Saksagan
The Virtuous Daughter-In-Law part 3
Ever since Shan-hu had been sent away, Ta-ch`eng`s mother had been endeavoring to get him another wife; but the fame of her temper had...
The Virtuous Daughter-In-Law part 2
I had better die.” Thereupon she drew a pair of scissors and stabbed herself in the throat, covering herself immediately with blood. The servant...
The Virtuous Daughter-In-Law part 1
P`u Sung-Ling (1622—1679?)
The Strange Stories of P`u Sung-Ling have delighted all classes in China for over two centuries, but about their editor we have...
Regin`s Tale part 2
Thereon he laid hands on them, and doomed them to such ransom, as that they should fill the otter skin with gold, and cover...
Regin`s Tale part 1
Regin`s Tale (Anonymous: 12th Century)
The Volsmga Saga, one of the most beautiful and highly finished of all the many Icelandic sagas, is a composite...
Baldr`s Bale part 4
The iEsir took the body of Baldr and brought it to the sea. Hring- horni is the name of Baldr`s ship: it was greatest...
Baldr`s Bale part 3
And Frigg took oaths to this purport, that fire and water should spare Baldr, likewise iron and metal of all kinds, stones, earth, trees,...
Baldr`s Bale part 2
Bjomson, a dramatist, poet, novelist, writer of stories, and political leader, was a great national figure, dominating the intellectual life of his country for...
Baldr`s Bale part 1
The Scandinavian Countries
Iceland Denmark Norway Sweden
There are four groups included under the heading Scandinavian Countries: the Icelandic, the Danish, the Norwegian, and the Swedish....
Love and Bread part 5
After a couple of months more Louise Falk became strangely indisposed. Had she caught cold? Or had she perchance been poisoned by the metal...
