The Saga Of The Volsungs

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 47,7 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 : Henry Halliday Sparling
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : Edda Sæmundar
ISBN : PRNC:32101007612292

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Völsunga Saga by Henry Halliday Sparling Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781624666353

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The Saga of the Volsungs by Anonim Pdf

From the translator of the bestselling Poetic Edda (Hackett, 2015) comes a gripping new rendering of two of the greatest sagas of Old Norse literature. Together the two sagas recount the story of seven generations of a single legendary heroic family and comprise our best source of traditional lore about its members—including, among others, the dragon-slayer Sigurd, Brynhild the Valkyrie, and the Viking chieftain Ragnar Lothbrok.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-15
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781624668432

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The Wanderer's Havamal by Anonim Pdf

The Wanderer's Hávamál features Jackson Crawford’s complete, carefully revised English translation of the Old Norse poem Hávamál, newly annotated for this volume, together with facing original Old Norse text sourced directly from the Codex Regius manuscript. Rounding out the volume are Crawford’s classic Cowboy Hávamál and translations of other related texts central to understanding the character, wisdom, and mysteries of Óðinn (Odin). Portable and reader-friendly, it makes an ideal companion for both lovers of Old Norse mythology and those new to the wisdom of this central Eddic poem wherever they may find themselves.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : Eddas
ISBN : HARVARD:32044105516108

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Völsunga Saga by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jesse L. Byock
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2023-04-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520341012

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Feud in the Icelandic Saga by Jesse L. Byock Pdf

Feud stands at the core of the Old Icelandic sagas. Jesse Byock shows how the dominant concern of medieval Icelandic society—the channeling of violence into accepted patterns of feud and the regulation of conflict—is reflected in the narrative of the family sagas and the Sturlunga saga compilation. This comprehensive study of narrative structure demonstrates that the sagas are complex expressions of medieval social thought.

Author : Jesse L Byock
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 44,5 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 : Jackson Crawford
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 51,8 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 : Lulu.com
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780578021386

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The Sagas of Ragnar Lodbrok by Anonim Pdf

Although based on historical persons from the 9th century, Ragnar Lodbrok and his sons are the subjects of compelling legends dating from the Viking era. Warriors, raiders, and rulers, Ragnar and his sons inspired unknown writers to set down their stories over seven centuries ago. This volume presents new and original translations of the three major Old Norse texts that tell Ragnar's story: the Saga of Ragnar Lodbrok, the Tale of Ragnar's Sons, and the Sogubrot. Ragnar's death song, the Krakumal, and a Latin fragment called the List of Swedish Kings, complete the story. Extensive notes and commentary are provided, helping the reader to enter the world of these timeless stories of Viking adventure.

Author : J. R. R. Tolkien
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2009-05-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780007323074

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The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún by J. R. R. Tolkien Pdf

The world first publication of a previously unknown work by J.R.R. Tolkien, which tells the epic story of the Norse hero, Sigurd, the dragon-slayer, the revenge of his wife, Gudrún, and the Fall of the Nibelungs.

Author : Anonymous
Publisher : Tantor Media Incorporated
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-10
Category : Sagas
ISBN : 1452623562

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The Story of the Volsungs by Anonymous Pdf

Tells the story of the Völsung clan, including the story of Sigurd and Brynhild.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1973-09-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780141906980

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The Vinland Sagas by Anonim Pdf

One of the most arresting stories in the history of exploration, these two Icelandic sagas tell of the discovery of America by Norsemen five centuries before Christopher Columbus. Together, the direct, forceful twelfth-century Graenlendinga Saga and the more polished and scholarly Eirik's Saga, written some hundred years later, recount how Eirik the Red founded an Icelandic colony in Greenland and how his son, Leif the Lucky, later sailed south to explore - and if possible exploit - the chance discovery by Bjarni Herjolfsson of an unknown land. In spare and vigorous prose they record Europe's first surprise glimpse of the eastern shores of the North American continent and the natives who inhabited them.

Author : Árni Björnsson
Publisher : Viking Society for Northern Research University College
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : STANFORD:36105114300382

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Wagner and the Volsungs by Árni Björnsson Pdf

Author : Rosalind Kerven
Publisher : Chartwell Books
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780785835554

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Viking Myths and Sagas by Rosalind Kerven Pdf

Written in consultation with leading academics.

Author : Jesse L. Byock
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1990-02-07
Category : History
ISBN : 0520069544

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Medieval Iceland by Jesse L. Byock Pdf

Gift of Joan Wall. Includes index. Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-248) and index. * glr 20090610.