star-anise:thedrunkenjawa:These AUs are getting out of hand. Here we see a rare continental European
star-anise:thedrunkenjawa:These AUs are getting out of hand. Here we see a rare continental European depiction of Iceland’s Tattúínárdǿla saga. Everyone remembers this version, and not the sheer metal of the Icelandic one:In the German version made famous by Lucas’s films, “Lûc” proceeds to deny “Veiter’s” statement, repeatedly shouting “no” and imploring the heavens to see to it that it should not be so. However, in the Icelandic version, Lúkr coolly accepts Veiðari’s statement and continues to fight:“Eigi vil ek þat trúa,” segir Lúkr, “En ef þú ert víst minn faðir, svá fær þú skilit þat, at ek held þínu sverði Ljósamæki.”“Já vist,” segir Veiðari, “Eða hvat segir þú til?”(“I will not believe that,” said Luke. “But if you are truly my father, then you can see, that I hold your sword Lightsaber.”“Yes I can,” said Vader, “What more do you have to say about it?”)The conclusion of their heroic dialogue has stirred the imaginations of generations of Old Norse enthusiasts:“Þat mun ekki gera,” segir Lúkr, “Þú munt þó drepa vilja Hana, mág minn, ok er þat skǫmm, ef ek sit hjá.” Ok lagði til Veiðara tveim hǫndum sverðinu.“Karlmannliga er at farit,” segir Veiðari. Veiðari høggr á hǫndina Lúki, svá at af tók, en niðr fell Ljósamækir ok með honum Lúkr.(“It doesn’t matter,” said Luke, “You will still want to kill Han, my brother-in-law, and it would be shameful for me to sit idly by.” And he swung the sword at Vader with two hands.“That is manfully done,” said Vader. He cut Luke’s hand, so that it was cut off, and Lightsaber fell down and with it Luke.) -- source link
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