Hjálmþés saga ok Ölvis

Hjálmþés saga ok Ölvis is a late legendary saga without an apparent historic basis. It is about two children of a jarl, and one of them is Hjálmþér whose evil stepmother commands him to work as a thrall until he has performed an impossible task.

In its present form, it stacks different motifs on top of each other.^{[according to whom?]} However, according to Icelandic philologist Finnur Jónsson the various Hjálmþésrímur which appear in the saga reveal that it once had a different structure.^[1]

There are many folk tales similar to Hjálmþés saga ok Ölvis, including a number of medieval Irish stories,^[2] the Northumbrian tale The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh (also known as The Laidly Worm of Bamburgh (or Bamborough).

Sources

Ohlmarks, Åke. (1982). Fornnordiskt lexikon. Tiden. ISBN 91-550-2511-0

References

^ Finnur Jónsson, Fornaldarsögur og nogle dermed beslægtede sagaværker 1923
^ O'Connor, Ralph (Spring 2000). ""Stepmother Sagas": An Irish Analogue for "Hjálmpérs saga ok Ölvérs"". Scandinavian Studies. 72 (1): 1–48. Retrieved 29 March 2024.

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[1] Finnur Jónsson, Fornaldarsögur og nogle dermed beslægtede sagaværker 1923

[2] O'Connor, Ralph (Spring 2000). ""Stepmother Sagas": An Irish Analogue for "Hjálmpérs saga ok Ölvérs"". Scandinavian Studies. 72 (1): 1–48. Retrieved 29 March 2024.

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