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Jón's gift, so he commands his wife Ingibjǫrg to murder Jón in his sleep, cut out his heart, and prepare it as food for a meal. Ingibjǫrg spares Jón, however, and substitutes the heart of a dog. A waxen image of Jón is buried in his stead. The earl's treachery comes to light when his brother-in-law, the emperor of
Saxland, arrives seeking interpretation of an unusual dream. He learns the truth about Jón from Ingibjǫrg. Subsequently, the earl is banished, while Jón receives the earldom and weds Ingibjǫrg.
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The three earliest manuscripts of the saga, all dating from c. 1400, are AM 335 4°, AM 567 4°, and AM 657 4°. All appear to derive independently from an earlier version of the saga, as do many of the later manuscripts. A complete stemma has not been formulated. Kalinke and
Mitchell identified the
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The saga relates the fortunes of Jón, a young farmer, who has the gift not only of interpreting dreams, but of divining the dreams of others before they are told. Earl
Heinrekr of Saxland, who also interprets dreams, envies Jon's superior ability. By eating Jón's heart, the earl hopes to acquire
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55:. It was a very popular story, to judge by the number of surviving manuscripts discovered: five on parchment and 45 on paper, with one prominent manuscript being
326:. A diplomatic edition based on AM 335 4°, with complete variants from AM 657 4° and AM 567 4°, and selected variants from AM 657 4°, AM 567 4°, and AM 123 8°.
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Die Saga von Þorsteinn bæjarmagn: Saga af Þorsteini bæjarmagni - Übersetzung und
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than a saga, similar in this respect to the chivalric saga
21:(the story of Dream-Jón) is one of the medieval Icelandic
51:; at any rate it seems characteristic of the work of the
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AM 657 a-b, 4° (late 14th c), vellum, defective ending
264:Sveinn Björnsson, Hvammur, Dalir: MS. 1 (ca. 1880)
107:AM 123, 8° (ca. 1600), vellum, defective beginning
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419:Davíð Erlingsson, 'Ætterni Drauma-Jóns sögu',
67:Kalinke and Mitchell summarise the saga thus:
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446:Page, R. I., ed. (1957). "Drauma-Jóns saga".
1020:Sagan af Reimari keisara og Fal hinum sterka
474:Bibliography of Old Norse–Icelandic Romances
434:Bibliography of Old Norse–Icelandic Romances
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43:. The work has been attributed to the monk
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256:Uncat. MS. "Þáttur af Drauma-Jóni" (1912)
98:AM 567, 4° (early 15th c), vellum, 1 leaf
472:Marianne E. Kalinke and P. M. Mitchell,
432:Marianne E. Kalinke and P. M. Mitchell,
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485:R. I. Page (ed.), 'Drauma-Jóns saga',
296:Gering, Hugo, ed. "Drauma-Jóns saga."
59:. The tale may have Oriental origins.
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314:Page, R. I., ed. 'Drauma-Jóns saga',
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253:Stofnun Arna Magnússonar, Reykjavik
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381:. Lincoln: University of Nebraska.
364:Bjarni Vilhjálmsson, 'Formáli', in
298:Zeitschrift für deutsche Philologie
86:Arnamagnæan Institute, Copenhagen:
82:following manuscripts of the saga:
13:
53:North Icelandic Benedictine School
14:
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813:Melkólfs saga ok Solomons konungs
634:Parcevals saga and Valvens þáttr
379:A History of Icelandic Literature
978:Sagan af Bernótus Borneyjarkappa
743:Flóres saga konungs ok sona hans
95:AM 510,4° (late 15th c), vellum
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272:Papp. fol. nr 1 (early 17th c)
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992:Sagan af Ketlerus keisaraefni
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281:Papp. 4:o nr 15 (late 17th c)
137:National Library, Reykjavik:
126:The British Library, London:
92:AM 335, 4° (ca. 1400), vellum
1027:Sagan af Rígabal og Alkanusi
261:Private Collection, Iceland
132:Add. 24,969, fol. (ca. 1731)
39:('exempla') associated with
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876:Sigrgarðs saga ok Valbrands
487:Nottingham Medieval Studies
448:Nottingham Medieval Studies
343:Jeffrey Scott Love (2012),
316:Nottingham Medieval Studies
170:Lbs 3128, 4° (1885), resumé
118:Royal Library, Copenhagen:
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10:
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848:Rémundar saga keisarasonar
771:Jarlmanns saga ok Hermanns
269:Royal Library, Stockholm:
209:Lbs 3713, 8° (18th–19th c)
206:Lbs 2892, 8° (18th–19th c)
200:Lbs 2319, 8° (late 18th c)
191:Lbs 2041, 8° (ca. 1780-90)
164:Lbs 2152, 4° (late 19th c)
89:AM 397, fol. (late 18th c)
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985:Sagan af Hinriki heilráða
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904:Tristrams saga ok Ísoddar
799:Konráðs saga keisarasonar
678:
662:Tristrams saga ok Ísöndar
592:Flóres saga ok Blankiflúr
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291:Editions and translations
101:AM 575b, 4° (late 17th c)
1013:Sagan af Natoni persíska
284:Papp. 4:o nr 22 (17th c)
239:IB 184, 8° (18th–19th c)
224:JS 635, 4° (17th-19th c)
152:Lbs 1492, 4° (1880–1905)
129:Add. 4860, fol. (18th c)
1006:Sagan af Marroni sterka
862:Saulus saga ok Nikanors
307:'Drauma-Jons saga', in
203:Lbs 2484, 8° (ca. 1852)
158:Lbs 1637, 4° (ca. 1780)
932:Vilmundar saga viðutan
918:Viktors saga ok Blávus
764:Hrings saga ok Tryggva
578:Elis saga ok Rósamundu
557:Amícus saga ok Amilíus
402:, Herbert Utz Verlag,
347:, Herbert Utz Verlag,
300:, 26 (1894), 289-309,
215:JS 27, fol. (ca. 1670)
179:Lbs 479, 8° (ca. 1800)
173:Lbs 3165, 4° (1870–71)
167:Lbs 2319, 4° (1727–29)
161:Lbs 1656, 4° (1884–85)
149:Lbs 998, 4° (ca. 1860)
140:Lbs 679, 4° (ca. 1834)
121:Kall 614, 4° (18th c.)
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1034:Sarpidons saga sterka
890:Sigurðar saga turnara
869:Sigrgarðs saga frœkna
679:Original compositions
627:Pamphilus ok Galathea
423:, 7 (1979), 172-218.
398:Andrea Tietz (2012),
242:IB 224, 8° (ca. 1750)
218:JS 29, fol. (1782–90)
182:Lbs 1137, 8° (19th c)
146:Lbs 878, 4° (1886–87)
143:Lbs 715, 4° (1670–80)
110:Rask 32 (late 18th c)
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1126:Old Norse literature
1121:Icelandic literature
925:Vilhjálms saga sjóðs
834:Nikulás saga leikara
722:Dínus saga drambláta
377:Daisy Neijmann, ed.
233:IB 277, 4° (1833–34)
227:JS 47, 8° (ca. 1840)
1085:Sagas of Icelanders
1048:Úlfs saga Uggasonar
999:Sagan af Mána fróða
971:Jasonar saga bjarta
949:Post-medieval sagas
897:Sigurðar saga þögla
495:10.1484/J.NMS.3.442
489:, 1 (1957), 22-56,
460:10.1484/J.NMS.3.442
324:10.1484/J.NMS.3.442
318:, 1 (1957), 22-56,
248:IBR 42, 8° (19th c)
245:IBR 41, 8° (19th c)
221:JS 87, 4° (1780–90)
188:Lbs 1783, 8° (1780)
185:Lbs 1726, 8° (1769)
176:Lbs 4491, 4° (1885)
155:Lbs 1626, 4° (1883)
1070:Contemporary sagas
883:Sigurðar saga fóts
855:Samsons saga fagra
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1058:Other saga genres
778:Jóns saga leikara
387:978-0-8032-3346-1
276:Papp. fol. no. 47
236:IB 162, 8° (1840)
230:IB 210, 4° (1841)
113:Rask 35 (18th c.)
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939:Þjalar-Jóns saga
806:Mágus saga jarls
729:Drauma-Jóns saga
701:Blómstrvallasaga
669:Trójumanna saga
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195:Lbs 2232, 8°
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1095:Short tales
827:Nítíða saga
736:Ectors saga
571:Breta sögur
389:pp. 168-69.
77:Manuscripts
47:, abbot of
32:Clarus saga
1110:Categories
792:Klári saga
757:Grega saga
606:Ívens saga
564:Bevis saga
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331:References
57:AM 510 4to
49:Munkaþverá
585:Erex saga
278:(1690–91)
421:Opuscula
63:Synopsis
37:ævintýri
35:and the
27:exemplum
410:p. 23.
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404:ISBN
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