Inherited through the line of the berserker Angantr and his war-loving daughter Hervor,the ever-lethal, shining sword Tyrfing and its changes of hands frame the uncanny story ofThe Saga of Hervor and Heirek.A second heroic saga,Hrlf Kraki and His Champions, recounts the daring deeds of the members and entourage of the ancient Danish house of Skjoldung. Passed down orally in pre-Christian Norse times, transmitted in writing in medieval Iceland, and here wielded by the hand of Jackson Crawford, the tales told in this volume retain their sharp edges and flashes of glory that never fail to slay.
After more than a decade as a full-time Instructor in Scandinavian Studies at such institutions as the University of Colorado Boulder, the University of California-Berkeley, and the University of California-Los Angeles, Dr. Jackson Crawford.
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