Swedish Folktales & Legends
BLECHER, Lone Thygesen; BLECHER, George (ed.)
1994
Autor(es): BLECHER, Lone Thygesen; BLECHER, George (ed.)
Título: Swedish Folktales & Legends
Publicação: [S.I.]: The pantheon Fairy Tale & Folklore Library, 1994
ISBN: 0-679-75841-0
Assunto(s): Lendas - Suécia
Índice | Table of Contents | Table des Matières
Acknowledgments - xiii
Introduction - xv
Animal Tales - 1
Small Birds Can Kill Too! - 3
The Rooster Wins the Race - 3
The Fox, the Bear, and the Honeycomb - 4
How the Bear Got His Stubby Tail - 5
The Fox and the Rowanberries - 7
"They’re Sour," Said the Fox - 8
The Fox and the Crane Invite Each Other to Dinner - 8
Why the Hare Has a Cleft Lip - 9
If It Were Summer . . . - 9
The Wolf and the Fox - 10
The Wolf Who Wanted to Become Stronger - 10
The Billy Goat and the Wolf - 11
Hold the Wolf by the Tail - 12
Trolls, Giants, Ghosts, and Other Beings - 13
To Squeeze Water from a Stone - 15
The Girl Who Wouldn’t Spin - 17
The Boy Who Worked for the Giant - 19
Little Hans - 25
Onen in the Mountain - 30
The Gullible Troll - 34
The Clever Boy - 35
The Bdcenndst (legend) - 36
The Seogsrd at Lapptjarns Mountain (legend) - 39
To Catch Smoke (legend) - 40
The Tale of the Troll Woman (legend) - 42
The Tale of Speke (legend) - 43
The Gypsy Girl and Her Dead Fiancé (legend) - 43
Hobergsgubben (legend) - 46
The Trolls and the Bear (legend) - 47
The Giant’s Toy (legend) - 49
True Dummies and Clever Folk - 53
The Tale of the Crooked Creature - 55
Wise Klara - 56
The Stupid Boy Who Didn’t Know About Women - 59
Counting the Stars in Heaven - 60
Fools - 61
The Princess of Catburg - 62
Pretend to Eat, Pretend to Work - 66
Lazy Masse - 67
Big Tomma and Heikin Pieti - 70
For Long Springday - 73
The Students and the Eclipse of the Moon - 74
The Numbskull Who Thought He Married a Man - 75
Talje Fools - 76
The Thief s Three Masterpieces - 80
The Girl and the Calf”s Eyes (legend) - 88
The King, the Headsman, and the Twelve Robbe (legend) - 89
Twelve Men in the Forest (legend) - 92
The Wise Daughter (legend) - 93
Bellman Stories (legend) - 93
How to Win the Princess - 97
Twigmouthius, Cowbellowantus, Perchnosimus - 99
The Princess Who Always Had an Answer - 103
The Boat That Sailed on Both Land and Sea - 105
The Liar - 110
Ash Dummy Chops Down the Oak and Becomes the King’s Son—in-Law - 112
The Princess with the Louse Skin - 116
Sheepskin Boy - 118
The Princess Who Danced with a Troll Every Night - 123
Stuck on a Goose - 127
The King’s Hares - 128
Prince Greenbeard - 132
Tales of Heroes and Heroines - 143
The Three Swords - 145
The Peasant Girl in the Floating Rock - 156
Manasse and Cecilia - 157
The Princess in the Earthen Cave - 160
The Silver Dress, the Gold Dress, and the Diamond Dress - 168
The Boy in the Birch-Bark Basket - 173
The Castle East of the Sun and West of the Wind in
the Promised Land - 176
Prince Vilius - 185
The Three Sons Who Each Had a Foal, a Puppy,
and a Sword - 195
The Twelve Kidnapped Princesses - 197
The Tale of White Bear - 203
Little Rose and Big Briar - 208
Metamorphoses - 219
The Serpent Prince - 221
The Widow’s Son - 228
Gray Cape - 231
The Animal Husbands - 234
Prince Faithful - 239
The Rats in the Juniper Bush - 248
Tales of Men and Women - 253
Like a Cold Wind in Warm Weather - 255
The Quick-Learning Girl - 255
The Girl Who Gave a Knight a Kiss Out of Necessity - 257
The Fussy Fiancé - 260
Par and Bengta - 261
Who’s Got the Dumbest Husband - 263
Geska - 264
The Stingy Farmer - 266
The Man and Woman Who Changed Jobs - 267
The Contrary Old Woman (legend) - 270
The Tale of a Suitor (legend) - 270
The Hunter and the Séogsri (legend) - 271
The Woman in the Hole (legend) - 273
The Man Who Married the Mum (legend) - 274
The Hidden Key (legend) - 275
Moral Tales - 277
His just Reward - 279
Master Par and Rag Jan’s Boy - 280
The Girl in the Robbers’ Den - 291
Funteliten and His Mother - 293
The Girl Who Stepped on the Bread - 298
A Tale of Two Beggars - 298
The Filthy-Rich Student 299
The Bad Stepmother - 303
The Tale of the Copper Pot - 304
The Two Chests - 305
Godfather Death - 309
The Bear and the Woman - 312
The Boy, the Old Woman, and the Neighbor (legend) - 313
The Salt Mill (legend) - 314
Old Nick and the Widow (legend) - 317
The Lazy Boy and the Industrious Girl (legend) - 318
The Parson’s Wife Who Had No Shadow (legend) - 319
The Despised Rake (legend) - 320
The Tale of the Sculptor’s Beautiful Wife (legend) - 320
The Big Turnip (legend) - 322
Parsons, the Good.Lord, and the Evil One - 325
"Yet a Little While, and the World Seeth Me No More" - 327
The Devil and the Tailor - 327
Kitta Gray - 328
The Pregnant Parson - 330
Forging with Sand - 333
The Parson, the Sexton, and the Devil - 333
The Sermon About Nothing - 336
Sven Fearless - 336
The Tale of the Parson and the Sexton - 339
The Farmer Who Sold His Soul to the Devil (legend) - 341
The Night-Blind Parson (legend) - 341
The Burning Lake (legend) - 346
The Bishop’s Visit (legend) - 346
One More Schnapps (legend) - 347
The Hare in the Treetop (legend) - 348
Exchange Heads with the Devil (legend) - 348
Tall Tales, Superstitions, and jingles - 351
The Mountain in the Forest - 353
The Old Lady’s Cat - 354
The Snake Cookers - 354
The Goat Who Wouldn’t Go Home - 355
"Eat the Bread Too!" - 356
The Little Old Woman - 357
The Three Lying Old Women - 358
The Biggest Stable and the Biggest Pot - 358
The Black Cow, the Pot, and the Cheese - 358
Boots for the Son in America - 359
That Was the End of the Tale - 360
Notes - 361
Bibliography - 377 .
The Illustrators - 387
Permissions Acknowledgments - 383
Autor(es): BLECHER, Lone Thygesen; BLECHER, George (ed.)
Título: Swedish Folktales & Legends
Publicação: [S.I.]: The pantheon Fairy Tale & Folklore Library, 1994
ISBN: 0-679-75841-0
Assunto(s): Lendas - Suécia
Índice | Table of Contents | Table des Matières
Acknowledgments - xiii
Introduction - xv
Animal Tales - 1
Small Birds Can Kill Too! - 3
The Rooster Wins the Race - 3
The Fox, the Bear, and the Honeycomb - 4
How the Bear Got His Stubby Tail - 5
The Fox and the Rowanberries - 7
"They’re Sour," Said the Fox - 8
The Fox and the Crane Invite Each Other to Dinner - 8
Why the Hare Has a Cleft Lip - 9
If It Were Summer . . . - 9
The Wolf and the Fox - 10
The Wolf Who Wanted to Become Stronger - 10
The Billy Goat and the Wolf - 11
Hold the Wolf by the Tail - 12
Trolls, Giants, Ghosts, and Other Beings - 13
To Squeeze Water from a Stone - 15
The Girl Who Wouldn’t Spin - 17
The Boy Who Worked for the Giant - 19
Little Hans - 25
Onen in the Mountain - 30
The Gullible Troll - 34
The Clever Boy - 35
The Bdcenndst (legend) - 36
The Seogsrd at Lapptjarns Mountain (legend) - 39
To Catch Smoke (legend) - 40
The Tale of the Troll Woman (legend) - 42
The Tale of Speke (legend) - 43
The Gypsy Girl and Her Dead Fiancé (legend) - 43
Hobergsgubben (legend) - 46
The Trolls and the Bear (legend) - 47
The Giant’s Toy (legend) - 49
True Dummies and Clever Folk - 53
The Tale of the Crooked Creature - 55
Wise Klara - 56
The Stupid Boy Who Didn’t Know About Women - 59
Counting the Stars in Heaven - 60
Fools - 61
The Princess of Catburg - 62
Pretend to Eat, Pretend to Work - 66
Lazy Masse - 67
Big Tomma and Heikin Pieti - 70
For Long Springday - 73
The Students and the Eclipse of the Moon - 74
The Numbskull Who Thought He Married a Man - 75
Talje Fools - 76
The Thief s Three Masterpieces - 80
The Girl and the Calf”s Eyes (legend) - 88
The King, the Headsman, and the Twelve Robbe (legend) - 89
Twelve Men in the Forest (legend) - 92
The Wise Daughter (legend) - 93
Bellman Stories (legend) - 93
How to Win the Princess - 97
Twigmouthius, Cowbellowantus, Perchnosimus - 99
The Princess Who Always Had an Answer - 103
The Boat That Sailed on Both Land and Sea - 105
The Liar - 110
Ash Dummy Chops Down the Oak and Becomes the King’s Son—in-Law - 112
The Princess with the Louse Skin - 116
Sheepskin Boy - 118
The Princess Who Danced with a Troll Every Night - 123
Stuck on a Goose - 127
The King’s Hares - 128
Prince Greenbeard - 132
Tales of Heroes and Heroines - 143
The Three Swords - 145
The Peasant Girl in the Floating Rock - 156
Manasse and Cecilia - 157
The Princess in the Earthen Cave - 160
The Silver Dress, the Gold Dress, and the Diamond Dress - 168
The Boy in the Birch-Bark Basket - 173
The Castle East of the Sun and West of the Wind in
the Promised Land - 176
Prince Vilius - 185
The Three Sons Who Each Had a Foal, a Puppy,
and a Sword - 195
The Twelve Kidnapped Princesses - 197
The Tale of White Bear - 203
Little Rose and Big Briar - 208
Metamorphoses - 219
The Serpent Prince - 221
The Widow’s Son - 228
Gray Cape - 231
The Animal Husbands - 234
Prince Faithful - 239
The Rats in the Juniper Bush - 248
Tales of Men and Women - 253
Like a Cold Wind in Warm Weather - 255
The Quick-Learning Girl - 255
The Girl Who Gave a Knight a Kiss Out of Necessity - 257
The Fussy Fiancé - 260
Par and Bengta - 261
Who’s Got the Dumbest Husband - 263
Geska - 264
The Stingy Farmer - 266
The Man and Woman Who Changed Jobs - 267
The Contrary Old Woman (legend) - 270
The Tale of a Suitor (legend) - 270
The Hunter and the Séogsri (legend) - 271
The Woman in the Hole (legend) - 273
The Man Who Married the Mum (legend) - 274
The Hidden Key (legend) - 275
Moral Tales - 277
His just Reward - 279
Master Par and Rag Jan’s Boy - 280
The Girl in the Robbers’ Den - 291
Funteliten and His Mother - 293
The Girl Who Stepped on the Bread - 298
A Tale of Two Beggars - 298
The Filthy-Rich Student 299
The Bad Stepmother - 303
The Tale of the Copper Pot - 304
The Two Chests - 305
Godfather Death - 309
The Bear and the Woman - 312
The Boy, the Old Woman, and the Neighbor (legend) - 313
The Salt Mill (legend) - 314
Old Nick and the Widow (legend) - 317
The Lazy Boy and the Industrious Girl (legend) - 318
The Parson’s Wife Who Had No Shadow (legend) - 319
The Despised Rake (legend) - 320
The Tale of the Sculptor’s Beautiful Wife (legend) - 320
The Big Turnip (legend) - 322
Parsons, the Good.Lord, and the Evil One - 325
"Yet a Little While, and the World Seeth Me No More" - 327
The Devil and the Tailor - 327
Kitta Gray - 328
The Pregnant Parson - 330
Forging with Sand - 333
The Parson, the Sexton, and the Devil - 333
The Sermon About Nothing - 336
Sven Fearless - 336
The Tale of the Parson and the Sexton - 339
The Farmer Who Sold His Soul to the Devil (legend) - 341
The Night-Blind Parson (legend) - 341
The Burning Lake (legend) - 346
The Bishop’s Visit (legend) - 346
One More Schnapps (legend) - 347
The Hare in the Treetop (legend) - 348
Exchange Heads with the Devil (legend) - 348
Tall Tales, Superstitions, and jingles - 351
The Mountain in the Forest - 353
The Old Lady’s Cat - 354
The Snake Cookers - 354
The Goat Who Wouldn’t Go Home - 355
"Eat the Bread Too!" - 356
The Little Old Woman - 357
The Three Lying Old Women - 358
The Biggest Stable and the Biggest Pot - 358
The Black Cow, the Pot, and the Cheese - 358
Boots for the Son in America - 359
That Was the End of the Tale - 360
Notes - 361
Bibliography - 377 .
The Illustrators - 387
Permissions Acknowledgments - 383