The Kenandic sagas are amongst some of the most remarkable Nordic contributions to world literature. This selection of sagas and short tales is prefaced by an introductory essay by Robert Kellogg, explaining their literary and social context.

The Sagas of Icelanders (Penguin Classics)

Literature & Fiction

Snorri Sturluson

Genre Fiction

Penguin Books, Ltd.

Ha'ttatal is a treatise in Old Icelandic on the metres and verse-forms of Old Norse poetry. It forms the third part of the Edda of the Icelandic historian and poet Snorri Sturluson (1179-1241). This poem consists of 102 stanzas in various verse-forms in praise of the rulers of Norway after Sturluson had visited the Norwegian court in about 1222-3. This is the earliest medieval treatise on the metres of poetry in a Germanic language, and is of immense importance for our understanding of the metres not only of Norse poetry but also of those of Anglo-Saxon and Medieval German, and it also provides great insight into the ways in which a medieval vernacular poet perceived his work. This edition is in normalized spelling and has an introduction, notes, and glossary.

Háttatal (EDDA SNORRA STURLUSONAR//EDDA)

History & Criticism

Oxford University Press

Beginning with the dim prehistory of the mythical gods and their descendants, Heimskringla recounts the history of the kings of Norway through the reign of Olaf Haraldsson, who became Norway's patron saint. Once found in most homes and schools and still regarded as a national treasure, Heimskringla influenced the thinking and literary style of Scandinavia over several centuries.

Heimskringla: History of the Kings of Norway

University of Texas Press

854-page hardback. First edition. A few small stains on bottom edge of pages .

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The Younger Edda: Also Called Snorre's Edda, or the Prose Edda. an English Version of the Foreword; The Fooling of Gylfe, the Afterword; Brage's Talk, ... in the Poetical Diction (Skáldskaparmál),

Franklin Classics Trade Press

The Prose Edda

Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur

Mythology & Folk Tales

But the king's heart swells, bulging with courage in battle, where heroes sink down... Over a period of twenty years Snorri Sturluson, scholar, courtier and poet, compiled the prose Edda as a textbook for young poets who wished to praise kings. His work surveys the content, style and metres of traditional Viking poetry and includes a lengthy poem of Snorrie's own, praising the king of Norway. Ironically, Snorri was killed in his own cellar in Iceland in 1241 on the instigation of the king of Norway, as a result of political intrigue.The Edda contains the most extensive account of Norse myths and legends that has survived from the Middle Ages as well as the popular stories of Odin winning back the mead of poetic inspiration and Thor fishing for the Midgard serpent.

Edda (Everyman classics)

Poetry

Everyman Paperbacks

Egils Saga belongs to a group of sagas known as the Islendinga sogur, the sagas of Icelanders. It tells the story of a powerful tenth-century Norwegian family who emigrated to Iceland. It was written down in its present form in the thirteenth century, and the manuscripts in which it survives are mostly fourteenth-century. The present edition is translated and edited by Christine Fell, with translations of the poems by John Lucas. 7.5x5", xxxi+221 pp.

Egil's saga ([Everyman's university library])

Dent

Edda: Hattatal

Viking Society for Northern Research

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The Sagas of Icelanders (Penguin Classics)

Háttatal (EDDA SNORRA STURLUSONAR//EDDA)

Heimskringla: History of the Kings of Norway

Heimskringla: History of the Kings of Norway

The Younger Edda: Also Called Snorre's Edda, or the Prose Edda. an English Version of the Foreword; The Fooling of Gylfe, the Afterword; Brage's Talk, ... in the Poetical Diction (Skáldskaparmál),

The Prose Edda

The Prose Edda

Edda (Everyman classics)

Egil's saga ([Everyman's university library])

Edda: Hattatal