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Icelandic Folktales and Legends

by Jacqueline Simpson, Magnus Magnusson

Tales, icelandTales

"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."--BOOK JACKET.

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Book data: Open Library