Laxdæla saga (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈlaksˌtaiːla ˈsaːɣa] ()), also Laxdœla saga (Old Norse pronunciation [ˈlɑksˌdøːlɑ ˈsɑɣɑ]), Laxdoela saga, Laxdaela saga or The Saga of the People of Laxárdalr, is one of the Icelanders' sagas.Written in the 13th century, it tells of people in the Breiðafjörður area of Iceland from the late 9th century to the early 11th century.

Bárðar saga Snæfellsáss (14th c. Middle Icelandic: [ˈbɒːrðar ˈsaɣa ˈsnæːˌfelsˌɒːsː]; Modern Icelandic: [ˈpaurðar ˈsaːɣa ˈstnaiːˌfɛlsˌaus] listen (help · info)) or Bárðar saga Snæfellsáss ok Gests is a late saga of the Icelanders with legendary elements. It falls into two sections, one about Bárðr and the other about his son, Gestr; the first part takes place ...

The sagas of Icelanders (Icelandic: Íslendingasögur, modern Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈislɛndiŋkaˌsœːɣʏr̥]), also known as family sagas, are one genre of Icelandic sagas.They are prose narratives mostly based on historical events that mostly took place in Iceland in the ninth, tenth, and early eleventh centuries, during the so-called Saga Age.

Saga kan betekenen: . Literatuur. saga (literatuur), Noordse heldenverhalen Grœnlendinga saga, Groenlandse heldenverhalen; Orkneyinga saga, heldenverhalen van de Orkney's; Bandamanna saga, heldenverhaal uit IJsland; Forsyte Saga, een familiekroniek en een daarop gebaseerde televisieserie; Sága, een godin uit de Germaanse mythologie.Ze wordt ook wel geschreven als …

Njáls saga (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈnjauls ˌsaːɣa] listen (help · info)), also Njála (listen (help · info)), Brennu-Njáls saga ([ˈprɛnːʏ-ˌnjauls ˌsaːɣa] listen (help · info)) or "The Story of Burnt Njáll", is a thirteenth-century Icelandic saga that describes events between 960 and 1020.. The saga deals with a process of blood feuds in the Icelandic Commonwealth, showing ...

Egill's Saga or Egil's saga (Old Norse: Egils saga [ˈeɣels ˈsɑɣɑ]; Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈeijɪls ˈsaːɣa] ()) is an Icelandic saga (family saga) on the lives of the clan of Egill Skallagrímsson (Anglicised as Egill Skallagrimsson), an Icelandic farmer, viking and skald.The saga spans the years c. 850–1000 and traces the family's history from Egill's grandfather to his offspring.

Sagalitteratur (fra norrønt saga, flertall s ǫ gur = fortellinger) er diktning og fortellende historie fra oldtidens Norden, spesielt Norge og Island, men også fra andre steder innenfor de norrøne områdene.Sagalitteraturen som i stor grad bygger på muntlig overleverte fortellinger, ble skriftfestet mellom 1120 og 1400-tallet

Sāgas (islandiešu: saga, daudzskaitlī: sögur, no segja — 'stāstīt, runāt') ir seno Ziemeļeiropas ģermāņu skaldu sacerēti mutvārdu varoņeposi, kas visilgāk saglabājās Islandes viduslaiku kultūrā. Pēc 14. gadsimta sāgas pārvērtās par pasaku literatūru (Lygisögur).Sāgas parasti vēstī par teiksmainiem 9.—11. gadsimta notikumiem Islandē, kā arī Norvēģijā ...

Etymology and meaning of saga. The main meanings of the Old Norse word saga (plural sǫgur) are 'what is said, utterance, oral account, notification' and the sense used in this article: '(structured) narrative, story (about somebody)'. It is cognate with the English words say and saw (in the sense 'a saying', as in old saw), and the German Sage; but the modern English term …

Een saga (IJslands: Íslendingasögur) is een in het Oudnoords geschreven middeleeuws verhaal over de oude geschiedenis van Scandinavië en Germanië, over de eerste reizen van de Vikingen, over hun kolonisatie van IJsland, en over vetes tussen IJslandse families.. De teksten zijn te definiëren als episch proza, vaak met strofes of hele gedichten in de tekst die vaak allitereren, …