Sörla þáttr
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Sörla þáttr eða Heðins saga ok Högna is a short narrative from the extended version Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar en mesta found in the Flateyjarbók manuscript, which was written and compiled by two Christi
Detail from the Stora Hammars I stone, an image stone on Gotland
Detail from the Smiss (I) stone, an image stone on Gotland
Freyja in the Dwarfs' Cave, illustration by Louis Huard
Hjaðningavíg
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Hjaðningavíg, the legend of Heðinn and Hǫgni or the Saga of Hild is a Germanic heroic legend about a never-ending battle which is documented in Sörla þáttr, Ragnarsdrápa, Gesta Danorum, Skíðaríma and
Sörla þáttr
…accusation of Gefjun sleeping with a boy for a necklace), parts of the Húsdrápa poem (Loki stealing the necklace Brísingamen), and the eternal battle Hjaðningavíg (various earlier sources). In the end of the story, the arrival of Christianity dissolves the old curse that was traditionally to endure until Ragnarök…
Text and illustration from Bodley 614