This ia an exciting story of the rivalry between Bjorn Hitdoelakappi and Poror Kolbeinsson over Poror's wife Oddny. Ultimately, Bjorn is killed in a heroic last stand against twenty-four attackers led by Poror. This much neglected text is one of the oldest and most substantial of the Icelandic sagas. The full introduction in this volume surveys th saga genre and investigates its relationship with other European literature.
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This ia an exciting story of the rivalry between Bjorn Hitdoelakappi and Poror Kolbeinsson over Poror's wife Oddny. Ultimately, Bjorn is killed in a heroic last stand against twenty-four attackers led by Poror. This much neglected text is one of the oldest and most substantial of the Icelandic sagas. The full introduction in this volume surveys th saga genre and investigates its relationship with other European literature.
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