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Icelandic folk and fairy tales / selected and translated with foreword and notes by May and Hallberg Hallmundsson ; illustrations by Kjartan Gudjonsson. [print]

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Icelandic Series: Iceland Review libraryPublication details: Reykjavik, Iceland: Iceland Review, [(c)1987.Description: 123 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9979510447
  • 9789979510444
Uniform titles:
  • Islenzkar josogur og vintyri. Selections. English
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • GR215.I245 1987
  • GR215.H191.I245 1987
Available additional physical forms:
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Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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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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