The Saga Of Grettir The Strong |
The Saga Of Grettir Asmundarsson The StrongThis is one of those fantastically written Sagas that I didn't want to end. Grettir has many similarities to Egil Skallagrimsson, he is a large man with an o...
Posted by on Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:54:00 GMT |
Jomsvikings Saga |
Jomsvikings Saga This is probably one of the most popular sagas, and with good reason, there is a lot to be learned from this saga. I do not want to give away too much information about this sag...
Posted by on Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:00:00 GMT |
Gisli Surssons Saga |
The Saga Of Gisli Sursson This saga is entirely captivating. Gisli Sursson is a man of great qualties who is encouaged several times to kill for someone else. His great honour in the end b...
Posted by on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:00:00 GMT |
The Saga Of King Hrolf Kraki |
The Saga Of King Hrolf Kraki This saga was extremely entertaining, I really had a hard time putting it down. It is of the Mythic/Heroic sagas, and bears many similarities to Beowulf. In fact it ...
Posted by on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:21:00 GMT |
Orkneyinga Saga |
The Saga Of The Earls Of Orkney This Saga is very important in that without it much of the early history of the Orkney Isles, The Shetlands and Caithness, would be lost entireley. This Saga...
Posted by on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 12:19:00 GMT |
Eyrbyggja Saga |
Eyrbyggja Saga is mainly about Snorri Thorgrimsson The Priest. He was given the name Thorgrim Thorgrimsson at birth, but his name was later changed to Snorri as he was a troublesome and turbulent chil...
Posted by on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 17:00:00 GMT |
Laxdaela Saga |
The saga of the people of Laxdaela. This saga was very well written, many believe it may have been written by a female author around 1245, when Euopeans loved a good romantic story; of...
Posted by on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:43:00 GMT |
Njals Saga |
The saga of the burning of Njal. This saga is one of the most complete. There are still families in Iceland who have original copies that are surprisingly still mainly intact. This saga really he...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 18:12:00 GMT |
Aun's Saga |
The Saga of Aun The Bowbender.
This is one of the shortest Sagas I have read, but that does not mean it is short in value and wisdom. This was a great read, Aun is the kind of man most people these da...
Posted by on Sat, 27 Jan 2007 19:05:00 GMT |
Egil's Saga. |
This has got to be one of the greatest Sagas ever written. Egil is every inch a Viking. From his appearance and poetry, to his outstanding abilities as a lawyer, not to mention his unmatchable br...
Posted by on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:37:00 GMT |
