The Story of Rolf and the Viking Bow
Start Publishing LLC · Print & ebook · March 1, 2013
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- Who it’s for
- An Icelandic tale weighs the saving of a life against a custom that puts salvage first.
- Themes
- Saving lives over profit, Christianity and changing customs, Unjust outlawing
- Genres
- Norse Myths, Medieval Tales, Christian Historical Stories
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Rolf is the son of Hiarandi the Unlucky. Hiarandi, at the urging of his wife, does an unforgivable thing: he lights a signal fire on a dangerous point of his land, challenging the accepted custom that place lucrative salvage at a higher value than the saving of life. However, the life that is saved that night causes his own death and the unjust outlawing of his son Rolf. This tale exemplifies the effect of Christ's teachings upon the Icelandic people during their heroic age.
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The book is set in Iceland in the days when Christianity has come to the island though the old customs still linger.
Customs in Collision
An Icelandic tale weighs the saving of a life against a custom that puts salvage first.
Come here for
- A clash between saving lives and the value of salvage
- Iceland as Christianity arrives and older customs linger
Expect
- A tale shaped by moral choice and its family consequences
- Heroic-age Iceland caught between Christian teaching and old ways
Where it sits
| Christian Historical Stories | 66% |
|---|---|
| Medieval Tales | 46% |
| Norse Myths | 46% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Historical Europe
- Authors
- Allen French
- Publisher
- Start Publishing LLC
- Published
- March 1, 2013
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Saving lives over profit · Christianity and changing customs · Unjust outlawing
- Reading lane
- Historical Europe