Hrolf Kraki S Saga

Author : Poul Anderson
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781504024396

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Hrolf Kraki's Saga by Poul Anderson Pdf

Winner of the British Fantasy Award: The ancient legend of the Danish Viking king is retold in a tale of vengeance, battles, magic, and monsters. In the court of the Anglo-Saxon king, a visiting storyteller regales the assembled nobles with the enthralling tale of her faraway land’s most revered hero: the Viking Hrolf Kraki. Born of an incestuous union into a royal family with a history of violence, jealousy, usurpation, and murder, Hrolf assembled a loyal band of the mightiest champions in the realm and expanded his small kingdom through wisdom, courage, and conquest. Unbeaten on the battlefield, his great deeds and victories became legends throughout the North as he ushered in an era of peace and prosperity. But Hrolf’s desire for vengeance was ever the warrior-king’s driving force, as he sought the truth about his father’s murder. This obsession would threaten Hrolf’s life and his rule—and ultimately bring his great kingdom to ruin. Poul Anderson, one of the acknowledged giants of twentieth-century fantasy, employs his unparalleled storytelling talents to bring Denmark’s great Viking king to life. A saga that predates the stories of King Arthur and his knights and Shakespeare’s Hamlet, while echoing the Oedipus and Beowulf myths, the Norse legend of Hrolf Kraki takes on a new and breathtaking richness in this classic novel the Guardian described as “full of thrills.”

Author : Jesse L Byock
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2005-06-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780141914091

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The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki by Jesse L Byock Pdf

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.

Author : Poul Anderson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0345235622

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Hrólf Kraki's Saga by Poul Anderson Pdf

Author : Poul Anderson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0345235622

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Hrolf Kraki's Saga by Poul Anderson Pdf

Author : Jackson Crawford
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781647920098

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Two Sagas of Mythical Heroes by Jackson Crawford Pdf

Inherited through the line of the berserker Angantýr and his war-loving daughter Hervor, the ever-lethal, shining sword Tyrfing and its changes of hands frame the uncanny story of The Saga of Hervor and Heiđrek. A second heroic saga, Hrólf Kraki and His Champions, recounts the daring deeds of the members and entourage of the ancient Danish house of Skjoldung. Passed down orally in pre-Christian Norse times, transmitted in writing in medieval Iceland, and here wielded by the hand of Jackson Crawford, the tales told in this volume retain their sharp edges and flashes of glory that never fail to slay.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1933
Category : Sagas
ISBN : UVA:X000742324

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The Saga of Hrolf Kraki by Anonim Pdf

Author : Poul Anderson
Publisher : Le Bélial
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-27T00:00:00+01:00
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9782843446092

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La Saga de Hrolf Kraki by Poul Anderson Pdf

Quand Beowulf rencontre Conan... Il est l'héritier des ténèbres. Son père est mort dans un odieux complot. Son grand-père a péri de la main même de son propre frère... Il est le fils du pouvoir. Dans ses veines coule le sang des Skjoldung, souverains d'un Danemark impitoyable et sauvage. Il est Hrolf Kraki, le plus grand...

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2012-06-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520951518

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The Saga of the Volsungs by Anonim Pdf

The Saga of the Volsungs is an Icelandic epic of special interest to admirers of Richard Wagner, who drew heavily upon this Norse source in writing his Ring Cycle and a primary source for writers of fantasy such as J. R. R. Tolkien and romantics such as William Morris. A trove of traditional lore, it tells of love, jealousy, vengeance, war, and the mythic deeds of the dragonslayer, Sigurd the Volsung. Byock's comprehensive introduction explores the history, legends, and myths contained in the saga and traces the development of a narrative that reaches back to the period of the great folk migrations in Europe when the Roman Empire collapsed.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1146436263

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The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki by Anonim Pdf

Author : Hrólfs saga Kraka
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Electronic
ISBN : LCCN:33023206

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The Saga of Hrolf Kraki by Hrólfs saga Kraka Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2005-03-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780141961422

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Hrafnkel's Saga and Other Icelandic Stories by Anonim Pdf

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.

Author : George Webbe Dasent
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2006-01-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780486443676

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Njal's Saga by George Webbe Dasent Pdf

Instigated by a spiteful and selfish wife, a grim blood feud between the families of two well-to-do Icelandic landowners spirals out of control, claiming lives and property. Widely regarded as the capstone of Icelandic literary achievement, this gripping thirteenth-century saga not only recounts long and costly battles but documents Viking civic and legal institutions as well. It also presents a cogent exposition of Icelandic religious practices amid stirring tales of war and conquest. The finest English-language version available, this volume includes an informative introduction, editor's notes, and a complete chronology of events.

Author : Poul Anderson
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781497694224

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The Broken Sword by Poul Anderson Pdf

This acclaimed fantasy classic of men, elves, and gods is at once breathtakingly exciting and heartbreakingly tragic. Published the same year as The Fellowship of the Ring, Poul Anderson’s novel The Broken Sword draws on similar Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon sources. In his greed for land and power, Orm the Strong slays the family of a Saxon witch—and for his sins, the Northman must pay with his newborn son. Stolen by elves and replaced by a changeling, Skafloc is raised to manhood unaware of his true heritage and treasured for his ability to handle the iron that the elven dare not touch. Meanwhile, the being who supplanted him as Orm’s son grows up angry and embittered by the humanity he has been denied. A pawn in a witch’s vengeance, the creature Valgard will never know love, and consumed by rage, he will commit a murderous act of unspeakable vileness. It is their destiny to finally meet on the field of battle—the man-elf and his dark twin, the monster—when the long-simmering war between elves and trolls finally erupts with a devastating fury. And only the mighty sword Tyrfing, broken by Thor and presented to Skafloc in infancy, can turn the tide in a terrible clashing of faerie folk that will ultimately determine the fate of the old gods. Along with such notables as Isaac Asimov and Ray Bradbury, multiple Hugo and Nebula Award winner Poul Anderson is considered one of the masters of speculative fiction. This edition contains the author’s original text.

Author : Lee M. Hollander
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2010-07-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0292788746

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The Saga of the Jómsvíkings by Lee M. Hollander Pdf

A loyal translation of the medieval Icelandic saga of a strong ruler and his men versus a brotherhood of fierce Viking mercenaries. In A.D. 986, Earl Hákon, ruler of most of Norway, won a triumphant victory over an invading fleet of Danes in the great naval battle of Hjórunga Bay. Sailing under his banner were no fewer than five Icelandic skalds, the poet-historians of the Old Norse world. Two centuries later their accounts of the battle became the basis for one of the liveliest of the Icelandic sagas, with special emphasis on the doings of the Jómsvíkings, the famed members of a warrior community that feared no one and dared all. In Lee M. Hollander’s faithful translation, all of the unknown twelfth-century author’s narrative genius and flair for dramatic situation and pungent characterization is preserved. “[A] famous tale of derring-do . . . Hollander has been able to do the even more difficult job of faithfully rendering one text into English with complete loyalty to the style and spirit of his original.” —Speculum

Author : Ben Thompson
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780061959172

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Badass by Ben Thompson Pdf

The badasses populating the pages of Badass are the most savagely awesome historical figures to ever strap on a pair of chain mail gauntlets and run screaming into battle. Author Ben Thompson—considered by many to be the Internet’s foremost expert on badassitude—has gathered together a rogues’ gallery of butt-stomping rogues, from Julius Caesar and Genghis Khan to Blackbeard, George S. Patton, and Bruce Lee. Their bone-breaking exploits are illustrated by top artist from the fields of gaming, comics, and cards—DC Comics illustrator Matt Haley and Thomas Denmark, illustrator for the collectible card game Magic: The Gathering. This is not your boring high school history—this is tough, manly, unrelentingly Badass!