{"id":490,"date":"2013-01-29T19:48:33","date_gmt":"2013-01-29T19:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uni.hi.is\/adalh\/?p=490"},"modified":"2013-11-16T13:42:13","modified_gmt":"2013-11-16T13:42:13","slug":"gunnarr-and-the-snake-pit-in-medieval-art-and-legend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/adalh\/2013\/01\/29\/gunnarr-and-the-snake-pit-in-medieval-art-and-legend\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunnarr and the Snake Pit in Medieval Art and Legend"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Speculum<\/em> (87\/4) 2012, 1015\u20131049.<\/span><\/p>\n

While many readers of medieval literature are likely to be familiar with the narrative motif of the snake pit, and even associate it with the legend of Gunnarr Gj\u00fakason, there are probably not many, apart from Old Norse specialists, who would know the rest of his story. According to the heroic poems of the Edda, and the derived V\u00f6lsunga saga<\/em>, Gunnarr is the brother-in-law of Sigur\u00f0r F\u00e1fnisbani and plays a large part in his saga, V\u00f6lsunga saga<\/em>. But as V\u00f6lsunga saga<\/em> is first and foremost the story of the V\u00f6ls- ungs, including Sigur\u00f0r, Gunnarr naturally plays something of a minor role there, being overshadowed by the magnificent and renowned slayer of the dragon F\u00e1fnir. And so, while some people may know who Gunnarr is, they do not necessarily know much about him in his own right. Read more: Speculum<\/span><\/a><\/span>. See also: Medievalists.net<\/span><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

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