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words historical or fahidouH iiulicate only tliat tlu> work is foimded 

 on facts apparently or is a work of iiction. The editor lias consulted 

 in this connection ' Catalogus Librorum ' aiul tlie ' Verzeicliniss,' by the 

 learned Prof. Theodor Mobius of Kiel, and Gudbrand Vigfusson's edi- 

 tion of Cleasby's Icelandic-English Dictionary and his edition of Stnr- 

 lunga Saga. 



Adonius Saga (of a king and duke in Syria). Fabulous. 



Jlaflelcs Saga (of a .sou of a King Richard of England). Fabulous. 



Alexander MiMa Saga (of Alexander the Great, translated by Bishop Hr.-ind .Jonsou, 



by order of Hakon Hakouson). Historical. 

 Amicus Saga ok AmUiu>i (of Amicus and Amilius, belongs to the story of the Seven 



Wise Men). Falnilous. 

 Amloda Saga (of Hamlet, freely translated from Saxo) Fabulous. 

 Andra Rimitr (rhymes of or concerning Andreas). 

 Ann Saga (of an Buesvinger). Mythologico-historical. 

 Arna Bislciq)^ Saga (of Bishop Arne, flourished 1260). Historical. 

 Arons Saga Hiorleifssonar (of Aron, son of Hiorleif). Historical. 

 Asmuudas Saga rikingn ins Irska. 



Barings Saga fagva (of the beautiful Btering, <a Saxon king). Fabulous. 

 Bandanianna Saga {o£ the confederates — account of an Icelandic law-process in the 



eleventh century). Local history. 

 Bardar Saga Sna;fclsass (of Bard, sou of King Duma, a giant). Fabulous. 

 Barlaams Saga ok Josapltatn. 



Bevus Saga (of Bevis, s<m of an English Count Ginar). Fabulous. 

 Bishupa Sogtir (Sagas of the Bishops). Of these two large volumes ha\'e been pub- 

 lished by the Icelandic I^iterary Societj-. 

 Bjarnar Saga Hitda'lakappa (of Bjorn of Hitdale, a contemporary of Olaf the Saint). 



Historical. 

 Blomstrvalla Saga ( a translation from the German by Biorn, in Hakon Hakonson's 



time). The name Blomstrvalla is from a place near Alexandria, where the scene 



is laid. 

 Bodvars Biarka Saga. Historical. 



Base ok Herauts Saga (of Bose and Heraut). Fabulous. 

 Bragda-Magus Saga. Mythical. 



Brandkrossa Thatlr (Traits of Helge Asbiornson of Helge Droplaugsou). Fabulous. 

 Breta Siignr (Saga of Wales, called Bretland; the parts of I^ngland occupied by the 



Anglo-Saxons were called Saxland by the Northmen). This is from Geoffrey of 



Monmouth's work. 

 Broddhelga Saga (of a chief who died about 974). Historical. 

 Biia Saga (of Bue Audredsou). Fabulous. 

 Damusta Saga (of a Damusta who killed Ion, king of a country south of France, and 



became King of Greece). Fabulous. 

 ]>inus Saga Dromhlata (of Diouysius the Proud, son of King Ptolemy, in Egypt). 

 Draplaugarsona Saga (of the sons, Helge and Grim, of Draplaug). History and fable 



mixed; the period, the tenth century. 

 Dramna Jons Saga (of John, the dreamer and Earl Henry). Fabulous. 

 Edda, Sa'munds {th.ii olAiiV Edda). Mythological; English transhitioM by Benjamin 



Thorpe, London, 1866. 

 Edda, Snorres (the younger Edda). Mythological; translated into English by R. B. 



Anderson, Chicago, 1880. 

 Edwardar Saga hins helga (of Saint Edward of England). 



EgUs Saga Ehihcnda ok Asninndar (of Egil the one-iiauded and Asmuud). Fabulous. 

 Egils Saga Skallagrimssonar (of Egil, son of Skallagriin). Historical; period, from 



the middle of the ninth to the end of the tenth century. Translated into English 



by Daniel Kilham Dodge, ph. d. 



