Peter Christen Asbjørnsen

Sir George Webbe Dasent

Jørgen Engebretsen Moe

With an Introductory Essay on the Origin and Diffusion of Popular Tales

Popular Tales from the Norse

The most careless reader can hardly fail to see that many of the Tales in this volume have the same groundwork as those with which he has been familiar from his earliest youth. They are Nursery Tales, in fact, of the days when there were tales in nurseries-old wives' fables, which have faded away before the light of gas and the power of steam. (Excerpt from Popular Tales from the Norse.) First Page: POPULAR TALES FROM THE NORSE By SIR GEORGE WEBBE DASENT WITH AN INTRODUCTORY ESSAY ON THE ORIGIN AND DIFFUSION OF POPULAR TALES Notice to the Second Edition The first edition of these Tales being exhausted, and a demand having arisen for a second, the Translator has thought it right to add thirteen tales, which complete the translation of Asbjornsen and Moe's collection, and to strengthen the Introduction by working in some new matter, and by working out some points which were only slightly sketched in the first edition. The favour with which the book was welcomed makes it almost a duty to say a word here on the many kind and able notices which have been written upon it. Duties are not always pleasant, but the fulfilment of this at least gives no pain; because, without one exception, every criticism which the Translator has seen has shown him that his prayer for 'gentle' readers has been fully heard. It will be forgiven him,

Theophilus in Icelandic, Low German and Other Tongues from the M.ss. in the Royal Library, Stockholm

Theophilus in Icelandic, Low German and other tongues from the M.SS. in the Royal library, Stockholm

Half a Life

East O’ the Sun and West O’ the Moon is a beautifully illustrated collection of Norwegian fairy stories—including the tale of that name—by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe, translated by Sir George Webbe Dasent. It is widely considered to be the best and happiest rendering of the tales that has appeared in the English language and will make a wonderful addition to any book collection.

East o’ the Sun and West o’ the Moon

Fifty-one Norse fairy tales, many of which are Norse variations of tales from other countries.

A Series of Popular Tales from the Norse of P.Ch. Asbjörnsen

Tales from the Fjeld

Or, Life in Iceland at the End of the Tenth Century. From the Icelandic of the Njals Saga

The Story of Burnt Njal

Mary Pamela Ellis Milne-Home

Anansi and alligator ; Brother death ; The lady and the bull ; The snake and the king's daughter ; The story of Anansi and tiger ; The snake ; The affassia ; Goat and Anansi ; Anansi, his wife, and tiger ; The story about rat and cat ; Anansi, tiger, and goat ; Garshan bull ; The lady and the little doggie ; De king and de peafowl / Mary Pamela Milne-Home -- The lion, goat, and baboon ; The little child and the pumpkin-tree ; The king and the ant's tree ; The girl and the fish ; The dancing gang ; Anansi and baboon ; Anansi and the lion ; Anansi and Quanqua ; The brother and his sisters ; Why the Jack Spaniard's waist is small ; The man and the doukana tree ; The ear of corn and the twelve men / G.W. Dasent.

West Indian Folklore

Mamma's Black Nurse Stories

Sir George Webbe Dasent

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