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Víglundar saga

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Hákon duly travels to Iceland and takes up lodging with Hólmkell, finding willing allies in the form of his host's sons Einarr & Jǫkull. The trio ambush Víglundr and Trausti in a field of haystacks. The attackers are all killed, but both Víglundr and Trausti are wounded, and to make matters worse
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As an adult, Víglundr Þorgrímsson begins courting Ketilríðr Hólmkelsdóttir, the daughter of his father's neighbour and friend Hólmkell. This upsets her mother Þorbjǫrg and brothers Einarr and Jǫkull, who begin plotting against Víglundr. Meanwhile in Norway, Ketill has married and has three children -
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Ketill sends his sons, Sigurðr and Gunnlaugr, to Iceland to kill Þorgrímr. Travelling incognito, the brothers are taken in by their unsuspecting target, but he is so kind to them that they decide not to go through with their mission. Instead, they help Víglundr and Trausti escape to Norway, and even
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two sons (Sigurðr & Gunnlaugr) and a daughter (Ingibjǫrg). However, he is still obsessed with getting revenge against Þorgrímr, and offers to marry Ingibjǫrg off to an adventurer named Hákon if the latter will go to Iceland and kill Þorgrímr.
23: 43:. It is one of the latest of the Icelandic family sagas, dating to the end of the 14th or beginning of the 15th century. The saga is preserved in two leather manuscripts from the 15th century. 58:, Þorgrímr Eiríksson and the beautiful Olof Þórisdóttir fall in love, but Olof's father arranges for her to be betrothed to a wealthy man named Ketill instead. Þorgrímr and Olof therefore 345: 131: 82:
persuade their father to drop his vendetta against Þorgrímr. The sentences of outlawry against Víglundr and Trausti are eventually lifted, and (unusually for an
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The saga tells the story of the love between Víglundr and Ketilríðr, who are attached to each other from childhood.
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utilizes the style and romance that also characterize the
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"Víglundar Saga"
The Saga of Viglund the Fair
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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

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