Gutasaga
Sign in to savethumb|This Snake-witch stone|picture stone from Smiss in [[När, Gotland has been interpreted as depicting Vitastjärna.]] Gutasaga (Gutasagan) is a saga regarding the history of Gotland before its Christianization. It was recorded in the 13th century and survives in only a single manuscript, the Codex Holm. B 64, dating to , kept at the National Library of Sweden in Stockholm together with the Gutalag, the legal code of Gotland. It was written in the Old Gutnish language, a variety of Old Norse.
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8 sectionsContents
- Contents
- A local creation myth
- Emigration to southern Europe
- Entry into the Kingdom of Sweden
- Modern Gotland
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|This Snake-witch stone|picture stone from Smiss in [[När, Gotland has been interpreted as depicting Vitastjärna.]] Gutasaga (Gutasagan) is a saga regarding the history of Gotland before its Christianization. It was recorded in the 13th century and survives in only a single manuscript, the Codex Holm. B 64, dating to , kept at the National Library of Sweden in Stockholm together with the Gutalag, the legal code of Gotland. It was written in the Old Gutnish language, a variety of Old Norse.
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