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アイスランド サガ
A large translation of six major Icelandic sagas, representing medieval Norse literature and depicting heroes, blood revenge, magic, settlement, and colonization. It conveys Viking-age society, belief, law, and honor through powerful saga prose.
Work Information
Through blood revenge and heroic destinies, the world of medieval Iceland rises into view.
Iceland Sagas is a major Japanese translation that introduces the narrative world of Old Norse literature. Through sagas such as Egil's, Grettir's, and Njáls saga, it presents medieval Icelandic lives shaped by honor, kinship, revenge, law, and pagan imagination.
Review Summaries
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The new edition describes the book as containing six major saga narratives that vividly depict migration, heroes, kin revenge, and pagan-era magic and curses against the background of the Viking age.
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CiNii Books records the 1979 Shinchosha edition translated by Taniguchi Yukio as an 862-page volume with plates.
Book Information
- Publisher
- 新潮社
- Published
- 1979-09-01
- Pages
- 862 pages
- Language
- 日本語
- ISBN-13
- 9784103137023
- ISBN-10
- 4103137029
- Price
- 17600 JPY
- Category
- 本/文学・評論
Amazon.co.jp: アイスランド サガ : 谷口 幸男: 本
Reviews
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マニア垂涎の書
谷口幸男訳『エッダ―古代北欧歌謡集』と双璧をなす、北欧神話フリークの聖典のひとつ。 「ニャールのサガ」やワーグナーやトールキンも題材にした「ヴォルスンガ・サガ」など、数あるサガの中でも質・量ともにトップクラスと評されるサガが収録されています。 これを読まずして北欧神話・サガは語れない。