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...

Egil Skallagrímsson, descending more or less unchanged through oral tradition from the time of their composition to the writing of Egils saga. Egils saga...

Atla saga Ótryggssonar Bandamanna saga Bárðar saga Snæfellsáss Bjarnar saga Hítdælakappa Droplaugarsona saga Egils saga Skalla-Grímssonar – Egil's Saga Eiríks...

In addition, she is mentioned in poems recorded in Heimskringla and Egils saga that date from the 9th and 10th centuries, respectively. An episode in...

Heimskringla (Hákonar saga) ch. 3; Egils saga ch. 59; Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar en mesta ch. 15. For further discussion, see M. Cormack, "Egils saga, Heimskringla...

in Valhalla. Others were also brought to Fólkvangr after their death; Egils Saga, for example, has a world-weary female character declare that she will...

kenning for "warrior". In chapter 80 of the 13th century Icelandic saga Egils saga, Egill Skallagrímsson composes a poem in praise of Arinbjörn (Arinbjarnarkviða)...

lived in the ninth and tenth centuries. He is an important character in Egils saga and is mentioned in the Landnámabók. Skalla-Grímr was the son of Kveldúlfr...

Freyja is mentioned in the sagas Egils saga, Njáls saga, Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka, and in Sörla þáttr. Egils saga In Egils saga, when Egill Skallagrímsson...

century Sogn, Norway. He is a main character in the early chapters of Egils saga and appears in the Landnámabók and other Icelandic sources. Kveldulf is...

Jakobsson, Ármann (2011). "Beast and man: Realism and the occult in Egils saga". Scandinavian Studies. 83 (1): 34. doi:10.1353/scd.2011.0013. S2CID 162375667...

Thorgerd Brak) is a character in Egils saga. Skilled in magic, she is the foster-mother of the tenth-century poet and saga hero Egill Skallagrímsson, and...

Egilsdottir appears in several Icelandic sagas. She first appears in Egils Saga (Egils saga Skallagrímssonar), being born to Egil Skallagrímsson and his wife Asgerd...

accounts discuss Kvenland. They are Egils saga and the more legendary Hversu Noregr byggdist and Orkneyinga saga. According to Hversu Noregr byggdist...

Egils saga einhenda ok Ásmundar berserkjabana Eireks saga víðförla Frá Fornjóti ok hans ættmönnum Friðþjófs saga ins frœkna Gautreks saga Gríms saga loðinkinna...

received; in Norway, the winner could claim everything the loser owned. Egils saga Skallagrímssonar 1975 (as cited in the Viking Lady Answer Page) recounted:...

Laxdæla Saga in which he takes a leading role, Olaf also is mentioned in Egils saga, Njáls saga, Gunnlaugs saga, Kormáks saga, Grettirs saga and the Landnámabók...

runes on the pole. A nithing pole event appears in Egils saga: "And when all was ready for sailing, Egil went up into the island. He took in his hand a hazel-pole...

1990. Trans. The Saga of the Volsungs. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-27299-6 Einarsson, Bjarni, ed. (2003). Egils saga (PDF). London: Viking...

952–954). She appears prominently in sagas such as Fagrskinna, Egils saga, Njáls saga, and Heimskringla. The sagas relate that Gunnhild lived during a...

These sagas usually span multiple generations and often feature everyday people (e.g. Bandamanna saga) and larger-than-life characters (e.g. Egils saga).: 107–12 ...

Egils saga einhenda ok Ásmundar berserkjabana, or The Story of Egil One-Hand and Asmund Berserkers-Slayer, is a legendary saga, which takes place in Russia...

poem Hymiskvida Egil, brother of Volund, hero of Völundarkviða and the Thidreks saga Egil One-Hand, hero from the Icelandic saga Egils saga einhenda ok Ásmundar...

saga renders Harald's title as einváldskonungr (absolute king). Not unlike Egil's Saga, Harald's conquest of Norway sets off the plot of Grettis saga...

evidence that the author of the saga knew of Laxdœla saga and Egils saga. As is the case with all Icelander sagas, Eyrbyggja Saga should not be taken as a reliable...

Kvenland who is mentioned in the Icelandic Egils saga from the early 13th century. According to the saga, Faravid made an alliance with the Norwegian...

University of Exeter Press. 2011. pp. 66–7 Foot 2011, pp. 179–180. Anonymous. "Egils Saga". in The Battle of Brunanburh. A Casebook. Ed. Michael Livingston. University...

and methodological reasons, Snorri is often taken to be the author of Egil's Saga. He was assassinated in 1241 by men claiming to be agents of the King...

Egil One-Hand is a berserker hero from the Icelandic legendary saga Egils saga einhenda ok Ásmundar berserkjabana. Egil was the son of Hring ruler of...

34ff. Egils saga, ed. by Bjarni Einarsson (London: Viking Society for Northern Research, 2003), pp. 147ff. Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), "Egils saga Skalla-Grímssonar"...