This operatic cycle was based loosely on figures and elements of Germanic folklore, particularly from the Sagas of Icelanders and the Nibelungenlied.
He wrote six novels based on the Icelandic Family sagas, of which only The Light Heart and Thorgils of Treadholt are mentioned above.
They arrive and meet a man who tells them about the Carlsons' shameful family history, detailed in an Icelandic saga.
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