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===''Sörla þáttr''===
[[Sörla þáttr]] is a short story in the later and extended version of the ''[[Flateyjarbók|Saga of Olaf Tryggvason]]''<ref>The ''[[Younger Edda]]''. [[Rasmus B. Anderson]] transl. (1897) Chicago: Scott, Foresman & Co. (1901).</ref> in the manuscript of the ''[[Flateyjarbók]]'', which was written and compiled by two Christian [[priest]]s, Jon Thordson and Magnus Thorhalson, in the late 14th century.<ref name=RAMUS>[[Rasmus B. Anderson]], Introduction to the ''[[Flateyjarbók|Flatey Book]]''. [[Norrœna Society]], London (1908). "The priest Jon Thordson wrote the story of Erik Vidforle and both the Olaf Sagas; but the priest Magnus Thorhalson wrote what follows and also what goes before, and revised the whole, thus dedicating the work: "May God Almighty and the Virgin Mary bless both the one that wrote and the one that dictated!"</ref> In the end of the story, the arrival of [[Christianity]] dissolves the old curse that traditionally was to endure until [[Ragnarök]].

{{Blockquote|Freyja was a human in Asia and was the favorite [[concubinage|concubine]] of Odin, King of Asialand. When this woman wanted to buy a golden necklace (no name given) forged by four dwarves (named Dvalinn, Alfrik, Berlingr, and Grer), she offered them gold and silver but they replied that they would only sell it to her if she would lie a night by each of them. She came home afterward with the necklace and kept silent as if nothing happened. But a man called Loki somehow knew it, and came to tell Odin. King Odin commanded Loki to steal the necklace, so Loki turned into a fly to sneak into Freyja's bower and stole it. When Freyja found her necklace missing, she came to ask king Odin. In exchange for it, Odin ordered her to make two kings, each served by twenty kings, fight forever unless some [[Baptism|christened]] men so brave would dare to enter the battle and slay them. She said yes, and got that necklace back. Under the spell, king Högni and king Heðinn battled for one hundred and forty-three years, as soon as they fell down they had to stand up again and fight on. But in the end, the Christian lord [[Olaf Tryggvason]], who has a great fate and luck, arrived with his christened men, and whoever slain by a Christian would stay dead. Thus the pagan curse was finally dissolved by the arrival of Christianity. After that, the noble man, king Olaf, went back to his realm.<ref>This short story is also known as "The Saga of Högni and Hedinn". English translation can be found at [http://www.northvegr.org/lore/love/00401.php Northvegr: Three Northern Love Stories and Other Tales.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080424041149/http://www.northvegr.org/lore/love/00401.php |date=2008-04-24 }}</ref>}}

The battle of Högni and Heðinn is recorded in several medieval sources, including the skaldic poem ''[[Ragnarsdrápa]]'', ''Skáldskaparmál'' (section 49), and ''[[Gesta Danorum]]'': king Högni's daughter, Hildr, is kidnapped by king Heðinn. When Högni comes to fight Heðinn on an island, Hildr comes to offer her father a necklace on behalf of Heðinn for peace; but the two kings still battle, and [[Hildr]] resurrects the fallen to make them fight until Ragnarök.<ref name=BRODEURPROSE>{{cite book|last=Brodeur|first=Arthur Gilchrist|author-link=Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur|title=The Prose Edda|url=https://archive.org/details/proseedda01brodgoog|year=1916|publisher=American-Scandinavian Foundation}}</ref> None of these earlier sources mentions Freyja or king Olaf Tryggvason, the historical figure who [[Christianize]]d Norway and Iceland in the 10th Century.