"Tatterhood" - A Norwegian Folktale (S4, #9)
Wise Crone Cottage Podcast
English - April 08, 2024 23:00 - 42 minutes - 29.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsPerforming Arts Arts storytellling crone wise old woman fairy tales folktales myths wise woman folk tales Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this episode, the storyteller, Kathy Shimpock, will explore a little known Norwegian folktale, "Tatterhood." It's a story in which an unexpected, young girl goes on a hero's journey. She has quite a surprising role to play in a very unusual story.
Story: Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe, Lurvehette [Tatterhood], Norske Folkeeventyr (Christiania [Oslo], 1842-1852), translated by George Webb Dasent (1859). Translation revised by D. L. Ashliman. © 2001.
More on Tatterhood:
"Dreams Vermilion" by Sara Cleto and Brittany Warman on Corvid Queen.
"The Feminine, Libido and Narcissism: Tatterhood Who Rides a Goat (Norwegian)," by Max McDowell on Jungian Therapy.
Henning, K. Schmsdorf, "AT 711 'The Beautiful and the Ugly Twin': The Tale and its Sociocultural Context," Scandinavian Studies 61, no. 4 (Autumn 1989):339-352.
Cover Image: Pixabay.
Music: The Snow Queen Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/. Sound effects from my finch "Tweedles."
Copyright 2024 Kathy Shimpock.
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