Gisli Sursson's Saga and The Saga of the People of Eyri
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These sagas recount fierce feuds in which honour is fought for, sacrifice is demanded, and blood is shed. The fate of the characters at the centre of each saga, however, is very different. Gisli is a traditional Viking-age hero who is determined to exact revenge at any cost and whose death is tragic when it comes. In contrast his nephew, Snorri, represents a new generation and acts to strengthen the new social order. Taken together these sagas reveal the richness and variety of the saga show more tradition. show lessTags
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This is a very short saga which falls out at the time of Christianisation of Iceland. The story is superbly dramatic and the observation of detail is profound. It is a great pity that Verdi seems to have been unaware of the saga. It could be adapted to opera magnificently. Just think of that! Gisli in Italian!
This is probably one of my least favorite sagas. Not bad, but not fantastic. I still have to read the second saga in the book, though.
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- Canonical title
- Gisli Sursson's Saga and The Saga of the People of Eyri
- Original publication date
- 1250 (ca. original manuscript of Gisli Sursson's Saga) (ca. original manuscript of Gisli Sursson's Saga); 1270 (ca. original manuscript of The Saga of the People of Eyri) (ca. original manuscript of The Saga of the People of Eyri); 1997 (English: Regal) (English: Regal); 1997 (English: Quinn) (English: Quinn)
- People/Characters
- Gísli Súrsson
- Important places
- Iceland
- First words
- This story begins at the time when King Hakon, foster-son of King Athelstan of England, ruled Norway and was near the end of his days.
Gisli Sursson's Saga, translated by Martin S. Regal (1997)
There was a man named Ketil Flat-nose who was an excellent hersir in Norway.
The Saga of the People of Eyri, translated by Judy Quinn (1997)
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- Genre
- Fiction and Literature
- DDC/MDS
- 839.63008 — Literature & rhetoric German & related literatures Other Germanic literatures Old Norse, Old Icelandic, Icelandic, Faroese literatures Old Norse fiction
- LCC
- PT7269 .G4 .E5 — Language and Literature German, Dutch and Scandinavian literatures Old Norse literature: Old Icelandic and Old Norwegian Individual sagas and historical works
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
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