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Indæll (in-day-tl): ON, delightful, the troll princess.
Isbjørn (ees-byurn): polar bear (literally, ice bear). Plural: isbjørner.
Ja (yah): yes.
Jarl (yahrl): the lass’s father.
Jorunn (yoh-ruhn): the lass’s eldest sister.
Katla (kaht-lah): one of the lass’s sisters.
Lefse (lehf-suh): a thin crepe made with potato flour.
Morn’a (morn-ah): good morning.
Moster (moss-ter): auntie, a polite term for an older woman (literally a contraction of “mor’s søster,” or “mother’s sister”).
Pika (pee-kah): girl.
Skarp-heðin (skahrp-heth-in): ON, spear-head, a troll sentry.
Skrælings (skray-lings): ON, the Viking name for the natives encountered on their eleventh-century journey to North America.
Tordis (tohr-dihs): the lass’s second oldest sister.
Torst (tohrst): the lass’s second oldest brother.
Tova (toh-vah): Hans Peter’s lost love.
Tysk (toosk): German.
Vaktmann (vahkt-mahn): guard.
Vongóður (fahn-goh-thur): ON, hopeful, the third moster’s horse.
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
Here is a selection of books that inspired, influenced, and aided in the writing of Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow.
Asbjørnsen, Peter Christen, and Jørgen Moe. Norwegian Folk Tales. New York: Pantheon Books, 1960.
Booss, Claire. Scandinavian Folk and Fairy Tales. New York: Gramercy Books, 1984.
Gordon, E. V. An Introduction to Old Norse. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Ibsen, Henrik. Peer Gynt. London: Penguin Books, 1966.
Lynch, P. J., Illustrator, and Sir George Webbe Dasent, translator. East o’ the Sun and West o’ the Moon. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, 1991.
Magnusson, Magnus, and Hermann Palsson, translators. Njal’s Saga. London: Penguin Books, 1960.
Terry, Patricia, translator. Poems of the Elder Edda. Rev. ed. Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1990.
Theodor Kittelsen, a nineteenth-century Norwegian artist, is considered the definitive “troll painter.” His work may be viewed online at http://kittelsen.efenstor.net.
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows:
George, Jessica Day.
Sun and moon, ice and snow / Jessica Day George. — 1st U.S. ed.
p. cm.
Summary: A girl travels east of the sun and west of the moon to free her beloved prince
from a magic spell.
ISBN-13: 978-1-59990-109-1 • ISBN-10: 1-59990-109-9 (hardcover)
[1. Fairy tales. 2. Folklore—Norway.] I. East of the sun and west of the moon. English.
II. Title.
PZ8.G3295Su 2008 [398.2]—dc22 2007030848
ISBN 978-1-59990-765-9 (e-book)
Table of Contents
Cover
Title Page
Contents
Dedication
Part 1 Woodcutter’s Youngest Daughter
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Part 2 Lady of the Palace of Ice
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Part 3 The Lassie Who Should Have Had the Prince
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Part 4 Beggar at the Palace of Gold
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Epilogue Princess of the Palace of Golden Stone
Acknowledgments
Glossary
Select Bibliography
Also by the Author
Imprint