The Hervarar Saga ok Heiðreks on Saga of Hervor and Heithrek

Stories And Ballads > Chapter 4 also has a special interest of its own. Breaking into > Introduction To The Saga Of HervöR And Heithrek

• attestation: The Saga of Hervor and Heithrek exists in two vellums: the Hauksbok (c. 1325) and MS 2845 (15th century)

  "The Saga of Hervör and Heithrek is found in two vellums, the Hauksbók (A.M. 544), dating from c. 1325"

Stories And Ballads > part likewise seems to be a story of the Viking Age. Towards the end,

• attestation: The saga's conclusion is regarded as one of the most important authorities for early Swedish history

  "The conclusion of the saga appears to be purely historical; indeed it is generally regarded as one of the most important authorities for early Swedish history."

• attestation: The war in chapters 12-15 belongs seven centuries before the saga's closing incidents

  "the war described in ch. 12-15 must belong to a period nearly seven centuries before the incidents related at the close of the saga."

• attestation: Despite inconsistencies, the saga is perhaps the most attractive of all the Fornaldarsogur

  "the saga is on the whole perhaps the most attractive of all the Fornaldarsögur."

Stories And Ballads > part likewise seems to be a story of the Viking Age. Towards the end, > I.]

• attestation: The Hervarar Saga ok Heithreks Konungs was published by the Nordiske Literatur-Samfund in Copenhagen 1847

  "Hervarar Saga ok Heithreks Konungs (published by the 'Nordiske Literatur-Samfund,' Copenhagen, 1847)"