This volume offers a selection of the most important texts from the Icelandic sagas, including the Prose Edda, the Volsunga Saga, and the Nornagests-Thatr. These texts offer unparalleled insight into the mythology, folklore, and history of the medieval Nordic world, as well as into the literary and linguistic traditions that have shaped modern European culture. The volume features extensive commentary and annotations by editor Ernst Heinrich Wilken,...