Scandinavian Folktales, translated and edited by Jacqueline Simpson

[sophia_sol]

A very satisfying collection. I just really enjoyed reading through it! Tales of varying lengths and narrative-ness (some come across more like summaries), indicating teller, location, and dates told. An interesting variety of types of story, and I found the stories themselves to be mostly compelling. Interesting how integrated Christianity is with a lot of these folk stories. There were nonfiction introduction essays to each section of the book but honestly I didn't find them to give me much in the way of use, so I started just skipping them. All in all a worthwhile book though!