Prose narrative written down in the 11th-13th
centuries in Norway and Iceland. The sagas
range from family chronicles, such as the
Landnamabok of Ari (1067-1148), to legendary
and anonymous works such as the Njala saga.
Other sagas include the Heimskringla of
Snorri Sturluson celebrating Norwegian kings
(1178-1241), the Sturlunga of Sturla
Thordsson (1214-84), and the legendary and
anonymous Laxdaela and Grettla sagas.