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Icelandic folktales & legends (2nd ed)

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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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The History Press Ltd
0752430459 / 9780752430454
Paperback / softback
29/09/2009
United Kingdom
English
224 p.
24 cm
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Previous ed.: 1972.