An illustration of the Lindworm doing battle, circa 1477
Read an abbreviated version here
"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."
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