Contents
CONTENTS.
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| MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR, | |
| INTRODUCTION. |
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| ORIGIN, | |
| DIFFUSION, | |
| NORSE MYTHOLOGY, | |
| NORSE POPULAR TALES, | |
| CONCLUSION, | |
| TALES. |
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| 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, | |
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| BOOTS WHO MADE THE PRINCESS SAY, "THAT'S A STORY," | |
| THE TWELVE WILD 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, | |
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| 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 THIEF, | |
| 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 | |
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| 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, | |
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| INTRODUCTION TO APPENDIX, | |
| NOTE TO INTRODUCTION TO APPENDIX, | |
| APPENDIX. |
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| 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, | |
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| 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, |