sagas

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sagas

The sagas of Icelanders

a selection
2000
A collection of eleven sagas and six shorter stories that recount the adventures of the first settlers in Iceland.

The sagas of Icelanders

a selection
2001
A collection of eleven sagas and six shorter stories that recount the adventures of the first settlers in Iceland.

Nj?l's saga

1979

The Saga of the Volsungs

the Norse epic of Sigurd the Dragon Slayer
2012
Contains a translation of the mythic and legendary tales of early Scandinavia, in which, the mythical deeds of the heroic Sigurd the dragon slayer and his family the Volsungs are reccounted.

Hrafkel's saga

1972
A retelling of a thirteenth-century Icelandic saga that relates the adventures of a tenth-century chieftain who becomes ruthless with his power.

Legends of the world

1982
Recounts the major myths, legends, and sagas of the world's major cultures.

The Viking discovery of America

the excavation of a Norse settlement in L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland
2001
Argues that Viking reached America before Christopher Columbus, and chronicles one couples discovery of Viking artifacts which prove Vikings landed in the United States more than one thousand years ago.
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