Peter Christen AsbjØrnsen (1812–1885) and JØrgen Moe (1813–1882) were energetic writers and researchers best known for their monumental collection Norske folkeeventyr (Norwegian Folktales), which introduced the lively traditions of Norwegian storytelling to readers around the world.Tiina Nunnally is an award-winning translator of Norwegian, Danish, and Swedish literature. Her translations published by the University of Minnesota Press include Sigrid Undset’s Olav AudunssØn tetralogy and Marta Oulie as well as works by Vidar SundstØl, Ola Larsmo, and Hans Christian Andersen.

"Like the Grimms before them, Peter Christen AsbjØrnsen and JØrgen Moe applied countless fine calibrations to make their stories, paradoxically, a perfect capture of folk traditions. Tiina Nunnally set out to make their tales sing in English translation, and presto! Trolls, griffins, Ash Lads, and all the wonders of the Norwegian imagination spring to life with renewed cultural energy and Élan." - Maria Tatar, editor of The Annotated Brothers Grimm* "Peter Christen AsbjØrnsen and JØrgen Moe scoured the Norwegian countryside to collect these classic folktales full of monstrous trolls, cunning wives, stupid husbands, and the Ash Lad, the poor boy who wins the princess and half of the kingdom. Tiina Nunnally has recreated this entire world in vivid color for English readers who are in for a real adventure." - Vidar SundstØl, author of The Land of Dreams"Like apparitions in a dream, familiar figures and motifs from fairy tale and folklore shift and change into striking and peculiar forms in this founding collection of Scandinavian fantasy: trickster heroines devise cunning escapes and an Ash Lad triumphs over trolls lurking everywhere in the mountains and the forests, malignant but also bumbling. The stories open horizons of enjoyable impossibility and are filled with the humor of resistance and a relish for the absurd. Throughout, Tiina Nunnally’s new, pared down renderings capture limpidly that special tone of affectless matter-of-factness that readers and listeners thrill to, laughing and shivering at the same time." - Marina Warner, author of Fairy Tale: A Very Short Introduction* "Norway’s wonderfully weird traditional tales are as much a delight to the ear as they are to the imagination." - Wall Street Journal"Following the tales are forewords and notes to several editions of Norske Folkeeventyr. Of these, Moe’s introduction to the second edition is outstanding. He argues for the long continuity of Norwegian tradition by pointing out various striking motifs from medieval literature (the Eddas and sagas) that appear in these nineteenth-century folktales, and then some other folktale motifs that have gone through a Christian transformation." - Journal of Folklore Research"The retellings are lively and clearly work to retain the flavor of the originals. A valuable collection for scholars and readers alike." - The Horn Book"Given the internationally recognised importance of AsbjØrnsen’s and Moe’s collection, a newer English translation of their tales has long been desired. Tiina Nunnally’s recent work, based on the fourth edition (1868) of AsbjØrnsen’s and Moe’s Norske folkeeventyr, fulfils this need with distinction." - Gramarye"The kind of book you can pick up and put down over several weeks and always end up smiling." - UP Book Review

• ContentsTranslator's NoteNorwegian FolktalesAbout Ash Lad, Who Stole the Troll’s Silver Ducks, Coverlet, and Golden HarpThe Gjertrud BirdThe GriffinThe QuandaryRichman Peddler PerAsh Lad, Who Competed with the TrollAbout the Boy Who Went to the North Wind and Demanded the Flour BackThe Virgin Mary as GodmotherThe Three Princesses in White LandSome Women Are Like ThatEveryone Thinks Their Own Children Are BestA Tale of CourtshipThe Three AuntsThe Widow’s SonThe Husband’s Daughter and the Wife’s DaughterThe Rooster and the Hen in the Nut ForestThe Bear and the FoxWhy the Bear Has a Stump of a TailThe Fox Cheats the Bear Out of His Christmas MealGudbrand SlopeKari Stave-SkirtThe Fox as ShepherdThe Blacksmith They Didn’t Dare Let Into HellThe Rooster and the HenThe Rooster, the Cuckoo, and the Black GrouseLillekortThe Doll in the GrassPaal Next-DoorSoria Moria CastleSir PerLittle Aase GoosegirlThe Boy and the DevilThe Seven FoalsGidskeThe Twelve Wild DucksThe Master ThiefThe Three Sisters Who Were Taken Into the MountainAbout the Giant Troll Who Never Carried His Heart With HimDapplebandNothing is Needed by the One That All Women LoveAsh Lad, Who Got the Princess to Say He Was LyingThe Three Billy Goats Gruff, Who Were Supposed to Go Up to the Mountain Pasture to Fatten UpEast of the Sun and West of the MoonThe Hen Who Had to Go to Dovre Mountain, or Else the Whole World Would PerishThe Man Who Had to Keep HouseTom ThumbHaaken Speckled-BeardMaster MaidenWell Done and Poorly RewardedTrue and UntruePer and Paal and Esben Ash LadThe Mill That Keeps Grinding at the Bottom of the SeaThe Maiden on the Glass MountainButterballBig-Per and Little-PerRagged-CapThe Bushy BrideThe Tabby-Cat on Dovre MountainFarmer Weather-BeardThe Blue TwineThe Honest Four-Skilling CoinThe Old Man of the HouseForeword to the Second Norwegian EditionFrom the Introduction to the Second Norwegian EditionJØrgen MoeForeword to the Third Norwegian EditionPeter Christen AsbjØrnsenForeword to the Fourth Norwegian EditionPeter Christen AsbjØrnsenNotes on the Regional Collection Sites of the Tales

Peter Christen AsbjØrnsen (1812–1885) and JØrgen Moe (1813–1882) were energetic writers and researchers best known for their monumental collection Norske folkeeventyr (Norwegian Folktales), which introduced the lively traditions of Norwegian storytelling to readers around the world.Tiina Nunnally is an award-winning translator of Norwegian, Danish, and Swedish literature. Her translations published by the University of Minnesota Press include Sigrid Undset’s Olav AudunssØn tetralogy and Marta Oulie as well as works by Vidar SundstØl, Ola Larsmo, and Hans Christian Andersen.

"Like the Grimms before them, Peter Christen AsbjØrnsen and JØrgen Moe applied countless fine calibrations to make their stories, paradoxically, a perfect capture of folk traditions. Tiina Nunnally set out to make their tales sing in English translation, and presto! Trolls, griffins, Ash Lads, and all the wonders of the Norwegian imagination spring to life with renewed cultural energy and Élan." - Maria Tatar, editor of The Annotated Brothers Grimm* "Peter Christen AsbjØrnsen and JØrgen Moe scoured the Norwegian countryside to collect these classic folktales full of monstrous trolls, cunning wives, stupid husbands, and the Ash Lad, the poor boy who wins the princess and half of the kingdom. Tiina Nunnally has recreated this entire world in vivid color for English readers who are in for a real adventure." - Vidar SundstØl, author of The Land of Dreams"Like apparitions in a dream, familiar figures and motifs from fairy tale and folklore shift and change into striking and peculiar forms in this founding collection of Scandinavian fantasy: trickster heroines devise cunning escapes and an Ash Lad triumphs over trolls lurking everywhere in the mountains and the forests, malignant but also bumbling. The stories open horizons of enjoyable impossibility and are filled with the humor of resistance and a relish for the absurd. Throughout, Tiina Nunnally’s new, pared down renderings capture limpidly that special tone of affectless matter-of-factness that readers and listeners thrill to, laughing and shivering at the same time." - Marina Warner, author of Fairy Tale: A Very Short Introduction* "Norway’s wonderfully weird traditional tales are as much a delight to the ear as they are to the imagination." - Wall Street Journal"Following the tales are forewords and notes to several editions of Norske Folkeeventyr. Of these, Moe’s introduction to the second edition is outstanding. He argues for the long continuity of Norwegian tradition by pointing out various striking motifs from medieval literature (the Eddas and sagas) that appear in these nineteenth-century folktales, and then some other folktale motifs that have gone through a Christian transformation." - Journal of Folklore Research"The retellings are lively and clearly work to retain the flavor of the originals. A valuable collection for scholars and readers alike." - The Horn Book"Given the internationally recognised importance of AsbjØrnsen’s and Moe’s collection, a newer English translation of their tales has long been desired. Tiina Nunnally’s recent work, based on the fourth edition (1868) of AsbjØrnsen’s and Moe’s Norske folkeeventyr, fulfils this need with distinction." - Gramarye"The kind of book you can pick up and put down over several weeks and always end up smiling." - UP Book Review

• ContentsTranslator's NoteNorwegian FolktalesAbout Ash Lad, Who Stole the Troll’s Silver Ducks, Coverlet, and Golden HarpThe Gjertrud BirdThe GriffinThe QuandaryRichman Peddler PerAsh Lad, Who Competed with the TrollAbout the Boy Who Went to the North Wind and Demanded the Flour BackThe Virgin Mary as GodmotherThe Three Princesses in White LandSome Women Are Like ThatEveryone Thinks Their Own Children Are BestA Tale of CourtshipThe Three AuntsThe Widow’s SonThe Husband’s Daughter and the Wife’s DaughterThe Rooster and the Hen in the Nut ForestThe Bear and the FoxWhy the Bear Has a Stump of a TailThe Fox Cheats the Bear Out of His Christmas MealGudbrand SlopeKari Stave-SkirtThe Fox as ShepherdThe Blacksmith They Didn’t Dare Let Into HellThe Rooster and the HenThe Rooster, the Cuckoo, and the Black GrouseLillekortThe Doll in the GrassPaal Next-DoorSoria Moria CastleSir PerLittle Aase GoosegirlThe Boy and the DevilThe Seven FoalsGidskeThe Twelve Wild DucksThe Master ThiefThe Three Sisters Who Were Taken Into the MountainAbout the Giant Troll Who Never Carried His Heart With HimDapplebandNothing is Needed by the One That All Women LoveAsh Lad, Who Got the Princess to Say He Was LyingThe Three Billy Goats Gruff, Who Were Supposed to Go Up to the Mountain Pasture to Fatten UpEast of the Sun and West of the MoonThe Hen Who Had to Go to Dovre Mountain, or Else the Whole World Would PerishThe Man Who Had to Keep HouseTom ThumbHaaken Speckled-BeardMaster MaidenWell Done and Poorly RewardedTrue and UntruePer and Paal and Esben Ash LadThe Mill That Keeps Grinding at the Bottom of the SeaThe Maiden on the Glass MountainButterballBig-Per and Little-PerRagged-CapThe Bushy BrideThe Tabby-Cat on Dovre MountainFarmer Weather-BeardThe Blue TwineThe Honest Four-Skilling CoinThe Old Man of the HouseForeword to the Second Norwegian EditionFrom the Introduction to the Second Norwegian EditionJØrgen MoeForeword to the Third Norwegian EditionPeter Christen AsbjØrnsenForeword to the Fourth Norwegian EditionPeter Christen AsbjØrnsenNotes on the Regional Collection Sites of the Tales

Peter Christen AsbjØrnsen (1812–1885) and JØrgen Moe (1813–1882) were energetic writers and researchers best known for their monumental collection Norske folkeeventyr (Norwegian Folktales), which introduced the lively traditions of Norwegian storytelling to readers around the world.Tiina Nunnally is an award-winning translator of Norwegian, Danish, and Swedish literature. Her translations published by the University of Minnesota Press include Sigrid Undset’s Olav AudunssØn tetralogy and Marta Oulie as well as works by Vidar SundstØl, Ola Larsmo, and Hans Christian Andersen.

"Like the Grimms before them, Peter Christen AsbjØrnsen and JØrgen Moe applied countless fine calibrations to make their stories, paradoxically, a perfect capture of folk traditions. Tiina Nunnally set out to make their tales sing in English translation, and presto! Trolls, griffins, Ash Lads, and all the wonders of the Norwegian imagination spring to life with renewed cultural energy and Élan." - Maria Tatar, editor of The Annotated Brothers Grimm* "Peter Christen AsbjØrnsen and JØrgen Moe scoured the Norwegian countryside to collect these classic folktales full of monstrous trolls, cunning wives, stupid husbands, and the Ash Lad, the poor boy who wins the princess and half of the kingdom. Tiina Nunnally has recreated this entire world in vivid color for English readers who are in for a real adventure." - Vidar SundstØl, author of The Land of Dreams"Like apparitions in a dream, familiar figures and motifs from fairy tale and folklore shift and change into striking and peculiar forms in this founding collection of Scandinavian fantasy: trickster heroines devise cunning escapes and an Ash Lad triumphs over trolls lurking everywhere in the mountains and the forests, malignant but also bumbling. The stories open horizons of enjoyable impossibility and are filled with the humor of resistance and a relish for the absurd. Throughout, Tiina Nunnally’s new, pared down renderings capture limpidly that special tone of affectless matter-of-factness that readers and listeners thrill to, laughing and shivering at the same time." - Marina Warner, author of Fairy Tale: A Very Short Introduction* "Norway’s wonderfully weird traditional tales are as much a delight to the ear as they are to the imagination." - Wall Street Journal"Following the tales are forewords and notes to several editions of Norske Folkeeventyr. Of these, Moe’s introduction to the second edition is outstanding. He argues for the long continuity of Norwegian tradition by pointing out various striking motifs from medieval literature (the Eddas and sagas) that appear in these nineteenth-century folktales, and then some other folktale motifs that have gone through a Christian transformation." - Journal of Folklore Research"The retellings are lively and clearly work to retain the flavor of the originals. A valuable collection for scholars and readers alike." - The Horn Book"Given the internationally recognised importance of AsbjØrnsen’s and Moe’s collection, a newer English translation of their tales has long been desired. Tiina Nunnally’s recent work, based on the fourth edition (1868) of AsbjØrnsen’s and Moe’s Norske folkeeventyr, fulfils this need with distinction." - Gramarye"The kind of book you can pick up and put down over several weeks and always end up smiling." - UP Book Review

• ContentsTranslator's NoteNorwegian FolktalesAbout Ash Lad, Who Stole the Troll’s Silver Ducks, Coverlet, and Golden HarpThe Gjertrud BirdThe GriffinThe QuandaryRichman Peddler PerAsh Lad, Who Competed with the TrollAbout the Boy Who Went to the North Wind and Demanded the Flour BackThe Virgin Mary as GodmotherThe Three Princesses in White LandSome Women Are Like ThatEveryone Thinks Their Own Children Are BestA Tale of CourtshipThe Three AuntsThe Widow’s SonThe Husband’s Daughter and the Wife’s DaughterThe Rooster and the Hen in the Nut ForestThe Bear and the FoxWhy the Bear Has a Stump of a TailThe Fox Cheats the Bear Out of His Christmas MealGudbrand SlopeKari Stave-SkirtThe Fox as ShepherdThe Blacksmith They Didn’t Dare Let Into HellThe Rooster and the HenThe Rooster, the Cuckoo, and the Black GrouseLillekortThe Doll in the GrassPaal Next-DoorSoria Moria CastleSir PerLittle Aase GoosegirlThe Boy and the DevilThe Seven FoalsGidskeThe Twelve Wild DucksThe Master ThiefThe Three Sisters Who Were Taken Into the MountainAbout the Giant Troll Who Never Carried His Heart With HimDapplebandNothing is Needed by the One That All Women LoveAsh Lad, Who Got the Princess to Say He Was LyingThe Three Billy Goats Gruff, Who Were Supposed to Go Up to the Mountain Pasture to Fatten UpEast of the Sun and West of the MoonThe Hen Who Had to Go to Dovre Mountain, or Else the Whole World Would PerishThe Man Who Had to Keep HouseTom ThumbHaaken Speckled-BeardMaster MaidenWell Done and Poorly RewardedTrue and UntruePer and Paal and Esben Ash LadThe Mill That Keeps Grinding at the Bottom of the SeaThe Maiden on the Glass MountainButterballBig-Per and Little-PerRagged-CapThe Bushy BrideThe Tabby-Cat on Dovre MountainFarmer Weather-BeardThe Blue TwineThe Honest Four-Skilling CoinThe Old Man of the HouseForeword to the Second Norwegian EditionFrom the Introduction to the Second Norwegian EditionJØrgen MoeForeword to the Third Norwegian EditionPeter Christen AsbjØrnsenForeword to the Fourth Norwegian EditionPeter Christen AsbjØrnsenNotes on the Regional Collection Sites of the Tales