Northern European Mythology
Popular Tales from the Norse: Contents
Popular Tales from the Norse, by George Webbe Dasent, [1904]
| | PAGE |
| MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR, | xvii |
| INTRODUCTION. | |
| ORIGIN, | xliii |
| DIFFUSION, | lvii |
| NORSE MYTHOLOGY, | lxxxi |
| NORSE POPULAR TALES, | cviii |
| CONCLUSION, | clxi |
| TALES. | |
| TRUE AND UNTRUE, | 1 |
| WHY THE SEA IS SALT, | 8 |
| THE OLD DAME AND HER HEN, | 14 |
| EAST O' THE SUN AND WEST O' THE MOON, | 22 |
| BOOTS WHO ATE A MATCH WITH THE TROLL, | 36 |
| HACON GRIZZLEBEARD, | 39 |
| p. xii | |
| BOOTS WHO MADE THE PRINCESS SAY, "THAT'S A STORY," | 48 |
| THE TWELVE WILD DUCKS, | 51 |
| THE GIANT WHO HAD NO HEART IN HIS BODY, | 59 |
| THE FOX AS HERDSMAN, | 69 |
| THE MASTERMAID, | 71 |
| THE CAT ON THE DOVREFELL, | 90 |
| PRINCESS ON THE GLASS HILL, | 92 |
| HOW ONE WENT OUT TO WOO, | 104 |
| THE COCK AND HEN, | 105 |
| THE MASTER-SMITH, | 105 |
| THE Two STEP-SISTERS, | 113 |
| BUTTERCUP, | 124 |
| TAMING THE SHREW, | 129 |
| SHORTSHANKS, | 131 |
| GUDBRAND ON THE HILL-SIDE, | 149 |
| THE BLUE BELT, | 155 |
| WHY THE BEAR IS STUMPY-TAILED, | 172 |
| NOT A PIN TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THEM, | 173 |
| ONE'S OWN CHILDREN ARE ALWAYS PRETTIEST, | 180 |
| THE THREE PRINCESSES OF WHITELAND, | 181 |
| THE LASSIE AND HER GODMOTHER, | 188 |
| p. xiii | |
| THE THREE AUNTS, | 193 |
| THE COCK, THE CUCKOO, AND THE BLACKCOCK, | 198 |
| RICH PETER THE PEDLAR, | 199 |
| GERTRUDE'S BIRD, | 213 |
| BOOTS AND THE TROLL, | 215 |
| GOOSEY GRIZZEL, | 221 |
| THE LAD WHO WENT TO THE NORTH WIND, | 228 |
| THE MASTER THIEF, | 232 |
| THE BEST WISH, | 252 |
| THE THREE BILLY-GOATS GRUFF, | 261 |
| WELL DONE AND ILL PAID, | 266 |
| THE HUSBAND WHO WAS TO MIND THE HOUSE, | 269 |
| DAPPLEGRIM, | 272 |
| FARMER WEATHERSKY, | 285 |
| LORD PETER, | 295 |
| THE SEVEN FOALS, | 302 |
| THE WIDOW'S SON, | 311 |
| BUSHY BRIDE, | 322 |
| BOOTS AND HIS BROTHERS, | 330 |
| BIG PETER AND LITTLE PETER, | 336 |
| TATTERHOOD, | 45 |
| THE COCK AND HEN THAT WENT TO THE DOVREFELL | 353 |
| p. xiv | |
| KATIE WOODENCLOAK, | 357 |
| THUMBIKIN, | 372 |
| DOLL I' THE GRASS, | 374 |
| THE LAD AND THE DEIL, | 377 |
| THE COCK AND HEN A-NUTTING, | 378 |
| THE BIG BIRD DAN, | 382 |
| SORIA MORIA CASTLE, | 396 |
| BRUIN AND REYNARD, | 409 |
| TOM TOTHERHOUSE, | 411 |
| LITTLE ANNIE THE GOOSE-GIRL, | 414 |
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| INTRODUCTION TO APPENDIX, | 419 |
| NOTE TO INTRODUCTION TO APPENDIX, | 422 |
| APPENDIX. | |
| WHY THE JACK-SPANIARD'S WAIST IS SMALL, | 425 |
| ANANZI AND THE LION, | 425 |
| ANANZI AND QUANQUA, | 429 |
| THE EAR OF CORN AND THE TWELVE MEN, | 430 |
| THE KING AND THE ANT'S TREE, | 432 |
| THE LITTLE CHILD AND THE PUMPKIN TREE, | 433 |
| p. xv | |
| THE BROTHER AND HIS SISTERS, | 434 |
| THE GIRL AND THE FISH, | 437 |
| THE LION, THE GOAT, AND THE BABOON, | 438 |
| ANANZI AND BABOON, | 439 |
| THE MAN AND THE DOUKANA TREE, | 440 |
| NANCY FAIRY, | 441 |
| THE DANCING GANG, | 443 |