Eirik the Red and Other Icelandic Sagas

by Gwyn Jones

Paperback, 1988

Status

Available

Call number

839.63008

Collection

Publication

Oxford University Press, USA (1988), Paperback, 336 pages

Description

Selected by Gwyn Jones--the eminent Celtic scholar--for their excellence and variety, these nine Icelandic sagas include "Hen-Thorir," "The Vapnfjord Men," "Thorstein Staff-Struck," "Hrafnkel the Priest of Frey," "Thidrandi whom the Goddesses Slew," "Authun and the Bear," "Gunnlaug Wormtongue," "King Hrolf and his Champions," and the title piece.

Language

Original language

Old Norse

Original publication date

1961

Physical description

336 p.; 7.4 inches

ISBN

0192815288 / 9780192815286

Local notes

SAGAS OF ICELANDERS: Hen-Thorir. Vapnfjord Men. Thorstein Staff-Struck. Hrafnkel the Priest of Frey. Eirik the Red. Thidrandi Whom the Goddesses Slew. Authun and the Bear. Gunnlaug Wormtongue; SAGA OF TIMES PAST: King Hrolf and his Champions
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