina clericalis -- - On Alfonso X's "Interrupted" Encounter with a soldadeira -- - Martinez de Toledo's "Nightmare" and the Courtly and Oral Traditions -- - Knitting and Sewing Metaphors and a Maiden's Honor in La Celestina -- - El idolatra de Maria: An Anti-Christian Jewish Ballad? -- - Gil Vicente's Remando Vao Remadores and Barca Bela -- - The Oral Transmission of Flerida -- - The Sephardic Ballad -- - The Spanish Ballad -- - The Portuguese Ballad -- - Three New Ballads Derived from Don Duardos -- - O Hortelao das Flores -- - Lizarda -- - El falso hortelano -- - Puputiriru -- - A Princesa -- - Flerida (Sephardic Versions) -- - O Hortelao das Flores -- - El falso hortelano -- - Ballads, Popular Songs, and Folktales -- - Euphemisms and Metaphors -- - Subjects and Proper Names