What do you think?
Rate this book
袙懈泻懈薪谐褋泻懈 褋泻邪蟹邪薪懈褟: 懈褋谢邪薪写褋泻懈 锌褉械写邪薪懈褟 蟹邪 锌褉芯褔褍褌懈 胁懈泻懈薪谐懈
袛卸械薪懈 啸芯谢 (1875鈥�1921) 械 邪屑械褉懈泻邪薪褋泻懈 邪胁褌芯褉 薪邪 懈褋褌芯褉懈褔械褋泻懈 泻薪懈谐懈 蟹邪 写械褑邪 懈 褞薪芯褕懈, 泻芯懈褌芯 褋械 褉邪写胁邪褌 薪邪 谐芯谢褟屑邪 锌芯锌褍谢褟褉薪芯褋褌 懈 写芯 写薪械褋. 袧邪泄-懈蟹胁械褋褌薪邪褌邪 芯褌 褌褟褏 鈥� 鈥炐捫感盒感叫逞佇盒� 褋泻邪蟹邪薪懈褟鈥� 鈥� 懈屑邪 薪邪写 150 懈蟹写邪薪懈褟 薪邪 褉邪蟹谢懈褔薪懈 械蟹懈褑懈. 孝褟 芯斜褏胁邪褖邪 锌械褉懈芯写邪 芯褌 胁褉械屑械 屑械卸写褍 褍锌褉邪胁谢械薪懈械褌芯 薪邪 泻褉邪谢 啸邪谢褎写邪薪 胁 袧芯褉胁械谐懈褟 写芯 芯褌泻褉懈胁邪薪械褌芯 薪邪 小械胁械褉薪邪 袗屑械褉懈泻邪 芯褌 袥械泄褎 袝褉懈泻褋芯薪, 泻邪褌芯 锌褉芯褋谢械写褟胁邪 卸懈胁芯褌邪 懈 锌褉懈泻谢褞褔械薪懈褟褌邪 薪邪 锌褉芯褔褍褌懈 胁懈泻懈薪谐懈 泻邪褌芯 泻褉邪谢 啸邪褉邪谢写 懈 袝褉懈泻 效械褉胁械薪懈褟. 袪邪蟹泻邪蟹邪薪懈褌械 懈褋褌芯褉懈懈 褋邪 斜邪蟹懈褉邪薪懈 薪邪 懈褋谢邪薪写褋泻懈褌械 褋邪谐懈 懈 褋邪 锌褉械写褋褌邪胁械薪懈 锌芯 褋械屑锌褗谢, 薪芯 褋褗褖械胁褉械屑械薪薪芯 卸懈胁 懈 褍胁谢械泻邪褌械谢械薪 薪邪褔懈薪, 泻芯械褌芯 谐懈 锌褉邪胁懈 锌芯写褏芯写褟褖懈 蟹邪 褔懈褌邪褌械谢懈 薪邪 胁褋褟泻邪 胁褗蟹褉邪褋褌.
袠褋谢邪薪写懈褟 械 屑邪谢泻邪 褋褌褉邪薪邪. 啸芯褉邪褌邪 褟 芯褌泻褉懈褏邪 懈 褋械 蟹邪褋械谢懈褏邪 胁 薪械褟 锌褉械写懈 锌芯胁械褔械 芯褌 褏懈谢褟写邪 谐芯写懈薪懈. 袩褉械蟹 褌芯锌谢懈褟 褋械蟹芯薪 褌械 谢芯胁褟褏邪 褉懈斜邪 懈 屑芯褉褋泻懈 锌褌懈褑懈, 褋褗斜懈褉邪褏邪 锌械褉邪, 芯褌谐谢械卸写邪褏邪 芯胁褑械 懈 泻芯褋褟褏邪 褋械薪芯. 袧芯 蟹懈屑懈褌械 斜褟褏邪 写褗谢谐懈, 褌褗屑薪懈 懈 褋褌褍写械薪懈. 袦褗卸械褌械, 卸械薪懈褌械 懈 写械褑邪褌邪 褋懈 褋褌芯褟褏邪 锌芯 写芯屑芯胁械褌械, 泻褗写械褌芯 褔械锌泻邪褏邪 胁褗谢薪邪, 锌褉械写褟褏邪, 褌褗褔邪褏邪 懈 褕懈械褏邪 芯泻芯谢芯 芯谐薪褜芯胁械褌械. 小械薪泻懈 锌褗褉褏邪褏邪 胁 褌褗屑薪懈褌械 褗谐谢懈. 袛懈屑褗褌 褋械 胁懈械褕械 锌芯泻褉邪泄 谐褉械写懈褌械 薪邪 胁懈褋芯泻懈褌械 褌邪胁邪薪懈. 袛械褑邪褌邪 褋械 薪邪褋褌邪薪褟胁邪褏邪 薪邪 锌褉褗褋褌械薪懈褟 锌芯写 写芯褋邪屑懈 锌谢邪屑褗褑懈褌械, 邪 胁褗蟹褉邪褋褌薪懈褌械 鈥� 薪邪 写褗谢谐懈 褌械褋薪懈 褋泻邪屑械泄泻懈 屑邪谢泻芯 锌芯-薪邪蟹邪写. 袪褗褑械褌械 褋械 蟹邪薪懈屑邪胁邪褏邪 褋 胁褗谢薪邪褌邪. 袪邪斜芯褌邪褌邪 写邪胁邪褕械 胁褗蟹屑芯卸薪芯褋褌 薪邪 谐谢邪胁懈褌械 写邪 屑懈褋谢褟褌 懈 薪邪 褍褋褌懈褌械 写邪 谐芯胁芯褉褟褌. 袧芯 薪邪 褏芯褉邪褌邪 懈屑 写芯褋泻褍褔邪 芯褌 锌褉懈泻邪蟹泻懈 蟹邪 械卸械写薪械胁懈械褌芯. 袘邪褖懈褌械 褋械 胁褌芯褉邪褔胁邪褏邪 胁 写械褑邪褌邪 褋懈 懈 褋懈 泻邪蟹胁邪褏邪:
鈥炐⑿� 薪械 薪邪褍褔邪胁邪褌 锌芯褔褌懈 薪懈褖芯. 袣邪泻胁芯 褖械 谐懈 薪邪锌褉邪胁懈 褏褉邪斜褉懈 懈 屑褗写褉懈? 袣邪泻胁芯 褖械 谐懈 薪邪泻邪褉邪 写邪 蟹邪芯斜懈褔邪褌 褉芯写懈薪邪褌邪 褋懈 懈 褋褌邪褉邪褌邪 袧芯褉胁械谐懈褟?鈥�
孝邪泻邪 褔械, 写芯泻邪褌芯 褋械屑械泄褋褌胁邪褌邪 褉邪斜芯褌械褏邪 薪邪 褔械褉胁械薪邪褌邪 褋胁械褌谢懈薪邪 薪邪 芯谐褗薪褟, 斜邪褖懈褌械 褉邪蟹泻邪蟹胁邪褏邪 蟹邪 薪芯褉胁械卸泻懈 泻褉邪谢械, 蟹邪 写褗谢谐懈 锌褗褌褍胁邪薪懈褟 写芯 褔褍写薪懈 蟹械屑懈, 蟹邪 胁械谢懈泻懈 斜懈褌泻懈. 袠褋褌芯褉懈懈褌械 褋械 褉邪蟹锌褉芯褋褌褉邪薪懈褏邪 懈蟹 褑褟谢邪 袠褋谢邪薪写懈褟 懈 褏芯褉邪褌邪 谐懈 蟹邪锌邪屑械褌懈褏邪 懈 蟹邪芯斜懈褔邪褏邪. 袧褟泻芯懈 屑褗卸械 屑芯卸械褏邪 写邪 锌械褟褌 懈 写邪 褋胁懈褉褟褌 薪邪 邪褉褎邪. 孝械 褋褗褍屑褟褏邪 写邪 薪邪锌褉邪胁褟褌 懈褋褌芯褉懈懈褌械 芯褖械 锌芯-懈薪褌械褉械褋薪懈. 孝邪谢邪薪褌谢懈胁懈褌械 屑褗卸械 斜褟褏邪 薪邪褉械褔械薪懈 褋泻邪谢写芯胁械, 邪 锌械褋薪懈褌械 懈屑 鈥� 褋邪谐懈.
袠褋谢邪薪写懈褟 械 屑邪谢泻邪 褋褌褉邪薪邪. 啸芯褉邪褌邪 褟 芯褌泻褉懈褏邪 懈 褋械 蟹邪褋械谢懈褏邪 胁 薪械褟 锌褉械写懈 锌芯胁械褔械 芯褌 褏懈谢褟写邪 谐芯写懈薪懈. 袩褉械蟹 褌芯锌谢懈褟 褋械蟹芯薪 褌械 谢芯胁褟褏邪 褉懈斜邪 懈 屑芯褉褋泻懈 锌褌懈褑懈, 褋褗斜懈褉邪褏邪 锌械褉邪, 芯褌谐谢械卸写邪褏邪 芯胁褑械 懈 泻芯褋褟褏邪 褋械薪芯. 袧芯 蟹懈屑懈褌械 斜褟褏邪 写褗谢谐懈, 褌褗屑薪懈 懈 褋褌褍写械薪懈. 袦褗卸械褌械, 卸械薪懈褌械 懈 写械褑邪褌邪 褋懈 褋褌芯褟褏邪 锌芯 写芯屑芯胁械褌械, 泻褗写械褌芯 褔械锌泻邪褏邪 胁褗谢薪邪, 锌褉械写褟褏邪, 褌褗褔邪褏邪 懈 褕懈械褏邪 芯泻芯谢芯 芯谐薪褜芯胁械褌械. 小械薪泻懈 锌褗褉褏邪褏邪 胁 褌褗屑薪懈褌械 褗谐谢懈. 袛懈屑褗褌 褋械 胁懈械褕械 锌芯泻褉邪泄 谐褉械写懈褌械 薪邪 胁懈褋芯泻懈褌械 褌邪胁邪薪懈. 袛械褑邪褌邪 褋械 薪邪褋褌邪薪褟胁邪褏邪 薪邪 锌褉褗褋褌械薪懈褟 锌芯写 写芯褋邪屑懈 锌谢邪屑褗褑懈褌械, 邪 胁褗蟹褉邪褋褌薪懈褌械 鈥� 薪邪 写褗谢谐懈 褌械褋薪懈 褋泻邪屑械泄泻懈 屑邪谢泻芯 锌芯-薪邪蟹邪写. 袪褗褑械褌械 褋械 蟹邪薪懈屑邪胁邪褏邪 褋 胁褗谢薪邪褌邪. 袪邪斜芯褌邪褌邪 写邪胁邪褕械 胁褗蟹屑芯卸薪芯褋褌 薪邪 谐谢邪胁懈褌械 写邪 屑懈褋谢褟褌 懈 薪邪 褍褋褌懈褌械 写邪 谐芯胁芯褉褟褌. 袧芯 薪邪 褏芯褉邪褌邪 懈屑 写芯褋泻褍褔邪 芯褌 锌褉懈泻邪蟹泻懈 蟹邪 械卸械写薪械胁懈械褌芯. 袘邪褖懈褌械 褋械 胁褌芯褉邪褔胁邪褏邪 胁 写械褑邪褌邪 褋懈 懈 褋懈 泻邪蟹胁邪褏邪:
鈥炐⑿� 薪械 薪邪褍褔邪胁邪褌 锌芯褔褌懈 薪懈褖芯. 袣邪泻胁芯 褖械 谐懈 薪邪锌褉邪胁懈 褏褉邪斜褉懈 懈 屑褗写褉懈? 袣邪泻胁芯 褖械 谐懈 薪邪泻邪褉邪 写邪 蟹邪芯斜懈褔邪褌 褉芯写懈薪邪褌邪 褋懈 懈 褋褌邪褉邪褌邪 袧芯褉胁械谐懈褟?鈥�
孝邪泻邪 褔械, 写芯泻邪褌芯 褋械屑械泄褋褌胁邪褌邪 褉邪斜芯褌械褏邪 薪邪 褔械褉胁械薪邪褌邪 褋胁械褌谢懈薪邪 薪邪 芯谐褗薪褟, 斜邪褖懈褌械 褉邪蟹泻邪蟹胁邪褏邪 蟹邪 薪芯褉胁械卸泻懈 泻褉邪谢械, 蟹邪 写褗谢谐懈 锌褗褌褍胁邪薪懈褟 写芯 褔褍写薪懈 蟹械屑懈, 蟹邪 胁械谢懈泻懈 斜懈褌泻懈. 袠褋褌芯褉懈懈褌械 褋械 褉邪蟹锌褉芯褋褌褉邪薪懈褏邪 懈蟹 褑褟谢邪 袠褋谢邪薪写懈褟 懈 褏芯褉邪褌邪 谐懈 蟹邪锌邪屑械褌懈褏邪 懈 蟹邪芯斜懈褔邪褏邪. 袧褟泻芯懈 屑褗卸械 屑芯卸械褏邪 写邪 锌械褟褌 懈 写邪 褋胁懈褉褟褌 薪邪 邪褉褎邪. 孝械 褋褗褍屑褟褏邪 写邪 薪邪锌褉邪胁褟褌 懈褋褌芯褉懈懈褌械 芯褖械 锌芯-懈薪褌械褉械褋薪懈. 孝邪谢邪薪褌谢懈胁懈褌械 屑褗卸械 斜褟褏邪 薪邪褉械褔械薪懈 褋泻邪谢写芯胁械, 邪 锌械褋薪懈褌械 懈屑 鈥� 褋邪谐懈.
128 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1902
498 people are currently reading
1650 people want to read
About the author
Jennie Hall
78听books7听followers1875-1921
Renowned historical writer of the late nineteenth century, Hall chiefly wrote spellbinding travel memoirs. Her works are known for their vibrant narratives and vivid descriptions.
Renowned historical writer of the late nineteenth century, Hall chiefly wrote spellbinding travel memoirs. Her works are known for their vibrant narratives and vivid descriptions.
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 30 of 124 reviews
December 18, 2022
If you are fan of vikings fighting dragons and sailing ships to settle far off land, you'll enjoy these stories greatly.
And if you are a fan of the Vikings series, you'll find the truth of each story to be hilarious in comparison to what the series led us to believe.
We see the story of King Harald and Giada who demanded Harald to unite all of Norway if he was to be worthy of marrying her. He vowed to do so and didn't cut his hair until he fulfilled his promise.
"What of that far island that Fl贸ki found? It is empty. We could choose our land from the whole country. There is good fishing. There are green valleys. And Butter Thorolf says that butter drops from every weed. There are mountains and deserts where we may find adventure. I say, let us steer for Iceland!"
"We have all laughed at that tale of Butter Thorolf's." he said. "But Floki himself said that the sea about the island is full of ice that pushes upon the land, that no ship can live in that water in the winter, that great mountains of ice cover the island. Did not all his cattle die there of hunger and cold, and did he not come back to Norway cursing Iceland?"
December 1, 2018
Tek bir ate艧in etraf谋nda toplan谋p s枚ylenen ve dinlenen o g眉zel masallar, Buz 眉lke, ye艧il 眉lke, 眉z眉m 眉lkesi; 陌zlanda ve Norve莽 topraklar谋n谋 yuvalar谋 bilen Vikingler, 艧imdi i艧te o g眉zel masallarda, minnetle ve hayranl谋kla an谋l谋yor.
Di臒er b眉t眉n 眉lkelerin masal serilerini merak ettim. En k谋sa zamanda di臒erlerini de okumaya ba艧layaca臒谋m.
Di臒er b眉t眉n 眉lkelerin masal serilerini merak ettim. En k谋sa zamanda di臒erlerini de okumaya ba艧layaca臒谋m.
Want to read
May 29, 2023Just found an edition from 1931 for three dollars and had to buy it. Looks like fun!
November 7, 2024
I read this aloud to my son for school and it鈥檚 so fun. Full of sea adventure and survival and royal courts and drama, but all pretty lightly told, as is appropriate for kids.
October 6, 2023
K: "It was a good book."
E: "I'd give it four stars."
L: "I liked the stories. They were good stories."
K: "But there were dumb guys doing dumb things. I hoped it would be more about ladies."
E: "I'd give it four stars."
L: "I liked the stories. They were good stories."
K: "But there were dumb guys doing dumb things. I hoped it would be more about ladies."
February 17, 2019
艦u masal serisinde okudu臒um en eli-y眉z眉 d眉zg眉n kitap buydu.
September 12, 2020
This is how and for what purpose the author created this book in 1902:
(Kindle Ed., p. 92)
The head of the history department who planned this course says it is "in a sense a dramatization of the development of geographical knowledge."
The book is truly delightful compared to most of the other Viking history books.
(Kindle Ed., p. 79)
"Is not Gudrid beautiful? And she is wise. I mean to marry her, if her father will permit it."
First of all it is like a fun storytelling. It tells the same history, but much easier to understand and way more fun to read than other chronological Viking history books.
(Kindle Ed., pp. 84-85)
In the beginning of that winter a little son was born to Gudrid and Thorfinn. "A health to the first Winelander!" the men shouted and drank down their wine; for they had made some from Wineland grapes. "Will he be the father of a great country, as Ingolf was?" Biarni mused. Gudrid looked at her baby and smiled. "You will be as sunny as this good land, I hope," she said. They named him Snorri. He grew fast and soon crept along the yellow sand, and toddled among the grapevines, and climbed into the boats and learned to talk. The men called him the "Wineland king." "I never knew a baby before," one of the men said. "No," said another. "Swords are jealous. But when they are in their scabbards, we can do other things, even play with babies." "I wonder whether I have forgotten how to swing my sword in this quiet land," another man said.
It鈥檚 soooo detailed like a real good storytelling, again, much better than the other Viking sagas in chronological formats.
Yet, it is still real history from the same records like other books.
(Kindle Ed., pp. 31-32)
"This is a good place to lie. It looks far over the country. The sound of the sea reaches it. The wind sweeps here. It is a good grave for Norsemen and Vikings. But it is a long road and a rough road to Valhalla that these men must travel. Let the nearest kinsman of each man come and tie on his hell-shoes. Tie them fast, for they will need them much on that hard road." So friends tied shoes on the dead men's feet. Then King Harald said: "Now let us make the mound." Every man set to work with what tools he had and heaped earth over the dead until a great mound stood up. They piled stones on the top. On one of these stones King Harald made runes telling how these men had died. After that was done King Harald said: "Now set up the pole, Thorstein. Let every man bring to that pole all that he took from the foe." So they did, and there was a great hill of things around it. Harald divided it into piles. "This pile we will give to Thor in thanks for the victory," he said. "This pile is mine because I am king. Here are the piles for the chiefs, and these things go to the other men of the army." So every man went away from that battle richer than he was before, and Thor looked down from Valhalla upon his full temple and was pleased.
This is one of the actual sources Dr. Seamus Heaney read for his delicate translating work "Beowulf." The view is from the perspective of those who lived the era, so the value of the story is priceless.
(Kindle Ed., p. 81)
At last Yule was coming near. Eric went about the house gloomy then. One day Thorfinn put his hand on Eric's shoulder and said: "Something is troubling you, Eric. We have all noticed that you are not gay as you used to be. Tell me what is the matter."
These lines are exactly the same with those found in other Viking Sagas translated in English during the 19th century.
And lastly, you will close the book after meeting a great conclusion with awesome endnotes and abundant references.
It is definitely a five-star book, and I recommend this one to anybody who wants to enjoy the Viking stories within official history.
(Kindle Ed., p. 92)
The head of the history department who planned this course says it is "in a sense a dramatization of the development of geographical knowledge."
The book is truly delightful compared to most of the other Viking history books.
(Kindle Ed., p. 79)
"Is not Gudrid beautiful? And she is wise. I mean to marry her, if her father will permit it."
First of all it is like a fun storytelling. It tells the same history, but much easier to understand and way more fun to read than other chronological Viking history books.
(Kindle Ed., pp. 84-85)
In the beginning of that winter a little son was born to Gudrid and Thorfinn. "A health to the first Winelander!" the men shouted and drank down their wine; for they had made some from Wineland grapes. "Will he be the father of a great country, as Ingolf was?" Biarni mused. Gudrid looked at her baby and smiled. "You will be as sunny as this good land, I hope," she said. They named him Snorri. He grew fast and soon crept along the yellow sand, and toddled among the grapevines, and climbed into the boats and learned to talk. The men called him the "Wineland king." "I never knew a baby before," one of the men said. "No," said another. "Swords are jealous. But when they are in their scabbards, we can do other things, even play with babies." "I wonder whether I have forgotten how to swing my sword in this quiet land," another man said.
It鈥檚 soooo detailed like a real good storytelling, again, much better than the other Viking sagas in chronological formats.
Yet, it is still real history from the same records like other books.
(Kindle Ed., pp. 31-32)
"This is a good place to lie. It looks far over the country. The sound of the sea reaches it. The wind sweeps here. It is a good grave for Norsemen and Vikings. But it is a long road and a rough road to Valhalla that these men must travel. Let the nearest kinsman of each man come and tie on his hell-shoes. Tie them fast, for they will need them much on that hard road." So friends tied shoes on the dead men's feet. Then King Harald said: "Now let us make the mound." Every man set to work with what tools he had and heaped earth over the dead until a great mound stood up. They piled stones on the top. On one of these stones King Harald made runes telling how these men had died. After that was done King Harald said: "Now set up the pole, Thorstein. Let every man bring to that pole all that he took from the foe." So they did, and there was a great hill of things around it. Harald divided it into piles. "This pile we will give to Thor in thanks for the victory," he said. "This pile is mine because I am king. Here are the piles for the chiefs, and these things go to the other men of the army." So every man went away from that battle richer than he was before, and Thor looked down from Valhalla upon his full temple and was pleased.
This is one of the actual sources Dr. Seamus Heaney read for his delicate translating work "Beowulf." The view is from the perspective of those who lived the era, so the value of the story is priceless.
(Kindle Ed., p. 81)
At last Yule was coming near. Eric went about the house gloomy then. One day Thorfinn put his hand on Eric's shoulder and said: "Something is troubling you, Eric. We have all noticed that you are not gay as you used to be. Tell me what is the matter."
These lines are exactly the same with those found in other Viking Sagas translated in English during the 19th century.
And lastly, you will close the book after meeting a great conclusion with awesome endnotes and abundant references.
It is definitely a five-star book, and I recommend this one to anybody who wants to enjoy the Viking stories within official history.
April 6, 2015
Beautiful short tales simple enough for children but for adults too. These tales are about Viking adventures exploring the world. They went as far as the US. Imagine them braving the Atlantic ocean on their magnificent viking ships. Their forays out of motherland Norway resulted in settlements in Ireland, Iceland and Greenland France. Quoting from the book: " The men, with the crude courage and the strange adventures that make a man interesting to children, have at the same time the love of truth, the hardy endurance, the faithfulness, the faithfulness to plighted word, that make them a child麓s fit companions."
An extremely well written book. The short sentences yet contiguous with the next have simplicity and straightforwardness as its style. Very refreshing indeed. A complete antithesis to the style of many English writers who pride themselves with long convoluted and entangled sentences meander endlessly until one easily loses the train of thought. Charles Dickens comes to mind as one such writers whose each sentence can be as long as a paragraph. No offence intended to all the fans of Charles Dickens.
An extremely well written book. The short sentences yet contiguous with the next have simplicity and straightforwardness as its style. Very refreshing indeed. A complete antithesis to the style of many English writers who pride themselves with long convoluted and entangled sentences meander endlessly until one easily loses the train of thought. Charles Dickens comes to mind as one such writers whose each sentence can be as long as a paragraph. No offence intended to all the fans of Charles Dickens.
December 7, 2022
We finished the first half through where Harald goes west over seas, as it鈥檚 scheduled on AO. We pick up the rest from other books, as it starts to mingle with British and American history. (That鈥檚 my guess as to why AO only schedules the first half?!) we鈥檒l also read 鈥淟eif the Lucky鈥� next term. I really like this book, and so did Calvin. It was Annie鈥檚 favourite of all her year 1 reads!
November 14, 2024
I loved this book so much. It was written in such a delightful way. And the Vikings are so cool that it was a joy to read about their adventures.
鈥淭he dragon runs.
Where will she steer?
Where swords will sing,
Where spears will bite,
Where I shall laugh.鈥�
鈥淭he dragon runs.
Where will she steer?
Where swords will sing,
Where spears will bite,
Where I shall laugh.鈥�
August 19, 2022
Puan谋m 3/5 (%60/100)
Genel olarak be臒endim ama bu seriden daha 枚nce okudu臒um 陌rlanda Masallar谋 veya Japon Masallar谋 kadar etki b谋rakmad谋 (ki 莽ok umutluydum bu kitap i莽in). 陌skandinav mitolojisi en sevdi臒im mitoloji ve bekledi臒im 艧ey de 陌skandinav mitolojisinden bilindik 枚yk眉lerdi. Fakat kitab谋n neredeyse tamam谋 Kral Harald'谋n hayat谋n谋 masal gibi bir 艧ekilde anlat谋yor. Bilmedi臒im baz谋 艧eyler vard谋 o y眉zden genel olarak ho艧uma gitti ama 莽ok beklentimi kar艧谋lad谋臒谋n谋 s枚yleyemem. Kitab谋n 2. k谋sm谋nda da daha 莽ok Leif'ten bahsediliyordu (yani Harald ve Norve莽 d谋艧谋na 莽谋k谋yoruz). 2. k谋s谋m daha ho艧uma gitti 莽眉nk眉 baz谋 艧eyleri 枚臒renme 艧ans谋m oldu. Genel olarak g眉zel bir kitap ama benim 莽ok bekledi臒im gibi de臒ildi. Serinin di臒er kitaplar谋na da bakmak laz谋m.
Genel olarak be臒endim ama bu seriden daha 枚nce okudu臒um 陌rlanda Masallar谋 veya Japon Masallar谋 kadar etki b谋rakmad谋 (ki 莽ok umutluydum bu kitap i莽in). 陌skandinav mitolojisi en sevdi臒im mitoloji ve bekledi臒im 艧ey de 陌skandinav mitolojisinden bilindik 枚yk眉lerdi. Fakat kitab谋n neredeyse tamam谋 Kral Harald'谋n hayat谋n谋 masal gibi bir 艧ekilde anlat谋yor. Bilmedi臒im baz谋 艧eyler vard谋 o y眉zden genel olarak ho艧uma gitti ama 莽ok beklentimi kar艧谋lad谋臒谋n谋 s枚yleyemem. Kitab谋n 2. k谋sm谋nda da daha 莽ok Leif'ten bahsediliyordu (yani Harald ve Norve莽 d谋艧谋na 莽谋k谋yoruz). 2. k谋s谋m daha ho艧uma gitti 莽眉nk眉 baz谋 艧eyleri 枚臒renme 艧ans谋m oldu. Genel olarak g眉zel bir kitap ama benim 莽ok bekledi臒im gibi de臒ildi. Serinin di臒er kitaplar谋na da bakmak laz谋m.
August 10, 2022
袩褉械泻褉邪褋械薪 褉邪蟹泻邪蟹 锌芯褋胁械褌械薪 薪邪 褋泻邪薪写懈薪邪胁褋泻邪褌邪 屑懈褌芯谢芯谐懈褟, 泻邪蟹胁邪屑 褋泻邪薪写懈薪邪胁褋泻邪, 蟹邪褖芯褌芯 胁 泻薪懈卸泻邪褌邪 薪械 褋械 蟹邪褋褟谐邪 褋邪屑芯 懈褋褌芯褉懈褟褌邪 薪邪 袠褋谢邪薪写懈褟, 薪芯 懈 薪邪 袧芯褉胁械谐懈褟, 褌邪 写芯褉懈 懈 小褗械写懈薪械薪懈褌械 袗屑械褉懈泻邪薪褋泻懈 些邪褌懈. 袙褋懈褔泻芯 械 锌褉械写褋褌邪胁械薪芯 锌芯写 褎芯褉屑邪褌邪 薪邪 泻褉邪褌泻懈 褉邪蟹泻邪蟹懈 褋 谐谢邪胁薪懈 谐械褉芯懈 褋谢邪胁薪懈 胁懈泻懈薪谐懈, 泻芯懈褌芯 褋邪 褌芯谢泻芯胁邪 泻芯谢芯褉懈褌薪懈 泻芯谢泻芯褌芯 薪械 屑芯卸械褌械 写邪 褋懈 锌褉械写褋褌邪胁懈褌械. 袧械 褌芯褔械褌械 蟹褗斜懈 邪泻芯 芯褔邪泻胁邪褌械 械泻褕褗薪懈, 褌褍泻 褖械 锌褉芯褔械褌械褌械 锌芯-褋泻芯褉芯 械写懈薪 褉芯屑邪薪褌懈褔械薪 锌褉芯褔懈褌 薪邪 褋械胁械褉薪邪褌邪 懈褋褌芯褉懈褟褌邪 胁 泻芯泄褌芯 谐械褉芯懈褌械 褋械 谐褉懈卸邪褌 蟹邪 褋械屑械泄褋褌胁邪褌邪 褋懈, 锌褉械褏褉邪薪邪褌邪 懈 芯褑械谢褟胁邪薪械褌芯 胁 褌褉褍写薪懈褌械 懈 褋褍褉芯胁懈 褍褋谢芯胁懈褟.
袩褉械锌芯褉褗褔胁邪屑 褟 薪邪 胁褋懈褔泻懈 褎械薪芯胁械 薪邪 褋泻薪写懈薪邪胁褋泻懈褌械 屑懈褌芯胁械 懈 谢械谐械薪写懈.
袩褉械锌芯褉褗褔胁邪屑 褟 薪邪 胁褋懈褔泻懈 褎械薪芯胁械 薪邪 褋泻薪写懈薪邪胁褋泻懈褌械 屑懈褌芯胁械 懈 谢械谐械薪写懈.
August 11, 2014
This is a fictionalized account covering the life of Norse king Harald Hairfair, the settling of Iceland and Greenland, and the story of Leif Ericsson. It was an okay account, but for the target audience, I'd rather recommend The Vikings by Elizabeth Janeway. It covers much of the same material, is better written, and deals a bit more specifically with some of the events.
Read
January 3, 2023效械褋褌薪芯 泻邪蟹邪薪芯 薪械 蟹薪邪屑 泻邪泻胁邪 芯褑械薪泻邪 写邪 写邪屑 薪邪 褌邪蟹懈 泻薪懈谐邪. 袨褔邪泻胁邪褏 屑薪芯谐芯 锌芯胁械褔械 芯褌 薪械褟 懈 懈褋褌芯褉懈懈褌械 锌芯屑械褋褌械薪懈 胁褗褌褉械. 袪邪蟹斜懈褉邪 褋械, 褔械 谢械谐械薪写懈褌械 褋邪 褋械 锌褉械写邪胁邪谢懈 褍褋褌薪芯 懈 屑薪芯谐芯 锌芯-泻褗褋薪芯 褋邪 斜懈谢懈 蟹邪锌懈褋邪薪懈, 薪芯 邪胁褌芯褉褌 械 屑芯卸械谢 写邪 谐懈 "褕谢懈褎芯胁邪 屑邪谢泻芯". 袘械谢械卸泻懈褌械 锌芯写 谢懈薪懈褟 懈 泻褉邪褌泻懈褟褌 褉械褔薪懈泻 芯褌蟹邪写 褋邪 谢褞斜芯锌懈褌薪懈. 袩芯蟹写褉邪胁谢械薪懈褟 懈 蟹邪 泻芯褉懈褑邪褌邪 - 芯锌褉械写械谢械薪芯 褏胁邪褖邪 锌芯谐谢械写邪.
April 24, 2019
Currently reading through this for the third time and enjoying the stories very much, even though I know what is coming. What a great picture of the life of the peoples of old Norway! My mind is full of rich pictures of what life must have been like!
April 8, 2016
This book was interesting enough to have 3 little girls asking for one more chapter each time we read
September 11, 2017
I liked this book because of all the stories in it.
May 26, 2018
I realize that this is a classic piece of literature, but I was not that impressed with either its writing style nor the stories themselves.
September 24, 2018
A Concise, Vigorous Children鈥檚 Introduction to Vikings
(but listen to the LibriVox audiobook at your own peril)
Jennie Hall鈥檚 Viking Tales (1902) is an interesting, compact children鈥檚 book that depicts a few famous Norse Vikings, their achievements, and the Viking ethos and culture. Hall鈥檚 short introduction 鈥淲hat the Sagas Were鈥� vividly introduces Iceland, skalds, sagas, and the first books recording the 鈥渟tories of kings and battles and ship-sailing鈥� that she has selected from among to retell in her book. The stories she covers in Part One: In Norway recount Harald Shock Hair (AKA Harald Hair Fair) growing up and unifying Norway under his rule; those in Part Two: West-Overseas relate Ingolf and Leif鈥檚 chafing under that rule and founding a colony on Iceland, Eric the Red being outlawed and finding Greenland and founding a colony there, Leif Ericson鈥檚 discovery of Wineland (Vineland), and Thorfinn鈥檚 attempt to found a colony in Wineland.
After the tales come a chapter of Descriptive Notes, including interesting information on Norse names, houses, feast halls, foster fathers and brothers, and a chapter of Suggestions for Teachers, including highlighting for young students how Vikings visited and or settled on a chain of islands going west to America and how they possessed three main values: courage through strange adventures, love of truth and hard endurance, and faithfulness to spoken words. The last part of the book is a list of source texts, most of which were published in the 19th century, like The Volsunga Saga (1870) translated by Eirikir Magnusson and William Morris.
In her stories and notes, then, Hall entertainingly captures the Viking love of exploring and fighting (鈥渢he frolic鈥�) and going a-Viking (when they can take other men鈥檚 goods and make them thralls), and provides many details on Norwegian weddings, funerals, gods, sacrifices, Valhalla, sailing, etc. One of my favorites are the 鈥渉ell-shoes鈥� placed on the feet of men who die in battle so they may comfortably and successfully tread the hard road to Valhalla.
Here is a representative passage taken from the start of a tale told by the thrall Olaf to his master, Harald, when Harald was a young boy:
"So we harried the coast of Norway. We ate at many men's tables uninvited. Many men we found overburdened with gold. Then I said:
'My dragon's belly is never full,' and on board went the gold.
"Oh! it is better to live on the sea and let other men raise your crops and cook your meals. A house smells of smoke, a ship smells of frolic. From a house you see a sooty roof, from a ship you see Valhalla.鈥�
Notice the cheerful disregard for contemporary ethics or morals, the pride and pleasure in taking what belongs to other people, the enjoyment in 鈥渇rolic.鈥� (Olaf then recounts without the slightest regret how, when he tossed his spear in the air to see which direction it would point to when it landed, letting the gods decide which way he should go next, it pointed him right to the large fleet of Harald鈥檚 father, King Halfdan, who captured him, nearly executed him, and made him a thrall.)
Notice also how well Hall captures the Viking voice. Harald names his banner 鈥淲ar Lover鈥� and goes to battle saying, "I am eager for the frolic!" In his party celebrating being made an exiled outlaw, Eric the Red says, "There is no friend like mead. It always cheers a man's heart." And when about half his men decide to join him in his impending adventures he shouts, "O you bloody birds of battle! . . . Ever hungry for new frolic! Our swords are sisters in blood, and we are brothers in adventure."
The Norsemen are also liable to break into song at intense moments, as when Eric鈥檚 son Leif travels from Greenland to Norway for the first time:
My eyes can see her at last,
The mother of mighty men,
The field of famous fights.
In the sky above I see
Fair Asgard's shining roofs,
The flying hair of Thor,
The wings of Odin's birds,
The road that heroes tread.
I am here in the land of the gods,
The land of mighty men."
It鈥檚 a man-centered world: 鈥淏ut none may go to Valhalla except warriors that have died bravely in battle. Men who die from sickness go with women and children and cowards to Niflheim. There Hela, who is queen, always sneers at them, and a terrible cold takes hold of their bones, and they sit down and freeze.鈥� That said, there is one promising female figure in the tales, Gyda, who is "fair and proud," a literate healer who sends the dime a dozen king Harald a 鈥淪aucy Message鈥� saying she鈥檒l only marry a man able to unify all of Norway under one rule.
This is a book for kids, Hall leaving out sex (there is no mention of rapine, of course, and although babies do appear a couple times, they come rather magically as if without natural human agency). But as the above excerpts reveal, she doesn鈥檛 sugar coat the violence or Viking ethos, expressing both their courageous thirst for adventure and their callous lack of regard for their victims. Kids and adults should like this book, but if you are an adult interested in Vikings, I鈥檇 really recommend The Long Ships (1941/45) by Frans G. Bengtsson.
Viking Tales is available for free on LibriVox, but the 18 chapters are read by 11 different people, mostly American men and women and an Australian, with different levels of sound quality and voice/manner appeal. It is jarring to hear a new reader start almost every new chapter. The best reader (whom I wished had read the whole thing) is Lars Rolander, who reads with perfect pace and clarity and a wonderfully appropriate Scandinavian accent. It was so painful listening to the worst reader, who luckily only reads the Descriptive Notes and Suggestions for Teachers after the stories, that when Rolander briefly returned to read the list of texts, his voice was manna for my ears and soul.
(but listen to the LibriVox audiobook at your own peril)
Jennie Hall鈥檚 Viking Tales (1902) is an interesting, compact children鈥檚 book that depicts a few famous Norse Vikings, their achievements, and the Viking ethos and culture. Hall鈥檚 short introduction 鈥淲hat the Sagas Were鈥� vividly introduces Iceland, skalds, sagas, and the first books recording the 鈥渟tories of kings and battles and ship-sailing鈥� that she has selected from among to retell in her book. The stories she covers in Part One: In Norway recount Harald Shock Hair (AKA Harald Hair Fair) growing up and unifying Norway under his rule; those in Part Two: West-Overseas relate Ingolf and Leif鈥檚 chafing under that rule and founding a colony on Iceland, Eric the Red being outlawed and finding Greenland and founding a colony there, Leif Ericson鈥檚 discovery of Wineland (Vineland), and Thorfinn鈥檚 attempt to found a colony in Wineland.
After the tales come a chapter of Descriptive Notes, including interesting information on Norse names, houses, feast halls, foster fathers and brothers, and a chapter of Suggestions for Teachers, including highlighting for young students how Vikings visited and or settled on a chain of islands going west to America and how they possessed three main values: courage through strange adventures, love of truth and hard endurance, and faithfulness to spoken words. The last part of the book is a list of source texts, most of which were published in the 19th century, like The Volsunga Saga (1870) translated by Eirikir Magnusson and William Morris.
In her stories and notes, then, Hall entertainingly captures the Viking love of exploring and fighting (鈥渢he frolic鈥�) and going a-Viking (when they can take other men鈥檚 goods and make them thralls), and provides many details on Norwegian weddings, funerals, gods, sacrifices, Valhalla, sailing, etc. One of my favorites are the 鈥渉ell-shoes鈥� placed on the feet of men who die in battle so they may comfortably and successfully tread the hard road to Valhalla.
Here is a representative passage taken from the start of a tale told by the thrall Olaf to his master, Harald, when Harald was a young boy:
"So we harried the coast of Norway. We ate at many men's tables uninvited. Many men we found overburdened with gold. Then I said:
'My dragon's belly is never full,' and on board went the gold.
"Oh! it is better to live on the sea and let other men raise your crops and cook your meals. A house smells of smoke, a ship smells of frolic. From a house you see a sooty roof, from a ship you see Valhalla.鈥�
Notice the cheerful disregard for contemporary ethics or morals, the pride and pleasure in taking what belongs to other people, the enjoyment in 鈥渇rolic.鈥� (Olaf then recounts without the slightest regret how, when he tossed his spear in the air to see which direction it would point to when it landed, letting the gods decide which way he should go next, it pointed him right to the large fleet of Harald鈥檚 father, King Halfdan, who captured him, nearly executed him, and made him a thrall.)
Notice also how well Hall captures the Viking voice. Harald names his banner 鈥淲ar Lover鈥� and goes to battle saying, "I am eager for the frolic!" In his party celebrating being made an exiled outlaw, Eric the Red says, "There is no friend like mead. It always cheers a man's heart." And when about half his men decide to join him in his impending adventures he shouts, "O you bloody birds of battle! . . . Ever hungry for new frolic! Our swords are sisters in blood, and we are brothers in adventure."
The Norsemen are also liable to break into song at intense moments, as when Eric鈥檚 son Leif travels from Greenland to Norway for the first time:
My eyes can see her at last,
The mother of mighty men,
The field of famous fights.
In the sky above I see
Fair Asgard's shining roofs,
The flying hair of Thor,
The wings of Odin's birds,
The road that heroes tread.
I am here in the land of the gods,
The land of mighty men."
It鈥檚 a man-centered world: 鈥淏ut none may go to Valhalla except warriors that have died bravely in battle. Men who die from sickness go with women and children and cowards to Niflheim. There Hela, who is queen, always sneers at them, and a terrible cold takes hold of their bones, and they sit down and freeze.鈥� That said, there is one promising female figure in the tales, Gyda, who is "fair and proud," a literate healer who sends the dime a dozen king Harald a 鈥淪aucy Message鈥� saying she鈥檒l only marry a man able to unify all of Norway under one rule.
This is a book for kids, Hall leaving out sex (there is no mention of rapine, of course, and although babies do appear a couple times, they come rather magically as if without natural human agency). But as the above excerpts reveal, she doesn鈥檛 sugar coat the violence or Viking ethos, expressing both their courageous thirst for adventure and their callous lack of regard for their victims. Kids and adults should like this book, but if you are an adult interested in Vikings, I鈥檇 really recommend The Long Ships (1941/45) by Frans G. Bengtsson.
Viking Tales is available for free on LibriVox, but the 18 chapters are read by 11 different people, mostly American men and women and an Australian, with different levels of sound quality and voice/manner appeal. It is jarring to hear a new reader start almost every new chapter. The best reader (whom I wished had read the whole thing) is Lars Rolander, who reads with perfect pace and clarity and a wonderfully appropriate Scandinavian accent. It was so painful listening to the worst reader, who luckily only reads the Descriptive Notes and Suggestions for Teachers after the stories, that when Rolander briefly returned to read the list of texts, his voice was manna for my ears and soul.
March 2, 2022
Man, I love Vikings. They are wild. Their culture is similar enough to Anglo-Saxon/Jute to gain my ardent affection, and their worldview is so distinct that they are some of the most unbelievable historical "characters" my girls have ever encountered. While this book took a while to gain interest for us, we ended up absolutely loving it, laughing over some of the more crazy stunts they pulled and being amazed at their hardihood and intensity. Jennie Hall's book includes enough of their worldview to gain an understanding of a completely foreign culture and delivers a well-told overview of some of the more famous Viking stories, like Leif Erickson and King Harald. Though it tells Viking history, it definitely reads like a fictional book.
My husband Cap read this to us, about 5 pages at a time, at lunches. It was so fun to experience these wild stories as a family. This book also marks the first time my kids ever saw me absolutely lose it, unable to stop laughing and crying for about 5 minutes, and bursting back into snorts of laughter if I wasn't careful. (It was one of the Vikings' songs that got me.) Thanks for the great family memories, Jennie Hall!
My husband Cap read this to us, about 5 pages at a time, at lunches. It was so fun to experience these wild stories as a family. This book also marks the first time my kids ever saw me absolutely lose it, unable to stop laughing and crying for about 5 minutes, and bursting back into snorts of laughter if I wasn't careful. (It was one of the Vikings' songs that got me.) Thanks for the great family memories, Jennie Hall!
August 31, 2022
We really enjoyed these stories! Seemed to capture the Vikings spirit and life well without being gory. I like that it showed their warrior spirit, bravery, and and exploring adventures. It was definitely only the positive but still good.
January 30, 2019
Ger莽ekten 莽ok k枚t眉yd眉. Bu serinin di臒er kitaplar谋n谋 okumay谋 d眉艧眉nm眉yorum.
August 13, 2023
Read the first part for first grade with Ian. Huge hit, we all loved it.
September 1, 2024
I thought this would be difficult to read as a I'm not a native English speaker but it was actually quite easy. A good read for anyone who is interested in the Viking history.
October 3, 2023
Fourth (and final!) time through the first half, but I finally read the second part! Really enjoyed it. Wish I would鈥檝e read it to my kids because the connections you make to Little Duke and Our Island Story are excellent.
June 18, 2017
The kids love this book. We have read it more then three times now and my husband and I also immensely enjoy the sagas. Got it on LibriVox in audio version and it's quite fantastic.
April 24, 2015
So this was my first try on the old viking sagas in English. I have read the same stories in different versions, but this was actually the best so far, it gave a more in-depth view and seems more slanted towards the living conditions in Norway, Iceland, Greenland and Wineland. It also gave the best description on the travels in Wineland. I have been looking for this but never found one telling the tale of what happened after Leif Ericsson discovered Wineland. Also there were an interesting note from the author as to who attacked the settlement and made them leave.
August 13, 2017
I somehow expected a little more from this book. The tales were short and entertaining, which was a big plus, but the description and the dialogue was a little bland. For children or young adults who have just started to be interested about the world of the Norsemen, this book is a good enough start, but for others who crave something more that just a simple story, I would advise you to keep looking. All things considered, it was not a bad book, it was a decent one, but for me it was not complex enough.
May 30, 2012
I was torn between giving this three stars or four stars. It wasn't rousing reading, for the most part鈥攖hough it was engaging鈥攂ut in the end I decided that my desire for rip-roaring adventure was unrealistic and maybe a little unfair. This is a good introduction to Viking lore. There's a nice glossary describing the types of houses Vikings lived in, the weapons they used, and some of the gods they worshipped. There's also a bibliography at the end.
February 5, 2013
Stories about Vikings? Sign me up! After studying The Vikings with my son, I picked up this little volume and was pleasantly surprised.
The author does a good job of breathing life into these historical characters. The narrative, though split into separate stories, flows well and is easy to understand. The author explains her goals at the end and wraps it all up nicely.
Read this if you are interested in medieval history, American discovery, Vikings, and sailing adventures.
The author does a good job of breathing life into these historical characters. The narrative, though split into separate stories, flows well and is easy to understand. The author explains her goals at the end and wraps it all up nicely.
Read this if you are interested in medieval history, American discovery, Vikings, and sailing adventures.
Displaying 1 - 30 of 124 reviews
Can't find what you're looking for?
Get help and learn more about the design.