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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... THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW— RIP VAN WINKLE.) THE DWELLER IN THE ILSENSTEIN. THE ROSSTRAPPE; OR, HORSE'S FOOT-MARK. KING WALDEMAR. WHY THE SEA IS SALT. THE TWELVE WHITE PEACOCKS. THE MASTER-SMITH. GUDBRAND ON THE HILL-SIDE.
... horse or bird. This was only part of that omnipotence which all gods enjoy. But the belief that men, under certain conditions, could also take the shape of animals, is primæval, and the traditions of every race can tell of such ...
... horses and six men, it is said that a girdle of bearskin, the infallible mark of a man thus transformed, was found ... horse, sledge, and lad, and all, and his answer, “I'm at home, alike north, and south, and east, and west;” his name ...
... horse was a sacred animal among the Teutonic tribes from the first moment of their appearance in history, and ... horse decided the choice for the crown. In England, at any rate, we have only to think of Hengist and Horsa, the twin ...
George Webbe Dasent. horses, and the Sagas contain many stories of good steeds, in whom their owners trusted and believed as sacred to this or that particular god. Such a horse is Dapplegrim, who saves his master out of all his perils ...
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LEGEND OF TANNHAUSER | |
THE PRINCESS ON THE GLASS MOUNTAIN FROM SOUTH | |
THE WIDOWS | |
SUCH WOMEN ARE OR THE MAN FROM RINGERIGE | |
THE OUTLAW | |
THE SEVEN RAVENS | |
THE ROSSTRAPPE OR HORSES FOOTMARK | |