A Comparison of Beowulf and Icelandic Sagas

The Beowulf hero and the legendary Beowulf have many similarities between the Icelandic poetry and legendary hero of two Iceland legends, Volsungs legend and King Hrolf Kraki legend. The legend of the former is the legend of Iceland which represents the legend of Attila of the 4th to 5th century Roman fighting at the northern end of the Roman Empire, the latter is the legend of Iceland which represents 1000 years ago 1,300 years ago. Oral tradition

Icelandic grass (Icelandic: Íslendingasögur), also known as family legend, is mainly based on historical events in the so-called Saga era in Iceland in the 9th, 10th and 11th centuries. They are the most famous specimens of Iceland literature. Finally, a lot of Icelandic legends were recorded mainly in the 13th and 14th centuries. "Author", or rather legendary recorder, is not known. Some scholars believe that the legend, legend of Egers is written by the descendants of the legendary hero Snori Stululon, but this is still uncertain. The standard modern version of the legend of Iceland is called Íslenzkfornrit

The legend of Iceland is the history of Ice Island and numerous medieval literary works on families living in the 9th, 10th and 11th centuries. This time was not called the more general "Viking era", it was called "the legendary era" of Iceland. What is unique about the legend of Iceland is that they are considered to be the most authentic look of society in the Viking era. They are in contrast to other sources such as various Christian chronicles, which are written primarily by external observers.

Likewise, the legend of Iceland is also a common resource for rebuilding Scandinavia and the Icelandic society of the Viking era. The comfort of historians pointing to the legend of Iceland is in their structure. Most of the legends written in prose are the story by a straightforward and de facto method with no special fixes or fantasies (with exceptions). But we must be careful to use the legend to explain the whole society in the Viking era. At that time, the Scandinavian people were culturally distinct from other European countries, but they are fragmentary populations, especially during the Viking era of the 11th century, there are large cultural differences between different regions It seems. It is the end. Therefore, when talking about Vikings from other areas, you should cautiously quote the legend of Iceland.