Images and Metaphors, Mirrors of Social Concern in the Saga af Viktor ok Blavus

• Main Author: Mester, Annegret
• Other Authors: Skandinavistik / Universität Tübingen
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Universität Tübingen 2004
• Subjects: Saga; Island; 839; Saga af Viktor ok Blavus; riddarasögur; Endeavour; Judah; Norway; Overlord; Salisbury; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10900/46196; http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:21-opus-10589

Images and Metaphors, Mirrors of Social Concern in the Saga af Viktor ok Blavus I wish to examine how the images and metaphors in the Saga af Viktor ok Blavus reflect the concerns of Icelandic society. Included among the metaphors are the personae which populate the saga. As in the Saints’ legends t...