Mythical Creatures in Scandinavian Folklore – Lena Heide Brennand

This book is a definite must-read for all the mythology enthusiasts all over the world. It is a book about the most famous creatures from Scandinavian mythology and offers a unique insight into their origins and their role in literature, culture, and society. This book also contains more than one hundred beautiful illustrations, a fine mix of stunning and atmospheric cinematic photos by Jerry Geraldi, traditional drawings and paintings by Scandinavian artists such as Kittelse and John Bauer, and contemporary art that together so perfectly capture the spirits and the essence of the spellbinding nature of the creatures and the magical dwellings in which they hide.

Inside this book, you will find stories and poems that have never been translated into English before, in addition to hundreds of fun facts, general information, and beautiful descriptions of the most popular creatures that inhabit the forests, seas, mountains, and farms in the countries of the North.
You will find stories dating back to the pre-viking era and excerpts from the most captivating Icelandic sagas, in addition to tales from newer eras penned by H.C. Andersen, Henrik Ibsen, and Helena Nyblom, to mention some. Based on the author’s popular lectures for the Last Tuesday Society