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Written by WRITTEN BY J DARENSBURG

The Vinland Sagas

The Saga of the Greenlanders and the The Saga of Eirik the Red tell of the Viking discovery of North America. The two accounts were written independently, but the stories are ‘interlaced’ (they reference each other). Both tell of events which took place in the early 11th century and passed down by word of mouth […]

Written by WRITTEN BY J DARENSBURG

Morality in the Icelandic Sagas

The Saga of Hrafnkel Frey’s Godi (Author unknown; late 13th century). The Saga of Hrafnkel, Priest of Frey, is one of the best known of the Old Icelandic legends dealing with a feud, as most sagas do. Hrafnkel’s Saga is unusual in its directness and for its simple, forthright structure which focuses directly on the feud […]