Annette Lassen is professor at the Arnamagnæan Collection, NorS, University of Copenhagen. From 2020 to 2022, she was research professor at The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies. She has authored books and articles on Old Icelandic literature such as Odin’s Ways: A Guide to the Pagan God in Medieval Literature (Routledge 2022) and the edition Hrafnagaldur Óðins/ Forspjallsljóð (Viking Society for Northern Research 2011). She has published complete translations in Danish of the sagas of Icelanders and the sagas of ancient times (2014 and 2016–2019).

• 1. INTRODUCTION2. SAGAS AND ÞÆTTIR3. TOWARDS A DEFINITION OF THE GENRE4. ICELAND’S LITERATURE IN THE MIDDLE AGES—INFLUENCE AND TASTE5. TRANSMISSION6. AGE7. TRADITION AND NARRATIVE8. SAGA WRITERS AND INFORMANTS9. ICELANDERS—NORDIC STORYTELLERS AND BOOKWORMS10. THE HISTORICITY OF THE SAGAS OF ICELANDERS11. STYLE AND LITERARY TECHNIQUE12. SKALDIC POETRY13. THE SOCIETY OF THE SAGAS OF ICELANDERS14. THE SAGAS OF ICELANDERS. A SURVEYBard’s SagaEgil’s sagaEirik the Red’s SagaGisli Sursson’s Saga Gold-Thorir’s Saga Hen-Thorir’s SagaKiller-Glum’s Saga Kormak’s SagaNjal’s SagaOlkofri’s SagaThe Saga of Bjorn, Champion of the Hitardal PeopleThe Saga of Droplaug’s SonsThe Saga of Finnbogi the MightyThe Saga of Grettir the StrongThe Saga of Gunnar, the Fool of KeldugnupThe Saga of Gunnlaug Serpent-Tongue The Saga of Hallfred the Troublesome PoetThe Saga of Havard of IsafjordThe Saga of Hrafnkel Frey’s GodiThe Saga of Hord and the People of HolmThe Saga of Ref the SlyThe Saga of the Confederates The Saga of the GreenlandersThe Saga of the People of EyriThe Saga of the People of FljotsdalThe Saga of the People of FloiThe Saga of the People of Kjalarnes The Saga of the People of Laxardal The Saga of the People of Ljosavatn The Saga of the People of Reykjadal and of Killer-SkutaThe Saga of the People of SvarfadardalThe Saga of the People of Vatnsdal The Saga of the People of Vopnafjord The Saga of the Slayings on the HeathThe Saga of the Sworn BrothersThe Saga of Thord MenaceThe Saga of Thorstein the White Thorstein Sidu-Hallson’s Saga Valla-Ljot’s Saga Viglund’s SagaLiteratureIndexIndex of Manuscripts

Annette Lassen is professor at the Arnamagnæan Collection, NorS, University of Copenhagen. From 2020 to 2022, she was research professor at The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies. She has authored books and articles on Old Icelandic literature such as Odin’s Ways: A Guide to the Pagan God in Medieval Literature (Routledge 2022) and the edition Hrafnagaldur Óðins/ Forspjallsljóð (Viking Society for Northern Research 2011). She has published complete translations in Danish of the sagas of Icelanders and the sagas of ancient times (2014 and 2016–2019).

• 1. INTRODUCTION2. SAGAS AND ÞÆTTIR3. TOWARDS A DEFINITION OF THE GENRE4. ICELAND’S LITERATURE IN THE MIDDLE AGES—INFLUENCE AND TASTE5. TRANSMISSION6. AGE7. TRADITION AND NARRATIVE8. SAGA WRITERS AND INFORMANTS9. ICELANDERS—NORDIC STORYTELLERS AND BOOKWORMS10. THE HISTORICITY OF THE SAGAS OF ICELANDERS11. STYLE AND LITERARY TECHNIQUE12. SKALDIC POETRY13. THE SOCIETY OF THE SAGAS OF ICELANDERS14. THE SAGAS OF ICELANDERS. A SURVEYBard’s SagaEgil’s sagaEirik the Red’s SagaGisli Sursson’s Saga Gold-Thorir’s Saga Hen-Thorir’s SagaKiller-Glum’s Saga Kormak’s SagaNjal’s SagaOlkofri’s SagaThe Saga of Bjorn, Champion of the Hitardal PeopleThe Saga of Droplaug’s SonsThe Saga of Finnbogi the MightyThe Saga of Grettir the StrongThe Saga of Gunnar, the Fool of KeldugnupThe Saga of Gunnlaug Serpent-Tongue The Saga of Hallfred the Troublesome PoetThe Saga of Havard of IsafjordThe Saga of Hrafnkel Frey’s GodiThe Saga of Hord and the People of HolmThe Saga of Ref the SlyThe Saga of the Confederates The Saga of the GreenlandersThe Saga of the People of EyriThe Saga of the People of FljotsdalThe Saga of the People of FloiThe Saga of the People of Kjalarnes The Saga of the People of Laxardal The Saga of the People of Ljosavatn The Saga of the People of Reykjadal and of Killer-SkutaThe Saga of the People of SvarfadardalThe Saga of the People of Vatnsdal The Saga of the People of Vopnafjord The Saga of the Slayings on the HeathThe Saga of the Sworn BrothersThe Saga of Thord MenaceThe Saga of Thorstein the White Thorstein Sidu-Hallson’s Saga Valla-Ljot’s Saga Viglund’s SagaLiteratureIndexIndex of Manuscripts