"Fairy Tales seem scarcely to require any preface, but in publishing these quaint Norse legends, a few explanatory remarks may not be out of place.
In their original form, many of the stories are somewhat crude and rough for juvenile reading. This it has been the Editor’s endeavour to ameliorate by eliminating all objectionable matter, while at the same time preserving the originality and local colouring which most of them possess.
It will be found that though some bear a similarity to the well-known standard fairy tales, which have been the delight of countless children for many generations, yet they all possess an originality peculiarly their own.
It is remarkable too that, whereas in most southern legends it is always the prince who delivers the princess and performs the heroic and valorous deeds, in these tales it is for the most part the young [6]princess or peasant maiden who undergoes all the hardships and trials, and after countless dangers rescues the prince who has fallen under the ban of some wicked witch or giantess.
The story of the five brothers, one of the quaintest, is an exceedingly effective illustration of the old proverb of the bundle of sticks.
A strong moral tone runs more or less through all the tales, exhibiting the higher and better qualities of human nature."
Mrs. A. W. Hall
- THE LEGEND OF THE KING’S THREE SONS
- HELGA
- THORSTEIN
- SIGURD
- LINEIK AND LAUFEY
- THE FIVE BROTHERS
- HERMOD AND HADVÖR
- INGEBJÖRG
- HANS
- THE GIANTESS AND THE GRANITE BOAT
- GREYBEARD
- LITILL, TRITILL, THE BIRDS, AND THE PEASANT LAD
- LAUGHING INGIBJÖRG
- THE THREE PEASANT MAIDENS
- THE FAIR AND THE DARK ISOLDE
- PRINCE HLINI
- FERTRAM AND HILDUR
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Título : Icelandic Fairy Tales
EAN : 9791220896528
Editorial : Rugged Beard Media
Fecha de publicación
: 8/2/22
Formato : ePub
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