{"product_id":"the-dark-folk-of-iceland-tara-brennan-9798199763370","title":"The Dark Folk of Iceland: Elves, Trolls, Ghosts, Outlaws, Sea Spirits, and the Hidden World of Icelandic Legend","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe old stories of Iceland were never gentle.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey came from lava fields, black beaches, winter farms, sea cliffs, glacier roads, and the long dark interiors of a country where the land itself seemed alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Dark Folk of Iceland explores the hidden beings, haunted places, and strange legends preserved in Icelandic folklore, drawing on the great collections of Jón Árnason and the oral traditions that carried these tales across centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInside this atmospheric folklore study, you will discover: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHidden folk living inside rocks, hills, and lava formations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrolls who haunt the edges of night and stone\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGhosts, revenants, sea spirits, and outlaw legends\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe eerie stories behind elf churches, enchanted tools, and haunted farms\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe darker moral world of Icelandic folk belief\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe landscape, history, and cultural memory behind the tales\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a book of pretty fairy stories. These are legends of respect, danger, survival, grief, bargain, punishment, and wonder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Iceland, the visible world was never the whole world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnd the old people knew it.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eA rich and haunting journey into Icelandic legend, perfect for readers of folklore, mythology, hidden folk traditions, Norse culture, ghosts, trolls, elves, and the darker side of fairy belief.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tara Brennan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798199763370\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 124\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.31d","brand":"Tara Brennan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48743272710399,"sku":"9798199763370","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-dark-folk-of-iceland-tara-brennan-9798199763370","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}