Egil's Saga

Egil's Saga
Title Egil's Saga PDF eBook
Author
Publisher Penguin
Pages 260
Release 1976-01-01
Genre Fiction
ISBN 9780140443219

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The saga deals with the Viking world in the ninth and tenth centuries and has as its hero Eric Skallagrimsson, a powerful man who is much under the influence of the many-faced god, Odin

Egil, the Viking Poet

Egil, the Viking Poet
Title Egil, the Viking Poet PDF eBook
Author Laurence de Looze
Publisher University of Toronto Press
Pages 250
Release 2016-01-28
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 1442621249

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Egil, the Viking Poet focuses on one of the best-known Icelandic sagas, that of the extraordinary hero Egil Skallagrimsson. Descended from a lineage of trolls, shape-shifters, and warriors, Egil’s transformation from a precocious and murderous child into a raider, mercenary, litigant, landholder, and poet epitomizes the many facets of Viking legend. The contributors to this collection of essays approach Egil’s story from a variety of perspectives, including psychology, philology, network theory, social history, and literary theory. Strikingly original, their essays will appeal not only to dedicated students of Old Norse-Icelandic literature but also to those working in the fields of Viking studies, comparative ethnology, and folklore.

Egil's Saga

Egil's Saga
Title Egil's Saga PDF eBook
Author Leifur Eiriksson
Publisher Penguin UK
Pages 288
Release 2004-09-30
Genre Fiction
ISBN 0141930527

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Egil's Saga tells the story of the long and brutal life of tenth-century warrior-poet and farmer Egil Skallagrimsson: a morally ambiguous character who was at once the composer of intricately beautiful poetry, and a physical grotesque capable of staggering brutality. The saga recounts Egil's progression from youthful savagery to mature wisdom as he struggles to avenge his father's exile from Norway, defend his honour against the Norwegian King Erik Bloodaxe, and fight for the English King Athelstan in his battles against Scotland. Exploring issues as diverse as the question of loyalty, the power of poetry, and the relationship between two brothers who love the same woman, Egil's Saga is a fascinating depiction of a deeply human character.

Egil's Saga

Egil's Saga
Title Egil's Saga PDF eBook
Author
Publisher Real Reads
Pages 0
Release 2016-03-19
Genre Juvenile Fiction
ISBN 9781906230876

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Famed as both a warrior and a poet, Egil Skallagrimsson sets out to avenge his father's exile from Norway and defend his honor agains King Erik Bloodaxe.

Egil's Saga

Egil's Saga
Title Egil's Saga PDF eBook
Author E. R. Eddison
Publisher Gateway
Pages 372
Release 2016-07-28
Genre Fiction
ISBN 147321212X

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Egil's Saga is the tale of the long and brutal life of Egil Skallagrimsson, the tenth-century warrior-poet: a morally ambiguous character who was both the composer of intricately beautiful poetry and a physical grotesque capable of staggering brutality. It recounts Egil's progression from youthful savagery to mature wisdom as he struggles to avenge his father's exile from Norway, defend his honour against the Norwegian King Erik Bloodaxe, and fight for the English King Athelstan in his battles against Scotland. Translated from Icelandic by the great fantasist, E R Eddison, and accounted by many to be the greatest of the Icelandic sagas, Egil's Saga is a fascinating depiction of a deeply human character.

Egil's Saga

Egil's Saga
Title Egil's Saga PDF eBook
Author Snorri Sturluson
Publisher
Pages 254
Release 1976
Genre
ISBN

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The Vinland Sagas

The Vinland Sagas
Title The Vinland Sagas PDF eBook
Author Leifur Eiricksson
Publisher Penguin UK
Pages 164
Release 2019-05-23
Genre Fiction
ISBN 0141991550

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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.