This work describes a number of figures who travel to Palestine, some to visit the river Jordan and others to kill some heathens in the Land of the Saracens, referred to as Serkland.
This work describes a number of figures who travel to Palestine, some to visit the river Jordan and others to kill some heathens in the Land of the Saracens, referred to as Serkland. In the preface, the author distinguishes two ages based on funerary rites, the Age of Burning and, after the death of a major figure, the Age of Cairns. Many of the figures described die in drunken accidents including Fjolne who drowned by slipping into a vessel of mead. At the start of the narrative, only the god Freya is alive and thus all women of distinction are named after her. Its title, translating as "earth's circle," is taken from a passage in the first line. It ends with the reign of Magnus Erlingson in the 12th century after beginning in 850 CE with the saga of the Yngling dynasty. FTP, name this Old Norse historical narrative about the various exploits of Norwegian kings, written by Snorri Sturluson.
This work describes a number of figures who travel to Palestine, some to visit the river Jordan and others to kill some heathens in the Land of the Saracens, referred to as Serkland.
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