Sunday, August 04, 2013

Vaesen



Time for some shameless plugging!

Next week sees the release of my labour of love "Nordiska Väsen" (it will be titled "Vaesen" in english if and when it comes out in britain/US) - my book about nordic nature spirits. 
Trolls, faeries and giants are perhaps among the more well known denizens of the scandinavian forests, but there's many others, more unique and decidedly nordic beings like Tomtar, Vättar, Huldra and The Näcken along with various monsters and scary ghosts.





While not immediately miniature related, some of you might find this tome interresting any way -especially swedish speaking readers of course. If you feel the urge to pick one up you can order it here:

http://www.bokus.com/bok/9789132161438/nordiska-vasen/


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13 comments:

  1. Christian Schwager4 August 2013 at 13:02

    Looks and sounds awesome. I really hope it will come out in English (or German) at some point, as I'm totally keen to get (and read) one.

    Any chance you could post a few interior pages, too? Just a peek?

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    1. J.E.4 August 2013 at 16:41

      Thanks mate!

      There's a preview on my homepage: www.egerkrans.com and were working on a website at www.vaesen.se

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    2. Christian Schwager10 August 2013 at 09:36

      Awesome! Thanks for the link and additional pictures... beautiful stuff :)

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  2. Mikko Luoma4 August 2013 at 18:19

    Sounds awesome! Too bad that Im almost too typical Finn who has studied Swedish about 6 years in school without beign able to learn the basics of your fine language ;) Luckily I can read Swedish images fluently...

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    1. J.E.4 August 2013 at 21:54

      Well it's not exactly a world language is it?

      I actually included the sauna-tontu (probably the silliest faerie ever) In the book, although only briefly mentioned. I'll remedy that if we get to do a revised edition...

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  3. davetaylor4 August 2013 at 20:23

    Did you write AND illustrate it too? Whatever the extent of involvement, congratulations on the publication! : ) looks like a wonderful topic.

    Cheers
    Dave

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    1. J.E.4 August 2013 at 21:57

      Yep. It's my first book as illustrator AND author!
      Really a bit of lovechild for me...

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    2. davetaylor6 August 2013 at 21:22

      Fantastic! Make sure you let us know when it makes it to English. I'll be sure to pick up a copy to read to my daughters : )

      Cheers
      Dave

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  4. Alexander4 August 2013 at 20:53

    looks great, since I'm fluent in swedish I'll get one :)

    Grattis!

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  5. Manus5 August 2013 at 15:27

    Very beautiful - tempted to pick one up even though it's in Swedish. Have you included all Nordic countries or is is mostly Sweden and Norway - which seem to have most weird creatures running around their forests?
    Also congratulations on publishing - well done and well deserved it seems!

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    1. J.E.6 August 2013 at 00:07

      As you say mostly swedish and norwegian - although there's mentions of finnish and danish as well. It does however seem as if we have the largest crop of uniquely nordic beings - although there's still many similarities with germanic, celtic and slavic folklore. It all seems to be based in some sort of pan-european animistic ur-paganism...

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  6. Unknown16 November 2016 at 12:54

    I'm in Sweden now, and I want this book so bad in English. It has just been a couple of months so my swedish is not still that good. I borrowed this book from a colleague however. But I would LOVEEEE to buy this book in English. I still can't seem to find it. Am I not looking at the right places? :(

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