- the 12th and 13th centuries.
According to the
sagas (particularly the
Jómsvíkinga saga, King Olaf Tryggv****on’s Saga, and
stories found in the
Flatey Book)...
- The
Jómsvíkinga saga ("Saga of the Jomsvikings") is a
medieval Icelandic saga
composed by an
anonymous author. The saga was
composed in
Iceland during...
- Irpa are
divine figures in
Norse mythology. They
appear together in
Jómsvíkinga saga, Njáls saga, and Þorleifs þáttr jarlsskálds. Irpa's name does not...
- monks, such as
Joseph the Bard[citation needed]. He also
appeared in the
Jomsvikinga Saga and on
runestones for his exploits. Thorkell's
proven shrewd nature...
- the
Heimskringla (the Saga of Olaf Tryggv****on) and in the
Jomsvikinga Saga. The
Jomsvikinga Saga
tells that
Ottar was the
maternal grandfather of Palnetoke...
-
According to the
Jómsvíkinga saga,
Palnatoki founded the
brotherhood of
Jomsvikings and
established its laws.
According to the
Jómsvíkinga saga, he was the...
-
probable settler of Cork Jarl Ottar, earl of Götaland
figuring in the
Jomsvikinga Saga and in the
Heimskringla Óttarr
svarti (Óttarr the Black), an 11th-century...
- Earl
Sigvaldi does the same for Norway. In Óláfs saga
Tryggvasonar and
Jómsvíkinga saga,
accounts are
given of the same
memorial feast as in ****rskinna...
- Vagn Åkesson was a
Norseman of the late 10th century,
mentioned in the
Jómsvíkinga saga. At the age of 12, Vagn, a warrior,
applied for
admission to the...
-
explanation for this
shift of
allegiance may be
found in a
stanza of the
Jómsvíkinga saga that
mentions two
attacks against Jomsborg's
mercenaries while they...
