Titill: | „Er þat illt, at þú vilt elska tröll þat.“ Hið sögulega samhengi jöðrunar í Hrafnistumannasögum |
Höfundur: | |
Útgáfa: | 2013 |
Tungumál: | Íslenska |
Umfang: | 173-210 |
Háskóli/Stofnun: | Háskóli Íslands University of Iceland |
Svið: | Menntavísindasvið (HÍ) School of Education (UI) |
Deild: | Deild faggreinakennslu (HÍ) Faculty of Subject Teacher Education (UI) |
ISBN: | 9789935230270 |
Birtist í: | Gripla;XXIV |
ISSN: | 1018-5011 |
Efnisorð: | Fornaldarsögur Norðurlanda; Tröll |
URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/2656 |
Útdráttur:This essay examines trolls (tröll) in those legendary sagas concerned with the
progeny of Hallbjörn half-troll from the Norwegian island Hrafnista. It is argued
that their characterization in the sagas and their peripheral status is rooted in
Christian concepts of civilization, ideology and world view, concepts which
themselves are in part derived from classical sources. Indeed, this is the world
view the saga writers would be most familiar with. The analysis is achieved
through a reading of the sagas as part of greater universal history writing, rather
than as pertaining to a specific literary genre. In order to propose an answer to the
question what a troll is in the context of the Hrafnistumannasögur, both Christian
and mythological sources are consulted in conjunction with theories of ethnicity
and otherness. This inquiry concludes that there is overwhelming evidence in
support of the Christian connotation of the trolls in the Hrafnistumannasögur.
This would seem to indicate that the method proposed in this essay for analysis of
medieval Icelandic sources is indeed a fruitful one.
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