Everything about Oddr Snorrason totally explained
Oddr Snorrason was a 12th century Icelandic
Benedictine monk at the
Þingeyrar monastery. He wrote a Latin biography of the 10th century Norwegian king
Óláfr Tryggvason. The original work has been almost completely lost but a translation into
Old Norse is preserved in two nearly complete versions and a fragment of a third. The work is often referred to as
Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar. Oddr made use of previous written works including those of
Sæmundr fróði and
Ari Þorgilsson as well as
Acta sanctorum in Selio and possibly
Historia de Antiquitate Regum Norwagiensium. In turn
Snorri Sturluson made use of Oddr's work when writing the
Heimskringla, as did the author of
Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar en mesta.
It is difficult to tell how closely the Old Norse translation of Oddr's
Óláfs saga resembles the Latin original but it clearly owes a debt to
hagiography, presenting King Óláfr as the apostle to the Norwegians.
Yngvars saga víðförla also credits Oddr with its original authorship. Scholars have been skeptical towards this claim but in recent years it has gained more acceptance.
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