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* '''Author''': Cormack, Margaret
* '''Author''': Cormack, Margaret
* '''Title''': Heimskringla, Egils saga, and the Daughter of Eiríkr blóðøx
* '''Title''': Heimskringla, Egils saga, and the Daughter of Eiríkr blóðøx
* '''Published in''': ''Alvíssmál'' 10
* '''Published in''': ''Alvísmál'' 10
* '''Place, Publisher''': n/a
* '''Place, Publisher''': n/a
* '''Year''': 2001
* '''Year''': 2001
* '''Pages''': 61-68
* '''Pages''': 61-68
* '''E-text''': http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~alvismal/alvinh.html
* '''E-text''': [http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~alvismal/alvinh.html Alvismál]
* '''Reference''': Cormack, Margaret. "Heimskringla, Egils saga, and the Daughter of Eiríkr blóðøx." ''Alvíssmál'' 10 (2001): 61–68.
* '''Reference''': Cormack, Margaret. "Heimskringla, Egils saga, and the Daughter of Eiríkr blóðøx." ''Alvísmál'' 10 (2001): 61–68.
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* '''Key words''': authorship, textual relations (rittengsl, höfundur)
* '''Key words''': authorship, textual relations (rittengsl, höfundur)

Revision as of 15:00, 29 December 2011

  • Author: Cormack, Margaret
  • Title: Heimskringla, Egils saga, and the Daughter of Eiríkr blóðøx
  • Published in: Alvísmál 10
  • Place, Publisher: n/a
  • Year: 2001
  • Pages: 61-68
  • E-text: Alvismál
  • Reference: Cormack, Margaret. "Heimskringla, Egils saga, and the Daughter of Eiríkr blóðøx." Alvísmál 10 (2001): 61–68.

  • Key words: authorship, textual relations (rittengsl, höfundur)


Annotation

Cormack points out that, as was proved in the 19th century, there is a common source behind Egils saga and Heimskringla, and that this fact invalidates recent arguments that Egils saga is in fact younger than Heimkringla. Cormack argues that if the two works are by the same author, Egils saga is likely to have been written first. However, she reminds readers that attribution of Egils saga to Snorri is based on stylistic evidence which is not universally accepted, and that Snorri's authorship of Heimskringla itself can be questioned.

Lýsing

Cormack rifjar upp þær niðurstöður fræðimanna frá 19. öld að Egils saga og Heimskringla hafi stuðst við sameiginlega heimild. Þessi staðreynd kippi fótunum undan nýlegum kenningum þess efnis að Egils saga sé yngri en Heimskringla. Cormack fullyrðir að ef þessi tvö verk séu eftir sama höfund þá sé líklegra að Egils saga hafi verið samin fyrst. Hún minnir hins vegar á að menn hafi eignað Eglu Snorra á grundvelli stíllegs samanburðar og að ekki séu allir sammála um þær forsendur sem þar er gengið út frá. Auk þess sé hægt að efast um að Snorri hafi samið Heimskringlu.

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  • Written by: Margaret Cormack
  • Icelandic translation: Jón Karl Helgason