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| Author: | Peter Christen Asbjørnsen |
| Category: | Translated Fairy Tales [Edit] |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | Project Gutenberg |
| Release Date: | 01 Sep 2005 |
| Pages: | 458 |
| File Size: | 2.34 MB |
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| Creation Date: | 19 Jul 2022 |
| Rank: | 791,489 No 1 most popular |
| Short link: | Copy |
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The Author Book Popular Tales from the Norse and the author of 11 another books.
Asbjørnsen, Peter Christen, 1812-1885
Compiler: Asbjørnsen, Peter Christen, 1812-1885
Compiler: Moe, Jørgen Engebretsen, 1813-1882
Translator: Dasent, George Webbe, Sir, 1817-1896
Title: Popular Tales from the Norse
Contents: True and untrue -- Why the sea is salt -- The old dame and her hen -- East o' the sun and west o' the moon -- Boots, who ate a match with the troll -- Hacon Grizzlebeard -- Boots, who made the princess say "That's a story" -- The twelve wild ducks -- The giant who had no heart in his body -- The fox as herdsman -- The mastermaid -- The cat on the Dovrefell -- Princess on the glass hill -- The cock and hen -- How one went out to woo -- The master-smith -- The two step-sisters -- Buttercup -- Taming the shrew -- Shortshanks -- Gudbrand on the hill-side -- The blue belt -- Why the bear is stumpy-tailed -- Not a pin to choose between them -- One's own children are always prettiest -- The three princesses of Whiteland -- The lassie and her godmother -- The three aunts -- The cock, the cuckoo, and the black-cock -- Rich Peter the Pedlar -- Gertrude's bird -- Boots and the troll -- Goosey Grizzel -- The lad who went to the North Wind -- The master thief -- The best wish -- The three billy-goats Gruff -- Well done and ill paid -- The husband who was to mind the house -- Dapplegrim -- Farmer Weathersky -- Lord Peter -- The seven foals -- The widow's son -- Bushy bride -- Boots and his brothers -- Big Peter and Little Peter -- Tatterhood -- The cock and the hen that went to the Dovrefell -- Katie Woodencloak -- Thumbikin -- Doll i' the grass -- The lad and the Deil -- The cock and hen a-nutting -- The big bird Dan -- Soria Moria Castle -- Bruin and Reynard -- Tom Totherhouse -- Little Annie the goose-girl.
Language: English
LoC Class: PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
Subject: Fairy tales
Subject: Tales -- Norway
Subject: Fairy tales -- Norway
Subject: Folklore -- Norway
Release Date: Sep 1, 2005
Copyright Status: Public domain in the USA.
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