Scandinavian Fairy Tales

by Giordano Pitt, Federico Santin, Leon King

149 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1962

Reviews

[Alexander Draganov · Rating 4 out of 5]

“Скандинавски легенди” с илюстрации от Сантен е най-новата книга на издателство “Миранда” – водещо в издаването на класическа детска литература у нас. Сборникът излиза за пръв път на български език и както си говорих с представител на издателството, в него има една разлика спрямо предишните подобни заглавия – разказите в него са повече легенди, отколкото приказки, по-мрачни, по-сурови, но също така и изумително красиви, със студеното величие на северната култура.
Цялото ми ревю прочетете в Цитаделата:
https://citadelata.com/%d1%81%d0%ba%d...

[Victoria_Alexiel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very beautifully written! Both raw and poetic at the same time.
The art wasn't my thing, but some of the pictures, like the one from the cover and the boy in the clouds, captured the essence of the tales and were on point.

[Adam · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book had a profound impact on me as a child. The stories and the illustrations still haunt me.

[Mel Foster · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Well. . . you must learn that it is not enough to wish for what you want. You must work to make your wish come true." --Thor
I had this book as a kid and got it out of the library to read with my children (my copy had long since fallen apart.) Strange tales set in pagan Scandinavian culture, some more fairy and some more history.
One can't really discuss this work without mentioning the art. The artist is amazingly talented, the pictures are truly wonderful, and the oversize layout is very visually appealing, but I have some beefs with Federico Santin. First there was the scene in Harald of Trondheim of the boy fighting the goblin with three heads. But the goblin only has one head in the illustration. The boy is described as "hiding in his mother's skirts" but looks to be about 5'5" in the illustrations. Then there was the full page illustration of a viking at the beginning of Eric the Red. But the viking has BLACK hair and a BLACK beard! And finally there was the boy who leaped from a cloud into a rainbow. But there is no rainbow. Why, Mr. Santin, why?