The Ealdforn Sagas

von Matthew Hogan

94 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

AethlingasagaThe Ealdforn Scriptures, Vol. IBefore the Church rewrote it. Before the Norse skalds reshaped it. Before the Norman scribes latinized and corrupted it into something almost unrecognizable - there was this.The Aethlingasaga is the oldest surviving stratum of the Ealdforn mythological cycle, preserved in the alliterative verse tradition of Old English. Thirteen fitts. One unbroken cosmological arc: a world dreamed into being, a serpent bound beneath its roots, a king anointed against the returning dark.It does not explain itself. It does not soften its edges. It assumes you already know the names - Mategwas, Niddhogg, Haldric, Ealdward - because once, everyone did.This is not a fantasy novel. It is a scripture. It was believed, or something very like it was believed, by people who needed a story sturdy enough to hold the weight of creation and corruption and the long patience required to outlast both.What you hold is Vol. I of the Ealdforn Scriptures - the canonical foundation text from which all subsequent volumes diverge, translate, and ultimately betray.Read this first. Then watch what happens to it.