Popular Tales from the Norse. Anonymous

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СКАЧАТЬ LORD PETER

       THE SEVEN FOALS

       THE WIDOW'S SON

       BUSHY BRIDE

       BOOTS AND HIS BROTHERS

       BIG PETER AND LITTLE PETER

       TATTERHOOD

       THE COCK AND HEN THAT WENT TO THE DOVREFELL

       KATIE WOODENCLOAK

       THUMBIKIN

       DOLL I' THE GRASS

       THE LAD AND THE DEIL

       THE COCK AND HEN A-NUTTING

       THE BIG BIRD DAN

       SORIA MORIA CASTLE

       BRUIN AND REYNARD

       TOM TOTHERHOUSE

       LITTLE ANNIE THE GOOSE-GIRL

       INTRODUCTION TO APPENDIX

       APPENDIX

       ANANZI AND THE LION

       ANANZI AND QUANQUA

       THE KING AND THE ANT'S TREE

       THE LITTLE CHILD AND THE PUMPKIN TREE

       THE BROTHER AND HIS SISTERS

       THE GIRL AND THE FISH

       THE LION, THE GOAT, AND THE BABOON

       ANANZI AND BABOON

       THE MAN AND THE DOUKANA TREE

       NANCY FAIRY

       'THE DANCING GANG'

      INTRODUCTION

      ORIGIN DIFFUSION NORSE MYTHOLOGY NORSE POPULAR TALES CONCLUSION

      TALES

       Table of Contents

      I TRUE AND UNTRUE II WHY THE SEA IS SALT III THE OLD DAME AND HER HEN IV EAST O' THE SUN, AND WEST O' THE MOON V BOOTS WHO ATE A MATCH WITH THE TROLL VI HACON GRIZZLEBEARD VII BOOTS WHO MADE THE PRINCESS SAY, 'THAT'S A STORY' VIII THE TWELVE WILD DUCKS IX THE GIANT WHO HAD NO HEART IN HIS BODY X THE FOX AS HERDSMAN XI THE MASTERMAID XII THE CAT ON THE DOVREFELL XIII PRINCESS ON THE GLASS HILL XIV THE COCK AND HEN XV HOW ONE WENT OUT TO WOO XVI THE MASTER-SMITH XVII THE TWO STEP-SISTERS XVIII BUTTERCUP XIX TAMING THE SHREW XX SHORTSHANKS XXI GUDBRAND ON THE HILL-SIDE XXII THE BLUE BELT XXIII WHY THE BEAR IS STUMPY-TAILED XXIV NOT A PIN TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THEM XXV ONE'S OWN CHILDREN ARE ALWAYS PRETTIEST XXVI THE THREE PRINCESSES OF WHITELAND XXVII THE LASSIE AND HER GODMOTHER XXVIII THE THREE AUNTS XXIX THE COCK, THE CUCKOO, AND THE BLACK-COCK XXX RICH PETER THE PEDLAR XXXI GERTRUDE'S BIRD XXXII BOOTS AND THE TROLL XXXIII GOOSEY GRIZZEL XXXIV THE LAD WHO WENT TO THE NORTH WIND XXXV THE MASTER THIEF XXXVI THE BEST WISH XXXVII THE THREE BILLY-GOATS GRUFF XXXVIII WELL DONE AND ILL PAID XXXIX THE HUSBAND WHO WAS TO MIND THE HOUSE XL DAPPLEGRIM XLI FARMER WEATHERSKY XLII LORD PETER XLIII THE SEVEN FOALS XLIV THE WIDOW'S SON XLV BUSHY BRIDE XLVI BOOTS AND HIS BROTHERS XLVII BIG PETER AND LITTLE PETER XLVIII TATTERHOOD XLIX THE COCK AND HEN THAT WENT TO THE DOVREFELL L KATIE WOODENCLOAK LI THUMBIKIN LII DOLL I' THE GRASS LIII THE LAD AND THE DELL LIV THE COCK AND HEN A-NUTTING LV THE BIG BIRD DAN LVI SORIA MORIA CASTLE LVII BRUIN AND REYNARD LVIII TOM TOTHERHOUSE LIX LITTLE ANNIE THE GOOSE GIRL

      APPENDIX

      INTRODUCTION TO APPENDIX

      1. WHY THE JACK SPANIARD'S WAIST IS SMALL 2. ANANZI AND THE LION 3. ANANZI AND QUANQUA 4. THE EAR OF CORN AND THE TWELVE MEN 5. THE KING AND THE ANT'S TREE 6. THE LITTLE CHILD AND THE PUMPKIN TREE 7. THE BROTHER AND HIS SISTERS 8. THE GIRL AND THE FISH 9. THE LION, THE GOAT, AND THE BABOON 10. ANANZI AND BABOON 11. THE MAN AND THE DOUKANA TREE 12. NANCY FAIRY 13. THE DANCING GANG

      FOOTNOTES TO INTRODUCTION

      INTRODUCTION

       Table of Contents

      ORIGIN

      The most careless reader can hardly fail to see that many of the Tales in this volume have the same groundwork as those with which he has been familiar from his earliest youth. They are Nursery Tales, in fact, of the days when there were tales in nurseries—old wives' fables, which have faded away before the light of gas and the power of steam. It is long, indeed, since English nurses told these tales to English children by force of memory and word of mouth. In a written shape, we have long had some of them, at least, in English versions of the Contes СКАЧАТЬ