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1000 tulosta hakusanalla Saga Arvidsson
Perfect for fans of fairy tales and Studio Ghibli, this gorgeous fantasy graphic novel adapted from the hit WEBTOON comic tells the story of a girl on an epic quest to rescue her grandmother in a world populated by fairy tale characters. Wen lives in a land of fairy tales and has never seen the world outside of her home. The house where she and her grandmother, Clarimonde, reside is protected and secluded by a magical barrier. Wen dreams of exploring the world and seeing the ocean one day, yet her grandmother insists that she stay inside their little bubble where the seasons never change. When a peculiar boy with a band of ravens begins capturing magic users across the kingdom, she must uncover the secrets held within the woods before the world is robbed of its happily ever after. One day, a mysterious prince passes out just outside the barrier and Wen crosses over to help him. In the confusion outside the protective circle, the boy and his flock of ravens descend and abduct Wen's grandmother. Wen decides to travel with her newfound friend, Prince Corliss, and his trusty sidekick Theo the swallow, on a quest to save Clarimonde. On her journey, Wen discovers that the outside world isn't as magical as she once thought, and danger lurks around every corner. But with the help of her friends, she will do her best to unravel the mystery of the boy with the ravens, and more importantly, the mystery of her own past. This volume collects episodes 1 to 12 of the enchanting WEBTOON comic Raven Saga.
The Saga of the Stolen One: To the Last Generation
A. Allan Chibi
PEGASUS ELLIOT MACKENZIE PUBLISHERS
2023
nidottu
Erik is in search of the land where the sun goes at night. But as Erik and the crew of his ship The Golden Dragon set off in search of adventure, little do they know that their courage, skill, strength and stamina will all be tested to the extreme… This is the tale of a Viking warrior who lived hundreds and hundreds of years ago. His name was Erik – Erik the Viking. Winner of the Children’s Book Award, The Saga of Erik the Viking begins a daring and dramatic adventure series updating Nordic sagas for a young audience. Pairing the award-winning talents of Monty Python’s Terry Jones and the beloved Michael Foreman, this reedition is perfect for reading aloud and is sure to enchant young readers.
An examination of the ways in which works of Classical literature influenced and were received by the native Irish tradition. Original, innovative work which elucidates a number of individual narratives; but more significantly, by placing these texts in their proper intellectual context, the author demonstrates how the world of learning in eleventh- andtwelfth-century Ireland really worked. He illuminates a world of medieval education and scholarship; he tells us (as no-one has done previously) what medieval Irish classicism was all about. Dr Máire ni Mhaonaigh, St John's College, University of Cambridge. The puzzle of Ireland's role in the preservation of classical learning into the middle ages has always excited scholars, but the evidence from the island's vernacular literature - as opposed to that in Latin - for the study of pagan epic has largely escaped notice. In this book the author breaks new ground by examining the Irish texts alongside the Latin evidence for the study of classical epic in medieval Ireland, surveying the corpus of Irish texts based on histories and poetry from antiquity, in particular Togail Troi, the Irish history of the Fall of Troy. He argues that Irish scholars' study of Virgil and Statius in particularleft a profound imprint on the native heroic literature, especially the Irish prose epic Táin Bó Cúailnge ("The Cattle-Raid of Cooley"). BRENT MILES is a Fellow in Early and Medieval Irish, University College Cork.
Laxdala Saga - The Laxdale Saga - with Map and Section Headings
Benediction Classics
2011
pokkari
This is a much-needed update on a pioneering reintroduction project and its much-celebrated success. It also provides essential background and a logical and objective summary of its justification and significance in global conservation terms. It is very much a personal account, although fundamentally based upon and cognisant of the science, deriving much from the author's own experiences and researches, and liberally illustrated mostly by the author's photographs and drawings. This intimate account tells all that has happened since the reintroduction of the White-tailed Sea Eagle first began and exactly how its successes over the subsequent three and a half decades have received such worldwide recognition and acclaim. It describes the pioneering Rum releases (Phase 1) with which the author had been intimately involved, summaries of the Wester Ross (Phase 2) and East Scotland (Phase 3) releases with up-to-date information on the current Irish project in Kerry. The book includes a classification of the eagles and their folklore and information about the bird's history, distribution and biology including its breeding and feeding habits. The reader learns how the kudos of having Sea Eagles nesting locally has brought considerable economic benefit to Scottish communities, as it has in Norway and elsewhere.
Shetland Saga
Nick Hern Books
2000
nidottu
A crew of Bulgarian sailors find themselves stranded in the Shetland Isles after the ship owners fall bankrupt. They find themselves used as helpless pawns in an international deal, surrounded by skulduggery and hostility and, for one of the crew, there is hopeless love.
The Saga of Bjorn
WELSH ACADEMIC PRESS
2025
nidottu
One of the earliest and most substantial of the Icelandic sagas, The Saga of Bjorn (Bjarnar saga hitdaelakappa) is an epic tale of a love rivalry between two poets, Bjorn and Thord, that results in Bjorn’s ultimate betrayal and death.Dating from the period between 1000 and 1025 and located in the Snæfellsnes region of Iceland, the saga describes how Thord (Þórðr skáld Kolbeinsson) reneges on his promise to deliver Bjorn’s marriage proposal to Oddny (Oddný Þorkelsdóttir), then persuades her that Bjorn is dead and marries Oddny himself. A furious and distraught Bjorn seeks retribution against his former friend but is killed in a heroic battle against Thord and twenty-four of his warriors.Finlay’s acclaimed translation of 14th and 17th century manuscripts, comprehensive introduction and extensive notes of this much neglected text also surveys the saga genre and investigates its relationship with other European literature.
The Saga of Havardur of Isafjord
Hisarlik Press
1996
sidottu
This is a 13th-century story of conflict over sheep and stranded whales, magic and ghosts, seduction, murder, torture and revenge. The book contains an extended essay on the political, economic and cultural background of the text, under various headings.
Laxd la saga, written in the 13th century, tells of people in the Brei afj r ur area of Iceland from the late 9th century to the early 11th century. The saga particularly focuses on a love triangle between Gu r n sv frsd ttir, Kjartan lafsson and Bolli orleiksson. Kjartan and Bolli grow up together as close friends but the love they both have for Gu r n causes enmity between them and, in the end, their deaths.Second only to Nj ls saga in the number of medieval manuscripts preserved, Laxd la saga remains popular and appreciated for its poetic beauty and pathetic sentiment.
This Family History traces the varied fortunes of the Smiths of West Yorkshire. It also examines their connection with other families, including: - The Absaloms of Hampshire and London - The Cardens of Brighton - The Cloughs of Sutton and Crosshills - The Fareys of Skipton - The Fosters of Waterford, Ireland and Birmingham - The Gillinsons of Leeds - The Hastings of Holderness - The Myersons of London - The Stamfords of East Yorkshire - The Wilsons of Calderdale A key theme running throughout this History has been the determined use of what could aptly be termed 'survival strategies' by successive generations of Smiths. Their aim was always to bolster a precarious 'respectability' in what was often a harsh and unstable environment. The mass of factual and bibliographical information found within its pages will prove useful to Research Students and Family, Local and Social Historians. Above all, it offers a legacy to inspire both present and future family members
