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Icelandic Folktales and Legends, Paperback / softback Book

Icelandic Folktales and Legends Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours

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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.

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