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Iceland Review Saga Series
The Saga of Gunnlaug Snake-Tongue: Together with the Tale of Scald-Helgi
The Saga of Gunnlaug Snake-Tongue has always been one of the most popular of all Sagas of Icelanders. it is the story of two rival poets who both love the same woman and has many features in common with other sagas about poets, but possesses a charm and tragic quality all of its own.
93 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1983
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February 2, 2010
Two short sagas about scalds in love. Gunnlaug can't quite decide whether to pursue fortune, as a court poet abroad, or romance, in the form of the lovely Helga the Fair. Fate upbraids him severely in the form of a rival poet.
Scald-Helgi is thwarted in his suit for Thorkatla, his childhood love, and both lovers' lives are poisoned thereafter.
Scald-Helgi is thwarted in his suit for Thorkatla, his childhood love, and both lovers' lives are poisoned thereafter.
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