This is the most complete collection of Icelandic strands ever published, both in the original language and in translation into foreign languages. In addition to the "strands of travel from the country" - stories about Icelanders achieving success in life in a foreign land - which form the main and the most famous part of the corpus of Old Norse short prose that has come down to us, the book also includes numerous stories of a different kind. These are “strands about baptism”, “strands about strife”, stories about travels to strange other lands, “strands about skalds”, stories about dreams, etc. CONTENTS: STRAINS IN THE “BOOK FROM THE FLAT ISLAND” WITH ADDINGS FROM OTHER MANUSCRIPTS (Translation by E.A. Gurevich) A strand about Sigurd the Saliva 7 A strand of the “GREAT SAGA ABOUT OLAVE TRYGGVASON” 11 A strand about Thorleif Jarl the Skald 11 A strand about Alban and Sunnive 20 A thread about Thorstein Bullfoot 25 A thread about Thorvald the Traveler 42 A thread about Sørli 56 A thread about Rognvald and Raud 66 A thread about Egmund Bitom and Gunnar in Half 76 A thread about Norna-Gest 86 A thread about Helgi son of Thorir 104 A thread about Thorvald Tasaldi 109A Strand about Sigurd from the Gorodische Fjord 115A Strand about Svein and Finn 117A Strand about Raud the Mighty 124A Strand about Chromund the Lame 127A Strand about Thorstein Moroz (Translation by M.I. Steblin-Kamensky) 133A Strand about Tidrandi and Thorhalla 135A Strand about Svadi and Arnor Starukhin Nos 139A Strand about Thorhalla Shishka 143A Strand about Eindridi Shirokos top 145The first strand about Halldor son of Snorri 155The strand about Orma son of Storolf 161The Strand about Hauk Zadavak 176Addition 1. STRANS NOT INCLUDED IN THE “GREAT SAGA OF OLAVE TRYGGVASON” 183The Strand about Thorstein The Power of the Farmers 183STRAINS IN THE “SEPARATE SAGA” ABOUT OLAVE THE HOLY" 199A yarn about Harald the Greenlander 199A yarn about Olaf Alva Geirstadir 202A yarn about Styrbjorn the Warrior of the Swedes 206A yarn about Chroi the Simpleton 210A yarn about Eymund son of Hring 220A yarn about Toki son of Toki 241A yarn about Bishop Isleif 243 A strand about Ethyl son of Hall from the Coast 246 A strand about Emund from Scarar 253 A strand about Eindridi and Erlinga 261 A Strand about Thormod 268 A Strand about Asbjorn the Seal Slayer 274 A Strand about Stein son of Skafti 287 A Strand about Thorodd son of Snorri 292 A Strand about Raudulf 296 A Strand about Völsi 308 STRAINS FROM “ADDITIONS TO THE “SEPARATE SAGA OF OLAVES” VYAT"" IN "THE BOOK FROM THE FLAT ISLAND" 314 A strand about Ottar the Black 314 Addition 2. STRANS NOT INCLUDED IN THE “SEPARATE SAGA OF OLAVE THE HOLY” IN THE “BOOK FROM THE FLAT ISLAND” 317STRAINS ABOUT THORARIN son Nevijolf 317STRAINS ABOUT THORARIN THE BANDY 321STRAINS INCLUDED “ROTTEN SKIN” WITH ADDENDATIONS FROM OTHER MANUSCRIPTS (Translation by E. Gurevich) STRAINS FROM “SAGA OF MAGNUS THE GOOD AND HARALD THE SURGE” 327 A strand about Thorgrim son of Halli 327 A strand about Thorstein son of Hall from the Coast 331 A strand about Hrafn son of Gudrun 33 5A Strand about Arnor Skald Yarlov 346A Strand about Hreidar the Fool 349 A strand about Thorstein from the Eastern Fjords 359 A second strand about Halldor son of Snorri (Translation by M.I. Steblin-Kamensky) 362 A strand about the foolish Icelander 370 A strand about Audun from the Western Fjords {Translation by M.I. Steblin-Kamensky) 373 A thread about Brand the Generous 379 A thread about the Icelandic storyteller (Translation by M.I. Steblin-Kamensky) 380 A thread about Thorvard Raven's Beak 381 A thread about Hall and Shuttle 384 A thread about Stuve 403 A thread about Odd son Ofeig 408 STRAINS FROM THE APPENDIX TO THE MAGNUS SAGA THE GOOD AND HARALD THE SEVERE" IN THE BOOK FROM THE FLAT ISLAND 413 A Strand about Heming the son of Aslak (Poems translated by E.A. Gurevich and O.A. Smirnitskaya) 413 A Strand about Thorstein the Curious 454 A Strand about Thorstein the Tent 455 A Strand about Bloody Ethyl 460 STRAINS FROM "S AGI O MAGNUS THE HALF-FOOT" 467The strand about Gisl the son of Illuga (In the edition of the "Saga of Magnus the Barefoot") 467Addition 3. OTHER EDITINGS "The strand about Gisla the son of Illuga" 474The strand about Gisl the son of Illuga (In the edition A of the "Saga of Jon the Saint") 474The strand about Gis le son Illugi (As edited in “The Saga of Jon the Saint”) 475 STRAINS FROM THE SAGA OF THE SONS OF MAGNUS BAREFOOT 482 A strand about Ivar the son of Ingimund 482 A strand about Thord the Golden Asa 484 A strand about Thorarin the Short Cloak 489 STRAINS FROM THE SAGA OF INGI AND HIS BROTHERS X" 491A strand about Einar's son Skuli 491Addition 4. SELECTED ANECDOTES ABOUT NORWEGIAN KINGS FROM “ROTTEN SKIN” 494About Thorkell the Goldfinch 494About Thrand of Upland 495About the wise advice of King Harald 498About King Magnus and Margret 499About Ulf the Rich 502About King Harald and Ingib Jorg 505Konung meets a man in a boat 507About King Olaf and the raven man 510o Sigurde Konong and Ottar 512o Sigurde Konung and Magnespie 514 Spaces from Saga of Sverry 516 Strand Magi (translation by M.I. Steblin-Kamensky, verses translated by O.A. Smirnitskaya) 516 Grandai from the final part of the “Book from the flat island "(Translation by E.A. Gurevich) A Strand about the Greenlanders 521 A Strand about Helgi and Ulva 534 A Strand about the Icelanders NOT INCLUDED IN THE COLLECTIONS OF THE "ROYAL SAGAS" (Translation by E.A. Gurevich) A Strand about the Beer Hood 541 A Strand about Gunnar the Slayer of Tidrandi 549The Strand of Bolli son of Bolli 560The Strand of Brandcrossy 575The Strand of the Mountain Dweller 580The Strand of the Grave Dweller 584The Dream of Thorstein son of Hall of the Coast 585The Dream of Oddi the Astrologer 587APPENDICES.A. Gurevich. Ancient Icelandic story 605I. Strands in the collections of “royal sagas” 607II. The main genre varieties of strands 620About this publication (E.A. Gurevich) 637NOTES (E.A. Gurevich) 640List of abbreviations 965Maps of Iceland and Norway 967Index of proper names (E.A. Gurevich) 970I. Geographical names 970II. Personal names 979III. Other names and titles 1000