Grettis saga Ásmundarsonar (modern Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈkrɛhtɪs ˈsaːɣa ˈauːsˌmʏntarˌsɔːnar̥] , reconstructed Old Norse pronunciation: [ˈɡrɛtːɪs ˈsaɣa...
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Draugr (section Icelandic sagas)
example of Kárr inn gamli in Grettis saga). The draugr was referred to as "barrow-wight" in the 1869 translation of Grettis saga, long before J. R. R. Tolkien...
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Magnússon and William Morris used it, too, in their 1869 translation of Grettis saga, which features a fight with the "barrow-wight" or "barrow-dweller",...
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North America.: 101 Some well-known examples include Njáls saga, Laxdæla saga and Grettis saga. The material of the short tales of Icelanders (þættir or...
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Gísla saga Súrssonar, (two versions) of an outlaw poet – Gísla saga Grettis saga – Saga of Grettir the Strong Grænlendinga saga – Greenland saga Gull-Þóris...
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in several other sagas, including Njáls saga, Eyrbyggja saga, Eiríks saga rauða and Grettis saga. Aud was the second daughter of Ketill Flatnose, a Norwegian...
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similarities with other traditions and accounts, including the Icelandic Grettis saga, the Norse story of Hrolf Kraki and his bear-shapeshifting servant Bodvar...
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Harald Fairhair (category Orkneyinga saga characters)
saga renders Harald's title as einváldskonungr (absolute king). Not unlike Egil's Saga, Harald's conquest of Norway sets off the plot of Grettis saga...
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mentioned in a number of medieval Icelandic sources, including Egil's saga and Grettis saga. It is however unclear how similar this was to modern-day skyr,...
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Víkar (section From Gautreks saga)
But other accounts appear to contradict this. The beginning of Grettis saga ('Saga of Grettir') states that Hördaland was ruled by Geirmund Hellskin...
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