Chapter XLIV: Revenge 584

A LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL SAGAS
QUOTED IN
THE VIKING AGE,
INCLUDING THE PERIODS WITH WHICH THEY DEAL.

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Name of Saga. │ Century with which
│ they deal.
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│These are Mythical,
The Earlier Edda │ and no accurate
│ date can be affixed
│ to them.
│ ”
The Later Edda │ ”
│
Fórnaldarsögur contains:— │
Völsunga │Partly Mythical.
Hervara │ ”
Thorstein Vikingsson’s (father of Fridthjof)│ ”
Ketil Hæng’s sons │ ”
Grim Lodinkinnis’ │ ”
Fridthjof’s │ ”
│
Hrolf Kraki’s │VI.(?)
Half’s │VI.(?)
Sögubrot │VI.-VII.(?)
Ragnar Lodbrok’s │VIII.(?)
Ragnar Lodbrok’s Sons’ │VIII.(?)
│
Norna Gest’s │No date can be
Gautrek’s │ assigned to these.
Orvar Odd’s │ ”
Herraud and Bosi’s │ ”
Egil and Asmund’s │ ”
Hjalmter and Ölver’s │ ”
Göngu Hrelf’s │ ”
An Bosveigi’s │ ”

⁂ The above dates are all more or less conjectural, and the Sagas are
chiefly valuable as illustrating manners and customs.

Egil’s │Middle of IX. to end
│ of X.
Njala’s │End of X. to
│ beginning of XI.
Laxdæla │IX.-XI. (886–1030).
Eyrbyggja │IX.-XI. (890–1031).
│
Islandinga Sögur contains:— │
I. Hord’s Saga │X. (950–990).
II. Hœnsa Thoris’ Saga │X.-XI.(990–1010).
III. Gunnlaug Ormstunga’s Saga │X.-XI.
IV. Viga Styr’s Saga │X.-XI.
V. Kjalnesinga Saga │IX.-XI.
VI. Gisli Súrsson │X.
│
Droplaugarsona Saga │X.
│
Hrafnkel Freysgodi │X.
│
Bjorn Hitdæla Kappi │First half of XI.
│
Kormak’s │X.
│
Fornsögur contains:— │
I. Vatnsdæla Saga │IX.-XI. (c.
│ 870–1000).
II. Floamanna Saga │X. (c. 985–990).
III. Hallfred’s Saga │End of X.
│
Gretti’s Saga │X.-XI. (Grettir died
│ 1031).
│
Viga Glum │X.
│
Vallaljots │Beginning of XI.
│
Vapnfirdinga │IX.-X.
│
Thorskfirdinga, or Gullthóri’s │X. (c. 900–930).
│
Heidar Viga (continuation of Viga Styr’s) │First half of XI.
│
Fœreyinga │X.-XI. (c. 960–1040).
│
Finnbogi Rami’s │X.
│
Eirek the Red │
│
Thátt of Styrbjörn (nephew of Eirek the │
Victorious, who fell at the battle of │X.
Fyrisvellir, 983) │
│
│IX.-X. (the
Landnama │ colonisation of
│ Iceland).
│
Islendinga bok │IX.-XI. (c.
│ 874–1118).
Ljosvetninga │990–1050.
Vemund’s Saga │End of X. century.
Svarfdœla │First half of X.
│ century.
│
Biskupa Sögur contains:— │
Kristni Saga │X.-XII. (c.
│ 980–1120).
Sturlunga │XII.-XIII. (c.
│ 1120–1284).
│
Fornmanna Sögur contains:— │
I. Sagas of Kings of Norway │
II. Jomsvikinga Saga │X.
III. Knytlinga Saga │XI.-XII.
IV. Fagrskinna (short history of Kings of Norway│IX.-XII.
from Halfdan the Black to Sverrir) │
│
│Written in first half
│ of XIII. cent.,
Heimskringla Saga contains the Ynglinga Saga, the│ giving history of
great work of Snorri Sturluson │ the Kings of Norway
│ and Sweden from
│ Odin down to 1177.
│
Flateyjarbok contains lives of Kings of Norway, │
etc. │
│
Fostbrædra Saga │XI. (c. 1015–30).
│
Konung’s Skuggsja │XIII.
│
Rimbegla │XIV.
│
Orkneyinga │IX.-XIII. (c.
│ 870–1206).
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A LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL KINGS OF DENMARK, NORWAY, AND SWEDEN,
SOME OF WHOM HAVE SAGAS OF THEIR OWN.

KINGS OF DENMARK.

│ A.D. Gorm │ 900–940 Harald Bluetooth │ 945–985 Svein Tjuguskegg │ 985–1014 Harald │ 1014–1018 Knut the Great │ 1018–1035 Hörda Knut │ 1035–1042 Magnus the Good, ruled over Denmark and Norway │ 1042–1047 Svein Ulfsson │ 1047–1075

KINGS OF NORWAY.

(Mostly petty Kings.)

│ A.D. Halfdan the Black, died │ 860 Harald Fairhair, reigned│ 860–930 Eirik Bloodaxe ” │ 930–934 Hakon the Good ” │ 934–960 Harald Grafeld (greyskin) ” │ 960–965 Hakon Jarl the Great, the hero of the battle of ” │ Gomsviking, │ 965–995 Olaf Tryggvason ” │ 995–1000 Eirik Jarl ” │ 1000–1015 St Olaf ” │ 1015–1028 Knut the Great ” │ 1028–1035 Magnus the Good ” │ 1035–1047 Harald Hardradi ” │ 1047–1066 Olaf the Quiet ” │ 1066–1093 Magnus Barefoot ” │ 1093–1103 Three sons:—Eystein, Olaf, Sigurd Jórsalafari │ 1103–1130 Civil war—Harald Gilli, Magnus the Blind, and others │ 1130–1162 Magnus Erlingsson │ 1162–1184 Sverrir (Sigurdson) │ 1184–1202

KINGS OF SWEDEN.

(Not mentioned in the Odinic Genealogies, vol. i. p. 67.)

│ A.D. Ivar Vidfadmi │ Kings of Harald Hilditönn │ Sweden and Sigurd Hring │ Denmark. Ragnar Lodbrók │ ” │ Björn Ironside │ Eirik and Refil │ Eymund and Björn │ 800–830 Olaf and Eymund │ c. 850 Eyrik Eymundsson died │ c. 882 Björn Eiriksson and Hring │ 900–950 Eirik the Victorious │ c. 950–994 Olaf Skaut-konung │ c. 994–1022 Önund Jakob │ c. 1022–1050 Eymund the Old │ c. 1050–1060 Steinkel Rögnvaldson │ c. 1060–1066

GEOGRAPHY AND NOMENCLATURE OF THE VIKING AGE
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THE VIKING AGE.