And so we reach the final volume in this small collection of tales from the north. Originally I intended to complete the series with the Finnish volume, but as ever, there were just too many fabulous stories in my archive to call such an immediate halt.
In this volume we have work collected by Jørgen Engebretsen Moe and Peter Christen Asbjørnsen taken from East o’ the Sun and West o’ the Moon and Norske Folkeeventyr, much of which I have adapted from George Webbe Dasent’s translations in Popular Tales from the Norse and from Andrew Lang’s Red Romance Book.
Norse mythology is generally considered to be the body of myths of the North Germanic peoples , stemming from Norse paganism and continuing after the Christianisation of Scandinavia and into the Scandinavian folklore of the modern period. The northernmost extension of Germanic mythology, Norse mythology consists of tales of various deities, beings, and heroes derived from numerous sources from both before and after the pagan period, including medieval manuscripts, archaeological representations, and folk tradition.
The collecting of generic Scandinavian folklore began when Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden sent out instructions to all of his priests in the 1630’s to collect the folklore of their area. They collected customs, beliefs that were not sanctioned by the church, and other traditional material. As a result of their common Germanic origin, Scandinavian folklore shows a large correspondence with folklores elsewhere, such as England and Germany, among others.
So, for the final time from the winter lands of the north, I hope you enjoy these stories as much as I do.
Зміст
PREFACE
TRUE AND UNTRUE
VIGGO AND BEATE
THE OLD DAME AND HER HEN
HACON GRIZZLEBEARD
THE SLAYING OF HALLGERDA’S HUSBANDS
THE TWELVE WILD DUCKS
THE FOX AS HERDSMAN
PRINCESS ON THE GLASS HILL
THE DEATH OF GUNNAR
THE COCK AND HEN
HOW ONE WENT OUT TO WOO
THE TWO STEP SISTERS
BUTTERCUP
NJAL’S BURNING
TAMING THE SHREW
SHORTSHANKS
GUDBRAND ON THE HILL-SIDE
WHY THE BEAR IS STUMPY-TAILED
NOT A PIN TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THEM
THE THREE AUNTS
RICH PETER THE PEDLAR
GERTRUDE”S BIRD
BOOTS AND THE TROLL
GOOSEY GRIZZEL
THE MASTER THIEF
THE BEST WISH
WELL DONE AND ILL PAID
DAPPLEGRIM
FARMER WEATHERSKY
LORD PETER
THE SEVEN FOALS
BUSHY BRIDE
TATTERHOOD
THE COCK AND HEN THAT WENT TO THE DOVREFELL
THUMBIKIN
DOLL I’ THE GRASS
THE LAD AND THE DEVIL
THE COCK AND HEN A-NUTTING
THE BIG BIRD DAN
LITTLE ANNIE THE GOOSE-GIRL
HISTORICAL NOTES
ABOUT THE EDITOR
Про автора
I was born in 1962 into a predominantly sporting household – Dad being a good footballer, playing senior amateur and lower league professional football in England, as well as running a series of private businesses in partnership with mum, herself an accomplished and medal winning dancer.I obtained a degree in History from Leeds University before wandering rather haphazardly into the emerging world of business computing in the late nineteen-eighties.
A little like my sporting father, I followed a succession of amateur writing paths alongside my career in technology, including working as a freelance journalist and book reviewer, my one claim to fame being a by-line in a national newspaper in the UK, The Sunday People.
I also spent 10 years treading the boards, appearing all over the south of the UK in pantos and plays, in village halls and occasionally on the stage of a professional theatre or two.
Following the sporting theme, and a while after I hung up my own boots, I worked on live TV broadcasts for the BBC, ITV, TVNZ, Euro Sport and others as a rugby ‘Stato’, covering Heineken Cups, Six Nations, IRB World Sevens and IRB World Cups in the late ’90’s and early ’00’s.
I try to combine my love of storytelling with a passion for information technology, and am currently Vice President – Technology with a major UK Fin Tech company.
You can find out more about Clive’s work and contact me at: https://www.boyonabench.com
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