The saint and the saga hero : hagiography and early Icelandic literature / Siân E. Grønlie.

"The relationship between that most popular of medieval genres, the saint's life, and the sagas of the Icelanders is investigated here. Although saga heroes are rarely saints themselves - indeed rather the reverse - they interact with saints in a variety of ways: as ancestors or friends of...

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Main Author:	Grønlie, Siân Elizabeth, 1973- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge : D. S. Brewer, 2017.
Series:	Studies in Old Norse literature.
Subjects:	Sagas > History and criticism. Saints in literature. Sagas. Criticism, interpretation, etc.