Focuses on the narrative and rhetorical parallels between the 10th century Irish tale, the `Fingal Ronain' (FR) and the Icelandic 15th century tale, the `Hjalmpers ok Olvers' (HS). Debates on the Irish influence upon medieval Icelandic literature; Parallelism found in the analogous employment of a story-type known as the `lustful stepmother' pattern; Literary assessment of both FR and HS.