Folktales of Norway /

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, wit...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Christiansen, Reidar (Editor ), Iversen, Pat Shaw
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2016]
Colección:Folktales of the World
Temas:
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
treasure, witches, trolls, huldre folk, ocean, seduction, folklore, folktales, fairy tales, oral narrative, legend, myth, scandinavia, norse, magic, witchcraft, ghosts, shapeshifting, water spirits, forest, mountain, wonder tale, east of the sun west moon, red knight, bridges, literature, nonfiction, sea serpent, shipwrecked, islands, holiday, king olav, devil, merman, mermaid, changeling, wedding, trickster, princess, strong women, heroines, outwitting, seven foals, all black white, blue band, motifs, typology, wives, marriage.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Contents
  • Part I Historical Legends
  • Part II Legends about Magic and Witchcraft
  • Part III Legends about Ghosts, the Human Soul, and Shapeshifting
  • Part IV Legends about Spirits of the Sea, Lakes, and Rivers
  • Part V Legends about Spirits of the Air
  • Part VI Legends about Spirits of Forest and Mountain
  • Part VII Legends about Household Spirits
  • Part VIII Fictional Folktales
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Motifs
  • Index of Tale Types
  • Index of Migratory Legends
  • Index of Places
  • General Index

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