Danish Folktales, Legends, and Other Stories is a collection of
translated and annotated Nordic folklore that presents full repertoires
of five storytellers along with extensive archival material. The printed
book presents some of the most compelling stories of these five
important storytellers along with historical and biographical
introductions. Of a length suitable for course use, it provides a
substantive and enjoyable encounter with Danish folklore. The Danish
Folklore Nexus on the accompanying DVD includes the storytellers' full
repertoires plus 500 additional stories in both Danish and English along
with essays on the changing political, social, and economic landscapes
of nineteenth-century Denmark, the history of folklore scholarship,
critical approaches to folklore, and comprehensive biographies of the
storytellers. It also provides links between related stories and
interactive maps that allow readers to see where the stories are set and
where they were collected, and a mechanism to search for themes and
topics across all the stories.
The basis of the work is the collection of Evald Tang Kristensen
(1843-1929). As a young schoolteacher Kristensen set out across Denmark
to collect the folktales, ballads, legends, and stories that he saw as
the vestiges of a disappearing folk culture. Over the course of five
decades he collected thousands of stories and kept detailed biographical
notes about the storytellers he met.
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