Icelandic Fairy Tales
Author : Mrs. Angus W. Hall
Publisher :
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 30,46 MB
Release : 1897
Category : Folklore
ISBN :
Author : Mrs. Angus W. Hall
Publisher :
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 30,46 MB
Release : 1897
Category : Folklore
ISBN :
Author : Jón Árnason
Publisher :
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 24,47 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Fairy tales
ISBN :
Collection of popular Icelandic folk and fairy tales translated into English. Arranged under three headings: elves and trolls, ghosts and sorcerers, and miscellaneous tales.
Author : Hjörleifur Helgi Stefánsson
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 48,58 MB
Release : 2020-11-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0750996315
Iceland is a country where stories are as important as history. When Vikings settled the island, they brought their tales with them. Every rock, hot spring and waterfall seems to have its own story. Cruel man-eating trolls rub shoulders with beautiful elves, whose homes are hidden from mortal view. Vengeful ghosts envy the living, seeking to drag lost loves into their graves – or they may simply demand a pinch of your snuff. Some of the stories in this collection are classic Icelandic tales, while others are completely new to English translation. Hjörleifur has always been deeply interested in the rich lore of his island. His grandparents provided a second home in his upbringing and taught him much about the past through their own way of life. Hjörleifur is dedicated to breathing fresh life into the stories he loves.
Author : Jacqueline Simpson
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 28,65 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780520021167
A translated selection devoted to supernatural beings, ghosts, and magic practices.
Author : Jón R. Hjálmarsson
Publisher :
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 10,60 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Fairy tales
ISBN :
Author : Anna Kristín Ásbjörnsdóttir
Publisher :
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 39,93 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Elves
ISBN : 9789979788805
Author : J.M. Bedell
Publisher : Interlink Books
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 28,70 MB
Release : 2016-03-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Out of the country’s fascinating geography and history emerge a plethora of poetic and imaginative Icelandic legends that hold a particular wary respect of nature, and a wry wisdom at turns gentle and sharp: that we human beings are mere tenants on earth, with no control over weather or ghosts or wild. On the one hand, these stories come out of the great wellspring of Scandinavian tales that have so influenced the Western imagination: Here are elves and trolls, ghosts, goblins, and monsters; drama and mystery and moral. But Iceland’s particular geography, its long nights and savage weather, also led to the development of a unique oral tradition, from which grew the famous Icelandic family sagas and stories.
Author : Hildur Sif Thorarensen
Publisher :
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 23,25 MB
Release : 2021-03-27
Category :
ISBN : 9789935944948
A courageous boy sets upon a journey to find his beloved cow, Búkolla. On the way he is chased by two angry trolls and needs to resort to clever magic in order to attempt to make his escape.
Author : Andrew Lang
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 27,71 MB
Release : 1904
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
The stories in this Fairy Book come from all quarters of the world. For example, the adventures of 'Ball-Carrier and the Bad One' are told by Red Indian grandmothers to Red Indian children who never go to school, nor see pen and ink. 'The Bunyip' is known to even more uneducated little ones, running about with no clothes at all in the bush, in Australia. You may see photographs of these merry little black fellows before their troubles begin, in 'Northern Races of Central Australia, ' by Messrs. Spencer and Gillen. They have no lessons except in tracking and catching birds, beasts, fishes, lizards, and snakes, all of which they eat. But when they grow up to be big boys and girls, they are cruelly cut about with stone knives and frightened with sham bogies all for their good' their parents say and I think they would rather go to school, if they had their choice, and take their chance of being birched and bullied
Author : Alda Sigmundsdóttir
Publisher :
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 10,57 MB
Release : 2013-12-04
Category : Folklore
ISBN : 9789935917737
The Icelandic nation has a long and rich history of storytelling. Throughout centuries characterized by hardship, poverty and dark winters, the Icelanders kept their spirits high and moral values intact by telling each other stories. In this collection of 15 Icelandic folk legends, we get a glimpse of the world-view of the Icelanders in centuries past as they endeavored to understand and cope with the natural phenomena around them. There are stories of malicious ghosts, outlaws living in carved-out boulders, hidden people residing in grassy knolls, trolls that are tripped up by their own stupidity, and much more. In addition, there is one story exemplifying a fairy tale motif that scholars have discovered to be unique to Iceland: that of the good stepmother (The Story of Himinbjorg). Throughout we get a powerful sense of the Icelanders' beliefs, values and fears, as well as their strong need to cling to all that was pure and good. Twelve of these stories were previously published in physical form on two separate occasions. The book has been out of print for about four years. In this edition, an introduction has been added, as well as a "field guide" to the various apparitions that appear in the book, and three more stories.