Kunnas, Mauri 2007
This book introduces some of the folk tales that people used
to tell, when there was no TV. The urban legends before the digital age.
There is a new hired man in Doghill. He plays tricks on the
kids and tells stories of fairytale creatures that live among us. He scares the
kids few times, but in the end he learns his lesson.
The original title is “Koiramäen lapset ja Näkki”. The
Finnish name Näkki refers to the spirit of water that was used to scare
children not to play alone near water. Other stories include a wife that is
afraid of thunder, a golden treasure that was exposed by white fire. My favorite
is the undertaker that has a nick name ferless. Well he is afraid of the
preacher’s wife. Which in my opinion is
scarier that all the ghosts and spirits.
More pictures at Mauri Kunnas’s web site.
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