This volume arises out of the Viking Society Student Conference held in Hull in February 2009, which addressed and contributed to the recent revival of scholarly interest in the genre of "fornaldarsögur" ('legendary' or 'mythical-heroic' sagas). It includes essays developed from six of the papers presented there, as well as two translations: that by William Morris and Eiríkr Magnússon of the tale usually now known as "Sörla þáttr", and a new translation of "Ásmundar saga kappabana", interesting for its links with the Old High German "Hildebrandslied".
Author(s): Martin Arnold, Alison Finlay (eds.)
Publisher: Viking Society for Northern Research
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: VIII+140
City: London
Rory McTurk, Introduction v
Elizabeth Ashman Rowe, "Sögubrot af fornkonungum": Mythologised History for Late Thirteenth-Century Iceland 1
Tom Shippey, "Hrólfs saga kraka" and the Legend of Lejre 17
Ármann Jakobsson, Enter the Dragon. Legendary Saga Courage and the Birth of the Hero 33
Carolyne Larrington, Þóra and Áslaug in "Ragnars saga loðbrókar". Women, Dragons and Destiny 53
Jóhanna Katrín Friðriksdóttir, "Hyggin ok forsjál". Wisdom and Women's Counsel in "Hrólfs saga
Gautrekssonar" 69
Martin Arnold, "Viðþik sættumsk ek aldri". "Örvar-Odds saga" and the Meanings of Ögmundr Eyþjófsbani 85
William Morris and Eiríkr Magnússon (transl.), "The Tale of Hogni And Hedinn". Introduction by Carl
Phelpstead 105
Alison Finlay (transl.), "The Saga of Ásmundr, Killer of Champions" 119
