Ǫrvar-Odds saga

Arrow-Odd's saga

Author

Unknown

Language

Old Norse / early Icelandic

Year

c. 1250-1300

Country

Iceland

Genre

Novella / Light Novel

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Ǫrvar-Oddr, also spelt Örvar-Oddr is a legendary hero about whom an anonymous Icelander wrote a fornaldarsaga in the latter part of the 13th century. Ǫrvar-Odds saga, the Saga of Ǫrvar-Odd, became very popular and contains old legends and songs. He also appears in Hervarar saga and, concerning the battle on Samsø, in Gesta Danorum.