42 min

"Tatterhood" - A Norwegian Folktale (S4, #9‪)‬ Wise Crone Cottage Podcast

    • Performing Arts

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.  


Support the show
For more crone tales, visit the "Wise Crone Cottage in the Woods" (http://www.wisecronecottage.com).

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.  


Support the show
For more crone tales, visit the "Wise Crone Cottage in the Woods" (http://www.wisecronecottage.com).

42 min