582 EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1891. 



Eirik.s Saga Randa (of Eirik Red, who discovered Greenliuid iiiid Vinland or Amer- 

 iea). Historifiil ; period, froui iieai' the end of tlie uiutli to tlie lieginniiiy of the 

 tenth century. 



EirilxS Saga rjf//orZ« (of Eirik, the wan(h'rer, wlio noes in se;lrch of tlie land of im- 

 mortality). Mythological. 



Elis Saga (of Ells or Julius and Rosamund). Translated from the French, 1226, by 

 Monk Robert, by order of Hakon Hakonson. 



Ei/rhiiggia Saga (of Thorgrim, whose forefather, Rolf, came from the Isle of Moster 

 in the west of Norway, and first planted Iceland with jieople from his island 

 (eyrbyggia, isle-settlers) to escape Harald Harfager). Historical; jjeriod, from 

 the first colonizing of Iceland to the middle of the eleventh century. 



Fwreyinga Saga (of the Farcys). Historical. 



Fcrtrams Saga ok Plato (of Fertrams and Plata, sons of King Arthur). Fabulous. 



Finhojia Saga hinsrumma (of Finboge the Strong). Fable and history; from the mid- 

 dle of the tenth to the eleventh century. 



Flateyar-hok (the Flatey Codex, so called from the Isle of Flatey in Breidafiord in 

 Iceland, in which the manuscript was discovered in 1650. The annals end in 

 1395. It contains many sagas transcribed into it. and is considered a most im- 

 portant historical collection). 



Floamnnna Saga (of a Thorgil and his ancestors, original settlers in Iceland, and of 

 his adventui-es in Greenland. Thorgil died in 1033). Historical. 



F lores Saga ok Blavkifiui:. 



Elovents Saga (of Flovent, King of the Franks, inscribed by Master Simon in Lyons). 



Fostbra'dra Saga. Historical. 



FrhUhiofs Saga (of Fridthiof the Bold.) This beautiful story has been the ground- 

 work of several poetic and dramatic imitations, of which Bishoj) Tegner's in 

 Swedish, has been translated into English. [See Andei'son's "Viking Tales of 

 the North," which contains Tegner's poem in English and a translation of the 

 original sagas.] 



Gautreks Saga. Mythical. 



Gibbons Saga (of Gibbon, son of the French King William). 



(Hula Saga Surssonar (of Gisle, the son of Sur. Events, of the tenth century in Ice- 

 land). Historical. Translated into English by G. W, Daseut. Edinburgh, 1866. 



Gonger-Urolfs Saga (of Rolf Ganger, the conqueror of Normandy). Historical. 



Gramlcndinga Thattr (events in Greenland from 1122, and a list of nine bishops and 

 fifteen churches). Historical. 



Gragas (Gray Goose). A collection of the laws of Iceland. Edited and translated 

 into Danish by V. Fiusen. 



Greitis Saga (of Gretter the Strong). Adventures, fabulous and historical, mixed, 

 of Gretter and his forefathers in the ninth, tenth, and eleventh centuries. 

 Translated into English by Magnusson and Morris. London, 1869. 



Grimsa Saga lodinkinna (the Saga of Grim Shaggy-Chin). 



Gudmundar Biskups Saga (of Bishop Gudmund) being part of the third book of the 

 Sturlunga Saga, or account of the Sturlung family, which ends 1261, and of 

 which the first books are supposed to have been written in 1201. 



Gitimars Saga (of Guimar, an English knight). 



Gullthorin Saga (of Gold Thorer, or Torskfindinga Saga). Fabulous. 



Gnnlaugs Saga Onnstungu (of Gunlaug the Serpent-tongued). Historical; the period 

 about 1006. Translated by Eirikr Magnusson and William Morris, in "Three 

 Northern Love Stories." London, 1875. 



Gu7iiiars Saga Kehhiguujis fifl.s (of Gunnar the Idiot). Fabulous. 



Gunnars Saga Thidrandabana {o{ GnnnuT, who killed Thidrande)- Historical; suji- 

 posed to be written about the end of the twelfth century. 



U(ensa Thoris Saga (of Thorer, the hen merchant). Historical. 



Uakonar Eonungs Saga Hakonasonar (of King Hakon Hakonson) who was born 1203 

 and died 1261. Historical; by Stnrle Thordson, a contemporary. 



