Social memory and the sagas: the case of Egils saga.(Critical Essay) From: Scandinavian Studies | Date: September 22, 2004| Author: Byock, Jesse L. | COPYRIGHT 2004 Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

BORN IN ICELAND around the year 910, Egill is the son of Norwegians who immigrated to Iceland, and his saga is a biography of a warrior poet who travels throughout the Viking world of the late tenth century. If Egils saga focuses on one individual and his family, the text is nevertheless wide-ranging and multifaceted. It offers a portrait of his time and tells of the passage of generations and the actions of strong-willed individuals. This saga, like many of the Icelandic family sa...