Category: Scandinavia

August 12, 2022

Ananzi and the Lion (Popular Tales from the Norse) By SIR GEORGE WEBBE DASENT

Once on a time Ananzi planned a scheme. He went to town and bought ever so many firkins of fat, and ever so many sacks, and ever so many balls of string, and a...

August 12, 2022

The Lad and the Diel (Popular Tales from the Norse) By SIR GEORGE WEBBE DASENT

Once on a time there was a lad who was walking along a road cracking nuts, so he found one that was worm-eaten, and just at that very moment he met the Deil. “Is...

August 12, 2022

The Lad Who Went to the North Wind (Popular Tales from the Norse) By SIR GEORGE WEBBE DASENT

Once on a time there was an old widow who had one son and, as she was poorly and weak, her son had to go up into the safe to fetch meal for cooking;...

August 7, 2022

Favorite international folk- and fairy tales about cats

Animal characters often play important roles in fairy- and folk tales. Sometimes they act as companions, sometimes even as the main characters of our stories. Several characters get special attention and are mentioned frequently...

November 1, 2021

Best Scary Fairy Tales for Halloween

Halloween or Hallows Eve. It was the Celtic New Year festival, which marked the beginning of winter and also recognized a kind of harvest festival. The Celts believed that on this evening the gates...

October 30, 2020

Favorite folk- and fairy tales about greed

Folk- and fairy tales hand down a morality and principles for living together in a society. Since greed is such a wide-spread human trait, it became one of the most famous motives in folk...

Category: Scandinavia

Ananzi and the Lion (Popular Tales from the Norse) By SIR GEORGE WEBBE DASENT

The Lad and the Diel (Popular Tales from the Norse) By SIR GEORGE WEBBE DASENT

The Lad Who Went to the North Wind (Popular Tales from the Norse) By SIR GEORGE WEBBE DASENT

Favorite international folk- and fairy tales about cats

Best Scary Fairy Tales for Halloween

Favorite folk- and fairy tales about greed

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