Ancient Danish Ballads, Vol. 2

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Excerpt from Ancient Danish Ballads, Vol. 2: Translated From the Originals The twelve Wizards, What wonderful feats they could perform., The Raven, How a lady is carried across the sea to her lover by a raven, which proves to be her own brother under enchantment., The wicked Mother-in-law, How she delays her daughter's delivery, and how the latter is disenchanted., The Coward Bridegroom, How he loses his bride from fear to cross a swollen river., The Ready Reply, How a sister evades her brother's intrusive questions., Ebbe Skammelson, How a younger brother wins the bride of the elder in his absence, and is murdered by him on his wedding night., The Raven rune-bearer, How a raven carries a lady's love-letter to her betrothed., The fatal Appeal, How a maiden elopes from he father's house with her lover, and how she involuntarily causes his death by naming his name, and is sold for a church-bell., Sir Peter and Dame Margaret, How the lady, having been unfaithful to her husband, is tortured by her guilty conscience., John Rand's courtship, How he wins the beautiful but bloodthirsty princess., Little Christel and her captive bridegroom, How she rescues him., Sir Olave and Fair Metté, or The Lover's deathbed About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.