The Viking Anthology: Norse Myths, Icelandic Sagas and Viking Chronicles

by Snorri Sturluson, Sæmundr fróði, Saxo Grammaticus

The Comprehensive Collection of Viking and Norse Literature This vast ebook Anthology is exploding with masterpieces of world literature, ranging from the peerless Icelandic Sagas, to the Norwegian 'Heimskringla', or the 'Chronicle of the Kings of Norway'.

As well as these original texts (in English Translation), are several accompanying great works of scholarship which are an essential companion to the texts - assisting the reader in their understanding of Viking, Norse and Icelandic culture and beliefs - from their complex creation myths, to their huge array of Pagan Gods to rival the pantheons of Ancient Greece or Rome.

Anyone with an interest in the rich and fascinating history of the Vikings should invest in this excellent anthology, that compiles huge numbers of work into one incredible resource. The anthology has a full table of contents that responds to every chapter within the numerous different works, and has been carefully edited and formatted to remove any errors from the text.

Included in this Anthology are the following works:

Norse Myths

- Myths of the Norsemen

- The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson

- The Younger Eddas of Snorri Sturleson (with Glossary)

- The Story of the Volsungs and the Niblungs

- The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs

Icelandic Sagas

- The life and Death of Cormac the Skald

- The Saga of Grettir the Strong

- Laxdaela Saga

- The Saga of Burnt Njal

- The Saga of Olaf Tryggvason

- The Saga of Harald the Tyrant

- The Story of Frithiof the Bold

- The Story of Gunnlaug the Worm and Raven the Skald

- Eirik the Red's Saga

Histories and Chronicles

- Saxo Grammaticus

- Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway

Genres: Classics, Mythology, History

4253 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 12, 2014

About the author

Snorri Sturluson (also spelled Snorre Sturlason) was an Icelandic historian, poet and politician. He was twice elected lawspeaker at the Icelandic parliament, the Althing. He was the author of the Prose Edda or Younger Edda, which consists of Gylfaginning ("the fooling of Gylfi"), a narrative of Norse mythology, the Skáldskaparmál, a book of poetic language, and the Háttatal, a list of verse forms. He was also the author of the Heimskringla, a history of the Norwegian kings that begins with legendary material in Ynglinga saga and moves through to early medieval Scandinavian history. For stylistic and methodological reasons, Snorri is often taken to be the author of Egils saga.

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Reviews

[Frederick · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great resource and I've enjoyed it immensely over the months. I recommend this to be in the library, at least the digital one, of anyone interested in the Viking era and Norse mythology. The comparative mythology section is very interesting.