Snow and icy winds chill the desolate expanses of Greenland. But that is not all. Tales of ghosts and monsters also send shivers down the spines of Greenlanders. Tusass, the postal administration of Greenland, issued four sets of two stamps each from 2020 through 2023 depicting the ghostly legends of the not-so-green land. The early people of Greenland were very dependent on nature due to the harsh climate of the huge island. They would hunt and gather when the weather allowed, and then hunker down during the long, bitter winters.
Since nature was such a huge and decisive factor in the lives of Greenlanders, they had a tendency to personify it and make it alive. They developed taboos, spells, and amulets to deal with their challenging lives, which led to myths and stories to help understand their strategies. The stories began as oral narratives, and it was quite some time before they were written down, usually by European explorers and missionaries. The presentation showed the four issues of two stamps each. The designs of the stamps were taken from a book, Bestiarium Greenlandica, edited by Maria Bach Kreutzmann, and these were shown as well.