Viking Myths and Sagas
Author: Rosalind Kerven
Publisher: Chartwell Books
Published: 2017-09-15
Total Pages: 370
ISBN-13: 0785835555
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Beyond the Northlands
Author: Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 0198701241
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA trip to the furthest edgelands of the Viking world via the drama of the Old Norse sagas -- from the Arctic Circle to Constantinople, North America to Kievan Rus.
The Cambridge Introduction to the Old Norse-Icelandic Saga
Author: Margaret Clunies Ross
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010-10-28
Total Pages: 210
ISBN-13: 1139492640
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe medieval Norse-Icelandic saga is one of the most important European vernacular literary genres of the Middle Ages. This Introduction to the saga genre outlines its origins and development, its literary character, its material existence in manuscripts and printed editions, and its changing reception from the Middle Ages to the present time. Its multiple sub-genres - including family sagas, mythical-heroic sagas and sagas of knights - are described and discussed in detail, and the world of medieval Icelanders is powerfully evoked. The first general study of the Old Norse-Icelandic saga to be written in English for some decades, the Introduction is based on up-to-date scholarship and engages with current debates in the field. With suggestions for further reading, detailed information about the Icelandic literary canon, and a map of medieval Iceland, this book is aimed at students of medieval literature and assumes no prior knowledge of Scandinavian languages.
An Introduction to the Sagas of Icelanders
Author: CARL. PHELPSTEAD
Publisher:
Published: 2024-05-14
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780813080680
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCombining an accessible approach with innovative scholarship, Carl Phelpstead draws on historical context, contemporary theory, and close reading to deepen our understanding of Icelandic saga narratives about the island's early history.
The Vinland Sagas
Author: Leifur Eiricksson
Publisher: Penguin UK
Published: 2019-05-23
Total Pages: 164
ISBN-13: 0141991550
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Saga of the Greenlanders and Eirik the Red’s Saga contain the first ever descriptions of North America, a bountiful land of grapes and vines, discovered by Vikings five centuries before Christopher Columbus. Written down in the early thirteenth century, they recount the Icelandic settlement of Greenland by Eirik the Red, the chance discovery by seafaring adventurers of a mysterious new land, and Eirik’s son Leif the Lucky’s perilous voyages to explore it. Wrecked by storms, stricken by disease and plagued by navigational mishaps, some survived the North Atlantic to pass down this compelling tale of the first Europeans to talk with, trade with, and war with the Native Americans.
Icelanders in the Viking Age
Author: William R. Short
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2010-03-15
Total Pages: 285
ISBN-13: 0786447273
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Sagas of Icelanders are enduring stories from Viking-age Iceland filled with love and romance, battles and feuds, tragedy and comedy. Yet these tales are little read today, even by lovers of literature. The culture and history of the people depicted in the Sagas are often unfamiliar to the modern reader, though the audience for whom the tales were intended would have had an intimate understanding of the material. This text introduces the modern reader to the daily lives and material culture of the Vikings. Topics covered include religion, housing, social customs, the settlement of disputes, and the early history of Iceland. Issues of dispute among scholars, such as the nature of settlement and the division of land, are addressed in the text.
The Saga of the Volsungs
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Publisher: Hackett Publishing
Published: 2017-07-31
Total Pages: 183
ISBN-13: 1624666353
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the translator of the bestselling Poetic Edda (Hackett, 2015) comes a gripping new rendering of two of the greatest sagas of Old Norse literature. Together the two sagas recount the story of seven generations of a single legendary heroic family and comprise our best source of traditional lore about its members—including, among others, the dragon-slayer Sigurd, Brynhild the Valkyrie, and the Viking chieftain Ragnar Lothbrok.
The Sagas of Ragnar Lodbrok
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Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 151
ISBN-13: 0578021382
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlthough based on historical persons from the 9th century, Ragnar Lodbrok and his sons are the subjects of compelling legends dating from the Viking era. Warriors, raiders, and rulers, Ragnar and his sons inspired unknown writers to set down their stories over seven centuries ago. This volume presents new and original translations of the three major Old Norse texts that tell Ragnar's story: the Saga of Ragnar Lodbrok, the Tale of Ragnar's Sons, and the Sogubrot. Ragnar's death song, the Krakumal, and a Latin fragment called the List of Swedish Kings, complete the story. Extensive notes and commentary are provided, helping the reader to enter the world of these timeless stories of Viking adventure.
Norse Mythology #2
Author: Neil Gaiman
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics (Single Issues)
Published: 2020-11-04
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNeil Gaiman! P. Craig Russell! Loki is forced to atone for his latest prank by pitting two groups of dwarfs against each other in a contest that will either bring the gods greater treasures than they could dream of, or cost him his head . . . or both.
The Vinland Sagas
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Publisher: Penguin UK
Published: 1973-09-27
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 0141906987
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOne of the most arresting stories in the history of exploration, these two Icelandic sagas tell of the discovery of America by Norsemen five centuries before Christopher Columbus. Together, the direct, forceful twelfth-century Graenlendinga Saga and the more polished and scholarly Eirik's Saga, written some hundred years later, recount how Eirik the Red founded an Icelandic colony in Greenland and how his son, Leif the Lucky, later sailed south to explore - and if possible exploit - the chance discovery by Bjarni Herjolfsson of an unknown land. In spare and vigorous prose they record Europe's first surprise glimpse of the eastern shores of the North American continent and the natives who inhabited them.
