The saga covers a long period of time, starting in Norway with the life of Egill's grandfather Úlfur, called Kveld-Úlfur ("Evening Wolf"), continuing with the story of Egill's father Skalla-Grímur, the childhood of Egill, his voyages to Scandinavia and England, his fights and friendships, his old age and the further fates of his family. Before Egill died he concealed his silver treasure near Mosfellsbær. The saga follows him through all the various stages of his life: his violent childhood, his violent adolescence, his violent middle age, his violent old age, and his death.
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Text in English (http://www.northvegr.org/lore/egils_saga/index.php)
Although, as we have seen, Egil and his comrades were not Christians, the Christian faith is incidentally mentioned as prevailing in England, and towards the end of the Saga we read that Thorstein, Egil's youngest son, became eventually a Christian.
The date of the writing of Egilssaga is put between 1160 and 1200; probably near to the latter date.
In Egilssaga the style for Icelandic is pronounced by good authorities to be of the best; the translator can only hope that in its English dress it may not have lost all its attractiveness.
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