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Aimed at the layman. Examines the branch of saga literature which deals with the native heroes, the settlement of Iceland by Norse chieftains and the lives of these settlers. Discusses such problems as style and character portrayal, dreams and destinies, values and ideals, humor and irony.
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Njals saga, the greatest of the sagas of the Icelanders, was written around 1280. It tells the story of a complex feud, that starts innocently enough in a tiff over seating arrangement at a local feast, and expands over the course of 20 years to engulf half the country, in which both sides are effectively exterminated, Njal and his family burned to death in their farmhouse, the other faction picked off over the entire course of the feud. Law and feud...
4) Irish sagas
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