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  • The Language of Birds
    Ian Cumpstey
    In the early days of the world, elders, men, dwarfs, and giants search for meaning in a landscape that is rich yet desolate. Two birds, Farseer and Widefaring, tell stories about what they may have seen. These are tall tales from the Old North. You may want to visit the places where these stories are set, and you may think you can find them.The magical legends that make up Ian ...
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    20,11 €

  • Stories from Saxo
    Ian Cumpstey
    The wonderful and varied tales that make up the Norse myths continue to inspire many aspects of modern popular culture. Most of what we know and read comes from Icelandic writings, but the Danish writer Saxo Grammaticus also included a lot of mythological material in his great work Gesta Danorum. Stories from Saxo offers a selection of Saxo's takes on Norse myths and legend...
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    20,06 €

  • The Saga of Didrik of Bern
    Ian Cumpstey
    The Saga of Didrik of Bern tells the epic story of the legendary King Didrik and his warriors. Early in the saga, we hear about how the young Didrik assembles a formidable group of warriors, and about their journey to challenge a powerful king. These warriors include Wideke, whose father, Weland the smith, forged his unbeatable sword Mymming, and Heym, who was raised on a stud ...
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    25,88 €

  • The Faraway North
    Ian Cumpstey
    These ballads convey a fantastic vision of the world as it was imagined in medieval Scandinavia, with monsters and magic intermingled with very human concerns of heroism, tragedy, love, and revenge. The great hero Sigurd is joined in this collection by troll-battling warriors including Holger Dane, Orm the Strong, and others. There are dramatic scenes of romance, betrayal, and ...
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    20,35 €

  • Warrior Lore
    Ian Cumpstey
    The medieval Scandinavian ballads in this collection tell stories of champions and fighters, vikings, and trolls, drawing on Norse mythology and heroic legend. There are riddles, and there are appearances from Thor, Loki, Sigurd, and other figures from the myths of the Edda and from history.Narrative ballads were part of an oral folk music tradition in Scandinavia, and were fir...
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    18,80 €

  • Lord Peter and Little Kerstin
    Ian Cumpstey
    A collection of medieval Swedish narrative ballads in a new English verse translation.It was foreseen that Little Kerstin would drown on her wedding morning. Lord Peter sets sail, even though he was warned to avoid the sea. Sir Olof happens upon an elf-dance on the day before his wedding. Little Kerstin falls for the Mountain King and runs away with him to live in the high fell...
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    18,58 €