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Regina Jucknies
The present article aims at a presentation of the Old East and West Norse texts related to the Matter of Troy. As such, it introduces the most important East and West Norse litterary genres, allowing the possibility of placing Old Icelandic "Trójumanna saga" and Old Swedish "Historia Trojana" in its context (there is no Old Norwegian Trojan translation, and the only Danish one is postmedieval). The Old Icelandic tradition is twofold, and its textual sources vary. As usual with translations of historiographical texts into Old Icelandic, both traditions show an adaptation to the so-called Icelandic family saga style, briefly presented here. The Old Swedish text from the beginning of the 16th century is based on Guido de Columnis' "Historia destructionis Troiae" and also underwent considerable changes in the process of translation, for which it may be possible to identify the author responsible. The changes concern both additions and, above all, omissions, expecially of passages showing the source author's personal interests and his misogyny. The scholarly reception of the two very differing Trojan traditions presented can be judged typical of the difference in interest between West and East Norse literature.
