5 - East of the Sun and West of the Moon

We've been exploring "The Snow Queen" all season, but in this episode of Roots of Lore, let's explore Hans Christian Andersen in a bit more depth. We're getting a sense of who he was and the context of his fairy tales, and then taking a look at a potential source of inspiration: East of the Sun and West of the Moon as collected by Norwegian folktale scholars, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe.

Resources:

• My Fairy-Tale Life by Hans Christian Andersen, translated by W. Glyn Jones
• "Norwegian Folklore: Asbjørnsen and Moe, the Norwegian Brothers Grimm" by Simon Hughes
• "The Snow Drop" by Hans Christian Andersen

More from Dr. Sara Cleto and Dr. Brittany Warman:

• Carterhaugh School of Folklore and the Fantastic
• Carterhaugh on Patreon
• Carterhaugh on Facebook
• Carterhaugh Facebook Group
• Carterhaugh on Twitter
• Carterhaugh on Instagram

More from Sarah Lawson:

• Follow @SarahNLawson on Twitter
• SarahNLawson.wordpress.com
• Some of her past fairy tale work, including First Friday Fairy Tales, can be found on Tumblr at sarahviehmann.tumblr.com