 ... Lapland illustrates the same response, although in this instance what is coveted by the visitor is not food or shelter, but a newborn calf (Campbell 1933:140): Old Stina was a dangerous woman. She came to my grandmother's cow barn to help her with...  Scandinavian Folk Belief and Legend - Page 52by Reimund Kvideland, Henning K. Sehmsdorf - 1988 - 429 pagesLimited preview - About this book
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...woman. She came to my grandmother's cow barn once to help her with one of the cows which was calving. Stina wanted that calf but she did not get it. A few weeks later the calf died and so too the cow soon after. My grandmother was sure that Stina had killed them both with her envy. (Kvideland... | |
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