Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Bósa saga

Bjarni Vilhjálmsson, and Guðni Jónsson, eds. Fornaldarsögur Norðurlanda. Reykjavík, 1943-1944,
Guðni Jónsson, ed. Fornaldar sögur Norðurlanda. Reykjavík: Íslendingasagnaútgáfan, 1954-1959,
Jiriczek, Otto Luitpold, ed. Die Bósa-Saga in zwei Fassungen nebst Proben aus den Bósa-Rímur. Strassburg: K. J. Trübner, 1893.

Boyer, Régis, and Éveline Lot-Falck, eds. Les religions de l'Europe du nord: Livre premier: Eddas et textes eddiques; Le trésor spirituel de l'humanité. Paris: Fayard, 1974,
Gonzáles Campo, Mariano, ed. Saga de Bósi. Collección Gorgona 1. Valencia: Tilde, 2003.
Hardman, George L., ed. "The Saga of Bosi and Herraud". Accessed 17 January 2014.
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Ampula, Hanna, ed. "Bósin saaga." 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.
Kadečková, Helena, and Veronika Dudková, eds. Sága o Völsunzích a jiné ságy o severském dávnověku. Praha: Argo, 2011.
Lassen, Annette, ed. Oldtidssagaerne. København: Gyldendal, 2019.
Meli, Marcello, ed. La saga di Bósi. Biblioteca medievale 120. Roma: Carocci, 2008.
Nilssen, Kjell Tore, and Árni Ólafsson, eds. "Bosi og Herrauds saga". Published 2014.
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Onkels, Sarah, ed. "Die Saga von Bosi und Herraud." In Sagas aus der Vorzeit, edited by Rudolf Simek, Valerie Broustin and Jonas Zeit-Altpeter. Stuttgart: Kröner, 2020.
Otten, Marcel, and Maarten C. van den Toorn, eds. Verhalen uit de Vikingtijd. Amsterdam: Ambo, 2006,
Reifegerste, Matthias, ed. "Die Bósa Saga: Eine kritisch kommentierte Übersetzung." Mediaevistik 18 (2005):
Renaud, Jean, ed. La saga de Bósi et Herrauðr. Saint-Martin-du-Bec: Assor BD, 1993.
Also in: Boyer, Régis, and Jean Renaud, eds. Sagas légendaires islandaises. Toulouse: Anacharsis, 2012, 1059-1090.
Stitt, J. Michael, ed. Beowulf and the Bear's Son: Epic, Saga, and Fairytale in Northern Germanic Tradition. The Albert Bates Lord Studies in Oral Tradition 8. New York: Garland, 1992.
Verelius, Olof, and Dan Korn, eds. Tre isländska sagor om Sverige: Götriks och Rolfs saga; Om kungarna Göte, Götrik och Rolf från Västergötland; Herrauds och Bosas saga; Om vikingarna Herraud och Bose från Östergötland; Hervarasagan; Om den andgrimska kämpasläkten från Bolmsö i Småland; Översatta till svenska av Olof Verelius åren 1664-1672; Nyutgåva med ordförklaringar, kompletteringar och en utförlig kommentar. Mölnlycke: Korn, 1990,
Waggoner, Ben, ed. Six Sagas of Adventure. New Haven: Troth Publications, 2014.

Aðalheiður Guðmundsdóttir. "The Dancers of De la Gardie 11." Translated by Jeffrey Cosser. Mediaeval Studies 74 (2012): 307-330.
Aðalheiður Guðmundsdóttir. "Some Heroic Motifs in Icelandic Art." Scripta Islandica 68 (2017): 11-49.*
Ármann Jakobsson. "The Extreme Emotional Life of Vǫlundr the Elf." Scandinavian Studies 78 (2006): 227-254.
Bekker-Nielsen, Hans, and Jørgen Højgaard Jørgensen. "Bibliografiske bemærkninger." In The Waking of Angantyr: The Scandinavian Past in European Culture. Den nordiske fortid i europæisk kultur, edited by Else Roesdahl and Preben Meulengracht Sørensen, 209-213. Acta Jutlandica 71 1. Humanities Series 70. Århus: Aarhus University Press, 1996.
Bonnetain, Yvonne S. "Riding the Tree." In The Fantastic in Old Norse/Icelandic Literature: Sagas and the British Isles; Preprint Papers of The 13th International Saga Conference; Durham and York, 6th-12th August, 2006, edited by John McKinnell, David Ashurst and Donata Kick, 1: 140-148. Durham: The Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Durham University, 2006.
Also in: Bonnetain, Yvonne S. "Riding the Tree." Viking and Medieval Scandinavia 3 (2007): 11-20. [revised]
Briem, O. B. "Germanische und russische Heldendichtung (nebst Bemerkungen zur Bósa-Sage)." Germanisch-romanische Monatsschrift 17 (1929): 341-355.
Davidson, Hilda [Roderick] Ellis. "Gudmund of Glasisvellir: Did He Originate in Ireland?" Arv 47 (1992): 167-178.
DuBois, Thomas A. "Anatomy of the Elite: 'Learned' vs. 'Folk' in the Analysis of Avowedly Pre-Christian Religious Elements in the Sagas." In Folklore in Old Norse: Old Norse in Folklore, edited by Daniel Sävborg and Karen Bek-Pedersen, 59-82. Nordistica Tartuensia 20. Tartu: University of Tartu Press, 2014.
Frog, . "Recognizing Mythic Images in Fantastic Literature: Reading Baldrs draumar 12-14." In The Fantastic in Old Norse/Icelandic Literature: Sagas and the British Isles; Preprint Papers of The 13th International Saga Conference; Durham and York, 6th-12th August, 2006, edited by John McKinnell, David Ashurst and Donata Kick, 1: 258-267. Durham: The Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Durham University, 2006.
Hall, Alaric, Stephen D. P. Richardson, and Haukur Þórgeirsson, ed. "Sigrgards saga frækna: A Normalised Text, Translation and Introduction."Scandinavian-Canadian Studies 21 (2012-2013): 8-155.
Heizmann, Wilhelm. "Französische Spuren in der Bósa saga." In Verschränkung der Kulturen: Der Sprach- und Literaturaustausch zwischen Skandinavien und den deutschsprachigen Ländern; Zum 65. Geburtstag von Hans-Peter Naumann, edited by Oskar Bandle, Jürg Glauser and Stefanie Würth, 261-267. Beiträge zur nordischen Philologie 37. Tübingen: Francke, 2004.*
Hirvonen, Ilkka. "Fornälskarom til tjenst - Om språket i E. J. Biörners Nordiska kämpadater: En jämförelse med Olof Verelius' sagaöversättningar." In Diverse: Vänskrift till Bertel Fortelius 3. 8. 1987, 105-161. Turun yliopiston filologian laitos pohjoismainen filologia. Julkaisuja 6. Åbo: Filolgiska institutionen vid Åbo universitet, 1987.
Hui, Jonathan Y. H. "Bad Beef and Mad Cow Disease in Bósa saga ok Herrauðs." Scandinavian Studies 90 (2018): 461-484.*
Jiriczek, Otto Luitpolt. "Zur mittelisländischen Volkskunde: Mitteilungen aus ungedruckten Arnamagnäanischen Handschriften." Zeitschrift für deutsche Philologie 26 (1894): 2-25.
Johansson, Karl G. "Den höviske Bósi: Herrauðs ok Bósa saga i genrernas gränsland." In Á austrvega. Saga and East Scandinavia: Preprint Papers of The 14th International Saga Conference Uppsala, 9th-15th August 2009, edited by Agneta Ney, Henrik Williams and Fredrik Charpentier Ljungqvist, 1: 460-468. Gävle: Gävle University Press, 2009.*
Krappe, Alexander Haggerty. "The Sources of the Saga af Herrauði og Bósa." Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 29 (1928): 250-256.*
Kuusi, Matti, Keith Bosley, and Michael Branch, eds. Finnish Folk Poetry: Epic: An Anthology in Finnish and English. Publications of the Finnish Literature Society 329. Helsinki: Finnish Literature Society, 1977.
Langer, Johnni. "Galdr e Feitiçaria nas Sagas Islandesas: Uma Análise do Poema Buslubæn." Brathair 9, no. 1 (2009): 66-90.*
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Larsson, Ludvig. Review of Die Bósa-rímur, edited by Otto Luitpolt Jiriczek. Anzeiger für deutsches Altertum und deutsche Litteratur 23 (1897): 106-107.
Lassen, Annette. "Skurðgoð, trégoð, hofgyðjur og heiðinglig hof: En gruppe hedenske elementer og deres kontekst i Ǫrvar-Odds saga, Sturlaugs saga starfsama og Bósa saga." In Fornaldarsagaerne: Myter og virkelighed; Studier i de oldislandske "fornaldarsögur Norðurlanda", edited by Agneta Ney, Ármann Jakobsson and Annette Lassen, 255-279. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum, 2009.*
Lid, Nils. "Til varulvens historia." Saga och sed (1937): 3-25.
Lozzi Gallo, Lorenzo. "Persistent Motifs of Cursing from Old Norse Literature in Buslubæn." Linguistica e Filologia 18 (2004): 119-146.*
MacLeod, Mindy. "Bandrúnir in Icelandic Sagas." Scripta Islandica 52 (2001): 35-51.
Mitchell, Stephen A. "Anaphrodisiac Charms in the Nordic Middle Ages: Impotence, Infertility, and Magic." Norveg 38 (1998): 19-42.
Mitchell, Stephen. "Learning Magic in the Sagas." In Old Norse Myths, Literature and Society: Proceedings of the 11th International Saga Conference 2-7 July 2000, University of Sydney, edited by Geraldine Barnes and Margaret Clunies Ross, 335-345. Sydney: Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Sydney, 2000.
Mitchell, Stephen. "Magic as Acquired Art and the Ethnographic Value of the Sagas." In Old Norse Myths, Literature and Society, edited by Margaret Clunies Ross, 132-152. The Viking Collection 14. Odense: University Press of Southern Denmark, 2003.
Mitchell, Stephen A. "Gandr-Göndull än en gång." In Grammatik i fokus: Festskrift till Christer Platzack den 18 november 2003, edited by Lars-Olof Delsing, Cecilia Falk, Gunnlög Josefsson and Halldór Á. Sigurðsson, 1: 117-123. Lund: Institutionen för nordiska språk, Lunds universitet, 2003.
Näsström, Britt-Mari. "I livets skeden: Om passageriter i fornskandinavisk religion." In Plats och praxis: Studier av nordisk förkristen ritual, edited by Kristina Jennbert, Anders Andrén and Catharina Raudvere, 69-85. Vägar till Midgård 2. Lund: Nordic Academic Press, 2002.
Naumann, Hans-Peter. "Erzählstrategien in der Fornaldarsaga: Die Prüfungen des Helden." In Akten der fünften Arbeitstagung der Skandinavisten des deutschen Sprachgebiets: 16.-22. August 1981 in Kungälv, edited by Heiko Uecker, 131-142. Wissenschaftliche Reihe 6. St. Augustin: Kretschmer, 1983.*
Naumann, Hans-Peter. "Bósa saga (Herrauðs saga ok Bósa)." In Medieval Scandinavia: An Encyclopedia, edited by Phillip Pulsiano, 54. New York: Garland, 1993.*
Nerman, Birger. "Bosasagans gamägg." Saga och sed (1953): 27-31.*
Ólafur Halldórsson. "Inngangur." In Bósa rímur, 7-34. Íslenzkar miðaldarímur 3. RIT 5. Reykjavík: Stofnun Árna Magnússonar á Íslandi, 1974.
Renaud, Jean. "Eroticism in the Saga of Bósi and Herrauðr." In Litteratur og kjønn i Norden: Foredrag på den XX. studiekonferanse i International Association for Scandinavian Studies (IASS), arrangert av Institutt for litteraturvitenskap, Islands universitet, i Reykjavík 7.-12. august 1994, edited by Helga Kress, 67-74. Reykjavík: Háskólaútgáfan, 1996.*
Renaud, Jean. "Goðsögnin um Baldur í meðförum Saxa málspaka." Translated by Torfi H. Tulinius. In Heiðin minni: Greinar um fornar bókmenntir, edited by Haraldur Bessason and Baldur Hafstað, 125-139. Reykjavík: Heimskringla, 1999.
Rühs, Friedrich. Die Edda: Nebst einer Einleitung über nordische Poesie und Mythologie und einem Anhang über die historische Literatur der Isländer. Berlin: Realschulbuchhandlung, 1812.
Schröder, Franz Rolf. "Motivwanderungen im Mittelalter." Germanisch-romanische Monatsschrift 16, no. 1 (1928): 7-13.*
Segev, Dror. Medieval Magic and Magicians: In Norway and Elsewhere Based upon 12th - 15th Centuries Manuscript and Runic Evidence. Occasional Papers Skriftserie 2. Oslo: Senter for studier i vikingtid og nordisk middelalder, Universitetet Oslo, 2001.
Stackmann, Karl. "Einleitung." In Kudrun, edited by Karl Bartsch, vii-xcvii. Wiesbaden: Brockhaus, 1980.
Sverrir Tómasson. "Frjáls veri folinn." In Equus Troianus sive trójuhestur: Tygjaður Jonnu Louis-Jensen 21. október 1986, 76-78. Reykjavík, 1986.
Sverrir Tómasson. "Hugleiðingar um horfna bókmenntagrein." Tímarit máls og menningar 50, no. 2 (1989): 211-226.*
Thompson, Claiborne W. "The Runes in Bósa saga ok Herrauðs." Scandinavian Studies 50 (1978): 50-56.*
Thompson, Claiborne W. "Bósa saga ok Herrauðs." In Dictionary of the Middle Ages, edited by Joseph R. Strayer, 2: 333-334. New York: Scribner, 1983.*
Thorvaldsen, Bernt Øyvind. "The Níðingr and the Wolf." Viking and Medieval Scandinavia 7 (2011): 171-196.
Thorvaldsen, Bernt Øyvind. "The Poetic Curse and Its Relatives." In Along the Oral-Written Continuum: Types of Texts, Relations and their Implications, edited by Slavica Ranković, Leidulf Melve and Else Mundal, 253-267. Utrecht Studies in Medieval Literacy 20. Turnhout: Brepols, 2010.*
Tolley, Clive. "The Mill in Norse and Finnish Mythology." Saga-Book 24, no. 2-3 (1995): 63-82.
Varley, David H. "The Mead of Poetry and the Witch's Potion: Methods of Conceptualising Gender Conflict." Saga-Book 34 (2105): 41-60.*
Vésteinn Ólason. "Kveðskapur frá síðmiðöldum." In Íslensk bókmenntasaga, edited by Böðvar Guðmundsson, 2: 285-378. Reykjavík: Mál og menning, 1992.
Wezel, Lars van. "Myths to Play with: Bósa saga ok Herrauðs." In The Fantastic in Old Norse/Icelandic Literature: Sagas and the British Isles; Preprint Papers of The 13th International Saga Conference; Durham and York, 6th-12th August, 2006, edited by John McKinnell, David Ashurst and Donata Kick, 2: 1034-1043. Durham: The Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Durham University, 2006.*
Ögmundur Helgason. "Þulur." In Íslensk þjóðmenning, 6: 401-409. Reykjavík: Þjóðsaga, 1989.
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