Þáttr
The þættir (Old Norse singular þáttr, literally meaning a "strand" of rope or yarn[1][2]) are short stories written mostly in Iceland during the 13th and 14th centuries.
The majority of þættir occur in two compendious manuscripts, Morkinskinna and Flateyjarbók, and within them most are found as digressions within kings' sagas. Sverrir Tómasson regards those in Morkinskinna, at least, as exempla or illustrations inseparable from the narratives that contain them, filling out the picture of the kings' qualities, good and bad, as well as adding comic relief.[3]
Íslendinga þættir
The short tales of Icelanders or Íslendinga þættir focus on Icelanders, often relating the story of his travels abroad to the court of a Norwegian king.
List of short tales:
- Albani þáttr ok Sunnifu
- Arnórs þáttr jarlaskálds
- Auðunar þáttr vestfirzka
- Bergbúa þáttr
- Bolla þáttr Bollasonar
- Brandkrossa þáttr
- Brands þáttr örva
- Draumr Þorsteins Síðu-Hallssonar
- Egils þáttr Síðu-Hallssonar
- Einars þáttr Skúlasonar
- Eiríks þáttr rauða
- Geirmundar þáttr
- Gísls þáttr Illugasonar
- Grœnlendinga þáttr
- Gull-Ásu-Þórðar þáttr
- Gunnars þáttr Þiðrandabana
- Halldórs þáttr Snorrasonar inn fyrri
- Halldórs þáttr Snorrasonar inn síðari
- Hallfreðar þáttr vandræðaskálds
- Hauks þáttr hábrókar
- Hrafns þáttr Guðrúnarsonar
- Hreiðars þáttr
- Hrómundar þáttr halta
- Íslendings þáttr sögufróða
- Ívars þáttr Ingimundarsonar
- Jökuls þáttr Búasonar
- Kjartans þáttr Ólafssonar
- Kristni þáttr
- Kumlbúa þáttr
- Mána þáttr skálds
- Odds þáttr Ófeigssonar
- Orms þáttr Stórólfssonar
- Óttars þáttr svarta
- Rauðs þáttr hins ramma
- Rauðúlfs þáttr
- Rögnvalds þáttr ok Rauðs
- Sneglu-Halla þáttr
- Steins þáttr Skaptasonar
- Stefnis þáttr Þorgilssonar
- Stjörnu-Odda draumr
- Stúfs þáttr inn meiri
- Stúfs þáttr inn skemmri
- Svaða þáttr ok Arnórs kerlingarnefs
- Sveins þáttr ok Finns
- Þiðranda þáttr ok Þórhalls
- Þorgríms þáttr Hallasonar
- Þorleifs þáttr jarlaskálds
- Þormóðar þáttr
- Þorsteins þáttr Austfirðings
- Þorsteins þáttr forvitna
- Þorsteins þáttr Síðu-Hallssonar
- Þorsteins þáttr skelks
- Þorsteins þáttr stangarhöggs
- Þorsteins þáttr sögufróða
- Þorsteins þáttr tjaldstœðings
- Þorsteins þáttr uxafóts
- Þorvalds þáttr tasalda
- Þorvalds þáttr víðförla
- Þorvarðar þáttr krákunefs
- Þórarins þáttr Nefjólfssonar
- Þórarins þáttr ofsa
- Þórarins þáttr stuttfeldar
- Þórhalls þáttr knapps
- Ævi Snorra goða
- Ögmundar þáttr dytts
- Ölkofra þáttr
Legendary þættir
Other þættir
Notes
- ^ O'Donoghue (2004:226).
- ^ Sverrir Tómasson (2006:112).
- ^ Sverrir Tómasson (2006:111-13).
References
- O'Donoghue, Heather (2004). Old Norse-Icelandic Literature: A Short Introduction. Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 978-0-631-23626-9
- Sverrir Tómasson (2006). "Old Icelandic Prose," tr. Gunnþórunn Guðmundsdóttir, in Daisy Neijmann, ed. A History of Icelandic Literature. Lincoln: University of Nebraska. ISBN 978-0-8032-3346-1