He
remained in the court of King Ólavur and was baptized. When full of days he lit
the candle, it burnt for a day; and as the flame went out, he died 300 years of
age.
Nornagestur was first published in 1919 and is the third volume in the magisterial work by Johannes V. Jensen, Ferðin langa (The Long Journey), for which he received the Nobel Prize for literature in 1944.
Ferðin langa is an ambitious literary project, charting nothing less than humanity’s progress from primordial times through ancient times, the Viking Age, the Middle Age and up to they days of Columbus (ca. 1492).
Nornagestur was first published in 1919 and is the third volume in the magisterial work by Johannes V. Jensen, Ferðin langa (The Long Journey), for which he received the Nobel Prize for literature in 1944.
Ferðin langa is an ambitious literary project, charting nothing less than humanity’s progress from primordial times through ancient times, the Viking Age, the Middle Age and up to they days of Columbus (ca. 1492).