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Eyrbyggja Saga

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An Icelandic saga which mixes realism with wild gothic imagination and history with eerie tales of hauntings. It dramatizes a 13th century view of the past, from the pagan anarchy of the Viking age to the settlement of Iceland, the coming of Christianity and the beginnings of organized society.

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folklorefolkloreMore like thisLess of thismythologymythologyMore like thisLess of thismyths and folkloremyths and folkloreMore like thisLess of thisancient worldancient worldMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
sagasagaMore like thisLess of this
Setting
medievalmedievalMore like thisLess of thisancient historyancient historyMore like thisLess of thisScandinaviaScandinaviaMore like thisLess of this
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historyhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 192 pages
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