The Ash Lad and the Troll’s Feast: A Norwegian Folktale of Wit and Courage
In the rugged mountains and deep green valleys of Norway, where fjords glisten like mirrors beneath the northern sun, there once lived a poor farmer with three sons. The youngest was known as Ash Lad, or Askeladden in the old tongue, for he was always found sitting among the ashes behind the hearth. His clothes were soot-stained, his hair wild
