Scandinavian & Viking Literature

Heimskringla or The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway, by Snorri Sturluson (c. 1179-1241).

Modern English translations of The Story of Frithiof the Bold, Gunnlaug the Worm-Tongue and Raven the Skald, The Tale of Hogni and Hedinn, Laxdaela Saga, The Tale of Roi the Fool, The Tale of Thorstein Staff-Smitten, and The Story of Viglund the Fair.

Old Icelandic literature, primarily Eddaic and Skaldic poetry. Includes several complete examples of Old Icelandic literature (some in translation), articles analyzing the literature, an Index of Old Norse/Icelandic Skaldic Poetry, and a Lexicon of Kennings and Similar Poetic Circumlocutions.

The staple of Icelandic skaldic poetry from the 9th to 14th centuries.

An English translation of a work written around 1250 in Norway in the form of a handbook of advice from a father to his son.

Originally written in Icelandic, sometime in the 13th century.