Scandinavian folktales

Content

Preface

1.The wonderful plough (Isle of Rugen)

2.How a lad stole the giant's treasure (Sweden)

3.Tales of cats (Denmark)

4.The magician's daughter (Sweden)

5.The hill-man invited to the christening (Denmark)

6.The meal of Frothi (Norway)

7.The lost bell (Isle of Rugen)

8.Maiden Swanwhite and Maiden Foxtail (Sweden)

9.Tales of treasure (Denmark)

10.Holger Danske (Denmark)

11.Origin of Tiis lake (Denmark)

12.There are such women (Norway)

13.Tales of the Nisses (Denmark)

14.The dwarfs' banquet (Norway)

15.The Icelandic sorceresses (Eyrbiggia Saga)

16.The three dogs (Sweden)

17.The legend of Thorgunna (Eyrbiggia Saga)

18.The little glass shoe (Isle of Rugen)

19.How Loki wagered his head (Edda Resenii)

20.The adventures of John Dietrich (Isle of Rugen)

21.How Thorston became rich (Thorston's Saga)

22.Gudbrand (Norway)

23.The dwarf-sword Tirfing (Herverer Saga)

Tales from the prose Edda:

I.The gods and the wolf

II.The strange builder

III.Thor's journey to the land of the giants

IV.The death of Baldur

V.The Punishment of Loki

Author: Charles John Tibbitts