Ghosts, Trolls and the Hidden People: An Anthology of Icelandic Folk Legends

From the land of the sagas, a collection of little-known, little tales from myth and lore—many available in English for the first time.

This unique and enchanting book opens the door to a captivating world of Icelandic folk legends unfolding across six chapters, each based on a different setting: farm, wilderness, darkness, church, ocean, and shore. The anthology provides translated tales from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, as well as introductions by the author that place these o...