Norwegian folk tales
A collection of Norwegian folk tales.
Other Authors: | Asbjørnsen, Peter Christen, 1812-1885,, Werenskiold, Erik Theodor, 1855-1938,, Kittelsen, Theodor, 1857-1914,, Moe, Jørgen Engebretsen, 1813-1882, |
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English Norwegian |
Published: |
New York,
Viking Press
[1960]
New York : Viking Press, [1960] |
Physical Description: |
188 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm. |
Series: |
Pantheon fairy tale & folklore library.
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Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- The boys who met the trolls in the Hedal Woods
- The seventh father of the house
- The parson and the sexton
- The ash lad who made the princess say, "You're a liar"
- Taper-Tom who made the princess laugh
- The charcoal burner
- The three princesses in the mountain-in-the-blue
- The golden bird
- The squire's bride
- Little Freddie with his fiddle
- Soria Moria Castle
- The princess who always had to have the last word
- The ash lad who had an eating match with the troll
- The companion
- Butterball
- The ram and the pig who went into the woods to live by themselves
- The fox as shepherd
- The mill that grinds at the bottom of the sea
- The old woman against the stream
- The hare who had been married
- The house mouse and the country mouse
- The bear and the fox who made a bet
- Squire Per
- The key in the distaff
- The boy with the beer keg
- The cock and the fox
- Not driving and not riding
- The golden castle that hung in the air
- White-bear-king-Valemon
- "Good day, fellow!" "Axe handle!"
- The tabby who was such a terrible glutton
- The devil and the bailiff
- The ash lad and the good helpers
- Gudbrand of the hillside
- The twelve wild ducks.