Purpose of this summary is to give the uninitiated a help for
decyphering the Thidrekssaga, since first-time readers can easily be
disheartened by the immense loads of details and the apparent lack of structure
of the saga.
To serve my purpose, I have unhesitatingly sacrificed details and sometimes even the
letter of the saga to clarify the spirit and the broad overview, all, of course,
according to my own interpretation.
In addition, I wanted to introduce some theories of Ritter and Boer, occasionaly
throwing in some of my own ideas. All rephrasings of Ritter's and Boer's theories
are mine.
The offshoot of this all is:
If you want to seriously study the saga, please make use of the Old-Norse
original or a direct translation. Also read Ritter's and Boer's books, as
specified in the bibliography.
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