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 The White House 2003 Christmas decoration using "Three Billy Goats Gruff" as the theme | |
| Folk tale | |
| Name | Three Billy Goats Gruff |
| Aarne–Thompson grouping | 122E |
| Country | Norway |
| Published in | Norwegian Folktales |
"Three Billy Goats Gruff" (Norwegian: De tre bukkene Bruse) is a Norwegian fairy tale[1] collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in their Norske Folkeeventyr, first published between 1841 and 1844.[2] It has an Aarne-Thompson type of 122E. The first version of the story in English appeared in George Webbe Dasent's translation of some of the Norske Folkeeventyr, published as Popular Tales from the Norse in 1859.[3] The heroes of the tale are three male goats who need to outsmart a ravenous troll to cross the bridge to their feeding ground.
- ^ Encyclopedia of American folklore: Facts on File library of American literature. Linda S. Watts. Infobase Publishing, 2007. ISBN 0-8160-5699-4, 978-0-8160-5699-6. p. 383.
- ^ "Answers.com: Asbjørnsen and Moe". Answers.com.
- ^ Asbjørnsen, Peter Christen; Moe, Jørgen Engebretsen. Popular tales from the Norse. Translated by Dasent, George Webbe. Forgotten Books. p. 313. ISBN 978-1-60506-787-2.