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Note to Mágj Lv 1VIII (Mág 1)

[All]: The longer recension of Mág gives a lot more detailed description of Mágus’ behaviour and equipment than the shorter recension does (cf. Mág 1884, 21-2). All three stanzas qualify as níðvísur ‘insult-stanzas’, intended to defame the retinue of the ruler, Karl, and to draw his attention in particular to the deviousness and malevolence of the men upon whose advice he relies.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Mág 1884 = ‘Mágus saga jarls’, in Cederschiöld 1884, pp. lxxx-ccccviii, 1-42.
  3. Internal references
  4. 2017, ‘ Unattributed, Máguss saga jarls’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 596. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=15> (accessed 24 April 2024)

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