Hulda-Hrokkinskinna is a royal saga about the history of the Norwegian kings from about 1035 to 1177 , written in Iceland around 1280 .
The name comes from two Icelandic manuscripts “Hulda” (“hidden, secret parchment”) and “Hrokkinskinna” (Wrinkled parchment), none of which is the source of the other. “Hulda” and “Hrokkinskinna” are related manuscripts, going back directly or indirectly to one common compilation manuscript. Hulda-Hrokkinskinna is based primarily on the third part of the “Circle of the Earth” and “Rotten Skin”. The compilation was based on manuscripts that are now lost, after 1268 , rather even after 1280 [1]
The text of Hulda-Hrokinskins was published in the sixth and seventh volumes of the collection "Fornmanna sögur" in 1831 and 1832. It was republished only in 1968 by the Danish scientist Jon Louis-Jensen unchanged, and in 1977 a complete analysis of the saga was published.
Content
Manuscripts
- Hulda - AM 66 fol, between 1320 and 1380
- Hrokkinskinna - GKS 1010 fol, beg. XV century
Composition of Hulda-Hrokkinskinna
The following strands are included in Huldu-Hrokkinskinnu:
- Torgrim's Son of Halle (Þorgríms þáttr Hallasonar)
- The Strand of the Equal Son of Gudrun (Hrafns þáttr Guðrúnarsonar)
- Hreiðars þáttr
- The Order of Halldor, Son of Snorri (Halldórs þáttr Snorrasonar)
- Western Fjord Auduin (Auðunar þáttr vestfirzka)
- Brands þáttr örva
- Thorstein's Tale Narrator (Þorsteins þáttr sögufróða)
- Варorvarðar þáttr krákunefs Torward Strand
- Sneglu-Halla þáttr
- The Odd’s Son of Ofeyg (Odds þáttr Ófeigssonar)
- The Stove of Stove (Stúfs þáttr)
- Gisl’s son of Illuga (Gísls þáttr Illugasonar)
- The strand of Ivar the son of Ingimund (Ívars þáttr Ingimundarsonar)
- Golden Asa Torde (Gull-Ásu-Þórðar þáttr)