SCAN 2202 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Snorri Sturluson, Norse Mythology, North Germanic Languages
28 Oct 2016
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The oral background to medieval literature about vikings. Saga literature, its genres -- islendingasogur, fornaldarsogur, kongugasogur. Islendingasogur: an idea of life in viking age iceland, as well as parts of. It is idealized, stylized, stereotypical, and fully consistent with the dominant ideology of 13th century iceland. They wanted to believe their past was great. Purports to be very factual, but does make use in quite of a lot of fictitious elements: kongungasogur: life of kings and powerful vikings primarily in norway, secondarily in denmark, sweden, and british isles. Fully aligned with royal and church ideology of the 13th century. These stories are what the king expects to be written, regardless if they"re true: fornaldarsogur: high fiction stories about ancient germanic heroes, cherished by. Snorri sturluson, who is responsible for writing down mythology as well as sagas. Wrote the collection of the norwegian kings sagas: chose a certain way of relaying nordic mythology, when he wrote his edda.
