Translated from ancient Icelandic, presented and annotated by RENAUD Jean.
The Orcadians Saga. Text translated and presented by Jean Renaud.
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The bright sun will darken,
the earth will disappear into the dark sea,
the vault of the sky will break, the whole ocean will roar against the mountain,
before in the Islands
a young man is born
better than Porfinnr.
A masterpiece of its kind, written towards the end of the 12th century, the Orcadian Saga is one of the oldest known Icelandic sagas.
It tells the story of the Scottish archipelagos and their colonization by the Vikings. Centering on the jarls (earls) who governed them for three centuries, it recounts with exceptional narrative vivacity mixed with poetry the intrigues, plots, battles, and maneuvers that presided over the destiny of these Nordic islands, a bustling universe where the Celtic and Scandinavian worlds overlapped.
Haunted by colorful characters, both men and women, it is also one of the only ones to depict a crusade undertaken by Vikings.
The bright sun will darken,
the earth will disappear into the dark sea,
the vault of the sky will break, the whole ocean will roar against the mountain,
before in the Islands
a young man is born
better than Porfinnr.
A masterpiece of its kind, written towards the end of the 12th century, the Orcadian Saga is one of the oldest known Icelandic sagas.
It tells the story of the Scottish archipelagos and their colonization by the Vikings. Centering on the jarls (earls) who governed them for three centuries, it recounts with exceptional narrative vivacity mixed with poetry the intrigues, plots, battles, and maneuvers that presided over the destiny of these Nordic islands, a bustling universe where the Celtic and Scandinavian worlds overlapped.
Haunted by colorful characters, both men and women, it is also one of the only ones to depict a crusade undertaken by Vikings.