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East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales From the North
| Author: | Peter Christen Asbjørnsen |
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Wordsworth Editions, 1995 |
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| Book Type: | Collection |
| Genre: | Fantasy |
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Synopsis
These Scandinavian folk tales take the imagination of the reader from rags to riches, from skulduggery to heroism, via witches' curses, beautiful princesses, giants, quests, billy goats and the occasional wicked troll, to a happy ending.
Table of Contents:
- An Old-Fashioned Christmas Eve
- The Lads who Met the Trolls in Hedale Forest
- Matthias the Hunter's Stories
- The Lad and the Devil
- The Man Who Was Going to Mind the House
- The Cormorants of Udröst
- The Giant Who Had No Heart
- The Pancake
- A Day with the Capercaillies
- The Greedy Youngster
- The Seven Fathers in the House
- Brave Old Bruin
- Mother Bertha's Stories
- The Smith and the Devil
- The Three Billy-Goats Who Went Up Into the Hills to Get Fat
- Peter Gynt
- Legends of the Mill
- The Lad and the North Wind
- Ashiepattle and the King's Hares
- Mackerel Trolling
- Peik
- Foolish Men and Scolding Wives
- The Parson and the Clerk
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