The Enchanted Wood and Other Tales from Finland by Norma J. Livo and George Livo

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Jacqueline Thursby

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Some Finlanders will tell you that hidden deep in the waters and forests of their rugged country are trolls or peikkos, human-like creatures who live in clans or families. The peikkos also inhabit the craggy mountains and rolling hills. Some are noisy and have tails (Hiisi), some are giants (jattilainen), some are dwarfs (kaapio), and still others (keiju fairies) are beautiful females who can entice beautiful but unsuspecting men. Woven into a collection of nineteen folktales, these characters assume tasks and mischiefs that make it difficult (and maybe unnecessary) for some believers to separate myth from reality.

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