Museum of Hidden Beings: A Guide to Icelandic Creatures of Myth and Legend - Paperback

by Arngrimur Sigurðsson (Author)

Now available in English so that the creatures of Icelandic legend might knock on new doors...

Iceland, a country of striking and sometimes surreal beauty, is matched by its rich and extensive folklore. Since time immemorial, Icelanders have told tales of strange encounters and experiences they have had while on their travels. From the extraordinary Finngálkn, a crossbreed of man and beast to the Kráki, a giant octopus that preys on trawlers and oil rigs, Icelandic folklore is riddled with fantastic tales that expound natural phenomenon and circumstance with peculiar supernatural creatures from myth and legend.

Take these tales, passed down from generation to generation throughout the centuries, make with them what you will and share them again.

First published in Iceland as Duldýrasafnið, The Museum of Hidden Beings is now available in English, worldwide, so that the creatures of Icelandic legend might knock on new doors.

Part of the Wool of Bat series focused on the preservation and promotion of folklore and oral history from around the world.

Author Biography

Arngrimur Sigurdsson trained as a painter at the Iceland Academy of the Arts and at the Academy of Fine Ats in Vienna. He published Duldýrasafnið, the Icelandic version of the Museum of Hidden Beings in late 2014, and has since been involved with a number of commissions, collaborative projects, and exhibitions in Iceland and abroad.