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4.4 Olåfs saga helga in Heimskringla
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structure of kings’ sagas follows strict chronological order, so it was
logical to collect the miracles at the end of SOH after the king’s death.
But when SOH was edited for inclusion in Hkr these events had to be
worked into the chronology of the whole work if they were to be in-
265 Magnus inn go3i dreams that St Olåfr tells him not to be afraid in his battie
with the Wends. The sound of the beil called Glp5 [in NiSaross] gives the men
strength and Magnus wins the battie;
266 Guthormr Ketilsson receives help from St Olåfr against King MargaSr in Ire-
land;
267 The Varangians win the battie of Pézinavellir for King Kirjalax with St Olåfr’s
help;
268 An evil count in Denmark mocks St Olåfr and goes blind. Bread in the oven
turns to stone;
269 A cripple in Valland is led by the saint to the church of St Olåfr in London and
is healed;
270 Magnus defends Cjlåff’s shrine, locks it and throws the key into the river Ni3
or overboard by Agdenes (not in Hkr). Haraldr har3rå3i dreams that St 6låfr
prophesies his fail with a poem;
271 Several miracles at Olåfr’s shrine. Olåfr kyrri builds a stone church in Kaup-
angr, where he places the shrine;
272 Olåfr’s shrine is carried out and suddenly becomes too heavy to carry. A child’s
body is found buried under the place where it stands;
273 Olåfr’s shrine is carried out because of fire. A man strikes the shrine and threat-
ens St Olåfr to stop the fire. The church is saved, but the man is punished and
then forgiven;
274 A crippled woman is healed (her legs are stretched out);
275 A young Dåne is captured by the Wends, but escapes with the help of St Olåfr;
276 frora, mother of Sigur5r Jorsalafari, has had the tongue of a man called Kol-
beinn cut out. He visits St Olåfr’s shrine, dreams that Olåfr comes and pulis
the stump of his tongue, and wakes up healed;
277 The Wends injure and cut out the tongue of a man called Halldorr. He seeks
St Olåfr and is healed;
278 The priest Rikar3r is maltreated by two brothers in Upplpnd. He is healed
with St Olåfr’s help.