Icelandic folk and fairy tales /
Jon Arnason, 1819-1888.,
Icelandic folk and fairy tales / [print] selected and translated with foreword and notes by May and Hallberg Hallmundsson ; illustrations by Kjartan Gudjonsson. - Reykjavik, Iceland: Iceland Review, (c)1987. - 123 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. - Iceland Review library .
Selections from the collection of Jon Arnason.
Foreword -- Elves and trolls -- Genesis of the elves -- Field hand -- Magistrate's wife of Burstarfell -- Tunga Bluff -- "Father of eighteen in elfland" -- Hired hand and the lake dwellers -- Of Marbendill -- Drangey consecrated -- Gissur of Botnar -- Hallgerdur of Blafell -- Gilitrurr -- Night-troll -- "Deep indeed the Iceland channels" -- Ghosts and sorceres: "Mother in the pen, pen" -- "Give me back my bone, Gunna" -- "Gone is my glowing skin tone" -- Ghost and the cash box -- Deacon of Myrka -- Wizards of the Westman Island -- Rusty of Irafell -- Tales of Saemundur the learned: Black school -- How Saemundur got his benefice -- Gathering the hay -- Imp whistle -- Imp and the cowherd -- Old Nick's pact with the weaver -- Tales of the Reverend Eirikur of Vogsosar: How Eirikur learned magic in school -- Bull -- Horse theft -- Satin and sinners: Satan went to make a man -- Imp on the church beam -- Dance at Hruni -- Parish pauper -- Ptarmigan -- My Jon's soul -- Outlaw killed -- "Up, my six, in the name of Jesus" -- Bjarni Sveinsson and his sister Dalvor -- Visitation by Bishop of Sjalholt -- Miscellaneous tales: Grimsey and the polar bear -- Tale of a raven -- Sealskin -- Serpent of Lagarfljot -- Convent at Kirkjubaer -- River Oxara -- Story of Prince Hlini -- Bukolla and the boy -- "My old lady wants something for her whorl" -- "Strike it while it's still on my nose" -- "You're lucky, God, the that I can't reach you" -- "I wonder if my boats will go out today" -- "Now I should laugh -- Notes.
Collection of popular Icelandic folk and fairy tales translated into English. Arranged under three headings: elves and trolls, ghosts and sorcerers, and miscellaneous tales.
9979510447 9789979510444
90200483
Tales--Iceland.
Fairy tales--Iceland.
GR215.H191.I245 1987 GR215
Icelandic folk and fairy tales / [print] selected and translated with foreword and notes by May and Hallberg Hallmundsson ; illustrations by Kjartan Gudjonsson. - Reykjavik, Iceland: Iceland Review, (c)1987. - 123 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. - Iceland Review library .
Selections from the collection of Jon Arnason.
Foreword -- Elves and trolls -- Genesis of the elves -- Field hand -- Magistrate's wife of Burstarfell -- Tunga Bluff -- "Father of eighteen in elfland" -- Hired hand and the lake dwellers -- Of Marbendill -- Drangey consecrated -- Gissur of Botnar -- Hallgerdur of Blafell -- Gilitrurr -- Night-troll -- "Deep indeed the Iceland channels" -- Ghosts and sorceres: "Mother in the pen, pen" -- "Give me back my bone, Gunna" -- "Gone is my glowing skin tone" -- Ghost and the cash box -- Deacon of Myrka -- Wizards of the Westman Island -- Rusty of Irafell -- Tales of Saemundur the learned: Black school -- How Saemundur got his benefice -- Gathering the hay -- Imp whistle -- Imp and the cowherd -- Old Nick's pact with the weaver -- Tales of the Reverend Eirikur of Vogsosar: How Eirikur learned magic in school -- Bull -- Horse theft -- Satin and sinners: Satan went to make a man -- Imp on the church beam -- Dance at Hruni -- Parish pauper -- Ptarmigan -- My Jon's soul -- Outlaw killed -- "Up, my six, in the name of Jesus" -- Bjarni Sveinsson and his sister Dalvor -- Visitation by Bishop of Sjalholt -- Miscellaneous tales: Grimsey and the polar bear -- Tale of a raven -- Sealskin -- Serpent of Lagarfljot -- Convent at Kirkjubaer -- River Oxara -- Story of Prince Hlini -- Bukolla and the boy -- "My old lady wants something for her whorl" -- "Strike it while it's still on my nose" -- "You're lucky, God, the that I can't reach you" -- "I wonder if my boats will go out today" -- "Now I should laugh -- Notes.
Collection of popular Icelandic folk and fairy tales translated into English. Arranged under three headings: elves and trolls, ghosts and sorcerers, and miscellaneous tales.
9979510447 9789979510444
90200483
Tales--Iceland.
Fairy tales--Iceland.
GR215.H191.I245 1987 GR215