The Elves and the Shoemaker - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Elves and the Shoemaker write by Jacob Grimm. This book was released on 2007. The Elves and the Shoemaker available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A poor shoemaker becomes successful with the help of two elves who finish his shoes during the night.
Soulbound
Soulbound - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Soulbound write by Bethany Adams. This book was released on 2018-01-17. Soulbound available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Folk Tale Classics Keepsake Collection
The Folk Tale Classics Keepsake Collection - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Folk Tale Classics Keepsake Collection write by Paul Galdone. This book was released on 2012-09-11. The Folk Tale Classics Keepsake Collection available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Collects four classic folk tales featuring animals, including "The Three Bears," "The Three Little Kittens," and "The Little Red Hen."
The Little Book of the Hidden People
The Little Book of the Hidden People - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Little Book of the Hidden People write by Alda Sigmundsdóttir. This book was released on 2022-01-21. The Little Book of the Hidden People available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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 twenty 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. What you will read about in The Little Book of the Hidden People: • The fascination in the international media: why are they so obsessed with elves? • The meaning of elf: what do hidden people stories tell us about the psyche of the Icelanders of old? • The elves' badassery—they could make or break your fortune so you’d better be nice! • The ljúflingar ... hidden men who became the lovers of mortal women • Glamorous and regal: why were the elves so damn good-looking? • The grim realities: what do scholars believe about all those children abducted by elves? ... and so much more!
Afternoon of the Elves
Afternoon of the Elves - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Afternoon of the Elves write by Janet Taylor Lisle. This book was released on 2013-01-29. Afternoon of the Elves available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In “this enchanting story about friendship,” two fourth grade girls discover a magical world hidden in one’s backyard (Publishers Weekly). No fourth grader trusts Sara-Kate Connolly. Her boots are dirty, her clothes are weird, and she’s so maladjusted that the school had to hold her back a grade. But Hillary is her next-door neighbor, and can’t say no when the unusual loner invites her over to play. In Sara-Kate’s overgrown backyard, Hillary will find proof of a world of magic—the kind that can only blossom between true friends. Among the rusted car parts and wild plants, a miniature village has sprung up. It has tiny houses made from string, sticks, and maple leaves; a well with a bottlecap for a bucket; and even a little playground with a Popsicle-stick Ferris wheel. But there’s absolutely no sign of who built this miniature world. To Sara-Kate, the answer is clear—only elves could be responsible for something so enchanted. As she and Hillary watch for their elusive new friends, they learn that friendship, like magic, springs up where you least expect it. This ebook features a personal history by Janet Taylor Lisle including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author’s own collection.
