Icelandic-Canadian Oral Narratives

Canadian Museum of Civilization, Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies, Magnús Einarsson — 1991

This selection of one hundred and seventy five Icelandic-Canadian oral narratives contains folktales, legends, memorates, humorous anecdotes, tall tales, and simple accounts of daily events. The first fifty one narratives are grounded in the Old Country experience with the remainder reflecting Icelandic immigrant life in Canada.