Meet the motley crew of dangerous, cheeky, and fantastical beings of Greenland!
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The world of Greenlandic mythology is inhabited by creatures that have played a vital role in Inuit beliefs and stories throughout the ages. The Bestiarium is a collection of what is generally known about these diverse beings, spirits, and animals. Their stories are gritty, cruel, and reflect from the harsh landscape and lifestyle of ancient Greenland. Descriptions are paired with illustrations by contemporary Greenlandic illustrators that transport these mythological beings into the 21st Century. A brief history of Greenland and the shaman tradition launches the reader into the ancient world of Greenland and how myth and legend told generation after generation can mould and depict a place that was dark and grim as mischievous and lively and full of natural wonders. Now available in North America as part of Eye of Newt’s specialty series, Wool of Bat, which is focused on the preservation and promotion of folklore and oral history from around the world. This edition of the Bestiarium features re-translated and edited chapter on “Shamans, witches, and witchcraft” by Robin Fenrir Mansa Hillestr m.
Author: Maria Bach Kreutzmann
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Eye of Newt Books
Published: 04/19/2022
Series: Wool of Bat
Pages: 160
Weight: 1.55lbs
Size: 10.08h x 7.95w x 0.71d
ISBN: 9781777081706
Language: English
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