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| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | | HOME | | | | | | An Index to the Complete Fornaldarsögur Norðurlanda in English Translation Arranged Alphabetically by Uniform Title | | | | | | Uniform Title & Icelandic Text Powered by Netútgáfan ...with notes | English Translations & Scholarship A literal translation of the title has been provided if one is lacking. | Translators & Editions | | | | Af Upplendinga konungum Part of Frá Fornjóti ok hans ættmönnum; see below | Of The Kings of the Uplands The Kings of Oppland | Gavin Chappell Peter Tunstall | | | | Áns saga bogsveigis Part 3 of the Hrafnistumanna sögur | *The Saga of Án Bow-Bender The Saga of Aun the Bow-bender | Shaun F.D. Hughes , Medieval Outlaws, 1998 Larson Willard , The Saga of Aun the Bow-bender: A Medieval Outlaw, 1995 | | | | Ásmundar saga kappabana | The Saga of Asmund the Champion-Killer | George L. Hardman W. Bryant Bachman, Six Old Icelandic Sagas, 1993 | | | | Herrauds och Bosa Saga (1666) by Olaf Verelius Bósa saga ok Herrauðs Die Bósa-saga in zwei fassungen edited by Otto Luitpold Jiriczek, 1893. *Gudmund of Glæsisvellir *Ragnar Loðbrók | Bosi and Herraud’s Saga Excerpt from chapter 12 Bosi and Herraud | ****George L. Hardman** Paul Du Chaillu,The Viking Age, Vol. II., 1889 Pálsson and Edwards , Gautrek's Saga and Other Medieval Tales, 1968; reprinted inSeven Viking Romances | | | | ****Egils saga einhenda ** ****ok Ásmundar berserkjabana** * mentions 3 treasures kept in the underworld: a cloak that cannot burn, a horn that cannot be emptied, and a chess set that plays itself. | *"The Story of Egil One-Hand and Asmund Berserker-Slayer" Egil and Asmund 'The Brothers' Pact' (chs. 6-7); 'A Giant Outwitted' (chs. 9-10) | Pálsson and Edwards , Gautrek's Saga and Other Medieval Tales, 1968; reprinted inSeven Viking Romances Jacqueline Simpson , The Northmen Talk, 1965 , pp. 231-237 | | | | Eiríks saga víðförla * Óðainsacre: 'Acre of the Not-Dead' | "Eirik the Far-Traveller’s Saga" Eirek the Traveller | Peter Tunstall | | | | Frá Fornjóti ok hans ættmönnum C onsists of two, sometimes three, works concerning the foundation of Norway: Hversu Noregr byggðist ("How Norway was inhabited"), Flateyjarbók, l. 21, 22 Fundinn Noregr ("Founding of Norway"), first chapter of Orkneyinga Saga Af Upplendinga konungum ("Of the Kings of the Uplands"), see above | "Of Fornjot and his Kinsmen" How Norway was Inhabited Fundinn Noregr from the _Orkneyingers' sag_a Norway Found How Norway became inhabited Commentary: "On the origin of the Vanir and Alfar | George W. Dasent, Icelandic sagas and other historical documents relating to the settlements and descents of the Northmen on the British Isles. 1887-94, Orkneyingers Saga, III, Appendix A, pp. 333-335, 1894 Gavin Chappell George L. Hardman | | | | Friðþjófs saga ins frækna The saga was adapted into a dramatic Swedish poem by Esaias Tegnér in 1825 and translated as: The Story of Fridthjof the Bold , Translated by George Stephens, 1839 ; reprinted in Rasmus Anderson and Jón Bjarneson, Viking Tales from the North, 1877 Fridthjof's Saga, A Norse Romance , T ranslated by Thomas Holcomb & Martha A. Lyon-Holcomb, 1876 | The Story of Fridthjof the Bold The Story of Fridthjof the Bold (1911 Reprint) The Saga of Fridthjof the Bold The Story of Fridthjof the Bold The Saga of Frithiof the Fearless | William Morris,The Story of Fridthjof the Bold, 1871 William Morris & Eirikur Magnusson , Three Northern Love Stories and Other Tales, 1875 Rasmus Anderson and Jón Bjarneson, Viking Tales from the North, 1877 John Sephton, Proceedings of the Liverpool Literary & Philosophical Society, Volumes 48-49, 1893-94 | | | | Gautreks saga og Gjafa-Refs | *Gautrek’s Saga 'The Misers' (ch. 1); 'The Price of an Ox' (chs. 6, and 9-11) | Pálsson and Edwards , Gautrek's Saga and Other Medieval Tales, 1968; reprinted inSeven Viking Romances Jacqueline Simpson, The Northmen Talk, 1965, pp. 156-174 | | | | Gríms saga loðinkinna Part 2 of the Hrafnistumanna sögur | Grim Shaggy-Cheek | Peter Tunstall | | | | Göngu-Hrólfs saga | *Göngu-Hrolf's Saga The Göngu-Hrólfssaga: a study in Old Norse philology by Jacob Wittmer Hartmann | Pálsson and Edwards, Göngu-Hrólf's Saga: A Viking Romance, 1980 | | | | Hálfdanar saga Brönufóstra | The Saga of Halfdan, Brana’s Foster Son | George L. Hardman Robert Hannah 1981, Seminar for Germanic Philology Yearbook 4 | | | | Hálfdanar saga Eysteinssonar | Halfdan Eysteinsson’s Saga | George L. Hardman Pálsson and Edwards , Seven Viking Romances | | | | Hálfs saga og Hálfsrekka | Half & his Heroes The Saga of King Half and his Champions An excerpt (Chapters 10-13) telling the tale behind the Ancient Swedish Ballad | Peter Tunstall W. Bryant Bachman, Jr. & Gudmundar Erlingsson , The Sagas of King Half and King Hrolf , 1991. Stolt Herr Alf A Medieval Swedish Ballad | | | | Helga þáttr Þórissonar *Gudmund of Glæsisvellir | Helgi's Tale Helgi Thorisson's Story 'Helgi and the Women of the Otherworld' | Peter Tunstall Pálsson and Edwards , Gautrek's Saga and other Medieval Tales, 1968; reprinted inSeven Viking Romances Jacqueline Simpson , The Northmen Talk, 1965 | | | | Hervarar saga og Heiðreks Saga Heiðreks konúngs ens vit ra *Gudmund of Glæsisvellir | The Saga of Hervör and Heithrek The Saga of King Heiðrek the Wise Hervor & King Heidrek | Nora Kershaw, Stories and Ballads of the Far Past, 1921 Christopher Tolkien, The Saga of King Heiðrek the Wise, 1960 Peter Tunstall | | | | Hjálmþés saga ok Ölvis This saga has a noted relationship to Svipdagsmál. | *Hjalmer and Ölvir’s Saga | Ralph O’Connor , Icelandic Histories and Romances, 2002 | | | | Hrólfs saga Gautrekssonar The hero of this saga is the son of the protagonist in Gautrek's saga | *Hrolf Gautreksson's Saga | Pálsson and Edwards, Hrolf Gautreksson: A Viking Romance, 1972 | | | | Hrólfs saga kraka ok kappa hans | Hrolf Kraki & his Champions The Saga of Hrólf Kraki King Hrolf and his Champions The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki The Saga of Hrolf Kraki and his Champions | Peter Tunstall Stella M. Mills, The Saga of Hrólf Kraki, 1933 Gwyn Jones in Eirik the Red and other Icelandic sagas pp. 221-318, 1961 Jesse L. Byock , The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki (Penquin Classics), 1998 W. Bryant Bachman, Jr. & Gudmundar Erlingsson , The Sagas of King Half and King Hrolf, 1991 | | | | Hrómundar saga Gripssonar | Hromund Greipsson’s Tale The Saga of Hromund Greipsson Hromund's Saga | Gavin Chappell Nora Kershaw, Stories and Ballads of the Far Past, 1921 W. Bryant Bachman , Six Old Icelandic Sagas, 1993 | | | | *Huldar saga: Apocryphal— no known text. Described in Sturlunga saga as a story "about a great troll-woman". There exists, however, a Huldar saga in three recensions, all of which date from the 18th century. Recension I, a late 18th century mss., was published in Danish. Recension II, ascribed to Jón Espólin, was printed in Icelandic. These probably have no connection to the ancient saga. | Huld. Fragment of a romantic tale translated from the Old Scandinavian in Skandinaviske Literatur-Selskabs Skrifter. I. Bd. pp. 262-334. Die Huldar Saga (scanned version, poor quality). | *Capt. W.H.F. Abrahamson, 1805 Konrad Mauer, 1894 | | | | Illuga saga Gríðarfóstra | The Saga of Illugi, Grid’s Foster-son Illugi, Grid's Foster Son The Saga of Illugi Grid's Fosterling The Saga of Illugi, Grid's Foster-Son | Gavin Chappell Peter Tunstall W. Bryant Bachman , Six Old Icelandic Sagas, 1993 | | | | Ketils saga hængs Part 1 of the Hrafnistumanna sögur | Ketil Trout’s Saga | Gavin Chappell | | | | Norna-Gests þáttur * Gudmund of Glæsisvellir said to have sent horns, as a gift to Olaf | Norna-Gest’s Tale The Tháttr of Nornagest | George L. Hardman Nora Kershaw, Stories and Ballads of the Far Past, 1921 | | | | Ragnars saga loðbrókar *Ragnar Loðbrók | The Saga of Ragnar Lodbrok with Old Norse Facing Text translation The Sagas of Ragnar Loðbrók "Thora and Aslaug in Ragnars Saga Lodbrokr: Women, Dragons and Destiny," Carolyne Larrington | Chris Van Dyke, 2003 *Ben Waggoneer, 2009 Margaret Schlauch , The Saga of the Volsungs: The Saga of Ragnar Lodrok together with the Lay of Kraka, 1930 | | | | Sturlaugs saga starfsama | Sturlaug the Industrious | Peter Tunstall George L. Hardman | | | | Sögubrot af nokkrum fornkonungum í Dana ok Svíaveldi | Fragment of a Saga about Certain Early Kings in Denmark and Sweden The Sögubrot | Peter Tunstall George L. Hardman | | | | Sörla saga sterka | The Saga of Sorli the Strong | George L. Hardman | | | | Sörla þáttur eða Héðins saga ok Högna *The tale of how Freyja obtained her necklace Brisingamen | Sörli’s Tale or Hedin and Högni’s Saga The Tháttr of Sörli "The Sörla Þáttr" (First Chapter Only) Sorli's Story Sorli's Tale, or the Saga of Hedin & Hogni | Eirikur Magnusson & William Morris Nora Kershaw, Stories and Ballads of the Far Past, 1921 James Chisholm, Idunna #8 (vol. 2, no. 4, 1990), p. 6. W. Bryant Bachman, Jr. & Gudmundur Erlingsson, Six Old Icelandic Tales, 1993 Peter Tunstall | | | | Tóka þáttur Tókasonar | "Toki Tokason’s Tale" Toki's Story Toki's Tale | W. Bryant Bachman, Jr. & Gudmundar Erlingsson , The Sagas of King Half and King Hrolf, 1991. Peter Tunstall | | | | Völsunga saga *‘Völsunga saga, Ragnars saga and Romance in Old Norse: revisiting relationships’, Carolyne Larrington | The Saga of the Volsungs | William Morris & Eireker Magnusson, 1888 Margaret Schlauch, 1930 Ronald G. Finch, 1965 George K. Anderson, 1982 Jesse Byock, 1993 Gavin Chappell , 2013 | | | | Yngvars saga víðförla *2003 Galina Glazyrina "On Heliopolis in Yngvars saga víðfõrla" | "The Saga of Yngvar the Far-Traveller" Yngvar the TravellerYngvar's Saga The Saga of Yngvar the Explorer | Peter Tunstall Hermann Pálsson and Paul Edwards, Vikings in Russia, 1989 W. Bryant Bachman , Six Old Icelandic Sagas , 1993 | | | | Þáttur af Ragnars sonum *Ragnar Loðbrók | Ragnar's Sons The Sagas of Ragnar Loðbrók*,* | Peter Tunstall Ben Waggoneer | | | | Þorsteins saga Víkingssonar *The hero of this saga is the father of the protagonist in Friðþjófs saga ins frækna. | Thorstein Vikingsson's Saga | Rasmus Anderson & Jón Bjarnason , Viking Tales of the North , 1877 | | | | Þorsteins þáttr bæjarmagns *Gudmund of Glæsisvellir | Thorstein House-Power Thorstein Mansion-Might 'A Visit to the Otherworld' | George L. Hardman Pálsson and Edwards , Gautrek's Saga and other Medieval Tales, 1968; reprinted inSeven Viking Romances Jacqueline Simpson , The Northmen Talk, 1965 | | | | Örvar-Odds saga Part 4 of theHrafnistumanna sögur | *Arrow-Odd 'Odd Among the Giants' (ch. 18) Fulvio Ferrari (Università degli Studi di Trento) : Gods, Warlocks and Monsters in Örvar-Odds saga | Pálsson and Edwards , Arrow-Odd: A Medieval Novel, 1970; reprinted inSeven Viking Romances Jacqueline Simpson , The Northmen Talk, 1965 , pp. 237-243 | | | | Völsi þáttur | The Tale of Völsi Völsa Þáttr | Eysteinn Björnsson James Chisholm, Idunna #8 (vol. 2, no. 4, 1990), pp. 7-12 | | | | Þjalar-Jóns Saga eðr Jóns Saga Svipdagsson ok Eirekr forvitna. | "File-Jón's Saga or The Saga of Jon Svipdag's son and Eirek the curious" Þjalar-Jóns saga: A Translation and Introduction Þjalar-Jóns saga. The Icelandic text with an English translation, introduction and notes | Often classified as a Riddarsaga Alaric Hall (2015) Cecilia White (2016) | | | | Your Suggestions are Welcomed. If you'd like to transcribe or translate a text to be posted on this site, I will credit you here. Please contact the webmaster. | | | | | | HOME | | | | | | REFERENCES: Fornaldarsögur Norðurlanda A Bibliography of Manuscripts, Editions, Translations, and Secondary Literature. Compiled by M.J. Driscoll & Silvia Hufnagel | | | | | | SCHOLARSHIP | | | | | | General Scholarship: Gudbrand Vigfusson, "Mythical Sagas" in Sturlunga saga, 1874, pp. cxciv-cxcvi. A. Le Roy Andrews, The Lygisögur, Scandinavian Studies and Notes, Volume 2 , 1916. Lars Lönnroth, The Old Norse Analogue: Eddic Poetry and Fornaldarsaga, 1990. Vésteinn Ólason, The Marvelous North and Authorial Presense in the Icelandic Fornaldarsaga, in Contexts of Pre-Novel Narrative , 1994. Jesse L. Byock, The Fornaldarsögur: Stephen Mitchell’s Contribution, Oral Tradition, 10/2 (1995): pp. 451-457. Ármann Jakobsson, Agneta Ney, Annette Lassen, ed. Fornaldarsagaerne: myter og virkelighed ,2008 Shafer, John Douglas. Saga Accounts of the Norse Far-Travellers, Durham E-Thesis, 2009. | The Twelfth International Saga Conference Bonn/Germany, 28th July – 2nd August 2003 Galina Glazyrina, On Heliopolis in Yngvars saga víðfõrla Inna Matyushina, On the Imagery and Style of Riddarasögur | | | | | Massimiliano Bampi, Between Tradition and Innovation: The Story of Starkaðr in Gautreks saga Rory McTurk, Kings and kingship in Viking Northumbria Stephen Mitchell (Harvard University): Perceptions of the Supernatural and Other Elements of the Fantastic in the Fornaldarsögur Else Mundal, The Treatment of the Supernatural and the Fantastic in Different Saga Genres Sverrir Jakobsson (Háskóla Íslands, Reykjavík) : On the Road to Paradise. 'Austrvegr' in the Icelandic Imagination Judy Quinn, The end of a fantasy: Sörla þáttr and the rewriting of the revivification myth Gunnhild Røthe, The Fictitious Figure of Þorgerðr Hölgabrúðr in the Saga Tradition Christopher Sanders, Sturlaugs saga starfsama : Humour and Textual Archaeology Lars van Wezel (University of Leiden) : Myths to Play with: Bósa saga ok Herrauðs Kirsten Wolf (University of Wisconsin-Madison): The Color Blue in Old Norse - Icelandic Anna Zanchi (University College London): The Colour Green in Medieval Icelandic Literature: Natural, Supernatural, Symbolic? Helgi Þorláksson (Háskóli Íslands, Reykjavík): The Fantastic Fourteenth Century Riddarasögur: Geraldine Barnes, Margin vs. centre: geopolitics in Nitida saga (a cosmographical comedy?) Ingvil Brügger Budal, A Translation of the Fantastic Vera Johanterwage (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster): The Use of Magic Spells and Objects in the Icelandic Riddarasögur Inna Matyushina, Magic Mirrors, Monsters, Maiden-kings (the Fantastic in Riddarasögur) Heathen Religion: Christopher Abram, Snorri’s Invention of Hermóðr’s helreið Yvonne S. Bonnetain, Riding the Tree Jamie Cochrane, Land-spirits and Iceland’s Fantastic Pre-conversion Landscape Cyril de Pins, The Fantastical Theology of Snorri Sturluson : A Reading of the Prologue of Snorra Edda Amy C. Eichhorn-Mulligan, Contextualizing Old Norse - Icelandic Bodies Thor Ewing, ‘í litklæðum’ – Coloured Clothes in Medieval Scandinavian Literature and Archaeology Oren Falk, Fragments of Fourteenth-century Icelandic Folklore Frog, Recognizing Mythic Images in Fantastic Literature : Reading Baldrs draumar 12-14 Signe Horn Fuglesang, Iconographic traditions and models in Scandinavian imagery Kari Ellen Gade, ‘Höðr … sonr Óðins’ — but did Snorri know that? Terry Gunnell, How Elvish Were The Álfar? Eldar Heide, Spirits Through Respiratory Passages Ingunn Ásdísardóttir, Frigg and Freyja: One Great Goddess or Two? Judith Jesch, Norse Myth in Medieval Orkney Merrill Kaplan, Out-Thoring Thor in Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar en mesta Henning Kure, Drinking from Odin’s Pledge On an encounter with the fantastic in Völuspá 28–29 Carolyne Larrington, Loki’s Children Annette Lassen, Hrafnagaldur Óðins / Forspjallsljóð: Et antikvarisk digt?[English] Emily Lyle, A Temporal Triad in Three Sagas Agneta Ney, The Edge of Water in Old Norse Myth and Reality Astrid E.J. Ogilvie, Weather and Witchcraft in the Sagas of Icelanders Jens Peter Schjødt, The Notion of Berserkir and the Relation between Óðinn and Animal Warriors Gro Steinsland, The Fantastic Future and the Norse Sibyl of Völuspá Bernt Øyvind Thorvaldsen, The Double Scene in Performance: Deictic Blending in Völuspá? Clive Tolley, The Historia Norwegiae as a Shamanic Source | The 14th International Saga Conference Uppsala, 9th–15th, August 2009 Part 1 – pages 1 to 550 Matthew J. Driscoll, Editing the Fornaldarsögur Norðurlanda. Alexey Eremenko The ethical map of the Hrólfs saga Gautrekssonar. Silvia Hufnagel, Sörla saga sterka and Rafn’s edition. Vera Johanterwage, Biörner’s edition of the Friðþjófs saga ins froekna. Hans Kuhn, Frithjof and Röde Orm: Two Swedish Viking impersonations Part 2 – pages 551 to 1081 Helen F. Leslie (University of Bergen, Norway), Landscape and the Other World in the Fornaldarsögur. Mikael Males, Institutt for lingvistiske og nordiske studier, (Oslo universitet, Norway), “Archaic” Assonance in the Strophes of Ragnarr Loðbróks Family and Other Early Skalds. Terje Spurkland, Fornaldarsögur and the concept of literacy. Tereza Vachunová, Hrólfs saga kraka – A History of Editing. Yelena Sesselja Helgadóttir-Yershova, Hildibrandr húnakappi and Ásmundr kappabani in Icelandic sagas and Faroese ballads. See also: Andreas Nordberg, (Dept. of History of Religions, Stockholm University, Sweden), Time-reckoning, ritual time and the symbolism of numbers in Adam of Bremen’s account of the great sacrifice in Old Uppsala. The 15th International Saga Conference Sagas and the Use of the Past 15th –11th August 2012, Aarhus University Preprint of Abstracts Ian Beuermann, Fornjótr’s Descendants. Reading Orkneyinga Saga’s Origin Myth Hannah Burrows, Wit and Wisdom: Óðinn, Haukr Erlendsson and the Different Redactions of Hervarar saga Christen Carlsen, Mythic-Heroic Motifs in Eiríks saga víðfǫrla Frog, Myth as Referent: Saga Sources as Evidence of Oral Intertextuality Helen F. Leslie, Contexts of Eddic Poetry: Snorra Edda and the fornaldarsögur Riddarasögur: Katharina Seidel, Text Variance and Text Stability in Translated Riddarasögur: Various Concepts of Text Transmission within one Genre | | |