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- Grettis saga Ásmundarsonar (modern Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈkrɛhtɪs ˈsaːɣa ˈauːsˌmʏntarˌsɔːnar̥] , reconstructed Old Norse pronunciation: [ˈɡrɛtːɪs ˈsaɣa...21 KB (2,749 words) - 10:11, 23 April 2024
- 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...42 KB (5,016 words) - 01:47, 25 June 2024
- 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...58 KB (7,796 words) - 22:10, 24 June 2024
- 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...24 KB (2,815 words) - 07:37, 14 April 2024
- Gísla saga Súrssonar, (two versions) of an outlaw poet – Gísla saga Grettis saga – Saga of Grettir the Strong Grænlendinga saga – Greenland saga Gull-Þóris...10 KB (1,048 words) - 15:12, 14 July 2024
- 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,...11 KB (1,144 words) - 07:06, 10 June 2024
- similarities with other traditions and accounts, including the Icelandic Grettis saga, the Norse story of Hrolf Kraki and his bear-shapeshifting servant Bodvar...96 KB (10,930 words) - 19:11, 19 July 2024
- 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",...18 KB (2,128 words) - 18:57, 27 May 2024
- 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...10 KB (1,113 words) - 13:33, 30 January 2024
- located 15 kilometres (9+1⁄2 mi) north of Sauðárkrókur is mentioned in the Grettis saga. Sauðárkrókur got its name from the creek that runs through the land...13 KB (972 words) - 19:13, 6 July 2024
- conception." Treasures in the Norse sagas are often guarded by undead, "restless, vampire-like draugar", as in Grettis saga, recalling the barrow-wight in...32 KB (3,460 words) - 09:01, 1 July 2024
- to Hrólf Kraki in the legendary saga Hrólfs saga kraka. Another literary incident is in the Grettis saga, or the saga of Grettir the Strong. Also, there...22 KB (2,755 words) - 14:04, 4 November 2023
- often cruel or unsociable in life, such as Glamr in Grettis saga and Þórólfr bægifótr in Eyrbyggja saga. Aptrgǫngur are not always monstrous, however, as...35 KB (4,600 words) - 07:02, 9 July 2024
- 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...15 KB (2,223 words) - 14:17, 27 February 2024
- known from at least as early as the 14th century, and it is mentioned in Grettis saga. It probably originated in Scandinavia, as a variant of Tafl. In fact...8 KB (1,144 words) - 05:47, 31 January 2024
- are mentioned in the Vatnsdæla saga, the Haraldskvæði and the Grettis saga and are consistently referred to in the sagas as a group of berserkers, always...36 KB (4,019 words) - 21:19, 7 July 2024
- the king. Apart from being mentioned in the kings' sagas, Bersi also has a minor role in Grettis saga, chapters 15, 23 and 24, where he asks Earl Sveinn...7 KB (552 words) - 15:20, 2 March 2024
- edited with afterword 1945: Alexander's Saga, edited with preface 1946: Grettis Saga, edited with preface 1952: Kvaedi og ritgerdir by Johann Jonsson, edited...29 KB (3,231 words) - 13:09, 13 July 2024
- similarly equivocal role played by the sword's "hafted" counterpart in Grettis Saga. The reason behind Hrunting's failing against Grendel's Mother has been...9 KB (1,282 words) - 19:22, 20 January 2024
- Killers: A Note about the Icelandic Draugr and Demonic Contamination in Grettis Saga", Folklore, 120 (3): 307–316, doi:10.1080/00155870903219771, S2CID 162338244...19 KB (2,181 words) - 02:09, 12 July 2024
- Islands and Iceland. By J. W. Clark, pp. 318–361.) Gisli Saga Sursonnar.—See Dasent (G. W.). Grettis Saga.—See Magnusson (Eirikr) and Morris (Wm.). Grimm (J