The Hrafnista Sagas

The Norwegian island of Hrafnista was long remembered in medieval Iceland as the ancestral home of a family of powerful chieftains who were said to have faced and triumphed over dangers ranging from tyrant kings to storms and famines to giants dragons and sorcery. Descendants of these Men of Hrafnista settled in Iceland and gave rise to prominent families who passed on tales of their ancestors for generations until they were written down. For the first time the Old Norse sagas of the Men of Hrafnista-the Saga of Ketil Salmon the Saga of Grim Shaggy-Cheek the Saga of Arrow-Odd and the Saga of An Bow-Bender-have been collected in one volume in English translation. Enter the world of Viking legend and lore with these tales of high adventure.