Peter Christen Asbjørnsen

Jørgen Engebretsen Moe

Gudrun Thorne-Thomsen

So she rode a long, long way, till they came to a great steep hill. There on the face of it the White Bear gave a knock, and a door opened, and they came into a castle, where there were many rooms all lit up, gleaming with silver and gold, and there too was a table ready laid, and it was all as grand as grand could be. Then the White Bear gave her a silver bell. When she wanted anything she had only to ring it, and she would get what she wanted at once. Well, when she had had supper and evening wore on, she became sleepy because of her journey. She thought she would like to go to bed, so she rang the bell. She had scarce taken hold of it before she came into a chamber where there were two beds as fair and white as any one would wish to sleep in. But when she had put out the light and gone to bed some one came into the room and lay down in the other bed. Now this happened every night, but she never saw who it was, for he always came after she had put out the light; and, before the day dawned, he was up and off again. So things went on for a while, the lassie having everything she wanted. But you must know, that no human being did she see from morning till night, only the White Bear could she talk to, and she did not know what man or monster it might be who came to sleep in her room by night. At last she began to be silent and sorrowful and would neither eat nor drink. One day the White Bear came to her and said: "Lassie, why are you so sorrowful? This castle and all that is in it are yours, the silver bell will give you anything that you wish. I only beg one thing of you—ask no questions, trust me and nothing shall harm you. So now be happy again." But still the lassie had no peace of mind, for one thing she wished to know: Who it was who came in the night and slept in her room? All day long and all night long she wondered and longed to know, and she fretted and pined away. So one night, when she could not stand it any longer and she heard that he slept, she got up, lit a bit of a candle, and let the light shine on him. Then she saw that he was the loveliest Prince one ever set eyes on, and she bent over and kissed him. But, as she kissed him, she dropped three drops of hot tallow on his shirt, and he woke up.

East O' the Sun and West O' the Moon

Sir George Webbe Dasent

With an Introductory Essay on the Origin and Diffusion of Popular Tales

Popular Tales from the Norse

Two Norwegians, P.C. Asbjornsen and Jorgen Moe, collected folk tales and published them from 1837-1871. Here are selections from those collections.

Fairy Tales from Norway

A Time for Trolls

Norse Fairy Tales

Fra det nationale gjennembruds tid

East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North is a book by Jørgen Engebretsen Moe. It presents 33 Scandinavian folk tales containing witches' spells, exquisite princesses, titans, quests and the occasional evil troll.

East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North

Norske folke-eventyr

Convinced that his work in the field is harder than his wife's work at home, a farmer trades places with her for the day.

The Man who Kept House

Folke og huldre eventyr

The three billy goats outsmart the hungry troll who lives under the bridge.

The Three Billy Goats Gruff

Leprechauns, ogres, and beautiful princesses to delight the imagination

Fifty-nine Norwegian Folk Tales from the Collection of Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe

Norwegische Volksmährchen

Brüder Grimm

Peter Christen Asbjörnsen

Clemens von Brentano

Wo liegt jenes Schloss, östlich der Sonne und westlich vom Mond? Wovon träumt eine Trollprinzessin? Was machen feuerspeiende Drachen am Boden eines alten Brunnens? Und wer versteckt sich in den zwölf verzauberten Kristallschatullen? Diese reizend illustrierte Geschenkausgabe erzählt die schönsten Schneewittchen- und Rosenrotmärchen aus ganz Europa, von der klirrenden Kälte Norwegens bis zur heißen Sonne Griechenlands. Neben Klassikern der Brüder Grimm erscheinen in dieser Ausgabe viele Märchen, die zum ersten Mal ins Deutsche übertragen wurden. Eine wahre Schatzsammlung für alle Kenner, Kinder und Märchenliebhaber.

Märchen von Prinzessinnen, so weiß wie Schnee, so schön wie Rosen

Schneewittchen und Rosenrot

Knut Nauthella

Erotiske folkeeventyr

Askeladden og de gode hjelperne

Pat Shaw Iversen

Thirty-five stories about witches, trolls, ogres, foxes, bears, romantic princesses, and heroic country lads

Jørgen Engebretsen Moe

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