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. 



( These are Mythical, and 

 no accunite date can be 





i 



. 



The Earlier Edda . . 

 The Later Edda 

 Fornaldarsogur contains : 



Volsunga.. 



Hervara .. 



Thorstein Vikingsson's (father of Fridthjof) 



Ketil Hseng's sons 



Grim Lodinkinnis' 



Fridthjof 's 



HrolfKraki's .. 



Half's ... 



Sdgubrot .. 



Ragnar Lodbrok's 



Ragnar Lodbrok's Sons' .. 



Norna Gest's 



Gautrek's 



Orvar Odd's 



Herraud and Bosi's 



Egil and Asrrumd's 



Hjalmter and Olver's 



Gongu Hrolf's 



An bosveigi's 



^% The above dates are all more or less conjectural, and the Sagas are 

 chiefly valuable as illustrating manners and customs. 



Middle of IX. to end of 



X. 

 End of X. to beginning of 



XL 



IX.-XI. (886-1030). 

 IX.-XI. (890-1031). 



affixed to them. 



Partly Mythical. 



VI. (?) 

 VI. (?) 

 VI. -VII. (?) 

 VIII. (?) 

 VIII. (?) 



No date can be assigned 

 to these. 



Egil's 



Njala's 



Laxd&la 



Eyrbyggja 



Islandinga Sogur contains : 

 I. Herd's Sasia 

 II. Hoensa Thoris' Saga 



III. Gunnlaug Ormstunga's Saga 



IV. Visa Styr's Saga .. 

 V. Kjalnesinga Saga .. 



VI. Gisli Siirsson 



X. (950-990). 

 X.-XI. (990-1010). 

 X.-XL 



x.-xr. 



IX. -XI. 



x. 



