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Combining traditional myth, oral history and re-worked European legend to depict an ancient realm of heroism and wonder, the seven tales collected here are among the most fantastical of all the Norse romances. Powerfully inspired works of Icelandic imagination, they relate intriguing, often comical tales of famous kings, difficult gods and women of great beauty, goodness or cunning. The tales plunder a wide range of earlier literature from Homer to the French romances—as in the tale of the wandering hero Arrow-Odd, which combines several older legends, or Egil and Asmund, where the story of Odysseus and the Cyclops is skilfully adapted into a traditional Norse legend. These are among the most outrageous, delightful and exhilarating tales in all Icelandic literature.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the b

Table of Contents
Translated by Hermann Pálsson and Paul Edwards

Introduction
Maps: Europe of the Viking Romances
Note on the Texts and Translations
Bibliography

Seven Viking Romances
Arrow-Odd
King Gautrek
Halfdan Eysteinsson
Bosi and Herraud
Egil and Asmund
Thorstein Mansion-Might
Helgi Thorisson

Appendix: Sources and parallels of Arrow-Odd
List of Proper Names

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Classics
      Published 26 September 1985
      ISBN-13 9780140444742
      978-0140444742
      ISBN-10 0140444742
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      Classics Biography Essays Folklore studies / Study of myth

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Combining traditional myth, oral history and re-worked European legend to depict an ancient realm of heroism and wonder, the seven tales collected here are among the most fantastical of all the Norse romances. Powerfully inspired works of Icelandic imagination, they relate intriguing, often comical tales of famous kings, difficult gods and women of great beauty, goodness or cunning. The tales plunder a wide range of earlier literature from Homer to the French romances—as in the tale of the wandering hero Arrow-Odd, which combines several older legends, or Egil and Asmund, where the story of Odysseus and the Cyclops is skilfully adapted into a traditional Norse legend. These are among the most outrageous, delightful and exhilarating tales in all Icelandic literature.

      For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the b

      Table of Contents
      Translated by Hermann Pálsson and Paul Edwards

      Introduction
      Maps: Europe of the Viking Romances
      Note on the Texts and Translations
      Bibliography

      Seven Viking Romances
      Arrow-Odd
      King Gautrek
      Halfdan Eysteinsson
      Bosi and Herraud
      Egil and Asmund
      Thorstein Mansion-Might
      Helgi Thorisson

      Appendix: Sources and parallels of Arrow-Odd
      List of Proper Names

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