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Icelandic saga - Definition and Overview |
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The Icelandic Sagas are prose histories describing mostly events that took place in Iceland during the Age of Settlement. They are written in Old Norse in Iceland during the 12th to 15th centuries and mostly during the centre of that epoch.
The saga writers sought to record their heroes' great achievements and to glorify the virtues of courage and honour.
- The Main Icelandic Sagas (Íslendingasögur):
- Bandamanna saga
- Bárðar saga Snæfellsáss
- Bjarnar saga Hítdælakappa
- Brennu-Njáls saga
- Droplaugarsona saga
- Egils saga
- Eiríks saga rauða
- Eyrbyggja saga
- Finnboga saga ramma
- Fljótsdæla saga
- Flóamanna saga
- Fóstbroeðra saga
- Færeyinga saga
- Grettis saga
- Gísla saga Súrssonar
- Grænlendinga saga
- Grænlendinga þáttur
- Gull-Þóris saga
- Gunnars saga Keldugnúpsfífls
- Gunnlaugs saga ormstungu
- Hallfreðar saga vandræðaskálds
- Hallfreðar saga vandræðaskálds
- Harðar saga og Hólmverja
- Hávarðar saga Ísfirðings
- Heiðarvíga saga
- Hrafnkels saga Freysgoða
- Hrana saga hrings
- Hænsna-Þóris saga
- Kjalnesinga saga
- Kormáks saga
- Króka-Refs saga
- Laxdæla saga
- Ljósvetninga saga
- Reykdæla saga og Víga-Skútu
- Svarfdæla saga
- Valla-Ljóts saga
- Vatnsdæla saga
- Víga-Glúms saga
- Víglundar saga
- Vopnfirðinga saga
- Þorsteins saga hvíta
- Þorsteins saga Síðu-Hallssonar
- Þórðar saga hreðu
The original vellum manuscripts as well as later copies of them and some present-day translations of the sagas can be studied on-line at the following website:
External link
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