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Egil’s Saga

Egil faces poisoned ale, a king’s offer of gold, and an enemy who holds his life in his hands.

Egil holds a cracked drinking horn spilling ale, with a small knife in his other hand and an alarmed man behind him.

Egil and the Poisoned HornAt a royal feast, Egil’s mocking verse earns him a horn of poisoned ale.

Egil and King Athelstan extend their swords over a hearth to pass a gold arm ring between them.

Egil and the King’s RingGrieving for his brother, Egil sits before the king who sent them into battle.

Egil composes aloud in a lamplit room while Arinbjorn keeps watch outside the window on the roof.

Egil’s Head RansomShipwrecked in his enemy’s kingdom, Egil has one night to compose a poem that might save him.

Grettis Saga

Grettir pits his strength against raiders at a lonely farm and a shepherd risen from the dead.

Red-haired Grettir slides a wooden bolt across a storehouse door overlooking a snowy Norwegian shore.

Grettir and the Yule RaidersTwelve raiders arrive at an unguarded farm, and Grettir invites them inside.

Red-haired Grettir waits beneath a cloak on a bench as the towering revenant Glam peers into a lamplit timber hall.

Grettir and the RevenantGrettir spends the night at a ruined farm, waiting for its dead shepherd to return.

Völsunga Saga

A stranger’s sword and a dragon’s gold draw Sigmund and Sigurd into danger.

Sigmund grasps the hilt of a sword embedded in a living tree while King Siggeir watches from the hall.

The Sword in the TreeA one-eyed stranger interrupts a wedding, driving a sword into the hall’s living tree.

Sigurd crouches in an earthen pit with his sword while the enormous wingless dragon Fafnir approaches across the heath.

Sigurd and FafnirGuided by the smith Regin, Sigurd digs a pit beneath the dragon Fafnir’s path.

Laxdæla Saga

Love for Guðrún drives a wedge between foster-brothers Kjartan and Bolli.

Bolli offers the reins of a pale horse to Kjartan, who turns away in a red cloak outside a turf-roofed hall.

Kjartan and BolliKjartan returns to Iceland to find Guðrún married to his foster-brother Bolli.

Tales of the Norse Gods

Thor seeks his stolen hammer and tests his strength, while the gods try to bind Fenrir.

Thor sits beneath a bridal veil while Loki, disguised as his attendant, addresses the startled giant Thrym across a feast table.

Thor and the Stolen HammerA giant demands Freyja as his bride, and Thor must dress for the wedding to recover Mjollnir.

Tyr places his right hand inside Fenrir’s open mouth beside a dark lake, with the pale ribbon Gleipnir lying near the wolf’s paws.

The Binding of FenrirFenrir agrees to test the gods’ silken bond, but demands a hand between his jaws.

Thor strains beneath a huge gray cat’s belly, lifting one front paw while its other three paws remain on the hall floor.

Thor and the Trials of Utgard-LokiIn a giant’s hall, Thor is challenged to drain a cup and lift a cat.

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