Gautreks saga

Gautrek's saga

Author

Unknown

Language

Old Norse / early Icelandic

Year

c. late 1200s

Country

Iceland

Genre

Novella / Light Novel

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Gautreks saga is a Scandinavian legendary saga put to text towards the end of the 13th century which survives only in much later manuscripts. It seems to have been intended as a compilation of traditional stories, often humorous, about a legendary King Gautrek of West Geatland, to serve as a kind of prequel to the already existing Hrólfs saga Gautrekssonar. See also king of the Geats.