What are the epic tales associated with Iceland traditionally called?
Saga "story". Primary: Other: In Norwegian: Saga Sagas are stories mostly about ancient Nordic and Germanic history, early Viking voyages, the battles that took place during the voyages, and migration to Iceland and of feuds between Icelandic families. They were written in the Old Norse language, mainly in Iceland. The texts are tales in prose which share some similarities with the epic, often with stanzas or whole poems in alliterative verse embedded in the text, of heroic deeds of days long gone, "tales of worthy men," who were often Vikings, sometimes pagan, sometimes Christian. The tales are usually realistic, except legendary
The Baltic Origins of Homer's Epic Tales of the book was published in 1995, the second, readjusted and expanded, in 1998, the third in 2002, the fourth in 2004 and the fifth in 2008. The book was also translated into English (Felice Vinci, "The Baltic Origins of Homer's Epic Tales. The Iliad, the Odyssey and the Migration of Myth", translation by Amalia De Francesco, 2006), Russian, German, Swedish, Estonian, Danish and Lithuanian. The Baltic Origins of Homer's Epic Tales The Baltic Origins of Homer's Epic Tales is an essay written by Felice Vinci, a nuclear engineer and amateur historian, published for the first time in 1995. The