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A Traveller's Guide To Icelandic Folk Tales. Hjalmarsson makes careful distinctions between elves and their sacred sites, ghosts and specters, wizards, trolls, ogres and demons. Hjálmarsson attempts to provide some insight into these tales.

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Fantastic read that provides local folk tales and myths surrounding places visited around iceland. The scene is set for each story with a description of the surrounding landscape and a brief history of the region, as well as practical information about routes to the various locations. The geographical introductions to all the tales are a little overbearing.

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They served as one of the primary forms of entertainment for people as they sat and worked through long winters. University of california press, 1972. “a traveller’s guide to icelandic folk tales” author: A traveller's guide to icelandic folk tales.