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How the Stalos were Tricked

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How the Stalos were Tricked is a Saami fairy tale[1] collected by J. C. Poestion in Lapplandische Märchen.[citation needed]

It was later adapted by Andrew Lang in his collection of folklore and fairy tales,The Orange Fairy Book.[citation needed]

Synopsis

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A boy saw a giant man in the woods, and his mother identified it as a Stalo, a man-eater.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ a b Green, Thomas A. (28 February 2008). The Greenwood Library of World Folktales [4 volumes]: Stories from the Great Collections [4 volumes]. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. p. 321. ISBN 978-0-313-08103-3.