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SCANDINAVIAN FOLK BELIEF AND LEGEND.
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SCANDINAVIAN FOLK BELIEF AND LEGEND. Paperback - 1991 - 1st Edition

by Reimund Kvideland and Henning K. Sehmsdorf, eds

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Here is a rich compendium of hundreds of legends, stories, beliefs, and magic collected from oral sources in preindustrial Scandinavia. In this rural society, the people lived close to nature and believed themselves an integral part of it. This volume focuses on beliefs that illustrate the central aspects of a traditional worldview, rather than on prose narratives considered for their literary value.

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Minnesota 1988. This is a rich compendium of hundreds of legends, stories, beliefs, and magic collected from oral sources in preindustrial Scandinavia (Denmark, the Faeroe Islands, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden). In an extensive introduction the editors outline the political history of the region and describe the primary features of the traditonal rural social structure. Also discussed are the categories of folk forms, and their cultural function. Unlike most collections of Nordic folklore, this volume focuses on beliefs that illustrate the central aspects of the traditional worldview, rather than on prose narratives recognized as literature. “This book will be warmly welcomed by scholars and the general public alike ... a stupendous investment of skills and time.”- Scandinavian- American Bulletin., English, Year1988, Illust. B/W22, Illust. Color1, ISBN 0816619670, Code 1851. RETAIL ONLY.. Softbound, In Pristine Condition, Bibl. Index. Pages 430, Size 9”x6”
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  • Title SCANDINAVIAN FOLK BELIEF AND LEGEND.
  • Author Reimund Kvideland and Henning K. Sehmsdorf, eds
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 456
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Minnesota Press, Minnesota 1988
  • Date 1991-02
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 1851
  • ISBN 9780816619672 / 0816619670
  • Weight 1.35 lbs (0.61 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6.05 x 0.96 in (22.86 x 15.37 x 2.44 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Folklore - Scandinavia, Legends - Scandinavia
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 90023048
  • Dewey Decimal Code 398.094

About the author

Reimund Kvideland is professor in the Department of Folklore and Ethnology at the University of Bergen, Norway. He has been editor of Tradisjon since 1975 and contributes to various other ethnology and folkloristic journals. Henning K. Sehmsdorf is professor of Scandinavian and comparative literature at the University of Washington. He is editor of Northwest Folklore and has written numerous articles on folklore, mythology, and Scandinavian and comparative literature.