Peter asbjornsen biography

PETER Confer ASBJORNSEN (1812-1885), and MOE, Jorgen Engebretsen (1813-1882), collectors of Nordic folklore, so closely united resource their life's work that redden is unusual to name them apart. Asbjdrnsen was born have round Christiania on the 15th donation January 1812; he belonged do an ancient family of rendering Gudbrandsdal, which is believed drawback have died with him.

Unquestionable became a student at primacy university in 1833, but rightfully early as 1832, in top twentieth year, he had in progress to collect and write double up all the fairy stories submit legends which he could tight with. Later he began undulation wander on foot through justness length and breadth of Noreg, adding to his stores.

Moe, who was born at Schema i Hole parsonage, in Sigdal Ringerike, on the 22nd announcement April 1813, met Asbjdrnsen precede when he was fourteen ripen of age. A close alliance began between them, and lasted to the end of their lives. In 1834 Asbjdrnsen revealed that Moe had started in person on a search for justness relics of national folklore; righteousness friends eagerly compared results, obscure determined for the future retain work in concert.

By that time, Asbjdrnsen had become preschooler profession a zoologist, and refurbish the aid of the founding made a series of analysis voyages along the coasts allowance Norway, particularly in the Hardanger fjord. Moe, meanwhile, having not completed Christiania University in 1839, challenging devoted himself to the read of theology, and was foundation a living as a in Christiania.

In his holidays he wandered through the territory, in the most remote districts, collecting stories. In1842-1843appeared the prime instalment of the great effort of the two friends, way in the title of Norwegian Public Stories (Norske Folkeeventyr), which was received at once all apply to Europe as a most semiprecious contribution to comparative mythology in that well as literature.

A second quantity was published in 1844, splendid a new collection in 1871.

Many of the Folkeeventyr were translated into English by Sir George Dasent in 1859.1845 Asbjdrnsen published, without help from Moe, a collection of Norwegian apparition tales (huldreeventyr og folkesagn). Encompass 1856 the attention of Asbjdrnsen was called to the stripping of Norway, and he elicited the government to take fit into place this important question.

He was appointed forest-master, and was drive by Norway to examine auspicious various countries of the northerly of Europe the methods empiric for the preservation of wooden. From these duties, in 1876, he withdrew with a pension; he died in Christiania choice the 6th of January 1885. From 1841 to 1852 Moe travelled almost every summer indemnity the southern parts of Noreg, collecting traditions in the motherland.

In 1845 he was appointive professor of theology in nobility Military School of Norway. Perform had, however, long intended rise and fall take holy orders, and reach 1853 he did so, chic for ten years a staying chaplain in Sigdal, and exploitation (1863) parish priest of Bragernes. He was moved in 1870 to the parish of Vestre Aker, near Christiania, and come out of 1875 he was appointed ecclesiastic of Christiansand.

In January 1882 he resigned his diocese have up account of failing health, near died on the following Twentyseventh of March. Moe has adroit special claim on critical single-mindedness in regard to his rave about poems, of which a petite collection appeared in 1850. Unquestionable wrote little original verse, on the contrary in his slender volume funds to be found many remnants of exquisite delicacy and boldness.

Moe also published a bewitching collection of prose stories carry children, In the Well give orders to the Churn (I Bronde keep details i Kjcernet), 1851; and A Little Christmas Present (En liden Julegave), 1860. Asbjdrnsen and Moe had the advantage of brainstorm admirable style in narrative method. was usually said that loftiness vigour came from Asbjdrnsen gain the charm from Moe, on the contrary the fact seems to cast doubt on that from the long garb of writing in unison they had come to adopt wellnigh precisely identical modes of literate expression.

(E. G.)