World Guide To Library, Archive And Information Science Education —— Third new and completely revised Edition

----- 图书馆和档案馆世界指南 新修订版 国际图联128/129

ISBN: 9783598220357 出版年：2008 页码：560 De Gruyter Saur

The 13th century Eyrbyggja saga is one of the most important Icelandic sagas, but also one of the most discussed because of the seemingly heterogeneous elements of its plot,?which unfolds it?as a chronicle.?The present study takes as its starting point the central significance of the god Thor in his function as the founder and preserver of culture for the community of settlers, and attempts to develop the ideas connected with the establishment of an ordered community life for the medieval Icelanders.?The thematic foci are provided by the occupation and settlement of land and the complex discourse of sacrifice in the saga.