Combining traditional myth, oral history and re-worked European legend to depict an ancient realm of heroism and wonder, the seven tales collected here are among the most fantastical of all the Norse romances. Powerfully inspired works of Icelandic imagination, they relate intriguing, often comical tales of famous kings, difficult gods and women of great beauty, goodness or cunning. The tales plunder a wide range of earlier literature from Homer to the French romances—as in the tale of the wandering hero Arrow-Odd, which combines several older legends, or Egil and Asmund, where the story of Odysseus and the Cyclops is skilfully adapted into a traditional Norse legend. These are among the most outrageous, delightful and exhilarating tales in all Icelandic literature. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Seven Viking Romances (Penguin Classics)

Comics & Graphic Novels

Paul Edwards

Hermann Pálsson

Manga

Penguin Classics

Gautrek's saga,: And other medieval tales;

New York University P

Book by Paul Edwards, Hermann Palsson

Arrow-Odd: A Medieval Novel

New York University Press

Vikings in Russia: Yngvar's saga and Eymund's saga (Cosmos)

Literature & Fiction

Edinburgh University Press

The Northern and Western Isles in the Viking World (Exhibition Catalogue)

National Library of Scotland

Magnus' Saga: Life of St.Magnus, Earl of Orkney, 1075-1116

Perpetua Press,Oxford

Úr landnorði: Samar og ystu rætur íslenskrar menningar (Íslensk fræði) (Icelandic Edition)

Bókmenntafræðistofnun Háskóla Íslands

Hrímfaxi: Hestanöfn Frá Fyrri Tíð Til Vorra Daga Og Litir Íslenska Hestsins (Hestar i Norðri) (Icelandic, German and English Edition)

Reference

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Bókaútgáfan á Hofi

Finnagaldur og Hriflungar: ævintýri um norræna menningu (Icelandic Edition)

Bókaútgáfan Hofi

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