The Norse Discoverers of America the Wineland Sagas
The Norse Discoverers of America the Wineland Sagas
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We find, in short, wherever we look, in place of the wild absurdities of Irish legend, sober descriptions of places with their fauna and flora which are perfectly natural. What is more important, we do not find in these descriptions the sort of thing likely to occur to an Icelander or Greenlander, who was rationalizing 1 In Northern Mists, vol. I, p. 345, and cf. P. 360.
2 Force s Tracts, vol. Ii, p. 61.
172 STORIES AS HISTORY a legend to make it fit the circumstances to which he was accustomed.... Apart from the wine and corn, we have a temperate climate with woods and large trees, low shores and sandy beaches; except for the intro duction of glaciers into Helluland in the Flatey Book, which may be an embroidery from local sources to emphasize the desolate character of the landscape, we trace a manifest attempt throughout to describe condi tions, natural enough to us, but quite unlike anything characteristic of Iceland or Greenland. With regard to the vines in particular, one can see that the nature of these things was imperfectly understood by the saga- writers, so unlike were they to anything with which they were acquainted at home.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
We find, in short, wherever we look, in place of the wild absurdities of Irish legend, sober descriptions of places with their fauna and flora which are perfectly natural. What is more important, we do not find in these descriptions the sort of thing likely to occur to an Icelander or Greenlander, who was rationalizing 1 In Northern Mists, vol. I, p. 345, and cf. P. 360.
2 Force s Tracts, vol. Ii, p. 61.
172 STORIES AS HISTORY a legend to make it fit the circumstances to which he was accustomed.... Apart from the wine and corn, we have a temperate climate with woods and large trees, low shores and sandy beaches; except for the intro duction of glaciers into Helluland in the Flatey Book, which may be an embroidery from local sources to emphasize the desolate character of the landscape, we trace a manifest attempt throughout to describe condi tions, natural enough to us, but quite unlike anything characteristic of Iceland or Greenland. With regard to the vines in particular, one can see that the nature of these things was imperfectly understood by the saga- writers, so unlike were they to anything with which they were acquainted at home.
What to read after The Norse Discoverers of America the Wineland Sagas?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Geoffrey Malcolm Gathorne Hardy to read onlineMoreLess
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