Víga-Glúms saga
The Víga-Glúms saga is one of the Icelandic sagas that were mainly compiled in the Möðruvallabók manuscript . It probably dates from the middle of the 12th century.
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The story takes place in the year 900 at Eyjafjörður and tells of Glúmr Eyjólfsson (Glúm son of Eyjólfur). After his father's death, Glúm could not prevent his relatives from appropriating half of his paternal inheritance. So he spent a lot of time with his grandfather Vigfús. When he finally returned home he was carrying three presents from his grandfather; a cloak, a spear and a sword. Upon his return home, he killed Sigmundr, but was acquitted and demanded that his property be returned from Sigmundr's son Þorkell. He became an important man in the field until it was finally discovered that he had taken a false vow. Glúm then went into exile in Öxnadal, where he reached old age and became blind. Another theme of the saga is the worship of the Norse gods like Odin or Freyr , from whom his grandfather raised him. He was baptized and accepted the Christian faith three years before his death .
literature
- Translations
- Viga Glums saga: The story of Viga-Glum. London 1866, OCLC 465750028 .
- Ferdinand Khull (translation): Viga-Glum: a Germanic peasant story of pagan times. Leuschner & Lubensky, Graz 1888, OCLC 3676234 .
- Secondary literature
- Jónas Kristjánsson: Eddas and Sagas. Medieval literature of Iceland . Transferred from Magnús Pétursson and Astrid van Nahl, H. Buske, Hamburg, 1994, pp. 248-250.
- Claudia Müller: Narrated knowledge: the Icelandic sagas in the Möðruvallabók (AM 132 fol.). Peter Lang, Frankfurt / Main 2001, ISBN 978-3-631-37750-5 .
Web links
- Edmund Head: Víga Glúms saga. on sagadb.org (English translation)
- Víga Glúms saga. on heimskringla.no
Individual evidence
- ^ Víga-Glúms saga. on snl.no, in the norske leksikon store, accessed on April 29, 2013.
- ^ Edmund Head: Víga Glúms saga. on sagadb.org, accessed April 29, 2013.