Viking Folk & Fairy Tales : Fables, Folklore & Ancient Stories

Author: S. Hodge

Myth & legend told as fiction

Published on 20 September 2022 by Flame Tree Publishing in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Flame Tree Collector's Editions' series.

Hardback | 416 pages, 3 Line drawings, black and white
174 x 115 x 24mm | 316g

Character-forming moral fables, Viking and Nordic folk and fairy tales take the magic of the natural world and combine it with the practical common sense of the everyday. Good folk are rewarded for their hard work, the honest and the faithful are valued by the gods: treasured tales from Hans Christian Andersen, such as 'The Little Match Girl', and less well known stories such as 'Katie Woodencloak' (a Norwegian Version of Cinderella) by Asbjørnsen & Moe are some of the heartwarming pieces in this new selection for the modern reader. Flame Tree Collector's Editions present the foundations of speculative fiction, authors, myths and tales without which the imaginative literature of the twentieth century would not exist, bringing the best, most influential and most fascinating works into a striking and collectable library. Each book features a new introduction and a Glossary of Terms.