Norwegian Folktales
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Norwegian folktales, slightly modernised to make the reading easier.
Opening
The Pancake
One's Own Children Are Always Prettiest
The New Breeches
The Cock and Hen
Bushy Bride
Farmer Weathersky
Gudbrand on the Hill-Side
The Seven Foals
Thumbikin
The Cock, the Cuckoo, and the Blackcock
The Three Billy-Goats Gruff
Dapplegrim, the Great Horse
The Master-Smith
The Boy Who Went to the North Wind
Buttercup
Big Bird Dam
Tatterhood
True and Untrue
Rumble-Mumble Goose-Egg
The Ashlad Who Made the Princess Say "That's a lie!"
Three Strong Waves
The Cormorants of Udrost
The Giant's Mountain
East of the Sun and West of the Moon
The Peasant Woman Who Was Changed into a Woodpecker
Bear and Fox
The Fox as Herdsman
The Cat on the Dovrefjell
Well Done and Ill Paid
The Husband Who Was to Mind the House
The Cock and Hen that Went to the Dovrefjell
The Lad and the Devil
The Cock and Hen A-Nutting
The Ashlad Who Ate a Match with the Troll
Why the Sea Is Salt
Katie Woodencloak
Soria Moria Castle
The Giant without a Heart in his Body
The Squire's Bride
The Twelve Ducks
The Mastermaid
Hacon Grizzlebeard
Rich Peter the Pedlar
Lord Peter
Goosey Grizzel
The Hare and the Heiress
The Mound Folk Hope for Salvation
The Honest Penny
The Sheep and the Pig Who Set Up House
Two Stepsisters
The Ashlad and the Beasts
The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse
The Companion
Espen Ashlad and Redfoks
The Golden Castle that Hung in the Air
The Lads Who Met the Trolls in the Hedale Woods
The Way of the World
Three Years without Wages
The Skipper and Old Nick
Per Gynt (Legends)
The Cat on the Dovre-Mountain. Two Versions
Let Go of the Root, Catch the Fox-foot
Bruin and Reynard as Partners
Reynard wants to Taste Horse-flesh
Bruin Goodfellow
The Father of the Family
The Storehouse Key in the Disdaff
Silly Men and Cunning Wives
Shortshanks
The Priest and the Clerk
The Ashlad and his Crew
Father Bruin in the Corner
The Boy Who Raised the Treasure
The Three Princesses in the Blue Mountain
The Interrupted Fairy Wedding
Pork and Honey
The Hog Who Was so Tired of His Way of Living
The Silver King
Dyre Vaa
Notes to the Tales
Folktales Theory 1
Folktales Theory 2
Hundreds of Tales
Asbjørnsen og Moe
Tales in Norwegian
"Thank you for such a nice collection of Norwegian folktales and the lovely layout of them." -
RF, folklore professor
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