by Karen Nyenhuis | Jan 11, 2024 | Folklore of Scandinavia, Just Knud Qvigstad, Norse Mythology, Sami History, Tales from Sapmi
I found a helpful glossary in the back of Just Qvigstad’s book. There are so many fantastical spirits and forest creatures in Sami traditions and in the general folklore of Scandinavia that it is difficult to keep them all straight. My definitions are paraphrased...
by Karen Nyenhuis | Jan 8, 2024 | Just Knud Qvigstad, Sami History, Tales from Sapmi
The Stallo I have been translating a French adaptation of Just Qvigstad’s record of stories from Sapmi by Jacques Privat. I refer to the northern regions of Norway, Sweden, and Finland as Sapmi, and the indigineous people of that region as Sami, rather than the...
by Karen Nyenhuis | Dec 23, 2023 | Just Knud Qvigstad, Sami History, Tales from Sapmi
Just Knud Qvigstad, 1853-1957, was my great-grandmother’s brother. Mayor of Tromso, Norway, he was also a linguist. He published over a hundred academic papers on the Sami language and Sami history. I have recently been hunting for his work, but unfortunately I...
