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Popular Tales from the Norse

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.)

Genre(s): Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	01 - Notice to the Second Edition	thedingo	00:03:59
Play 02	02 - Notice to the First Edition	Varra Unreal	00:02:40
Play 03	03 - Introduction Part 1: Origin	TriciaG	00:20:31
Play 04	04 - Introduction Part 2: Diffusion	Andy Yu	00:50:02
Play 05	05 - Introduction Part 3: Norse Mythology	Leni	00:49:52
Play 06	06-1 - Introduction Part 4-1: Norse Popular Tales	TriciaG	00:38:54
Play 07	06-2 - Introduction Part 4-2: Norse Popular Tales	TriciaG	00:35:41
Play 08	07 - Introduction Part 5: Conclusion	Daniel W.	00:17:09
Play 09	08 - True and Untrue	Sirene Darktail	00:10:51
Play 10	09 - Why the Sea is Salt	Brian von Dedenroth	00:12:28
Play 11	10 - The Old Dame and Her Hen	Ted Nugent	00:17:56
Play 12	11 - East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon	Brian von Dedenroth	00:29:08
Play 13	12 - Boots Who Ate a Match with the Troll	David Federman	00:04:51
Play 14	13 - Hacon Grizzlebeard	Parrot	00:15:47
Play 15	14 - Boots, Who Made the Princess Say, 'That's a Story'	Carol Stripling	00:04:50
Play 16	15 - The Twelve Wild Ducks	Leni	00:14:33
Play 17	16 - The Giant Who Had No Heart in His Body	Fionn Jameson	00:16:11
Play 18	17 - The Fox as Herdsman	Leni	00:03:08
Play 19	18 - The Mastermaid	TriciaG	00:31:21
Play 20	19 - The Cat on the Dovrefell	pattymarie	00:04:13
Play 21	20 - Princess on the Glass Hill	Linda Ferguson	00:19:40
Play 22	21 - The Cock and the Hen	Varra Unreal	00:00:58
Play 23	22 - How One Went Out to Woo	Clarica	00:01:48
Play 24	23 - The Master-Smith	Didier	00:19:59
Play 25	24 - The Two Step-Sisters	Sulwen	00:16:38
Play 26	25 - Buttercup	Celinda Mendoza	00:07:43
Play 27	26 - Taming the Shrew	Selvin	00:03:34
Play 28	27 - Shortshanks	Sharon Riskedahl	00:36:02
Play 29	28 - Gudbrand on the Hill-Side	Parrot	00:08:57
Play 30	29 - The Blue Belt	JohnNewman	00:26:32
Play 31	30 - Why the Bear is Stumpy-Tailed	Selvin	00:02:12
Play 32	31 - Not a Pin to Choose Between Them	JohnNewman	00:10:38
Play 33	32 - One's Own Children Are Always Prettiest	Varra Unreal	00:01:16
Play 34	33 - The Three Princesses of Whiteland	Leni	00:13:41
Play 35	34 - The Lassie and Her Godmother	Andy Yu	00:11:17
Play 36	35 - The Three Aunts	Jessica Louise	00:08:19
Play 37	36 - The Cock, the Cuckoo, and the Black-Cock	Varra Unreal	00:01:19
Play 38	37 - Rich Peter the Pedlar	Hollis Hanover	00:24:21
Play 39	38 - Gertrude's Bird	David Lawrence	00:02:28
Play 40	39 - Boots and the Troll	George Yeager	00:11:31
Play 41	40 - Goosey Grizzel	Lars Rolander (1942-2016)	00:13:48
Play 42	41 - The Lad Who Went to the North Wind	David Federman	00:06:27
Play 43	42 - The Master-Thief	Morgan Saletta	00:28:11
Play 44	43 - The Best Wish	Sharon Riskedahl	00:23:10
Play 45	44 - The Three Billy-Goats Gruff	Deb Cornell	00:03:50
Play 46	45 - Well Done and Ill Paid	David Federman	00:05:37
Play 47	46 - The Husband Who Was to Mind the House	Roger Melin	00:05:45
Play 48	47 - Dapplegrim	Sharon Riskedahl	00:25:56
Play 49	48 - Farmer Weathersky	Al Dano	00:19:43
Play 50	49 - Lord Peter	pattymarie	00:15:08
Play 51	50 - The Seven Foals	George Yeager	00:16:14
Play 52	51 - The Widow's Son	Sharon Riskedahl	00:22:06
Play 53	52 - Bushy Bride / Boots and his brothers	Lars Rolander (1942-2016)	00:26:58
Play 54	53 - Big Peter and Little Peter	webround	00:21:35
Play 55	54 - Tatterhood	Jennifer13	00:13:18
Play 56	55 - The Cock and Hen that Went to the Dovrefell	Ezwa	00:05:20
Play 57	56 - Katie Woodencloak	Kalynda	00:24:23
Play 58	57 - Thumbikin	Ezwa	00:04:37
Play 59	58 - Doll i' the Grass	Ezwa	00:05:04
Play 60	59 - The Lad and the Devil	Didier	00:03:15
Play 61	60 - The Cock and Hen a-Nutting	Lars Rolander (1942-2016)	00:08:19
Play 62	61 - The Big Bird Dan	webround	00:33:10
Play 63	62 - Soria Moria Castle	Sharon Riskedahl	00:25:49
Play 64	63 - Bruin and Reynard	Didier	00:05:03
Play 65	64 - Tom Totherhouse	Didier	00:06:51
Play 66	65 - Little Annie the Goose-Girl	Kalynda	00:07:01
Play 67	66 - Introduction to Appendix	Didier	00:06:58
Play 68	67 - Why the Jack-Spaniard's Waist is Small	Didier	00:01:27
Play 69	68 - Ananzi and the Lion	Lucy Perry	00:06:43
Play 70	69 - Ananzi and the Quanqua	George Yeager	00:03:59
Play 71	70 - The Ear of Corn and the Twelve Men	Leni	00:05:13
Play 72	71 - The King and the Ant's Tree	Didier	00:02:01
Play 73	72 - The Little Child and the Pumpkin Tree	Celinda Mendoza	00:03:28
Play 74	73 - The Brother and His Sisters	Clarica	00:05:25
Play 75	74 - The Girl and the Fish	Scott Carpenter	00:02:11
Play 76	75 - The Lion, the Goat, and the Baboon	Scott Carpenter	00:02:13
Play 77	76 - Ananzi and Baboon	Didier	00:03:04
Play 78	77 - The Man and the Doukana Tree	Scott Carpenter	00:02:19
Play 79	78 - Nancy Fairy	pattymarie	00:06:01
Play 80	79 - The Dancing Gang	Linda Ferguson	00:01:41

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