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Popular Tales from the Norse
by Sir George Webbe Dasent (1817-1896)
The most careless reader can hardly fail to see that many of the Tales in this volume have the same groundwork as those with which he has been familiar from his earliest youth. They are Nursery Tales, in fact, of the days when there were tales in nurseries–old wives’ fables, which have faded away before the light of gas and the power of steam. (Excerpt from Popular Tales from the Norse.)
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Total running time: 17:22:19
In addition to the readers, this audio book was produced by:
Book Coordinator: Clarica and Ezwa
Proof-Listeners: Stav Nisser, Tricia G, Kalynda, Hollis Hanover, Gary Gilberd and Sarah Jennings
Editor: Lars Rolander
Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: Leon Mire, Laura Caldwell and Ezwa
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Read by: thedingo - 02 – Notice to the First Edition – 00:02:40
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Read by: Varra Unreal - 03 – Introduction Part 1: Origin – 00:20:31
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Read by: Tricia G - 04 – Introduction Part 2: Diffusion – 00:50:02
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Read by: Andy Yu - 05 – Introduction Part 3: Norse Mythology – 00:49:52
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Read by: Leni - 06-1 – Introduction Part 4-1: Norse Popular Tales – 00:38:54
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Read by: Tricia G - 06-2 – Introduction Part 4-2: Norse Popular Tales – 00:35:41
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Read by: Tricia G - 07 – Introduction Part 5: Conclusion – 00:17:09
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Read by: Daniel W. - 08 – True and Untrue – 00:10:51
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Read by: Sirene Darktail - 09 – Why the Sea is Salt – 00:12:28
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Read by: Brian von Dedenroth - 10 – The Old Dame and Her Hen – 00:17:56
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Read by: Ted Nugent - 11 – East o’ the Sun and West o’ the Moon – 00:29:08
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Read by: Brian von Dedenroth - 12 – Boots Who Ate a Match with the Troll – 00:04:51
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Read by: David Federman - 13 – Hacon Grizzlebeard – 00:15:47
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Read by: Parrot - 14 – Boots, Who Made the Princess Say, ‘That’s a Story’ – 00:04:50
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Read by: Carol Stripling - 15 – The Twelve Wild Ducks – 00:14:33
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Read by: Leni - 16 – The Giant Who Had No Heart in His Body – 00:16:11
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Read by: Fionn Jameson - 17 – The Fox as Herdsman – 00:03:08
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Read by: Leni - 18 – The Mastermaid – 00:31:21
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Read by: Tricia G - 19 – The Cat on the Dovrefell – 00:04:13
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Read by: pattymarie - 20 – Princess on the Glass Hill – 00:19:40
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Read by: Linda Ferguson - 21 – The Cock and the Hen – 00:00:58
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Read by: Varra Unreal - 22 – How One Went Out to Woo – 00:01:48
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Read by: Clarica - 23 – The Master-Smith – 00:19:59
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Read by: Didier - 24 – The Two Step-Sisters – 00:16:38
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Read by: Sulwen - 25 – Buttercup – 00:07:43
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Read by: Celinda Mendoza - 26 – Taming the Shrew – 00:03:34
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Read by: Selvin - 27 – Shortshanks – 00:36:02
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Read by: Sharon Riskedahl - 28 – Gudbrand on the Hill-Side – 00:08:57
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Read by: Parrot - 29 – The Blue Belt – 00:26:32
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Read by: JohnNewman - 30 – Why the Bear is Stumpy-Tailed – 00:02:12
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Read by: Selvin - 31 – Not a Pin to Choose Between Them – 00:10:38
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Read by: JohnNewman - 32 – One’s Own Children Are Always Prettiest – 00:01:16
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Read by: Varra Unreal - 33 – The Three Princesses of Whiteland – 00:13:41
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Read by: Leni - 34 – The Lassie and Her Godmother – 00:11:17
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Read by: Andy Yu - 35 – The Three Aunts – 00:08:19
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Read by: Jessica Louise - 36 – The Cock, the Cuckoo, and the Black-Cock – 00:01:19
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Read by: Hollis Hanover - 38 – Gertrude’s Bird – 00:02:28
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Read by: Lars Rolander - 41 – The Lad Who Went to the North Wind – 00:06:27
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Read by: Sharon Riskedahl - 48 – Farmer Weathersky – 00:19:43
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Read by: Al Dano - 49 – Lord Peter – 00:15:08
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Read by: pattymarie - 50 – The Seven Foals – 00:16:14
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Read by: George Yeager - 51 – The Widow’s Son – 00:22:06
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Read by: Sharon Riskedahl - 52 – Bushy Bride / Boots and his brothers – 00:26:58
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Read by: Lars Rolander - 53 – Big Peter and Little Peter – 00:21:35
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Read by: Ezwa - 56 – Katie Woodencloak – 00:24:23
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Read by: Kalynda - 57 – Thumbikin – 00:04:37
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Read by: Ezwa - 58 – Doll i’ the Grass – 00:05:04
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Read by: Ezwa - 59 – The Lad and the Devil – 00:03:15
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Read by: Didier - 60 – The Cock and Hen a-Nutting – 00:08:19
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Read by: Lars Rolander - 61 – The Big Bird Dan – 00:33:10
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Read by: George Yeager - 70 – The Ear of Corn and the Twelve Men – 00:05:13
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Read by: Leni - 71 – The King and the Ant’s Tree – 00:02:01
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Read by: Celinda Mendoza - 73 – The Brother and His Sisters – 00:05:25
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Read by: Clarica - 74 – The Girl and the Fish – 00:02:11
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Read by: Scott Carpenter - 75 – The Lion, the Goat, and the Baboon – 00:02:13
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Read by: Linda Ferguson
Cataloged on October 04, 2009













