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Author: Lise Lunge-Larsen Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN: 0618174958 Category : Dwarfs Languages : en Pages : 84
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Selkies, fairies, gnomes, hill folk, river sprites--do you believe in them? Perhaps among the flowers, beside a mountain, or near deep waters you’ve caught a glimpse, once or twice, of what you thought might be the silvery shadow of a dwarf, or a hint of a fairy’s wing, or the tail of the water horse. Or was it just the odd light of dusk or dawn playing tricks? As Lise Lunge-Larsen’s magical, timeless stories reveal and Beth Krommes’s enchanting scratchboard illustrations capture, the hidden folk are there, all right: you just have to know where--and how--to look.
Author: Lise Lunge-Larsen Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN: 0618174958 Category : Dwarfs Languages : en Pages : 84
Book Description
Selkies, fairies, gnomes, hill folk, river sprites--do you believe in them? Perhaps among the flowers, beside a mountain, or near deep waters you’ve caught a glimpse, once or twice, of what you thought might be the silvery shadow of a dwarf, or a hint of a fairy’s wing, or the tail of the water horse. Or was it just the odd light of dusk or dawn playing tricks? As Lise Lunge-Larsen’s magical, timeless stories reveal and Beth Krommes’s enchanting scratchboard illustrations capture, the hidden folk are there, all right: you just have to know where--and how--to look.
Author: Nancy Marie Brown Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1639362290 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 273
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In exploring how Icelanders interact with nature—and their idea that elves live among us—Nancy Marie Brown shows us how altering our perceptions of the environment can be a crucial first step toward saving it. Icelanders believe in elves. Why does that make you laugh?, asks Nancy Marie Brown in this wonderfully quirky exploration of our interaction with nature. Looking for answers in history, science, religion, and art—from ancient times to today—Brown finds that each discipline defines what is real and unreal, natural and supernatural, demonstrated and theoretical, alive and inert. Each has its own way of perceiving and valuing the world around us. And each discipline can be defined, in the Icelandic perception, by its own sort of elf. Illuminated by her own encounters with Iceland’s Otherworld—in ancient lava fields, on a holy mountain, beside a glacier or an erupting volcano, crossing the cold desert at the island’s heart on horseback—Looking for the Hidden Folk offers an intimate conversation about how we look at and find value in nature. It reveals how the words we use and the stories we tell shape the world we see. It argues that our beliefs about the Earth will preserve—or destroy it. Scientists name our time the Anthropocene: the Human Age. Climate change will lead to the mass extinction of numerous animal species unless we humans change our course. Iceland suggests a different way of thinking about the Earth, one that offers hope. Icelanders believe in elves— and you should, too.
Author: Luke Pearson Publisher: National Geographic Books ISBN: 1912497883 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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Introducing a brand new paperback edition of the novel based on the animated series, Hilda, now on Netflix! Meet Hilda: explorer, adventurer, avid sketchbook-keeper and friend to almost every creature in the valley! Join our beloved heroine as she encounters her very first troll, negotiates peace with some very persnickety elves, and reunites two lovelorn ancient giants. Fantastic creatures and daring adventures are all just part of another average day for Hilda, but what will she do if she is forced to move to Trolberg city, far away from her beloved valley home? Dive into the adventure with this illustrated chapter book, based on the first two episodes of the show.
Author: Allison Littlewood Publisher: Jo Fletcher Books ISBN: 1681442914 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 388
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"an excellent and engaging read, moving to an absorbing conclusion" --Historical Novel Society "The perfect book to curl up with on a chilly fall day, The Hidden People will make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up." --Booklist In 1851, within the grand glass arches of London's Crystal Palace, Albie Mirralls meets his cousin Lizzie for the first--and, as it turns out, last--time. Coming from a backward rural village, Albie expects Lizzie will be a simple country girl, but instead he is struck by her inner beauty and by her lovely singing voice. When next he hears of her, many years later, it is to hear news of her death at the hands of her husband, the village shoemaker. Rumors surround his young cousin's murder--apparently, her husband thought she had been replaced by one of the "fair folk" and so burned her alive--and then disappeared. Albie becomes obsessed with bringing his young cousin's murderer to justice. When he arrives, he finds a community in the grip of superstition, nearly every member believes Lizzie's husband acted with the best of intentions and in the service of the village. And the more he learns, the less sure he is that there aren't mysterious powers at work.
Author: J.M. Bedell Publisher: Interlink Books ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 292
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Out of the country’s fascinating geography and history emerge a plethora of poetic and imaginative Icelandic legends that hold a particular wary respect of nature, and a wry wisdom at turns gentle and sharp: that we human beings are mere tenants on earth, with no control over weather or ghosts or wild. On the one hand, these stories come out of the great wellspring of Scandinavian tales that have so influenced the Western imagination: Here are elves and trolls, ghosts, goblins, and monsters; drama and mystery and moral. But Iceland’s particular geography, its long nights and savage weather, also led to the development of a unique oral tradition, from which grew the famous Icelandic family sagas and stories.
Author: S. D. Tucker Publisher: Fortean Words ISBN: 9781909488403 Category : Body, Mind & Spirit Languages : en Pages : 354
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Fairies were genuinely believed in right the way across Europe in the not-too-distant past, and not only by little girls. For many adults, fairies were a part of everyday reality, and accounts of their alleged interaction with the world of humans are legion. But, when the 'realm of faery' did intrude upon our own, how did its inhabitants make their presence known? Apparently, they did so in a variety of different ways; by rapping, tapping and making loud noises around a person's home, by throwing pebbles about, by setting fires, moving furniture, breaking plates and speaking from out of thin air itself. In other words, then, they acted just like poltergeists are often said to do today.
Author: C. M. Muller Publisher: Independently Published ISBN: 9781729426234 Category : Languages : en Pages : 167
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Hidden Folk collects twelve previously published "strange and darksome" tales by C.M. Muller, editor of the award-winning Nightscript anthology series. These stories first appeared in venues such as Shadows & Tall Trees, Supernatural Tales, and Weirdbook. "Remarkable...The best stories do a lot in a very short space." --Brian Evenson, author of A Collapse of Horses "The writing here is so assured it's hard to believe it's a debut." --David Longhorn, editor of Supernatural Tales "An author of strange fiction to keep a close eye on." --Simon Strantzas, author of Everything is Nothing "Muller's stories are sorrowful and stay in my head like folk tales...They haunt me long after finishing them." --Christopher Slatsky, author of Alectryomancer "An excellent, enigmatic, and precise examination of the topography of the weird. Recommended!" --Michael Kelly, editor of Year's Best Weird Fiction "A landmark collection." --Des Lewis, Real-Time Reviews
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