This post is a placeholder dedicated to my first advent calendar, which contains 24 texts of various genres of Norwegian folklore. I shall be updating this page with further information (cover design, publishing details, etc.) as I have them. Until then, here is the table of contents.
Christmas in Norway, 2025
An Advent Calendar
- How the Fox Got His Name of Mikkel
- A legend published by Ole Tobias Olsen in 1912.
- Old Christmas Customs
- An article published by Thrond Sjursen Haukenæs in 1885.
- Good Morning - Axe Handle
- A folktale published by Ole Tobias Olsen in 1912.
- When the Mice Wanted to Hang a Bell on the Cat
- A fable published by Mathilde Munch in 1928.
- Sobbing-and-Sorrow
- A folktale published by Hallvard Bergh in 1882.
- The Christmas Tree from the Sea
- A literary legend published by Regine Normann in 1920.
- The Fox and the Buck
- A folktale communicated by Hallvor Aakre, and published by Johannes Skar in 1913.
- South of the South and North of the North, by the Great Golden Mountain
- A folktale published by Kristofer Janson in 1878.
- The Giant’s and the Giantess’s Counting Contest
- A folktale published in 1913.
- Legends of the Asgaardsreie
- An article published in six parts by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen in 1852.
- The Kid Who Could Count to Ten
- A counting tale published by Alf Prøysen in 1954.
- Wolf Greyshanksson Poochstead
- A folktale published by Dina Thorsen in 1876.
- Ingjebjørg the Good
- A folktale communicated by Thore Aslaksdatter, recorded by August Schneider in 1871, and composed from the record by Simon Roy Hughes.
- The Magpie Calls
- A literary fable by Simon Roy Hughes.
- A Troll at Christmas
- A folktale published by Torkell Mauland in 1928.
- The Cat and the Mouse
- A folktale published by Halfdan Egedius in 1894.
- When the Hen Went to the Troll’s Place to Take Back Her Husband
- A folktale communicated by Marit Haugen, recorded by E. Langset in 1915, and composed from the record by Simon Roy Hughes.
- The Man’s Skull
- A folktale published by Ivar Aasen in 1855.
- The Boy Who Tamed the Troll
- A literary tale published by Jacob B. Bull in 1928.
- Nisses in Telemark
- An article by Magnus Brostrup Landstad (1802–1880), published posthumously in 1926.
- The Light in the Stable
- A literary legend published by Astrid and Olaf Thalberg in 1929.
- The Hulder Bride
- A poem by Simon Roy Hughes.
- A Boar and a Sow
- A folktale communicated by Pauline Paulsen, and recorded by Thora Skolmen in the early 1900s.
- An Old-Fashioned Christmas Eve
- A hulder tale and folk legend published by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen in 1845.