"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.
Timothy Tangherlini is professor of folklore and chair of the
Scandinavian Section at the University of California, Los
Angeles.
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