Presented to the Russian reader is a collection of so-called strands - stories that were woven into those created in the 13th–14th centuries. in Iceland, the biographies of the Norwegian rulers (“royal sagas”) are the most complete ever published, both in the original language and in translation into foreign languages. The strands are distinguished by their fascination and dynamism, a high degree of dramatization of the action, and a variety of themes and plots. In addition to the “strands of journeys from the country” - stories about Icelanders achieving success in life in a foreign land, which form the main and best-known part of the extant corpus of Old Norse short prose, the book also includes numerous stories of a different kind. These are “strands about baptism”, “strands about strife”, stories about travel to strange other lands, “strands about skalds”, stories about dreams, etc. For Scandinavian specialists and a wide range of readers.