Sturlunga saga (often called simply Sturlunga) is a collection of Icelandic sagas by various authors from the 12th and 13th centuries; it was assembled in about 1300, in Old Norse. It mostly deals with the story of the Sturlungs, a powerful family...
In Scandinavian mythology, Huld is a völva or seiðkona, that is a woman who practiced seiðr (divination). She is mentioned in the Ynglinga saga, Sturlunga saga and a late medieval Icelandic tale. In the latter source, she is Odin's mistress and the...
Sagas are prose stories and histories, composed in Iceland and to a lesser extent elsewhere in Scandinavia. The most famous saga-genre is the sagas of Icelanders, which feature Viking voyages, migration to Iceland, and feuds between Icelandic...
The sagas of Icelanders (Icelandic: Íslendingasögur, modern Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈislɛndiŋkaˌsœːɣʏr̥]), also known as family sagas, are a subgenre, or text group, of Icelandic sagas. They are prose narratives primarily based on historical...
Selkolla (literally 'seal-head') is a supernatural being in Icelandic folklore. She is described as a fair woman that is sometimes seen having the head of a seal. She is most prominently attested as an antagonist of Bishop Guðmundur Arason...
Laxdæla saga or The Saga of the People of Laxárdalur is one of the sagas of Icelanders. Written in the 13th century, it describes events that took place among the Laxdælir (i.e. the people of Laxárdalur in western Iceland) between the 9th and 11th...
Saga of Icelanders may refer to: Sagas of Icelanders – The stories based on historical events from 9th, 10th, and 11th century Iceland. The saga of Icelanders (Íslendinga saga) – A part of Sturlunga saga. Based on historical events from 13th...
The contemporary sagas (known in Icelandic as samtíðarsögur) are:
Snorri Sturluson (Old Norse: [ˈsnorːe ˈsturloˌson]; Icelandic: [ˈstnɔrːɪ ˈstʏ(r)tlʏˌsɔːn]; 1179 – 23 September 1241) was an Icelandic historian, poet, knight, and politician. He was elected twice as lawspeaker of the Icelandic parliament, the...
Þórir jökull Steinfinnsson was an Icelandic 13th century warrior and possibly a skald.