An authentic treasury of traditional Norwegian tales. This rich collection of tales from Norway contains stories never printed in English or at all. You'll meet the dawning of life retold, where first man and woman emerge from the trunks of two trees laying on the sea shore. You'll discover raw and shocking fairytales, and other tales lyrical and sweet. As well as these, there are legends from the underworld of the indigenous people of Norway, the Sami. These were gathered by Norwegian storyteller Georgiana as she wandered for seven weeks on the islands of Lofoten, sleeping in a hammock and speaking with people living in the harsh and beautiful landscape. Many told their own encounters with folk from 'the other world.' AUTHOR: Georgiana Keable is a pioneer for the renaissance of storytelling and she likes adventures. She founded 'Fortellerhuset' (The Storytelling House),the Norwegian Storytelling Festival and Storytelling Radio, and received Oslo's Artists Prize for an outstanding contribution to cultural life. Leading work for biodiversity and storytelling, she has taken thousands of teenagers on the Norwegian Pilgrims Way and on botanical story adventures, prompting 12-year-olds to spontaneously hug trees and learn their names. In the remote Lofoten Islands, collecting stories by day and sleeping in a hammock, every stranger had a tale of connection with nature. Her prizewinning book 'The Natural Storyteller' was published by Hawthorn Press, who then commissioned 'Fairytales, Families and Forests' (2023). She lives in Tangen, Norway. 30 b/w illustrations