Very Good condition. (Literature, Classics) A copy that may have a few

Very Good condition. (Literature, Classics) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

New York. 1980. Penguin Books. Reprinted Penguin Classic Paperback Edition.

New York. 1980. Penguin Books. Reprinted Penguin Classic Paperback Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 0140443215. Translated from the Icelandic & With An Introduction by Hermann Palsson & Paul Edwards. 254 pages. paperback. The cover shows a seventeenth-century illustration depicting Egil Skallagrimsson, from a manuscript of the Saga in teh Arnamagnaean Institute, Copenhagen. keywords: Europe Scandinavia Iceland Saga Translated Mythology History Folklore World Literature. DESCRIPTION-Probably written about 1230 by Snorri Sturluson, EGIL'S SAGA offers a panoramic view of the Viking world from the middle of the ninth century to the end of the tenth. However, wide-ranging though it is in time and place, the Saga is dominated throughout by the demonic presence of its hero, Egil Skallagrimsson, and the influence of his god, the many-faced Odin-shape-changer and rune-master. Of enormous physical strength and with something of the troll in his nature Egil is, by turns, killer, drunkard, miser, poet, wanderer, farmer, lawyer and sorcerer. Merciless and vengeful, he is also capable of great loyalty and great delicacy of feeling. He is, without doubt, one of the most extraordinary and intriguing characters to be found in the literature of medieval Iceland. inventory #37340.