ISBN: 0520038355
ISBN13: 9780520038356
Icelandic Folktales
$67.39
ISBN: 0520038355
ISBN13: 9780520038356
Formats
Conditions
A read copy, but remains in excellent condition.
Formats
Conditions
A read copy, but remains in excellent condition.
Book Overview
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.
- Format:
- Paperback
- Language:
- English
- ISBN:
- 0520038355
- ISBN13:
- 9780520038356
- Release Date:
- November 1979
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- Length:
- 224 Pages
- Weight:
- 0.58 lbs.
- Dimensions:
- 5.5″ × 8.7″
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