Viking Tales - Softcover

Hall, Jennie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 163600069X ISBN 13: 9781636000695

Publisher: Loki's Publishing, 2017

Synopsis

Nights were long in Iceland winters of long ago. A whole family sat for hours around the fire in the middle of the room. That fire gave the only light. Shadows flitted in the dark corners. Smoke curled along the high beams of the ceiling. The children sat on the dirt floor close by the fire. The grown people were on a long narrow bench that they had pulled up to the light and warmth. Everybody's hands were busy with wool. As the family worked in the red fire-light, the father told of the kings of Norway, of long voyages to strange lands, of good fights. And in farmhouses all through Iceland these old tales were told over and over until everybody knew them and loved them. Men who could sing and play the harp were called "skalds," and they called their songs "sagas."

About this edition

• Publisher: Loki's Publishing
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 163600069X
• ISBN 13: 9781636000695
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 102