Continuing the theme of stories from northern lands, this volume concentrates on the Sagas from Viking isles, such as Iceland and The Faroe Isles. These forms are also known as family sagas, and were often told by the “skald” bards. For the most part these sagas take the form of prose narratives and are mostly based on historical events that took place in the 9th, 10th, and early 11th centuries. Many of these sagas are focused on history, especially genealogical and family history, and reflect the struggle and conflict that arose within the societies of the early generations of Island settlers.
The stories in this volume are taken from various collections including Andrew Lang’s Coloured Fairy Books, Jennie Hall’s Viking Tales and Nora Kershaw’s Stories and Ballads of the Far Past. They include original stories sourced from previous collectors such as Jón Árnason and collections such as Islandische Märchen and Neuisländischen Volksmärchen.
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PREFACE
THE THÁTTR OF NORNAGEST
THE BABY
SMUND AND SIGNY
THE TOOTH THRALL
GEIRLAUG THE KING’S DAUGHTER
OLAF’S FARM
HERMOD AND HADVOR
OLAF’S FIGHT WITH HAVARD
HOW GEIRALD THE COWARD WAS PUNISHED
FOES’ FEAR
KISA THE CAT
HARALD IS KING
PRINCE RING
HARALD’S BATTLE
THE COTTAGER AND HIS CAT
GYDA’S SAUCY MESSAGE
THE HORSE GULLFAXI AND THE SWORD GUNNFJODER
THE SEA FIGHT
THE ROGUE AND THE HERDSMAN
KING HARALD’S WEDDING
THE THREE ROBES
KING HARALD GOES WEST-OVER-SEAS
THE WITCH IN THE STONE BOAT
HOMES IN ICELAND
WHICH WAS THE FOOLISHEST
ERIC THE RED
THE BALLAD OF NORNAGEST
LEIF AND HIS NEW LAND
THE BALLAD OF HILDINA
WINELAND THE GOOD
THE SAGA OF HROMUND GREIPSSON
THE THÁTTR OF SÖRLI
HISTORICAL NOTES
ABOUT THE EDITOR
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I was born in 1962 into a predominantly sporting household – Dad being a good footballer, playing senior amateur and lower league professional football in England, as well as running a series of private businesses in partnership with mum, herself an accomplished and medal winning dancer.I obtained a degree in History from Leeds University before wandering rather haphazardly into the emerging world of business computing in the late nineteen-eighties.
A little like my sporting father, I followed a succession of amateur writing paths alongside my career in technology, including working as a freelance journalist and book reviewer, my one claim to fame being a by-line in a national newspaper in the UK, The Sunday People.
I also spent 10 years treading the boards, appearing all over the south of the UK in pantos and plays, in village halls and occasionally on the stage of a professional theatre or two.
Following the sporting theme, and a while after I hung up my own boots, I worked on live TV broadcasts for the BBC, ITV, TVNZ, Euro Sport and others as a rugby ‘Stato’, covering Heineken Cups, Six Nations, IRB World Sevens and IRB World Cups in the late ’90’s and early ’00’s.
I try to combine my love of storytelling with a passion for information technology, and am currently Vice President – Technology with a major UK Fin Tech company.
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