Icelandic Legends

by George F. J. Powell (Translator)

Icelandic Legends is a collection of traditional folk tales and legends from Iceland, compiled and translated by John Arnason. The book contains over 200 stories, ranging from ancient myths and sagas to more recent tales from the 19th century. The stories cover a wide range of themes, including love, magic, trolls, ghosts, and heroes. Each story is accompanied by an introduction providing background information on the tale and its origins. The book also features illustrations by Icelandic artist, Hjalti Karlsson. Overall, Icelandic Legends is an essential read for anyone interested in Icelandic folklore and mythology.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

300 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1864

Reviews

[Adam McPhee · Rating 3 out of 5]

Plenty of stories about witches, trolls, goblins, ghosts, sea-monsters, elves, wizards, skeletons and so on. High point were the stories about the school of magic. Low point was a racist story about murdering a black man brought to Iceland by merchants. Free on Internet Archive.