Book Reviews
Authors: Svanberg Ingvar , Lövkrona Inger , Amundsen Arne Bugge , Gustavsson Anders , Sandberg Christina , Harjunen Catarina , Österlund-Pötzsch Susanne , Palmenfelt Ulf , Crozier Alan , Johansson Karl G. , Gustavsson Anders , Arvidsson Alf , Wolf-Knuts Ulrika , Rosengren Cecilia , Koski Kaarina 
Published: March 2024

Reviews of:

Ravens and Humans in Iceland Sigurður Ægisson: Hrafninn: þjóðin, sagan, þjóðtrúin. Bókaútgáfan Hólar, Reykjavík 2022. 424 pp. Ill.
Belief in an Animated World Folktro. En besjälad värld. Kurt Almqvist & Lotta Gröning (eds.). Bokförlaget Stolpe. Axel och Margaret Ax:son Johnsons stiftelse för allmännyttiga ändamål, Stockholm 2021. 230 pp. Ill.
Heritage and Religion in Christiansfeld Crossroads of Heritage and Religion. Legacy and Sustainability of World Heritage Site Moravian Christiansfeld. Tine Damsholt, Marie Riegels Melchior, Christina Petterson & Tine Reeh (eds.). Berghahn, New York & Oxford 2022. 237 pp. Ill.
Stories about Crises and Catastrophes, Past, Present and Future Katastrophen, Fluten, Weltenbrände. Erzählungen von Krisen und Chancen vom Mittelalter bis heute. Susanne Dinkl, Michaela Fenske, Joachim Hamm & Felix Linzner (eds.). Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 2023. 284 pp. Ill.
The History of Death as an Idea Dödens idéhistoria. Karin Dirke, Andreas Hellerstedt & Martin Wiklund (eds.). Appell Förlag, Stockholm 2022. 334 pp. Ill.
Magic Users in Ostrobothnia Karolina Kouvola: Cunning Folk As Other. Vernacular Beliefs about Magic Users in Premodern Swedish-speaking Ostrobothnian Rural Community. University of Helsinki, Helsinki 2023. 102 pp. Ill. Diss.
Landscapes of Pilgrimage in Norway Hannah Kristine Bjørke Lunde: Pilgrimage Matters. Administrative and Semiotic Landscapes of Contemporary Pilgrimage Realisations in Norway. Uni- versity of Oslo 2022. 380 pp. Ill. Diss.
Female Legend Tellers Júlíana Þóra Magnúsdottir: In Their Own Voices. A Reconstruction of the Legend Traditions of Icelandic Women in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries. School of Sociology, Anthropology and Folkloristics, University of Iceland, Reykjavik 2023. 301 pp. Ill. Diss.
Saint Brigit as a Celtic Goddess Séamas Ó Catháin: The Festival of Brigit. Celtic Goddess and Holy Woman. Phaeton Publishing, Dublin 2023. 274 pp. Ill.
A New Edition of the Poetic Edda Edward Pettit: The Poetic Edda. A Dual- Language Edition. Open Book Publishers, Cambridge 2023. xvi + 878 pp.
Recordings of Folk Music in Sweden Märta Ramsten: Framför mikrofonen och bakom. En personlig återblick på Svenskt visarkivs verksamhet med inspelningar av folkliga musiktraditioner. Skrifter utgivna av Svenskt visarkiv 52. Gidlunds förlag, Möklinta 2022. Ill. 238 pp.
A New Edition of Tirén’s Sámi Music Karl Tirén: Den samiska folkmusiken. Utgiven av Gunnar Ternhag. Kungl. Gustav Adolfs Akademien, Kungl. Skytteanska Samfundet, Svenskt Visarkiv/ Musikverket 2023. 336 pp. Ill.
Challenged Authorities Vernacular Knowledge. Contesting Authority, Expressing Beliefs. Ülo Valk & Marion Bowman (eds.). Equinox, Sheffield & Bristol 2022. 423 pp.
Ice from Different Angles Is – på olika vis. Nils Erik Villstrand & Kasper Westerlund (eds.). Meddelanden från Sjöhistoriska institutet vid Åbo Akademi 37. Forum navales skriftserie 84. Åbo 2022. 172 pp. Ill.
Swedish Belief Tradition in a Nutshell Tora Wall: Folktrons väsen. Encyklopedi. Bokförlaget Stolpe, Stockholm 2021. 255 pp. Ill.