The Viking Age, Volume 1 (of 2)

A List of the Principal Sagas Quoted in the Viking Age, Including the Periods With Which They Deal

Name of Saga.		Century with which they deal.
The Earlier Edda		These are Mythical, and no accurate date can be affixed to them.
The Later Edda
Fórnaldarsögur contains:—
	Völsunga	Partly Mythical.
	Hervara
	Thorstein Vikingsson’s (father of Fridthjof)
	Ketil Hæng’s sons
	Grim Lodinkinnis’
	Fridthjof’s
	Hrolf Kraki’s	VI.(?)
	Half’s	VI.(?)
	Sögubrot	VI.-VII.(?)
	Ragnar Lodbrok’s	VIII.(?)
	Ragnar Lodbrok’s Sons’	VIII.(?)
	Norna Gest’s	No date can be assigned to these.
	Gautrek’s
	Orvar Odd’s
	Herraud and Bosi’s
	Egil and Asmund’s
	Hjalmter and Ölver’s
	Göngu Hrelf’s
	An Bosveigi’s
⁂ The above dates are all more or less conjectural, and the Sagas are chiefly valuable as illustrating manners and customs.
	Egil’s	Middle of IX. to end of X.
	Njala’s	End of X. to beginning of XI.
	Laxdæla	IX.-XI. (886–1030).
	Eyrbyggja	IX.-XI. (890–1031).
Islandinga Sögur contains:—
I.	Hord’s Saga	X. (950–990).
II.	Hœnsa Thoris’ Saga	X.-XI.(990–1010).
III.	Gunnlaug Ormstunga’s Saga	X.-XI.
IV.	Viga Styr’s Saga	X.-XI.
V.	Kjalnesinga Saga	IX.-XI.
VI.	Gisli Súrsson	X.
Droplaugarsona Saga		X.
Hrafnkel Freysgodi		X.
Bjorn Hitdæla Kappi		First half of XI.
Kormak’s		X.
Fornsögur contains:—
I.	Vatnsdæla Saga	IX.-XI. (c. 870–1000).
II.	Floamanna Saga	X. (c. 985–990).
III.	Hallfred’s Saga	End of X.
Gretti’s Saga		X.-XI. (Grettir died 1031).
Viga Glum		X.
Vallaljots		Beginning of XI.
Vapnfirdinga		IX.-X.
Thorskfirdinga, or Gullthóri’s		X. (c. 900–930).
Heidar Viga (continuation of Viga Styr’s)		First half of XI.
Fœreyinga		X.-XI. (c. 960–1040).
Finnbogi Rami’s		X.
Eirek the Red
Thátt of Styrbjörn (nephew of Eirek the Victorious, who fell at the battle of Fyrisvellir, 983)		X.
Landnama		IX.-X. (the colonisation of Iceland).
Islendinga bok		IX.-XI. (c. 874–1118).
	Ljosvetninga	990–1050.
	Vemund’s Saga	End of X. century.
	Svarfdœla	First half of X. century.
Biskupa Sögur contains:—
	Kristni Saga	X.-XII. (c. 980–1120).
	Sturlunga	XII.-XIII. (c. 1120–1284).
Fornmanna Sögur contains:—
I.	Sagas of Kings of Norway
II.	Jomsvikinga Saga	X.
III.	Knytlinga Saga	XI.-XII.
IV.	Fagrskinna (short history of Kings of Norway from Halfdan the Black to Sverrir)	IX.-XII.
Heimskringla Saga contains the Ynglinga Saga, the great work of Snorri Sturluson		Written in first half of XIII. cent., giving history of the Kings of Norway and Sweden from Odin down to 1177.
Flateyjarbok contains lives of Kings of Norway, etc.
Fostbrædra Saga		XI. (c. 1015–30).
Konung’s Skuggsja		XIII.
Rimbegla		XIV.
Orkneyinga		IX.-XIII. (c. 870–1206).