Eirik the Red's Saga
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Page : 44 pages
File Size : 38,52 MB
Release : 1880
Category : Sagas
ISBN :
Eirik the Red and Other Icelandic Sagas
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 11,17 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780192835307
Book Description
Selected by Gwyn Jones--the eminent Celtic scholar--for their excellence and variety, these nine Icelandic sagas include "Hen-Thorir," "The Vapnfjord Men," "Thorstein Staff-Struck," "Hrafnkel the Priest of Frey," "Thidrandi whom the Goddesses Slew," "Authun and the Bear," "Gunnlaug Wormtongue," "King Hrolf and his Champions," and the title piece.
Eirik the Red, and Other Icelandic Sagas
Author : Gwyn Jones
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 45,55 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Literary Criticism
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Book Description
Eirik the Red's Saga
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Page : 48 pages
File Size : 24,84 MB
Release : 2009-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781409963301
Book Description
Eiriks saga rauoa or the Saga of Erik the Red is a saga on the Norse exploration of North- America. In the saga, the events that led to Erik the Red's banishment to Greenland are chronicled, as well as Leif Ericson's discovery of Vinland the Good, after his longship was blown off course. By geographical details, this place is thought to be present-day Newfoundland, and is likely the first European discovery of the American mainland, some five centuries before Christopher Columbus's journey. The saga is preserved in two manuscripts in somewhat different versions; Hauksbok (14th century) and Skalholtsbok (15th century). Modern philologists believe the Skalholtsbok version to be truer to the original. The original saga is thought to have been written in the 13th century.
Saga of the Greenlanders & Erik the Red
Author : Arthur Middleton Reeves
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 31,57 MB
Release : 2018-10-18
Category : History
ISBN : 8026897498
Book Description
Saga of the Greenlanders and Erik the Red's Saga are the main literary sources of information for the Norse exploration of North America. These sagas relate the colonization of Greenland by Erik the Red and his followers and they describe several expeditions further west led by Erik's children and Þorfinnr "Karlsefni" Þórðarson.
The Vinland Sagas
Author : Leifur Eiricksson
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 38,91 MB
Release : 2019-05-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0141991550
Book Description
The Saga of the Greenlanders and Eirik the Red’s Saga contain the first ever descriptions of North America, a bountiful land of grapes and vines, discovered by Vikings five centuries before Christopher Columbus. Written down in the early thirteenth century, they recount the Icelandic settlement of Greenland by Eirik the Red, the chance discovery by seafaring adventurers of a mysterious new land, and Eirik’s son Leif the Lucky’s perilous voyages to explore it. Wrecked by storms, stricken by disease and plagued by navigational mishaps, some survived the North Atlantic to pass down this compelling tale of the first Europeans to talk with, trade with, and war with the Native Americans.
Viking Sagas
Author : George Ainslie Hight
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,18 MB
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 9781934941096
Book Description
Viking tales of heroes, villains, warriors, explorers and kings, told around campfires and mead halls for centuries. The stories of Grettir the Strong, and of Kormac the Skald. And the saga of Erik the Red, who settled Greenland, and his son Leif the Lucky, who sailed to America centuries before Columbus.
The Sagas of the Icelanders
Author : Jane Smilely
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 46,38 MB
Release : 2005-02-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0141933267
Book Description
In Iceland, the age of the Vikings is also known as the Saga Age. A unique body of medieval literature, the Sagas rank with the world’s great literary treasures – as epic as Homer, as deep in tragedy as Sophocles, as engagingly human as Shakespeare. Set around the turn of the last millennium, these stories depict with an astonishingly modern realism the lives and deeds of the Norse men and women who first settled in Iceland and of their descendants, who ventured farther west to Greenland and, ultimately, North America. Sailing as far from the archetypal heroic adventure as the long ships did from home, the Sagas are written with psychological intensity, peopled by characters with depth, and explore perennial human issues like love, hate, fate and freedom.
The Saga of Erik the Red
Author : Anonymous
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 16,80 MB
Release : 2012-12-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781481241915
Book Description
Five-hundred and eleven years before Columbus discovered the West Indies, Eirik Thorwaldsson, or more commonly Eirik the Red, discovered, and explored the rugged coasts of Greenland, only later to lead the first established colony in North America.
The Saga of Erik the Red (Eiríks Saga Rauða)
Author : Matthew Leigh Embleton
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 31,40 MB
Release : 2021-08-30
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Book Description
The Saga of Erik the Red (Eiríks Saga Rauða) is one of the two Icelandic Sagas which make up the Vínland Sagas (Vínlandingasögur) which tell the story of the Norse discovery of North America. The story includes the events leading up to Erik the Red being banished from Iceland and discovering Greenland. Following the accidental discovery of lands further west of Greenland, there are a number of expeditions to explore and settle these lands. These stories survived by oral tradition over several centuries before being written down in the 13th century. They are preserved in the Hauksbók, and the Skálholtsbók. This book is designed to be of use to anyone studying or with a keen interest in Old Norse or Old Icelandic, clearly showing how these languages work, and the influence of these languages on English. Both Old Norse and Old Icelandic versions are included. This edition is laid out in three columns, the original text, a literal word-for-word translation, and a modern translation. Also included is a word list with over 1,000 definitions. Also available in this series: The Saga of the Greenlanders (Groenlendinga Saga), The Vínland Sagas (Vínlandingasögur).
