Albani þáttr ok Sunnifu Arnórs þáttr jarlaskálds Auðunar þáttr vestfirzka Bergbúa þáttr Bolla þáttr Bollasonar Brandkrossa þáttr Brands þáttr örva Draumr...
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«Kulturformidlingen norrøne tekster og kvad» Norway. Site with the original text and an English translation back to back German translation of the þáttr Völsa þáttr...
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Tale of Ragnar's Sons (redirect from Þáttr af Ragnars sonum)
The Tale of Ragnar's sons (Old Norse: Ragnarssona þáttr) is an Old Norse story about Ragnar Lodbrok and his sons. When Sigurd Ring dies, Ragnar Lodbrok...
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Norna-Gests þáttr", Arkiv för nordisk filologi, 104 (1989), 103-22 McDonald, Sheryl, "Pagan Past and Christian Future in Norna-Gests þáttr and Bárðar saga...
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Ölkofra þáttr (also known as Ölkofra saga), the "Tale of Ölkofri" or the "Tale of Ale-Hood", is a þáttr, a minor Old Norse prose genre related to the...
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Grœnlendinga þáttr refers to two separate tales (þættir) found in Flateyjarbók: Grœnlendinga þáttr (I) ('The Tale of the Greenlanders') – Short story...
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Ælla to underestimate them and become encircled. According to Ragnarssona þáttr (The Tale of Ragnar's Sons, part of the Sagas of Ragnar Lothbrok), Ælla...
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The Danish History – via Wikisource. "Norna-Gests þáttr". see also Norna-Gests þáttr "Norna-Gests þáttr". Translated by Hardman. Archived from the original...
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Þorsteins þáttr bæjarmagns or The Story of Thorsteinn House-Power is a short legendary saga or þáttr. It is a reworking of many of Thor's adventures, where...
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Gautreks saga (redirect from Dalafífla þáttr)
makes Gautrekr his heir. This section is sometimes referred to as Dalafífla þáttr ("The Tale of the Fools in the Valley"). The saga then shifts to a folk-tale-like...
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Bergbúa þáttr ('The Tale of the Mountain-Dweller') is a short medieval Icelandic tale (þáttr). It tells of Þórðr and his companion who get lost on their...
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Brands þáttr örva (The Tale of Brand the Generous) is a very short þáttr which tells how king Haraldr Sigurðarson put Brandr Vermundarson's generosity...
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Sunniva (redirect from Seljumanna thattr)
Tryggvasonar, in a section known as Albani þáttr ok Sunnifu ("tale of Alban and Sunniva") and also as Seljumanna þáttr. Oddr's original work was composed in...
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Do not confuse with Sörla þáttr eða Heðins saga ok Högna Sörla þáttr (Brodd-Helgasonar) is a Þáttr, an Icelandic short saga, known from the 15th century...
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Ragnarök (section Bergbúa þáttr)
out between a poem spoken by a jötunn found in the 13th-century þáttr Bergbúa þáttr ("the tale of the mountain dweller"). In the tale, Thórd and his...
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Faulkes, Anthony (editor) (2011²). Two Icelandic Stories : Hreiðars þáttr : Orms þáttr. New edition with corrections and further additions. London: Viking...
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Harald Fairhair (section Ragnarssona þáttr)
fourteenth-century Flateyjarbók features a Þáttr called Haralds þáttr hárfagra, literary "Harald Fairhair's Þáttr". The first chapter describes Harald's ascension...
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prayer and spits on her yeast. Signy's brew wins the contest. Sörla þáttr In Sörla þáttr, a short, late 14th century narrative from a later and extended version...
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Hjaðningavíg (section Sörla þáttr)
heroic legend about a never-ending battle which is documented in Sörla þáttr, Ragnarsdrápa, Gesta Danorum, Skíðaríma and in Skáldskaparmál. It is also...
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The Tale of Sarcastic Halli (redirect from Sneglu-Halla þáttr)
Icelandic þáttr that despite being criticized for its lack of proper structure, has been praised for its strong comedic effect. The þáttr tells the tale...
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Such as Nornagests þáttr ("the Story of Norna-Gest"), Styrbjarnar þáttr Svíakappa ("Tale of Styrbjörn the Swedish Champion"), Hróa þáttr heimska ("The Tale...
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Selkolla (redirect from Selkollu þáttr)
to as Selkollu þáttr ('the Selkolla episode'). This summary is based on the D-version of Guðmundar saga. The events of Selkollu þáttr take place in the...
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Brandkrossa þáttr (The Tale of Brandkrossi) is a short Old Norse tale (þáttr) which serves as a prologue to Droplaugarsona saga. Whereas Droplaugarsona...
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Harthacnut I of Denmark (section Ragnarssona þáttr)
Hǫrða-Knútr) was a semi-legendary King of Denmark. The old Norse story Ragnarssona þáttr makes Harthacnut son of the semi-mythic viking chieftain Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye...
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Sturlunga saga (redirect from Sturlu þáttr)
components in chronological order, added þættir including Geirmundar þáttr and Haukdæla þáttr and genealogies, and endeavoured to combine them into a single...
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Helga þáttr Þórissonar Jökuls þáttr Búasonar 'Norna-Gests þáttr Ragnarssona þáttr Sörla þáttr Tóka þáttr Tókasonar Völsa þáttr Þorsteins þáttr bæjarmagns...
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Gunnars þáttr Þiðrandabana (The Short Saga of Gunnar, Thidrandi's Killer) is a short saga (or þáttr) written in Old Norse in medieval Iceland. The events...
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The Tale of the Story-Wise Icelander (redirect from Íslendings þáttr sögufróða)
Íslendings þáttr sögufróða (The Tale of the Story-Wise Icelander) is a very short þáttr about a young Icelandic storyteller at king Haraldr Sigurðarson's...
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condition such as osteogenesis imperfecta, while a passage in Ragnarssona þáttr (also known as the tale of Ragnar's sons) suggest it refers to male impotence...
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sunstones as navigational devices. One medieval source in Iceland, Rauðúlfs þáttr, mentions the sunstone as a mineral by means of which the sun could be located...
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