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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... leave of his lady-love, promising to return in a year with the needful provision; and he hopefully intended to keep his promise. He rode away sad at heart; but the weather was so beautiful, and the birds were singing so gaily, that he ...
... leaves and flowers”; so saying, he thrust his gold-headed walking stick into the ground, and walked away leaving it there. Tannhäuser then exclaimed in his misery, “What shall I do? The highpriest of the Lord has cast me off, heaven is ...
... leave both land and people in thy care. But thou shalt promise me one thing, that thou wilt keep the wild man, so that he escape not while I am absent.” The queen promised to do her best both in that and all things besides: and the king ...
... leave unsaid; though we are told that she turned both pale and red, when she presented the young prince with the golden apple. All that now remained was to discover the gold-clad knight, for no one knew him. For some time hopes were ...
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SUCH WOMEN ARE OR THE MAN FROM RINGERIGE | |
THE OUTLAW | |
THE SEVEN RAVENS | |
THE ROSSTRAPPE OR HORSES FOOTMARK | |