BOOKS - Icelandic Folktales and Legends
US $8.49
945336
945336
Icelandic Folktales and Legends
Author: Jacqueline Simpson
Year: January 1, 1972
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 11 MB
Language: English
Year: January 1, 1972
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 11 MB
Language: English
This book of 85 stories from medieval Iceland illustrates a variety of supernatural beliefs concerning elves, gigantic trolls, water monsters, ghosts, wizards and black magic rites, buried treasure and religious tales. The stories are intimately linked to the landscape and reflect the hopes, fears, hardships and preoccupations of everyday life. The translation of each tale is accompanied by an explanatory introduction and notes.