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The Saga of Hervor and Heidrek (Viking Legendary Sagas Book 3) Kindle Edition

by Anonymous (Author), Peter Nicolai Arbo (Illustrator), Lorenz Frolich (Illustrator), Format: Kindle Edition
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The Saga of Hervor and Heidrek is the story of the sword Tyrfing, which was forged by dwarves under duress, with as many curses as blessings. Like the Rhinegold in The Saga of the Volsungs, its tale is one of tragedy and bloodshed, as it falls into the hands of owner after owner, causing chaos and mayhem as it does so. The saga is renowned for its sequences of mystical horror, including the first Hervor’s visit to the grave of her father, the undead berserk Angantyr, in which she wins back the cursed sword after a long dialogue with his ghost. This was the inspiration for the Romantic poet Anna Seward, the ‘Swan of Lichfield’, who based Herva, at the Tomb of Argantyr. A Runic Dialogue upon it. Another writer who found inspiration in this saga, among many others, was JRR Tolkien, who used the Riddles of Gestumblindi as one of the models for his riddle game in The Hobbit. Also of interest in the saga are the echoes it contains of real history as well as mythology; the early history of the Goths, before they left their kingdom in what is now the Ukraine to cut a bloody swathe across the declining Roman Empire. The name Tyrfing has been connected with that of the Tervingi, an early Gothic dynasty mentioned by Roman writers, and ‘Gryting’ with the Greutungi, another Gothic clan. Some of the characters who appear in the later sequence are also mentioned in the Anglo Saxon poem Widsith line 115.It has not become as famous as The Saga of the Volsungs, although it has inspired art and literature in modern times, but it has more often been used as a quarry from which other writers have extracted material. An uneven work in many ways, it nevertheless contains a great deal of interest: dwarves, magic swords and curses, warrior maidens and the undead, giants and gods, riddles and fate, all culminating in an epic battle between Goths and Huns, after which the legendary story continues into recorded history as far as the later Viking Age, linking the glorious Goths of history with the Swedish kingdom, a tradition that in many ways was revived during Sweden’s imperial expansion in the seventeenth century, when, like the Goths before them, possessed by the "furor teutonicus", almost as if Tyrfing had returned, they issued forth from the womb of nations to lay waste kingdoms and empires.
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00I10F7LI
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Thor's Stone Press (January 23, 2014)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 23, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 287 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 111 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ B0CKS81RL9
  • Customer Reviews:
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Gavin Chappell was raised by a pack of friendly cats in suburban England and now lives near Liverpool.

After studying English at the University of Wales, he went on to work in leisure before he drifted into teaching and spent the next decade trying to drift out again.

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Joey
4.0 out of 5 stars Don't mess with the Tyrfing!
Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2015
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This is a fine Icelandic saga, although I have read better. Also, parts of this translation seemed muddled and confusing. That being said, this story features a sword called Tyrfing. A fierce and poisoned weapon that must draw blood if it is unsheathed. But beware, the sword is cursed. This is the warning that Hervor is told by her dead (yes, dead), father. But she doesn't listen.
That alone is the beginning of a great story, and the inspiration of later stories like that of Elric. The saga has some highs and lows, but I recommend it highly if you like Norse myths as well as modern fantasy literature.
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G. Mosley
3.0 out of 5 stars A solid, inexpensive, but non-authoritative translation
Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2018
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The text was fully translated, and the price was certainly low. At the same time, there were typographical errors, and there was insufficient apparatus. The translation varied in quality, so the English was sometimes muddy, sometimes clear, and not because of the opacity of the Old Norse. It is almost impossible to find this saga otherwise, short of a collection and a scholarly work derived from a dissertation, so it is good to have it available, and at a low price.
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Dihydrogen Monoxide
2.0 out of 5 stars Appalling Grammar Mistakes
Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2021
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This appears to be the only available edition of this saga. Unfortunately, the grammar is absolutely atrocious.
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Stefano C.
3.0 out of 5 stars Saga gotica
Reviewed in Italy on January 17, 2020
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Interessato all'origine dei Goti, ho comprato l'edizione Kindle in inglese, perchè le poche edizioni italiani sono poco reperibili e costose. Devo dire che almeno in questo caso la qualità non mi sembra paragonabile ad altre edizioni.
Ovviamente non sarei in grado di capire l'originale norreno, ma il testo inglese in certi punti mi sembra poco comprensibile e certamente non paragonabile ad altre edizioni italiane o inglesi.
La saga contiene episodi affascinanti, come quando Hervor recupera Tyrfing; nel complesso però è poco omogenea e da un punto di vista puramente narrativo non è la più bella saga norrena.
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