The Saint and the Saga Hero: Hagiography and Early Icelandic Literature by Profe
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Subtitle Hagiography and Early Icelandic Literature. The Saint and the Saga Hero should be mandatory reading for anyone interested in the Icelandic sagas. Catholic Historical Review . Although saga heroes are rarely saints themselves - indeed rather the reverse - they interact with saints in a variety of ways: as ancestors or friends of saints, as noble heathens or converts to Christianity, as innocent victims of violent death, or even as anti-saints, interrogating aspects of saintly ideology.
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