Folklore tradition, an eye for civil detail and modern language all combine in the renowned storyteller’s eight examples of the co-existence of island and coastal nations with the might of the sea. A sea which, despite its colour of hope, can at times be very rough indeed. Besides romantic elements the stories also feature apparitions and demons of the deep, whose uncompromising perception of people as mere land-worms makes it inadvisable to fall out of favour with them.