Mountains abound, this #FairyTaleTuesday.

Here's one of the better-known #NorwegianFolktales, "The Maiden on the Glass Mountain," in which a simple farm boy, with the help of unseen forces, brings the princess down from her perch.

https://norwegianfolktales.blogspot.com/2016/11/the-maiden-on-glass-mountain.html

Of course, the most famous of the #NorwegianFolktales for the seventh day of #FolktaleWeek2022 here on #Mastodon.

In my translation of “The Three Bill-Goats Bruse,” I have restored the goats’ proper name, but the action remains the same. Three goats, one troll, one bridge.

https://norwegianfolktales.blogspot.com/2016/03/the-three-billy-goats-gruff.html

Day 6 of #FolktaleWeek2022 here on #Mastodon.

Sometimes in #NorwegianFolktales, a hero needs good help to win the princess from her fickle father. In “Askeladden and the Good Helpers” there is help to be found. #FolktaleWeek

https://norwegianfolktales.blogspot.com/2017/03/askeladden-and-good-helpers.html

Day 5 of #FolktaleWeek2022 here on #Mastodon.

The most popular of the #NorwegianFolktales I have translated, “White Bear King Valemon” tells of a princess who goes to live with a white bear who is not what he at first appears. When she does the opposite of what he tells her to do, she has to go on a long quest to find and save him. #FolktaleWeek

https://norwegianfolktales.blogspot.com/2016/02/white-bear-king-valemon.html

Are you looking for a present for that hard to satisfy reading horse (Norwegian: lesehest) in your life.

Try giving them #RegineNormann’s collection of 20 #folktales and #fairytales from #Arctic #Norway

Ringelihorn, a collection of #NorwegianFolktales.

http://nordlandsnatt.blogspot.com/2021/01/preorder-ringelihorn-and-other-tales.html

Askeladden is at his wittiest when dealing with a troll in #NorwegianFolktales

“Askeladden and Red Fox,” for #FolkloreThursday.

https://norwegianfolktales.blogspot.com/2017/05/redfox-and-askeladden.html

Day 4 of #FolktaleWeek2022 in #NorwegianFolktales, here on Mastodon.

A queen exchanges her twelve sons for a daughter. The daughter, when she is old enough to do so, sets off to save her brothers. #FolktaleWeek

“The Twelve Wild Ducks”

https://norwegianfolktales.blogspot.com/2018/04/the-twelve-wild-ducks.html

Finnic and Nordic mythology meet in the next instalment of The Complete Norwegian Folktales and Legends of Asbjørnsen & Moe. #NorwegianFolktales

https://www.patreon.com/NorwegianFolktales

It’s day three of #folktaleweek2022 here on Mastodon. One of the most famous #NorwegianFolktales, “Soria Moria Castle” tells the tale of Halvor, a lazy boy at home, who goes to sea. Going ashore in a foreign clime, Halvor saves his princess and her sisters from their respective trolls by means of a giant swords and an enchanting drinks. #folktaleweek

https://norwegianfolktales.blogspot.com/2016/01/soria-moria-palace.html

Day two of #FolktaleWeek2022 in #NorwegianFolktales.

When a boy gives away the three shillings he has earned, he receives three wishes. He wishes for a fiddle to make folk dance, a gun that hits everything he aims at, and the ability to get the first thing he asks for.

“Veslefrikk with His Fiddle” #FolktaleWeek

https://norwegianfolktales.blogspot.com/2017/10/veslefrikk-with-his-fiddle.html

Let’s bring #FolktaleWeek2022 to Mastodon!

I have a few #NorwegianFolktales.

“The Golden Castle that Hung in the Air”

Portable castles, dragons, a unicorn, and a talking ass all help save the princesses from the trolls. #FolktaleWeek

https://norwegianfolktales.blogspot.com/2017/05/the-golden-castle-that-hung-in-air.html