tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post2212525472200005504..comments2024-03-28T12:31:11.055-07:00Comments on Adventures In Keeping House: Nordic MythsSannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08124283361844607678noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post-87394493322594737322012-12-16T11:38:43.186-08:002012-12-16T11:38:43.186-08:00I haven't watched the film, but from what I he...I haven't watched the film, but from what I heard about it there is little resemblance to the book which I had to read for my studies. I liked Elder Edda, it was quite entertaining, Younger Edda not so much. The Song of Nibelungs is a nice story. I have seen the ruins of the castle of a guy who is supposedly its author though in all probability he just wrote it down. <br /><br />Icelandic sagas sound interesting, I had to read the Saga of Njall, I'm not sure whether it war Iceladic or Norwegian. I do remember that at the time I found it terrible. It was full of grisly battle details about chopped off limbs etc, and Njall in the end died defending his house.<br /><br />Here we have some reenactments Viking groups. If you click on the word TYR you can watch a clip which was made during a reenactment event in Norway, I think. They have an annual Viking festival in summer. <br /><br /> Sannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08124283361844607678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post-86064992964600979862012-12-16T10:02:50.434-08:002012-12-16T10:02:50.434-08:00Interesting. I haven't read any of the Nordic...Interesting. I haven't read any of the Nordic myths, though I saw a movie version of Beowulf.<br /><br />I have, however, read some of the Icelandic sagas; namely, the Vinland sagas, of which my parents have a copy of the Penguin Books publication. They of course deal with the Norse arrival in North America, c. 1000 A.D. I've been to a site where they were encamped, and have seen the various finds from archaeological digs there.Will S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02714519301979594160noreply@blogger.com