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42. Laxdæla Saga.
Olaf approached the cross-bench and took a seat beside her. Thorgerd greeted
him and asked who he was.
Olaf told her his own name and his father’s, and added, ‘You must think it
bold of a slave-girl’s son to dare to sit down beside you and strike up a
conversation with you.’
Thorgerd replied, ‘You must think you’ve done more dangerous things in your
life than talk to women.’
Laxdæla Saga — also known as The Saga of the People of Laxárdalr — is one
of the sagas of the Icelanders. These stories, based on historical events
around the early settlement of Iceland beginning in the ninth century, have an
intriguing mix of dry affect and deeply moving and mysterious material.
Laxdæla Saga is one of the most intriguing, telling the story of a love
triangle between Guðrún, Kjartan, and Bolli and of the violence that it
caused. But, like many of the sagas, it explores this topic with a wide lens,
looking at the events of generations prior that lead to this situation, and
how it affects the families and community for generations after the violence
finally ceases.
Show Notes.
The translation we use can be found in The Sagas of the
Icelanders.
[Bookshop.]
An older, out-of-copyright
translation.
Our episodes on the Mahabharata and on
Vanity Fair.
The Iceland Saga Map project.
Jane Smiley on the Laxdæala
Saga.
Tom Porter: And Grandma Said...: Iroquois Teachings: as passed down through
the oral tradition.
Susan Orlean: The Library Book.
Next: Robin Wall Kimmerer: Braiding Sweetgrass.
[Bookshop.]
Support The Spouter-Inn on Patreon, along
with all of Megaphonic's fine shows.
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Olaf approached the cross-bench and took a seat beside her. Thorgerd greeted
him and asked who he was.
Olaf told her his own name and his father’s, and added, ‘You must think it
bold of a slave-girl’s son to dare to sit down beside you and strike up a
conversation with you.’
Thorgerd replied, ‘You must think you’ve done more dangerous things in your
life than talk to women.’
Laxdæla Saga — also known as The Saga of the People of Laxárdalr — is one
of the sagas of the Icelanders. These stories, based on historical events
around the early settlement of Iceland beginning in the ninth century, have an
intriguing mix of dry affect and deeply moving and mysterious material.
Laxdæla Saga is one of the most intriguing, telling the story of a love
triangle between Guðrún, Kjartan, and Bolli and of the violence that it
caused. But, like many of the sagas, it explores this topic with a wide lens,
looking at the events of generations prior that lead to this situation, and
how it affects the families and community for generations after the violence
finally ceases.
Show Notes.
The translation we use can be found in The Sagas of the
Icelanders.
[Bookshop.]
An older, out-of-copyright
translation.
Our episodes on the Mahabharata and on
Vanity Fair.
The Iceland Saga Map project.
Jane Smiley on the Laxdæala
Saga.
Tom Porter: And Grandma Said...: Iroquois Teachings: as passed down through
the oral tradition.
Susan Orlean: The Library Book.
Next: Robin Wall Kimmerer: Braiding Sweetgrass.
[Bookshop.]
Support The Spouter-Inn on Patreon, along
with all of Megaphonic's fine shows.
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