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b'Welcome to the first episode of Saga Shorts, a side project of Saga Thing where John and Andy review the \\xfe\\xe6ttir of medieval Iceland.\\xa0 In this episode, we provide a brief introduction to \\xfe\\xe6ttir and the difficulties one faces when trying to define the genre.\\xa0 If you\\u2019re not interested in those technical details, just skip ahead to 10:10, where we begin our review of \\xdeorsteins \\xfe\\xe1ttr stangarh\\xf6ggs (The Tale of Thorstein Staff-struck).\\xa0 This fun little tale tells the story of an old Viking\\u2019s son named Thorstein who gets into some trouble with Bjarni Brodd-Helgisson, the local go\\xf0i, after killing 3 of his farmhands.\\xa0\\nBibliography\\nHarris, Joseph. \\u201cGenre and Narrative Structure in Some \\xcdslendinga \\xfe\\xe6ttir.\\u201d Scandinavian Studies 44 (1972): 1-27.\\nHarris, Joseph. \\u201c\\xde\\xe6ttir.\\u201d In Dictionary of the Middle Ages, vol. 12, edited by Joseph R. Strayer, 1-6. New York: Charles Scribner, 1989.\\nJakobsson, \\xc1rmann. \\u201cThe Life and Death of the Medieval Icelandic Short Story.\\u201d Journal of English and Germanic Philology 112 (2013): 257-91.\\nKristj\\xe1nsson, J\\xf3nas.\\xa0 \\u201c\\xcdslendinga \\xfe\\xe6ttir.\\u201d In Eddas and Sagas: Iceland\\u2019s Medieval Literature, translated by Peter Foote, 299-309. Reykjav\\xedk: Hi\\xf0 \\xedslenska b\\xf3kmenntaf\\xe9lag, 1997.\\nMiller, William Ian. \\u201cA Case Study of the Sagas as Sources: \\xdeorsteins \\xde\\xe1ttr stangarh\\xf6ggs and the Politics of Accident.\\u201d In Bloodtaking and Peacemaking: Feud, Law, and Society in Saga Iceland, 51-76. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1990.\\nRowe, Elizabeth Ashman. \\u201cThe Long and the Short of It.\\u201d In The Routledge Research Companion to the Medieval Icelandic Sagas, edited by \\xc1rmann Jakobsson, Sverrir Jakobsson, 151-63. New York: Routledge, 2017.\\nRowe, Elizabeth Ashman and Joseph Harris. \\u201cShort Prose Narrative (\\xfe\\xe1ttr).\\u201d In A Companion to Old-Norse-Icelandic Literature and Culture, edited by Rory McTurk, 462-78.\\xa0 Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2005.\\nMusic Credits:\\nIntro: From \\u201cDeath Awaits\\u201d by Billy Malmstrom\\nOutro: From \\u201c\\xd3\\xf0inn\\u201d by Krauka'