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Episode 1: Winter Solstice: Hanne Orstavik

Winter Solstice: Hanne Orstavik

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Novelist Hanne Orstavik on her childhood memories of Sami winter solstice legends.

Novelist Hanne Orstavik, who lived in Finnmark, the northernmost part of continental Europe, recalls childhood memories of Sami winter solstice legends.

Novelist Hanne Orstavik on her childhood memories of Sami Winter Solstice legends. She lived in Finnmark, the northernmost part of continental Europe and recalls how she was told that the Northern Lights were the spirits of the dead who'd steal children away if they were offended. 

Producer: Phil Pegum. Translated by Deborah Dawkin.

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