#JustFinished Elves, Trolls and Elemental Beings a collection of Icelandic folktales.
The stories were so so in quality even if I always find lore interesting.
But I found myself curious the theme of missing people? Was children and people going missing super common in these times? Because why else would it be such a common theme in the folktales?
@NickEast@bookreviews@reading Probably not. But the fear of going missing was used as a means of social control, hence the scary legends of what happened when someone did such and such a thing.
@NickEast@bookreviews@reading I've not read that one, but I read most of these as warning to children: it's a dangerous world out there, so keep your wits about you.
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