Egils saga einhenda ok Ásmundar berserkjabana
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Egils saga einhenda ok Ásmundar berserkjabana, or The Story of Egil One-Hand
and Asmund Berserkers-Slayer
, is a legendary saga
, which takes place in Russia
(Rússía), a country located between Gardariki and Hunaland
, the land of the Huns
. There are also adventures in Halogaland
and Jotunheim, the realm of giants (Jotuns). Asmund is also known as Gnodar-Asmund and under this name he is mentioned in various other sagas. His foster-father was Illugi, who has a saga of his own in Illuga saga Gríðarfóstra
.
As the name suggests, it deals with battles between berserker
s.
The saga is believed to have been written down in the 14th century. It is known through Icelandic manuscripts, the oldest attested ones from the early 15th century. Its first printed edition was published by the Swedish scholar Petter Salan in 1693, under the title Fortissimorum pugilum Egilli et Asmundi historiam antqvo gothico sermone exaratam.
Egil One-Hand
Egil One-Hand is a berserker hero from the Icelandic legendary saga Egils saga einhenda ok Ásmundar berserkjabana.-Life:Egil was the son of Hring ruler of Smaland and Ingibjorg, daughter of Earl Bjarkmar of Gautland...
and Asmund Berserkers-Slayer
Asmund Berserkers-Slayer
Asmund Berserks-Slayer is a viking hero in the Icelandic legendary saga Egils saga einhenda ok Ásmundar berserkjabana. He is also known as Gnodar-Asmund in other sagas in which his stepfather was Illugi, Foster-Son of Grid.-Egil and Asmund:...
, is a legendary saga
Legendary saga
A Legendary saga or Fornaldarsaga is a Norse saga that, unlike the Icelanders' sagas, takes place before the colonization of Iceland. There are some exceptions, such as Yngvars saga víðförla, which takes place in the 11th century...
, which takes place in Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
(Rússía), a country located between Gardariki and Hunaland
Hunaland
Hunaland and its people are mentioned several times in the Poetic Edda, and in the Fornaldarsagas.Its origins are partly the old Frankish kingdom and partly in the Huns....
, the land of the Huns
Huns
The Huns were a group of nomadic people who, appearing from east of the Volga River, migrated into Europe c. AD 370 and established the vast Hunnic Empire there. Since de Guignes linked them with the Xiongnu, who had been northern neighbours of China 300 years prior to the emergence of the Huns,...
. There are also adventures in Halogaland
Hålogaland
Hålogaland was the northernmost of the Norwegian provinces in the mediaeval Norse sagas. In the early Viking Age, before Harald Fairhair, Hålogaland was a petty kingdom extending between Namdalen in Nord-Trøndelag and Lyngen in Troms.-Etymology:...
and Jotunheim, the realm of giants (Jotuns). Asmund is also known as Gnodar-Asmund and under this name he is mentioned in various other sagas. His foster-father was Illugi, who has a saga of his own in Illuga saga Gríðarfóstra
Illuga saga Gríðarfóstra
Illuga saga Gríðarfóstra is a Fornaldarsaga about a young Dane named Illugi who delivers a female troll and her daughter from a curse. The saga itself is of great modernity, the earliest extant manuscripts dating approximately to sometime in the 17th century.-Synopsis:The story begins in Denmark...
.
As the name suggests, it deals with battles between berserker
Berserker
Berserkers were Norse warriors who are reported in the Old Norse literature to have fought in a nearly uncontrollable, trance-like fury, a characteristic which later gave rise to the English word berserk. Berserkers are attested in numerous Old Norse sources...
s.
The saga is believed to have been written down in the 14th century. It is known through Icelandic manuscripts, the oldest attested ones from the early 15th century. Its first printed edition was published by the Swedish scholar Petter Salan in 1693, under the title Fortissimorum pugilum Egilli et Asmundi historiam antqvo gothico sermone exaratam.