'Of importance chiefly on account of the use Shakespeare made of another version of the same story. The present version belongs to the 16th or the early 17th century, the major part of it having been derived from Saxo-Grammaticus, the Danish historiographer (late 12th century), and remodelled under the influence of popular folk tales, Carlovingian, and Arthurian romances, and the stories of Tamburlane'. HEIMSKRINGLA, or CHRONICLES OF THE KINGS OF NORWAY. _Tr._ from the Icelandic by S. Laing, 1842, new _Ed._ by Anderson, 1889, 4 v. _See also_ in the Saga Library by Morris _and_ Magnússon, 4 v. 1892-1906. [Consists chiefly of historical sagas, 12th cent. An abridgement is contained in Carlyle's 'Early Kings of Norway', 1875.] HEN THORIR. _Tr._ by Wm. Morris and Eirikr Magnusson. 1890. _Saga Library._ HOWARD THE HALT. _Tr._ by Wm. Morris and Eirikr Magnusson. 1890. _Saga Library._ KORMAKS SAGA: The Life and Death of Cormac the Skald. _Tr._ by W. G. Collingwood and Stéfannson, 1902. LANDNAMA BÓC. [Book of the Taking of the Land.] _Tr._ by Thomas Ellwood, 1894. LAXDAELA SAGA. Probably first put together about 13th century. _Tr._ by Muriel A. C. Press [1900]. LILJA 'The Lily' [Religious poem of the 4th century.] _Ed._ and _Tr._ by Eirikr Magnusson, 1870. LUDBROC, DEATH SONG OF: _Tr._ with notes, 1887. NIALS SAGA. The Story of Burnt Njal. 970-1014. 2 v. _Tr._ by Sir G. W. Dasent, 1861. Southern Saga. Considered the greatest of the Sagas, whether in the national scope of its action, the beauty and distinction of the characters, or in the pathos and special grandeur of the narrative. OLAF TRYGGVASON. The Saga of, who reigned over Norway, A.D. 995 to A.D. 1000. _Tr._ by J. Sephton, 1898. Compiled about the middle of the 13th century. OLD NORSE SAGAS. _Tr._ by E. S. Cappel, 1882. ORKNEYINGA SAGA (History of the Men of Orkney). _Ed._ by J. Anderson. _Tr._ by J. A. Higaltalin, and G. Goudie, 1873. ORKNEYINGA SAGA. Magnus Saga; with additions from Flatey's Book. [xiv. century]. _Ed._ by G. Vigfusson, 1888. STURLA THE LAWMAN'S LIVES OF KING HACON AND MAGNUS. [xiii. century], with Glossaries. _Ed._ by G. Vigfusson, 1888. STURLA THE LAWMAN'S LIVES OF KING HACON AND MAGNUS, [xiii. century], with Glossaries, v. 3-4. _Tr._ by G. W. Dasent. THOMAS SAGA. 2 v. with _Tr._ notes and glossary, _Ed. and Tr._ by Eirikr Magnússon, 1875-84. THORSTEIN VIKING'S SON. _See_ Viking Tales of the North. _Tr._ by R. B. Anderson, 1877. THREE NORTHERN LOVE STORIES. _Tr._ by Eirikr Magnússon and Wm. Morris, 1875. THROND OF GATE. THE TALE OF. Commonly called Færeyinga Saga. _Tr._ by F. York Powell. Written probably about 1230. VIGA GLUM SAGA, 970-990, with notes. _Tr._ by Sir Ed. Head, 1866. [Northern Saga.] 'One of the earliest sagas'. VIKING TALES OF THE NORTH. _Tr._ by R. B. Anderson, 1877.