ABSTRACT
Dámusta saga (“The Saga of Dámusti”) is an anonymous riddarasaga, probably from the 14th century. With a total of only seventeen preserved MSS (only one fragmentary vellum MS, AM 557 4to, from the 15th century), Dámusta saga stands as one of the most sparsely transmitted riddarasógur. It is, however, extant in several redactions: an older redaction (14th century), an abridged redaction from the 17th century, and finally, a synopsis from the end of the 18th or beginning of the 19th century under the title Sagan af Danusta Josephssyni (“The Saga of Danusti Josephsson”). The Dámusta rímur, which probably date from the first half of the 15th century, belong to the oldest group of this Icelandic ballad genre.
