Icelandic folk and fairy tales / selected and translated with foreword and notes by May and Hallberg Hallmundsson ; illustrations by Kjartan Gudjonsson. [print]
Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: Icelandic Series: Iceland Review libraryPublication details: Reykjavik, Iceland: Iceland Review, [(c)1987.Description: 123 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9979510447
- 9789979510444
- Islenzkar josogur og vintyri. Selections. English
- GR215.I245 1987
- GR215.H191.I245 1987
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Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) | G. Allen Fleece Library Circulating Collection - First Floor | Non-fiction | GR215.J62513 1987 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31923001848494 |
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.
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