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<p>Preface </p>
<p>List of Contributors </p>
<p>List of Abbreviations </p>
<p>Part One | Olav Eivindsson Austad: Tales from Setesdal, Norway (1907-1926)</p>
<p>Introduction: Norway’s Last Great Storyteller </p>
<p>1. When the Bear Lost His Tail (at 2) </p>
<p>2. The Bear and the Fox Compete in Counting (at 7) </p>
<p>3. The Bear and the Fox Share a Field (at 9B) </p>
<p>4. The Firkin of Butter (at 15) </p>
<p>5. The Bear Kills Himself (at 21) </p>
<p>6. The House Mouse and the Woods Mouse (at 112)</p>
<p>7. The Ox, the Ram, and the Billy Goat (at 130 + 5) </p>
<p>8. The Frisky Gelding (at 153) </p>
<p>9. The Three Women and the Wolf (unclassified) </p>
<p>10. The Cuckoo (unclassified) </p>
<p>11. The Troll and the Three Sisters (at 311) </p>
<p>12. The Tale about the Wolf (at 425) </p>
<p>13. The Twelve Ravens (at 451) </p>
<p>14. Man-Daughter and Woman-Daughter (at 480) </p>
<p>15. The Goatherd Girl (at 501) </p>
<p>16. The Shining Apple Tree (at 510 AB) </p>
<p>17. Ashfart and the Cat (at 545B) </p>
<p>18. The Golden Apple (at 550) </p>
<p>19. The Mare That Dropped Money (at 563) </p>
<p>20. Thumb (I) (at 700) </p>
<p>21. Thumb (II) (at 700) </p>
<p>22. The Prince Who Wanted a Real Princess (at 704) </p>
<p>23. The Woman Who Got Three Wishes (at 750A) </p>
<p>24. The Girl Who Didn’t Want Any Children (at 755) </p>
<p>25. Cheese-Dun (at 853) </p>
<p>26. The Merry Boy (at 921) </p>
<p>27. As Wind in Hot Sun (at 923A) </p>
<p>28. Ashfart Who Took a Job with the Troll (at 1052 + 1137) </p>
<p>29. The Cat in Dogre (at 1161) </p>
<p>30. Trond (at 1161) </p>
<p>31. The Crazy Wife (at 1384) </p>
<p>32. The Clumsy Girl (at 1453) </p>
<p>33. The Fortune-Teller (at 1535) </p>
<p>34. The Boy and the Parson (at 1535) </p>
<p>35. The Man Who Never Gave Lodging (at 1544) </p>
<p>36. Frick-Guss-Spass-Gass-Ber-Hu (unclassified) </p>
<p>37. The Bet (unclassified) </p>
<p>38. The Wretched Shoemaker (at 1640) </p>
<p>39. Pok, Slok, and Ashfart Go Stealing (at 1653B) </p>
<p>40. The Slow-Witted Son (at 1685 + 1696) </p>
<p>41. A Sermon (at 1824) </p>
<p>42. The Woman Who Got News from Home (at 1931) </p>
<p>43. The Goat Who Wouldn’t Go Home (at 2015) </p>
<p>Part Two | Ane Margrete Hansen: Tales from Jutland, Denmark (1889)</p>
<p>Introduction: National Treasure and Local Culture</p>
<p>44. The Two Hunters (at 303 + 567) </p>
<p>45. Millerimaej and Annekendaej (at 313) </p>
<p>46. The Scabby Garden Boy (at 314 + 1880) </p>
<p>47. The Three Wishes of the Smith (at 330 A) </p>
<p>48. Solvborg Castle (at 400) </p>
<p>49. The Sisters in the Well (at 480) </p>
<p>50. Under the Gallows on Midsummer’s Eve (at 613) </p>
<p>51. The Clever Queen (at 875) </p>
<p>52. The Priceless Glove (at 892) </p>
<p>53. The Haughty Princess (at 900) </p>
<p>54. The Visit (at 915) </p>
<p>55. The Soldier and the King in Disguise (at 952)</p>
<p>56. The Foolish Wife (at 1382 + 1383) </p>
<p>57. Dorret’s Marriage (at 1462) </p>
<p>58. The White and the Black Hen (at 1623*) </p>
<p>59. The Numbskull’s Marriage (at 1696 + 1685) </p>
<p>60. The Three Lies (at 1920 + 1931) </p>
<p>Part Three | Jakob Glader: Tales from Dal, Sweden (1884)</p>
<p>Introduction:<i> </i>Meeting the Storyteller</p>
<p>61. The Fox and the Bear (at 15) </p>
<p>62. The Store Mouse and the Woods Mouse (at 112) </p>
<p>63. The Billy Goat and the Wolf (at 132) </p>
<p>64. All the World’s Reward (at 155) </p>
<p>65. The Suitor with the Green Beard (at 365) </p>
<p>66. The White Serpent Kingson (at 433A) </p>
<p>67. Perselia (at 710) </p>
<p>68. St. Peter’s Wife (at 774A) </p>
<p>69. Ashfart, the Princess, and the Three Helpers (at 850 + 513 + 513B) </p>
<p>70. The Devil and Tita Gray (at 1074 + 1170) </p>
<p>71. The Cotter Who Competed with the Devil (at 1090) </p>
<p>72. The Skipper and Horn-Peter (at 1179) </p>
<p>73.The Name of the First Boy (at 1450) </p>
<p>74. The Girl Who Was So Handy (at 1453) </p>
<p>75. The Danish Minister (at 1832 + 1835) </p>
<p>Part Four | Johann Backstrom: Tales from Osterby, Swedish Finland (1885)</p>
<p>Introduction: “Laughin’ It Off” </p>
<p>76. The Lion Who Met a Pretty Good Man (at 157) </p>
<p>77. The Devil Who Stood Guard for Seven Years (at 361) </p>
<p>78. The Stingy Master (at 1544) </p>
<p>79. The Purse (at 1740*) </p>
<p>80. The New Minister (at 1825C) </p>
<p>81. The Minister and the Church Warden (at 1838) </p>
<p>82. The Two Friends (at 2014A) </p>
<p>83. The Farmer and the Mountain Troll (unclassified) </p>
<p>84. The Peasant Who Was Made a Knight (unclassified) </p>
<p>85. The Boy Who Corrected the Minister (unclassified) </p>
<p>Part Five | Herdis Jonasdottir: Tales from Husafell, Iceland (1966-1967)</p>
<p><i>Introduction:</i> A Contributing Tradition </p>
<p>86. Una, the Elf-Woman (at 306) </p>
<p>87. Hlini, the King’s Son (at 317A) </p>
<p>88. Sigurour, Ingibjorg, and Kroknefja (at 327) </p>
<p>89. Hringur and the Dog Snati-Snati (at 328) </p>
<p>90. The Tale of the Dog Mori (at 425) </p>
<p>91. Fetching the Fire (at 480) </p>
<p>92. Mjaoveig (at 510) </p>
<p>93. The Boy in the Pot (at 675) </p>
<p>94. Bjorn Shifty-Cloak (at 706) </p>
<p>95. Lice-Black (at 850) </p>
<p>96. Lineik and Laufey (at 870B*) </p>
<p>97. The Good Stepmother (at 934E) </p>
<p>98. Gramann (at 1525) </p>
<p>Bibliography </p>
<p>Index of Tale Types </p>
<p>Illustration Credits</p>

<p>"The work’s contribution is both timely and unique and will serve as a valued source for researchers wishing to explore issues of folk narrative in northern Europe. The inclusion of female, as well as male, narrators assures the collection of usefulness in a variety of academic contexts, and the decision to include scatalogical and bawdy materials—now tame by contemporary standards—adds further interest to the collection."—Thomas A. DuBois, University of Washington</p>

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