The Sagas of Icelanders

Table of Contents List of Illustrations and Tables vii Preface by JANE SMILEY ix Introduction by ROBERT KELLOGG xv Further Reading lv A Note on the Texts lviii SAGAS Egil's Saga (trans. BERNARD SCUDDER) 3 The Saga of the People of Vatnsdal (trans. ANDREW WAWN) 185 The Saga of the People of Laxardal (trans. KENEVA KUNZ) 270 Bolli Bollason's Tale (trans. KENEVA KUNZ) 422 The Saga of Hrafnkel Frey's Godi (trans. TERRY GUNNELL) 436 The Saga of the Confederates (trans. RUTH C. ELLISON) 463 Gisli Sursson's Saga (trans. MARTIN S. REGAL) 496 The Saga of Gunnlaug Serpent-tongue (trans. KATRINA C. ATTWOOD) 558 The Saga of Ref the Sly (trans. GEORGE CLARK) 595 The Vinland Sagas 626 The Saga of the Greenlanders (trans. KENEVA KUNZ) 626 Eirik the Red's Saga (trans. KENEVA KUNZ) 653 TALES The Tale of Thorstein Staff-struck (trans. ANTHONY MAXWELL) 677 The Tale of Halldor Snorrason II (trans. TERRY GUNNELL) 685 The Tale of Sarcastic Halli (trans. GEORGE CLARK) 694 The Tale of Thorstein Shiver (trans. ANTHONY MAXWELL) 713 The Tale of Audun from the West Fjords (trans. ANTHONY MAXWELL) 717 The Tale of the Story-wise Icelander (trans. ANTHONY MAXWELL) 723 REFERENCE SECTION Illustrations and Diagrams 730 Ships 730 The Farm 733 Social and Political Structure 735 Glossary 741 Index of Characters 759