Sagas
Selected Icelandic sagas with mythological content. Völsunga saga, Ynglinga saga, and Hervarar saga, treated in dialogue with the Eddic material.
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The Saga of the Völsungs
The most complete prose rendering of the Sigurd cycle, preserved in a single manuscript from around 1400. The saga links the lineages of the divine world to the heroic poetry and constitutes an invaluable parallel to the heroic lays of the Poetic Edda.
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Ynglinga Saga
Snorri Sturluson's euhemeristic introduction to Heimskringla, in which the Norse gods are presented as historical kings from Asia. The saga links mythology to the genealogy of the Norwegian royal line.
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The Saga of Hervör and Heidrek
One of the most mythologically charged legendary sagas, featuring the famous Awakening of Angantýr, Heidrek's riddles, and the curse of the sword Tyrfing. The saga blends heroic poetry with the narrative conventions of the chivalric saga.