All the world's reward : folktales told by five Scandinavian storytellers / edited by Reimund Kvideland, Henning K. Sehmsdorf ; contributors, Hallfreður Örn Eiríksson ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kvideland, Reimund, 1935-

Sehmsdorf, Henning K.

Hallfreður Örn Eiríksson.

Series:

NIF publications ; no. 33.

NIF publications ; v. 33

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tales--Scandinavia.

Tales.

Scandinavia.

Physical Description:

xv, 323 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Seattle : University of Washington Press, [1999]

Summary:

All the World's Reward presents 98 tales from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, and Swedish-speaking Finland. Each area is represented by the complete recorded repertoire of a single storyteller. Such a focus helps place the stories in the context of the communities in which they were performed and also reveals how individual folk artists used the medium of oral literature to make statements about their lives and their world. Some preferred jocular stories and others wonder tales; some performed mostly for adults, others for children; some used storytelling to criticize society, and others spun wish fulfillment tales to find relief from a harsh reality.

For the most part collected a century ago, the stories were gleaned from archives and printed sources; the Icelandic repertoire was collected on audiotape in the 1960s. Each repertoire has been selected by a noted folklorist, who also contributed an introduction to the storyteller and collector and provided commentaries and references for the tales. A general introduction, a comprehensive bibliography, and an index of the tales according to Aarne-Thompson's typology are also included. Period illustrations add charm to the stories.

Contents:

Part I Olav Eivindsson Austad: Tales from Setesdal, Norway (1907-1926)

1. When the Bear Lost His Tail (at 2) 23

2. The Bear and the Fox Compete in Counting (at 7) 24

3. The Bear and the Fox Share a Field (at 9B) 24

4. The Firkin of Butter (at 15) 25

5. The Bear Kills Himself (at 21) 27

6. The House Mouse and the Woods Mouse (at 112) 27

7. The Ox, the Ram, and the Billy Goat (at 130 + 5) 28

8. The Frisky Gelding (at 153) 32

9. The Three Women and the Wolf (unclassified) 33

10. The Cuckoo (unclassified) 34

11. The Troll and the Three Sisters (at 311) 34

12. The Tale about the Wolf (at 425) 38

13. The Twelve Ravens (at 451) 44

14. Man-Daughter and Woman-Daughter (at 480) 46

15. The Goatherd Girl (at 501) 51

16. The Shining Apple Tree (at 510AB) 54

17. Ashfart and the Cat (at 545B) 60

18. The Golden Apple (at 550) 64

19. The Mare That Dropped Money (at 563) 70

20. Thumb (I) (at 700) 71

21. Thumb (II) (at 700) 72

22. The Prince Who Wanted a Real Princess (at 704) 72

23. The Woman Who Got Three Wishes (at 750A) 74

24. The Girl Who Didn't Want Any Children (at 755) 75

25. Cheese-Dun (at 853) 76

26. The Merry Boy (at 921) 79

27. As Wind in Hot Sun (at 923A) 81

28. Ashfart Who Took a Job with the Troll (at 1052 + 1137) 81

29. The Cat in Dogre (at 1161) 84

30. Trond (at 1161) 85

31. The Crazy Wife (at 1384) 86

32. The Clumsy Girl (at 1453) 90

33. The Fortune-Teller (at 1535) 91

34. The Boy and the Parson (at 1535) 96

35. The Man Who Never Gave Lodging (at 1544) 98

36. Frisk-Guss-Spass-Gass-Ber-Hu (unclassified) 99

37. The Bet (unclassified) 101

38. The Wretched Shoemaker (at 1640) 102

39. Pok, Slok, and Ashfart Go Stealing (at 1653B) 105

40. The Slow-Witted Son (at 1685 + 1696) 109

41. A Sermon (at 1824) 111

42. The Woman Who Got News from Home (at 1931) 112

43. The Goat Who Wouldn't Go Home (at 2015) 113

Part II Ane Margrete Hansen: Tales from Jutland, Denmark (1889)

44. The Two Hunters (at 303 + 567) 131

45. Millerimaej and Annekendaej (at 313) 142

46. The Scabby Garden Boy (at 314 + 1880) 143

47. The Three Wishes of the Smith (at 330A) 149

48. Solvborg Castle (at 400) 151

49. The Sisters in the Well (at 480) 158

50. Under the Gallows on Midsummer's Eve (at 613) 162

51. The Clever Queen (at 875) 169

52. The Priceless Glove (at 892) 173

53. The Haughty Princess (at 900) 176

54. The Visit (at 915) 181

55. The Soldier and the King in Disguise (at 952) 183

56. The Foolish Wife (at 1382 + 1383) 187

57. Dorret's Marriage (at 1462) 188

58. The White and the Black Hen (at 1623[superscript *]) 190

59. The Numbskull's Marriage (at 1696 + 1685) 193

60. The Three Lies (at 1920 + 1931) 198

Part III Jakob Glader: Tales from Dal, Sweden (1884)

61. The Fox and the Bear (at 15) 214

62. The Store Mouse and the Woods Mouse (at 112) 215

63. The Billy Goat and the Wolf (at 132) 216

64. All the World's Reward (at 155) 216

65. The Suitor with the Green Beard (at 365) 219

66. The White Serpent Kingson (at 433A) 220

67. Perselia (at 710) 223

68. St. Peter's Wife (at 774A) 227

69. Ashfart, the Princess, and the Three Helpers (at 850 + 513 + 513B) 228

70. The Devil and Tita Gray (at 1074 + 1170) 233

71. The Cotter Who Competed with the Devil (at 1090) 236

72. The Skipper and Horn-Peter (at 1179) 237

73. The Name of the First Boy (at 1450) 238

74. The Girl Who Was So Handy (at 1453) 239

75. The Danish Minister (at 1832 + 1835) 241

Part IV Johann Backstrom: Tales from Osterby, Swedish Finland (1885)

76. The Lion Who Met a Pretty Good Man (at 157) 249

77. The Devil Who Stood Guard for Seven Years (at 361) 250

78. The Stingy Minister (at 1544) 252

79. The Purse (at 1740*) 253

80. The New Minister (at 1825C) 254

81. The Minister and the Church Warden (at 1838) 255

82. The Two Friends (at 2014A) 256

83. The Farmer and the Mountain Troll (unclassified) 257

84. The Peasant Who Was Made a Knight (unclassified) 259

85. The Boy Who Corrected the Minister (unclassified) 260

Part V Herdis Jonasdottir: Tales from Husafell, Iceland (1966-1967)

86. Una, the Elf-Woman (at 306) 271

87. Hlini, the King's Son (at 317A) 273

88. Sigur[ch]ur, Ingibjorg, and Kroknefja (at 327) 275

89. Hringur and the Dog Snati-Snati (at 328) 278

90. The Tale of the Dog Mori (at 425) 282

91. Fetching the Fire (at 480) 286

92. Mja[ch]veig (at 510) 289

93. The Boy in the Pot (at 675) 294

94. Bjorn Shifty-Cloak (at 706) 296

95. Lice-Black (at 850) 299

96. Lineik and Laufey (at 870B*) 302

97. The Good Stepmother (at 934E) 304

98. Gramann (at 1525) 307.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-319) and index.

ISBN:

0295978104

029597754X

OCLC:

39235741