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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... bear her name. In England one of our commonest and prettiest insects is still called after her, but which belonged to Freyja, the heathen “Lady,” long before the western nations had learned to adore the name of the mother of Jesus. The ...
... bears; and it is a common thing to say of one of those beasts, when he gets unusually savage and daring, “that can be no Christian bear.” On such a bear, in the parish of Oföden, after he had worried to death more than sixty horses and ...
... bear on popular traditions; that they were then already worn and washed out and moralized. The horse was a sacred animal among the Teutonic tribes from the first moment of their appearance in history, and Tacitus has related, how in the ...
... bear the glorious face of the Sun, of Baldr's beaming visage, or the bright flash of Thor's levin bolt. In one aspect, the whole race of Giants and Trolls stands out in strong historical light. There can be little doubt that, in their ...
... bears and wolves than that they should fall victims to the fury of the enemy. They grew into fine strong youths, who learnt under his tuition to bend the bow, to wield the sword, and to slay the wild beasts of the forest. As they grew ...
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SUCH WOMEN ARE OR THE MAN FROM RINGERIGE | |
THE OUTLAW | |
THE SEVEN RAVENS | |
THE ROSSTRAPPE OR HORSES FOOTMARK | |