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  1. The Orkney News [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·

    Svein Asleifarsson – Orkney’s Last Sea Wolf

    fed.brid.gy/r/https://theorkne

    #storiesandpoems #culture #fionagrahame #gairsay #iscotmagazine #legend
  2. Assoc for Scottish Literature @[email protected] ·

    Norse Past, Victorian Present

    “Orkneyinga Saga… is at once a historical chronicle and a literary fantasy. It is a Christian book of bloodshed that celebrates saints alongside murderers. Rich in paradox, invention and embellishment Rich in paradox, invention and embellishment”

    —Simon Hall addresses Orcadian readings of the 12th/13th-century Orkneyinga Saga

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    thebottleimp.org.uk/2019/07/no

    #Scottish #literature #Orkney #Shetland #Orcadian #Shetlandic #saga #OrkneyingaSaga #medieval #Viking

    #viking #medieval #orkneyingasaga #saga #shetlandic #orcadian