This full moon October night, we're having a Halloween-appropriate visit with Hjörleifur Helgi Stefánsson: Icelander, author of Icelandic Folk Tales, fabulous traditional storyteller ... and Tom Muir's pet Viking.No Picts were harmed during the making of this podcast.A peedie warning: Not surprisingly, some of the conversation is a bit dark for the very sensitive, or bairns. See topics below and proceed informed.Join us for a blether between two storytelling northmen, mildly spooky at times as is suitable for the Halloween season, where you'll hear about:Storytelling traditions old and new in Iceland"Destination Sagalands" (EU project) - friends made in the Nordic lands, and fun personal storiesFinding a unique voice for stories and storytellingHjörleifur's book, Icelandic Folk TalesStorytellers like being admired!Hjörleifur's family stories traditionLife in an Icelandic turf houseHjörleifur tells the story, The Merman Laughs (and eating rotten shark!)The dark details of making of a supernatural slave to steal neighbors' milk from the cow; the primal fear of the people living in turf housesHow to make necropantsRaising the deadAbout Icelandic rímur, and samplings of rímur, "sung with gusto" by a man with a golden voiceIceland and her trollsA troll folktaleAn Orkney ghost story from TomA comparison of Orkney and Icelandic talesAnnouncing a new book-in-the-making with Hjorleifur and Orkneyology Press!Hidden People talesAlso mentioned:Cape Clear festival website https://capeclearstorytelling.com/ and Rhonda's personal Cape Clear video https://youtu.be/mEInv4Miz3A?si=CpvVk6pbwc1-VXK_Hjörleifur's Icelandic Folk Tales book link: https://thehistorypress.co.uk/publication/icelandic-folk-tales/Heather Yule, storyteller: https://www.heatheryulepapertales.co.uk/my-storyLiz Weir: https://www.lizweir.org/Terry Gunnell's Hidden People book: https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/1687155.Terry_Gunnell Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.