ENGLISH

Gautrek’s Saga and Other Medieval Tales

By Paul Edwards , Hermann Palsson

Book information

Publisher
New York University Press, University of London Press
Year
1968
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7553160 bytes)
Pages
156\162
Topic
Literature
Time added
2018-02-22 00:11:18

Description

Translated with an introduction by Hermann Pálsson and Paul Edwards. The five sagas in this volume first appeared in print in the early part of the 19th century, and their manuscript tradition goes back to the 14th and 15 th centuries. The present translations are based on the edition in "Fornaldarsögur Norðurlanda", ed. Guðni Jónsson (Reykjavik, 1950). Introduction 7 Map: North Europe of the Legendary Sagas 8/9 Bibliographical note 19 Note on the translations 21 Gautrek’s Saga 23 Bosi and Herraud 57 Egil and Asmund 89 Thorstein Mansion-Might's Story 121 Helgi Thorisson's Story 141 List of proper names 149

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