Yngvars saga víðförla

"Yngvars saga víðförla" is a legendary saga said to have been written in the 12th century by Oddr Snorrason. Scholars have been skeptical towards this claim but in recent years it has gained more acceptance. [Ross 2000, pp. 306-8; Oddr Snorrason 2003, p. 3.]

It describes what was the last Viking campaign in the Caspian in 1041, adding much legend to the historical facts. This expedition was launched from Sweden by Ingvar the Far-Travelled (Ingvar Vittfarne), who went into the land of the Saracens (Serkland). There, they apparently took part in the Georgian-Byzantine Battle of Sasireti.

There are many Ingvar Runestones raised in commemoration warriors who died in the raid, mostly in the Lake Mälaren region of Uppland in Sweden. A stone to Ingvar’s brother indicates that he went east for gold but that he died in Saracen land. Logan 1992, p. 202.]

Notes

References

*Logan, Donald F. (1992). "The Vikings in History" 2nd ed., p. 202. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-08396-6
* Oddr Snorrason (translated by Theodore M. Andersson) (2003). "The Saga of Olaf Tryggvason". Cornell University Press. ISBN 0-8014-4149-8
* Ross, Margaret Clunies (2000). "Old Icelandic Literature and Society." Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-63112-2

External links

* [http://www.northvegr.org/lore/oldheathen/051.php "The Saga of Yngvar the Traveller", in translation by Peter Tunstall, at Northvegr.]
* [http://www.heimskringla.no/original/fornaldersagaene/yngvarssaga.php The story in Old Norse at «Norrøne Tekster og Kvad».]
* [http://www.snerpa.is/net/forn/yngvar.htm The story in Old Norse at Snerpa.]
* [http://www.northvegr.org/lore/sagas_oi/108.php The story in Old Norse at Northvegr.]