Note 225 — Chapter VIII · LITERARY INFLUENCE: THE SAGAS OF ICELAND AND IRELAND.
Reading edition
The First Nine Books of the Danish History of Saxo Grammaticus. Translated by Oliver Elton (ed. by F. York Powell, p. 5). It is not clear whether Saxo had Icelandic manuscripts before him, but his words leave no doubt that he was aware of the fact that stories had been carried on by oral tradition.