Snorri and the Making of Norse Myths

Song of the Vikings

Nancy Marie Brown

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Much like Greek and Roman mythology, Norse myths are still with us. Famous storytellers from JRR Tolkien to Neil Gaiman have drawn their inspiration from the long-haired, mead-drinking, marauding and pillaging Vikings. Their creator is a thirteenth-century Icelandic chieftain by the name of Snorri Sturluson. Like Homer, Snorri was a bard, writing down and embellishing the folklore and pagan legends of medieval Scandinavia. Unlike Homer, Snorri was a man of the world--a wily political power player, one of the richest men in Iceland who came close to ruling it, and even closer to betraying it... In "Song of the Vikings," award-winning author Nancy Marie Brown brings Snorri Sturluson's story to life in a richly textured narrative that draws on newly available sources.
Estimated Reading Time: 7 hrs. 15 min.Page Number: 256Publication Date: 30 October 2012Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 9780230338845Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandLanguage: İngilizceFormat: Ciltli
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