Þorsteins saga Víkingssonar
Þorsteins saga Víkingssonar or The Saga of Thorstein, Viking's Son is a
It has been compared to the runestone Sö 54 in Bjudby, Södermanland, Sweden, as it also mentions a prominent family, and besides the father Víkingr it names three sons with the same names as in the saga, and there are also close correspondences with the other names.[1]
Plot
In Sweden,
Viking scolds this son and sends him to an island in Lake
Viking sends his two sons to the court of Halfdan for safety. Jokul invades Sogn, kills the king, banishes the heir Beli, and places a curse on the king's daughter Ingeborg, causing her to take the shape of a hideous troll. Jokul stirs a tempest which shipwrecks Thorsten twice. Ingeborg (as a troll, under the name Skellinefja) rescues Thorsten and asks him to promise to marry her. With her help, Thorsten returns Beli to the throne of Sogn, and the curse leaves Ingeborg. Thorsten unites with Ingeborg. Fridthiof is their son.
Thorsten, Beli, and Angantyr retrieve Viking's stolen magic ship Ellida. Thorsten fights Sote, a ghost pirate in a barrow mound, to get the magic ring (forged by Voland). Thorsten, Beli, and Angantyr conquer the Orkney Islands.[2]
Thorsten and his son
See also
Footnotes
References
- editions
- Valdimar Ásmundarson, ed. (1886), "Hér hefir upp sögu Þorsteins Vikingssonar", Fornaldarsögur norðrlanda, vol. 2, Á kostnað S. Guðmundssonar, pp. 55–112
- translations
- Anderson, Rasmus Björn (ed. tr.) (1877), "Saga", Viking tales of the North. The sagas of Thorstein, Viking's son, and Fridthjof the Bold, Chicago: S. C. Griggs and company, pp. 1–73https://web.archive.org/web/20100617003125/http://www.northvegr.org/sagas%20annd%20epics/legendary%20heroic%20and%20imaginative%20sagas/viking%20tales%20of%20the%20north/001_01.htmlWaggoner, Ben (2009), The Sagas of Fridthjof the Bold, The Troth, ISBN 978-0-557-24020-3