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Folktales of Norway Paperback - 1968

by Reidar Christiansen (Editor)


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Often lacking the clear episodic structure of folktales about talking animals and magic objects, legends grow from retellings of personal experiences. Christiansen isolated some seventy-seven legend types, and many of these are represented here in absorbing stories of St. Olaf, hidden treasures, witches, and spirits of the air, water, and earth. The ugly, massively strong, but slow-witted trolls are familiar to English-speaking readers. Less well-known, but the subject of an enormous number of legends, are the more manlike yet sinister "huldre-folk" who live in houses and try to woo human girls. These tales reflect the wildness of Norway, its mountains, forests, lakes, and sea, and the stalwart character of its sparse population.

"The translation is excellent, retaining the traditional Norwegian style . . . the tales themselves will also appeal to the interested layman."-Library Journal

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Norway is full of folk traditions about King Olav, who ruled from 995 to 1030.

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  • Title Folktales of Norway
  • Author Reidar Christiansen (Editor)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: first
  • Pages 330
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
  • Date 1968-09-15
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • ISBN 9780226105109 / 0226105105
  • Weight 0.8 lbs (0.36 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.99 x 5.3 x 0.74 in (20.29 x 13.46 x 1.88 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Folklore - Norway, Tales - Norway
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 64015830
  • Dewey Decimal Code 398.2
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