Grettir's Saga

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Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 019280152X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 336

Book Description
A sweeping epic of the Viking Age, Grettir's Saga follows the life of the outlaw Grettir the Strong as he battles against sorcery, bad luck, and the vengefulness of his enemies. Among the most famous and widely read of Iceland's sagas, this new translation features extensive illustrative material to elucidate the story.

The Saga of Grettir the Strong: a Story of the Eleventh Century

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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Icelandic literature
Languages : en
Pages : 290

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The Saga of Grettir the Strong

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Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141937920
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 254

Book Description
Composed at the end of the fourteenth century by an unknown author, The Saga of Grettir the Strong is one of the last great Icelandic sagas. It relates the tale of Grettir, an eleventh-century warrior struggling to hold on to the values of a heroic age becoming eclipsed by Christianity and a more pastoral lifestyle. Unable to settle into a community of farmers, Grettir becomes the aggressive scourge of both honest men and evil monsters - until, following a battle with the sinister ghost Glam, he is cursed to endure a life of tortured loneliness away from civilisation, fighting giants, trolls and berserks. A mesmerising combination of pagan ideals and Christian faith, this is a profoundly moving conclusion to the Golden Age of the saga writing.

The Saga of Grettir the Strong

Author: Saga of Grettir The Strong
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Viking Sagas

Author: George Ainslie Hight
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781934941096
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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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.

Grettis Saga

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Category : Legends
Languages : en
Pages : 342

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Grettir's Saga

Author: Denton Fox
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 0802061656
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 227

Book Description
Grettir's saga is the last of the great Icelandic sagas. It tells the life and death of Grettir, a great rebel, individualist, and romantic hero. This volume includes genealogies and a study of the legal system.

Hrafnkel's Saga and Other Icelandic Stories

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Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141961422
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 162

Book Description
Written around the thirteenth century AD by Icelandic monks, the seven tales collected here offer a combination of pagan elements tightly woven into the pattern of Christian ethics. They take as their subjects figures who are heroic, but do not fit into the mould of traditional heroes. Some stories concern characters in Iceland - among them Hrafknel's Saga, in which a poor man's son is murdered by his powerful neighbour, and Thorstein the Staff-Struck, which describes an ageing warrior's struggle to settle into a peaceful rural community. Others focus on the adventures of Icelanders abroad, including the compelling Audun's Story, which depicts a farmhand's pilgrimage to Rome. These fascinating tales deal with powerful human emotions, suffering and dignity at a time of profound transition, when traditional ideals were gradually yielding to a more peaceful pastoral lifestyle.

Grettir the Outlaw

Author: S. Baring-Gould
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3752344342
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226

Book Description
Reproduction of the original: Grettir the Outlaw by S. Baring-Gould

King Harald's Saga

Author: Snorri Sturluson
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141915072
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 253

Book Description
This compelling Icelandic history describes the life of King Harald Hardradi, from his battles across Europe and Russia to his final assault on England in 1066, less than three weeks before the invasion of William the Conqueror. It was a battle that led to his death and marked the end of an era in which Europe had been dominated by the threat of Scandinavian forces. Despite England's triumph, it also played a crucial part in fatally weakening the English army immediately prior to the Norman Conquest, changing the course of history. Taken from the Heimskringla - Snorri Sturluson's complete account of Norway from prehistoric times to 1177 - this is a brilliantly human depiction of the turbulent life and savage death of the last great Norse warrior-king.