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A scene from the 13th-century Icelandic Laxdæla Saga (anglicised as Laxdale Saga), which is set in the Viking Age (c. 790-1100). Illustration from "Vore fædres liv" : karakterer og skildringer fra sagatiden, collected and published by Nordahl Rolfsen, translated by Gerhard Gran., Kristiania: Stenersen, 1898.
Here, we see one of the saga's main characters, Guðrún, meeting a ghost:
That same evening that Thorkell and his followers were drowned, it happened at Holyfell that Gudrun went to the church, when other people had gone to bed, and when she stepped into the lichgate she saw a ghost standing before her.
He bowed over her and said, "Great tidings, Gudrun."
She said, "Hold then your peace about them, wretch."(Laxdæla Saga, ch. 76)
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(1860-1917), A. B. (2018, December 07). Gudrun & Ghost, Laxdale Saga. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9692/gudrun--ghost-laxdale-saga/
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(1860-1917), Andreas Bloch. "Gudrun & Ghost, Laxdale Saga." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified December 07, 2018. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9692/gudrun--ghost-laxdale-saga/.
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(1860-1917), Andreas Bloch. "Gudrun & Ghost, Laxdale Saga." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 07 Dec 2018. Web. 25 Dec 2024.
