Index

To make it slightly easier to navigate through the older posts, I have created this index page. I have ordered the list of posts alphabetically according to the translated English titles of the ballads. So if you are searching for a Scandinavian name, it may be necessary to use your browser's search function ... or to search manually on this page (actually it's not very long as you can see). Bear in mind that many of the ballads go by more than one name, and that proper names are often spelled in more than one way! I have now added TSB numbers for all the traditional ballads (TSB = types of Scandinavian ballad), along with SMB numbers (Svenska medeltida ballader) for most, or occasionally DGF numbers (Danmarks gamla folkeviser).

Ballad posts

Agneta and the Merman (Agneta och Havsmannen / SMB 19 / TSB A47)
Bendik and Årolilja (Bendik og Årolilja / TSB D432)
Heiemo and the Neck (Heiemo og Nykkjen / TSB A48)
Heming and King Harald (Heming og Harald Kongjen / TSB E3)
Hilla Lill (Hilla Lilla / SMB 16 / TSB A42)
The Lindworm (Lindormen / SMB 11 / TSB A29)
Little Karin (Liten Karin / SMB 42 / TSB B14)
Little Kerstin and the Mountain King (Den Bergtagna / Liti Kjersti / Margit Hjukse / SMB 24 / TSB A54)
Little Kerstin the Stable Boy (Liten Kerstin Stalldräng / SMB 178 / TSB D396)
Lord Peter and Little Kerstin (Herr Peder och Liten Kerstin / SMB 122 / TSB D245)
Lord Peter's Sea Voyage (Herr Peders Sjöresa / SMB 164 / TSB D361)
The Mermaid (Havsfrun / SMB 23 / TSB A51)
Per Tyrsson's Daughters in Vänge (Per Tyrssons Döttrar i Vänge / SMB 47 / TSB B21)
The Power of the Harp (Harpans Kraft / SMB 22 / TSB A50)
Sinclars Vise
Sir Mannelig (Herr Mannelig / SMB 26 / TSB A59)
Sir Olof and the Elves (Herr Olof och Älvorna / SMB 29 / TSB A63)
Staffansvisan / Staffan Stalledräng (St Stephen's Song / Stephen the Stable Boy / SMB 39 / TSB B8)
The Valraven (Valravnen / DGF 60 / TSB A17)

Non-ballad posts

Announcing The Faraway North
On the Mamluk Playing Cards
The Saga of Didrik of Bern ... Weland Smith
The Saga of Didrik of Bern ... Deor