Ögmundar þáttr dytts

Ögmundar þáttr dytts ok Gunnars helmings is one of the Icelandic þættir. It was written in the 14th century. It relates the story of Ögmundr dyttr, a cousin of Víga-Glúmr from Víga-Glúms saga. He is insulted in Norway and achieves revenge in a clever way. The second part of the saga relates the adventures of Gunnarr helmingr and his interaction with a cult of Freyr in Sweden.

Gunnar was suspected of manslaughter and escaped to Sweden, where people still blóted to Freyr. The Swedes had appointed a young and beautiful woman to serve the fertility god, and Gunnar became acquainted with this young priestess. He helped her drive Freyr's wagon with the god effigy in it, but the god did not appreciate Gunnar and so attacked him and would have killed Gunnar if he had not promised himself to return to the Christian faith if he would make it back to Norway. When Gunnar had promised this, a demon jumped out of the god effigy and so Freyr was nothing but a piece of wood. Gunnar destroyed the wooden idol and dressed himself as Freyr, and then Gunnar and the priestess travelled across Sweden where people were happy to see the god visiting them. After a while he made the priestess pregnant, but this was seen by the Swedes as confirmation that Freyr was truly a fertility god and not a scam. Finally, Gunnar had to flee back to Norway with his young bride and had her baptized at the court of Olaf Tryggvason.

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Íslendinga þættir	Albani þáttr ok Sunnifu Arnórs þáttr jarlaskálds Auðunar þáttr vestfirzka Bergbúa þáttr Bolla þáttr Bollasonar Brandkrossa þáttr Brands þáttr örva Draumr Þorsteins Síðu-Hallssonar Egils þáttr Síðu-Hallssonar Einars þáttr Skúlasonar Eiríks þáttr rauða Geirmundar þáttr Gísls þáttr Illugasonar Grœnlendinga þáttr Gull-Ásu-Þórðar þáttr Gunnars þáttr Þiðrandabana Halldórs þáttr Snorrasonar inn fyrri Halldórs þáttr Snorrasonar inn síðari Hallfreðar þáttr vandræðaskálds Hauks þáttr hábrókar Hrafns þáttr Guðrúnarsonar Hreiðars þáttr Hrómundar þáttr halta Íslendings þáttr sögufróða Ívars þáttr Ingimundarsonar Jökuls þáttr Búasonar Kjartans þáttr Ólafssonar Kristni þáttr Kumlbúa þáttr Mána þáttr skálds Odds þáttr Ófeigssonar Orms þáttr Stórólfssonar Óttars þáttr svarta Rauðs þáttr hins ramma Rauðúlfs þáttr Rögnvalds þáttr ok Rauðs Sneglu-Halla þáttr Steins þáttr Skaptasonar Stefnis þáttr Þorgilssonar Stjörnu-Odda draumr Stúfs þáttr inn meiri Stúfs þáttr inn skemmri Svaða þáttr ok Arnórs kerlingarnefs Sveins þáttr ok Finns Þiðranda þáttr ok Þórhalls Þorgríms þáttr Hallasonar Þorleifs þáttr jarlaskálds Þormóðar þáttr Þorsteins þáttr Austfirðings Þorsteins þáttr forvitna Þorsteins þáttr Síðu-Hallssonar Þorsteins þáttr skelks Þorsteins þáttr stangarhöggs Þorsteins þáttr sögufróða Þorsteins þáttr tjaldstœðings Þorsteins þáttr uxafóts Þorvalds þáttr tasalda Þorvalds þáttr víðförla Þorvarðar þáttr krákunefs Þórarins þáttr Nefjólfssonar Þórarins þáttr ofsa Þórarins þáttr stuttfeldar Þórhalls þáttr knapps Ævi Snorra goða Ögmundar þáttr dytts Ölkofra þáttr

Legendary þættir	Ásbjarnar þáttr Selsbana Helga þáttr ok Úlfs Helga þáttr Þórissonar Norna-Gests þáttr Ragnarssona þáttr Sörla þáttr Tóka þáttr Tókasonar Völsa þáttr Þorsteins þáttr bæjarmagns

Other þættir	Brenna Adams byskups Eindriða þáttr ok Erlings Eymundar þáttr hrings Eymundar þáttr af Skörum Hálfdanar þáttr svarta Haralds þáttr grenska Haralds þáttr hárfagra Hemings þáttr Áslákssonar Hróa þáttr heimska Ísleifs þáttr byskups Knúts þáttr hins ríka Orkneyinga þáttr Otto þáttr keisara Ólafs þáttr Geirstaðaálfs Styrbjarnar þáttr Svíakappa

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