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	Orkneyinga saga - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Orkneyinga saga (also called the History of the Earls of Orkney) is an unique historical narrative of the history of the Orkney Islands from their capture by the Norwegian king in the 9th century onwards until about 1200 AD.
		The saga was written around 1200 AD by an unknown Icelandic author and, as was generally the case with Icelandic language writing of this period, the saga is as much a fictional story as an historic document.
		Orkneyinga Saga: The History of the Earls of Orkney.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Orkneyinga_Saga (272 words)

	Norse saga
		Norse Sagas are unconnected prose biographies or narratives written in Iceland or Scandinavia in the 12th and 13th centuries (Common Era) of historic or legendary figures and events of Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Iceland.
		Critical concepts to the Norse saga technique are honor, luck (or destiny), and fate, the supernatural, and character.
		Icelandic sagas; these are heroic prose narratives written from 1200-20 of the great families of Iceland from 930 to 1030.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/n/no/norse_saga.html (1242 words)

	Fornjót - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The saga tells that Hálogi's wife was Glöd (Glǫð 'glad'), the daughter of Grím (Grímr) of Grímsgard (Grímsgarðr) in Jötunheim in the far north and her mother was Alvör (Alvǫr) the sister of King Álf the Old ('Álfr hinn gamli') of Álfheim.
		Descendants of Thorstein appear in Fridthjófs saga ins frækna (Friðþjófs saga ins frækna 'Saga of Fridthjof the Bold') and in the Starkad section of Gautreks saga 'Gautrek's saga'.
		In the Ynglinga saga the names Logi and Frosti are otherwise connected when it relates that King Agni of Sweden in a raid on Finland killed Frosti, the leader of the Finns who opposed him and captured Skjálf, Frosti's daughter, and her brother Logi.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Frosti (985 words)

	Norse saga - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The tales are usually realistic (except, of course, legendary sagas, sagas of saints, sagas of bishops and translated or recomposed romances), sometimes romanticised and fantastic, but always dealing with human beings we can understand.
		The accuracy of the sagas is often hotly disputed, being both overestimated and underestimated by various scholars.
		Most of the manuscripts in which the sagas were originally preserved were taken to Denmark and Sweden in the 17th century, but later returned to Iceland.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Norse_saga (1129 words)

	Orkneyjar - The Orkneyinga Saga
		Compiled sometime between 1192 and 1206 by an unknown Icelandic scribe, the Orkneyinga Saga recounts the author's interpretation of the first conquest of Orkney by Norway and subsequent history of the Earldom.
		After three chapters dealing with the mythical ancestry of the later earls, the saga's adventurous account begins with the semi-mythical tales of the conquest of Orkney by Harold Fairhair, the King of Norway.
		The Orkneyinga Saga is as much a piece of medieval literature as historical documentation and, written some three centuries after some of the events it records, presents the author's interpretation of the history of the Orkney Earldom.
	www.orkneyjar.com /history/saga.htm (491 words)

	Scandinavian Shop > Viking > Sagas, Eddas and Finnish Kalevala - Scandinavica.com
		The best of the five major Icelandic sagas, Egil's Saga examines four generations of a family of warrior poets thought to be descended from trolls.
		This Saga spans the period skirting around the year 1000 when Christianity was adopted in Iceland by decree and tells the story of a beautiful yet spiteful woman, Hallgerd, whose nature begins a feud that burns for several decades between the Sigfussons and Njalssons.
		The Saga traces the lives of the Norse rulers of the Orkney, Faroe, and Shetland islands from the 9th century to the 13th.
	www.scandinavica.com /shop/viking/sagas.htm (1060 words)

	Orkneyinga Saga - Orkneyjar - The Orkneyinga Saga..
		A Norse saga recounts the conquest of the northern Scottish isles by the Viking kings of Norway during the ninth century Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005.
		Orkneyinga Saga The "Orkneyinga Saga" or to give it its alternative title "The History of the Earls of Orkney" is a unique historical document detailing the lives of the Earls of Orkney from the...
		Sagas (Graenlendinga Saga and Eirik's Saga), The Saga of the Jomsvikings and The Volsungs, Orkneyinga Saga and King Harald's Saga.
	www.hotdealsrock.com /hot/orkneyinga-saga-2616756-osk (305 words)

	The Orkneyinga Saga. The history of the Orkney Island including details of the St. Clairs (or Sinclairs).
		First published in 1873 the front cover of The Orkneyinga Saga carries the apparent sub-title: '"The saga provides a framework for an understanding of Orkney's early history and of its Viking heritage." That in a nutshell sums up what this book is all about.
		However, the Orkneyinga Saga makes it clear that the church was built by Earl Hakon after a visit to the Holy Land.
		Because the Saga is in narrative form it does not reproduce documents but the editor makes reference to quite a few and also to the work of Father Richard Augustine Hay who wrote the Genealogie of the St Clairs of Rosslyn.
	www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk /orkneyinga_saga.htm (367 words)

	Watches-Sagas of Icelanders, The -Classics Deluxe Edition- - Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition -World of the Sagas- (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Written in the thirteenth century, Njal's Saga is a story that explores perennial human problems-from failed marriages to divided loyalties, from the law's inability to curb human passions to the terrible consequences when decent men and women are swept up in a tide of violence b...
		Most sagas tell a story of several generations of a family, and sons are named after grandfathers, and neighbors have the same names, and after a while you're floundering in a sea of Thorvalds and Thorgrims and Thorsteins and Snorris, etc etc...
		Njal's Saga is noticeably missing, but to their defense Njal's is also the largest saga and it probably would have meant cutting 4-5 of the other sagas out of this book.
	www.minihttpserver.net /z_watches/A_eyrbyggja_saga_pengu-0140445307.htm (1678 words)

	Norse saga - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Icelandic sagas (Íslendingasögur); these are heroic prose narratives written in the 12th to 14th centuries of the great families of Iceland from 930 to 1030.
		Brennu-Njáls saga; considered by some the greatest of Icelandic prose sagas; many translations are available and it is available on the Internet.
		Hrólfs saga kraka; which is related to the Old English poem Beowulf.
	www.pineville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Norse_Saga (1201 words)

	Orkneyinga Saga - Hermann Palsson - Penguin Group (USA)
		Written around AD 1200 by an unnamed Icelandic author, the Orkneyinga Saga is an intriguing fusion of myth, legend and history.
		The only medieval chronicle to have Orkney as the central place of action, it tells of an era when the islands were still part of the Viking world, beginning with their conquest by the kings of Norway in the ninth century.
		The saga describes the subsequent history of the Earldom of Orkney and the adventures of great Norsemen such as Sigurd the Powerful, St Magnus the Martyr and Hrolf, the conqueror of Normandy.
	www.penguinputnam.com /nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,0_0140443835,00.html (124 words)

	Western Isles Sagas
		Many of these sagas contain vignettes about individuals who went raiding in England and Ireland, and more detailed information can be found in the sagas about the Norwegian kings.
		By revealing the complexity in the lives of individuals who acted variously as raiders, traders, settlers, and farmers, the sagas paint a more realistic view of actual people and events than can be reconstructed from historical or archeological sources.
		To the saga audience, the saga justified the new political reality that these lands were now part of the broader Viking world.
	www.mnh.si.edu /vikings/voyage/subset/westernisles/sagas.html (620 words)

	Northvegr - The Icelandic Sagas
		It is possible, however, from translations and some other works, to make an extensive acquaintance with the sagas themselves, and with their history, without the study of foreign tongues.
		Of the remaining short sagas, seven or eight are more or less fully translated in the Origines, together with a number of smaller tales and episodes.
		The fullest and most authoritative work on the sagas (and on the older Icelandic literature as a whole) is that written in Danish by Prof.
	www.northvegr.org /lore/sagas/007.php (1323 words)

	Welcome To The Orkney Heritage Website
		The saga is closely linked to Norway, as the Earls of Orkney were involved in the political intrigue of the kings of that country.
		Earl Rognvald Brusason was the foster-son of King Olaf the Saint, and fought at the Battle of Stiklestad in 1030.
		A shorter Orkneyinga Saga, aimed at children, is also part of the project, as well as a highly illustrated book that not only covers Orkneyinga Saga, but also the other sagas that relate to Orkney.
	www.orkney.gov.uk /nqcontent.cfm?a_id=1223 (996 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: Orkneyinga Saga: The History of the Earls of Orkney (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Among the half-dozen surviving Scandinavian sagas (most of which are available in Pálsson's English translations), the Orkneyinga is particularly important for the student of early English history and genealogy.
		The saga traces the lives of the Norse rulers of the Orkney, Faroe, and Shetland islands from the ninth century to the thirteenth.
		Because the saga was originally an oral history, it deals in varicolored language and vivid detail and powerful oration -- most of which the translators have managed to preserve in their prose rendition.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0140443835 (830 words)

	::Destination Viking:: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The Orkneyinga Saga is the history of the Norse Jarls of Orkney and Shetland.
		A children's version of the Orkneyinga Saga will help to encourage the use of the saga in schools, and will act as an introduction to the sagas for ore at the academic world.
		The saga trails will tell the history of the Faroes, the Faroese Saga, and in addition the many tales of imaginary creatures, such as the huldufólk or hidden people, which were very much a part of storytelling in the old days.
	www.destinationviking.com /destination/map_files/orkney2.htm (1012 words)

	Bede's World: Online book shop
		Written around AD 1200 by an unnamed Icelandic author, the Orkneyinga Saga is the only medieval chronicle to have Orkney as the central place of action, and from it we derive much of our knowledge of the Northern Isles and Caithness.
		The Saga describes the conquest of the islands by the kings of Norway during the Viking expansion of the ninth century and goes on to narrate the subsequent history of the Earldom of Orkney.
		This modern translation captures the force of the Orkneyinga Saga, which retains a special significance for the people of Orkney, sharpening their awareness of their dual cultural heritage, both Norse and Scottish.
	www.bedesworld.co.uk /shopcafe-shop-product.php?bookId=239 (240 words)

	Orphir Church & Bu Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland
		In the south of the West Mainland of Orkney, near the Hoy and Flotta ferry terminus at Houton, is a side road off the A964 complete with tourist signs directing you to the Earl's Bu and Round Church.
		It takes a little imagination to think of this as the place where, according to the saga, Earl Haraldr died in 1127; to realise that the drinking hall was the site of the murder of Sveinn Brestrope in 1136; or the place where Earl Haraldr Maddadson hid from his enemies in 1154.
		The Orkneyinga Saga adds names and imagined faces to the ruins and suddenly it becomes possible to think of real people living and dying here.
	www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk /westmainland/orphirchurch (743 words)

	Icelandic Sagas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Written down in the 12th and 13th centuries, the great Icelandic epics and sagas record an older oral tradition dating back to the 4th or 5th centuries, though most take place between the 8th and 12th centuries.
		Many are family sagas, chronicling the achievements of mighty men and women from Iceland's great families as they engage in political maneuvering, blood feuds, and Viking raids and battles.
		Set at the turn of the 11th century, when Christianity was making inroads into Icelandic paganism, this Icelandic saga tells of Njal's attempts to preserve and protect his family in the murky political environment of ancient Iceland.
	www.heartoglory.com /celtic/icelandic-sagas.htm (563 words)

	Orkneyinga Saga by Anonymous, New, Used Books, Cheap Prices, ISBN 0140443835
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	Price Check: Orkneyinga Saga (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Hermann Palsson Paul Edwards Orkneyinga Saga Paul G. Edwards Hermann Palsson Vikings in Russia Magnus Magnusson Hermann Palsson Vinland Sagas Jesse L. Byock Saga of the Volsungs H.R.E. The Heroic Age Bookstore: The Norse.
		Orkneyinga Saga: The History of the Earls of Orkney Penguin, 1978 Snorre Sturlasson Heimskringla or.
		The most famous work is the Orkneyinga Saga, written by an Icelandic scholar and a modern translation by Hermann Palsson/Paul Edwards, published in 1978.
	books.ownerscloset.com /orkneyinga-saga.33072.html (340 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: Eyrbyggja Saga (Penguin Classics) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The Saga of the Jomsvikings by Malcolm Thurgood
		In all the Icelandic sagas I've read, most of the characters do not seem to be wholeheartedly committed to either the old or the new religion; but all are superstitious about the restless dead, which brings me to one of the most fascinating aspects of this saga: the ghost episodes that seem to proliferate.
		I have read a number of the Norse sagas and found this to be amongst the most interesting, from a story point of view.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0140445307?v=glance (1469 words)

	ÁSATRÚ Alliance, World Tree Publications · THE SAGAS
		The Saga ot the premier Asatruarman, Warrior, poet, vitki, and father.
		The most studied of all the Sagas, certainly the most entertaining and readable.
		A collection of 18 Sagas and Tales of the Icelanders offered by different translators This is an enormous compilation of the finest literature of the Northern World.
	www.asatru.org /SagaCart.htm (313 words)

	Orkneyinga Saga: The History of the Earls of Orkney (Penguin Classics) \| Evie's Eden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Orkneyinga Saga: The History of the Earls of Orkney (Penguin Classics)
		The Orkneyinga Saga: The History of the Earls of Orkney (Penguin Classics) is part of our discount Book catalog.
		Used Orkneyinga Saga: The History of the Earls of Orkney (Penguin Classics) are in stock for only $4.74.
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	Amazon@Apolyton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		This saga cover eight or ten generations of Norse rulers of the islands north of Scotland, from the 900s up to about 1200AD.
		Like other sagas, this was put in current form and written down by an Icelander.
		It's not the most exciting of the sagas, but gives a remarkable look at a powerful influence on English history.
	apolyton.net /amazon/item.php?ASIN=0140443835 (592 words)

	Orkneyjar News - New life for Orkneyinga Saga
		The general public will also be involved as there will be talks on various aspects of the Orkneyinga Saga, music and storytelling on the afternoons of the 23rd and 24th.
		Magnus Cathedral (the most famous saga site in Orkney) on the afternoon and evening of the 26th January.
		By the end of the project (December 2005) Orkney Heritage will also be publishing a children's Orkneyinga Saga, lavishly illustrated; a book setting the context for the Sagas and their relevance to Orkney sites and artefacts; and an academic publication on aspects of the Sagas.
	www.orkneyjar.com /news/saga.htm (220 words)

	Caithness.Org - Caithness Castles : Lambaborg Castle - Index
		Lambaborg is first mentioned in the sagas in the year 1152/3 when it was besieged by Earl Rognvald at the behest of a man called Svein Hroaldsson from Wick.
		The saga goes on to say that, after some words between Svein Asleifarson and Svein Hroaldsson and Earl Rognvald that Rognvald's men "sat themselves down round the burg" - something which can't be done at Kingansgeo but can at the Broch of Ness.
		The Orkneyinga Saga goes on to say that after they landed Svein and Margad went south to Sutherland and the quickest way to achieve this would be by boat.
	www.caithness.org /caithness/castles/lambaborg (778 words)

	Myths, Legends and Sagas
		During our first trip to Orkney in April of 1998 we saw plenty of references to this saga but I didn't manage to track down a full copy of the text during our visit.
		This saga was written around 1200 AD and tells the story of the Earls of Orkney.
		Orkneyinga Saga tells how the Vikings left their mark in Maes Howe and adds a great depth to the rich Orkney landscape for the visitor to these islands.
	www.henge.org.uk /general/bookshop/myths.html (116 words)

	Orkneyinga Saga : The History of the Earls of Orkney (Penguin Classics) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Orkneyinga Saga : The History of the Earls of Orkney (Penguin Classics) Review: This saga cover eight or ten generations of Norse rulers of the islands north of Scotland, from the 900s up to about 1200AD.
		Orkneyinga Saga : The History of the Earls of Orkney (Penguin Classics) Review: I am a fan of all things to do with Orkney and Shetland.
		Orkneyinga Saga : The History of the Earls of Orkney (Penguin Classics) Review: The general concensus by many people is that the Vikings became instant pussies when they finally converted to Christianity.
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