The Fox as a Dying Hero: An Edition and Translation of the Late Medieval Icelandic Poem Skaufalabálkur

• Published in: Scandinavian-Canadian Studies
• Main Authors: Þorgeirsson, Haukur, Sayers, William
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Association for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies in Canada 2023
• Subjects: Beast epic; satire; literary conventions; heroic poetry; Eddic poetry; Renard; Iceland; Subarctic; subarctique*
• Online Access: http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1107822ar; https://doi.org/10.29173/scancan239

The late-medieval Icelandic poem Skaufalabálkur describes the final hunting trip of an old fox in a style mimicking heroic epic. The work is traditionally connected with poets working at or near Skarð in Western-Iceland in the 15th century and we argue here that the language of the poem is consisten...