Erik The Red And Other Icelandic Sagas
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Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780192835307 |
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Selected by Gwyn Jones--the eminent Celtic scholar--for their excellence and variety, these nine Icelandic sagas include "Hen-Thorir," "The Vapnfjord Men," "Thorstein Staff-Struck," "Hrafnkel the Priest of Frey," "Thidrandi whom the Goddesses Slew," "Authun and the Bear," "Gunnlaug Wormtongue," "King Hrolf and his Champions," and the title piece.
Author | : Gwyn Jones |
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Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 1966 |
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Author | : Leifur Eiricksson |
Publisher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 2019-05-23 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0141991550 |
Download The Vinland Sagas Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The 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.
Author | : Gwyn Jones |
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Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 1980 |
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Author | : George Ainslie Hight |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781934941096 |
Download Viking Sagas Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Viking tales of heroes, villains, warriors, explorers and kings, told around campfires and mead halls for centuries. The stories of Grettir the Strong, and of Kormac the Skald. And the saga of Erik the Red, who settled Greenland, and his son Leif the Lucky, who sailed to America centuries before Columbus.
Author | : William R. Short |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 285 |
Release | : 2010-03-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0786447273 |
Download Icelanders in the Viking Age Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The 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.
Author | : Matthew Leigh Embleton |
Publisher | : Independently Published |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 2021-08-30 |
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The Saga of Erik the Red (Eiríks Saga Rauða) is one of the two Icelandic Sagas which make up the Vínland Sagas (Vínlandingasögur) which tell the story of the Norse discovery of North America. The story includes the events leading up to Erik the Red being banished from Iceland and discovering Greenland. Following the accidental discovery of lands further west of Greenland, there are a number of expeditions to explore and settle these lands. These stories survived by oral tradition over several centuries before being written down in the 13th century. They are preserved in the Hauksbók, and the Skálholtsbók. This book is designed to be of use to anyone studying or with a keen interest in Old Norse or Old Icelandic, clearly showing how these languages work, and the influence of these languages on English. Both Old Norse and Old Icelandic versions are included. This edition is laid out in three columns, the original text, a literal word-for-word translation, and a modern translation. Also included is a word list with over 1,000 definitions. Also available in this series: The Saga of the Greenlanders (Groenlendinga Saga), The Vínland Sagas (Vínlandingasögur).
Author | : Jane Smilely |
Publisher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 348 |
Release | : 2005-02-24 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0141933267 |
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In Iceland, the age of the Vikings is also known as the Saga Age. A unique body of medieval literature, the Sagas rank with the world’s great literary treasures – as epic as Homer, as deep in tragedy as Sophocles, as engagingly human as Shakespeare. Set around the turn of the last millennium, these stories depict with an astonishingly modern realism the lives and deeds of the Norse men and women who first settled in Iceland and of their descendants, who ventured farther west to Greenland and, ultimately, North America. Sailing as far from the archetypal heroic adventure as the long ships did from home, the Sagas are written with psychological intensity, peopled by characters with depth, and explore perennial human issues like love, hate, fate and freedom.
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Total Pages | : 394 |
Release | : 1905 |
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Author | : Soren Mosdal |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016-09-22 |
Genre | : Comics & Graphic Novels |
ISBN | : 9780993395147 |
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In the year 982 Erik Torvaldsson, also called Erik the Red, left Iceland after a bloody neighbour feud. He went out to find a mysterious island to the north. He found it and called it Greenland, so that many people would follow him. Thanks to gifts and bribes, he ruled his colony unchallenged by Christian priests and kings, all the way to the beginning of the year 1000 A.D.