Iceland SagaUnrivaled as the greatest living scholar of Icelandic sagas, Magnusson here provides background on some of the aspects of the genre, period, culture, and some pivotal figures. Among his topics are the landscape, some early settlers, early Christians, the worship of Thor, the hammer and the cross, the first historians, and Snorri Sturluson. First published in 1987. Distributed in the US by Trafalgar Square Publishing. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com). |
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Alþingi Ari fróði Auður baptism became Bergþórshvoll berserk Bishop Jón Bolli Börkur Brynjólfur built called cathedral century Chapter chieftains Christian church Danish death Denmark early Edda Egill Skallagrímsson Egils Saga eruption Eyrbyggja Saga farmer father fjord Flosi Freyr gamli Gaukur Gissur hvíti Glúmur goði Guðrún Gunnar Hallgerður Harald hárfagri Haukadalur Helgafell Helgi high-seat Hjarðarholt Hjörleifur Hlíðarendi Hólar Höskuldur Hrafnkell Icelandic sagas Ingimundur Ingólfur Arnarson island Ísleifur Íslendingabók Ketill killed king of Norway King Ólaf Kjartan land Landnámabók lava Laxdæla Saga lived lögsögumaður Magnússon manor farm manuscripts named Njáll Njáls Saga Norse north of Iceland Norwegian Oddi Óðinn Ólaf Tryggvason Ólafur pagan priest Reykholt Reykjavík river royal Sæmundur saga-writing Sámur scholars Settlement settlers Skálholt Skarp-Heðinn Skúli Snorri goði Snorri Sturluson sons Stöng story took valley viking volcanic Þangbrandur Þingeyrar Þingvellir Þórdís Þórður Þorgerður Þorgrímur Þórólfur Þórr Þorsteinn Þorsteinsson Þorvaldur