Index:East of the sun and west of the moon; old tales from the North.djvu
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ILLUSTRATIONS EAST OF THE SUN AND Page "Well, mind and hold tight by my shaggy coat, and then there's nothing to fear" said the Bear, so she rode a long, long way 9 "Tell me the way, then," she said, "and I'll search you out" . 16 And then she lay on a little green patch in the midst of the gloomy thick wood . . . . . . . . 24 The North Wind goes over the sea . . . . . 32 And fitted away as far as they could from the Castle that lay East of the Sun and West of the Moon .... 40 THE BLUE BELT The Lad in the Bears skin, and the King of Arabia's daughter 48 PRINCE LINDWORM Ptige She saw the Lindworm for the first time, as he came in an J stood by her side ........ 56 THE LASSIE AND HER GODMOTHER She could not help setting the door a little ajar, just to peep in, when—Pop! out few the Moon . . . . 64 Then he coaxed her down and took her home . . . . 72 "Here are your children; now you shall have them again. I am the Virgin Mary " . . . . . . . 80 He too saw the image in the water; but he looked up at once, and became aware of the lovely Lassie who sate there up in the tree FRONTISPIECE THE THREE PRINCESSES OF WHITELAND "You'll come to three Princesses, whom you will see standing in the earth up to their necks, with only their heads out". 88 So the man gave him a pair of snow shoes .... 96 The King went into the Castle, and at first his Queen didn't know him, he was so wan and thin, through wandering so far and being so woeful . . . . . . . 104
THE GIANT WHO HAD Page The six brothers riding out to woo . . . . . 112 "On that island stands a church; in that church is a well; in that well swims a duck". . . . . .120 He took a long, long farewell of the Princess, and when he got out of the Giant's door, there stood the Wolf waiting for him . 128 THE WIDOW'S SON When he had walked a day or so, a strange man met him. "Whither away?" asked the man . . . . 136 But still the Horse begged him to look behind him, . . 144 And this time she whisked off the wig; and there lay the lad, so lovely, and white and red, just as the Princess had seen him in the morning sun . . . . • • • 152 The Lad in the Battle 160
THE THREE PRINCESSES Just as they bent down to take the rose a big dense snowdrift came and carried them away . , . . . .168 The Troll was quite willing, and before long he fell asleep and began snoring . . . . . . . .176 As soon as they tugged at the rope, the Captain and the Lieutenant pulled up the Princesses, the one after the other . . 184 No sooner had he whistled- than he heard a whizzing and a whirring from all quarters, and such a large flock of birds swept down that they blackened all the field in which they settled . 192 |
