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    The Little Book of the Icelanders at Christmas
    The Little Book of the Icelanders at Christmas ab 6.99 € als epub eBook: . Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Reise,
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    The Little Book of the Icelanders
    The Little Book of the Icelanders ab 6.99 € als epub eBook: 50 Miniature Essays on the Quirks and Foibles of the Icelandic People. Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Reise,
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    The Little Book of the Icelanders at Christmas , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 158min
    Christmas in Iceland is special. Ask any Icelander and they will tell you. It is a time of year when everything pulsates with vibrant activity, and the nation delights in those festive traditions that make them a tribe. Music is all around, friends gather, restaurants are filled with people partaking of festive Yuletide offerings, authors are out and about reading from their new works. Everything pulsates with a vibrant, happy energy. There is even a word for the gleeful excitement one feels when waiting for Christmas — jólaskap, literally “Christmas mood”.In this book, Alda Sigmundsdóttir invites you on a journey of Iceland’s magical Yuletide season, all the way to New Year’s Eve, and beyond. You will learn about the special foods, traditions and customs that makes Christmas in Iceland so special, and meet a colourful cast of characters that are such an integral part of the Yule. In her inimitable style, and using examples from her own life, Alda gives you not only the modern version of Christmas, but also the historical and cultural background to many of that traditions that are still observed today.Sample from the book:Quick question: Did you receive this book as a Christmas gift?If you answered yes, you will have been party to one of the best-loved Icelandic Yule traditions: giving or receiving a book for Christmas. This tradition is so entrenched in Icelandic society that it feels like it must have been around forever. Not so. It began during World War II, when there were strict limitations on imports, though for some reason the restrictions on imported paper were less severe. The Icelanders were flush with affluence at this time — WWII was referred to as the “blessed war” since the British and later American occupation had brought jobs, and therefore money — but they had few things on which to spend their unprecedented wealth.Except, well, paper. Only, there was not a whole lot you could do with paper, except…print ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Alda Sigmundsdottir. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/226881/bk_acx0_226881_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Das mittelalterliche Leben auf Island anhand des Book of the Icelanders von Ari Thorgilsson
    Das mittelalterliche Leben auf Island anhand des Book of the Icelanders von Ari Thorgilsson ab 12.99 € als pdf eBook: . Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Geschichte & Dokus,
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    Icelandic Folk Legends: Tales of Apparitions, Outlaws, and Things Unseen , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 156min
    The Icelandic nation has a long and rich history of storytelling. Throughout centuries characterized by hardship, poverty, and dark winters, the Icelanders kept their spirits high and moral values intact by telling each other stories. In this collection of 15 Icelandic folk legends, we get a glimpse of the world view of the Icelanders in centuries past as they endeavored to understand and cope with the natural phenomena around them. There are stories of malicious ghosts, outlaws living in carved-out boulders, hidden people residing in grassy knolls, trolls that are tripped up by their own stupidity, and much more. In addition, there is one story exemplifying a fairy tale motif that scholars have discovered to be unique to Iceland: that of the good stepmother, "The Story of Himinbjörg". Throughout the book we get a powerful sense of the Icelanders’ beliefs, values, and fears, as well as their strong need to cling to all that was pure and good. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Alda Sigmundsdottir. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/155929/bk_acx0_155929_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Little Book of the Hidden People: Twenty Stories of Elves from Icelandic Folklore , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 164min
    Icelandic folklore is rife with tales of elves and hidden people that inhabited hills and rocks in the landscape. But what do those elf stories really tell us about the Iceland of old and the people who lived there? In this book, author Alda Sigmundsdóttir presents 20 translated elf stories from Icelandic folklore, along with fascinating notes on the context from which they sprung. The international media has had a particular infatuation with the Icelanders’ elf belief, generally using it to propagate some kind of “kooky Icelanders” myth. Yet Iceland’s elf folklore, at its core, reflects the plight of a nation living in abject poverty on the edge of the inhabitable world, and its people’s heroic efforts to survive, physically, emotionally, and spiritually. That is what the stories of the elves, or hidden people, are really about. In a country that was, at times, virtually uninhabitable, where poverty was endemic and death and grief a part of daily life, the Icelanders nurtured a belief in a world that existed parallel to their own. This was the world of the hidden people, which more often than not was a projection of the most fervent dreams and desires of the human population. The hidden people lived inside hillocks, cliffs, or boulders, very close to the abodes of the humans. Their homes were furnished with fine, sumptuous objects. Their clothes were luxurious, their adornments beautiful. Their livestock was better and fatter, their sheep yielded more wool than regular sheep, their crops were more bounteous. They even had supernatural powers: They could make themselves visible or invisible at will, and they could see the future. To the Icelanders, stories of elves and hidden people are an integral part of the cultural and psychological fabric of their nation. They are a part of their identity, a reflection of the struggles, hopes, resilience, and endurance of their people. All this and more is the subject of this book. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Alda Sigmundsdottir. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/151809/bk_acx0_151809_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Happísland: : The Short but Not Too Brief Tale of a Swiss Spy in Iceland , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 44min
    Get ready for Iceland! This small book, full of ð and þ, is a tribute to Iceland's way of life - a tribute via the reports of Swiss spy Hans-Ueli Stauffacher, a spy whose mission is to understand why the Icelanders are happier than the Swiss.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Angus Freathy. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/118514/bk_acx0_118514_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Gudrun: Series 1-4: A Viking Epic Inspired by the Icelandic Sagas, Hörbuch, Digital, 341min
    An 11th-century Viking epic of love, revenge and faith, set in Iceland and starring the original Nordic Noir heroine, Gudrun.As a young woman growing up in 11th-century Iceland, Gudrun must forge her path through a world of unearthly beauty yet uncompromising harshness. The tale begins in her youth, with her childhood friends Kjartan and Bolli - but the love the two boys have for Gudrun causes a deathly enmity between them that leaves her reeling.Suspicious of how power and ambition are wielded by men, Gudrun is left feeling increasingly isolated. She longs for the freedom to live her life according to her own rules, beholden to no-one. This epic saga takes her on a journey away from her beloved homeland, risking everything to save her daughter. An avenging angel forged from violence, Gudrun has all the complexity, vulnerability and single-mindedness of her successors, Lisbeth Salander and Saga Noren. In the ruthless world she inhabits, her steely determination and willingness to manipulate others in the manner of Borgen's Birgitte Nyborg is what keeps her alive.Gudrun is based on the famous Icelanders' saga known as The Laxdoela Saga. Written in the 13th century, it tells of people in the Breiðafjörður area of Iceland from the late 9th century to the early 11th century.Starring Kate Phillips (Peaky Blinders, War and Peace) as Gudrun. Directed by Sasha Yevtushenko (series 1) and Gemma Jenkins (series 2-4).Please note: audio replaced 15 Nov 2019. Language: English. Narrator: full cast, Kate Phillips. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/003903/bk_rhuk_003903_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Sagas of the Icelanders
    The Sagas of the Icelanders: ab 8.99 €
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    Das mittelalterliche Leben auf Island anhand des Book of the Icelanders von Ari Thorgilsson
    Das mittelalterliche Leben auf Island anhand des Book of the Icelanders von Ari Thorgilsson: ab 12.99 €
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