Icelandic Folktales and Legends
Author | : Jacqueline Simpson |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 1972 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780520021167 |
A translated selection devoted to supernatural beings, ghosts, and magic practices.
Icelandic Legends
Author | : Jón Árnason |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 834 |
Release | : 1866 |
Genre | : English literature |
ISBN | : |
Icelandic Folk and Fairy Tales
Author | : Jón Árnason |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Fairy tales |
ISBN | : |
Collection of popular Icelandic folk and fairy tales translated into English. Arranged under three headings: elves and trolls, ghosts and sorcerers, and miscellaneous tales.
The Folk-stories of Iceland
Author | : Einar Ólafur Sveinsson |
Publisher | : Viking Society for Northern Research University College |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : |
In Iceland, people do not compose verse just to comfort themselves; they worship poetry and believe in it. In poetry is a power which rules men's lives and health, governs wind and sea. This book contains an account of the various types of Icelandic folk-story, their origins and sources, the folk-beliefs they represent, and their meanings.
Utilitarianism
Author | : John Stuart Mill |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 140 |
Release | : 1867 |
Genre | : Utilitarianism |
ISBN | : |