Saga - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The sagas (from Icelandic saga , plural sögur ), are stories about ancient Scandinavian and Germanic history, about early Viking voyages, about migration to Iceland, and of feuds between Iceland...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saga
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This website contains all the extant Icelandic family sagas. The sagas are made available in an easy, readable format using modernized Icelandic spelling, with the Old Norse versions and translations into English and other languages made available where these exist in the public domain...
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www.sagadb.org/
www.sagadb.org/
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In their attention to the actions of individuals within social networks, and the working through of their consequences, the Icelandic sagas are important precursors of the modern novel. They directly influenced many writers, among them Walter Scott and J.R.R. Tolkien.
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dannyreviews.com/h/Sagas_Icelanders.html
dannyreviews.com/h/Sagas_Icelanders.html
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Icelandic Lore at sacred-texts.com ... This page indexes all of the content at sacred-texts related to Icelandic lore, including the Eddas and Sagas. There are also modern retellings of Northern lore.
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www.sacred-texts.com/neu/ice/index.htm
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THE STORY OF EGIL SKALLAGRIMSSON: ... Thanks to the Northvegr Foundation, for contributing this text. This text was transcribed by Jess Frazier, and the introduction by Hrappr Normansson. ... Sacred Texts Sagas & Legends...
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www.sacred-texts.com/neu/egil/index.htm
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The Icelandic Sagas have a special niche in the world's literature. They were written between ca. 1100 AD and 1300 AD in the Icelandic language, at a time when almost everybody else in the world was writing in Latin.
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www.simnet.is/gardarj/folk/sagas.htm
www.simnet.is/gardarj/folk/sagas.htm
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Custom Research Papers ... © 2004-2007 Northvegr. Most of the material on this site is in the public domain. However, many people have worked very hard to bring these texts to you so if you do use the work, we would appreciate it if ... A small number of texts are copyrighted and cannot be used without the author's permission.
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www.northvegr.org/lore/orkney/
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Complete English translatio ... Originally written in Icelandic (Old Norse) in the thirteenth century A.D., by an unknown hand. However, most of the material is based substantially on previous works, some centuries older. A few of these works have been preserved in the collection of Norse poetry known as the "Poetic Edda".
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