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Kjalnesinga saga (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈcʰalˌnɛːsiŋka ˈsaːɣa] , lit. 'saga of the people of Kjalarnes') is one of the sagas of Icelanders (Íslendingasögur). It is preserved in a parchment manuscript AM 471 4to.

The work concerns historical ages from the ninth to eleventh centuries, and was composed in the fourteenth century, among the last group of sagas composed. 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.

Footnotes

1. Kjalnesinga is the adjective and demonym of Kjalarnes.

References

1. ^ 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.

Translations

• Waggoner, Ben (2010). Sagas of Giants and Heroes. New Haven, CT: Troth Publications. ISBN 978-0578059334. (Saga of the People of Kjalarnes, pp. 21–52)

External links

• Proverbs in Kjalnesinga saga Archived 2016-05-08 at the Wayback Machine
• Full text at the Icelandic Saga Database

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