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 .)
Chapters
1 01 - Notice to the Second Edition 4 min 2 02 - Notice to the First Edition 3 min 3 03 - Introduction Part 1: Origin 21 min 4 04 - Introduction Part 2: Diffusion 50 min 5 05 - Introduction Part 3: Norse Mythology 50 min 6 06-1 - Introduction Part 4-1: Norse Popular Tales 39 min 7 06-2 - Introduction Part 4-2: Norse Popular Tales 36 min 8 07 - Introduction Part 5: Conclusion 17 min 9 08 - True and Untrue 11 min 10 09 - Why the Sea is Salt 12 min 11 10 - The Old Dame and Her Hen 18 min 12 11 - East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon 29 min 13 12 - Boots Who Ate a Match with the Troll 5 min 14 13 - Hacon Grizzlebeard 16 min 15 14 - Boots, Who Made the Princess Say, 'That's a Story' 5 min 16 15 - The Twelve Wild Ducks 15 min 17 16 - The Giant Who Had No Heart in His Body 16 min 18 17 - The Fox as Herdsman 3 min 19 18 - The Mastermaid 31 min 20 19 - The Cat on the Dovrefell 4 min 21 20 - Princess on the Glass Hill 20 min 22 21 - The Cock and the Hen 1 min 23 22 - How One Went Out to Woo 2 min 24 23 - The Master-Smith 20 min 25 24 - The Two Step-Sisters 17 min 26 25 - Buttercup 8 min 27 26 - Taming the Shrew 4 min 28 27 - Shortshanks 36 min 29 28 - Gudbrand on the Hill-Side 9 min 30 29 - The Blue Belt 27 min 31 30 - Why the Bear is Stumpy-Tailed 2 min 32 31 - Not a Pin to Choose Between Them 11 min 33 32 - One's Own Children Are Always Prettiest 1 min 34 33 - The Three Princesses of Whiteland 14 min 35 34 - The Lassie and Her Godmother 11 min 36 35 - The Three Aunts 8 min 37 36 - The Cock, the Cuckoo, and the Black-Cock 1 min 38 37 - Rich Peter the Pedlar 24 min 39 38 - Gertrude's Bird 2 min 40 39 - Boots and the Troll 12 min 41 40 - Goosey Grizzel 14 min 42 41 - The Lad Who Went to the North Wind 6 min 43 42 - The Master-Thief 28 min 44 43 - The Best Wish 23 min 45 44 - The Three Billy-Goats Gruff 4 min 46 45 - Well Done and Ill Paid 6 min 47 46 - The Husband Who Was to Mind the House 6 min 48 47 - Dapplegrim 26 min 49 48 - Farmer Weathersky 20 min 50 49 - Lord Peter 15 min 51 50 - The Seven Foals 16 min 52 51 - The Widow's Son 22 min 53 52 - Bushy Bride / Boots and his brothers 27 min 54 53 - Big Peter and Little Peter 22 min 55 54 - Tatterhood 13 min 56 55 - The Cock and Hen that Went to the Dovrefell 5 min 57 56 - Katie Woodencloak 24 min 58 57 - Thumbikin 5 min 59 58 - Doll i' the Grass 5 min 60 59 - The Lad and the Devil 3 min 61 60 - The Cock and Hen a-Nutting 8 min 62 61 - The Big Bird Dan 33 min 63 62 - Soria Moria Castle 26 min 64 63 - Bruin and Reynard 5 min 65 64 - Tom Totherhouse 7 min 66 65 - Little Annie the Goose-Girl 7 min 67 66 - Introduction to Appendix 7 min 68 67 - Why the Jack-Spaniard's Waist is Small 1 min 69 68 - Ananzi and the Lion 7 min 70 69 - Ananzi and the Quanqua 4 min 71 70 - The Ear of Corn and the Twelve Men 5 min 72 71 - The King and the Ant's Tree 2 min 73 72 - The Little Child and the Pumpkin Tree 3 min 74 73 - The Brother and His Sisters 5 min 75 74 - The Girl and the Fish 2 min 76 75 - The Lion, the Goat, and the Baboon 2 min 77 76 - Ananzi and Baboon 3 min 78 77 - The Man and the Doukana Tree 2 min 79 78 - Nancy Fairy 6 min 80 79 - The Dancing Gang 2 min
