{"product_id":"shadows-of-the-longest-nights-paperback","title":"Shadows of the Longest Nights - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRittin Books\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eEdwin Corvinstone\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat came out after dark at Christmas?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the old North, Yuletide was not only a season of feasting, candles, and celebration. It was also a time when the dead walked, trolls came down from the mountains, strange riders crossed the winter sky, and long-hidden things drew near the firelight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eShadows of the Longest Nights\u003c\/em\u003e brings together seventeen dark Nordic folktales of Christmas and Yuletide, retold from folklore collections, sagas, archives, and oral tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithin these pages: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe dead gather for Christmas mass.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA drowned deacon returns for the woman he loves.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrolls overrun a Faroese village.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA restless child cries through the winter darkness.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSea-draugs rise from the shore.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA seal woman returns to pronounce a terrible curse.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStallo descends in the shape of the moon.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnd the dreadful Åsgardrei rides through the night.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawn from Norway, Iceland, Sweden, Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Lapland, and Svalbard, these stories reveal a harsher and more unsettling side of Nordic winter tradition-one shaped by darkness, isolation, faith, superstition, and the constant nearness of the unseen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome tales are famous. Others survive only in obscure collections, remote local tradition, or fragmentary sources. All belong to the long northern storytelling season, when the nights were longest, and the old stories were told beside the fire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers of folklore, ghost stories, dark Christmas traditions, Nordic mythology, and supernatural history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLight the candles, close the door, and enter the longest nights. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStory overview: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Mass of the Dead - \u003cem\u003eNorway\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Deacon of Myrká - \u003cem\u003eIceland\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Visitors on Christmas Night - \u003cem\u003eIceland\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Devil at Cards - \u003cem\u003eDenmark\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Child Beneath the Step - \u003cem\u003eSweden\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUntil the Church Falls - \u003cem\u003eDenmark\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Troll Dance of Tr llanes - \u003cem\u003eThe Faroe Islands\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Child Without a Name - \u003cem\u003eNorway\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Winter Wedding in Hattarvík - \u003cem\u003eThe Faroe Islands\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Cave That Was Not There - \u003cem\u003eIceland\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStallo's Moon - \u003cem\u003eLapland\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Draugs of Sea and Land - \u003cem\u003eNorway\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Seal Woman of Mikladalur - \u003cem\u003eThe Faroe Islands\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Scurvy Sister - \u003cem\u003eSvalbard\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLojsta Hed - \u003cem\u003eSweden\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Åsgardrei - \u003cem\u003eNorway\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGlámur - \u003cem\u003eIceland\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 114\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.27 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 26, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67972559110451,"sku":"9798237618716","price":35.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/MkTu7cSVCj9798237618716.webp?v=1794430386","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/shadows-of-the-longest-nights-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}