Amérique et Vikings. Islande : au pays de la création du monde. Groenland Sagas. No surviving medieval sagas tell of the end of the Norse settlement in Greenland.
However, works about the initial settlement and trade with Norway provide glimpses of the vibrant community in Greenland, as well as some of the difficulties they faced as a small population, far from their European brethren. Most of the information in sagas and other literature focuses on daily life but not on the final fate of these remote settlers. 19th century folktales from Inuit oral tradition suggest that battles between Norse and Inuit as well as European pirates attacks spelled the end for the Greenland colonies but these tales cannot be verified and may be unreliable. The Saga of Erik the Red starts the colony off with high hopes. The saga tells us that when Erik the Red came to the deep grass-fringed fjords of southwest Greenland and a second region 200 miles to the north, he took for his own the best land in what became known as the Eastern Settlement. La disparition des Vikings au Groenland au XVème siècle ou les logiques de ruse en situation de survie - Infoguerre sur LePost.fr (23:43)
Publié parInfoguerre post non vérifié par la rédaction 16/03/2009 à 23h43 | vues | réactions Lu sur Infoguerre La survie d’une société ne dépend pas que de sa puissance militaire ou économique mais aussi de l’attitude des adversaires et de la réponse que la société apporte à ses propres défis.
V I K I N G S : T H E N O R T H A T L A N T I C S A G A. The Viking Sagas. Plot synopsis[edit] The story takes place in Iceland around the height of the Viking Age, where a young man, Kjartan (Moeller), must defeat a horde of evil Vikings, intent on taking over his father's land and stealing his girlfriend Gudrun (Ingibjörg Stefánsdóttir) from him too.
To help him in this task, Kjartan seeks help from the older Viking Warrior Gunnar (Thorsen), who trains him to become a fierce fighter, and later aids him in his quest against his archenemy Ketil (Hinrik Ólafsson). Cast[edit] See also[edit] List of historical drama films External links[edit] The Viking Sagas at the Internet Movie Database. NORSE SAGAS. The Norse sagas (also known as Viking sagas) are epic ancient stories that appeared in Iceland, Norway, and other areas of Scandinavia during the Middle Ages.
These medieval stories were passed down from generation to generation for many decades prior to being written down in the Middle Ages. The Norse sagas had various themes such as early Viking voyages, feuds between families, migration to Iceland, and heroic deeds. These sagas were written in the old Norse language and usually with a terse and impersonal style. To buy the Norse Sagas or for other books on many aspects of Viking life and Norse mythology visit our Viking Store. Fate, luck, honor, the supernatural and character play large roles in these stories. Saga. Sagas are stories about ancient Scandinavian and Germanic history, about early Viking voyages, the battles that took place during the voyages, about migration to Iceland and of feuds between Icelandic families.
They were written in the Old Norse language, mainly in Iceland. "Saga" is a word originating from Old Norse or Icelandic language ("Saga" is also the modern Icelandic word for "story"). Saga is a cognate of the English word say: its various meanings in Icelandic are approximately equivalent to "something said" or "a narrative in prose", somewhat along the lines of a "story", a "tale", or a "history".[1] 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.
Background[edit] There are plenty of tales of kings (e.g. 300 noms de Viking Sagas. Plans de leçon Viking. Page Viking Ragnar. There are thousands of web pages devoted to the Vikings and related topics.
Many of them have beguiling graphics, an entertaining style, and vast amounts of data. I'm not going to repeat, or compete with, all of that fine work. What I will do is make some comments and suggestions, and provide some links. Use your browser and follow your interests. Eventually you may want to join one of the Viking groups and experience a portion of their lifestyle for yourself. If you are a lover of fine books, and have a bit of cash on hand, you might want to look at The Complete Sagas of the Icelanders, edited by Viðar Hreinsson. The Havamal contains advice the "High One", Odin himself, on how to get along in life. The mention of runes evokes ideas of symbols of power and mystery from Tolkin's stories, and similar tales.
The runes were a writing system used in Northern Europe. Www.pc.gc.ca/voyage-travel/voyagistes-traveltrade/itm3-/pdf/NL05_F.pdf. Les vikings : des explorateurs conquérants. En plus d'avoir été de terrifiants conquérants, les vikings étaient de fabuleux aventuriers et explorateurs : leurs découvertes en témoignent.
(En savoir plus sur les vikings). Islande Les vikings découvrent l’Islande en 860 et s’y établissent par la suite. Groenland : Le chef viking Erik le Rouge, banni d'Islande durant 3 ans suite à un meurtre, s'installe avec sa famille au Groenland en 982 : l'existence de l'île lui avait été indiquée par un marin qui s'était égaré à l'ouest en voulant rejoindre l'Islande.