Tuesday, April 23, 2024

S is for Sweden

 


Lars, My Lad!

An aristocrat found a box containing a wish-granting spirit. He used its power to charm (and intimidate) a nobleman and marry the princess. Unknown to him, the spirit had its own agenda and left the aristocrat for dead when time was right. The aristocrat escaped doom, tracked down the imp, put it back under his power, and renewed his upper-class life.

Source:  Fairy Tales from the Swedish of G. Djurklo by H. L. Brækstad.

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