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This page indexes all of the content at sacred-texts related to Icelandic lore, including the Eddas and Sagas.

The Eddas
The Eddas are the primary texts for the study of Northern mythology.

The Poetic Edda Henry Adams Bellows, tr. [1936].
The Poetic Edda is also known as the Elder Edda. This is a complete version of this key text, scanned at sacred-texts. The translation is highly readable and has extensive, useful notes.
The Prose Edda of Snorri Sturlson; Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur, tr. [1916].
Also known as the Younger Edda.

The Sagas
The Sagas are historical legends, but often have supernatural or mythological elements. Besides being sophisticated and very enjoyable narrative literature, they also contain illuminating details of life in old Iceland.

The Story of the Volsungs with extracts from the Poetic Edda. by William Morris and Eirikr Magnusson [1888].
The Story of Grettir the Strong translated by Eirikr Magnusson and William Morris [1869].
The Story of Egil Skallagrimsson (Egil's Saga), Translated from the Icelandic by W.C. Green [1893]
Contributed by the Northvegr Félag
The Story of Burnt Njal Translated by George Webbe Dasent [1861]

The Story of Gisli the Outlaw by George Webbe Dasent [1866]

The Life and Death of Cormac the Skalda 110,951 bytes
The Story of Viga-Glum. Sir Edmund Head, translator [1866]
Contributed by the Northvegr Félag
The Norse Discovery of America by Arthur Middleton Reeves, North Ludlow Beamish, and Rasmus B. Anderson [1906]
All of the Sagas and documents relating to the Norse voyages to 'Vinland'.

http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/ice/index.htm
 
This is a collection of texts relating to the voyages of the Norse west to America. A thousand years ago, nearly half a millennium before Columbus, the Norse extended their explorations from Iceland and Greenland to the shores of Northeastern North America, and, possibly, beyond.

This volume from the Norroena collection contains all known sagas and documentary fragments which relate to this legendary exploration. It also contains analysis of the texts which should be read with a critical eye. While it is now certain that the Norse reached Nova Scotia, the claims in this book that they reached as far south as Boston--not to mention Georgia or South Carolina--are still controversial. There is also tangential discussion of whether the Irish managed to get to America prior to the Norse, an even more contentious assertion.

Regardless, the texts in this three-part volume open up a window into a vivid era, and give glimpses of religion, society and travel in the period when the Norse were actively exploring the North Atlantic. They contain one of the only detailed descriptions of a pagan women's divination ritual, and deal with the expansion of Christianity from both sides. There are bone-chilling stories of disease, murder and jealousy in the small communities on the leading edge of Viking colonization. Reading these sagas inspires deep understanding of the life and motivations of the Scandinavian sea rovers and respect for their accomplishments in the field of exploration.

http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/nda/nda00.htm
 
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