Kjalnesinga saga (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈcʰalˌnɛːsiŋka ˈsaːɣa] ) is one of the sagas of Icelanders (Íslendingasögur). It is preserved in a parchment manuscript AM 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 in Iceland and Norway. 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- ^ a b Du Chaillu, Paul B. (1889). The Viking Age. Vol. 1. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. xvii – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Kjalnesinga saga". mms.is. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
- ^ Lönnroth, Lars (1976). Njáls Saga. London: University of California Press. pp. 209. ISBN 0-520-02708-6 – 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 fictitious Kjalnesinga Saga there is given a similar description of a temple, which may possibly have some basis in local tradition.
- ^ "Kjalnesinga saga". vefir.mms.is. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
- ^ Guðni Jónsson. "Jökuls þáttr Búasonar". heimskringla.no. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
Translations
edit- Waggoner, Ben (2010). Sagas of Giants and Heroes. New Haven, CT: Troth Publications. ISBN 978-0578059334. (Saga of the People of Kjalarnes, pp. 21–52)
External links
edit- Proverbs in Kjalnesinga saga Archived 2016-05-08 at the Wayback Machine
- Full text at the Icelandic Saga Database
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