Icelanders' sagas

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Saga’s is the very unique feuds and resolutions that are found in our readings. The social issues found in these sagas are constructs of many different influences upon society during the viking ages making distinctive culturally unique plots. Despite having a very warrior-like history and a culture which praised characteristics which were violent, we see the progression of Icelanders as we begin to notice more problems solved without violence. Through the inspection of these feuds solved by peace

A Fictional Account of Early Iceland "The origin and evolution of saga writing in Iceland are largely matters for speculation. A common pastime on Icelandic farms, from the 12th century down to modern times, was the reading aloud of stories to entertain the household, known as sagnaskemmtun ("saga entertainment"). It seems to have replaced the traditional art of storytelling" (Hermann Palsson, pg. 1). Njal's Saga uses Old Icelandic writing convention and historical data to give a fictional