Folk-Lore and Legends: Scandinavian

About this film

LibriVox recording of Folk-Lore and Legends: Scandinavian by Charles John Tibbits. Read in English by Sonia; Curt Troutwine; Tabea; Brandon Weston; Sarah Jump; deongines; Caroline Lilyard; Claudia Wagner; Liana Leite Thanks to Thiele, to Hylten-Cavallius and Stephens, and to Asbjörnsen and Moe, Scandinavian Folklore is well to the front. Its treasures are many, and of much value. One may be almost sorry to find among them the originals of many of our English tales. Are we indebted to the folk of other nations for all our folk-tales? It would almost seem so. I have introduced into the present volume only one or two stories from the Prose Edda. Space would not allow me to give so much of the Edda as I could have wished. In selecting and translating the matter for this volume, I have endeavoured to make the book such as would afford its readers a fair general view of the main features of the Folklore of the North. - Summary by Charles John Tibbits For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer r…

Directors & creators

Charles John Tibbits

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;English; fairy tales; Legends; folklore; scandinavian; cultural

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