Folktales of Norway

著者

• Christiansen, Reidar Thoralf
• Iversen, Pat Shaw
• Dorson, Richard Mercer

書誌事項

Folktales of Norway

edited by Reidar Christiansen ; translated by Pat Shaw Iversen ; foreword by Richard M. Dorson

（Folktales of the world）

University of Chicago Press, c1964

• :pbk.

注記

Bibliography: p. [263]-265

Includes indexes

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Often lacking the clear episodic structure of folktales about talking animals and magic objects, legends grow from retellings of personal experiences. Christiansen isolated some seventy-seven legend types, and many of these are represented here in absorbing stories of St. Olaf, hidden treasures, witches, and spirits of the air, water, and earth. The ugly, massively strong, but slow-witted trolls are familiar to English-speaking readers. Less well-known, but the subject of an enormous number of legends, are the more manlike yet sinister huldre-folk who live in houses and try to woo human girls. These tales reflect the wildness of Norway, its mountains, forests, lakes, and sea, and the stalwart character of its sparse population. The translation is excellent, retaining the traditional Norwegian style . . . the tales themselves will also appeal to the interested layman.--Library Journal

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA44164610
• ISBN:
  • 0226105105
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 原本言語コード: nor
• 出版地: Chicago ; London
• ページ数/冊数: xlix , 284 p.
• 大きさ: 23 cm
• 親書誌ID:
  • BA03530321