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... saga . Temples on the mainland of Scandinavia were probably built of wood , of which nothing survives , although some see the influence of pagan temples on the so - called stave- churches . At the close of the pagan period , the most ...
... saga . Temples on the mainland of Scandinavia were probably built of wood , of which nothing survives , although some see the influence of pagan temples on the so - called stave- churches . At the close of the pagan period , the most ...
Page 406
... saga ; H.J. ROSE , A Handbook of Greek Mythology , 6th ed . ( 1960 ) , the most comprehensive hand- book in English ; RHYS CARPENTER , Folktale , Fiction and Saga in the Homeric Epics ( 1946 ) , a lively comparative account ; J.E. ...
... saga ; H.J. ROSE , A Handbook of Greek Mythology , 6th ed . ( 1960 ) , the most comprehensive hand- book in English ; RHYS CARPENTER , Folktale , Fiction and Saga in the Homeric Epics ( 1946 ) , a lively comparative account ; J.E. ...
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... saga was built by degrees by the gather- ing and organizing of dissimilar elements transmitted through memory by narrators and singers , probably at the beginning of the 9th century BC . These first epics , presented at civic and ...
... saga was built by degrees by the gather- ing and organizing of dissimilar elements transmitted through memory by narrators and singers , probably at the beginning of the 9th century BC . These first epics , presented at civic and ...
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