Ny Samling Folksagor by Otto Spamer
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Ny Samling Folksagor by Otto Spamer is a collection of folk tales written in the late 19th century. The volume gathers moral, magical, and comic stories from the European tradition, mixing Germanic classics with fresh retellings and a reflective preface on the nature of storytelling. The opening of the collection begins with a lively essay that contrasts lies, exaggeration (“skarfva”), and true fairy tales, spotlighting the Hessian braggart “Lögnpetter” and his Münchhausen‑style
boasts. It then moves through a suite of narratives: a devoted sister who keeps seven years of silent spinning to redeem her brothers turned into ravens; a journeyman in Amsterdam who mistakes “Kannitverstan” for a man’s name and learns humility amid wealth and a funeral; three princesses with fragile glass hearts and a suitor who trains as a glazier with “velvet hands”; two stolen children who shapeshift to escape an evil sorcerer; the proud princess humbled in King Thrushbeard; and the beginning of a Moravian‑Wallachian tale about the orphan Michel, which cuts off as his uncle leads him into the caves of Radhošť. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Editor | Spamer, Otto, 1820-1886 |
|---|---|
| Title | Ny Samling Folksagor |
| Original Publication | Stockholm: F & G Beijers Bokförlagsaktiebolag, 1896. |
| Note | Translator was identified in earlier editions as: "R. B--g". |
| Contents | Om narras, "skarfva" och berätta sagor -- Historien om de sju korparna och den trogna systern -- Kannitverstan -- De tre systrarna med glashjärtan -- Den gamle trollkarlen -- Kung Trastnäbb -- Michel, den fader- och moderlöse gossen från Radhost -- Den lustige Schwanda -- Om Jöns, som ville lära sig rysa -- Historien om den sköna Melusina -- Syster Ödmjuk -- Svärdet Zuniga -- Den onde anden i flaskan -- Maruschka och de tolf månaderna -- Friskytten -- Klas Törnpåk. |
| Credits | Ronnie Sahlberg and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net. Thanks to Project Runeberg for providing the scans. |
| Language | Swedish |
| LoC Class | PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres |
| Subject | Fairy tales -- Translations into Swedish |
| Subject | Tales -- Translations into Swedish |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 78505 |
| Release Date | Apr 20, 2026 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 312 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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