Valla-Ljóts saga () is one of the
sagas of Icelanders
The sagas of Icelanders (, ), also known as family sagas, are a subgenre, or text group, of Icelandic Saga, sagas. They are prose narratives primarily based on historical events that mostly took place in Iceland in the ninth, tenth, and earl ...
dating from the 13th century.
The saga tells of events in
Svarfaðardalur
Svarfaðardalur (, "Svörfuður's valley") is a large valley in central north Iceland. It is a part of the Dalvíkurbyggð municipality. The Svarfaðardalsá River flows along the valley, having its mouth near to the town of Dalvík.
About 10 km ...
during and after the introduction of Christianity. The saga can be seen as a continuation of ''
Svarfdœla saga'' which is set in the same vicinity. The saga centers on chieftains Ljót Ljótólfsson from Völlum in
Svarfaðardalur
Svarfaðardalur (, "Svörfuður's valley") is a large valley in central north Iceland. It is a part of the Dalvíkurbyggð municipality. The Svarfaðardalsá River flows along the valley, having its mouth near to the town of Dalvík.
About 10 km ...
and his opponent Gudmund Eyjólfsson the mighty (''Guðmundr inn ríki Eyjólfsson'').
See also
*
Ljósvetninga saga
Edition
* Peter A. Jorgensen (Ed.): ''Valla-Ljóts Saga''. Bilingual Edition (Icelandic/English) of MS AM 161 fol. Saarbrücken, AQ-Verlag 1991. .
References
External links
Full text at the Icelandic Saga Database
Sagas of Icelanders
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