After providing English translations of the Old Norse-Icelandic sagas, Ketils saga hængs and Gríms saga loðinkinna, I analyze them as narratives of survival and I interpret them in light of literary and cultural factors. In using the word narrative I also examine the parallel theme of entertainment. The literary and cultural factors explored in individual sections of this paper are plentiful in these brief sagas and give a fuller understanding of their appeal. Legendary sagas (fornaldarsögur) and genre deal with how the sagas became composed and classified. The mythical-heroic aspect provides the basis for and the content of the stories in northern narrative history. Oral tradition and eddic verse help to explain the formats and styles that...
Written in the thirteenth century, the Icelandic prose sagas, chronicling the lives of kings and com...
The history of Sweden was not a priority subject for saga writers in Iceland. The "Saga of Ingvar th...
The corpus of sagas known under the genre fornaldarsögur has appeared sporadically within academia f...
Straipsnyje keliama islandų sagų, kaip istorijos šaltinio, patikimumo problema. Susiklosčiusi istori...
In recent scholarship, the Icelandic fornaldarsögur – legendary, “mythic-heroic” sagas – have typica...
are a valuable resource in the study of society and culture in the Viking age. However, for a variet...
This master’s degree essays aim was to analyse and to compare the descriptions of Sami people in thr...
This master’s degree essays aim was to analyse and to compare the descriptions of Sami people in thr...
Based on the assumption that the longstanding discussion about history/fiction has exhausted itself,...
This master’s degree essays aim was to analyse and to compare the descriptions of Sami people in thr...
This master’s degree essays aim was to analyse and to compare the descriptions of Sami people in thr...
The medieval Icelandic sagas known as fornaldarsögur usually take place in Norway and Denmark. Some ...
The medieval Icelandic sagas known as fornaldarsögur usually take place in Norway and Denmark. Some ...
The medieval Icelandic sagas known as fornaldarsögur usually take place in Norway and Denmark. Some ...
This thesis addresses the incorporation of mythological patterns, characters, and motifs in selected...
Written in the thirteenth century, the Icelandic prose sagas, chronicling the lives of kings and com...
The history of Sweden was not a priority subject for saga writers in Iceland. The "Saga of Ingvar th...
The corpus of sagas known under the genre fornaldarsögur has appeared sporadically within academia f...
Straipsnyje keliama islandų sagų, kaip istorijos šaltinio, patikimumo problema. Susiklosčiusi istori...
In recent scholarship, the Icelandic fornaldarsögur – legendary, “mythic-heroic” sagas – have typica...
are a valuable resource in the study of society and culture in the Viking age. However, for a variet...
This master’s degree essays aim was to analyse and to compare the descriptions of Sami people in thr...
This master’s degree essays aim was to analyse and to compare the descriptions of Sami people in thr...
Based on the assumption that the longstanding discussion about history/fiction has exhausted itself,...
This master’s degree essays aim was to analyse and to compare the descriptions of Sami people in thr...
This master’s degree essays aim was to analyse and to compare the descriptions of Sami people in thr...
The medieval Icelandic sagas known as fornaldarsögur usually take place in Norway and Denmark. Some ...
The medieval Icelandic sagas known as fornaldarsögur usually take place in Norway and Denmark. Some ...
The medieval Icelandic sagas known as fornaldarsögur usually take place in Norway and Denmark. Some ...
This thesis addresses the incorporation of mythological patterns, characters, and motifs in selected...
Written in the thirteenth century, the Icelandic prose sagas, chronicling the lives of kings and com...
The history of Sweden was not a priority subject for saga writers in Iceland. The "Saga of Ingvar th...
The corpus of sagas known under the genre fornaldarsögur has appeared sporadically within academia f...