True and untrue and other Norse tales

True and untrue and other Norse tales / edited and compiled by Sigrid Undset ; illustrated by Frederick T. Chapman.

A selection of Norwegian folktales, this book is based on the classic folklore collected by Pieter Christian Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe. These stories tell of worlds similar to our own, worlds with love and hate, sorrow and joy, humor and pathos.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Undset, Sigrid, 1882-1949 (Editor), Chapman, Frederick T. (Frederick Trench), 1887-1983 (Illustrator)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2013]
Edition:First University of Minnesota Press edition.
Subjects:
Short stories, Old Norse.
FICTION > Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology.
HISTORY > Europe > Scandinavia.
Short stories, Old Norse
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Table of Contents:
  • True and untrue
  • The mastermaid
  • Soria Moria Castle
  • The seven foals
  • Dapplegrim
  • Farmer Weathersky
  • The giant who had no heart in his body
  • The Big Bird Dan
  • The boy with the ale keg
  • The blacksmith they were afraid to receive in hell
  • Gertrude's bird
  • Why the sea is salt
  • Buttercup
  • Herding the king's hares
  • The ashlad who made the princess say, "You lie"
  • Well done and ill paid
  • Why the bear is stumpy-tailed
  • The fox as herdsman
  • Gudbrand on the hillside
  • Little Frikk and his fiddle
  • The husband who was to mind the house
  • Not a pin to choose between them
  • The squire's bride
  • The master thief
  • The parson and the sexton
  • East o' the sun and west o' the moon
  • The reward of the world.

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