Brjáns saga

Brjáns saga

Brjáns saga (also Brjánssaga) is a hypothetical early specimen of Old Norse literature. According to the hypothesis certain episodes in "Njáls saga" and "Þorsteins saga Síðu-Hallssonar" drew on this lost saga.

According to Ó Corráin the most likely date of composition of the original "Brjáns saga" is around 1100 when Magnus Barelegs posed a threat to Irish interests (in Clarke et al. 1998:449). He believes that the saga was written in response to Cogadh Gáedhel re Gallaibh as the Hiberno-Norse Dubliner's way of saying that they were loyal to the descendants of Brian.

References

* H.B. Clarke, M. Ní Mhaonaigh and R Ó Floinn (eds), Ireland and Scandinavia in the Early Viking Age Four Courts Press, 1998.
* Kennedy, John. "The Íslendingasögur and Ireland". http://www.dur.ac.uk/medieval.www/sagaconf/kennedy.htm

ee also

*Brian Boru

External links

* [http://brjanssaga.blogspot.com/] - Translation of the Njáls saga extract


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