An Anthology of Finnish Folktales

Buch | Softcover

186 Seiten

2025 | 2nd Revised edition
Welsh Academic Press (Verlag)
978-1-86057-177-0 (ISBN)

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A collection of fifty folktales, which features traditional folktales and a number of popular Finnish jokes and anecdotes, this anthology is an excellent introduction to the rich oral tradition of Finnish storytelling for both the general reader and for students of folklore.

As in other countries, skilled storytellers were often representatives of the itinerant trades such as cobblers, tailors, lumberjacks, and peddlers, but due to its relative geographical isolation, storytelling as a living tradition was preserved longer in Finland when compared to other countries whose local oral traditions were considerably diminished by the impact of external cultures.

Helena Henderson, a member of the Anglo-Finnish Society, is a UK-based freelance tutor, translator and writer.

Introduction by Dr Pirkko-Liisa Rausmaa

Preface by Helena Henderson

Animal Tales

1. The Rabbit, The Wolf, the Fox and the Bear

2. The Fox as Nursemaid

3. The Fox, the Wolf and the Lion

4. The Dog's Document

5. The Pig and the Squirrel

6. The Wedding Roast

7. The Reward of the Benefactor

Ordinary Folktales

8. Aal, Taal and Everaal

9. The Three Missing Princesses

10. The Three Brothers

11. Three Brothers Imprisoned by the Devil

12. The Smith and the Devil

13. The Bird Bride

14. The Maiden Who Rose From the Sea

15. The Death of the Wicked Witch

16. The Devoted Orphans

17. The Castle of Snakes

18. Antti Puuhaara

19. The Old Man's Daughter and the Old Woman's Daughters

20. Tittulas Tuuree

21. The Pig Maid

22. A Disguised Woman as the King's Brother-in-Law

23. The Witch and the Sister of Nine Brothers

24. The Farting Stone

25. The Three Doctors

26. The Cat Child

27. The King's Son on his Way to Marry

28. The Clever Girl at the Inn

29. Half a Man and a Horse's Head

30. The Farmer's Weather Prediction

31. The Sailor and the Parson

32. The Merchant's Son Casts His Net

33. The Prophecy of Murder and Incest

34. The Stonemason's Apprentice as a Bank Robber

35. The Helsinki Academy

Jokes and Anecdotes

36. The Devil Buys Wood

37. The Unknown Bird

38. The Devil Eats his Thingy

39. Four Sami in the Giant's Gorge

40. The First Gun

41. The Branch Cutter

42. The Bustle of the Numskulls

43. The Twelve Brothers

44. The Dog Mouser

45. Boys Swimming in the Rye-Field

46. The Search for Three Fools

47. The Man Who Did the Housework

48. Two Women, a Mouse and Gold Coins

49. The Boy Who Grew Up in a Barrel

50. The Famished Parson

Notes

Index of Narrators and Collectors

Index of Tale Types

Erscheinungsdatum	15.11.2025
Übersetzer	Helena Henderson
Verlagsort	Cardiff
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
	Literatur ► Historische Romane
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-86057-177-8 / 1860571778
ISBN-13	978-1-86057-177-0 / 9781860571770
Zustand	Neuware