Kjalnesinga saga
Kjalnesinga saga(Icelandic pronunciation:[ˈcʰalˌnɛːsiŋkaˈsaːɣa]) is one of thesagas of Icelanders(Íslendingasögur).It is preserved in a parchment manuscriptAM 471 4to.[1][2]
The work concerns historical ages from the ninth to eleventh centuries,[1]and was composed in the fourteenth century, among the last group of sagas composed.[3][4]The saga is about Búi Andríðsson, his wife Fríðr and his son Jökull Búason. The story takes place inIcelandandNorway.Búi becomes a chieftain of Iceland but dies in a quarrel with his son Jökul. The tale continues with the adventures of Jökul in the short story (þáttr)Jökuls þáttr Búasonar.[5][6]
References
[edit]- ^abDu Chaillu, Paul B. (1889).The Viking Age.Vol. 1. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. xvii – via Internet Archive.
- ^"Kjalnesinga saga".mms.is.RetrievedDecember 1,2019.
- ^Lönnroth, Lars (1976).Njáls Saga.London: University of California Press. pp.209.ISBN0-520-02708-6– via Internet Archive.
- ^Craigie, W. A. (1914).The Religious of Ancient Scandinavia.London: Constable & Company, Ltd. pp.42– via Internet Archive.
In the late and fictitiousKjalnesinga Sagathere is given a similar description of a temple, which may possibly have some basis in local tradition.
- ^"Kjalnesinga saga".vefir.mms.is.RetrievedDecember 1,2019.
- ^Guðni Jónsson."Jökuls þáttr Búasonar".heimskringla.no.RetrievedDecember 1,2019.
Translations
[edit]- Waggoner, Ben (2010).Sagas of Giants and Heroes.New Haven, CT: Troth Publications.ISBN978-0578059334.(Saga of the People of Kjalarnes, pp. 21–52)
External links
[edit]- Proverbs inKjalnesinga sagaArchived2016-05-08 at theWayback Machine
- Full text at the Icelandic Saga Database
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