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An Anthology of Finnish Folktales

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This collection serves well as an introduction and one must applaud Ms. Henderson...fascinating
Journal of the Finnish Church Guild

Not only could the texts in this book provide a most colourful entry to the study of the folktale but a basic course for students could be designed with the use of the scholarly data given... never before translated into English
Folklore

a very accessible and valuable collection
Southern Folklore, University of Western Kentucky

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 Sámi 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

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.

*This collection of folktales was previously published in hardback as The Maiden Who Rose From The Sea and other Finnish Folktales by Hisarlik Press in 1992.

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