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Tuesday, May 26, 2015

The Lindworm: A Terrifying Norwegian Fairy Tale

An illustration of the Lindworm doing battle, circa 1477

"For an American audience, accustomed to tall tales that focus on the heroic, and devils who rarely do anything worse than argue with sharp-witted Yankee lawyers, Norway’s fairy tales are downright scary. “The Lindworm”—also translated, when it is, as “The Lindworm Prince”—is a story with variations across Scandinavia."
Read an abbreviated version here

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