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Mar 29, 1927 Died on 02 Mar 2010 (aged 82)
Icelandic scholar
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About Jón Hnefill Aðalsteinsson
- Jón Hnefill Aðalsteinsson (29 March 1927 – 2 March 2010) was an Icelandic scholar and folklorist.
- He was a prolific author and is well known for his works on Old Norse religion. In his 2000 book on Hrafnkels saga, he emphasised its heathen religious elements.
- While acknowledging that a large part of the story line probably represents 13th-century fiction, Jón Hnefill found evidence of an oral tradition in such aspects of the story as Hrafnkel's sacrifices and the behaviour of Freyfaxi.
