Egil's Saga - Egil's Saga

Japanese: 《エギルのサガ》 - えぎるのさが

…Born into a wealthy farming family, he was praised for his talent as a poet from an early age, and at the age of 15 he went abroad and became famous as a Viking. His life is detailed in Egil's Saga. He left behind three long poems and over 40 short poems, but he is considered the greatest medieval poet in Scandinavia for his works Ransom for a Head, which is set against the backdrop of a feud with the king, Sonatrek, which sings of the grief of a father who loses his children one after another, and a long poem lamenting the death of a close friend. …

From [Saga]

... The Icelanders' Sagas, with Icelanders as protagonists from the colonial period to the beginning of the 11th century, contain some of the most impressive works in terms of both quantity and quality. Egil's Saga is a record of the turbulent life of four generations of the family of Egil, who is considered the greatest hero and poet of medieval Iceland, beginning with his grandfather, and is interspersed with Egil's most representative poems. Grettir's Saga tells the story of the silent, rough, and quarrelsome brave Grettir, who is plagued by misfortune and lives in exile until he is attacked by pursuers and meets a gruesome death.

*Some of the terminology used in "Egil's Saga" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…豪農の家に生まれ，早くから詩才をうたわれ，15歳から海外に出てバイキングとして勇名をはせる。その一生は《エギルのサガ》に詳しい。三つの長編詩と40余りの短詩が残されているが，王との確執を背景とした《首の身代金》，子を次々に失った父の悲哀を歌った《ソナトレク》，親友の死をいたんだ長詩により北欧中世最高の詩人とされている。…

【サガ】より

…　〈アイスランド人のサガ〉は，植民時代から11世紀はじめにかけてのアイスランド人を主人公とし，質量ともにサガ文学中の圧巻ともいえるものを含む。《エギルのサガ》は，アイスランド中世切っての英雄で同時に第一の詩人とされているエギルの，祖父から4代にわたる一族の波乱にとんだ生活の記録であり，エギルの代表的な自作詩がちりばめられている。《グレティルのサガ》は無口で荒っぽくけんか早い性格の剛勇グレティルが不運につきまとわれ，追放生活を送るうち，ついに追手に襲われ凄惨（せいさん）な死をとげる話。…

※「《エギルのサガ》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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