I should have said "that I've read recently." The book is from 2019, and I found out about it recently. I've been doing a bit of a dive into indigenous and Icelandic folklore lately.

"He was a dog, a man, a wolf. He was clothed, he was naked in his fur, he wore moccasins to jig. He was whatever made you shiver but he was always there, standing by the road, whistling to the stars so that they pulsed bright in the navy sky, as close and as distant as ancestors."

of a giant dog who stood on his hind legs and lured you to your demise with fiddle music and clever jokes. He was the guardian who kept us inside our community and sought to keep out the dangerous predators who would never be prosecuted for their crimes against us."

"The Rogarou is the monster you were warned about if you tried to go into town. The old women didn’t explain that the Indigenous women who went missing in our communities were killed by the men in the town. Instead they conjured up images...

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Because when things are totally dark and you really can’t see the way out, often the best thing you can do is let go and trust that somehow, some way, things will work out for the best. And the amazing thing is that ... they almost always do."

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out one way or another. Just lost your job? Þetta reddast. No money in the bank? Þetta reddast. Economy just melted down? Þetta reddast. Volcano just spewed ash all over your arable land? Þetta reddast líka. I love the phrase þetta reddast. To me, it incorporates a profound philosophy.

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for it is a phrase that captures the essence of the Icelandic national character perhaps better than any other—their optimism, their irreverence, their faith, their tenacity. It also happens to be a phrase that the Icelanders use constantly. Þetta reddast basically means: This will all work

Part 4

Because when things are totally dark and you really can’t see the way out, often the best thing you can do is let go and trust that somehow, some way, things will work out for the best. And the amazing thing is that ... they almost always do."

Part 3

out one way or another. Just lost your job? Þetta reddast. No money in the bank? Þetta reddast. Economy just melted down? Þetta reddast. Volcano just spewed ash all over your arable land? Þetta reddast líka. I love the phrase þetta reddast. To me, it incorporates a profound philosophy.

Part 2

for it is a phrase that captures the essence of the Icelandic national character perhaps better than any other—their optimism, their irreverence, their faith, their tenacity. It also happens to be a phrase that the Icelanders use constantly. Þetta reddast basically means: This will all work

Huh, I bought the book for my husband, and I was surprised that he didn't like it. He doesn't listen to audiobooks. I've never read a print version myself.

Ah man, there you are!

Good for you. I've never made a yarn thing. 😞