Anna Wahlenberg

“The Troll Ride.” Great Swedish Fairy Tales, Holger Lundbergh et. all, illustrated by John Bauer, New York: Delacorte Press/S. Lawrence., 1973, pp. 78-86.

Anonymous — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 01:27:00 +0000

“The Troll Ride.” Great Swedish Fairy Tales, Holger Lundbergh et. all, illustrated by John Bauer, New York: Delacorte Press/S. Lawrence., 1973, pp. 78-86. Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 08/15/2024 - 19:27

Tale Summary

There was once a young man named Peder Lars, the son of a farmer, who was hoping to win the hand of a very rich and proud woman named Lisa. He rode his horse through the forest on the way to town, where he would buy a new jacket. He wanted to look his best because he was stating his intentions that night at six o’clock with his father and spokesman. Along the path, he came to a meadow, where he saw a strange looking woman crawling in a ditch and was asked for help. She said she had hurt her leg and that if he collected resin from each of the seven pine trees on a certain nearby hill it would heal her and he would get a gold coin in return. She explained that before he came along, five others had accepted the gold and left her all alone without fulfilling their promise, and that she could hear her mother calling for her. Peder couldn’t hear anything, but she held her hand like a trumpet to his ear and he heard someone singing:

“Where are you, daughter, sweet and fair?

I’m looking for you everywhere.”

Peder laughed because he thought she was very ugly, and then kicked the gold coins out of her hand and called her a troll. He then rode into the city and bought a jacket, but grew curious when he came to the hill that the woman had mentioned, and saw the seven pine trees. The same song traveled to his ears, but he thought it would be impossible to find the resin in the fading afternoon light and kept riding home. Only a little farther on, his horse stopped and Peder heard the singing again, but he kept going. Again, he heard the song and could no longer bear it and so he went back and gathered the resin and angrily gave it to the woman, hurrying home without taking the coin. He was anxious that he would be too late to see Lisa, and if he was, her pride would be hurt and she would reject him. His brother had rode out into the forest and found him to tell him that Jonas, a rich miller who owned half the village, was also going to ask for Lisa’s hand, and that if Peder was late she would marry the miller instead. It was a quarter to six and Peder still had several miles to go, so he spurred his horse and went as fast as he could, but the horse soon became worn out. Suddenly, the reins went taut, and the horse jolted back into action and went faster than ever and took shortcuts off the path. Peder felt that someone was sitting behind him, but every time he looked he saw a little gray bundle slip down over the horse’s rump. He met his spokesperson who had gone out to find him, and was alerted that he had five minutes left. A little further on, his father told him he had only one, but Peder flew by at breakneck speed. Lisa was leaning on the windowsill, listening for hoofbeats, and her father pointed out that there was only half a minute left to arrive and she may as well give herself to Jonas, but she insisted on waiting. The clock began to ring, but before it had chimed for the sixth time, Jonas arrived, tattered and tousled from the journey. Lisa promised herself to him, and from then on he was never late to anything no matter when he left. He could not discover the reason and always saw the little gray bundle, and suspected that it was the troll who was honest enough to reward him.

Fairy Tale Title

The Troll Ride

Fairy Tale Author(s)/Editor(s)

Anna Wahlenberg, Holger Lundbergh

Fairy Tale Illustrator(s)

John Bauer

Common Tale Type

Tale Classification

Page Range of Tale

pp. 78-86

Full Citation of Tale

“The Troll Ride.” Great Swedish Fairy Tales, Holger Lundbergh et. all, illustrated by John Bauer, New York: Delacorte Press/S. Lawrence., 1973, pp. 78-86.

Original Source of the Tale

Tale Notes

AV��ʪ and Curation

Kaeli Waggener 2024

Book Title

Great Swedish Fairy Tales

Book Author/Editor(s)

Holger Lundbherg

Illustrator(s)

John Baur

Publisher

Delacorte Press/S. Lawrence

Date Published

1973

Decade Published

1970-1979

Publisher City

New York

Publisher Country

United States

Language

English

Rights

Digital Copy

Available at the Internet Archive

Book Notes

Twenty-one Swedish fairy tales accompanied by John Bauer's paintings and drawings that originally illustrated them

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“The Magician’s Cape.” Great Swedish Fairy Tales, Holger Lundbergh et. all, illustrated by John Bauer, New York: Delacorte Press/S. Lawrence., 1973, pp. 19-28.

Anonymous — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 00:33:20 +0000

“The Magician’s Cape.” Great Swedish Fairy Tales, Holger Lundbergh et. all, illustrated by John Bauer, New York: Delacorte Press/S. Lawrence., 1973, pp. 19-28. Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 08/12/2024 - 18:33

Holger Lundbergh Anna Wahlenberg

Tale Summary

There was once a wicked musician who built a castle in the mountains, and was entertained by a group of beautiful young girls who danced and made music. They were all terrified of him because he had stolen them from their parents, and whenever he was displeased with one of them he pushed her into the forest to be torn apart by wild beasts. Whenever he got rid of one, he would set out to find another, dressing nicely and dabbing honey on his lips before putting on a magic cape that could turn into wings. If he found a girl he wanted, he would lay the cape at her feet like a gentleman, and if she willingly stepped onto it he would wrap her up in it and take her home, but he had no power over girls who would not choose to do so. In a small village he saw a beautiful smith’s daughter named Alvida, and when she went into the woods to pick berries he laid down the cape, saying that she was a beautiful maiden who should not get her feet dirty. She laughed and told him to take better care of it and handed it back to him. He then saw a grazing ram and thought that if he got it to charge her, she would try to hide behind the cape and step on it. He used a magic whistle to attract a swarm of bees which stung the goat, and the animal charged at Alvida, but she did not take cover behind the cape. She ran behind a pine tree and was chased in circles by the goat and tripped. The magician laid out the cape hoping she would fall on it but she landed on the ground and instead the goat ran into it and tore it. Alvida felt badly about this and plucked one of her long golden hairs and sewed it shut with a rose thorn as a needle. She gave it back to him, but he said it needed more stitches, and when he tossed it back she stepped on the hem and was trapped. She saw the magician’s face change and become ugly and cried for help, and soon her golden hair was caught on a tree and he struggled to free it. While the cape was tangled, Alvida made her escape and made it back home. Furious, the magician went back to the castle, and that night he could not sleep because of a bright light coming from the golden hair. He tried everything he could to get rid of it, even ripping it out and throwing it from the window, but it always came back, and he was not able to sleep for three nights. On the fourth, he went back to the village and knocked on Alvida’s door and asked for her help in return for many wondrous things, but she knew that magicians could not enter the house of a Christian and did not answer. He flew back to his castle and had the idea of giving her gifts so that in her gratitude she would help him, and so plucked many wonderful fruits from his garden and arranged them in her window so that they grew in a border. When he went home, the thread shone more faintly and he was able to sleep. For some time the magic fruits hung in her window, but she did not touch any of them, and instead let travelers pick them for themselves. He asked again for her help but she did not reply, and from then on he had to do charitable deeds for the unhappy and never carry off another maiden or else the seam would shine as brightly as before.

Fairy Tale Title

The Magician’s Cape

Fairy Tale Author(s)/Editor(s)

Anna Wahlenberg, Holger Lundbergh

Fairy Tale Illustrator(s)

John Bauer

Common Tale Type

Tale Classification

Page Range of Tale

pp. 19-28

Full Citation of Tale

“The Magician’s Cape.” Great Swedish Fairy Tales, Holger Lundbergh et. all, illustrated by John Bauer, New York: Delacorte Press/S. Lawrence., 1973, pp. 19-28.

Original Source of the Tale

Tale Notes

AV��ʪ and Curation

Kaeli Waggener 2024

Book Title

A Selection from Grimm’s Fairy Tales

Book Author/Editor(s)

Holger Lundbherg

Illustrator(s)

John Baur

Publisher

Delacorte Press/S. Lawrence

Date Published

1973

Decade Published

1970-1979

Publisher City

New York

Publisher Country

United States

Language

English

Rights

Digital Copy

Available at the Internet Archive

Book Notes

Twenty-one Swedish fairy tales accompanied by John Bauer's paintings and drawings that originally illustrated them

Traditional

White