Why Was Grette The Strong, Icelandic Poet And Warrior Afraid Of Darkness?
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Grettir’s saga is considered one of the Sagas of Icelanders (Íslendingasögur) written down in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. This literary work of the unknown author is believed to include stories of events that supposedly took place between the ninth and the eleventh centuries in Iceland. Monument of Grettir the […]
Shieldmaiden Hervör’s Dangerous Quest For The Cursed Tyrfing Sword
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – We encounter Hervör in the Saga of Hervör and Heidrek, which originates from the thirteenth century and combines elements from several older sagas. It is easy to be a little confused when reading about Hervör because two female characters share the name in the saga. One of the females is […]