Bestiarium Greenlandica: A compendium of the mythical creatures, spirits, and strange beings of Greenland...

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Maria Bach Kreutzmann Engell Ujammiugaq

Bestiarium Greenlandica

Name: Bestiarium Greenlandica
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ISBN: 9781777081706

A compendium of the mythical creatures, spirits, and strange beings of Greenland

Maria Bach Kreutzmann, Engell Ujammiugaq, ROBIN FENRIR MANSA HILLESTRØM , QIVIOQ NIVI LØVSTRØM

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English

Miscellaneous
26 July 2022

Fantasy; Myth & legend told as fiction; Mythological Creatures, People & Places

Series: Wool of Bat

Meet the motley crew of dangerous, cheeky, and fantastical beings of Greenland!

Content Warning: nudity and mentions of sexual violence.

The world of Greenlandic mythology is inhabited by creatures that have played a vital role in Inuit beliefs and stories throughout the ages. The Bestiarium is a collection of what is generally known about these diverse beings, spirits, and animals. Their stories are gritty, cruel, and reflect from the harsh landscape and lifestyle of ancient Greenland. Descriptions are paired with illustrations by contemporary Greenlandic illustrators that transport these mythological beings into the 21st Century. A brief history of Greenland and the shaman tradition launches the reader into the ancient world of Greenland and how myth and legend told generation after generation can mould and depict a place that was dark and grim as mischievous and lively and full of natural wonders.

Now available in North America as part of Eye of Newt's specialty series, Wool of Bat, which is focused on the preservation and promotion of folklore and oral history from around the world. This edition of the Bestiarium features re-translated and edited chapter on ""Shamans, witches, and witchcraft"" by Robin Fenrir Mansa Hillestrm.

Created by: Maria Bach Kreutzmann
Illustrated by: ROBIN FENRIR MANSA HILLESTRØM, QIVIOQ NIVI LØVSTRØM, AGUST KRISTINSSON
Introduction by: Engell Ujammiugaq
Imprint: Miscellaneous
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 254mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 1.400kg
ISBN: 9781777081706
ISBN 10: 177708170X
Series: Wool of Bat
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 26 July 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Maria Bach Kreutzmann was born and bred in Nuuk, and has been fascinated by monsters ever since she was a little girl. She has used Greenlandic mythology and all its colourful creatures in many of her personal projects and has long dreamt of sharing greenlandic stories in a new and unique way. She graduated from the Animation Workshop in Viborg, Denmark, in 2012 with a bachelor's degree in Computer Graphics Art. Since then she has worked in the gaming and advertising industry in Denmark and the UK. In January 2017 she moved back to Nuuk, and has since then worked on the Greenlandic film, culture, and literature scene as an illustrator and project manager with her company, Glaciem House.