The Troll Tale & Other Scary Stories

by Birke Duncan and Jason Marc Harris

Book Overview

A troll, a poltergeist, floating fairies, troops of little men, premonitions, ghosts, pranks, and a doomed schoolteacher. These are just some of the eerie tales gathered by folklorists Birke Duncan... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0971058202
• ISBN13: 9780971058200
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: Northwest Folklore
• Length: 189 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

An impressive selection of engaging fairy tales

Collaboratively collected and analyzed by Birke Duncan and Jason Marc Harris, The Troll Tale and Other Scary Stories is an impressive selection of engaging fairy tales about trolls, poltergeists, fairies and other creatures of folklore mythology. Narrated in the fantastic, sing-song style of folklore storytelling, The Troll Tale and Other Scary Stories is an engaging, entertaining, and strongly recommended anthology for folktale/fairytale enthusiasts.

A New Take on the Ghost Story

Harris' and Duncan's collection of eerie tales brings to the table a fresh look at a literary genre that has been confined to rattling chains and creaking floor boards for too long. The 'ghost story' is too limiting a moniker for a dynamic story type that includes myths, folklore, and belief systems that, as Harris and Duncan show clearly, can shed important light on all aspects of the human psychii. In reading "The Troll Tale" my understanding of that tantalizing corner of the mind that conjures the 'scary story' has been broadened appreciably. Harris and Duncan prove that eerie tales can tell us not only what raises the hair on our necks but what drives human nature. This is an engrossing and worthwhile read.