Tattúínárdǿla saga
October 28, 2017 5:56 PM   Subscribe

Finally, a complete translation of the Saga of the People of the Tattúín River Valley

Tattúínárdǿla saga tells of the youth of Anakinn himingangari, beginning with his childhood as a slave in Tattúínárdalr, notably lacking the prolonged racing scene of the MHG version, and referring to the character of “Jarjari inn heimski” only as a local fool slain by Anakinn in a childhood berserker rage (whereas in the MHG version, “Jarjare” is one of “Anacen’s” marshals and his constant companion; Cochrane 2010 suggests that this may be because the MHG text is Frankish in origin, and “Jarjare” was identified with a Frankish culture hero with a similar name).
posted by TheWhiteSkull (15 comments total) 18 users marked this as a favorite
 
Do these sagas really exist? Is this the source material for Star Wars, or is this Star Wars fan fic? I read and read...
posted by Oyéah at 6:18 PM on October 28, 2017


A pdf version of the original Old Norse saga with a side-by-side translation is available here.
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 6:21 PM on October 28, 2017 [1 favorite]


Well, then, this is amazing, and I thank you for this awesome post.
posted by Oyéah at 6:33 PM on October 28, 2017


I bet Tolkien would have gotten such a kick out of this. What fun!
posted by Wretch729 at 6:41 PM on October 28, 2017


Viga-Obivan gave Anakinn his sword, and this sword was called Lightsaber. Such weapons were common in those days. Anakinn ran at Jarjari and drove the sword into the other boy’s head so deep that it stood in his brain.

Sadly, this scene did not make it into the filmed adaptation.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 7:04 PM on October 28, 2017 [2 favorites]


...okay, everyone in the post knows that this is a parody, right?
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 8:09 PM on October 28, 2017 [1 favorite]


Þetta hugsýkir mik.
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 8:19 PM on October 28, 2017


Hann skaut fyrst
posted by Greg_Ace at 8:44 PM on October 28, 2017 [11 favorites]


May the fjords be with you.
posted by Catblack at 8:45 PM on October 28, 2017 [9 favorites]


Yes, fucking finally. At the time of the original FPP the author had written the entire thing in Old Icelandic but only "translated" five chapters, and despite my love of the premise I was not going to slog through the other 48.
posted by XMLicious at 9:32 PM on October 28, 2017 [1 favorite]


Lúkr and a team of Hebridean Vikings (who, we learn in a long prelude to this encounter, have long quarreled with Falfaðinn over a taxation matter)

Bahahaha
posted by saturday_morning at 7:44 AM on October 29, 2017


Viga-Obivan gave Anakinn his sword, and this sword was called Lightsaber. Such weapons were common in those days. Anakinn ran at Jarjari and drove the sword into the other boy’s head so deep that it stood in his brain.

Sadly, this scene did not make it into the filmed adaptation.


One of many examples of how the steel and the blood of the original saga was lost when the tale was Disney-fied for modern audiences.
posted by otherchaz at 10:45 AM on October 29, 2017


This is great!

Back when I first heard of it, I did a little bit of fan art, just as grim and unforgiving as medieval art generally is.
posted by Countess Elena at 11:20 AM on October 29, 2017 [2 favorites]


There Hani is assisted by what the saga describes as “birnir” (literally “bears,” but in context probably to be understood as “Shetlanders” – the German version confusingly seems to understand these as actual bears)
nice.
posted by ArgentCorvid at 7:05 AM on October 30, 2017


Dr. Jackson Crawford. Check out his YouTube videos if you are interested in Old Norse language and myth.
posted by SemiArid at 6:06 PM on November 9, 2017


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