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D'Aulaires' book of Norwegian folktales / adapted and illustrated by Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire.

Asbjørnsen, Peter Christen, 1812-1885 (author.). D'Aulaire, Ingri, 1904-1980 (editor,, illustrator.). D'Aulaire, Edgar Parin, 1898-1986 (editor,, illustrator.). Moe, Jørgen Engebretsen, 1813-1882 (author.). Dasent, George Webbe, Sir, 1817-1896 (translator.).

Summary:

Twenty-one of the Norwegian folk tales collected by Asbjørnsen and Moe telling of trolls, sprites, princesses, cinderlads, talking cats, and mountains made of glass.

Record details

ISBN: 9780816699322
ISBN: 0816699321
Physical Description: 188 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Edition: First University of Minnesota Press edition.
Publisher: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2016.

Content descriptions

General Note:

"These tales have been adapted from the Dasent Translation of the Collection of Asbjørnsen and Moe"--Copyright page.

"Originally published in 1938 as East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Twenty-One Norwegian Folk Tales by Viking Press, New York"--Copyright page.

Formatted Contents Note:

Herding the king's hares -- The ship that went as well by land as by sea -- The queen that stands and grinds at the bottom of the sea -- The maid on the glass mountain -- The widow's son -- Lord Per -- Soria Moria Castle -- Per, Paal, and Espen Cinderlad -- Cinderlad and the troll -- The big bird dam -- Kari Woodenskirt -- Why the bear is stumpy-tailed -- East of the sun and west of the moon -- The three princesses in the mountain so blue -- The three bushy billy-goats -- Tatterhood -- Dapplegrim -- Gudbrand on the hillside -- The hen trips in the mountain -- The three aunts -- Doll in the grass.