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ﾃ行lendingasﾃｶgur
The sagas of Icelanders (, ), also known as family sagas, are a subgenre, or text group, of Icelandic Saga, sagas. They are prose narratives primarily based on historical events that mostly took place in Iceland in the ninth, tenth, and early eleventh centuries, during the Saga Age. They were written in Old Icelandic, a western dialect of Old Norse, primarily on calfskin. They are the best-known specimens of Icelandic literature. They are focused on history, especially genealogical and family history. They reflect the struggle and conflict that arose within the societies of the early generations of Icelandic settlers. The Icelandic sagas are valuable and unique historical sources about medieval Scandinavian societies and kingdoms, in particular regarding pre-Christian religion and culture and the heroic age. Eventually, many of these Icelandic sagas were recorded, mostly in the 13th and 14th centuries. The 'authors', or rather recorders, of these sagas are largely unknown. O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sagas
Sagas are prose stories and histories, composed in Iceland and to a lesser extent elsewhere in Scandinavia. The most famous saga-genre is the (sagas concerning Icelanders), which feature Viking voyages, migration to Iceland, and feuds between Icelandic families. However, sagas' subject matter is diverse, including pre-Christian Scandinavian legends; saints and bishops both from Scandinavia and elsewhere; Scandinavian kings and contemporary Icelandic politics; and chivalric romances either translated from Continental European languages or composed locally. Sagas originated in the Middle Ages, but continued to be composed in the ensuing centuries. Whereas the dominant language of history-writing in medieval Europe was Latin, sagas were composed in the vernacular: Old Norse and its later descendants, primarily Icelandic. While sagas are written in prose, they share some similarities with epic poetry, and often include stanzas or whole poems in alliterative verse embedded in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egils Saga
''Egill's Saga'' or ''Egil's saga'' ( ; ) is an Icelandic saga (family saga) on the lives of the clan of Egill Skallagrﾃｭmsson (Anglicised as Egill Skallagrimsson), an Icelandic farmer, viking and skald. The saga spans the years c. 850窶1000 and traces the family's history from Egill's grandfather to his offspring. Its oldest manuscript (a fragment) dates back to c. 1250 AD. The saga comprises the sole source of information on the exploits of Egill, whose life is not historically recorded. Stylistic and other similarities between ''Egill's Saga'' and '' Heimskringla'' have led many scholars to believe that they were the work of the same author, Snorri Sturluson. The work is generally referred to as ''Egla'' by Icelandic scholars. Synopsis The saga begins in Norway around 850, with the life of Egill's grandfather Ulf ( ﾃ嗟fr) aka Kveldulf or "Evening Wolf", and his two sons Thorolf (ﾃ榲ｳrﾃｳlfr) and Skallagrim ( Skalla-Grﾃｭmr). Strife with the royal house drive the family o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egil's Saga
''Egill's Saga'' or ''Egil's saga'' ( ; ) is an Icelandic saga (family saga) on the lives of the clan of Egill Skallagrﾃｭmsson (Anglicised as Egill Skallagrimsson), an Icelandic farmer, viking and skald. The saga spans the years c. 850窶1000 and traces the family's history from Egill's grandfather to his offspring. Its oldest manuscript (a fragment) dates back to c. 1250 AD. The saga comprises the sole source of information on the exploits of Egill, whose life is not historically recorded. Stylistic and other similarities between ''Egill's Saga'' and ''Heimskringla'' have led many scholars to believe that they were the work of the same author, Snorri Sturluson. The work is generally referred to as ''Egla'' by Icelandic scholars. Synopsis The saga begins in Norway around 850, with the life of Egill's grandfather Ulf (Kveldulf Bjalfason, ﾃ嗟fr) aka Kveldulf or "Evening Wolf", and his two sons Thorolf (ﾃ榲ｳrﾃｳlfr) and Skallagrim (Skalla-Grﾃｭmr). Strife with the royal house dri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ﾃ行lendingasﾃｶgur
The sagas of Icelanders (, ), also known as family sagas, are a subgenre, or text group, of Icelandic Saga, sagas. They are prose narratives primarily based on historical events that mostly took place in Iceland in the ninth, tenth, and early eleventh centuries, during the Saga Age. They were written in Old Icelandic, a western dialect of Old Norse, primarily on calfskin. They are the best-known specimens of Icelandic literature. They are focused on history, especially genealogical and family history. They reflect the struggle and conflict that arose within the societies of the early generations of Icelandic settlers. The Icelandic sagas are valuable and unique historical sources about medieval Scandinavian societies and kingdoms, in particular regarding pre-Christian religion and culture and the heroic age. Eventually, many of these Icelandic sagas were recorded, mostly in the 13th and 14th centuries. The 'authors', or rather recorders, of these sagas are largely unknown. O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finnboga Saga Ramma
Finnboga saga ramma () (The Saga of Finnbogi the Strong) is an Icelandic saga that recounts the life of Finnbogi rammi. The story takes place in Flateyjardalur in Suﾃｰur-ﾃ枴ngeyjarsﾃｽsla and in other places in Iceland, as well as in Norway. The events supposedly took place in the 10th century. Finnbogi rammi is mentioned in ''Landnﾃ｡mabﾃｳk'', and '' ﾃ行lendingadrﾃ｡pa.'' The saga was likely composed in the fourteenth century, usually grouped with "postclassical" sagas". This ambiguous generic distinction has been argued to be unclear and based on a bias towards a realistic saga style. In fact, Finnboga saga appears in one of the earliest extant manuscripts containing complete sagas of Icelanders. Margrﾃｩt Eggertsdﾃｳttir summaries the saga thus: ''Finnboga saga ramma'' is not one the better-crafted ''ﾃ行lendingasﾃｶgur''. Characterization is flat, and the plot little more than a repetitious series of episodes designed to present the hero in a favorable light. The narrative is never ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Njﾃ｡ls Saga
''Njﾃ｡ls saga'' ( ), also ''Njﾃ｡la'' ( ), or ''Brennu-Njﾃ｡ls saga'' ( ) (Which can be translated as ''The Story of Burnt Njﾃ｡ll'', or ''The Saga of Njﾃ｡ll the Burner''), is a thirteenth-century Icelandic saga that describes events between 960 and 1020. The saga deals with a process of blood feuds in the Icelandic Commonwealth, showing how the requirements of honor could lead to minor slights spiralling into destructive and prolonged bloodshed. Insults where a character's manhood is called into question are especially prominent and may reflect an author critical of an overly restrictive ideal of masculinity. Another characteristic of the narrative is the presence of omens and prophetic dreams. It is disputed whether this reflects a fatalistic outlook on the part of the author. The principal characters in the saga are the friends Njﾃ｡ll ﾃ柞rgeirsson, a lawyer and a sage, and Gunnar Hﾃ｡mundarson, a formidable warrior. Gunnar's wife, Hallgerﾃｰr langbrﾃｳk, instigates a feud that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iceland
Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the region's westernmost and most list of countries and dependencies by population density, sparsely populated country. Its Capital city, capital and largest city is Reykjavﾃｭk, which is home to about 36% of the country's roughly 380,000 residents (excluding nearby towns/suburbs, which are separate municipalities). The official language of the country is Icelandic language, Icelandic. Iceland is on a rift between Plate tectonics, tectonic plates, and its geologic activity includes geysers and frequent Types of volcanic eruptions, volcanic eruptions. The interior consists of a volcanic plateau with sand and lava fields, mountains and glaciers, and many Glacial stream, glacial rivers flow to the sea through the Upland and lowland, lowlands. Iceland i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laxdﾃｦla Saga
''Laxdﾃｦla saga'' (), Old Norse ''Laxdﾅ斗a saga'' (Old Norse pronunciation ) or ''The Saga of the People of Laxﾃ｡rdalur'', is one of the sagas of Icelanders. Written in the 13th century CE, it tells of people in the Breiﾃｰafjﾃｶrﾃｰur area in western Iceland from the late 9th century CE to the early 11th century CE. The saga particularly focuses on a love triangle between Guﾃｰrﾃｺn ﾃ都vﾃｭfrsdﾃｳttir, Kjartan ﾃ斗afsson and Bolli ﾃ柞rleiksson. Kjartan and Bolli grow up together as close friends but the love they both have for Guﾃｰrﾃｺn causes enmity between them. Second only to ''Njﾃ｡ls saga'' in the number of medieval manuscripts preserved, ''Laxdﾃｦla saga'' remains popular and appreciated for its poetic beauty and pathos. Authorship and sources As is the case with the other Icelanders' sagas, the author of ''Laxdﾃｦla saga'' is unknown. Since the saga has often been regarded as an unusually feminine saga, it has been speculated that it was composed by a woman. The author's extensive k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fﾃｦreyinga Saga
''Fﾃｦreyinga saga'' (; Danish: ''Fﾃｦringesagaen''), the saga of the Faroe Islanders, is the story of how the Faroes were converted to Christianity and became a part of Norway. Summary The saga was written in Iceland shortly after 1200. The author is unknown and the original manuscript is lost to history, but passages of the original manuscript have been copied in other sagas, especially in three manuscripts: ''ﾃ斗ﾃ｡fs saga Tryggvasonar en mesta'', ''Flateyjarbﾃｳk'', and a manuscript registered as AM 62 fol. The different sagas differ somewhat on the first settlement of the Faroes. Historians have understood from the beginning of ''Fﾃｦreyinga Saga'' in ''Flateyjarbﾃｳk'' that Grﾃｭmur Kamban settled in the Faroes when Harald Fairhair was king of Norway (c.872-930 AD). This does not correspond with the writings of the Irish monk Dicuil. However, the version from ''ﾃ斗afs saga Tryggvasonar'' does correspond with the writings of Dicuil. The opening text is, "There was a man named ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eyrbyggja Saga
''Eyrbyggja saga'' (; ) is one of the Icelanders' sagas; its title can be translated as ''The Saga of the People of Eyri.'' It was written by an anonymous writer, who describes a long-standing feud between Snorri Goﾃｰi and Arnkel Goﾃｰi, two strong chieftains in the Norsemen, Norse community that settled in Iceland. The title is slightly misleading as it deals also with the clans from Stykkishﾃｳlmur, ﾃ榲ｳrsnes and Alptafjﾃｶrﾃｰr on Iceland. The most central character is Snorri ﾃ柞rgrﾃｭmsson, referred to as Snorri Goﾃｰi and Snorri the Priest. Snorri was the nephew of the hero of ''Gﾃｭsla saga'', and is also featured prominently in ''Njﾃ｡ls saga'' and ''Laxdﾃｦla saga''. Another main interest of the ''Eyrbyggja Saga'' is to trace a few key families as they settled Iceland, specifically around the Snﾃｦfellsnes peninsula. The Saga is usually not regarded as artistically equal to ''Egil's saga'', ''Njﾃ｡ls saga'' and ''Laxdﾃｦla saga''. Nevertheless, it is valued for many reasons, including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eirﾃｭks Saga Rauﾃｰa
The ''Saga of Erik the Red'', in (), is an Icelandic saga on the Norse exploration of North America. The original saga is thought to have been written in the 13th century. It is preserved in somewhat different versions in two manuscripts: ''Hauksbﾃｳk'' (14th century) and ''Skﾃ｡lholtsbﾃｳk'' (15th century). Despite its title, the saga mainly chronicles the life and expedition of Thorfinn Karlsefni and his wife Gudrid, also recounted in the '' Saga of the Greenlanders''. For this reason it was formerly also called ;Halldﾃｳr Hermannsson"Eirﾃｭks saga rauﾃｰa ''or'' ﾃ柞rfinns saga karlsefnis ok Snorra ﾃ柞rbrandssonar" ''Bibliography of the Icelandic Sagas and Minor Tales'', Islandica 1, Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Libraries, 1908, , p. 16. ﾃ〉ni Magnﾃｺsson wrote that title in the blank space at the top of the saga in . It also details the events that led to the banishment of Erik the Red to Greenland and the preaching of Christianity by his son Leif Erikson as well ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
