The Life and Death of Cormac the Skald: Or, Kormak's Saga
Book Description: "Kormaks saga is one of the Icelanders' sagas. It tells of the 10th century Icelandic poet, Kormákr Ogmundarson, and Steingerdr, the love of his life. The saga preserves a significant amount of poetry attributed to Kormakr, much of it dealing with his love for Steingerdr. Though...
show more
Book Description: "Kormaks saga is one of the Icelanders' sagas. It tells of the 10th century Icelandic poet, Kormákr Ogmundarson, and Steingerdr, the love of his life. The saga preserves a significant amount of poetry attributed to Kormakr, much of it dealing with his love for Steingerdr. Though the saga is believed to have been among the earliest sagas composed it is well preserved. The unknown author clearly relies on oral tradition and seems unwilling to add much of his own or even to fully integrate the different accounts he knew of Kormakr. Often he does little more than briefly set the scenes for Kormakr's stanzas." (Quote from wikipedia.org)Table of Contents: Publisher's Preface; Cormac's Fore-elders; How Cormac Was Born And Bred; How Cormac Fell In Love; How Cormac Liked Black-puddings; They Waylay Cormac: And The Witch Curses Him; Cormac Wins His Bride And Loses Her; How Steingerd Was Married To Somebody Else; How Cormac Chased Bersi And His Bride; Of Another Witch, And Two Magic Swords; The Fight On Leidarholm; The Songs That Were Made About The Fight; Bersi's Bad Luck At The Thor's-ness Thing; Steingerd Leaves Bersi; The Bane Of Thorkel Toothgnasher; The Rescue Of Steinvor Slim-ankles; How Vali Fell Before An Old Man And A Boy; How Steingerd Was Married Again; Cormac's Voyage To Norway; How Cormac Fought In Ireland, And Went Home To Iceland; And How He Met Steingerd Again; Of A Spiteful Song That Cormac Never Made; And How Angry Steingerd Was; How Thorvard Would Not Fight, But Tried To Get The Law Of Cormac; What The Witch Did For Them In Their Fights; How Cormac Beat Thorvard Again; How They All Went Out To Norway; How They Cruised With The King's Fleet, And Quarrelled, And Made It Up; The Swan-songs Of CormacAbout the Publisher: Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, Esoteric and Mythology. www.forgottenbooks.orgForgotten Books is about sharing information, not about making money. All books are priced at wholesale prices. We are also the only publisher we know of to print in large sans-serif font, which is proven to make the text easier to read and put less strain on your eyes.
show less
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781605067223 (1605067229)
Publish date: January 30th 2008
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Pages no: 104
Edition language: English