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Norse
Sacred texts from the Norse tradition, including the Poetic Edda and selections from the Prose Edda.
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Texts
Egil’s Saga — W.C. GreenEgils Saga Skallagrímssonar, the saga of the great Viking warrior-poet Egil Skallagrimsson, translated by W.C. Green.Grimm's Fairy Tales — Jacob and Wilhelm GrimmGrimm's Fairy Tales — the complete 42-tale selection from Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm's Household Tales: Hansel and Gretel, Little Red-Cap, Snow-White, Rapunzel, Rumpelstiltskin, Cinderella-variants, and the full range of the German folk narrative tradition.Heimskringla — Snorri SturlusonHeimskringla — Snorri Sturluson's thirteenth-century history of the Norse kings, translated by Samuel Laing (1844): from the mythological Ynglinga Saga through the reigns of Harald Fairhair, Olaf Tryggvason, Saint Olaf, and Harald Hardrada to the Battle of Stamford Bridge (1066).Introduction to Norse ReligionA critical introduction to Norse religion — the pre-Christian faith of Scandinavia, preserved almost entirely by the Christians who replaced it, and the most complete mythology of any Germanic-speaking people.Old Norse Poems — Lee M. HollanderA collection of Old Norse heroic and legendary poems from outside the Poetic Edda, translated by Lee M. Hollander.Popular Tales from the Norse — George Webbe DasentPopular Tales from the Norse — George Webbe Dasent's 1888 collection of Norwegian folk tales: East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon, Why the Sea Is Salt, Boots and the Troll, Soria Moria Castle, and 55 other stories collected by Asbjørnsen and Moe from Norwegian oral tradition.Teutonic Myth and Legend — Donald MackenzieTeutonic Myth and Legend by Donald Mackenzie (1912) — a comprehensive study of Germanic and Norse mythology, tracing the Teutonic pantheon from Odin and Thor through the Nibelungs, the Volsungs, heroic legend, and folk tradition.The Children of Odin — Padraic ColumA retelling of the Norse myths and the Volsung legend for young readers, with illustrations by Willy Pogany.The Danish History — Saxo GrammaticusThe Danish History (Gesta Danorum) by Saxo Grammaticus (c. 1200) — the foundational chronicle of Denmark, blending heroic myth, Viking legend, and early Danish history across sixteen books, including the Hamlet story (Amleth) and the legends of Hadding, Starkad, and Frothi.The Laxdaela Saga — Muriel PressLaxdæla Saga, the great Icelandic saga of love, jealousy, and fate in the Breidafjord district, translated by Muriel Press.The Life and Death of Cormac the Skalda — Collingwood and StefánssonKormáks Saga, the saga of the great love-poet of Iceland, whose devotion to Steingerd brought him glory and ruin, translated by Collingwood and Stefánsson.The Norse Discovery of America — Reeves, Beamish, and AndersonA comprehensive collection of the original Norse sagas and documents relating to the Viking voyages to Vinland and the North American coast.The Orkneyingers' Saga — George W. DasentThe Norse history of the Earls of Orkney — including the martyrdom of Saint Magnus and the crusade of Earl Rognvald. Translated by George W. Dasent, Rolls Series, 1894.The Poetic Edda — Henry Adams BellowsThe Elder Edda, the great collection of Old Norse mythological and heroic poems, translated from the Icelandic with introduction and notes by Henry Adams Bellows.The Prose Edda — Snorri SturlusonThe Younger Edda of Snorri Sturluson, the great medieval handbook of Norse mythology and poetics, translated by Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur.The Story of Burnt Njal — George Webbe DasentNjáls Saga, the greatest of the Icelandic sagas, a vast epic of law, blood-feud, and the coming of Christianity to Iceland, translated by George Webbe Dasent.The Story of Gisli the Outlaw — George Webbe DasentGísla Saga Súrssonar, the tragic saga of a noble outlaw destroyed by cycles of blood-revenge, translated by George Webbe Dasent.The Story of Grettir the Strong — Magnússon and MorrisGrettis Saga, the saga of Iceland’s most famous outlaw, a man of immense strength cursed by darkness, translated by Magnússon and Morris.The Story of the Volsungs — William Morris and Eiríkr MagnússonThe Story of the Volsungs (Volsunga Saga) with excerpts from the Poetic Edda, the foundational Old Norse mythological saga of Sigurd the dragon-slayer and the Volsung dynasty, translated by William Morris and Eiríkr Magnússon.The Story of Viga-Glum — Sir Edmund HeadVíga-Glúrms Saga, the saga of the cunning chieftain of Thverá, who defended his patrimony through guile and ambiguity, translated by Sir Edmund Head.Völsunga sagaThe saga of the Völsung dynasty — Sigmund, the dragon-slayer Sigurd, the Niflungs, and their doom. The great Old Norse prose narrative that underlies the Eddic heroic lays. Good Works Translation from Old Norse.
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