Nordic Folklore and Traditions

About the Book

More than two decades in preparation, Nordic Folklore and Traditions is an extremely erudite and unique international contribution to linguistics (with all its philology from many languages) and to the science of folklore and to popular culture of the northern countries, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Greenland and The Faroes, etc, with ancient and modern "deep roots of custom and belief". Here is the history of and examples of the work of Asbjørnsen & Moe and their followers right up to date. Here are the literary tales and fairytales and folklore all newly translated from original languages by the authors, the characters connected with the farm and the sea, the trolls and other fantastic creatures, magic and sorcery and witchcraft and charms, the whole story of runes (with the Kensington Stone, etc), the sagas and other poetry (with translations), the story and mythology of the Northland. There are a great many well chosen and extraordinary illustrations, literary quotations in both original language and English, and detailed Nordic Glossary and Names as well as other features.

About the Author

LEONARD R. N. ASHLEY, PhD (Princeton), LHD (Columbia Theological, honoris causa) is professor emeritus of Brooklyn College of The City University of New York. He is the editor of many textbooks and literary classics and is the author of several dozen published books on topics ranging from linguistics (onomastics, geolinguistics) and literature (literary biographies, literary history, literary criticism) to folklore, popular culture, and military history