Name: Making History
Brand: Viking Society For Northern Research (UK)
SKU: 9780903521840
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Making History

Essays on the Fornaldarsögur

By (author): David Faulkes Evans

Published by Viking Society For Northern Research (UK)

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£10.00

Format: Paperback
Pages: 140
ISBN: 9780903521840
Publication Date: 18-Jan-2011

Subjects:
European history

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CONTENTS: Introduction; Soubrot of fornkonungum: Mythologised History for Late Thirteenth-Century Iceland; Hrolfs saga kraka & the Legend of Lejre; Enter the Dragon: Legendary Saga Courage & the Birth of the Hero; Pora & Aslaug in Ragnars saga loòrokar: Women, Dragons & Destiny; Hvggin ok forsjal: Wisdom & Women's Counsel in Hrolfs saga Gautrekssonar; Vid pik sattumsk ek aldri: Qrvar-Odds saga & the Meanings of Qgmundr Eypjofsbani; The Tale of Hogni & Hedinn; The Saga of Asmundr, Killer of Champions.