Þorsteins saga hvíta
Þorsteins saga hvíta (listenⓘ) is one of the sagas of Icelanders from the 13th century. The short story takes place in the east of Iceland in the 9th century. The main theme of the story is about the tragic consequences of the vengeance of Þorsteinn hvíti on his former friend Einarr Þórisson, who had spread rumors that he was dead in order to be able to marry Torstein's fiancée Helga Krákadóttir.[1]
References
- ^ "Þorsteins Saga Hvíta". snerpa.is. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
Other sources
- Jónas Kristjánsson (1997) Eddas and Sagas: Iceland's Medieval Literature (Reykjavik: Hið íslenska bókmenntafélag. Peter Foote, trans)
Related reading
- Jesse Byock (1993) Feud in the Icelandic Saga (University of California Press) ISBN 978-0520082595
- Crocker, Christopher. “Narrating Blindness and Seeing Ocularcentrism in Þorsteins saga hvíta.” Gripla 31 (2020): 267–292.
External links
- Full text and translations at the Icelandic Saga Database
- Proverbs and proverbial materials in Þorsteins saga Hvíta
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Sagas of Icelanders
- Auðunar þáttr vestfirzka
- Bandamanna saga
- Bárðar saga Snæfellsáss
- Bjarnar saga Hítdœlakappa
- Brennu-Njáls saga
- Droplaugarsona saga
- Egils saga Skalla-Grímssonar
- Eiríks saga rauða
- Eyrbyggja saga
- Færeyinga saga
- Finnboga saga ramma
- Fljótsdæla saga
- Flóamanna saga
- Fóstbrœðra saga
- Gísla saga
- Grettis saga
- Grœnlendinga saga
- Gull-Þóris saga
- Gunnars saga Keldugnúpsfífls
- Gunnlaugs saga ormstungu
- Hallfreðar saga
- Harðar saga ok Hólmverja
- Hávarðar saga Ísfirðings
- Heiðarvíga saga
- Hrafnkels saga
- Hrana saga hrings
- Hænsa-Þóris saga
- Kjalnesinga saga
- Kormáks saga
- Króka-Refs saga
- Laxdæla saga
- Ljósvetninga saga
- Ölkofra þáttr
- Reykdæla saga ok Víga-Skútu
- Svarfdæla saga
- Þorsteins saga hvíta
- Þorsteins saga Síðu-Hallssonar
- Þórðar saga hreðu
- Valla-Ljóts saga
- Vápnfirðinga saga
- Vatnsdæla saga
- Víga-Glúms saga
- Víglundar saga
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