The Weather In The Icelandic Sagas
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The Weather in the Icelandic Sagas
Author | : Bernadine McCreesh |
Publisher | : Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Total Pages | : 167 |
Release | : 2019-01-15 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1527525597 |
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The descriptions of the weather in medieval Icelandic sagas have long been considered unimportant, mere adjuncts to the action. This is not true: the way the weather is depicted can give us an insight into the minds of medieval Icelanders. The first part of this book illustrates how the Christian world-view of authors of the twelfth to fourteenth centuries influenced their descriptions of meteorological conditions in earlier times. The second part is more literary in approach. It points out the formulaic nature of descriptions of storms, and shows how references to the weather help to structure the narrative in some sagas. It also demonstrates how medieval Icelandic attitudes to the weather affect the portrayal of the hero.
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