A Time for Trolls: Fairy Tales from NorwayTwo Norwegians, P.C. Asbjornsen and Jorgen Moe, collected folk tales and published them from 1837-1871. Here are selections from those collections. |
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Aase the goose-girl Asbjörnsen asked bakeress big troll Billikin Whiskers bridge bristles to give brothers brush fence casket castle that lay chopped cock ran cottar dear hen Dovre dragon drink Espen Askelad FAIRY TALES falcon forest girl give me bristles give me leaves give me ribbons give me shoes give me water give to Hickety gold to give golden hazelwood heard horse Jörgen Moe king's farm lay east leaves to give lime-tree little birds louse milk moon mountain NORSE MYTHOLOGY Norske Folkeeventyr North Wind NORWAY Norwegian NORWEGIAN LITERATURE Old Nick once Peer Gynt porridge prince princess red gold ribbons of red Rumble-Mumble Goose-Egg sent seven foals seven silver ducks shoes to give shouted sun and west thought thresher told took troll's daughter Virgin Mary walked wanted water to give white bear witch wood wool