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

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Asbjørnsen Peter Christen. East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North

PREFACE

EAST OF THE SUN AND WEST OF THE MOON

THE BLUE BELT

PRINCE LINDWORM

THE LASSIE AND HER GODMOTHER

THE HUSBAND WHO WAS TO MIND THE HOUSE

THE LAD WHO WENT TO THE NORTH WIND

THE THREE PRINCESSES OF WHITELAND

SORIA MORIA CASTLE

THE GIANT WHO HAD NO HEART IN HIS BODY

THE PRINCESS ON THE GLASS HILL

THE WIDOW’S SON

THE THREE BILLY-GOATS GRUFF

THE THREE PRINCESSES IN THE BLUE MOUNTAIN

THE CAT ON THE DOVREFELL

ONE’S OWN CHILDREN ARE ALWAYS PRETTIEST

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Once on a time there was a poor husbandman who had so many children that he hadn’t much of either food or clothing to give them. Pretty children they all were, but the prettiest was the youngest daughter, who was so lovely there was no end to her loveliness.

So one day, ’twas on a Thursday evening late at the fall of the year, the weather was so wild and rough outside, and it was so cruelly dark, and rain fell and wind blew, till the walls of the cottage shook again. There they all sat round the fire, busy with this thing and that. But just then, all at once something gave three taps on the window-pane. Then the father went out to see what was the matter; and, when he got out of doors, what should he see but a great big White Bear.

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So when they got there, they went into the West Wind’s house, and the East Wind said the lassie he had brought was the one who ought to have had the Prince who lived in the castle East of the Sun and West of the Moon; and so she had set out to seek him, and how he had come with her, and would be glad to know if the West Wind knew how to get to the castle.

“Nay,” said the West Wind, “so far I’ve never blown; but if you will, I’ll go with you to our brother the South Wind, for he’s much stronger than either of us, and he has flapped his wings far and wide. Maybe he’ll tell you. You can get on my back, and I’ll carry you to him.”

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