- 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.htmee also
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Brian Boru External links
* [http://brjanssaga.blogspot.com/] - Translation of the Njáls saga extract
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