Identifier: eastofsunwestofm00asbj (find matches)
Title: East of the sun and west of the moon : old tales from the North
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Asbjørnsen, Peter Christen, 1812-1885 Moe, Jørgen Engebretsen, 1813-1882 Dasent, George Webbe, Sir, 1817-1896 Nielsen, Kay Rasmus, 1886-1957
Subjects: Fairy tales Folklore -- Norway
Publisher: New York : G.H. Doran
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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d set them down in the earth there; butbefore they had lived in the castle up among the trees. Now, she said, you must go into that castle, andlet the Trolls whip you each one night for each of us.If you can bear that, youll set us free. Well, the lad said he was ready to try. When you go in, the Princess went on to say,youll sge two lions standing at the gate; but if youllonly go right in the middle between them theyll do youno harm. Then go straight on into a little dark, room,and make your bed. Then the Troll will come to whipyou; but if you take the flask which hangs on the wall,and rub yourself with the ointment thats in it, whereverhis lash falls, youll be ns sound as ever. Then grasp thesword that hangs by the side of the flask and strike theTroll dead. Yes, he did as the Princess told him; he passed in themidst between the lions, as if he hadnt seen them, andwent straight into the little room, and there he lay downto sleep. The first night there came a Troll with three 88 J^ J
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