Sagas of Icelanders

The sagas of Icelanders (Icelandic: Íslendingasögur, modern Icelandic pronunciation: ​[ˈistlɛntiŋkaˌsœːɣʏr̥]), also known as family sagas, are one genre of Icelandic sagas. They are prose narratives mostly based on historical events that mostly took place in Iceland in the ninth, tenth, and early eleventh centuries, during the so-called Saga Age. They were written in Old Icelandic, a western dialect of Old Norse. They are the best-known specimens of Icelandic literature.

Sagas of Icelanders

The sagas of Icelanders (Icelandic: Íslendingasögur, modern Icelandic pronunciation: ​[ˈistlɛntiŋkaˌsœːɣʏr̥]), also known as family sagas, are one genre of Icelandic sagas. They are prose narratives mostly based on historical events that mostly took place in Iceland in the ninth, tenth, and early eleventh centuries, during the so-called Saga Age. They were written in Old Icelandic, a western dialect of Old Norse. They are the best-known specimens of Icelandic literature.