Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Þorsteins þáttur bæjarmagns

Bjarni Vilhjálmsson, and Guðni Jónsson, eds. Fornaldarsögur Norðurlanda. Reykjavík, 1943-1944,
Guðni Jónsson, ed. Fornaldar sögur Norðurlanda. Reykjavík: Íslendingasagnaútgáfan, 1954-1959,
Munch, Peter A., ed. Fornmanna sögur. Kaupmannahøfn, 1825-1837.

Boyer, Régis. Les sagas miniatures (þættir). Paris: Les belles lettres, 1999.
Hardman, George L., ed. "The Story of Thorsteinn House-Power". Accessed 20 January 2014.
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Elo, Elina, ed. "Thorsteinn Talonvoiman tarina." In Egill Yksikätinen: Muinaissaagoja Pohjolasta, edited by Helga Hilmisdóttir, Kirsi Kanerva and Sari Päivärinne. Helsinki: Finn Lectura, 2013.
Hermann Pálsson, and Paul Edwards, eds. Gautrek's Saga and Other Medieval Tales. London: University of London Press, 1968.
Also in: Hermann Pálsson, and Paul Edwards, eds. Seven Viking Romances. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1985.
Hermann Pálsson, and Paul Edwards, eds. Seven Viking Romances. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1985.
Also in: Hermann Pálsson, and Paul Edwards, eds. Two Viking Romances. New York: Penguin, 1995.
Ibáñez Lluch, Santiago, ed. Sa saga de Fridthjóf el valiente y otras sagas islandesas. Madrid: Miraguano Ediciones, 2009.
Nilssen, Kjell Tore, and Árni Ólafsson, eds. "Thorstein bæjarmagns tått". Published 2010.
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Otten, Marcel, and Maarten C. van den Toorn, eds. Verhalen uit de Vikingtijd. Amsterdam: Ambo, 2006,
Rafn, C[arl] C[hristian], ed. Oldnordiske Sagaer: III. Kong Olav Tryygvesøns Saga. København: Kongelige Nordiske Oldskrift-Selskab, 1826-1837.
Ruszwurm, C., ed. "Thorstein Baearmagns Saga." Zeitschrift für deutsche Mythologie und Sittenkunde (1853):
Simpson, Jacqueline, ed. The Northmen Talk. London: Poenix House, 1965.
Skyum-Nielsen, Erik, ed. "Totten om Torsten Gårdkraft." In Oldtidssagaerne, edited by Annette Lassen. København: Gyldendal, 2019.
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.

Baranauskienė, Rasa. "Reflections of Celtic Influence in Hildinavisen." In Approaching the Viking Age: Proceedings of the International Conference on Old Norse Literature, Mythology, Culture, Social Life and Language 11-13 October 2007, Vilnius, Lithuania, edited by Ērika Sausverde and Ieva Steponavičiūtė, 15-40. Vilnius: Vilnius University Publishing House, 2009.
Beekman Taylor, Paul. "Icelandic Analogues to the Northern English Gawain Cycle." Journal of Popular Culture 4, no. 1 (1970): 93-106.
Ciklamini, Marlene. "Journeys to the Giant-Kingdom." Scandinavian Studies 40, no. 2 (1968): 95-110.*
Davidson, Hilda [Roderick] Ellis. "Gudmund of Glasisvellir: Did He Originate in Ireland?" Arv 47 (1992): 167-178.
Hermann Pálsson. "Þorsteins þáttr bæjarmagns." In Dictionary of the Middle Ages, edited by Joseph R. Strayer, 12: 47-48. New York: Scribner, 1989.*
Lid, Nils. "Til varulvens historia." Saga och sed (1937): 3-25.
Mogk, Eugen. "Die Überlieferungen von Thors Kampf mit dem Riesen Geirröð." In Festskrift tillägnad Hugo Pipping på hans sextioårsdag den 5 november 1924, 379-388. Skrifter udgivna av Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland 175. Helsingfors, 1924.*
Nordvig, Mathias. "A Method for Analyzing World-Models in Scandinavian Mythology." In Approaching Methodology, edited by  Frog and Paulina Latvala, 377-398. Annales Academiæ Scientiarum Fennicæ 368. Helsinki, 2013.
Mathias, Nordvig. "Creation from Fire in Snorri's Edda: The Tenents of a Vernacular Theory of Geothermal Activity in Old Norse Myths." In Old Norse Mythology: Comparative Perspectives, edited by Pernille Hermann, Stephen A. Mitchell and Jens Peter Schjødt, 269-288. Cambridge, MA: The Milman Parry Collection of Oral Literature, 2017.
Parsons, Katelin. "Albert Jóhannesson and the Scribes of Hecla Island: Manuscript Culture and Scribal Production in an Icelandic-Canadian Settlement." Gripla 30 (2019): 7-46.
Patch, Howard Rollin. The Other World According to Descriptions in Medieval Literature. Smith College Studies in Modern Languages, New Series 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1950.
Power, Rosemary. "Journeys to the Otherworld in the Icelandic fornaldarsögur." Folklore 96, no. 2 (1985): 156-175.*
Power, Rosemary. "Þorsteins þáttr bæjarmagns." In Medieval Scandinavia: An Encyclopedia, edited by Phillip Pulsiano, 675-676. New York: Garland, 1993.*
Simpson, Jacqueline. "Grímr the Good: A Magical Drinking Horn." Études celtiques 10 (1962-1963): 489-515.
Simpson, Jacqueline. "Otherworld Adventures in an Icelandic Saga." Folklore 77 (1966): 1-20.
Skovgaard-Petersen, Inge. "Kristendommens betydning for Saxos Danmarkshistorie." In : Workshop PapersThe Sixth International Saga Conference 28.7-2.8.1985, 2: 939-952. København: Det Arnamagnæanske Institut, 1985.
Taggart, Declan. "Stealing His Thunder: An Investigation of Old Norse Images of Þórr." Saga-Book 41 (2017): 123-146.
Wanner, Kevin J. "The Giant Who Wanted to be a Dwarf: The Transgression of Mythic Norms in Þórr's Fight with Geirrøðr." Scandinavica 40 (2001): 189-225.
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