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Автор: Jesse Russell
Год: 2013
Издание:
Книга по Требованию
Страниц: 107
ISBN: 9785508967390
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! ?orkell ?ormo?sson is a character from the mediaeval Hakonar saga Hakonarsonar, a kings' saga composed in the last half of the 13th century. The saga relates that in about the year 1230, a Norwegian-Hebridean fleet sailed down through the Hebrides, where it attacked certain islands there, and proceeded on to the Isle of Man. As the fleet made its way southward through the Hebrides, several members fought a battle with ?orkell at Vestrajor?r, near Skye. The exact location of Vestrajor?r is unknown, although Loch Bracadale, Loch Dunvegan, and Loch Snizort, all located on the western coast of Skye, have been proposed as possible locations. According to the saga, ?orkell and two of his sons were slain in the encounter, however a third son, named ?ormo?r, managed to escape with his life. Early the next year, the fleet headed northwards through the Hebrides back home. When it approached the island of Lewis, a man named ?ormo?r ?orkelson fled for...
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