Arnljot GellineAmerican-Scandinavian foundation, 1917 - 155 стор. |
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Сторінка 122
... Christianity into Norway have made a deep im- pression upon receptive and thoughtful natures . It is as if the stormy winter were shaping men's minds to seriousness of thought . The gloomy clouds of winter that come driving from Norway ...
... Christianity into Norway have made a deep im- pression upon receptive and thoughtful natures . It is as if the stormy winter were shaping men's minds to seriousness of thought . The gloomy clouds of winter that come driving from Norway ...
Сторінка 132
... Christianity . The pas- sage from winter to summer is a good metaphor for the passage from Æsir faith to Christianity , from the hard to the gentle , from the cold to the warm . " Into this description Björnson has doubtless poured much ...
... Christianity . The pas- sage from winter to summer is a good metaphor for the passage from Æsir faith to Christianity , from the hard to the gentle , from the cold to the warm . " Into this description Björnson has doubtless poured much ...
Сторінка 133
... Christianity is no religion of peace in the sense that strife is excluded , when causes worth fighting for are at stake . " PAGE 50. Ragnarök . The twilight of the gods . The day of destruction and doom . PAGE 60. THE SUMMER MARCH ...
... Christianity is no religion of peace in the sense that strife is excluded , when causes worth fighting for are at stake . " PAGE 50. Ragnarök . The twilight of the gods . The day of destruction and doom . PAGE 60. THE SUMMER MARCH ...
Сторінка 145
... Christianity , but the Halogalanders held their Christianity lightly , having accepted it in a calculating spirit , out of fear for the king's anger . Tore Hund was a treacherous and crafty man , and he is depicted in the saga as ...
... Christianity , but the Halogalanders held their Christianity lightly , having accepted it in a calculating spirit , out of fear for the king's anger . Tore Hund was a treacherous and crafty man , and he is depicted in the saga as ...
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Æsir Afrafaste army Arnljot Gelline art thou bade banner battle BATTLE OF STIKLESTAD bishop Björn Björnson Blood-red body bonders bore Chapter chieftain christened Christianity death earth eyes faith fare farmstead father fell fight Finn fire follow forest gave gaze gleaming go hurrying go scurrying gods Gowk-Thorir greeting hand heard heaven Heimskringla host Iamtlanders Ingigerd Kalf Kalv Arnesson King answered King Olaf King's King's men land laughter lifted light Loki Lord mickle mighty mind Mörland mountains naught Ne'er night Norsemen Norway o'er Odin Olaf the Holy Olaf Trygvason Olaf's Onward peace poem Ragnarök ring rode Rolf Krake Saga of Olaf sang says shalt shields shoulder Sighvat silent skalds slain smiled smote Snorri Sturluson SONG spear Stiklestad stood sword thee Thorgeir Thorgils Thorir Hound Thormod thought Throndhjem Tiundaland took Tore Hund Trand Translated trolls Vikar vision warriors weary words wounded
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Сторінка 32 - ... the hosts of the heathen, and, smiling, falls with his king on the field of Stiklestad. One song from this cycle, "The Cloister in the South" is here reproduced in an exact copy of the original metre, in the hope that even this imperfect representation of the poem may be better than none at all. Who would enter so late the cloister in?
Сторінка ix - Arnljot Gelline HH Boyesen says: "Never has he found a more daring and tremendous expression for the spirit of old Norse paganism than in this powerful but somewhat chaotic poem. Never has any one gazed more deeply into the ferocious heart of the primitive, predatory man, whose free, wild soul has not yet been tamed by social obligations and the scourge of the law.