Book Size: 5.5" x 8.25"
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781566566339
Series: International Folk Tale Series
Imprint: Interlink Books
Edition: 1
Release date: 03/01/16
Category: Children's BooksHildur, Queen of the Elves and Other Stories
Icelandic Folktales
By J.M. Bedell
$ 18About this book
Out of the country's fascinating geography and history emerge a plethora of poetic and imaginative Icelandic legends that hold a particular wary respect of nature, and a wry wisdom at turns gentle and sharp: that we human beings are mere tenants on earth, with no control over weather or ghosts or wild.
On the one hand, these stories come out of the great wellspring of Scandinavian tales that have so influenced the Western imagination: Here are elves and trolls, ghosts, goblins, and monsters; drama and mystery and moral. But Iceland's particular geography, its long nights and savage weather, also led to the development of a unique oral tradition, from which grew the famous Icelandic family sagas and stories.
About the author
J.M. Bedell is the author and co-lyricist of the children’s musical Mischief and Eve and a full-time writer of fiction and nonfiction for children.
Additional information
| Author | Bedell, J.M. |
|---|---|
| Cover Type | |
| test | |
| Edition | 1 |
| Inprint | Interlink Books |
| Pages | 288 |
| Type | PB |
| Release date | 03/01/16 |
| Author Home | Iceland |
| Subtitle | Icelandic Folktales |
| Format | 5.5" x 8.25" |
