Folk-Lore and Legends: Scandinavian

Author: Charles John Tibbits

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Thanks to Thiele, to Hylten-Cavallius and Stephens, and to Asbjörnsen and Moe, Scandinavian Folklore is well to the front. Its treasures are many, and of much value. One may be almost sorry to find among them the originals of many of our English tales. Are we indebted to the folk of other nations for all our folk-tales? It would almost seem so.

I have introduced into the present volume only one or two stories from the Prose Edda. Space would not allow me to give so much of the Edda as I could have wished.

In selecting and translating the matter for this volume, I have endeavoured to make the book such as would afford its readers a fair general view of the main features of the Folklore of the North. - Summary by Charles John Tibbits

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PREFATORY NOTETHE WONDERFUL PLOUGHHOW A LAD STOLE THE GIANT'S TREASURETALES OF CATSTHE MAGICIAN'S DAUGHTERTHE HILL-MAN INVITED TO THE CHRISTENINGTHE MEAL OF FROTHITHE LOST BELLMAIDEN SWANWHITE AND MAIDEN FOXTAILTALES OF TREASUREHOLGER DANSKETALES FROM THE PROSE EDDATHE STRANGE BUILDERTHOR'S JOURNEY TO THE LAND OF GIANTS and HOW THOR WENT A-FISHINGTHE DEATH OF BALDURTHE PUNISHMENT OF LOKIORIGIN OF TIIS LAKETHERE ARE SUCH WOMENTALES OF THE NISSESTHE DWARFS' BANQUETTHE ICELANDIC SORCERESSESTHE THREE DOGSTHE LEGEND OF THORGUNNATHE LITTLE GLASS SHOEHOW LOKI WAGERED HIS HEADTHE ADVENTURES OF JOHN DIETRICHHOW THORSTON BECAME RICHGUDBRANDTHE DWARF-SWORD TIRFING

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