Popular Tales from Norse MythologyCourier Corporation, 2012 M04 13 - 352 páginas Embodying the fears, fantasies, and forebodings of the people who lived in northern Europe when the world was a darker and more frightening place, these 42 authentic folktales were culled from the rich legacy of Norse and German mythology by noted folklorist George Webbe Dasent. They include stories of princes and princesses who have been transformed into animals, trolls, and maneating giants who possess magical powers, and good-hearted, clever young men and women, often poor and ridiculed, who eventually come away with wealth and love beyond measure. |
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... asked, when an old woman of his flock insisted that she had been in his house with the company of “the Good Lady,” and had seen him naked and covered him up, “How, then did you get in when all the doors were locked?” “We can get in ...
... asked for a band of warriors, that he might avenge his mother's father on King Hrodmar, who had slain him. Many warriors mustered round him, and he marched away as if to certain victory. The war soon blazed in the enemy's land, and the ...
... asked for his daughter's hand, replied that he liked Tannhäuser very much, and would give him his daughter willingly if he had the wherewithal to support her. Minstrelsy was all very well, he added, but it would not keep a family in ...
... asked her to let him go. At first she refused, and then consented, saying that he might come back to her if he did not find what he was going away to seek. So he went out into the sweet fresh air, which was so pure that it gave him new ...
... that all the woman said was true. She therefore asked her what description of wife it were most desirable that the king should select. The woman, in many words, all sweet as honey, answered, “Ill. THE WEREWOLF - SWEDISH.
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SUCH WOMEN ARE OR THE MAN FROM RINGERIGE | |
THE OUTLAW | |
THE SEVEN RAVENS | |
THE ROSSTRAPPE OR HORSES FOOTMARK | |