Gísla saga is a Norse saga, an epic of Icelandic literature. It is account of medieval Icelandic life and justice. The berserker Bjorn the Pale has a small role in the saga. The Norse sagas or Viking sagas (Icelandic: Íslendingasögur), are stories about ancient Scandinavian and Germanic history, about early Viking voyages, about migration to Iceland, and of feuds between Icelandic families. ... EPIC might be an acronym or abbreviation for: Electronic Privacy Information Center Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing Enhanced Programmable ircII Client El Paso Intelligence Center End Poverty In California European Privatisation and Investment Corporation Sometimes it is also used to refer to Epic Games game development company. ... Justice is a concept involving the fair, moral, and impartial treatment of all persons, especially in law. ... Berserkers (or Berserks) were Norse warriors who had sworn allegiance to the sky god Odin. ... Björn the Pale was a berserker who appears in the Saga of Gisli. ...

It was written in the early 13th century. Gisli and his family come to Iceland from Norway in about AD 950. Shortly after 960 Gisli is outlawed for killing his brother-in-law, and then, for at least thirteen years, Gisli hides in remote north Iceland. He is finally caught and his enemies kill him. (12th century - 13th century - 14th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. ...

But surrounding this history, conflicting passions of love, hate, and complex emotional bonds are portrayed, as Gisli approaches his fate. Gisli has courage and strength, but is a poet and dreamer as well. Destiny concerns the fixed natural order of the universe. ...

It was made into a movie titled Viking Outlaw.

External links and references

• Unknown author (translation, 2001), The Saga of Gisli
  • ISBN 0802062199

• one site on the movie (http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~midages/viking.shtml)

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