Eymundar þáttr hrings

Eymundar ��ttr hrings is a short Norse saga, which is preserved in two versions. One of them appears as Eymundar ��ttr hrings in the Flatey Book and the other one is an introductory chapter in Yngvars saga v��f�rla. They deal with the adventures of Varangians in the service of Yaroslav the Wise.

The main difference between the two versions is that in Eymundar ��ttr hrings, the hero is a Norwegian, whereas in Yngvars saga v��f�rla, he is a Swede. In the version where he is Swedish, he is the relative of Erik the Victorious.

See also

• Boris and Gleb

References

Sources

• Larsson, Mats G. (2005), Minnet av vikingatiden : de isl�ndska kungasagorna och deras v�rld [Memories of Viking Age : Icelandic 'King's Saga' and their world], ISBN 91-7353-065-4
• Pritsak, Omeljan (1981), The origin of Rus', Cambridge, Massachusetts: Distributed by Harvard University Press for the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, ISBN 0-674-64465-4
• YNGVARS SAGA VÍÐFÖRLA (in Old Norse), Yngvars saga víðförla in Old Norse]

Translations

• Tunstall, Peter (ed.), "The Saga of Yngvar the Traveller", www.northvegr.org, archived from the original on 20 February 2005
• Перевод, Е. А.; Джаксон, Т. Н. (eds.), Прядь об Эймунде Хрингссоне [Story about Eymund Hringsson] (in Russian) , Russian translation by Yelena Aleksandrovna Rydzevskaya

Further reading

• Belaiew, N.T. (1931), "Eymundar Saga and Icelandic Research in Russia" (PDF), Saga-Book of the Viking Society, vol. XI, pp. 93–99