Popular Tales From the Norse

Popular Tales From the Norse by George Webbe Dasent

from Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe's collection. You may have heard of this particular collection; J.R.R. Tolkien cites it in "On Fairy-Stories." And you definitely know one tale: "The Three Billy-Goats Gruff."

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brainstorming the tales

So off goes the hero to ask a question of a far-off marvel.  Rather like going to fetch an ogre's feathers, or the devil's three golden hairs.  Along the way he meets three people with questions, who ask him to ask for them, too. . . .

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