Per Gynt

Per Gynt ([pær jʏnt]) is a Norwegian fairy tale from Gudbrandsdal. It is the loose basis for Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt.

Per Gynt tells the story of the eponymous Per Gynt (Peter Gynt), a hunter from Kvam, and his various exploits. Gynt rescues three dairy-maids from trolls and shoots the Bøyg, a gigantic, worm-shaped troll-being. The fairy tale is most famously recorded by Asbjørnsen and Moe in Norwegian Folktales. Ibsen believed that the legend of Per Gynt was rooted in fact.