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The very best of traditional Danish folklore comes alive for the present-day reader in this classic collection originally compiled by specialist scholar Svend Grundtvig. The tales selected for this volume were designed to represent all aspects of the unique cultural heritage of the Danish people. Grundtvig issued an appeal in 1854 for his countrymen to collect and submit the stories, which, until then, were largely oral, handed down from generation to generation. Hundreds of stories were duly compiled, and Gruntvig’s final collection was published in 1876—and became an instant hit. While stories such as “Olaf the Mermaid’s Son,” “The Raven of Salby,” and “Prince Irregang and Maid Miseri” stamped the tales as solidly Danish in origin, other stories such as “The Most Obedient Wife,” “Virtue Its Own Reward,” and “The School of Black Art,” contain moral lessons which could be universal, but which are still unique to this small northern European nation. The stories can be read for delight, or as part of serious scholarly research, and are meant to be enjoyed by children and adults alike. Contents Willy Faith The Lass of Söndervand The Wishing-Box Olaf the Mermaid’s Son The Miserly Squire The Roe Deer Princess Prince Irregang and Maid Miseri The Three Red Piggies The Dumb Queen The Wise Queen For Three Shillings The Cobbler’s Lad The Raven of Salby The Most Obedient Wife Virtue Its Own Reward Faithful Svend Health and Happiness The School of Black Art

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Excerpt from Danish Fairy Tales There are, naturally, these stock features. But there is something rarer that stamps these tales with an originality that seems to individualize them. This quality, may, perhaps, be found in the tender ness and poetic atmosphere of the Green Knight in the naivete of Peter Ox and the pessimistic moralizing of Good Deeds; in the humorous expres sion of the very human satisfaction of outwitting another, in The Treasure; as well as in the charm of The Pleiades, with its quaint naming, or rather, no-naming of the sons, and with its beautiful ending. One may even imagine here a happy linking of their fairyland wonders with those of our own day. For the ship that can go over land and sea, that can propel itself, - does it not suggest our modern wonder. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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