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CHRONICLE OF THE
  • Amicus ok Amilius Rimur (of Amicus and Amilius—belongs to the story of the Seven Wise Men). Fabulous.
  • Bandamanna Saga (of the Confederates—account of an Icelandic law process in the eleventh century). Local History.
  • Bardar Saga Snæfelz (of Bard, son of King Dumo, a giant). Fabulous.
  • Barlaams Saga.
  • Befus Saga (of Bevis, son of an English Count Ginar). Fabulous.
  • Biorns Saga Hitdæla Kappa (of Biorn of Hitdale, a contemporary of King Olaf the Saint). Historical.
  • Blomstrvalla Saga (a translation from the German by Biorn, in Hakon Hakonson's time. The name Blomstrvalla is from a place near Alexandria, where the scene is laid).
  • Bose ok Herauts Saga (of Bose and Heraut). Fabulous.
  • Bua Saga (of Bue Andredsson). Fabulous.
  • Bœrings Saga fagra (of the beautiful Bœring, a Saxon king). Fabulous.
  • Brodhelga Saga (of a chief who died about 974). Historical.
  • Brandkrossa Thattr (traits of Helge Asbiornson and Helge Droplauga's sons). Fabulous.
  • Bodvars Biarka Saga. Historical.
  • Breta Sögur (Saga of Wales, called Breta and Bretland; and the parts of England occupied by the Anglo-Saxons was called Saxland by the Northmen. This is from Geoffrey of Monmouth's work).
  • Damusta Saga (of a Damusta who killed Ion, king of a country south of France, and became king of Greece). Fabulous.
  • Draplaugar Sona Saga (of the sons Helga and Grim of Draplaug). History and fable mixed; the period, the tenth century.
  • Dinus Saga Dromblata (of Dionysius the Proud, son of King Ptolemy, in Egypt).
  • Drauma Jons Saga (of John the Dreamer and Earl Henry). Fabulous.
  • Egils Saga Eindhendta (of Egil the One-handed, and Asmund). Fabulous.
  • Egils Saga Skallagrims sonar (of Egil, son of Skallagrim). Historical; period from the middle of the ninth to the end of the tenth century.
  • Egils Saga (of Elis or Julius and Rosamund). Translated from the French, 1226, by Monk Robert, by order of Hakon Hakonson.
  • Edda Sæmunds (the elder Edda). Mythological.
  • Edda Snorros (the younger Edda). Mythological.
  • Eric Rauda Saga (of Eric Red, who discovered Greenland, and Vinland or America). Historical; period from near the end of the ninth to beginning of the tenth century.
  • Eyrbyggia Saga (of Thorgrim, whose forefather, Rolf, came from the Isle of Moster in the north of Norway, and first planted Iceland with people from his island (eyrbiggia, isle-settlers) to escape Harald Haarfager). Historical; period from the first colonising Iceland to the middle of the eleventh century.