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Christine's Reviews > Nordic Tales: Folktales from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, and Denmark
Nordic Tales: Folktales from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, and Denmark
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bookshelves: myth-and-lore-scandinavian, beauty-and-the-beast, tricksters, witches-and-wizards, netgalley-and-arcs, trolls, diverse-and-women-authors
May 29, 2019
bookshelves: myth-and-lore-scandinavian, beauty-and-the-beast, tricksters, witches-and-wizards, netgalley-and-arcs, trolls, diverse-and-women-authors
Disclaimer: ARC provided by the publisher via Netgalley.
This collection of stories from Denmark, Iceland, Sweden, Norway, and Finland draws from famous collections, but also lesser known collections. It is divided int three sections transformations, wit, and journeys. While East of the Sun, West of the Moon is included many of the stories are not as well known.
The collection starts with “The Forest Bride” about a young man who marries a mouse. It ends with the story of “Jack of Sjoholm and the Gan-Finn”. Between the two, we have some traditional stories that would be well know to any read of folktales – such as the story of the Doctor and Death – but there are stories such as “The Honest Penny” or “Hildur, Queen of the Elves”.
The illustrations are wonderful, quite beautiful. They remind one of the old fairy tale books with the classic illustrations. Thynell has the right combination of dark, light, and whimsey that makes a fairy tale picture a wonder to behold.
This collection of stories from Denmark, Iceland, Sweden, Norway, and Finland draws from famous collections, but also lesser known collections. It is divided int three sections transformations, wit, and journeys. While East of the Sun, West of the Moon is included many of the stories are not as well known.
The collection starts with “The Forest Bride” about a young man who marries a mouse. It ends with the story of “Jack of Sjoholm and the Gan-Finn”. Between the two, we have some traditional stories that would be well know to any read of folktales – such as the story of the Doctor and Death – but there are stories such as “The Honest Penny” or “Hildur, Queen of the Elves”.
The illustrations are wonderful, quite beautiful. They remind one of the old fairy tale books with the classic illustrations. Thynell has the right combination of dark, light, and whimsey that makes a fairy tale picture a wonder to behold.
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Reading Progress
Started Reading
May 29, 2019
– Shelved
May 29, 2019
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myth-and-lore-scandinavian
May 29, 2019
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beauty-and-the-beast
May 29, 2019
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tricksters
May 29, 2019
– Shelved as:
witches-and-wizards
May 29, 2019
– Shelved as:
netgalley-and-arcs
May 29, 2019
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Finished Reading
May 30, 2019
– Shelved as:
trolls
May 30, 2019
– Shelved as:
diverse-and-women-authors
