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- Grettis sagaLatest of the Icelanders’ sagas, written c. 1320. It tells of the brave and wellborn Grettir, who at 14 kills a man and is outlawed. He spends his years of exile performing brave deeds...
- Iceland and Icelandic sagasNorse immigrants from western Norway discovered and settled Iceland in the late ninth century. Servants and slaves accompanied these families; many of the indentured were Celts from Scotland and Ireland. Much of the history of Norse settlement in Iceland is derived from two Icelandic sagas. The Book of Icelanders, written by Ari Thorhilsson the Wise in the 10th century, tells of Iceland's history for the first 250 years after its settlement. The Book of Settlement tells of the founding of Iceland and where they settled...
- JokulsnautThe sword of Grettir Asmundarson, the outlaw hero of the Icelandic tale Grettis saga (dating to the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries), Jokulsnaut was used to defeat a draugr (“after-goer”—a type of vampiric revenant)...
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- Grettis saga: BritannicaGrettis saga, (c. 1320), latest and one of the finest of Icelandic family sagas. Its distinction rests on the complex, problematic character of its outlaw hero, Grettir, and on its skillful incorporation into the narrative of numerous motifs from folklore. Its theme is summed up in the gnomic style of the sagas: “Good gifts and good luck are often worlds apart.”...
- THE SAGA OF GRETTIR THE STRONG: Project GutenbergRead the Saga of Grettir online through Project Gutenberg.
Saga Stories #10: Grettis saga, the Outlaw among the Puffins
- Saga Stories #10: Grettis saga, the Outlaw among the PuffinsJoin Dr Matthew Roby (https://www.facebook.com/MatthewHRoby) for an extra special episode of Saga Stories about the famous Grettis saga sterka, known in English as "The Saga of Grettir the Strong." Grettir is an extremely complicated hero: sometimes kind and honourable, sometimes lazy and rude, sometimes wicked and downright psychopathic. When he's feeling benevolent, he fights trolls and berserkers to defend the weak, but he's also the guy who murders somebody over a packed lunch. In this episode, we follow in the footsteps of this larger-than-life hero to tell some of the most fascinating tales from his saga...