Bárðar saga Snæfellsáss
The Bárðar saga Snæfellsáss ( Story of Bárður, the good spirit from Mount Snæfell ) is an Icelandic saga that was written around 1350. The saga is divided into two thematically different parts. The second part is titled as Gests saga Bárðarsonar .
Saga with folk tale motifs
The saga is the form of an Icelandic saga, as the plot is situates there, however, is the protagonist Bárðr not a man but a Albe . Because of its mythical content , the Bárðar saga is therefore in the context of other Icelandic sagas with fantastic elements, such as the Gul-Þóris saga . The material basis of the saga is presumably based on popular belief in an album by Snæfell. The Bárðar saga was probably developed with motifs from the Fornaldarsögur and Heimskringla , as well as motifs from the Landnámabók, especially genealogical material from it.
content
Bárður Snæfellsás comes from a royal family of giants ( Thurse ) and is the son of the Arctic King Dumbr . He marries the daughter of King Dofri , also from the giant family and also his foster father, and emigrates to Iceland. He settles there on Snæfellsnes , has a child (daughter) and later leaves the farm to live on the Snæfellsjökull glacier . There he comes to the aid of the people who are harassed by trolls and giants. Another storyline is the story of Bárðr's daughter Helga , who arrives on an ice floe in Greenland and meets Miðfjarðar-Skeggi (a direct descendant of the first settlers from Landnamabok), with whom she has sex, and through whom she brings her home to Iceland becomes. She returns to her father, who still lives on the farm in Snæfellsnes. Since Miðfjarðar-Skeggi is already married, Helga leads a bondless life, consisting of long walks and camping in caves.
The Gests saga part is about Bárðr's son Gestr , whom he fathered with the daughter of Miðfjarðar-Skeggi.
See also
literature
- Kurt Schier : saga literature . Metzler Collection, Vol. 78 Reality books for Germanists . Metzler, Stuttgart 1970.
- Rudolf Simek , Hermann Pálsson : Lexicon of Old Norse Literature (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 490). Kröner, Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 3-520-49001-3 .