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Popular Tales from the Norse
by Sir George Webbe DASENT (1817 - 1896)66 - Introduction to Appendix
The most careless reader can hardly fail to see that many of the Tales in this volume have the same groundwork as those with which he has been familiar from his earliest youth. They are Nursery Tales, in fact, of the days when there were tales in nurseries--old wives' fables, which have faded away before the light of gas and the power of steam. (Excerpt from Popular Tales from the Norse.)
Listen next episodes of Popular Tales from the Norse:
67 - Why the Jack-Spaniard's Waist is Small , 68 - Ananzi and the Lion , 69 - Ananzi and the Quanqua , 70 - The Ear of Corn and the Twelve Men , 71 - The King and the Ant's Tree , 72 - The Little Child and the Pumpkin Tree , 73 - The Brother and His Sisters , 74 - The Girl and the Fish , 75 - The Lion, the Goat, and the Baboon , 76 - Ananzi and Baboon , 77 - The Man and the Doukana Tree , 78 - Nancy Fairy , 79 - The Dancing Gang