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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... imagination dealing most largely with giants, that to their minds were personifications of the most turbulent forces of nature, as their mythology shows. POPULAR TALES FROM NORSE MYTHOLOGY George Webbe Dasent DOVER PUBLICATIONS,
... THE LAD WHO WENT TO THE NORTH WIND. THE CAT ON THE DOVREFELL. THE THREE SISTERS WHO WERE ENTRAPPED INTO A MOUNTAIN. THE BOY THAT STOLE THE GIANT'S TREASURE. INTRODUCTION. NORSE POPULAR TALES. THE NORSEMEN came from the East,
... Giants in Promethean phrase would have called it, well knew that Hel, one of this giant progeny, was fated to do them all mischief, and to outlive them, they took her and made her queen of Niflheim, and mistress over nine worlds. There ...
... name itself, and his distant abode, surrounded with the corpses of the slain, sufficiently betray the divinity in disguise. His transformation, too, into a hawk answers exactly to that of Odin when he flew away from the Frost Giant.
George Webbe Dasent. of Odin when he flew away from the Frost Giant in the shape of that bird. But in these tales such transformations are for the most part passive; they occur not at the will of the person transformed, but through ...
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SUCH WOMEN ARE OR THE MAN FROM RINGERIGE | |
THE OUTLAW | |
THE SEVEN RAVENS | |
THE ROSSTRAPPE OR HORSES FOOTMARK | |