Museum of Hidden Beings - Mythological Beings of Icelandic Folk Tales

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Museum of Hidden Beings - Mythological Beings of Icelandic Folk TalesThroughout the centuries, the people of Iceland have told stories of their encounters with hidden beings. Accounts of these creatures have been recorded, and collected from the 13th century to the present day. The most common of these refer to various types of elves, ghosts and monsters of land and sea. In the Museum of Hidden Beings, artist Arngrmur Sigursson reaches into this vast and complex fantasy world, creating a fresh vision of this zoo of the

The book of magic published here was copied by hand on a small farm in Iceland

Over centuries the Icelanders have developed a highly unusual set of Yuletide traditions

ISBN: 978-9979-9584-7-5

The Yule lads gives readers of all ages a delightful insight into the history

secret signs and alphabets

folklorist Kári Pálsson presents his original English translation and an edition of the grimoire’s original Icelandic text beside another grimoire never before published: the unique and quite mysterious Jarðskinna manuscript

wilderness

But what do those eld stories really tell us about the Iceland of old and the people who lived there

and even polar bears

from farm Kollsá in Hrútafjörður into the highlands of Holtavörðuheiði

a small number survived

3 informative cards and guiding book with the nordic stories behind every card

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