Peter Christen Asbjørnsen

Three clever billy goats outwit a big ugly troll that lives under the bridge they must cross on their way up the mountain.

'East of the Sun and West of the Moon' is a collection of Nordic and Norwegian folklore, edited and collated by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe. The two men were so closely united in their lives' work that their folk tale anthologies are commonly mentioned only as "Asbjørnsen and Moe." This volume contains the classic "East of the Sun and West of the Moon" and "The Three Billy Goats Gruff," alongside other lesser-known stories...

"New, modern English translation of the folk tales collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe, which was first published in Norway in 1841, and a second edition in 1852" --

Retells the traditional tale about three billy goats who trick a troll that lives under the bridge.

"Twenty-one of the Norwegian folk tales collected by Asbjørnsen and Moe telling of trolls, sprites, princesses, cinderlads, talking cats, and mountains made of glass" --

The three Billy Goats Gruff were leaving their farm to look for food. After being warned about the Terrible Troll they set out to cross a river and came face to fang with the Terrible Troll himself.