The Long Journey (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Johannes V. Jensen
- Type of Work: Novels
- Type of Plot: Epic
- Time of Work: The Age of Man
- Setting: Northern Europe
- Genres: Long fiction, Epic
- Subjects: Culture, History, Europe or Europeans, Human race, Native Americans or American Indians, Sailing or sailors, Fire, Renaissance, Greek or Roman times, Ice Age, Evolution, Prehistoric times, Stone Age, Iron Age
- Locales: Europe, Ancient world
Characters Discussed
Fyr, a man living before the glacial age. He brings fire from a volcano and learns to use it for personal warmth, for cooking, and as a god. A band of human beings gathers about him, and he teaches them many primitive arts. Fyr is made a sacrifice to the fire god he created, and he is cooked and eaten by his people.
Carl, a typical man of the glacial age. An outcast for letting his tribe’s fire go out, he flees to the north and learns to live with the cold, protecting himself against the elements in the early Stone Age.
Mam, Carl’s mate,...
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