The Hervarar Saga ok Heiðreks on Thattr of Nornagest

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• attestation: The volume's Part I contains four works: Thattr of Nornagest, Thattr of Sorli, Saga of Hromund Greipsson, and Saga of Hervor and Heithrek

  "The Tháttr of Nornagest 11 The Tháttr of Sörli 38 The Saga of Hromund Greipsson 58 The Saga of Hervör and Heithrek 79"

Stories And Ballads > Part I > General Introduction

• attestation: The Thattr of Nornagest contains the two Edda pieces: Reginsmal and Hellride of Brynhild

  "the two pieces from the Older Edda contained in the Tháttr[11] of Nornagest."

Stories And Ballads > Part I > Introduction To The TháTtr Of Nornagest

• attestation: The Thattr of Nornagest occurs as an episode in the long Saga of Olaf Tryggvason

  "This story occurs as an episode in the long Saga of Olaf Tryggvason"

• attestation: The saga dates from about 1300 and derives from tradition mainly Icelandic

  "The saga itself dates from about 1300[8]. It is derived from tradition, mainly Icelandic"

• comparison: The poetry in the Thattr of Nornagest is all from the Older Edda, unlike Hervarar Saga's original poetry

  "The poetry contained in this tháttr, unlike that in the Hervarar Saga, is all taken from the Older Edda."