Munarvágr was a location on the southern shore of
Samsø
Samsø (Anglicized: "Samso" or "Samsoe") is a Danish island in the Kattegat off the Jutland Peninsula. Samsø is located in Samsø municipality. The community has 3,724 inhabitants (2017) (January 2010:4,010) called ''Samsings'' and is 114&nb ...
, which is mentioned in 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 ''
Hervarar saga'' and ''
's saga''.
In the ''Hervarar saga'', it is where
Hjalmar
Hjalmar () and Ingeborg () were a legendary Swedish duo. The male protagonist Hjalmar and his duel for Ingeborg figures in the '' Hervarar saga'' and in '' Orvar-Odd's saga'', as well as in ''Gesta Danorum'', '' Lay of Hyndla'' and a number of Far ...
and
Orvar-Odd fought
Angantyr
Angantyr was the name of three male characters from the same line in Norse mythology, and who appear in '' Hervarar saga'', '' Gesta Danorum'', and Faroese ballads.
The last generation named Angantyr also appears to be mentioned as ''Incgentheo ...
and his brothers, the sons of
Arngrim
Arngrim was a berserker, who features in Hervarar saga, Gesta Danorum, Lay of Hyndla, a number of Faroese ballads and Orvar-Odd's saga in Norse mythology.Henrikson, Alf. (1998). ''Den stora mytologiska uppslagsboken''.
Hervarar saga
Accordi ...
. Later, Angantyr's daughter
Hervor
Hervör is the name shared by two female characters in the Tyrfing Cycle, presented in '' The Saga of Hervör and Heidrek'' with parts found in the ''Poetic Edda''. The first, the viking Hervör, challenged her father Angantýr's ghost in his g ...
steps ashore in her quest to claim the enchanted sword
Tyrfing
Tyrfing, Tirfing or Tyrving (the name is of uncertain origin, possibly connected to the Terwingi) was a magic sword in Norse mythology, which features in the Tyrfing Cycle, which includes a poem from the ''Poetic Edda'' called ''Hervararkvi ...
from the
barrow-wight
Barrow-wights are wraith-like creatures in J. R. R. Tolkien's world of Middle-earth. In '' The Lord of the Rings'', the four hobbits are trapped by a barrow-wight, and are lucky to escape with their lives; but they gain ancient swords of West ...
of her own father.
In an epilogue to the ''Ragnar Lodbrok's saga'', some men find a wooden idol, 40
ell
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s high, which chants to them that it had been raised by the sons of Ragnar Lodbrok.
References
Locations in Norse mythology
Saga locations
Tyrfing cycle
Samsø
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