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Ringelihorn: and Other Tales from Northern Norway

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Bewitched princesses and princes, sea-trolls (with mouths as wide as boat-house doors), giants, revenants, hulders, goblins, merfolk, eagles, goats, a wooden doll, seabirds, halibuts, robbers, sailors, the draug, the devil, St. Peter, and “Our Lord”. Regine Normann’s tales are packed full of the most extraordinary characters from the Norwegian fairy-tale gallery. The plots are action-packed, and the setting, when not the heart of the earth, is almost always the magical coast of northern Norway. Born in a small settlement on the Arctic coast of Norway, Serine Regine Normann (1867-1939) lived most of her adult life in the capital city, working parallel teaching and writing careers. She published a total of 18 books; her fairy tales have not been out of print since they first appeared.“Very few in this century have been able to compose true fairy tales. Actually, I can only think of Rudyard Kipling, Selma Lagerlöf, and Regine Normann” — André Bjerke, 1940

191 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 1, 2021

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Regine Normann

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Serine Regine Normann var en norsk forfatter. Hun var den første kjente kvinnelige forfatteren fra Nord-Norge. Hennes forfatterskap omfatter 18 bøker – både sosialrealistiske og historiske romaner, korte fortellinger og en barnebok, nordlandsagn og kunsteventyr. Hun var styremedlem i Den norske Forfatterforening fra 1913 til 1932 og var god venninne med forfatterne Sigrid Undset, Nini Roll Anker og Barbra Ring. Sammen med sin andre ektemann, forfatteren Tryggve Andersen, var hun kjent i kunstnerkretser for deres litterære selskaper i Stensgaten i Kristiania (Oslo). Regine Normann er inntil i dag er mest kjent for sine to samlinger med kunsteventyr fra 1925 og 1926, som flere ganger er gjenutgitt, de fleste under tittelen Ringelihorn, siste gang i 2017 til hennes 150-årsdag.

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