Popular Tales from the Norse, by George Webbe Dasent, [1904], at sacred-texts.com
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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, |