Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Tóka þáttur Tókasonar

Advocates’ Library: MS 21.5.6
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Stofnun Árna Magnússonar í íslenskum fræðum: GKS 1005 fol.

Bjarni Vilhjálmsson, and Guðni Jónsson, eds. Fornaldarsögur Norðurlanda. Reykjavík, 1943-1944,
Gardiner, Edwin, ed. Fornar smásögur úr Noregskonunga sögum. Reykjavík: Leiftur, 1949.
Guðni Jónsson, ed. Fornaldar sögur Norðurlanda. Reykjavík: Íslendingasagnaútgáfan, 1954-1959,
Munch, Peter A., ed. Fornmanna sögur. Kaupmannahøfn, 1825-1837.

Bachman Jr., W. Bryant, ed. Forty Old Icelandic Tales. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1992.
Bachmann Jr., W. Bryant, and Guðmundur Erlingsson, eds. The Sagas of King Half and King Hrolf. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1991.
Boyer, Régis. Les sagas miniatures (þættir). Paris: Les belles lettres, 1999.
Ibáñez Lluch, Santiago, ed. Sagas legendarias Islandesas: Saga de Odd flechas; Relato de Tóki Tókason; Saga de Hálfdan ahijado de Brana; Saga de Illigi ahijado de Gríd. Madrid: Miraguano, 2017.
Lembek, Kim, ed. "Totten om Toke Tokessøn." In Oldtidssagaerne, edited by Annette Lassen. København: Gyldendal, 2017.
Lembek, Kim, ed. "Sørle den Stærkes saga." In Oldtidssagaerne, edited by Annette Lassen. København: Gyldendal, 2019.
Nilssen, Kjell Tore, and Árni Ólafsson, eds. "Toki Tokessons tått". Published 2014.
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Rafn, C[arl] C[hristian], ed. Oldnordiske Sagaer. København, 1826-1837.
Sveinbjörn Egilsson, and Grímur Thomsen, eds. Scripta historica Islandorum de rebus gestis veterum borealium, Latine reddita et apparata critico instructa, curante societate regia antiquariorum septentrionalium. Hafniæ, 1826-1846.
Tunstall, Peter, ed. "The Tale of Toki Tokason". Published 2005.
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Waggoner, Ben, ed. "Tales from the Flateyjarbok II: The Tale of Toki Tokason." Idunna: A Journal of Northern Tradition 82 (2009): 11-13.

Harris, Joseph. "Gender and Genre: Short and Long Forms in the Saga Literature." In The Making of the Couple: The Social Function of Short-Form Medieval Narrative, edited by Flemming G. Andersen and Morten Nøjgaard, 43-66. Odense: Odense University Press, 1991.*
Kaplan, Merrill. Thou Fearful Guest: Addressing the Past in Four Tales in Flateyjarbók. Folklore Fellows' Communications 301. Helsinki: Academia Scientiarum Fennica, 2011.*
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University of Copenhagen
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