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The sagas of Icelanders (Icelandic: Íslendingasögur, modern Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈislɛndiŋkaˌsœːɣʏr̥]), also known as family sagas, are a subgenre, or text group, of Icelandic sagas. They are prose narratives primarily based on historical events that mostly took place in Iceland in the ninth, tenth, and early eleventh centuries ...
The style of Íslendinga saga has been called admirable, due to its frankness, openness and impartiality — historians largely seem to agree that it gives a fairly accurate picture of Iceland in the 13th century, if only because the author or authors would have been dealing with contemporary events.
Íslendingabók (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈistlɛntiŋkaˌpouːk], Old Norse pronunciation: [ˈiːslɛndɪŋɡaˌboːk], lit. ' Book of Icelanders '; Latin: Libellus Islandorum) is a historical work dealing with early Icelandic history. The author was an Icelandic priest, Ari Þorgilsson, working in the early 12th century. The work originally ...
The only complete version of the saga is found in the Icelandic manuscript Möðruvallabók AM 132 fol. [3] The saga tells of the tenth-century Icelandic poet Kormak Ogmundsson (Kormákr Ögmundarson) and of the love of his life, Steingerd Torkelsdottir (Steingerðr Þórkelsdóttir), to whom he is betrothed. Due to a curse, he arrives too late ...
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Bandamanna saga (Old Norse: [ˈbɑndɑˌmɑnːɑ ˈsɑɣɑ]; Modern Icelandic: [ˈpantaˌmanːa ˈsaːɣa] listen ⓘ) is one of the sagas of Icelanders. It is the only saga in this category that takes place exclusively after the adoption of Christianity in the year 1000.
Hið íslenzka fornritafélag (Icelandic pronunciation: [hɪːð ˈistlɛnska ˈfɔ(r)tnˌrɪːtaˌfjɛːˌlaːɣ]), or The Old Icelandic Text Society is a text publication society. It is the standard publisher of Old Icelandic texts (such as the Sagas of Icelanders , Kings' sagas and bishops' sagas ) with thorough introductions and ...
Fljótsdæla saga (listen ⓘ) is one of the Icelandic sagas. It was probably the last one written, perhaps from the 1400s or 1500s. The text is known from several manuscripts which are from the early 1600s. It was probably written by an author in the east of Iceland and is a sequel to Hrafnkels saga. [1] [2]