East of the Sun and West of the Moon | Around the Hearth: Traditional Nordic Fairy Tales
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- čas přidán 18. 10. 2017
- One of the best known fairy tales in Norway, this story is one of my personal favourites! It tells of a young beggar girl who leaves home to live with a great, white bear.
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Storybook:
East of the Sun, West of the Moon
1910. George Webbe Dasent, Jørgen Moe and Peter Christen Asbjørnsen.
Thumbnail Image:
She held tight to the white bear
1914. Kay Nielsen.
Intro and Outro music:
Fairytale Waltz Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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One of my fave folktales, because it's a role reversal. Normally it's the blacksmith's son who rescues the Princess.
Here, it's the peasant girl who rescues the Prince. She's plucky; "I ain't gonna let no goblins take my man away from me!"
What a wonderful reading! My Norwegian Grandmother read this to me as a lad. Thank you for the sweet memories.
THIS IS WHAT IVE BEEN LOOKING FOR!!! theres so many video that tell you details of legends but not the actual stories
This was beautiful.
I love the classic tales.
This reminds me of Eros/Cupid and Psyche.
I loved this story so much more. I'm glad I've found this channel. It's great!!!
Thank you! 😊
@@AnnaBridgland I came back to hear it again!!!
@@v.9964 Same! It's perfect for December and around Christmas time! Wonderfully narrated indeed! All the best!
Yay, new upload. Time to boil some tea and listen to the calming voice. This will be great. Thank you so much for doing this.
you're welcome glad to hear you enjoy it!
Lovely stories just in time to see me off to bed ! Goodnight Anna !
Thank you! Hope you had a great sleep :D
Those sound effects were really impressive! Nicely done!
I’m Norwegian myself and I wish I was more connected to that side of my family
There's always time to start!
Never heard this tale before, but I have to say it's very lovely and a very good reading if I'm bold to say.🤗
Thank you!
I’ve loved this story sense I was a kid
I just discovered that the East of the Sun & West of the Moon book I checked out at the library didn't have a bear, but a frog. There was a mashup of fairy tales that vaguely resembled the original EotSWotM story. The frog broke me though. It shouldn't be thus named with a Frog Prince. That's why I'm here! I'm glad to hear the original!
Hey, there’s a song about this fairy tale, it call east of the sun from the band A-ha, it’s a beautiful song
Thank you for everything you share with us!!
You're welcome!
That fireplace looks very warm and cozy.
Very beautiful narration! Thank you so much for sharing these wonderful stories! I want to purchase the book as well as soon as possible. Kay Nielsen was an extraordinarily talented and technical illustrator. Never in my life have I seen more beautiful illustrations in a children's book than those made by Kay Nielsen. All the best and godt nyt år! Keep up the good work, plenty of luck, and much success!
You have the perfect storytelling voice ❤️🌞🌝
Thank you so much! :D
This is my favorite channel of all time.
Im so glad to have found your channel!
This is fabulous 🥰
Thank you!
Thank you so much for sharing such amazing stories, it's so well read, too 😊 keep up the amazing work 😁
Very nice. Pleasent voice too.
A balm for the soul.
Got jul and thank you
I listened to the east of the sun song of the band a-ha and always wanted to know the meaning of the lyrics, finally I thought
Glad to hear it!!
This is very nice, thank you
I love Little Diamond and the North Wind!!!George McDonald,
from My Bookhouse books collection
I loved this
Thank you!
Ooh yea i have heard this story before!
This is good! Subbed!
thank you! :)
Thanks for that appreciated 🧡🧡 from Qatar
. . . and with her cleaning abilities and their newfound wealth they opened a dry cleaning/laundry and grew richer still and lived happily ever after.
Please do the story of Osborn’s Pipe (a Norwegian story)
I have the story on CD growing up but no one had ever spoken to had ever heard of it and most people who who did stories on mythology in folklore never mentioned it either so I started to think maybe I had simply confused the story of eros and psyche from Greek mythology Evan has a very similar premise though being very different in details
Nice program! ☺️☕
Thank you! 😊
I like it
Thank you!
Can i ask how you record your voice/sound? Thanks
This shares a lot of similarities with white bear king Valemon!!!
Yes definitely!
Reminds me of prins hatt
lovely! first time hearing this tale. I've recently read a novel that shares some similarities with this tale . It is called A Court of Thorns and Roses.
This is a variant if Cupid and Psyche.
What century did this story take place in?
I honestly don't know! It's definitely been a well known story for a few hundred years at least :)
Gonna try to give some kind of answer here, this specific tale is a newer version of a tale called Armour and Psyche/Cupid and Psyche/Eros and Psyche and dates from around year 100 .
The Norwegian version was also made into a movie in 1995 and named "Kristin Lavransdatter".
www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3D0yVuODZFsCk&ved=2ahUKEwjv6NnqlL7yAhUYQvEDHU9dDzIQxa8BegQIBxAF&usg=AOvVaw1v8nde4CWkqxP0oVQXsiPC
Is there any hidden meaning within this story?
Antisemitism
@Anna Bridgland - Folklore, Mythology & Fairy Tales >>> I wish *_INTERNET TROLLS_* could be disposed of that easily...😉
Is there a reason only the peasant girl could wash off the tallow?
Why is it always the mother’s advice. I guess this is the curse of not growing up.
But I see the similarities with snow queen. Which is interesting.
I doubt there’s a single moral/subconscious/journey based rule that isn’t to be found in this
This fairytale is extremely unhealthy to read to children. It has #scary elements to it. Why would parents rent out their daughter? Why would a handsome man enslave and test a girl so he can "choose" to marry her, but she can't choose? Why are both men innocent but all four women manipulative and controlling?
Hi Sara. This is an original version of a traditional folk tale and as such the themes contained within reflect the time in which it was written.
@@AnnaBridgland I read this when I was young and did not suffer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
s@Sabrina Belladonna I agree with you.
It is an innocuous way to hint to children that all is not rosy in the world, otherwise they will be in for a shock. If you try to tell them in so many words, it will not sink in until something really bad happens. They do not remember the horrific scenes for long and rarely lay awake, especially if the voice is kept smooth and gentle as with our reader here. Here, I reference Jeff Minick, author of Amanda Bell. These sentiments are found in his article, Once Upon a Time, the Importance of Fairy Tales for Children, The Epoch Times news paper
I think most children won't overanalyse the gendered power dynamic and take it for what it is, a story about a heroine rescuing a prince from his fate.
But of an ironic name imo. Not much joy in you is there?