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.

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

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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 296

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Viking Sagas

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

Book Description
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.

The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki

Author: Jesse L Byock
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141914092
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 144

Book Description
Composed in medieval Iceland, Hrolf's Saga is one of the greatest of all mythic-legendary sagas, relating half-fantastical events that were said to have occurred in fifth-century Denmark. It tells of the exploits of King Hrolf and of his famous champions, including Bodvar Bjarki, the 'bear-warrior': a powerful figure whose might and bear-like nature are inspired by the same legendary heritage as Beowulf. Depicting a world of wizards, sorceresses and 'berserker' fighters - originally members of a cult of Odin - this is a compelling tale of ancient magic. A work of timeless power and beauty, it offers both a treasury of Icelandic prose and a masterful gathering of epic, cultic memory, traditional folk tale and myths from the Viking age and far earlier.

Comic Sagas and Tales from Iceland

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Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141975520
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 375

Book Description
Comic Sagas and Tales brings together the very finest Icelandic stories from the thirteenth to the fifteenth centuries, a time of civil unrest and social upheaval. With feuding families and moments of grotesque violence, the sagas see such classic mythological figures as murdered fathers, disguised beggars, corrupt chieftains and avenging sons do battle with axes, words and cunning. The tales, meanwhile, follow heroes and comical fools through dreams, voyages and religious conversions in medieval Iceland and beyond. Shaped by Iceland's oral culture and their conversion to Christianity, these stories are works of ironic humour and stylistic innovation.

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.

The Saga of Grettir the Strong

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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 296

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Grettis Saga

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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Legends
Languages : en
Pages : 342

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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