Peter Christen Asbjornsen

Magic and myth inhabit these chapters in figures both familiar and strange. Giant trolls and talking animals are everywhere. The winds take human form. A one-eyed old woman might seem reminiscent of the Norse god Odin. We meet sly aunts, resourceful princesses, and devious robbers....

Märchen von Prinzessinnen, so weiß wie Schnee, so schön wie Rosen. Haut wie Porzellan, Lippen rot wie Blut und die Schönheit einer Rose...

Every Christmas Halver is forced to prepare a feast and abandon his home to a pack of trolls that invade it....

Detskij spektakl' po skazke "Nil's i korolevskie zajcy" norvezhskogo pisatelja Petera Kristena Asb'jornsena (1812 - 1885)....

Peter Gynt is the story of a hunter who gets the better of a group of trolls who like to take over peoples' farms....

A fascinating collection of some of the great - but less well known - fairy tales of all time....

The Pancake is the tragic tale of one piece of fried batter's desperate escape attempt from the woman who cooked it, her seven ravenous children, her husband, a passer-by, assorted poultry and a greedy pig....

The Cormorants of Udröst is one of the stories he collected. It tells of a fisherman who found the mythical island of Udröst and befriended its strange and wonderfully generous inhabitants....

The Giant Who Had No Heart tells the story of a kind prince who sets off to rescue his brothers and their sweethearts, who have been turned to stone by a cruel giant....

A set of tales collected by Norwegian writer Peter Christen Asbjørnsen (1812-1885) that tells accounts of encounters with the Hulda (woodland or bogland fairy) and the brownie....

Peter Christen Asbjørnsen was a Norwegian writer, scholar and collector of traditional folktales....

Two teenage lads are stranded in the Hedale Wood overnight. Before long they hear heavy footsteps and sniffing. Three enormous trolls are on the scent of human flesh....

A wicked troll tries in vain to gobble up a family of goats when they go trip-trapping over his bridge....