Book: Folktales Of Norway 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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Details of Book: Folktales Of Norway Book: Folktales Of Norway
Author: Reidar T. Christiansen, Pat S. Iversen
ISBN: 0226105105
ISBN-13: 9780226105109
, 978-0226105109
Binding: Paperback
Publishing Date: Sep 1968
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Number of Pages: 330
Language: English