ISBN10: 0520035208, ISBN13: 9780520035201, [publisher: University of California Press, Berkeley ; London] Hardcover First Edition Book Condition: Very Good in Near fine DJ with minimal evidence of shelf wear. one small (1mm) nick in top edge DJ. Slight tropical speckling to page edges, Otherwise, clean, clear text in tightly bound volume. No internal inscriptions, markings or stains. First Edition, First Printing. Bibliography: p.199-209. Includes index. This book mixes folktales with historical narrative, analysis and interpretation. It gives background information, implications, cultural information, explanation, and information both geographical and religious. It also describes trolls, gives a bibliography for troll-lore, and describes the decline of troll lore in the culture. It gives stories about trolls as explanations for occurrences, variations within folklore, descriptions and cultural setting for the lore. It relates the troll figure to that of the devil (156) and lets us know that "trolls are the least known of the nature-beings, and the ones who are most likely to do harm to humans they encounter" (55). FROM THE PUBLISHER - SWEDISH LEGENDS AND FOLKTALES is a collection, in English translation, of some one hundred short texts of the sort commonly termed legends (German Sagen, Swedish sagner) by folklorists. Shorter and less complex than fairy tales (Marchen), such legends were far more popular in Swedish oral tradition and were related closely ...
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[Denver, CO, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1978]

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[Denver, CO, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1978]

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ISBN10: 0520035208, ISBN13: 9780520035201, [publisher: University of California Press, Berkeley] Hardcover First Edition Berkeley: University of California Press, (1978). First Edition, First Printing. 8vo. xiii,220pp, Index, Bibliography. Cloth. Book in fine condition, dj very good plus (price clipped). Collection in English translation of some 100 short texts commonly called legends, shorter and less complex texts than fairy tales. ISBN 0520035208; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 220 pages
[Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1978]

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[Amherst, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1978]

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[Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1978]

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[Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1978]

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[North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1978]