Styrbjarnar þáttr Svíakappa
- Styrbjarnar þáttr Svíakappa
" (GKS 1005 fol 342-344, ca 1387-1395).
It is inserted together with "Hróa þáttr heimska" in the description of Olaf Haraldsson's wooing of the Swedish princess Ingegerd Olofsdotter. Their purpose appears to be to present the Swedish court, its traditions and Þorgnýr the Lawspeaker.
In the story, Styrbjörn becomes the leader of the Jomsvikings and makes war against the Danes, until he makes peace with the Danish king Haraldr Gormsson who in return gave Styrbjörn his daughter and 100 ships.
However, Styrbjörn is not happy with the agreement and attacks Denmark with an even larger fleet and forces king Harald to give him 200 ships and the king himself as a hostage.
Styrbjörn goes back to Sweden to take the Swedish throne. Styrbjörn has sacrificed to Thor, but Eric the Victorious has sacrificed to Odin and has promised to belong to Odin within ten years if he wins.
When the forces meet, Þorgnýr the Lawspeaker has created an ingenious war machine by tying horses and cows together with spears and spikes. This war machine wreaks havoc among the Jomsvikings. After three days of battle, Eric throws his spear over the Danes and cries "I give you all to Odin", and a landslide and a rain of "Odin's arrows" kill Styrbjörn and his men.
External links
* [http://runeberg.org/svenhovd/071.html A chapter in Swedish from Verner von Heidenstam's "Svenskarna och deras hövdingar" where he recounts the tale of Styrbjörn]
* [http://www.nordals.hi.is/Apps/WebObjects/HI.woa/wa/dp?detail=1004490&name=nordals_en_greinar_og_erindi "Philology and Fantasy before Tolkien"] , by Andrew Wawn (this scholar only knows of two sources for Styrbjörn)
* [http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~alvismal/8pater.pdf "Cultural Paternity in the Flateyjarbók Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar"] by Elizabeth Ashman Rowe (this scholar has got Eric's agreement with Odin slightly wrong. Eric did not promise 10 years to Odin, he promised to belong to Odin after 10 years)
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