''Áns saga bogsveigis'', the saga of Án the bow-bender, is one of the

legendary saga A legendary saga or ''fornaldarsaga'' (literally, "story/history of the ancient era") is a Norse saga that, unlike the Icelanders' sagas, takes place before the settlement of Iceland.The article ''Fornaldarsagor'' in ''Nationalencyklopedin'' (1991) ...

s called the ''

Hrafnistumannasögur The ''Hrafnistumannasögur'' is a group of legendary sagas surrounding the family of Ketil Trout of Halogaland. (Ketil is sometimes confused with his grandson, Ketil Trout of Namdalen.) The group is named after Hrafnista, modern Ramsta in northe ...

'' surrounding the relatives of

Ketil Trout Ketil Trout, known in Old Norse as ''Ketill hængr'' (Modern Icelandic Ketil Hæng), is the name of several figures from Norse folklore. Two are especially prominent: * Ketil Trout of Hranista, also known as Ketil Trout of Halogaland, the hero of t ...

. It concerns a feud between An the Bow-bender and Ingjald, king of

Namdalen Namdalen ( sma, Nååmesjevuemie) is a Districts of Norway, traditional district in the central part of Norway, consisting of the municipalities Namsos, Grong, Overhalla, Røyrvik, Nærøysund, Høylandet, Flatanger, Lierne, Leka, Norway, Leka, ...

. It was probably written in the 14th century.

References

* "The Saga of Án Bow-Bender" (transl. Shaun Hughes, in Thomas H. Ohlgren, ed. ''Medieval Outlaws: Twelve Tales in Modern English.'' West Lafayette, Indiana: Parlor Press, 2005.) * ''The Saga of Aun the Bow-Bender'' (transl. Willard Larson. Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1995.) * "The Saga of An Bow-Bender", in ''The Hrafnista Sagas'' (transl. Ben Waggoner. The Troth. 2009)

External links

The saga in Old Norse at SnerpaThe saga in Old Norse at NorthvegrThe saga in Old Norse at «Norrøne Tekster og Kvad»The saga in Old Norse at «Norrøne Tekster og Kvad»The saga in translation
14th-century literature Legendary sagas {{saga-stub