Selection from the Norse Tales for the Use of Children
Sir George Webbe Dasent
37 chapters · 7 h 36 min · English
Read by Sue Gill, Adrian Stephens, April Mendis, CadenB, Jessica Romero, SoundsLikeJack and others
Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales
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This is a collection of Norse folktales selected as being appropriate for children. They range from short pieces such as, "How One Went Out to Woo" to the longer stories such as, "The Blue Belt" and "Shortshanks," and include such favorites as, "The Three Billy-Goats Gruff" and "The Lad Who Went to the North Wind." - Summary by Larry Wilson
Chapters
1 True and Untrue 15 min 2 The Old Dame and Her Hen 14 min 3 East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon 27 min 4 Boots Who Ate a Match with the Troll 5 min 5 Boots, Who Made the Princess Say, ''That's a Story'' 5 min 6 The Twelve Wild Ducks 16 min 7 The Giant Who Had No Heart in His Body 14 min 8 The Fox as Herdsman 3 min 9 The Cat on the Dovrefell 3 min 10 Princess on the Glass Hill 23 min 11 How One Went Out to Woo 2 min 12 The Cock and Hen 1 min 13 The Two Step-Sisters 23 min 14 Buttercup 10 min 15 Taming the Shrew 3 min 16 Shortshanks 32 min 17 Gudbrand on the Hill-Side 9 min 18 The Blue Belt 27 min 19 Why the Bear Is Stumpy-Tailed 2 min 20 Not a Pin to Choose between Them 13 min 21 One's Own Children Are Always Prettiest 2 min 22 The Three Princesses of Whiteland 16 min 23 The Lassie and her Godmother 12 min 24 The Three Aunts 11 min 25 The Cock, the Cuckoo, and the Black-Cock 2 min 26 Rich Peter the Pedlar 23 min 27 Boots and the Troll 13 min 28 The Lad Who Went to the North Wind 8 min 29 The Best Wish 20 min 30 The Three Billy-Goats Gruff 4 min 31 Well Done and Ill Paid 7 min 32 The Husband Who Was to Mind the House 5 min 33 Dapplegrim 30 min 34 The Seven Foals 11 min 35 The Widow's Son 19 min 36 Bushy Bride 14 min 37 Boots and His Brothers 11 min
