A Selection from the Norse Tales

About this eBook

Translator

Dasent, George Webbe, Sir, 1817-1896

Title

A Selection from the Norse Tales for the Use of Children

Credits

Tim Lindell, Barry Abrahamsen, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres

Subject

Tales -- Norway

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 64189

Release Date

December 31, 2020

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.A Selection from the Norse Tales.
2. 2.NOTICE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
5. 5.TRUE AND UNTRUE.
6. 6.THE OLD DAME AND HER HEN.
7. 7.EAST O’ THE SUN AND WEST O’ THE MOON.
8. 8.BOOTS WHO ATE A MATCH WITH THE TROLL.
9. 9.BOOTS, WHO MADE THE PRINCESS SAY, “THAT’S A STORY.”
10. 10.THE TWELVE WILD DUCKS.
11. 11.THE GIANT WHO HAD NO HEART IN HIS BODY.
12. 12.THE FOX AS HERDSMAN.
13. 13.THE CAT ON THE DOVREFELL.
14. 14.PRINCESS ON THE GLASS HILL.
15. 15.HOW ONE WENT OUT TO WOO.
16. 16.THE COCK AND HEN.
17. 17.THE TWO STEP-SISTERS.
18. 18.BUTTERCUP.
19. 19.TAMING THE SHREW.
20. 20.SHORTSHANKS.
21. 21.GUDBRAND ON THE HILL-SIDE.
22. 22.THE BLUE BELT.
23. 23.WHY THE BEAR IS STUMPY-TAILED.
24. 24.NOT A PIN TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THEM.
25. 25.ONE’S OWN CHILDREN ARE ALWAYS PRETTIEST.
26. 26.THE THREE PRINCESSES OF WHITELAND.
27. 27.THE LASSIE AND HER GODMOTHER.
28. 28.THE THREE AUNTS.
29. 29.THE COCK, THE CUCKOO, AND THE BLACK-COCK.
30. 30.RICH PETER THE PEDLAR.
31. 31.BOOTS AND THE TROLL.
32. 32.THE LAD WHO WENT TO THE NORTH WIND.
33. 33.THE BEST WISH.
34. 34.THE THREE BILLY-GOATS GRUFF.
35. 35.WELL DONE AND ILL PAID.
36. 36.THE HUSBAND WHO WAS TO MIND THE HOUSE.
37. 37.DAPPLEGRIM.
38. 38.THE SEVEN FOALS.
39. 39.THE WIDOW’S SON.
40. 40.BUSHY BRIDE.
41. 41.BOOTS AND HIS BROTHERS.

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