Icelandic Sagas

From the translator of the best-selling Poetic Edda comes a gripping new rendering of two of the greatest sagas of Old Norse literature. Together the two sagas recount the story of seven generations of a single legendary heroic family and comprise our best source of traditional lore about its members - including, among others, the dragon slayer Sigurd, Brynhild the Valkyrie, and the Viking chieftain Ragnar Lothbrok.

The Icelandic nation has a long and rich history of storytelling. Throughout centuries characterized by hardship, poverty, and dark winters, the Icelanders kept their spirits high and moral values intact by telling each other stories. In this collection of 15 Icelandic folk legends, we get a glimpse of the world view of the Icelanders in centuries past as they endeavored to understand and cope with the natural phenomena around them. There are stories of malicious ghosts, outlaws living in carved-out boulders, hidden people residing in grassy knolls...

Fall asleep fast a with Icelandic Fairy Tales: Soothing Bedtime Stories for Adults, an enchanting audiobook that will transport you to a serene world and effortlessly lull you into a restful slumber. This audiobook is designed to create the perfect ambiance for a restorative sleep experience.

Although based on historical persons from the ninth century, Ragnar Lodbrok and his sons are the subjects of compelling legends dating from the Viking era. Warriors, raiders, and rulers, Ragnar and his sons inspired unknown writers to set down their stories over seven centuries ago. This volume presents new and original translations of the three major Old Norse texts that tell Ragnar's story.

Öskubuska hafði alla tíð tileinkað sér að koma vel fram við menn og málleysingja. Eftir að móðir hennar fellur frá, tekur faðir hennar sér aðra konu. Stjúpunni þykir Öskubuska ekki verðug og stjúpsystur hennar voru harðlyndar. Líf hennar og tilvera virðist vonlaus þar til hún laumar sér á dansleik í höllinni og hittir konungssoninn. Ævintýri Grimmsbræðra eru löngu orðin þekkt um allan heim enda verið þýdd á fleiri hundruð tungumál.

The year is 1332 and the place Iceland. The cat Frode and his companion a Viking descendant begin an epic journey across perilous seas and land to find the manuscipt Landnámabók, the book of settlements and seek their history.

From Lord’s to the Fjords is the uproarious tale of cricket in Iceland: how the national press believed a stag party from Oxford were the official England team, how Sky Sports accidentally sent a crew to televise an Icelandic Cricket Cup final that didn’t exist, how the lead singer of Iron Maiden flew a passenger jet into a match under the midnight sun, how Henry Blofeld umpired in a blizzard on top of an ice cap, how the Iceland team was sold to the world’s public and became a viral Twitter sensation (incurring the wrath of Jofra Archer)....

Presents 9 essential principles drawn from ancient Icelandic texts for cultivating a balanced, resilient, and meaningful life Offers practical meditations, creative exercises, and 81 poetic mantras to help you integrate each principle into your daily life to inspire creativity, honor...

Amanda Burke er dóttir fátæks prests. Dag einn, lítandi út fögur eins og vorið sjálft hittir hún Ramsay lávarð í fyrsta sinn. Ramsay er orðinn þreyttur á konum sem nota mikið af snyrtivörum og hugsa mikið um tískuheiminn og hrífst því mikið af Amöndu og ákveður að giftast henni. Yfirbragð lávarðsins hefur hins vegar andstæð áhrif á hrifningu Amöndu á honum. Þetta sama kvöld gerist nokkuð sem mun snúa lífi hennar á hvolf og veldur því að hún neyðist til þess að játast lávarðinum til þess að geta bjargað manninum sem hún elskar í raun og veru.

Einu sinni var gráðug hæna sem gleypti hnetu. Haninn ætlar að koma henni til bjargar með því að sækja vatn í brunninn. Brunnurinn neitar hins vegar að gefa hananum vatn nema hann færi honum silki brúðarinnar. Nú voru góð ráð dýr því brúðurin neitar að gefa hananum silkið nema hann færi henni brúðarkrans. Haninn þarf að bjarga hænunni en tíminn er að renna frá honum. Ævintýri Grimmsbræðra eru löngu orðin þekkt um allan heim enda verið þýdd á fleiri hundruð tungumál.