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The LAXDAELA SAGA (the Laxdale Saga) - an Ancient Norse Saga - BBC 4's The Viking Sagas
The Laxdœla saga is an Icelandic saga (story) of the men and women of the Salmon River valley involving the clan of Laxárdalur. It is one of the most important Icelandic sagas, originally written in Old Icelandic; probably sometime around the year 1245 AD. It is noted for its mention of the first known Norseman in the Varangian Guard: the Icelander Bolli Bollason.The story stretches from the latter part of the 9th C. to 1030AD and traces the family of Ketill Flatnose, who was a mighty and high-born chieftain (hersir) in Norway, from his move to Iceland at the time of King Harald the Fairhaired who left Ketill and his kinsmen two choices "either to fly the land or to be slaughtered each in his own seat".
An amalgam of historical fact, myth, epic, romance, anachronism, and literary invention, the Laxdaela Saga is, in essence, a dramatization of the circumstances surrounding a blood-feud between two sides of a great dynasty; in its second and decisive portion, it treats a love triangle that re-ignites the feud and its adjoining intrigues.
Guðrún Ósvífursdóttir, who is famous for her beauty is our protagonist. Courted by the two foster-brothers Kjartan Ólafsson and Bolli Þorleiksson. Guðrún preferred Kjartan, but she gave herself to Bolli, because of a false rumour that Kjartan was engaged to Ingibjörg, the sister of King Ólafur Tryggvason. The two foster-brothers engaged in hostilities which ended with Bolli killing Kjartan, and Bolli being killed by Kjartan's kinsmen.
The story is carried forward by the mysterious workings of fate, symbolized by the prophetic dreams of Gudrun. Noted for its detached narrative style and ornately-patterned structure, the Laxdaela Saga remains a highly influential work of Scandinavian literature and is considered an outstanding example of medieval prose romance.
33% of the publisher's profit from the sale of this book will be donated to UNICEF.
For more information, a table of contents, a sample of the text or to order,go to http://www.fairytales-n-folklore.com/laxdaela.html or http://www.abelapublishing.com/laxdaela.html
To see all the Norse sagas and books which relate to the BBC4 series "The Viking Sagas" go to http://www.abelapublishing.com/VikingandIcelandicTales.html
About the Author
Educated at Westville Boys High, Durban, South Africa, between 1970 and 1976, he excelled at middle-distance athletics. A family tragedy prevented him touring the USA and gaining an athletics scholarship.
Following high school he completed two years national service in the South African Air Force and therafter backpacked around Europe for two years.
He has a diploma in Business Computing and an MBA from Bath University and has worked in various industries in South Africa, New Zealand, Australia and the UK. Since 1999 he has been running his own management consultancy in the UK specialising in running Corporate Transformation and Turnaround programmes.
Following his MBA he wrote an historical novel "Legend of the Last Vikings" which was the catalyst for leading him into publishing. He established Abela Publishing in 2008/9 as a social enterprise. He has been publishing new and old children's stories, fairytales, folklore, myths and legends from which he donates 33% of Abela Publishing's profit to charities around the world.
To see which charities are currently supported, go to http://www.abelapublishing.com/charity.html
To view the entire Fairytales, Folklore, Myths and Legends catalogue, go to
http://www.abelapublishing.com/catalogue.html
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