Icelandic sagas

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The Sagas of Icelanders (Icelandic: Íslendingasögur)—many of which are also known as family sagas—are prose histories describing mostly events that took place in Iceland in the 10th and early 11th centuries. They are the best known specimens of Icelandic literature.

The authors of the Icelanders' sagas are unknown. One, Egils saga, is believed by many modern scholars to have been written by Snorri Sturluson, a descendant of the saga's hero, but this is not certain.

The Icelanders' sagas are a literary phenomenon from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. They are focused on history, especially genealogical and family history. They reflect the struggle and conflict that arose within the societies of the second and third generations of Icelandic settlers.

The standard modern edition of Icelandic sagas is known as Íslenzk Fornrit.

List of Icelanders' sagas:

Bandamanna saga Bárðar saga Snæfellsáss Bjarnar saga Hítdœlakappa Brennu-Njáls saga - considered by some the greatest of Icelandic prose sagas Droplaugarsona saga Egils saga Skalla-Grímssonar - tells of the adventures of Egill Skalla-Grímsson, the warrior-poet and adventurer Eiríks saga rauða Eyrbyggja saga Færeyinga saga Finnboga saga ramma Fljótsdæla saga Flóamanna saga Fóstbrœðra saga (two versions) Gísla saga Súrssonar, (two versions) of an outlaw poet. Grettis saga Grœnlendinga saga Gull-Þóris saga Gunnars saga Keldugnúpsfífls Gunnlaugs saga ormstungu Hallfreðar saga (two versions) Harðar saga ok Hólmverja Hávarðar saga Ísfirðings Heiðarvíga saga Hrafnkels saga Hrana saga hrings Hænsna-Þóris saga Kjalnesinga saga Kormáks saga Króka-Refs saga Laxdæla saga Ljósvetninga saga (three versions) Reykdœla saga ok Víga-Skútu Svarfdœla saga Valla-Ljóts saga Vatnsdœla saga Víga-Glúms saga Víglundar saga Vápnfirðinga saga Þorsteins saga hvíta Þorsteins saga Síðu-Hallssonar Þórðar saga hreðu Ölkofra saga