num_pages: 192
description: An Icelandic saga which mixes realism with wild gothic imagination and history with eerie tales of hauntings. It dramatizes a 13th century view of the past, from the pagan anarchy of the Viking age to the settlement of Iceland, the coming of Christianity and the beginnings of organized society.
language: English
title: Eyrbyggja Saga
titlecomplete: Eyrbyggja Saga (Penguin Classics)
genres: Historical, Literature, History, Classics, Mythology, Medieval, Poetry, Folklore, Scandinavian Literature, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 484
places: Iceland, The Hebrides, Scotland
series: Íslendingasögur/Sagas of Icelanders
publisher: Penguin Books