Natureculture in a Stallo tale: Harmonious dwelling or troubling postequilibrium?

• Published in: Barnelitterært forskningstidsskrift
• Main Author: Ruth Seierstad Stokke
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Danish; English; Norwegian; Swedish
• Published: Scandinavian University Press/Universitetsforlaget 2020
• Subjects: Sami oral tales; the Stallo figure; ecocritical theory; natureculture; postequilibrium; Samioraltales; Drawing. Design. Illustration; NC1-1940; Literature (General); PN1-6790; Stallo; Horndal; sami
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.18261/issn.2000-7493-2020-01-03; https://doaj.org/article/0ab5ec38b30c4b93997101d69a279e4b

This article examines a retelling of a traditional Sami tale in the picturebook Sølvmånen [Silver Moon] by Sissel Horndal (2015). The book tells the story of a girl who is abducted by the Stallo, an Ogre well known in Sami lore. The fairy tale is placed in a contemporary setting, with a complex inte...