Illuga Saga Gridarfostra The Saga of Illugi, Gridur's Foster-Son 2015

Philip Lavender, transl., "Illuga Saga Gridarfostra: The Saga of Illugi, Gridur's Foster-Son"
English | 2015 | ISBN: 0903521911 | PDF | pages: 104 | 0.7 mb
Illuga saga Gríðarfóstra is a short fornaldarsaga whose earliest witness is a manuscript from the sixteenth century (AM 123 8vo). There are thirty-six other known manuscripts containing the Old Norse text produced between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries (see the list at the end of this introduction).1 The saga tells of Illugi, a promising young champion from Denmark, who has an adventure with a troll-woman named Gríður after the ship he is on is blown off course into the frozen north. This introduction provides an analysis of the story, its origins, its transmission and reception. For this it is necessary to go into detail about events that happen in the saga. Those who want to avoid spoilers may wish to read the saga first.