Hrolf Kraki's Saga and Old Norse Literature
Channel: Eric Luttrell
Date: 2017-03-25

This is an introduction to Old Norse literature as exemplified in the Saga of King Hrolf Kraki. It presumes familiarity with the second half (chapters 24-52 of Hrolf's Saga) available in a translation by Peter Tunstall at http://www.northvegr.org/sagas%20annd%20epics/legendary%20heroic%20and%20imaginative%20sagas/old%20heithinn%20tales%20from%20the%20north/index.html It introduces the folk-tale of "The Bear's Son" and parallels between the character of Bodvar Bjarki and the Old English Beowulf.

Further reading:
These links contain free online primary and secondary sources edited and translated by scholars.
http://germanicmythology.com/ :  Huge trove of primary texts and scholarship.
http://www.vsnrweb-publications.org.uk/
http://www.sagadb.org/index_az
http://www.heimskringla.no/wiki/Main_Page
http://www.northvegr.org/index.html