Orkneyinga Saga
The saga of the Earls of Orkney, the only medieval chronicle devoted to the Norse earldom of the northern isles.
Core Characteristics
- Composed around 1200 in Iceland, covering roughly 843 to 1206.
- Blends genealogy, feud and pilgrimage across Orkney, Shetland, Caithness and the Hebrides.
- Its Earl Sigurd the Mighty and Saint Magnus give the saga both its violence and its sanctity.
Related Concepts & Sources
Norse, Heimskringla, European