Egill Skallagrímsson

Japanese: エギル･スカラグリームスソン（英語表記）Egill Skallagrímsson

An Icelandic chieftain and poet who lived from around 910 to 990. Born into a wealthy farming family, he was praised for his poetic talent 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, including Ransom for a Head, 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, making him the greatest medieval poet in Scandinavia. [Taniguchi Yukio]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

910ころ‐990ころ
アイスランドの首長，詩人。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。【谷口幸男】

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