A Collection of Popular Tales from the Norse and North German
by Peter Christian Asbjørsen | 1907 | 107,268 words
The Norsemen came from the East, and brought a common stock of tradition with them. Settled in the Scandinavian peninsula, they developed themselves through Heathenism, Romanism, and Lutheranism, in a locality little exposed to foreign influence, so that even now the Dale-man in Norway or Sweden may be reckoned among the most primitive examples lef...
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A COLLECTION OF
POPULAR TALES
FROM
THE NORSE AND NORTH GERMAN
BY
GEORGE WEBBE DASENT, D.C.L.,
FORMERLY EDITOR LONDON TIMES.
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WITH AN INTRODUCTORY ESSAY ON THE ORIGIN
AND DIFFUSION OF POPULAR TALES.
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HON. RASMUS B. ANDERSON, LL.D.,
EDITOR IX CHIEF.
J. W. BUEL, Ph.D.,
MANAGING EDITOR.
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PUBLISHED BT THE
NORRŒNA SOCIETY,
LONDON STOCKHOLM COPENHAGEN BERLIN NEW YORK
1907