I ventured alone in my frail boat and fell asleep. The boat drifted east, to the shore of the sweetest spot in the world. In the bright morning light, I found myself in the shadow of Fusan, the Wonder Mountain, and I knew I had come to Horaizan, the Isle of the Blest....
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Misery
It is said that Misery loves company, and I do! That's the very reason I befriended a poor peasant. I made him sell everything he had, little by little, so that we could go out and get drunk. Now he's got nothing left to sell. Is he miserable? Not enough, to my...
Horse Who Flies Over the Sea
A giant kept me in me in his stable until a fellow named Ian came along and led me out. He rode me over the sea to the island of Big Women, where we were met by sixteen lads. They were all eager to take me to the stable, but Ian said, "I myself will put her in and see...
Geirlaug Forgotten
When our stepmother came after us, I turned myself into a whale and my beloved friend Grethari, into my fin. Our stepmother turned herself into a shark and we battled in the sea until the water ran red with blood. After a mighty struggle, we killed the shark and she...
Grethari the Orphaned Prince
After we fought the shark, Geirlaug sprinkled some white powder over us, and the next thing I knew we were outside the palace of my parents. I hadn't been there since I was a tiny child, but I remembered the surroundings. Geirlaug told me not to drink anything until I...
Kay
Nothing looked beautiful to me anymore. Everything I looked at was flawed! I only liked snowflakes. They were perfect and regular. Then one day I got caught in a snow storm, and a great lady drove up to me in her sled. Her fur and cap were made of ice, and she shone...
White Wolf
Last night, a woman came to my door. She sat outside and told her story. I crept to the door and listened. She said she had fallen in love fell with a prince who was a wolf by day and a man by night. Then a servant threw his wolf-skin into the fire, and he disappeared...
A Window in the Beast’s Castle
I'm not a window to the outside world, though I may look like a window. I'm sealed off to the outside. I'm simply a window of entertainment, made for no other purpose than to amuse and distract a lonely girl. There are seven of us in all in the entertainment room. We...
Apple of Forgetfulness
"Watch out for me, I'm poisoned!" I cry as I am rolled across the ground. But my cries are in vain. The prince picks me up, bites into me, and forgets everything he loves, and everything he is here to do. The Apple of Forgetfulness, The Mastermaid, Blue Fairy Book....