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    Eyrbyggja saga (Old Norse pronunciation: [ˈœyrˌbyɡːjɑ ˈsɑɣɑ]; Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈeirˌpɪcːa ˈsaːɣa] ) is one of the Icelanders' sagas; its title...
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  • Sumarliðason in Laxdæla saga; Þórólfr bægifótr (lame-foot) or the ghosts of Fróðá in Eyrbyggja saga. Both these occur in the Eyrbyggja saga. Note similarity...
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    saga about Styrbjörn, but most of what is extant is found in the short Styrbjarnar þáttr Svíakappa. Parts of his story are also retold in Eyrbyggja saga...
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    the mythical Wendish ruler Burislav. Styrbjarnar þáttr Svíakappa and Eyrbyggja saga agree with all previously mentioned versions by making Styrbjörn take...
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    Grettis saga and Þórólfr bægifótr in Eyrbyggja saga. Aptrgǫngur are not always monstrous, however, as in the case of Gunnar Hámundarson in Njal's saga: Now...
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  • figures in several other sagas, including Njáls saga, Eyrbyggja saga, Eiríks saga rauða and Grettis saga. Aud was the second daughter of Ketill Flatnose, a...
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    Icelandic sagas. The main source of his life is the Eyrbyggja saga, in which he is the main character, although he also figures prominently in Njál's saga and...
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    a number of medieval Icelandic sources, including Eyrbyggja saga, Knýtlinga saga, and Hervarar saga. An account is found in the Old Norse translation...
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    form with fictional and mythical elements in Eyrbyggja saga. Helgafell also appears in the Laxdæla saga as the location where the heroine Guðrún Ósvífrsdóttir...
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    likely used are Laxdæla saga, Eyrbyggja saga and Ljósvetninga saga as well as the lost sagas Brjáns saga and Gauks saga Trandilssonar. However, the author...
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    words marr and mara." Another possible example is the account in the Eyrbyggja saga of the sorceress Geirrid accused of assuming the shape of a "night-rider"...
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  • relatives. Ketill was also depicted in such works as the Laxdæla saga, Eyrbyggja saga and the Saga of Erik the Red, while his genealogy was described in detail...
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    Saga Eiríks saga rauða – Saga of Erik the Red Eyrbyggja saga Færeyinga saga Finnboga saga ramma Fljótsdæla saga Flóamanna saga Fóstbræðra saga (two versions)...
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    Great Ireland (category Saga locations)
    Greenland, and remained with Eirik the Red during the winter. In the Eyrbyggja saga, Gudleif Gudlaugson with his crew had attempted to sail from Dublin...
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  • Staðr, Eyri, and Reykholt, she appears as a character in Sturlunga saga and Eyrbyggja saga. Descended from the tenth-century poet Egill Skallagrímsson, she...
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  • 2014). The other attestation of reginnaglar is in the Icelandic saga Eyrbyggja saga, which relates the use of reginnaglar in the construction of a temple...
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    (1935). Eyrbyggja saga, Grœnlendinga sǫgur. Íslenzk fornrit. Vol. IV. Reykjavík: Hið íslenzka fornritafélag. Storm, Gustav, ed. (1891). Eiríks saga rauða...
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  • Snorri Þorbrandsson (category Saga stubs)
    Snorri's life are the semi-historical Icelandic sagas. Snorri appears as a character in the Icelandic Eyrbyggja saga. He was from the area of Álftafjörður in...
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  • following Icelandic sagas: Grettis saga chapter 15 Gísla saga chapters 15 and 18 Egils saga chapter 40 Eyrbyggja saga chapter 43 Vápnfirðinga saga chapter 4 La...
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    ghosts (Draugr) are capable of haunting the living. In both Laxdæla Saga and Eyrbyggja Saga, connections are drawn between pagan burials and hauntings. In...
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    00008. ISBN 978-1-5261-1277-4. "Eyrbyggja saga". heimskringla.no. Retrieved 27 December 2023. "King Olaf Trygvason's saga". sacred-texts.com. Retrieved...
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    other Icelandic sagas. Works such as Njáls saga and the Laxdæla saga give many details, but their accuracy has been disputed. Eyrbyggja saga details the transition...
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    oaths in the district were to be sworn, according to the 13th-century Eyrbyggja Saga. A magical ring in Germanic mythology is the arm ring Draupnir, worn...
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  • Hermann (1989). Eyrbyggja saga. Penguin Books. p. 187. ISBN 978-0-14-044530-5. OCLC 26857553. Byock, Jesse (2009). Grettir's saga. Oxford University...
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    Scandinavia and Europe AD 700–1100. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-203-40782-0. Eyrbyggja Saga, Chapter 37. P.H. Sawyer (2002). Kings and Vikings: Scandinavia and...
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  • 1030) was an Icelandic Viking. He appears in the Sagas of Icelanders, in particular the Eyrbyggja saga. According to Irish tradition, Asbrandsson was a...
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  • this method. One saga refers to a high-seat pillar having been carved with an image of the god Thor, and Icelandic saga Eyrbyggja saga relates that when...
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  • the Viking Age are portrayed in Icelandic sagas of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Eyrbyggja saga, for example, portrays accounts of the compromises...
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  • the middle, and the bill went through him and stuck in the ground." Eyrbyggja Saga has: "Þú skalt fara til Helgafells, ok ganga í lopt, þat er þar er yfir...
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  • other being Thora (Tófa ?). Styrbjarnar þáttr Svíakappa Eyrbyggja saga Hervarar saga Knýtlinga saga Gesta Danorum Arrild Huitfeld: "Danmarckis Rigis Krønicke...
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