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64 GREAT NORTHERN DIVER (GAVIA IMMER) IN CIRCUMPOLAR FOLK ORNITHOLOGY
Celtic traditions and it has been seen as
a weather prophet, but also its meat and
skin, and the live bird have been utilized
too.
Acknowledgement
We are grateful to Dr Roger Gyllin, Dr
Greg Simons (Uppsala), Mrs Osva Olsen
(Uppsala), Dr Guðrún Kvaran (Reykjavík)
and cartographer Guðmundur Ó. Ingvars-
son (Reykjavík) for their help and advice.
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