How the Stalos were Tricked is a Saami
fairy tale collected by J. C. Poestion in ''Lapplandische Märchen''. It was later adapted by
Andrew Lang
Andrew Lang (31 March 1844 – 20 July 1912) was a Scottish poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. The Andrew Lang lectures at the University o ...
in his collection of folklore and fairy tales,''
The Orange Fairy Book
''The Langs' Fairy Books'' are a series of 25 collections of true and fictional children's literature, stories for children published between 1889 in literature, 1889 and 1913 in literature, 1913 by Andrew Lang and his wife, Leonora Blanche Alley ...
''.
Synopsis
A boy saw a giant man in the woods, and his mother identified it as a
Stalo, a man-eater.
External links
''How the Stalos were Tricked''
Sámi fairy tales