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Icelandic folklore heritage contains a wealth of tales about weird animals and ferocious monsters. These creatures terrified Icelanders in prior centuries but have hardly been noticed recently, at least for the most part.The main folk legends and stories of these monsters from in or around Iceland are recounted in this book, from both oral and written sources. The monsters and their peculiarities are described in the text in a detailed, insightful manner, and the locations where they have been spotted are shown on a map. The illustrations accompanying the text shed additional light on this interesting part of Icelandic folklore.
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Meeting with Monsters, Jón Baldur Hlíðberg, Sigurður Ægisson
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- Released
- 2008
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- Title
- Meeting with Monsters
- Subtitle
- An Illustrated Guide to the Beasts of Iceland
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Jón Baldur Hlíðberg, Sigurður Ægisson
- Publisher
- JPV útgáfa
- Released
- 2008
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 135
- ISBN10
- 9979656727
- ISBN13
- 9789979656722
- Series
- Rating
- 3.95 out of 5
- Description
- Icelandic folklore heritage contains a wealth of tales about weird animals and ferocious monsters. These creatures terrified Icelanders in prior centuries but have hardly been noticed recently, at least for the most part.The main folk legends and stories of these monsters from in or around Iceland are recounted in this book, from both oral and written sources. The monsters and their peculiarities are described in the text in a detailed, insightful manner, and the locations where they have been spotted are shown on a map. The illustrations accompanying the text shed additional light on this interesting part of Icelandic folklore.