Sagas of gods, heroes, and skalds of Iceland
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Probably, today everyone heard about the harsh and formidable viking warriors who raided England and besieged Paris. Less is known that this rude and barbaric supposedly people had a unique sense of language, which left us the magnificent corps of the mythological and heroic songs of Edda, as well as the brilliant culture of the scalds.
This book is an attempt to understand how they joked and laughed, loved and hated in time immemorial. To feel how the good glory is important in the eyes of the surrounding people, for it is the only thing that will remain after everyone, how insurmountable fate can become, and how everyone can turn the inevitability of a feat and that very good glory, writing a worthy saga about their life. The saga, which they will want to retell and hear even after a thousand years.
You will find here an overview of the literary heritage of Iceland of the Viking era, a brief story about some mythological and folklore motives, the phenomenon of scaldic poetry and, of course, the texts of the sagas themselves
This book is an attempt to understand how they joked and laughed, loved and hated in time immemorial. To feel how the good glory is important in the eyes of the surrounding people, for it is the only thing that will remain after everyone, how insurmountable fate can become, and how everyone can turn the inevitability of a feat and that very good glory, writing a worthy saga about their life. The saga, which they will want to retell and hear even after a thousand years.
You will find here an overview of the literary heritage of Iceland of the Viking era, a brief story about some mythological and folklore motives, the phenomenon of scaldic poetry and, of course, the texts of the sagas themselves
Author:
Author:Сеничев Вадим Евгеньевич, Топчий Надежда Викторовна
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Fiction
- Category:Modern Literature
- Category:Poetry & Literature
- Category:Esoteric, Folklore & Myth
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:Offset
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:12+
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-4484-3816-5
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