#egils saga

[maniculum]

I just think autocomplete isn't properly calibrated for medievalists.

#egils saga #damnable machines

[absinthe-and-alabaster]

egils saga is just like jjba. in that egil as a 12yo is really big and strong and beats grown men in sports and kills people

#medieval stuff #egils saga

[inbarfink]

#the banner saga #banner saga #Krumr #Hakon #Iver #Folka #Bastion #Yrsa #Bolverk #Alette #Gunnulf #Alfrun #Castaway #Sparr #Egil #Aleo #Nikels #Eirik #Dytch #Rugga #ludin #Prince Ludin

[gwydionmisha]

Sonatorrek - Egil Skallagrimsson, from Egil's Saga, by Snorri Sturluson

1. My tongue is sluggish For me to move My poem’s scales Ponderous to raise The god’s prize Is beyond my grasp Tough to drag out From my mind’s haunts 2. Since heavy sobbing Is the cause - How hard to pour forth From the mind’s root t He prize that Frigg’s Progeny found Borne of old From the world of giants 3. unflawed, which Bragi Inspired with life On the craft Of the watcher-dwarf Blood surges From the giant’s wounded neck Crashes on the death-dwarf’s Boathouse door

4. My stock Stands on the brink Pounded as planar-trees On the forest’s rim No man is glad Who carries the bones Of his dead kinsman Out of the bed 5. Yet I shall First recount My father’s death And mother’s loss Carry from my word-shrine The timber that I build My poem from Leafed with language 6. Harsh was the rift That the wave hewed In the wall Of my father’s kin; I know it stands Unfilled and open My son’s breach That the sea wrought 7. The sea-goddess Has ruffled me Stripped me bare Of my loved ones: The ocean severed My family’s bonds The tight knot That ties me down 8. If by sword I might Avenge that deed The brewer of waves Would meet his end; Smite the wind’s brother That dashes the bay Do battle against The sea-god’s wife 9. Yet I felt I lacked the might To seek justice against The killer of ships For it is clear To all eyes How an old man Lacks helpers 10. The sea has robbed Me of much My kinsmen’s deaths Are harsh to tell After the shield Of my family Retreated down The god’s joyful road 11. Myself I know That in my son Grew the makings Of a worthy man Had that shield-tree Reached manhood Then earned the claim Of war’s arms 12. Always he prized His father’s words Highest of all, though The world said different He shored me up Defended me Lent my strength The most support 13. My lack of brothers Often enters my thoughts Where the winds Of moon-bears rage I think of the other As the battle grows Scout around And wonder justification 14. which other valiant Warrior stands By my side In the peril; I often need him When facing foes When friends dwindle I am wary to soar 15. It is rare to find One to trust Amongst men who dwell Beneath Odin’s gallows For the dark-minded Destroyer of kin Swaps his brother’s Death for treasure 16. [Excluded. Missing, incomplete verse.] 17. It is also said That no one regains His son’s worth Without bearing Another offspring That other men Hold in esteem As his brother’s match 18. I do not relish The company of men Though each of them might Live in peace with me; My wife’s son Has come in search Of friendship To One-Eye’s hall 19. But the lord of the sea Brewer of storms Seems to oppose me His mind set I cannot hold My head upright The ground of my face My thoughts’ steed 20. ever since the raging Surf of heat Snatched from the world That son of mine Whom I knew To shun disgrace Avoid words Of ill repute 21. I remember still When the Gauts’ friend Raised high To the gods’ world The ash that grew From my stock The tree bearing My wife’s kin 22. I was in league With the lord of spears Pledged myself loyal To believe in him Before he broke off His friendship with me The guardian of chariots Architect of victory 23. I do not worship Vilir’s brother Guardian of the gods Through my own longing Though in good ways too The friend of wisdom Has granted me Redress for affliction 24. He who does battle And tackles the hell-wolf Gave me the craft That is beyond reproach And the nature That I could reveal Those who plotted against me As my true enemies 25. Now my course is tough: Death, close sister Of Odin’s enemy Stands on the ness: With resolution And without remorse I shall gladly Await my own

#Egil Skallagrimsson #Sonatorrek #Snorri Sturluson #Poem #Egil's Saga

[wholemleko-art]

Thorulf carving a path to Earl Hring

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Another scene from Egil’s saga

#egil’s saga #history #art #drawing #illustration

[talltarakona]

The Weight of The Banner

Recently played through the whole Banner Saga trilogy with a good buddy who’d never tried the games before. He fell so in love with it I had to make him a piece based around the choices he made. (Also @ all my pathologic followers, if you like games about slow walking and starving to death with good character writing, try the banner saga series PLEASE)

#the banner saga #the banner saga fanart #watercolour #watercolour painting #traditional art #not joking around with that recommendation btw #it doesn’t have the meta narrative of patho or the theatre elements but it do got #1: an extremely stand out and well directed art style #2: weight on character driven story where you feel you actually get to know a good 30+ people #3: gameplay that’s tough but masterable #4: the best example I’ve ever seen where narrative and gameplay mechanics are inseparable #characters stats and moves match who they are perfectly #off the top of my head. there’s a young barely 20 year old called egil. all he’s got is a shield but he’s been practicing with it for years #so level 1 all he has is decent armour numbers and the ability to shield wall. #but as he learns from other people on level up he can choose any second ability at all available to his class. #he’s extremely adaptable because he hasn’t learnt his fighting style yet #and every character has that level of thought

[skinnnefja]

Chapters: 1/16 Fandom: egils saga einhenda ok ásmundr berserkjabana Rating: Explicit Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Characters: Egil One-Hand, Ásmund Berserker-Slayer Additional Tags: Old Norse, Translation Summary:

It has giants, it has adventure, it has „best friends“ who swear their lives to one another. It has duels to the death. It has a zombie moment. It has a dwarf smith who crafts a rad sword-arm-prosthetic for one of our heroes. It has an entire several-chapter tangent plotline where a giantess tells our heroes about her trip to the actual underworld. Over porridge. It has kidnapped princesses! About whom everyone keeps forgetting: („hang on, weren‘t we on a quest?“ „uuuh. Oh right the trolls kidnapped those girls!“ „shit it‘s been like two years, man“). Oh and did I mention the title translates to „the Saga of Egil One-Hand and Osmund Berserker-slayer“? Metal as fuck. Originally in Old Norse, and probably written down between 1450-1500 CE (which is relatively recent in the grand scheme of Old Norse, and it shows). This is my "as-faithful-as-I-can-be" translation version (nearly complete, only one chapter left to translate, then I've got to write it up and organise my notes); I hope to do a retelling (still pretty faithful but with a little more detail) some time, stay tuned. If you want to read the original, check it out here! http://heimskringla.no/wiki/Egils_saga_einhenda_ok_%C3%81smundar_berserkjabana

#it begins! #egils saga einhenda #a linguistics #my translation

[historia-vitae-magistras]

I think it was either you or StirringWinds who wrote a snippet on Arthur & baby Alfred’s first meeting. If it was you, do you have anything for Sigurd & baby Egill’s first meeting?

I have some things from when he Egill was a baby but not not first meeting per-say. I have a lot of feelings about childhood in early Iceland.

#the ask box || probis pateo #Egill || Fár bregður hinu betra ef hann veit hið verra. #Sigurd || D'er klent Sted som stokk fyre Hamaren #Sigurd and Egill || from the spear-mead sprang sagas

[valka-eyvind]

Egil: I'll do whatever I want when I'm 80.

Rook: If you're still alive when you're 80 I'll demand a medical explanation.

#banner saga #the banner saga #banner saga meme #incorrect quotes #rook banner saga #egil banner saga #valka.txt #the kenny of tbs

[maniculum]

Welcome back to Egil's Saga! This installment of the saga has everything you need for a compelling quest, whether you're playing D&D, Pathfinder, or any other TTRPG! Egil teaches us how to cure a botched curse of lovesickness, and when the king's men go missing, he takes it upon himself to journey into the northlands to find them, only to fall into an ambush! Will Egil make it out alive? Will your players? Join us and find out!

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#medieval #dnd #dungeons and dragons #d&d #ttrpg #medieval literature #podcast #maniculum #saga #egil #egils saga

[lasagras]

Yeah, sure, Egill Skallagrímsson was a murderous arsehole, but at least he cared about his children

#i am having feelings about egill skalla #are they positive? negative? #who's to say #sagas #icelandic sagas #egla #egil's saga #also #his daughter Þorgerður is an absolute icon

[kattahj]

Egil Skallagrimsson is certainly no chivalrous and cheerful fairy tale hero. His sense of right and wrong is strong but peculiar. On a viking trail going east he at one point enters a farm in Courland, ties up the servants and ransacks the house, but on his way out he feels guilty, because taking things without the owner's knowledge is theft, and a despicable deed. Hence he returns, burns down the farm, and kills the people who come running out. Thereby he considers his righteousness restored.

Alf Henrikson, “Isländsk historia” (Icelandic History)

#egil skallagrimsson #iceland #icelandic sagas #icelandic history #alf henrikson #isländsk historia

[nimblermortal]

Really not looking forward to the background stress/exhaustion levels for the next less than five months.

#cranky ace #maybe when I finish Aspects I will dip into comfort reads #instead of the Heimskringla #man but I want Union Boss Harald Hardradi so bad #hmmm I need to see if I have another copy of Egil's saga for the violist #I could get her and the conductor to book club it together #she can't have my leatherbound volume though #no one can it's Mine #update: I do not have a third copy of Egil's saga

[thefiresontheheight]

my mom suffering from sonatorrek except im still around i just transitioned

#egil's saga #sonatorrek #ill take uhhhh extreme dumb niche jokes for 500

[skinnnefja]

Chapter 2 is up, and you'll never guess what happened to the second princess...

#egils saga einhenda #a linguistics