Grega saga is an Old Norse chivalric saga known only from a manuscript that survives as a single leaf: AM 567 XXVI 4to.[1][2] As it has no known exemplar, it is considered to be an original Old Norse composition. The saga uses motifs found in Ívens saga and Þiðreks saga: a grateful lion becomes Grega's companion and kills three giants.[3] The leaf was written by Magnús Þórhallsson, who worked on Flateyjarbók with Jón Þórðarson.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Driscoll, Matthew (2005). "Late Prose Fiction (lygisögur)". In McTurk, Rory (ed.). A Companion to Old Norse-Icelandic Literature and Culture. Malden, Oxford, Victoria: Blackwell Publishing. p. 192.
  2. ↑ "Grega saga | Manuscript | Handrit.is". handrit.is. Retrieved 2019-12-26.
  3. ↑ Kalinke, Marianne E. (2011). "Arthurian Echoes in Indigenous Icelandic Sagas". In Kalinke, Marianne E. (ed.). The Arthur of the North: The Arthurian Legend in the Norse and Rus' Realms. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. p. 162. ISBN 9781783167876.
  4. ↑ Karlsson, Stefán (1998–2001). "The localisation and dating of medieval Icelandic manuscripts" (PDF). Saga-Book. XXV: 141. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2019.


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