NORDIC TALES AND LEGENDS

"The princess revealed their whereabouts. One had been taken by a troll to a castle ten miles away, and the other to another castle, fifteen kilometers away from the other." (The Soria Moria castle - Nordic tales and legends, page 110) The Nordic box gathers charming stories from the ancient peoples that inhabited northern Europe, a region that currently comprises the countries Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. In it, the reader will know the best fairy tales, legends, sagas and Nordic myths. They are stories full of symbolism, whose characters are venerated as gods, demigods and heroes, and which will provide a very pleasant experience, whether for children, youth or adults.The first part features magical fairy tales and extraordinary stories by authors like Hans Christian Andersen, J. Jakobsen, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe, who talk about values such as bravery, courage, humility and perseverance. Kindness is always rewarded in its narratives. The second part introduces the reader to a world of adventure populated by mystical creatures such as trolls, dwarves, orcs, elves and giants.All storytelling ends are happy and the reward always comes together at the close of the story. They are very fanciful stories that we hear when we are children and that show us the moral or make us believe that whenever you are humble, kind and honest you get something in return. If there is a genre that has captured the imagination of people in all walks of life and around the world, it is that of fairy tales. If we think of the first stories we remember hearing as children, the first magical images we build in our imagination, there they are.The genre of fairy tales is within the general domain of folklore, that is, the stories of the people. It is not for nothing that many fairy tales are called "folk tales" and are attributed to oral tradition, sometimes not even having an author assigned. Although some stories take place within a real environment or portray princes and princesses, the tales have no elitist character and are known in all social strata. "In the gray light of dawn, the stable master released the seven foals, and there they were again galloping over the valley hill. The fox behind them. But everything happened as it had happened to his brother. After running after the foals for very, very long and being sweaty and tired, he passed through a crack in the mountain where an old woman was sitting spinning with a distaff, and she called him." (The seven foals - Nordic tales and legends, page126). Princesses, queens, stepmothers, monsters, elves, giants, all create a bridge between the mythological past and the reality of pre-industrial Europe. The accumulated wisdom of the past is deposited in tales and transmitted to us by symbolism. All this symbolic imagery comes to life through strong images and recurring motifs (apples, mirrors, perfumes, forests, thorns, rings and frogs), which often evoke sensations in the reader's own body, giving wings to the imagination. If we land in fairy tales like a map, probably two places will come to mind at first: France, with Charles Perrault during the 17th century, and Denmark, with Hans Christian Andersen, in the middle of the 19th century. Andersen is arguably the best known of all Scandinavian writers, and his tales and stories are some of the most widely translated works in the world.Still within the scope of popular history and in the practice of storytelling, we have in this volume some legends from the North. During the long dark winter nights, narrative was the main form of entertainment in the region. Each culture promoted its tales and legends, which have been passed down from generation to generation over the centuries. In Scandinavia, legends are still an important part of the local culture. In Iceland, for example, a large part of the population says they believe in elves - or at least do not deny their existence - and there is also a strong branch of tourism related to folklore and places that these supernatural creatures would inhabit. "At the end of the third year, a golden feather grew on the grouse's tail. When it fell at the gate, the grumpy wife didn't have much to say, as a golden feather was, after all, a very good payment for some handfuls of grain." (The enchanted rooster, Nordic tales and legends, page 62). Elves, trolls, monsters: do they really exist? In this volume, you will have contact with some of the most fascinating Nordic folk stories and decide whether to believe it or not.🖤📚Note: ☆☆☆☆☆| Title: Nordic tales and legends | ISBN: 978-8584424665 | Year: 2020 | Specifics: 243 pages | Editor: Pandorga publishing company; 1ª Edition (March, 5th 2020)| Genre: Tales| Finishing: Commun cover| Measurements: 21.6 x 14.2 x 2.4 cm|Cutting: UnpaintedBuy on Amazon (Nordic Boxes: The Best Tales and Legends - 2 Volumes)Review on GoodReads (Nordic Tales and legends) Hans Christian Andersen (also known in Scandinavia as H. C. Andersen or the acronym H. C. A.) (Odense, 2 April 1805 - Copenhagen, 4 August 1875) was a Danish writer and poet of children's stories. In life, he wrote plays, patriotic songs, short stories, stories, and, mainly, fairy tales, for which he is known worldwide. Since the 19th century, his tales have been translated into more than 125 languages and have inspired countless plays, dramas, operas, symphonies and films. Since 1956, the Swiss non-governmental organization International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) has awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Award, a literary prize named after the author, which is considered the "Nobel Prize for children's literature".Hans Christian Andersen was born on April 2, 1805, in the city of Odense, part of the then United Kingdom of Denmark and Norway, in the heart of the island of Funen, east of the Danish peninsula, today the territory of present-day Denmark. He was the only son to survive the early childhood of Hans Andersen (1783—1816), a shoemaker, and Anne Marie Andersdatter (1773—1833), a laundress. When she was born, her parents had been married only very recently, since, before meeting Hans, Anne Marie had had an affair with Jørgensen Rosenvind, a married potter and with him a daughter, Karen Marie (1799—1846), Hans Christian's half sister, who Rosenvind never registered or maintained any contact with. Shortly after Hans and Anne Marie's wedding in the spring of 1804, Andersen registered Karen (then five years old) as his daughter.🖤📚