词条 | The Cat on the Dovrefjell |
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SynopsisA man was bringing a white bear to give to the king of Denmark, and he came to the mountain Dovre on Christmas Eve and asked a man called Halvor for shelter for the night. Halvor told him that trolls came every Christmas Eve and made such havoc that the household had to flee them. The man said he would stay with his bear anyway. The trolls came, eating the feast the people had left behind, and one began to bait the bear, calling it "Kitty". It rose up and drove them all out of the house. The next year, a troll asked Halvor if he still had that cat. Halvor assured him that he did, and she had had seven kittens, bigger and fiercer than herself. The trolls never again came to his cottage for Christmas Eve. RetellingsJan Brett retold this story as Who's That Knocking on Christmas Eve, featuring a boy as the bear's owner and a girl as the one who welcomed him. Kaja Foglio retold the story in comic form, where the bear's owner was a girl and the house owner was the girl's uncle. See also
References1. ^Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe, The Cat on the Dovrefell 2. ^D. L. Ashliman, "The Bear Trainer and His Cat: folktales of Aarne-Thompson type 1161" External links{{wikisource|The Cat on the Dovrefell}}
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