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Lilja

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In Eysteinn Ásgrímsson
Ásgrímsson’s majestic Lilja is a survey of Christian history from the Creation to the Last Judgment, followed by 25 stanzas on contrition and a prayer to the Virgin Mary. By abandoning the circumlocutions of the skaldic poets, Ásgrímsson created a rapid, vivid narrative that remained the most…
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Icelandic literature

In Icelandic literature: Poetry
The well-known Lilja (c. 1350; “The Lily”; Eng. trans. Lilja) by Eysteinn Ásgrímsson, a monk from Þykkvabær, gives an account of the fall of Satan, the Creation, the Fall of Man, and the birth, life, and Passion of Christ. The term rímur—rhymes—is used to describe the narrative…
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