"How can something make sense if we do not know the stories?" A boy is deeply connected to his grandfather through intense suffering. Perhaps the grandfather's tales can explain it, stories from a time when magic and superstition were commonplace, when legendary kings, dwarfs, and swamp women roamed the land, and people lived in harmony with nature. But also from a time of hunger and plague. Rooted in family history, these tales revolve around outsiders like the mole catcher Thord and Sten the dwarf, or his daughter Freja. And about an egg, golden and magical, that connects the generations. The conjured images are often painful, but they strike deep. With the legend of the golden egg, Morten Ramsland once again joins the great tradition of Scandinavian fairy tale and saga storytellers.