Transforming the trolls: the metamorphosis of the Troll-Woman in Bárðar saga Snæfellsáss.

• Main Author: Barraclough, E. R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: University of Cambridge Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic 2008
• Subjects: Norway; Troll; Iceland
• Online Access: http://dro.dur.ac.uk/20539/; http://dro.dur.ac.uk/20539/1/20539.pdf; http://www.asnc.cam.ac.uk/publications/quaestio/Quaestio2008.html

Bárðar saga is an intriguing yet puzzling text, which chronicles the life of the blendingr (half-troll, half-giant) Bárðr Dumbsson and his family, from an exposition of his ancestry to the death of his son Gestr on the night of his conversion to Christianity. Beginning with the reign of Dumbr (Bárðr...