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Автор книги: April Madden (Editor) Тысячу лет назад северный король пожелал слушать сказку. Из тени зала вышел скальд - один из известных поэтов эпохи викингов, ответственный за запоминание и интерпретацию истории и законов страны, а также за развлечение ее населения. Он не нуждался в книге - они появились позже. Вместо этого он хранил все это в своей голове, как его предки делали до него на протяжении веков. Слушатели замолчали в ожидании. Прославленный рассказчик тихо вздохнул, и начинали звучать первые фразы одной из великих саг о викингах, или эпические сказки. ver a thousand years ago, a king in the north called for a tale. From the shadows of the mead hall stepped forth a skald, one of the renowned poets of the Viking Age, responsible for memorising and interpreting the history and law of the land - and for entertaining its populace. He needed no book - those came later. Instead he carried it ail in his head, as his forefathers had done before him for centuries. An expectant hush fell over the court as the famed storyteller took a breath and slowly, melodiously intoned the first, evocatively worded phrases of one of the great Viking sagas, or epic tales. More than a millenium later, those sagas still have the power to enchant and enthrall. The stories of the gods, heroes (and heroines) and the ancient royal houses of the Norse lands are replete with myth, mystery, adventure and excitement. Sorceresses narrate arcane prophecies, men and women set forth on quests for magical swords and rings, and are elevated to greatness or consumed by curses that echo down generations of their family; would-be rulers skirmish and clash over old realms and new lands. Destiny rolls its loaded dice for gods and kings alike. The skald's audience often knew what was going to happen as the saga unfolded; it was the telling itself that they took pleasure in. | |||||
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