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Kirialax saga The Kirialax saga belongs to a group of sagas known as the Chivalric sagas. The saga depicts a man name Kirialax as the protagonist and like most sagas belonging to the group Islendingasogur its shows three generations of families. Context The manuscripts from this saga survive in three fragmented parts from the 15th century and was most likely written in the 14th century. There are around 14 copies that were developed in a later period of time. The kirialax saga is written in the language of medieval Icelandic. Plot The book begins with Kirialax's father, Laicus winning the hand of a woman by defeating his brother. Laicus is the King of Thessaly and his wife-to-be is the daughter of King Dragnus of Syria and therefore to win her, Laicus has to invade parts of syria and kills the prince, Egias. Egias does not die but becomes Laicus' friend and helps secure the marriage. Kirialax is born as a result of this marriage and as he matures, Kirialax decides to travel the world and seek out adventure. In his adventures, he associates with numerous members of the elite, from countries such as Phyrgia, Babylon and Sicily, during his association he helps the elite with tasks that have a simple soloution that Kirialax provides, Depicting him as a hero. It is during this helpfulness, Kirialax wins his bride in a similar way to how his father won his mother. Kirialax then proceeds to have two sons, Valterus and Villifer, whom both end up having their own adventure that results in a fight with their cousin. Critics There is little in the way of scholarly articles for this saga. Studies in the traditions of the Kirialax saga is one of the top books available publicly and a translation of the saga is available as part of the book. This book was written upon a 1999 doctorial thesis at the University of Leeds, one of the best universities in the world,by Alenka Divjak. A review of the studies in the traditions of the Kirialax saga also offers another unique perspective on the saga. Written by Marianne Kalinke, the review picks apart the book and essentially discredits Alenka's thesis without much proof as she does not name her sources. Apart from theses two books there is no published works that offer a full evalution of this saga but that maybe because the plot of the saga is often described as repetitive and does not offer anything in literary writings. The saga comes across in a rather learned way and almost like a series of events that occur with no suspense.