The Complete and Original Norwegian Folktales of Asbjørnsen and Moe /

The Complete and Original Norwegian Folktales of Asbjørnsen and Moe / Peter Christen Asbjornsen and Jorgen Moe ; Translated by Tiina Nunnally ; Foreword by Neil Gaiman.

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"New, modern English translation of the folk tales collected by Peter Christen Asbjornsen and Jorgen Moe, which was first published in Norway in 1841, and a second edition in 1852"--

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Authors: Asbjørnsen, Peter Christen, 1812-1885 (Author), Moe, Jørgen Engebretsen, 1813-1882 (Author)
Other Authors: Nunnally, Tiina, 1952- (Translator)
Other title:Works. Selections.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Norwegian
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2019.
Subjects:
Folk literature, Norwegian.
Tales > Norway.
Folklore > Norway.
Folklore.
Tales.
Norway.
Table of Contents:
  • About Ash Lad, who stole the troll's silver ducks, coverlet, and golden harp
  • The Gjertrud bird
  • The griffin
  • The quandary
  • Richman Peddler Per
  • Ash Lad, who competed with the troll
  • About the boy who went to the North Wind and demanded the flour back
  • The Virgin Mary as godmother
  • The three princesses in White Land
  • Some women are like that
  • Everyone thinks their own children are best
  • A tale of courtship
  • The three aunts
  • The widow's son
  • The husband's daughter and the wife's daughter
  • The rooster and the hen in the nut forest
  • The bear and the fox
  • Gudbrand Slope
  • Kari Stave-Skirt
  • The fox as shepherd
  • The blacksmith they didn't dare let into hell
  • The rooster and the hen
  • The rooster, the cuckoo, and the black grouse
  • Lillekort
  • The doll in the grass
  • Paal Next-Door
  • Soria Moria Castle
  • Sir Per
  • Little Aase Goosegirl
  • The boy and the devil
  • The seven foals
  • Gidske
  • The twelve wild ducks
  • The master thief
  • The three sisters who were taken into the mountain
  • About the giant troll who never carried his heart with him
  • Dappleband
  • Nothing is needed by the one all women love
  • Ash Lad, who got the princess to say he was lying
  • The three Billy Goats Gruff, who were supposed to go to the mountain pasture to fatten up
  • East of the sun and west of the moon
  • The hen who had to go to Dovre Mountain or else the whole world would perish
  • The man who had to keep house
  • Tom Thumb
  • Haaken Speckled-Beard
  • Master Maiden
  • Well done and poorly rewarded
  • True and untrue
  • Per and Paal and Esben Ash Lad
  • The mill that keeps grinding at the bottom of the sea
  • The maiden on the glass mountain
  • Butterball
  • Big Per and Little Per
  • Ragged Cap
  • The bushy bride
  • The tabby cat on Dovre Mountain
  • Farmer Weather-Beard
  • The blue ribbon
  • The honest four-skilling coin
  • The old man of the house
  • Foreword to the second Norwegian edition / Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
  • From the introduction to the second Norwegian edition / Jørgen Moe
  • Foreword to the third Norwegian edition / Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
  • Foreword to the fourth Norwegian edition / Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
  • Notes on the regional collection sites of the tales.

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