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86 entries · 4 sections

by George Webbe Dasent

Start Reading Page Index Notice to the Second Edition Notice to the First Edition Contents Memoir of George Dasent

Introduction

Origin Diffusion Norse Mythology Norse Popular Tales Conclusion Extracts From Press Notices

Popular Tales from the Norse

True and Untrue Why the Sea Is Salt The Old Dame and Her Hen East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon Boots Who Ate a Match with the Troll Hacon Grizzlebeard Boots Who Made the Princess Say, ''That's A Story.''The Twelve Ducks The Giant Who Had No Heart in His Body The Fox as Herdsman The Mastermaid The Cat on the Dovrefell Princess on the Glass Hill How One Went Out to Woo The Cock and Hen The Master-Smith The Two Step-Sisters Buttercup Taming the Shrew Shortshanks Gudbrand on the Hill-side The Blue Belt Why the Bear Is Stumpy-Tailed Not a Pin to Choose Between Them One's Own Children Are Always Prettiest The Three Princesses of Whiteland The Lassie and Her Godmother The Three Aunts The Cock, the Cuckoo, and the Blackcock Rich Peter the Pedlar Gertrude's Bird Boots and the Troll Goosey Grizzel The Lad Who Went to the North Wind The Master Theif The Best Wish The Three Billy-Goats Gruff Well Done and Ill Paid The Husband Who Was to Mind the House Dapplegrim Farmer Weathersky Lord Peter The Seven Foals The Widow's Son Bushy Bride Boots and His Brothers Big Peter and Little Peter Tatterhood The Cock and Hen That Went to the Dovrefell Katie Woodencloak Thumbikin Doll i' the Grass The Lad and the Deil The Cock and Hen a-Nutting The Big Bird Dan Soria Moria Castle Bruin and Reynard Tom Totherhouse Little Annie the Goose-Girl

Appendix

Introduction to Appendix: Ananzi Stories Note Why The Jack-Spaniard's Waist is Small Ananzi and the Lion Ananzi and Quanqua The Ear of Corn and the Twelve Men The King and the Ant's Tree The Little Child and the Pumpkin Tree The Brother and his Sisters The Girl and the Fish The Lion, the Goat, and the Baboon Ananzi and Baboon The Man and the Doukana Tree Nancy Fairy The Dancing Gang