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Bósa Saga

Usually not published in popular editions of the sagas due to it´s erotic contents. The name of this sagas hero, Bósi has become a synom for an adulterer or an unusually sexually active males in Iceland.


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Íslendingabók

Tells the history of most notable locals at the time of settlement from 874 to 930 or so.


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Landnáma

Chronicles the settlement and early development of Iceland.


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Saga Jómsvíkinga

Tells the story of the Jóms - vikings of Poland.


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Heimskringla

A collection of Sagas and historical material wrtitten by historian and poet Snorri Sturluson around 1255 or so.


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Orkneyingasaga

The title says it all: the saga of the Orkneys.


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Árna Saga Biskups

The saga of Bishup Árni.


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Biskupasögur

More stories of bishops.


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Egils Saga

The most famous of the sagas, tells the story of Egill Skallagrímsson who was a viking active in the 900´s.


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Hallfreðar Saga

The saga of Hallfreður Vandraæðaskalds. His nick name traslates as "porblematic poet" read into that what you want. There exist quite a few different manuscripts that include this story in quite different versions.


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Hallfreðar Saga

The saga of Hallfreður Vandraæðaskalds. His nick name traslates as "porblematic poet" read into that what you want. There exist quite a few different manuscripts that include this story in quite different versions. 



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