Stories and Ballads of the Far Past
- Downloads
- Under 100
- Pages
- 171
About this book
Stories and Ballads of the Far Past, by Nora K. Chadwick, is a book of stories and ballads translated from the Norse (Icelandic and Faroese), with introductions and notes. The preface says very few of the Fornaldar Sögur Northrlanda have hitherto been translated into English. A footnote says that, owing to the avowed literary origin of many of them, the Faroese ballads to some extent form a class by themselves.
An introduction to the Tháttr of Nornagest says that the story occurs as an episode in the long Saga of Olaf Tryggvason. A man asks for the sword from over there by the rudder and cuts off a fish's head with it, and Angantyr perceives that it was Tyrfing. A note says that Bragi Skald was the great grandfather of Arinbjörn the friend of Egil Skallagrímsson.
About the author
More from this genre
See all- T The Trail of the GoldseekersThe Trail of the Goldseekers
- W The Woman Who DaredThe Woman Who Dared
- R Romano Lavo-LilRomano Lavo-Lil
- C Chitra, a Play in One ActChitra, a Play in One Act
- S The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the NiblungsThe Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs
- M Matthew Arnold's Sohrab and Rustum, and other poemsMatthew Arnold's Sohrab and Rustum, and other poems
Discussion
No comments yet. Share a thought, a question or a favourite passage.
Copyright concern? Read our DMCA policy
Read or download
Public domain book This work is in the public domain and free of copyright. Anyone may read, download and share it.
- PDF 1.3 MB
- EPUB 259 KB
Downloads start right away. How to open EPUB on your phone
Book facts
- Author
- Nora K. Chadwick
- Pages
- 171
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Poetry
- Formats
- PDF, EPUB, Read online