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Norwegian Folktales (Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library) (Paperback)

by Peter Christen Asbjornsen (Author), Jorgen Moe (Author) "If Norway were to show the world a single work of art which would most truly express the Norwegian character, perhaps the best choice would..." (more)
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Collected here in a contemporary translation. With these tales we meet witches, trolls and ogres, sly foxes and mysterious bears, beautiful princesses and country lads turned heroes. Includes illustrations.

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Text: English, Norwegian (translation)

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Marvelous stories for children and adults, February 21, 2000
By J. G. Heiser (Sunninghill, Berks) - See all my reviews
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My 9-year old was enthralled with the stories in this book, begging for more every night until we finished it. I disagree with his Freudian interpretation, but Bruno Bettelheim is right that folktales touch something wired within us, fulfilling an innate need children have to comprehend the adult world.

Although not as well-known as the German Grimm's collection in the United States, this book is widely revered in Norway. Both are teutonic cultures, but these stories are different in character and feel from the Grimm Brother stories. While they contain elements common to all european fables, this book is filled with trolls, and the reformation seems like a recent event. Norsk tales have a unique and compelling charm.

My favorite fable is in this collection--the one about the mill that explains why the sea is salty. Read it yourself--I don't want to spoil the ending.

From a purist point of view, drawings detract from stories such as these, but two of Norway's most most well-known illustrators are represented, and the artwork is compelling.

This paperback is a reprint of the original English-language translation from 40 years ago. I have that original text packed away somewhere lost, so it was a real treat to be able to buy a new copy to share with my son.

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5.0 out of 5 stars You speak Norwegian like an American ..., June 13, 2000
I lived near Oslo from Aug. '85-Jan. '86. One fall Saturday, at the checkout counter in a bookstore across from Slottsparken, I said to the clerk in Norwegian "You speak English like an American!" Her sharp tongue shot back "You speak Norwegeian like an American!" She responded to my questions why she (American) was there with "I was married to one of them" and couldn't "go back" because she didn't fit anymore. She recommended a book and also told me she'd translated some Norwegian Folk Tales into English. My host told me later it was Pat Shaw.

My daughters (then 8 and 12) read the book from cover to cover many times. Without the availability of an English grade school library filled with teen and preteen romances my daughters read pretty much whatever was placed on the coffee table. They enjoyed Shaw's translation very much, although I also occaisonally translated directly (with effort) from Asbjørnsen and Moe. This translation gives us in English a look at 'the soul of the Norwegian people', as a good friend describes the folk tales.

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5.0 out of 5 stars One for the Desert Island Library, February 8, 2001
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I'm a middle-aged English professor, but I love this book now, as I did when I was a kid. If I had to whittle my personal library down from its present size (maybe 3000?) to a hundred books, I'm sure I'd still keep this one. I read these stories now to my children and remember how I loved the stories when I was their age. When I'm a senior, I'll remember how I shared this book with my kids, as well.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Norwegian Folktales from Asbjornsen and Moe
CONTENTS:


* The Norwegian Folk Tales and their Illustrators - Pat Shaw
* The Boys Who Met the Trolls in the Hedal Woods - Asbjorsen
* The Seventh... Read more
Published 19 days ago by BYF

3.0 out of 5 stars Missing Three Billy Goats Gruff
I was disappointed that this book lacks the Three Billy Goats Gruff, which is what I was looking for when I got this book.
Published 1 month ago by Joseph A. Hannon

3.0 out of 5 stars Haven't read yet
Book came quickly. The print is dark and ugly. makes me not want to read it but will as father's side of family are all from Norway.
Published 4 months ago by Patsy J. Williams

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful-beyond-words collection of stories for any age, plus enchanting illustrations
There are not enough good words to describe this marvellous book! The Norwegian tales are unsurpassed in everything from folk humour to literary value. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Ro-De-Us

5.0 out of 5 stars Norway's Greatest Treasure...
...alongside the fjords, is its literary tradition, beginning with the Viking romances and sagas, at full flood in the works of Ibsen, but flowing like an underground river... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Giordano Bruno

5.0 out of 5 stars glorious, ethnographically utile chrestomathy
Clearly, the Norwegian peasants enjoyed quite the literary gift. The folktales in this collection are surprising for their sophistication of plot, strong commonalities among the... Read more
Published on June 27, 2007 by Bruce D. Wilner

5.0 out of 5 stars Norwegian Folktales
The Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library is usually excellent, and this book is no exception. It is well worth the money and is a good read. Read more
Published on November 7, 2006 by Thomas W. Blakey

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