Reykdæla saga ok Víga-Skútu

Reykdæla saga ok Víga-Skútu or Reykdæla saga og Víga-Skútu (listen ) is one of the sagas of Icelanders. The story takes place in the valley of Reykjadalur in northern Iceland in the second half of the 9th century. The saga consists of two parts. The first part principally features Áskel, father of Viga-Skuta; the second part is about Víga-Skúta and his quarrels with his father-in-law Glúmr Eyjólfsson (Víga-Glúm) after Víga-Skúta marries his daughter and then deserts her. [1]

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References
  1. "Reykdæla saga og Víga-Skútu". sagadb.org. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
  • Jónas Kristjánsson (1997) Eddas and Sagas: Iceland's Medieval Literature (Reykjavik: Hið íslenska bókmenntafélag. Peter Foote, trans)
  • Jesse Byock (1993) Feud in the Icelandic Saga (University of California Press) ISBN 978-0520082595
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