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Pre-Christian Religions of the North: Sources

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Jorund settles in southern Iceland, builds a temple and uses fire to dedicate the land to his temple.

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[excerpt from] Ldn ch. 90b

90b. Jǫrundr The Priest

Jǫrundr goði, son Hrafns ens ...

Jorund the Priest, son of Hra...

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The narrative of Landnámabók is set in the late 9th/early 10th century where people from mainly Norse cultures leave their homelands and sail to Iceland in the north west to settle. Landnámabók survives in 5 medieval manuscripts all dating to late 13th century and later. Sturlubók by Sturla Þórðarson, Hauksbók by Haukr Erlendsson (based on Sturlubók and a lost version by Styrmir Kárason), Melabók, Skarðsárbók and Þórðarbók.

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(Contributed by Liv Marit Aurdal.)

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Main text: Landnámabók

Attributes: Ritual Heathen Landscape Temple Hóf Priest Hofgoðar Fire Land-taking

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Text sections: Anon Ldn 90bIV

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