Troll Magic: Hidden Folk from the Mountains and Forests of Norway Kittelsen Theodor
A collection of macabre and magical folklore from the "godfather" of the Norwegian trollAcross the stillness of the sprawling mountain heath, the shadow of the mighty forest falls, its wildness…
Specifikacia Troll Magic: Hidden Folk from the Mountains and Forests of Norway Kittelsen Theodor
A collection of macabre and magical folklore from the "godfather" of the Norwegian trollAcross the stillness of the sprawling mountain heath, the shadow of the mighty forest falls, its wildness calling to the child in all of us. Here the Hidden Folk assemble: the stalwart little nisse, farmyard spirit and irrepressible prankster; the seductive hulder, with her crown of flowers and cow's tail; the fiddling fossegrim, summoning the music of wind and water; and most fearsome and enchanting of all, the one-eyed troll, head high above the treetops. A veritable bestiary of Nordic folk creatures was conjured by artist Theodor Kittelsen, whose late nineteenth-century paintings and illustrations gave these macabre and magical figures their enduring forms.In this book, first published as Troldskab in 1892, Kittelsen spins tales of wonder around