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100 1 _aHall, Angus W., Mrs.
245 1 0 _aIcelandic Fairy Tales
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2022
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2022-01-02
505 0 _aThe legend of the king's three sons -- Helga -- Thorstein -- Sigurd -- Lineik and Laufey -- The five brothers -- Hermod and Hadvör -- Ingebjörg -- Hans -- The giantess and the granite boat -- Greybeard -- Litill, Tritill, the birds, and the peasant lad -- Laughing Ingibjörg -- The three peasant maidens -- The fair and the dark Isolde -- Prince Hlini -- Fertram and Hildur.
508 _aJeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
520 _a"Icelandic Fairy Tales" by Mrs. Angus W. Hall is a collection of enchanting short stories, translated and edited in the late 19th century. The tales derive from Norse legends and feature a unique twist on classical fairy tale tropes, particularly emphasizing strong and resourceful female characters, such as princesses and peasant maidens, who often rescue their male counterparts. Each story imbues a rich moral lesson while celebrating the whimsical creativity characteristic of folklore. The beginning of the collection introduces the premise of these fairy tales through a preface that explains the choice to adapt native stories for a juvenile audience, ensuring that they remain engaging and appropriate without losing their original charm. The first tale, "The Legend of the King's Three Sons," sets the stage with a royal family facing the challenge of finding a suitable husband for their beloved daughter, Isolde. The story follows the three princes as they embark on quests to retrieve the most valuable gifts, leading to unexpected turns that highlight themes of valor, love, and sacrifice, thus foreshadowing the enchanting narratives that will unfold throughout the anthology. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cUnited Kingdom: Frederick Warne & Co., 1897
653 _aConduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aChildren's stories
653 _aChildren -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aFolklore -- Iceland
653 _aIceland -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aFairy tales -- Iceland
700 1 _aMason, Ernold A.,
_d1859-1955
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/icelandicfairyta00halliala/page/n5/mode/2up
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67085
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