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Jarlmanns saga ok Hermanns (the saga of Jarlmann and Hermann) is an Icelandic riddarasaga saga (romance saga) composed sometime within the 14th century. According to Matthew Driscoll, it is 'one of two of the most popular sagas because [it has] survive[d] in over seventy manuscripts'.

Plot
The plot of this saga has been concisely summarised by Marianne E. Kalinke and P.M. Mitchell as:

'The foster brothers Hermann (son of the king of Frakkland) and Jarlmann (son of an earl) are of an age and have been educated together. Hermann sends Jarlmann to Miklagaror to sue for the hand of Ríkilát. She has previously rejected many suitors, but Jarlmann wins her for Hermann by means of a magic ring. She cannot return with Jarlmann, however, until the armed forces of another suitor have been repelled. When the wedding finally takes place, Ríkilát is mysteriously abducted and imprisoned by the old king Rudent of Serkland who plans to marry her. Jarlmann feigns love for þorbjǫrg, a giantess who guards Ríkilát, and a double wedding ceremony (Rudent-Ríkilát, Jarlmann-þorbjǫrg) ensues. Hermann kills the old king and regains his abducted bride, while Jarlmann kills the giantess in the bridal bed.The foster brothers and Ríkilát return to Frakkland for a second double wedding ceremony. Jarlmann marries the king's sister Herborg and receives half of the kingdom. '

This is a saga is dominated by the notion of wooing and wooers and the rivalry which surrounds this. The way in which the bride is used as a vehicle for war and rivalry is said to originate from the original Old Norse sagas, of which the author of Jarmanns saga ok Hermanns would have been very familiar of.

The saga is a popular one perhaps due to the popularity of its genre as a bridal-quest romance saga. This is a saga in which the wooer must overcome a series of obstacles in order to claim the bride.

The overall narrative of this sage is a problematic and a complicated one due to the use of doubling. We are aware amongst other mirroring, of the double pursuit of Ríkilát, since Jarlmann embarks on two quests to procure her. Furthermore, we are presented with two different types of wooer. Mean whilst, we cannot forget that Jarlmann and Hermann are indeed foster-brothers and therefore their relationship creates a continuous doubling. Therefore, we can assert that the plot of this sage is a binary one. Perhaps the success of this saga is largely owed to its innovative, twofold nature.

Sources and Influences
It has been argued that Jarlmanns saga ok Hermanns draws inspiration from 'The Icelandic Saga of Tristram ok Ísodd' which is said to have incorporated motifs from the Tristan legend of Medieval Arthurian Literature. The 12th century timeless myth and love story of Tristan, Isolde and Isolde's husband Mark is arguably the most influential piece of medieval literature, inspiring other Icelandic sagas, notably the romance tale of Lancelot and Guinevere.

Manuscripts and Date
The saga is presumed to have first appeared within the 14th century. There are around 69 manuscripts of the text, and it has been edited into three works, alongside the translations of it from Icelandic into English and Swedish.

Editions and Translations
redaktion." In Eskilstuna realskols och kommunala gymnasiums drsredogorelse. Copenhagen, 1917. VI...(1954). Pp. 171-235. Icelandic Romances, III...(1963). Pp. 1-66. (18th a), National Archives, Stockholm. Handskrifter utgifven med upplysande Anmarkningar. Stockholm: Zacharias Haeggstrom, 1819. Pp. 76.
 * Agnete Loth (ed.). 1962-5. Late Medieval Icelandic Romances. 5 vols. EA B 20-4.. Copenhagen: Munksgaard
 * Hugo Rydberg, ed. "Jarlmanns saga ok Hermanns i yngre handskrifters
 * Bjarni Vilhjalmsson, ed. Jarlmanns saga og Hermanns. In ^>Riddarasogur,
 * Loth, Agnete, ed. "Jarlmanns saga ok Hermanns." ln^>Late Medieval
 * "Sagan af Jarlman och Herman." In Safstaholmssamlingen, I Papp. 11
 * Liljegren, Joh. G., ed. Jarlmanns och Hermanns Saga; efter Islandska