Jónas Kristjánsson. Íslendingadrápa and Oral Tradition

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  • Author: Jónas Kristjánsson
  • Title: Íslendingadrápa and Oral Tradition
  • Published in: Gripla 1
  • Year: 1975
  • Pages: 76-92
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  • Reference: Jónas Kristjánsson. "Íslendingadrápa and Oral Tradition." Gripla 1 (1975): 76–92.

  • Key words: intertextuality, date, oral tradition (aldur, munnleg hefð, textatengsl)


Annotation

Studies Íslendingadrápa by Haukr Valdísarson in relation to determing when it was composed, when related stories were first being told, when Family Sagas were written down and when their verse components were composed. Concludes that the drápa predates the Family Sagas. Cites Egill as one of the heroes mentioned in the drápa and shows that certain events known to the author of Egils saga were also known to Haukr.

Lýsing

Rannsókn á Íslendingadrápu Hauks Valdísarsonar sem miðar að því að upplýsa hvenær hún var samin, hvenær sögur tengdar drápunni voru fyrst sagðar, hvenær Íslendingasögurnar voru ritaðar og hvenær dróttkvæðin sem fylgja þeim voru samin. Jónas kemst að þeirri niðurstöðu að drápan sé eldri en Íslendingasögurnar. Hann bendir á að Egill sé meðal þeirra hetja sem nefndar eru í drápunni og sýnir fram á að vissir atburðir sem höfundur Egils sögu vinnur úr voru Hauki einnig kunnir.

See also

References

Chapter 55: í gný stórum: "Haukr [Valdísarson] apparently knew Egill’s verse in Egils Saga about the battle in Vínheiðr. ‘Helt, né hrafnar sultu,/ Hringr á vápna þingi,’ says Egill, and ‘þreklundaðr fell Þundar/ Þórólfr í gný stórum,’ which should be compared with: ‘Hrings fell á því þingi/ Þórólfr í gný stórum,’ in the [Íslendinga]drápa" (p. 90).

Links

  • Written by: Jane Appleton
  • Icelandic translation: Jón Karl Helgason