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	Grettis saga Summary
		Grettis saga (also known as Grettla, Grettir's Saga or Grettir the Strong) is one of the Icelanders' sagas.
		In the following essay, Motz provides instances in which the main characternof the Grettis Saga, Grettir, conforms to patterns of the hero in myth, tradition, and ritual, with the result that his individuality is sublimated.
		In the following essay, Glendinning examines elements of the novella genre present in the Grettis Saga as well as motifs and devices it shares with the literature of continental Europe.
	www.bookrags.com /Grettis_saga (191 words)

	Grettis saga -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		900–1050), and a new literary genre was born: the sagas of Icelanders.
		Whereas the ethos of the kings' sagas and of the legendary sagas is aristocratic and their principal heroes warlike leaders, the sagas of Icelanders describe characters who are essentially farmers or...
		The saga portrays the greed, materialism, and hypocrisy of a family of upper-middle-class English industrialists (based loosely on Galsworthy's relatives) at the turn of the 20th century.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9038073 (766 words)

	Biblical Intertextuality: Criticism, Commentary and Interpretation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The author of Grettis saga was clearly extremely fond of proverbs, maxims, and sententious sayings, with the incidence of such material in his saga occurring at a much higher rate than in any other Icelandic saga.
		We see in Grettis saga something quite remarkable: a medieval writer keenly aware of the pliable nature of gnomic wisdom, a literate author exploiting both the power and weakness of oral tradition.
		At least four proverbs are used, and are identified as proverbial within the text, during the course of Hrafnkels saga.
	www.uiowa.edu /~mmla/abstracts2004/sawsinthesagas.htm (260 words)

	::Destination Viking:: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Sagas of Icelanders are narratives of adventure and conflict, set in the Viking Age, written down in the vernacular by anoymous authors in Iceland, during the 13th and 14th centuries.
		Grettis Saga tells of Grettir’s conflicts and confrontations with both natural and supernatural enemies in Iceland and Norway, and part of the story focuses on his travels in Norway.
		Grettis Saga is the Icelandic saga that has been preserved in the greatest number of manuscripts; it has been printed and published in numerous languages.
	www.destinationviking.com /culture/vhm_2_4/grettis.htm (1210 words)

	Literary Encyclopedia: Sagas of Icelanders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Njáls saga provides a famous example, where despite the mutual goodwill of Njáll and his dashing friend Gunnarr, their wives instigate an escalating series of revenge killings in which the victim is each time of higher status and more closely related to the leading characters.
		Saga narratives are generally structured as a series of scenes in each of which the tempo slows, the focus moves closer and the characters address each other directly, occasionally in verse; often reported speech leads into direct speech.
		In The Saga of the Sworn Brothers / Fóstbræðra saga, one of the titular heroes is a poet, as are the central figures of Gísla saga, Grettis saga and Víga-Glúms saga.
	www.litencyc.com /php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=1275 (2948 words)

	Hurstwic: Games and Sports in the Norse era
		In chapter 40 of Egils saga, the boys were playing in a sveinaleikur when Egill used an axe to kill the boy who had been rough earlier in the game.
		To further incite the stallions, mares were tethered at the edge of the grounds, within sight and smell of the stallions.
		Chapter 59 of Brennu-Njáls saga says that Þorgeir and Kolur threw their weight against their horse's rump when he charged, hoping to knock down Gunnar, who was goading the other horse.
	www.hurstwic.org /history/articles/daily_living/text/games_and_sports.htm (2362 words)

	OUP: Skaldic Verse and the Poetics of Saga Narrative: O'Donoghue (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		OUP: Skaldic Verse and the Poetics of Saga Narrative: O'Donoghue
		Skaldic Verse and the Poetics of Saga Narrative
		In sagas, there is a fundamental distinction between verses which are ostensibly quoted to corroborate what is stated in the narrative, and verses which are presented as the speech of characters in the saga.
	www.oup.co.uk /isbn/0-19-926732-4 (557 words)

	Hurstwic: Games and Sports in the Norse era
		Chapter 15 of Grettis saga says that ball games were played every autumn at Miðfjarðarvatn (shown to the right as it looks today).
		In chapter 40 of Egils saga, the boys were playing in a sveinaleikur when Egill used an axe to kill the boy who had been rough earlier in the game.
		Chapter 59 of Brennu-Njáls saga says that Þorgeir and Kolur threw their weight against their horse's rump when he charged, hoping to knock down Gunnar, who was goading the other horse.
	hurstwic.org /history/articles/daily_living/text/games_and_sports.htm (2256 words)

	Sagas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Sagas are poetical histories describing ancient times, one's ancestors[?], or histories of people and nations.
		So-called sagamadras[?] recorded most of the Icelandic sagas between 1180 and 1300 A.D. Based on Norwegian and Icelandic histories and [genealogy
		genealogies]], these sagas present views of Nordic life and times up to 1100 A.D. The saga writers sought to record their heroes ' great achievements and to glorify the virtues of courage, pride and honour, focusing in the later sagas on early Icelandic settlers.
	www.findword.org /sa/sagas.html (362 words)

	UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO
		Völsunga saga = The Saga of the Volsungs ; Egils saga = Egil’s Saga ; Eiríks saga rauða = Eirik the Red’s Saga ; Hrafnkels saga = The Saga of Hrafnkel Frey’s Godi ; Bandamanna saga = The Saga of the Confederates ; Laxdla saga ; Haralds saga harðráða = King Harald’s Saga
		Within these books the titles of the sagas and the names of characters may be cited in the original Icelandic, thus, e.g., Bandamanna saga, not The Saga of the Confederates, Ásgerðr, not Asgerd.
		Quiz 1: The Saga of the Volsungs, Egil’s saga, Eirik the Red’s Saga.
	publish.uwo.ca /~rpoole/295foutline.html (2534 words)

	Saga
		Heute wird der Begriff Saga auch für breit angelegte Familienromane benutzt (vgl.
		In 30 überlieferten Sagas erzählen meist hochgebildete Verfasser von Familientraditionen, zeitgenössischen Ereignissen, Sagen- und Märchenmotiven sowie frei erfundenen, fiktiven Begebenheiten.
		Der Thidreks saga wird zum Teil eine Sonderstellung eingeräumt, zum Teil wird sie auch den Fornaldar sögur zugerechnet.
	mitglied.lycos.de /gedichteforum/Sites/Epik/saga.htm (1586 words)

	History and The Sagas in Iceland
		Walk in the footsteps of the true heroes of the famous Sagas and maybe you will meet trolls, elves and the strangest characters of the Icelandic folk tales along the way.
		Start your Saga tour where it all began: The National Park of Þingvellir where in historic times the yearly “Alþingi” was held.
		You might want to visit the National Museum, the Culture House, the Saga Museum in the Pearl and of course the Árni Magnússon Institute where the famous manuscripts of the Sagas are on display.
	www.icelanddrivingadventure.com /drive_iceland_saga.html (1276 words)

	Old Norse Online
		The author of Grettis saga is uncertain, as are the origins of many aspects of the story itself.
		The composition of the saga itself, in the form we have it, dates from the 14th century.
		The saga affords one of the few clear descriptions of Scandinavian household layout for the period.
	www.utexas.edu /cola/depts/lrc/eieol/norol-3-X.html (4219 words)

	::Destination Viking:: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Saga of Grettir is one of the old Sagas of Vikings that went from Norway to Iceland and settled there in the ninth and tenth century.
		T he idea of using Grettis saga in some form of Cultural tourism project in community of Western-Hunathing is not new.
		Greatest importance is given to Grettir and his Saga but other facets and projects are under consideration that relate to the history and culture of the area.
	www.destinationviking.com /destination/sagaland/p2.htm (334 words)

	Grettis saga - Iridis Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Grettis saga is an Icelandic saga about Grettir Ásmundarson, (the son of Ásmundur Þorgrímsson), an Icelandic viking who became an outlaw.
		The saga is also known under the name Grettla.
		In English it is often called Grettir's saga.
	www.iridis.com /Grettis_saga (38 words)

	a - 0010.htm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Laxdæla Saga, Copenhagen 1826; the later part of Laxdæla also exists in a better form in a vellum MS.
		Hávarðar Saga, Grettis Saga (an A after the figures denotes the vellum MS.
		Saga, the History of the Faro Islands, Copenhagen 1832, from the Flateyjar-bók.
	penguin.pearson.swarthmore.edu /~scrist1/scanned_books/html/oi_cleasbyvigfusson/a0010.html (1010 words)

	Notes
		My transcription of this lausavísa follows that of Guðni Jónsson (Grettis saga Ásmundarsonar, in Grettis saga Ásmundarsonar, Bandamanna saga, Odds þáttr Ófeigssonar, ed.
		See also Walther H. Vogt, "Die Bjarnar saga hítdœlakappa: Lausavísur, frásegnir, saga," Arkiv för nordisk filologi, 37 (1921), 49.
		Sveinsson, Kormáks saga &Ocedil;gmundarsonar, in Vatnsdœla saga, ed.
	www.luc.edu /publications/medieval/vol6/6ch4n.html (576 words)

	Fosshotel - Friendlier hotels all around Iceland - Self drive - Saga and History sites in 15 days (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Walk in the footsteps of the true heroes of the famous Sagas and maybe you will meet trolls, elves and the strangest characters of the Icelandic folk tales along the way.
		This tour brings you to the “show grounds” of the exciting Sagas Egils Saga, Laxdæla, Grettis Saga and Njáls Saga, Visit the spots where they lived, loved, fought and died.
		You might want to visit the National Museum, the Culture House, the Saga Museum in the Pearl and of course the Árni Magnússon Institute where the famous manuscripts of the Sagas are on display.
	www.fosshotel.is /self_drive/on_the_road_english/saga_and_history_sites_self_drive_tour.htm (1026 words)

	Einfætingur: The one-legged beast from Eiríks saga & the medieval traveler's "wonder stories".
		In "Erik the Red's Saga", when describing the event when Erik's son is killed, the author notes a Native Americian as a shiny "one legged" man. I've never seen this answered as to why the man is called this, but I think I have a solution.
		These sub-Arctic tribes would have dressed and lived very much like the Eskimo peoples, thus loin-cloths alone would not have been a typical part of their attire.
		Like the other sagas, the author was a learned man, a part of the medieval scholastic tradition, and like Snorri Sturluson was certainly aware of the literature, including the genre of "medieval traveler's wonder tales".
	www.vikinganswerlady.com /Einfaettr.htm (1197 words)

	Scandinavian Calligraphy and Illumination
		Since the most precious thing for a Viking Age person was word fame, and to be remembered after their lifetime, this text from their "future" would be an excellent commemoration of the award.
		He created her "Laurel scroll" as a small book of period sagas, with her award among them in saga format: "There was a woman named Jofridr," etc. Master Johannes says, "Much easier to store at home than a runestone."
		The rationale here is that such a praise poem could reasonably have accompanied an award or gift during the Viking Age, and as we see from poetry preserved in the sagas, poems were remembered and set down and written later.
	www.vikinganswerlady.com /callig.htm (2483 words)

	onsagas.html (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Foote: "An Essay on the Saga of Gísli and Its Icelandic Background." In The Saga of Gísli.
		Dialogues with the Viking Age : narration and representation in the Sagas of the Icelanders.
		All in The Sagas of Icelanders, Penguin (2001)
	users.ox.ac.uk /~sjoh1193/onsagas.html (76 words)

	HERMANN PALSSON 1921 (in MARION) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Vinland sagas : the Norse discovery of America / translated with an introd.
		Orkneyinga saga : the history of the Earls of Orkney / translated with an introduction by Hermann Pálsson and Paul Edwards.
		King Harald's saga : Harald Hardradi of Norway / from Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla ; translated with an introduction by Magnus Magnusson and Hermann Pálsson.
	www-catalog.cpl.org /MARION?A=HERMANN+PALSSON+1921 (364 words)

	Historical Legend in Beowulf
		In the Scandanavian sources Hrothulf is the centre of a saga praising his prowess, rather than a usurping prince causing a civil war and killing his cousin for the thr one.
		Critics have sought analogues for Beowulf in Hrolfs saga kraka and the Grettis saga, among others.
		The introduction of a new hero into a world of traditional legend, a hero who can look into the past and into the future, allows the poet to explore aspects of the early stages of the legend, reconstructing what might have happened before the main story starts (Frank 98).
	www.chass.toronto.edu /~cpercy/courses/1001Purnis.htm (1194 words)

	The Saga of Grettir the Strong (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Flosi went on his journey in her, but was driven back to Oxarfjord; out of this arose the saga of Bodmod the Champion and Grimolf.
		Another daughter was named Rannveig; she married Gamli the son of Thorhall of Vineland, and they dwelt at Melar in Hrutafjord and had a son named Grim.
		The jarl's expedition is told of in his saga, and the government of Norway was left in the hands of jarl Sveinn, with the regency.
	home.no /norron-mytologi/sgndok/gettir.htm (23110 words)

	Free Eddas and Sagas on the Internet
		Here are some editions of sagas and Eddas available in their original languages on the Internet.
		Fornaldarsögur Norðurlanda -- The Legendary Sagas (Old Norse) and trans.c which is a small C program to translate these into something more easily readable.
		Project Runeberg has some Icelandic Sagas as well as other material of interest
	www.squirrel.com /asatru/free_on.html (97 words)

	Learn more about Sagas in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Learn more about Sagas in the online encyclopedia.
		Enter a phrase or search word in the box below.
		Hint: Play with putting spaces before and after your words to see the different results you get.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /s/sa/sagas.html (179 words)

	HERMANN PALSSON 1921 (in VSCCAT) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Grettir's saga / translated by Denton Fox and Hermann Pálsson.
		Gautrek's saga, and other medieval tales; translated [from the Icelandic] with an introduction, by Hermann Pálsson and Paul Edwards.
		Njál's saga / translated with an introduction by Magnus Magnusson and Hermann Pálsson.
	scolar.vsc.edu /VSCCAT?A=HERMANN+PALSSON+1921 (83 words)

	Virtually Virtual Iceland - The Quotable Icelanders
		spanning the range from the Sagas to the 20th century.
		Grettis saga - The Saga of Grettir the Strong
		A tale is but half told, when only one person tells it.
	www.simnet.is /gardarj/folk/tilv.htm (335 words)

	Medium Aevum: The Long Arm of Coincidence: The Frustrated Connection between `Beowulf' and `Grettis ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Medium Aevum: The Long Arm of Coincidence: The Frustrated Connection between `Beowulf' and &#96;Grettis saga'.(Review) (book review)@ HighBeam Research
		The Long Arm of Coincidence: The Frustrated Connection between `Beowulf' and &#96;Grettis saga'.(Review) (book review)
		Magnus Fjalldal, The Long Arm of Coincidence: The Frustrated Connection between `Beowulf' and `Grettis saga' (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1998).
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:64976142&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (120 words)

	VNLND By Author: H
		Bibliography of the Sagas of the Kings of Norway and Related Sagas and Tales.
		Hansen, Albert A. The Saga of Leif Erikson.
		Eiríks saga raueth; Cited in Bergersen esaga, gsaga
	www.vnlnd.net /author/authh.htm (9352 words)

	Saga-Book 27 2003
		BISKUPA SÖGUR III: ÁRNA SAGA BISKUP, LÁRENTÍUS SAGA BISKUPS, SÖGUÞÁTTUR JÓNS HALLDÓRSSONAR BISKUPS, BISKUPA ÆTTIR.
		Edited and translated by Hubert Seelow; SAGAS AUS OSTISLAND: DIE HRAFNKELS SAGA UND ANDERE GESCHICHTEN VON MACHT UND FEHDE.
		BAND I: DIE SAGA VON ALI FLEKK, DIE SAGA VON VILMUND VIDUTAN, DIE SAGA VON KÖNIG FLORES UND SEINEN SÖHNEN, DIE SAGA VON REMUND DEM KAISESOHN, DIE SAGA VON SIGURD THÖGLI, DIE SAGA VON DAMUSTI.
	www.shef.ac.uk /viking-society/sagabook2003.htm (195 words)

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