“This book series was born in a café, in a small back alley, on a dark and rainy night in Hong Kong’s central district. As the wind raged outside, Teacher Xu Xi whispered the age old adage, Write what you know. And barely had she taken a sip of her steaming green tea before cogs of experience and dreaming started turning vividly in my head. After having lived for over two decades in China and Hong Kong—and as a native Swede with a never-ending thirst for the beauty and mysteries of Polar North, home of Sámi people and reindeer—visions and sensations began fluttering like insects in my mind. An idea took rapidly form. This is a tale of clashing cultures, of history and legends, of love and hardship and a deep connection to earth’s solid powers. And of course, of magic and dragons.”
- Catarina Lilliehöök
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The Dragon Temple
Since centuries back, acolytes have been trained in Long Si, the Dragon Temple. The monastery was founded in the year of the rooster, 625 AD, seven years into the Tang Dynasty. In spite of following the omens and establishing the temple in the most auspicious location, its founders all succumbed to terrible afflictions…
Sámi Culture
Originally descendants of nomadic peoples, the Sámi have inhabited northern Scandinavia, as well as Finland and the Kola Peninsula, for thousands of years. The area, called Sápmi, does not have clear boundaries but is largely north of the Arctic Circle, sparsely populated and with long dark cold winters. Traditionally the Sámi lived in tents…
Photography Sámi Culture; Reindeer on snowy field, wooden cup, boots on ice, Sámi flag: picture agency.
Belt jewellery, reindeer roundup, knife on blue garment, Sámi man holding reindeer, Sámi dancing: Uta Fransson / Fjellfotografen.
