Claire Booss

CONTENTS: The man who was going to mind the house -- The giant who had no heart -- The pancake -- The lad and the devil -- The greedy youngster -- The seven fathers in the house -- The smith and the devil -The three billy-goats who went up into the hills to get fat -- Peter Gynt -- Legends of the mill -- The lad and and the north wind -- Peik -- Foolish men and scolding wives -- The parson and the clerk -- The giant and Johannes Blessom -- The box with the funny thing in it -- The widow's show more son -- East of the sun and west of the moon -- Ashiepattle who made the princess tell the truth at last -- An evening in the squire's kitchen -- Hans, who made the princess laugh -- A summer night in a Norwegian forest -- The witch -- The charcoal-burner -- The fisherman and the draug -- The honest penny -- The death of chanticleer -- Reynard and chanticleer -- The companion -- Death and the doctor -- The way of the world.
Pork and honey -- Slip root, catch Reynard's foot -- Bruin and Reynard partners -- Master tobacco -- The three lemons -- The trolls in Hedale Wood -- The skipper and Old Nick -- How to win a prince -- Boots and the beasts -- How they got Hairlock home -- Little Freddy with his fiddle -- "Lars, my lad!" -- The sausage -- The old woman and the tramp -- What shall baby's name be? -- St. Peter and the two women -- The valiant chanticleer -- Twigmuntus, Cowbelliantus, Perchnosius -- The lad and the fox -- Old Nick and the girl -- The stone statue -- The artful lad -- "All I possess!" -- The cock and the crested hen -- Old Nick and the pedlar -- Why the executioner is called assessor -- The parson and the clerk -- The sure shot -- Stompe Pilt -- The Lord of Rosendal -- The master of Ugerup -- The ghost at Fjelkinge -- Ljungby horn and pipe -- The swan maiden -- The knight of Ellenholm -- The trolls of Skurugata.
Dame Soasan -- The giant Puke -- Katrineholm Manor -- Ebbe Skamelson -- Johan and the trolls -- The lost treasure -- The ten fairy servants -- The sea nymph -- The byse -- The bridge over Kalmarsound -- The young lady of Hellerup -- Elstorps Woods -- The giant maiden in Boraserod Mountain -- The bridal present -- Halde hat -- The golden cradle -- The knights of Allaberg -- The Countess of Hojentorp -- The giant of Skalunda -- The trolls in Resslared -- Bishop Svedberg and the devil -- The treasure in Saby Creek -- The tomts -- The Urko of North Wij -- The trolls shoes -- The wood and sea nymphs -- The mountain kitchen -- Saxe of Saxeholm -- The polite coal burner -- The harvesters -- The Ulfgryt stones -- Kate of Ysatter -- The elves' dance -- The fiddler and the sea nymph -- The snipe -- Tibble Castle and Klinta Spring -- The coal burner and the troll -- Bolstre Castle -- The changelings -- Lake Goldring.
The troll's garden at Stallsbacke -- The werwolf -- The herd-boy -- The water nymph -- The treasure seekers -- The Lapp in magpie form -- The vatters -- Starkad and Bale -- The vatt's storehouse -- The voyage in a Lapp sled -- The Lapp genesis, or the first of mankind -- The giant's bride -- The cunning Lapp -- The ugly duckling -- The wild swans -- The old house -- The elf of the rose -- Soup from a sausage skewer -- The little mermaid -- The girl who trod on the loaf -- The swineherd -- Little Claus and big Claus -- The flying trunk -- The nightingale -- The goblin and the huckster -- The marsh king's daughter -- The tinder-box -- The bottle neck -- Little Tuk -- She was good for nothing -- Toller's neighbors -- The troll's hammer -- The magician's pupil -- Temptations -- The girl clad in mouseskin -- Theoutlaw -- The little chicken Kluk and his companions -- Jack of Sjoholm and the Gan-Finn -- Finn blood.
Vaino and the swan princess -- Lippo and Tapio -- The wooing of Seppo Ilmarinen -- The mouse bride -- Antti and the wizard's prophecy -- Jurma and the sea god -- Severi and Vappu -- Leppa Polkky and the blue cross -- Liisa and the prince -- The pig-headed wife -- Stupid Peikko -- The end of the world -- Farmers three -- The vain bear -- The wisdom of the rabbit -- Tungustapi -- The genesis of the Hid-folk -- The fisherman of Gotur -- The grateful elfwoman -- Thordur of Thrastastadir -- Grimsborg -- The father of eighteen elves -- The bishop and the elves -- Who built Reynir Church? -- Katla's dream -- The man-whale -- Valbjorg the Unelfed -- Una the elfwoman -- Hildur, the queen of the elves -- The man-servant and the water-elves -- The crossways -- the merman -- Nennir, or the one who feels inclined -- The lake-monster -- Naddi -- Troll's stone -- Gellivor -- The shepherdess -- Jora the troll -- Katla.
Olafur and the trolls -- The troll in the skrudur -- The shepherd of Silfrunarstadir -- The night-trolls -- The story of Bergthor of Blafell -- Gryla -- Murder will out -- Ketill, the priest of Husavik -- White cap -- A ghost's vengeance -- The boy who did not know what fear was -- The two sigurdurs -- The deacon of Myrka -- The son of the goblin -- The story of Jon Asmundsson -- The skeleton in Holar Church. show less

Selected reprints from Yule-tide stories, ed. by Benjamin Thorpe (1888); Swedish fairy tales, by Herman Hofberg, tr. by W. H. Myers (1895); Icelandic legends, by Jón Arnason, tr. by George E. J. Powell and Eiríkur Magnússon (1864); Round the yule log, by Peter Christen Asbjörnsen and Jörgen Moe, tr. by H. L. Braekstad (1881); Tales from the Fjeld, tr. by George Dasent [from Popular tales from the Norse, by Asbjörnsen]; Weird tales from northern seas, by Jonas Lie, tr. by R. Nisbet Bain show more (1893); Fairy tales from the Swedish, by G. Djurklou, tr. by H. L. Braekstad; Tales from a Finnish tupa, by James Cloyd Bowman and Margery Bianco, tr. by Aili Kolehmainen (1936); and The complete Hans Christian Andersen fairy tales, tr. by H. B. Paull and others (18--; rpt. 1981). show less

Book Description: Avenel, NY, 1984, 1st Avenel edition, hardcover, (VG/VG), Avenel, NY, 1984, 1st Avenel ed, VFine hardcover, VFine dust jacket, 666pp, Claire Booss", 100 b&w illus, 6-1/8"x 9-1/4", hardcover, blue boards with gilt titles, very fine dust jacket protected in a new plastic cover, pages contents clean & tight, book very good.