Scandinavian legends and folk-tales
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TextSeries: (Oxford myths and legends)Oxford/New York Oxford University Press 1979Description: 222p.; illContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0192741241
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Reprint of the 1st (1956) edition.. Retold by Gwyn Jones.. Illustrated by Joan Kiddell-Monroe.
Princes and trolls. 1 Prince Lindworm. 2 The giant who had no heart in his body. 3 The wild swans. 4 White-Toes and Bushy-Bride. 5 The seven foals. 6 East of the sun and west of the moon. Tales from the ingle-nook. 1 Lad Carl. 2 The captain's goose. 3 True and untrue. 4 Porridge with a troll. 5 The three billy-goats Gruff. 6 The cat on the Dovrefell. 7 Why the bear has a stumpy tail. 8 A stork is not always a stork. From the land of fire and ice. 1 The hauntings at Thorhallstead: The coming of Glam; The desolation of Vatnsdal; Grettir the Strong. 2 Hali becomes a poet. 3 Grim and the merman. 4 Asmund, Authun, and Odd. 5 Authun and the bear. 6 Thorsteinn Shiver. Kings and heroes. 1 The dog king in Denmark. 2 The tale of Nornagest. 3 Volund the smith. 4 King Hrolf and the bear's son: Bothvar Bjarki and his brothers; The bear's son comes to court; The Uppsala ride; The battle with Skuld
'The stories he has chosen to tell come from Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden....There are folk tales as well as sagas and tales of kings and heroes....'
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