“They Who Await the Second Death: A Study in the Icelandic Romantic Sagas”
Chester Nathan Gould. From Scandinavian Studies, 1926.
In this Saga of Egil One-Hand and Asmund Berskerker-Slayer excerpt and Thráin’s tale summary by Chester Nathan Gould, the Icelandic accounts of battles with undead corpses are strongly reminiscent of Beowulf’s struggles with Grendel and his mother.
In this Saga of Egil One-Hand and Asmund Berskerker-Slayer excerpt and Thráin’s tale summary by Chester Nathan Gould, the Icelandic accounts of battles with undead corpses are strongly reminiscent of Beowulf’s struggles with Grendel and his mother.