Hallatar ja paimentyttö : ja muita satuja by Sakari Salovaara
Hallatar ja paimentyttö by Sakari Salovaara is a collection of fairy tales written in the early 20th century. Steeped in Finnish folk imagination, it follows humble children, house-spirits, and princes through wintry bogs, moral crossroads, and enchanted seas, where kindness, courage, and loyalty are tested. Readers can expect lyrical nature scenes, gentle humor, clear moral lessons, and recurring figures such as a frost queen, helpful tontut, and questing youths. The opening of
this collection presents several self-contained tales after a contents list. First, a proud frost spirit lures a shepherd girl into a bog and traps her underground, but a loyal farm gnome and a knowing frog outwit the spell, freeing her—while the thwarted frost-queen turns her wrath on fields and meadows. Next, a poor boy returns the Tonttuking’s lost cap and gains a magic summons; with it he acquires wondrous gifts (a sun-gold ring, a moonlit veil, a dewdrop crown, and knightly gear) and wins a princess. A contrasting parable follows: two brothers choose between the Road to Riches and the Road to Happiness—one earns a coin-laying bird, the other a flute that brings deep, serene joy; the latter finds truer fortune despite appearances. Then an orphan, Kultasydän, seeks the mirage-like sea castle; after years and a storm, a great bird bears him to the fairy palace where age falls away and childlike faith is revealed as the key. A Christmas vignette has two tomtes appealing to Santa in his ice-palace workshop to aid a poor widow’s children, resulting in generous gifts and food. Finally, two lost boys shelter in a forest troll’s hut as the one-eyed, tailed peikko returns—where the excerpt breaks off. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Salovaara, Sakari |
|---|---|
| Title | Hallatar ja paimentyttö : ja muita satuja |
| Original Publication | Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava, 1925. |
| Contents | Hallatar ja paimentyttö -- Tonttukuninkaan kiitollisuus -- Kaksi tietä -- Satuprinsessa -- Tonttujen joululahja -- Metsänpeikko -- Nukkuva prinsessa -- Kuningas Pakkanen ja Auringontytär -- Satu Matista, Mustista ja noita-akasta -- Satu uskosta ja rakkaudesta. |
| Credits | Tuula Temonen and Johanna Kankaanpää |
| Language | Finnish |
| LoC Class | PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres |
| Subject | Fairy tales -- Finland |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 78144 |
| Release Date | Mar 8, 2026 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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