{"product_id":"troll-magic-hidden-folk-from-the-mountains-and-forests-of-norway-hardcover","title":"Troll Magic: Hidden Folk from the Mountains and Forests of Norway - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTheodor Kittelsen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTiina Nunnally\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collection of macabre and magical folklore from the \"godfather\" of the Norwegian troll \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross 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 \u003ci\u003enisse\u003c\/i\u003e, farmyard spirit and irrepressible prankster; the seductive \u003ci\u003ehulder\u003c\/i\u003e, with her crown of flowers and cow's tail; the fiddling \u003ci\u003efossegrim\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book, first published as \u003ci\u003eTroldskab\u003c\/i\u003e in 1892, Kittelsen spins tales of wonder around creatures rumored to haunt the fields, forests, and waterfalls of Norway. Striding, gamboling, and slithering across these pages are witches and gnomes and sea monsters, fiery dragons waking from their stiff-winged slumber, mermaids rising from the deep, and the sly, shapeshifting \u003ci\u003en kk\u003c\/i\u003e. But first and foremost are the trolls, hapless, horrible, or just plain silly, working their spells and making their mischief to the terror and delight of the presumably human reader.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTailoring his whimsical artistic style to each tale, Kittelsen's stories, in Tiina Nunnally's nimble translation, reveal a Nordic world of wonder, myth, and magic as real as the imagination allows.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheodor Kittelsen (1857-1914) was one of Norway's most popular artists and is best known for his paintings and illustrations from Norwegian folklore. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTiina Nunnally is the award-winning translator of many Scandinavian books, including, most recently, \u003ci\u003eThe Complete and Original Norwegian Folktales of Asbjørnsen and Moe\u003c\/i\u003e and Sigrid Undset's \u003ci\u003eOlav Audunssøn\u003c\/i\u003e tetralogy, all published by the University of Minnesota Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 9.06 x 8.11 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 21, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766562881824,"sku":"9781517911393","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a76711ea1eb13e8c27cb825692c95949.webp?v=1780294705","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/troll-magic-hidden-folk-from-the-mountains-and-forests-of-norway-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}