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Jóns Saga Leikara is a medieval Icelandic saga, telling the story of Jón's, a young knight, encounter with a mysterious wolf. Written around 14th century Iceland, it was later preserved into manuscript in the 17th century.

Plot
The plot of the saga centres around a young knight named Jón in Flaemingialand. Upon his adventures, Jón is welcomed by the King and his wife, where he witnesses a mystical event whilst attending a great banquet, a wolf is captured. This event continued on to morning, as the wolf was eventually captured. Jón as a parting gift from the king, requests the wolf, which the king allows.

It is then revealed that the wolf is not actually a wolf by the king's son Siguđur, who was enchanted by the Queen, his step-mother and turned into a wolf when she struck him with wolfskin gloves, causing Siguđur to immediately transform into a wolf. "Oc sijndist hann aff pvi vargur vera" ("and because of this he appeared to be a wolf"). Jón and Siguđur, as a result of the revelation, become comrades-in-arms and is rewarded by being allowed to marry the King's daughter.

Influences and Motifs
The werewolf theme is central to this saga as the protagonist Siguđur is turned into a wolf by his step-mother. This motif is found in many sagas, mirrored in the man-bear motif in Hrólfs Saga Kraka (Hrólfs wants an arm), with there being a heavy influence from the myths of shape-shifters and enchantments. It has been suggested that the werewolf plot has hints and connections to Celtic literature. Margaret Schlauch argued that the connection between the evil step-mother and the werewolf motifs could have had its origin in Ireland. However, there is no evidence to suggest that it was solely celtic literature that had an influence, there is a suggestion of Germanic influences, in which the werewolf and warrior was a prevalent motif in German sagas. As well, since many Icelandic settlers would have come from Scandanavia, the territory of wolves, the werewolf motif has been considered to be the result of a converging of Scandinavian stories and Icelandic culture.

The saga draws on the werewolf and step-mother theme that can be found in many Icelandic tales. The step-mother character was often considered to possess magical powers, as they were often portrayed to be trolls who would enchant the heroes of the stories. Ađalheiđur Guđmundsdóttir explains that the relationship between female trolls and wolves dates back to ancient Norse folklore, with there being such influential texts such as the Eddic poem Helga Kvida Hjörvardssouar in which a female troll rides a wolf.

Manuscripts
Jóns Saga Leikara is often left out of collection of Icelandic sagas, as the saga itself has only been preserved on paper and is therefore often overlooked. Jürg Glauser in his book Isländische Märchensagas and Agnete Loth in her book Late Medieval Icelandic Romances, both leave out the saga. However the manuscript can be found at the Arnamagnæan Institute in Copenhagan, and has been included in Henry Goddard Leach's book Angevin Britain and Scandinavia.