Eyrbyggja Saga: Icelandic Tales of Berserks, Magic, Witches, & Wonder
The History of Vikings
Noah Tetzner
4.7 • 537 Ratings
🗓️ 2 September 2022
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Today I chat with Dr. Torfi Tulinius, Professor of Medieval Icelandic Studies at the University of Iceland, about Eyrbyggja Saga.
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| 0:08.9 | chances are you've traveled to the Scandinavian countries |
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| 0:15.6 | With vast mountain landscapes, |
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| 0:23.2 | At the time this episode is published, I'll be traveling across Iceland doing exactly that, |
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| 1:49.4 | Many thanks to the history of Vikings. |
| 1:53.8 | Today we'll be discussing one of the Icelandic sagas. |
| 2:02.7 | Erbigya Saga, or the saga of the people of Erie, could perhaps be referred to as the saga of the people of Snifelsness, |
| 2:08.8 | as it tells stories of families living across the Sniflesness Peninsula in Western Iceland. |
| 2:16.5 | Written in the mid-13th century, the saga was composed during a tumultuous time in Icelandic history. |
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