Sagas
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Beowulf
Beowulf ( pron.: / ˈ b eɪ . ɵ w ʊ l f / ; in Old English [ˈbeːo̯wʊlf] or [ˈbeːəwʊlf] ) is the conventional title of an Old English heroic epic poem consisting of 3182 alliterative long lines , set in Scandinavia , commonly cited as one of the most important works of Anglo-Saxon literature . It survives in a single manuscript known as the Nowell Codex . Its composition by an anonymous Anglo-Saxon poet [ a ] is dated between the 8th [ 4 ] and the early 11th century. [ 5 ] [ page needed ] In 1731, the manuscript was badly damaged by a fire that swept through a building housing a collection of Medieval manuscripts assembled by Sir Robert Bruce Cotton .
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Njal's Saga is as good as the best that people say about it, and better. A major classic of world literature, and easily readable. I originally read the Magnus Magnusson translation, and it made a big impression on me at the time.
Sagas of Icelanders
Grettir is ready to fight in this illustration from a 17th-century Icelandic manuscript Detail of a miniature from a 13th-century Icelandic manuscript. The Sagas of Icelanders ( Icelandic : Íslendingasögur )—many of which are also known as family sagas —are prose histories mostly describing events that took place in Iceland in the 10th and early 11th centuries, during the so-called Saga Age . They are the best-known specimens of Icelandic literature . The Icelanders' sagas are a literary phenomenon of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. They are focused on history, especially genealogical and family history.
Saga
Sagas are stories about ancient Scandinavian and Germanic history, about early Viking voyages, the battles that took place during the voyages, about migration to Iceland and of feuds between Icelandic families. They were written in the Old Norse language, mainly in Iceland . "Saga" is a word originating from Old Norse or Icelandic language .