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Il libro costituisce un esempio del genere letterario delle cosiddette Saghe del tempo antico, ambientate nel mondo nordico durante il periodo precedente la colonizzazione dell'Islanda, che si distinguono dalle precedenti saghe a carattere storico e realistico per la presenza di figure legate al Mito e per la concezione fantastica e fiabesca, che pone la Magia e gli espedienti magici al servizio del lieto fine.
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- Pagine: 112
- Data di uscita: 10-03-2003
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This is probably the ass-kickingest story I have ever read. "Egil's Saga" kicks Conan's ass from one end of some stupid fictional continent to the other. Did Conan ever get so miffed after being given sour curds and malt liquor as a guest (instead of meat and fine ale, which were being hidden by the g Leggi tutto
BookTube channel with my awesome brother, Ed - The Brothers Gwynne My personal BookTube channel - William Gwynne Another saga on my module reading list. Papa Gwynne said this is one of his favourites, so of course I could not wait to dive in. Egil's Saga is just fantastic. It transports us into
Another hallmark text from Medieval Europe, and another portal to the Norse world. Egils saga Skallagrimssonar is one of those thoroughly enjoyable pieces of classic writing that simultaneously work splendidly as an entryway into Medieval literature for the uninitiated, and has plenty to offer seaso Leggi tutto
4 – 4.5 stars I am still something of a newcomer to the Icelandic Sagas, having only read a handful so far, but I would be surprised if Egil’s Saga was not the best of them. It’s certainly my favourite thus far, eclipsing even the fantastic Njal's Saga . This saga makes central to its story what was pe Leggi tutto
Poets, Viking ones at least, could be genuine bad asses. Egil Skallagrimsson, the subject of this saga, is Exhibit A. At the age of 7 (or 6), while playing a game of Viking ball (whatever that is), Egil gets knocked aside by a 12 year old. Egil then goes home, gets a battle axe, returns to the game, Leggi tutto
Kids, do you want to know how badass the Vikings really were? DO YOU? Here's the story of a warrior and poet who once had someone BREAK AN AX ON HIS SKULL, and he just shook it off. Of course, later it was discovered that he had some weird genetic disorder that made his bones keep getting denser. His Leggi tutto
Of all the Sagas of Icelanders, Egil's Saga , reputedly by Snorri Sturluson , differs from the others I have read in two respects. First of all, it shows one reason why Iceland was settled: Many Norse were fed up with the high-handed rule of King Harold Fine-Hair. Egil Skallagrimsson, his father Skall Leggi tutto
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