Icelandic Folktales & LegendsTempus, 2004 - 224 síður 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. |
Efni
Foreword by Magnus Magnusson | 7 |
THE HIDDEN PEOPLE | 27 |
The Elves Dance on New Years Eve 65 The Sisters and the Elves | 69 |
Höfundarréttur | |
6 aðrir hlutar ekki sýndir
Common terms and phrases
Arnor asked belief Bergthor Black Death bones bridle Briggs Bull called Carrier cave century changeling chest child Christmas Eve church churchyard cliff comes dance deacon dead death Devil door Drangey dream Eiríkur Magnússon elves Eyjafjörður Fairy farm farmer folktales fylgjur ghost girl goes grave Grettis saga Gudrun happened haunting Hidden Hild horse human Hvamm Iceland inside Irafell Jón Árnason Jón Sigurðsson Kidhus Kraka Kvideland and Sehmsdorf legends lived magic merman Mori morning mother motif mountain Myrka never night Norway Nykur old woman once Powell and Magnússon priest Revd Reykjavík rock round Sæmundur fróði sagas says Scandinavia Scandinavian Sending she-troll shepherd shieling Simpson Skapti sleep soon Speaking Spirit stay story current Sveinsson tale tell Thorgeir thought told took treasures trolls turned variant Vestmanna wanted WATER HORSE wife wizard wool Year's Eve