- language.
Grettis saga
inspired a
number of
Icelandic rímur: 15th century:
Grettis rímur (8 rímur, anonymous,
attested in Kollsbók) 1656:
Grettis rímur (14...
- 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"...
-
inside the
burial mound or
grave (as in the
example of Kárr inn
gamli in
Grettis saga).
Commentators extend the term
draugr to the
undead in
medieval literature...
-
similarities with
other traditions and accounts,
including the
Icelandic Grettis saga, the
Norse story of
Hrolf Kraki and his bear-shapeshifting servant...
-
unlike Egil's Saga, Harald's
conquest of
Norway sets off the plot of
Grettis saga.
Gretti's great-grandfather Önundr Wood-foot is said to be one of many people...
-
Greenland and
Vinland (modern Newfoundland).
Egils saga, Laxdæla saga,
Grettis saga, Gísla saga and
Gunnlaugs saga
ormstungu are also
notable and po****r...
-
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, as...
- ulfheðinn), 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...
-
other sagas,
including Njáls saga,
Eyrbyggja saga, Eiríks saga rauða and
Grettis saga. Aud was the
second daughter of
Ketill Flatnose, a
Norwegian hersir...
- Killers: A Note
about the
Icelandic Draugr and
Demonic Contamination in
Grettis Saga".
Folklore (120): 309. Epstein, Saul; Robinson, Sara
Libby (2012)...
