Kings' sagas

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Kings' sagas ({{langx|is|konungasögur}}, {{langx|nn|kongesoger, -sogor}}, {{langx|nb|kongesagaer}}) are Old Norse sagas which principally tell of the lives of semi-legendary and legendary (mythological, fictional) Nordic kings, also known as saga kings. They were composed during the twelfth through the fourteenth centuries, primarily in Iceland, but with some written in Norway.[http://www.aftenposten.no/fakta/innsikt/Unik-kongesaga-pa-norsk-etter-over-600-ar-7784636.html Unik kongesaga på norsk etter over 600 år (Aftenposten)][http://www.nb.no/Hva-skjer/Aktuelt/Nyheter/Norges-kongesagaer-overrakt-statsminster-Erna-Solberg Norwegian sagas received by Prime Minister Erna Solberg (Nasjonalbiblioteket)][http://www.heimskringla.no/wiki/Kongesagaer_p%C3%A5_norsk Kongesagaer på norsk (Heimskringla.no)]

Kings' sagas frequently contain episodic stories known in scholarship as þættir, such as the Íslendingaþættir (about Icelanders), Styrbjarnar þáttr Svíakappa, Hróa þáttr heimska, and Eymundar þáttr hrings (about people from elsewhere).

List of Kings' sagas

Including works in Latin, and in approximate order of composition (though many dates could be off by decades)

Sometimes counted among the Kings' sagas

Editions and translations

In Norwegian

  • Storm, Gustav; Bugge, Alexander (ed. & tr.) Norges Kongesagaer (Christiania: I. M. Stenersen's Publishing, 1914)[http://www.heimskringla.no/wiki/Norges_Kongesagaer]
  • Munch, Peter Andreas; Þórðarson, Sturla Norges Konge-Sagaer Fra De Aeldste Tider Indtil Anden Halvdeel Af De 13 De Århundrede Efter Christi Fødsel (Nabu Press. 2010 ) {{ISBN|978-1142083908}}

References

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Other sources

  • Ciklamini, Marlene Snorri Sturluson (Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1978) {{ISBN|0805763341}}
  • Hermannsson, Halldó Bibliography of the sagas of the kings of Norway and related sagas and tales (BiblioBazaar. 2009) {{ISBN|978-1113624611}}
  • Jakobsson, Ármann; McTurk, Rory (ed.) A Companion to Old Norse-Icelandic Literature and Culture (Blackwell Publishing, 2004) {{ISBN|9780631235026}}
  • Thorsson, Örnólfur (ed.) The Sagas of the Icelanders: A Selection (Penguin Putnam. 2000) {{ISBN|0-14-100003-1}}
  • Whaley, Diana Heimskringla: An Introduction (Viking Society for Northern Research Text, 1991) {{ISBN|978-0903521239}}
  • Wolf, Kirsten The Legends of the Saints in Old Norse-Icelandic Prose (University of Toronto Press. 2013) {{ISBN|978-1442646216}}