[Acquired: Wednesday, November 6, 2013]:
The Complete Sagas of Icelanders (including 49 Stories). General Editor: Viðar Hreinsson, Editorial Team: Robert Cook, Terry Gunnell, Keneva Kunz & Bernard Scudder. Introduction by Robert Kellogg. 5 vols. Iceland: Leifur Eiriksson Publishing Ltd., 1997.
- Vinland / Warriors and Poets
- Foreword
- By the President of Iceland
- By the Icelandic Minister of Education, Culture and Science
- By the Former Director of the Manuscript Institute of Iceland
- Preface
- Credits
- Publisher's Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Vinland and Greenland
- Eirik the Red's Saga
- The Saga of the Greenlanders
- Warriors and Poets
- Egil's Saga
- Kormak's Saga
- The Saga of Hallfred the Troublesome Poet
- The Saga of Bjorn, Champion of the Hitardal People
- The Saga of Gunnlaug Serpent-Tongue
- Tales of Poets
- The Tale of Arnor, the Poet of Earls
- Einar Skulason's Tale
- The Tale of Mani the Poet
- The Tale of Ottar the Black
- The Tale of Sarcastic Halli
- Stuf's Tale
- The Tale of Thorarin Short-Cloak
- The Tale of Thorleif, the Earl's Poet
- Anecdotes
- The Tale of Audun from the West Fjords
- The Tale of Brand the Generous
- Hreidar's Tale
- The Tale of the Story-Wise Icelander
- Ivar Ingimundarson's Tale
- Thorarin Nefjolfsson's Tale
- The Tale of Thorstein from the East Fjords
- The Tale of Thorstein the Curious
- The Tale of Thorstein Shiver
- The Tale of Thorvard Crow's-Beak
- Outlaws / Warriors and Poets
- Outlaws and Nature Spirits
- Gisli Sursson's Saga
- The Saga of Grettir the Strong
- The Saga of Hord and the People of Holm
- Bard's Saga
- Warriors and Poets
- Killer-Glum's Saga
- The Tale of Ogmund Bash
- The Tale of Thorvald Tasaldi
- The Saga of the Sworn Brothers
- Thormod's Tale
- The Tale of Thorarin the Overbearing
- Viglund's Saga
- Tales of the Supernatural
- The Tale of the Cairn-Dweller
- The Tale of the Mountain-Dweller
- Star-Oddi's Dream
- The Tale of Thidrandi and Thorhall
- The Tale of Thorhall Knapp
- Epic / Champions and Rogues
- An Epic
- Njal's Saga
- Champions and Rogues
- The Saga of Finnbogi the Mighty
- The Saga of the People of Floi
- The Saga of the People of Kjalarnes
- Jokul Buason's Tale
- Gold-Thorir's Saga
- The Saga of Thord Menace
- The Saga of Ref the Sly
- The Saga of Gunnar, the Fool of Keldugnup
- Tales of Champions and Adventures
- Gisl Illugason's Tale
- The Tale of Gold-Asa's Thord
- Hrafn Gudrunarson's Tale
- Orm Storolfsson's Tale
- Thorgrim Hallason's Tale
- Regional Feuds
- Regional Feuds
- The Saga of the People of Vatnsdal
- The Saga of the Slayings on the Heath
- Valla-Ljot's Saga
- The Saga of the People of Svarfadardal
- The Saga of the People of Ljosavatn
- The Saga of the People of Reykjadal and of Killer-Skuta
- The Saga of Thorstein the White
- The Saga of the People of Vopnafjord
- The Tale of Thorstein Staff-Struck
- The Tale of Thorstein Bull's Leg
- The Saga of Droplaug's Sons
- The Saga of the People of Fljotsdal
- The Tale of Gunnar, the Slayer of Thidrandi
- Brandkrossi's Tale
- Thorstein Sidu-Hallsson's Saga
- Thorstein Sidu-Hallsson's Tale
- Thorstein Sidu-Hallsson's Dream
- Egil Sidu-Hallsson's Tale
- Epic / Wealth and Power
- An Epic
- The Saga of the People of Laxardal
- Bolli Bollason's Tale
- Wealth and Power
- The Saga of the People of Eyri
- The Tale of Halldor Snorrason I
- The Tale of Halldor Snorrason II
- Olkofri's Saga
- Hen-Thorir's Saga
- The Saga of Hrafnkel Frey's Godi
- The Saga of the Confederates
- Odd Ofeigsson's Tale
- The Saga of Havard of Isafjord
- Religion and Conflict in Iceland and Greenland
- The Tale of Hromund the Lame
- The Tale of Svadi and Arnor Crone's-Nose
- The Tale of Thorvald the Far-Travelled
- The Tale of Thorsein Tent-Pitcher
- The Tale of the Greenlanders
- Reference Section
- Maps and Tables
- Illustrations and Diagrams
- Glossary
- Cross-Reference Index of Characters
- Contents of Volumes I-V
I've been coveting this rather monstrous tome for quite some time. As you can see, it's intended as a kind of one-stop shop for all things Icelandic saga-related. For a fanatic such as myself, I'm afraid that it only becomes a matter of time before one has to get it. Luckily it's my birthday today ...
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