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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... KING GRAM. HELGI, SON OF HIORWARD. LEGEND OF TANNHAUSER. THE WEREWOLF. - SWEDISH. THE PRINCESS ON THE GLASS MOUNTAIN. - FROM SOUTH SMALAND. THE THREE DOGS. THE WIDOW'S SON. THE THREE AUNTS. SUCH WOMEN ARE; OR, THE MAN FROM RINGERIGE AND ...
... King of the Trolls, just as we sometimes find in the Edda friendly meetings between the Æsir and this or that Frost Giant. In “Tatterhood,” the Trolls are very near akin to the witches of the Middle Age. In other tales, as “The Blue ...
... King Sverri's Saga we read, “And so it was just like what is said to have happened in old stories of what the king's children suffered from their stepmother's ill-will.” And ... KING GRAM. SKIÖLD, King of Yutland (Denmark), and the bordering.
George Webbe Dasent. KING. GRAM. SKIÖLD, King of Yutland (Denmark), and the bordering districts of Sweden and Norway, ruled his people with love and kindness. He abolished all cruel laws, introducing in their stead just and humane ...
... king himself, with the queen at his side, sat on the throne overlooking the whole procession. It was thus that Gram entered the harbour of the capital. Old Skiöld stood on the shore with his comrades and a large assembly of people. They ...
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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 | |