Kjalnesinga saga (listenⓘ) is one of the sagas of Icelanders (Íslendingasögur). It is preserved in a parchment manuscript AM 471 4to.[1][2]

The work concerns historical ages from the ninth to eleventh centuries,[1] and was composed in the fourteenth century, among the last group of sagas composed.[3][4] The saga is about Búi Andríðsson, his wife Fríðr and his son Jökull Búason. The story takes place in Iceland and Norway. Búi becomes a chieftain of Iceland but dies in a quarrel with his son Jökul. The tale continues with the adventures of Jökul in the short story (Þáttr ) Jökuls þáttr Búasonar.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ a b Du Chaillu, Paul B. (1889). The Viking Age. Vol. 1. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. xvii – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ "Kjalnesinga saga". mms.is. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
  3. ^ Lönnroth, Lars (1976). Njáls Saga. London: University of California Press. pp. 209. ISBN 0-520-02708-6 – via Internet Archive.
  4. ^ Craigie, W. A. (1914). The Religious of Ancient Scandinavia. London: Constable & Company, Ltd. pp. 42 – via Internet Archive. In the late and fictitious Kjalnesinga Saga there is given a similar description of a temple, which may possibly have some basis in local tradition.
  5. ^ "Kjalnesinga saga". vefir.mms.is. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
  6. ^ Guðni Jónsson. "Jökuls þáttr Búasonar". heimskringla.no. Retrieved December 1, 2019.

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