Download or read book The Little Book of the Hidden People written by Alda Sigmundsdóttir and published by Little Books Publishing. This book was released on 2022-01-21 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Icelandic folklore is rife with tales of elves and hidden people that inhabited hills and rocks in the landscape. But what do those elf stories really tell us about the Iceland of old and the people who lived there? In this book, author Alda Sigmundsdóttir presents twenty translated elf stories from Icelandic folklore, along with fascinating notes on the context from which they sprung. The international media has had a particular infatuation with the Icelanders’ elf belief, generally using it to propagate some kind of “kooky Icelanders” myth. Yet Iceland’s elf folklore, at its core, reflects the plight of a nation living in abject poverty on the edge of the inhabitable world, and its people’s heroic efforts to survive, physically, emotionally, and spiritually. That is what the stories of the elves, or hidden people, are really about. In a country that was, at times, virtually uninhabitable, where poverty was endemic and death and grief a part of daily life, the Icelanders nurtured a belief in a world that existed parallel to their own. This was the world of the hidden people, which more often than not was a projection of the most fervent dreams and desires of the human population. The hidden people lived inside hillocks, cliffs, or boulders, very close to the abodes of the humans. Their homes were furnished with fine, sumptuous objects. Their clothes were luxurious, their adornments beautiful. Their livestock was better and fatter, their sheep yielded more wool than regular sheep, their crops were more bounteous. They even had supernatural powers: they could make themselves visible or invisible at will, and they could see the future. To the Icelanders, stories of elves and hidden people are an integral part of the cultural and psychological fabric of their nation. They are a part of their identity, a reflection of the struggles, hopes, resilience, and endurance of their people. What you will read about in The Little Book of the Hidden People: • The fascination in the international media: why are they so obsessed with elves? • The meaning of elf: what do hidden people stories tell us about the psyche of the Icelanders of old? • The elves' badassery—they could make or break your fortune so you’d better be nice! • The ljúflingar ... hidden men who became the lovers of mortal women • Glamorous and regal: why were the elves so damn good-looking? • The grim realities: what do scholars believe about all those children abducted by elves? ... and so much more!
Download or read book Cloaked in Shadow written by W. H. Horner and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Horner has compiled 22 short stories of dark fantasy and horror that show how some elves thrive in the darkness, stalking their unwary victims for their own twisted pleasure.
Download or read book The Littlest Elf written by Brandi Dougherty and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sweet holiday story from a New York Times bestselling duo!From the New York Times bestselling team that brought us The Littlest Pilgrim comes a sweet new holiday follow-up filled with Christmas cheer and adorable stickers!Oliver may be the littlest elf in the North Pole, but he has a big desire to discover his very special job in Santa's workshop! But after getting lost in the toy shop, making a mess at the book shop, and falling in the mixing machine at the bakery, is the littlest elf just too little? Perhaps he just needs the littlest reindeer to remind him what Christmas is all about!
Download or read book Enchanting Tales of Elf Forest written by Mariken Karnas and published by Mariken Karnas. This book was released on 2012 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Let's go back again to [Elf Forest], this magical, mysterious place where dwarves, fairies and many other creatures live happily together: learning life's lessons, dealing with little problems, and comforting one another in times of trouble"--Back cover.
Download or read book Hub Tales written by Robert L. Collins and published by Robert Collins. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The races and domains have created the town of Hub as a place for them to negotiate with each other. Hub sits on the border of the Elven Holding and the human Kingdom of Flint Plains. Duncan, a scribe from the human Kingdom of Salt Bay, comes to Hub to get permission to visit the Holding. His purpose is to learn more about the lands across the sea west of Salt Bay. This simple mission will have consequences for the wider world. It marks the dawn of efforts by most domains to help each other. But building peace is not on everyone’s mind. The Goblin Empire seeks to use the calm to undermine the other domains. Yet connections are being made and found between humans, elves, and dwarves. History is still being written. Who knows where the tale will go?
Download or read book Elf Tales for Kids written by Susan Coolidge and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2011-11-12 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five short stories about elves are selected from several books of fairy tales for children. These tales are designed to be fascinating reading for young children. The tales are: (1) The Elf Maiden, (2) Toinette and the Elves, (3) The Rain Elves, (4) The Elves, and (5) The Adventures of an Elf (Illustrated). The book also includes a short ballad about elves. Children have enjoyed reading these fairy tales for years and it is good to find them in one single volume.
Download or read book The Ungifted Elf written by A.J. Martinez and published by Summon Sphere. This book was released on 2014-05-04 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Elf wielding a magic sword journeys to find power For those who enjoy magic, swords and mystical creatures Eckxio, an exiled elf, journeys to a mountain in hopes of gaining an ability that all elves are born with. Since his childhood, Eckxio was unable to cast magic and relies on his magic sword and shield to survive. He hopes to find the legendary fairy king in the mountain and believes that the holy entity will grant him incredible magical powers. Eckxio desperately fights obstacles that cross his path as his faith fades away. Grab a copy today
Download or read book Elf Hill written by Naomi Lewis and published by Star Bright Books. This book was released on 1999 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A re-telling of nine of Anderson's tales which captures all the warmth and wit of the original Danish versions. Includes: Elf Hill and the Chimney sweep, The Princess and the Pea, The Little Match Girl, The Nightingale, Little Ida's Flowers, etc.
Download or read book Pig the Elf Pig the Pug written by Aaron Blabey and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2018-01-30 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the award-winning creator of Pig the Pug comes another laugh-out-loud book, filled with holiday cheer! No one loves Christmas more than Pig. And the world's greediest pug will stay up all night to get his presents! When Pig yips at Santa and finds himself joining in on the flying sleigh ride, things quickly get out of hand in a way that is pure Pig pandemonium.
Download or read book Index to Fairy Tales Myths and Legends written by Mary Huse Eastman and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tales of the elves icelandic folktales for children written by Anna Kristín Ásbjörnsdóttir and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Elf Tales written by Angela Giroux and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-01-25 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking for a kids Christmas book? Elf Tales: Bedtime Stories of Tinsel Tumbleflump is a collection of kids Christmas stories for young readers that will delight all ages! Tinsel Tumbleflump is the Assistant to the Head Assistant Toy Master In Charge of Gears, Motors, and Electric Things. His job is to make sure that all of the electrical stuff that gets put into all the toys is working properly: no loose wires, everything oiled, and the fresh batteries of the right size and shape! While dusting off Mostly Official Bookshelf Number 17, on the seventeenth shelf, he noticed something a little strange about book number seventeen. It looked much older than the rest of the books around it. The book turned out to be full of short stories. Stories all about Christmas! A Magical Discovery! The kids Christmas stories that you will read in this book are directly from that dusty book on Bookshelf Number 17. He had to write them down each by hand since the book is not allowed to leave the Library. But he wanted to make sure that as many children as possible would be able to hear these stories, and so he spent many long days writing each one down and creating the book that you hold in your hand right now. I hope you enjoy reading these kids Christmas stories as much as I enjoyed writing them. This is the perfect kids Christmas book for bedtime stories (or morning stories, or afternoon stories for that matter) during the Christmas season or any time of year!
Download or read book The Elves and the Shoemaker written by Jacob Grimm and published by Sterling Publishing Company. This book was released on 2007 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A poor shoemaker becomes successful with the help of two elves who finish his shoes during the night.
Download or read book Finding List of Fairy Tales and Folk Stories in Books at the Branches of the Public Library of the City of Boston written by Boston Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Elf Boogie written by Christianne C. Jones and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2015 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this interactive board book, with rhyming text, the reader is invited to boogie with the elves getting ready for Christmas.
Download or read book Iceland written by Marcel Krueger and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-03-19 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to Iceland's rich literary heritage - from Norse witches to contemporary crime fiction. Iceland is an island of multiple identities in constant flux, just like its unruly, volcanic ground. Shaped as much by storytelling as it is by tectonic activity, Iceland's literary heritage is one of Europe's richest – and most ancient. Iceland: A Literary Guide for Travellers takes the literary-minded traveller (either in person or in an armchair) on a vivid and illuminating journey. It follows Iceland's many stories that have been passed down through the generations: told and retold by sheep farmers, psalm-writers, travelling reverends, independence fighters, scholars and hedonists. From the captivating Norse myths, which continue to inspire contemporary authors such as A. S. Byatt, to gripping Scandinavian crime fiction and Game of Thrones, via Jules Verne and J. R. R. Tolkien, W. H. Auden and Seamus Heaney, Iceland's influence has spread far beyond its frozen shores. Peopled by Norse maidens and witches, elves and outlaws, and taking the reader and traveller from Reykjavik and the Bay of Smokes to the remote Westfjords and desolate highlands, this is an enthralling portrait of the Land of Ice and Fire.
Download or read book Santaland Diaries written by David Sedaris and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2010-08-05 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of surprising, disarming and 'extremely funny' essays from the internationally bestselling author of Me Talk Pretty One Day (Sunday Times) Santaland Diaries collects six of David Sedaris's most profound Christmas stories into one slender volume perfect for use as a last-minute coaster or ice-scraper. This drinking man's companion can be enjoyed by the warmth of a raging fire, the glow of a brilliantly decorated tree, or even in the back seat of a police car. It should be read with your eyes, felt with your heart, and heard only when spoken to. It should, in short, behave much like a book. And oh, what a book it is! 'Sedaris writes with a gentle but unfailing acuity and a keen eye for the ridiculous ... extremely funny' -Sunday Times
