by Karen Nyenhuis | Mar 30, 2024 | A Miniature Colonial House
Dutch Colonial House 1780 This house is an American colonial set in New York in 1780 and was built from 1990 to 2000. My mother has fine art and design degrees from Stanford and Parsons and created a series of historical dollhouses in her later years, which were...
by Karen Nyenhuis | Mar 6, 2024 | Just Knud Qvigstad, Sami History, Tales from Sapmi
Giants in Sami Folk Tales One in a series on the rich storytelling tradition of the Sami. For the next post in the series, click here — Fishing Two stories in Just Qvigstad’s Contes de Laponie illustrate that giants in the stories of the Sami were nocturnal and...
by Karen Nyenhuis | Feb 23, 2024 | Just Knud Qvigstad, Sami History, Tales from Sapmi
The Halde in Sami Folk Tales One in a series on the rich storytelling tradition of the Sami. For the next post in the series, click here — Sacred Stones The glossary in Just Qvigstad’s book, Contes de Laponie, indicates that the Halde are invisible spirits. In...
by Karen Nyenhuis | Jan 11, 2024 | Just Knud Qvigstad, Norse Mythology, Sami History, Tales from Sapmi
Overview of a Series on the Rich Storytelling Tradition of the Sami Just Knud Qvigstad, 1853-1957 Just Knud Qvigstad was my great-grandmother’s brother. Mayor of Tromso, Norway, he also served in Norway’s Department of Education. He is most remembered as a...
