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''Sigrgarðs saga frœkna'' (modern Icelandic ''Sigurgarðs saga frækna'', the saga of Sigrgarðr the Valiant) is a medieval Icelandic romance-saga, described by Finnur Jónsson as 'all in all ... one of the best and most worthy of reading' of the Icelandic 'stepmother-sagas'.〔'alt i alt ... en af de bedste og læseværdigste', Finnur Jónsson, ''Den oldnorske og oldislandske litteraturs historie'', 2nd edn, 3 vols (Copenhagen: Gad, 1920-24), III, 121.〕 ==Plot and literary character== The plot of the saga was summarised by Marianne E. Kalinke and P. M. Mitchell: :: Ingigerðr, queen of Taricia, and her two sisters, Hildr and Signý, are suffering from a spell placed on them by Hlégerðr, their father's concubine. No suitor can please Ingigerðr, while Hildr and Signý are turned into animals. When Sigrgarðr, a king's son, woos Ingigerðr, she repeatedly makes a fool of him. He leaves Taricia only to return disguised as a merchant. Ingigerðr outwits him when he attempts to abduct her by means of a flying carpet. Finally Sigrgarðr, posing as the viking Knútr, visits Ingigerðr with two foster-brothers. The three succeed in breaking the spells. The saga concludes with a triple wedding.〔Marianne E. Kalinke and P. M. Mitchell, ''Bibliography of Old Norse–Icelandic Romances'', Islandica, 44 (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1985), p. 97.〕 Notwithstanding Kalkinke and Mitchell's summary, most manuscripts of the saga set Ingigerðr's kingdom not in 'Taricia' but 'Tartaria' (i.e. Tartary), and it has been argued that the lost original manuscript of the saga must likewise have read ''Tartaria''.〔Alaric Hall, Steven D. P. Richardson, and Haukur Þorgeirsson, ‘''Sigrgarðs saga frækna'': A Normalised Text, Translation, and Introduction’, ''Scandinavian-Canadian Studies/Études Scandinaves au Canada'', 21 (2013), 80-155 (p. 83), http://scancan.net/article.htm?id=hall_1_21.〕 While the saga 'has a lot of rough edges' in its style and plotting, it has nonetheless been characterised as 'tightly and powerfully structured', 'throw() itself with unswerving commitment into a wonder-tale of stepmothers and foster-brothers, curses, flying carpets, deception, disguise, shape-shifting, trolls, and bedroom antics'.〔Alaric Hall, Steven D. P. Richardson, and Haukur Þorgeirsson, ‘''Sigrgarðs saga frækna'': A Normalised Text, Translation, and Introduction’, ''Scandinavian-Canadian Studies/Études Scandinaves au Canada'', 21 (2013), 80-155 (pp. 89-90), http://scancan.net/article.htm?id=hall_1_21.〕 The saga has attracted particular critical commentary because of its handling of gender and sexual politics: it is particularly noteworthy amongst romance-sagas because Sigrgarðr's moral standing is questionable. Before beginning to woo Ingigerðr, he has previously developed a habit of seducing and discarding women; the degradations which he suffers at her hands can, therefore, be understood as comeuppance for his immorality.〔Alaric Hall, Steven D. P. Richardson, and Haukur Þorgeirsson, ‘''Sigrgarðs saga frækna'': A Normalised Text, Translation, and Introduction’, ''Scandinavian-Canadian Studies/Études Scandinaves au Canada'', 21 (2013), 80-155 (pp. 94-100), http://scancan.net/article.htm?id=hall_1_21.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sigrgarðs saga frœkna」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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