Index

Popular Tales from the Norse: Page Index

Title Page

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Notice to the Second Edition

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Notice to the First Edition

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Contents

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page xiii
page xiv
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Memoir of George Dasent

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page xix
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Origin

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Diffusion

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Norse Mythology

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Norse Popular Tales

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Conclusion

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Extracts From Press Notices

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True and Untrue

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Why the Sea Is Salt

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The Old Dame and Her Hen

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East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon

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Boots Who Ate a Match with the Troll

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Hacon Grizzlebeard

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Boots Who Made the Princess Say, ''That's A Story.''

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The Twelve Ducks

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The Giant Who Had No Heart in His Body

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The Fox as Herdsman

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The Mastermaid

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The Cat on the Dovrefell

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Princess on the Glass Hill

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How One Went Out to Woo

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The Cock and Hen

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The Master-Smith

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The Two Step-Sisters

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Buttercup

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Taming the Shrew

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Shortshanks

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Gudbrand on the Hill-side

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The Blue Belt

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Why the Bear Is Stumpy-Tailed

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Not a Pin to Choose Between Them

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One's Own Children Are Always Prettiest

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The Three Princesses of Whiteland

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The Lassie and Her Godmother

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The Three Aunts

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The Cock, the Cuckoo, and the Blackcock

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Rich Peter the Pedlar

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Gertrude's Bird

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Boots and the Troll

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Goosey Grizzel

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The Lad Who Went to the North Wind

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The Master Theif

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The Best Wish

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The Three Billy-Goats Gruff

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Well Done and Ill Paid

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The Husband Who Was to Mind the House

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Dapplegrim

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Farmer Weathersky

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Lord Peter

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The Seven Foals

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The Widow's Son

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Bushy Bride

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Boots and His Brothers

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Big Peter and Little Peter

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Tatterhood

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The Cock and Hen That Went to the Dovrefell

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Katie Woodencloak

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Thumbikin

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Doll i' the Grass

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The Lad and the Deil

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The Cock and Hen a-Nutting

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The Big Bird Dan

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Soria Moria Castle

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Bruin and Reynard

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Tom Totherhouse

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Little Annie the Goose-Girl

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Introduction to Appendix: Ananzi Stories

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Note

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Why The Jack-Spaniard's Waist is Small

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Ananzi and the Lion

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Ananzi and Quanqua

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The Ear of Corn and the Twelve Men

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The King and the Ant's Tree

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The Little Child and the Pumpkin Tree

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The Brother and his Sisters

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The Lion, the Goat, and the Baboon

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Ananzi and Baboon

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The Man and the Doukana Tree

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Nancy Fairy

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