Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
1. Introductory: Reading the Sagas Against a Paroemial Background
2. Paroemial Patterns of the Mythic and the Legendary Backgrounds
3. Paroemial Strategies, Apophthegmatic Scenes, and the Heroic Ideal in Gísla saga
4. Paroemial Thematic Signaling in Njáls saga
5. Grettis saga and the Paroemial Delineation of Character
6. Various Uses and Variant Forms of Proverbs in the Sagas: The Proverbial Foolishness of Hrafnkels saga Freysgda
7. Proverbial Echoes and the Point of Hoensa-Póris saga: "Ek ætla par vándum manni at duga sem pú ert"
8. Fóstbroedra saga, Sverris saga, and Narratives of the Will: "Jafnan segir inn ríkri rád"
9. Concluding Discussions and Directions of Research
Bibliography
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