| Name of Saga. | Century with which they deal. | |
|---|---|---|
| The Earlier Edda | These are Mythical, 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 assigned to these. | |
| Gautrek’s | ||
| 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 Fyrisvellir, 983) | X. | |
| Landnama | IX.-X. (the 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 from Halfdan the Black to Sverrir) | IX.-XII. |
| Heimskringla Saga contains the Ynglinga Saga, the great work of Snorri Sturluson | Written in first half of XIII. cent., giving history of 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). | |