Norwegian Folk Tales, Peter Chr. Asbjrnsen
Norwegian Folk Tales, Peter Chr. Asbjrnsen
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Norwegian Folk Tales

Author: Peter Chr. Asbjørnsen, Jørgen Moe

Narrator: Ivan Busenius

Unabridged: 5 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Talent Musikk

Published: 10/25/2019


Synopsis

Norwegian Folk Tales is a collection of the best known and most beloved of these colorful tales first collected by Asbjørnsen & Moe in the 19th century.These stories all derive from an oral tradition, and they give an exciting insight in the views on society and moral codes of the time. Unlike tales in other countries and cultures, the Norwegian tales are less romantic, but much more realistic and humorous.The tales are also fascinating and joyful stories with eternal relevance, with the struggle between good and evil as common grounds.There are similarities to other traditional tales in many cultures, and a pattern of repetitive numbers such as 3, 7 and 12, which appear in almost all known folk tales and religious scriptures.Norwegian Folk Tales have inspired countless books and movies and it is not hard to see the link from Norse mythology through these tales to J.R.R.Tolkien and Game of thrones.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jessica on December 21, 2018

Excellent edition of Norwegian fairy tales by the "Norwegian Brothers Grimm." I used this for a class in college. It has a nice cover, but is not like, the prettiest edition inside, being sort of textbook-like.......more

Goodreads review by Valentina on August 03, 2017

Some of the stories are rather savage, and most of them are based on repetition (resulting in copy-pasted passages), but it's all part of the charm. Only one story left me puzzled - I couldn't find the moral of the story in the one about a woman who always did everything contrary, and against the fl......more