A LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL SAGAS QUOTED IN THE VIKING AGE, INCLUDING THE PERIODS WITH WHICH THEY DEAL. ─────────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────────── Name of Saga. │ Century with which │ they deal. ─────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────── │These are Mythical, The Earlier Edda │ and no accurate │ date can be affixed │ to them. │ ” The Later Edda │ ” │ Fórnaldarsögur contains:— │ Völsunga │Partly Mythical. Hervara │ ” Thorstein Vikingsson’s (father of Fridthjof)│ ” Ketil Hæng’s sons │ ” Grim Lodinkinnis’ │ ” Fridthjof’s │ ” │ Hrolf Kraki’s │VI.(?) Half’s │VI.(?) Sögubrot │VI.-VII.(?) Ragnar Lodbrok’s │VIII.(?) Ragnar Lodbrok’s Sons’ │VIII.(?) │ Norna Gest’s │No date can be Gautrek’s │ assigned to these. Orvar Odd’s │ ” Herraud and Bosi’s │ ” Egil and Asmund’s │ ” Hjalmter and Ölver’s │ ” Göngu Hrelf’s │ ” An Bosveigi’s │ ” ⁂ The above dates are all more or less conjectural, and the Sagas are chiefly valuable as illustrating manners and customs.