Anyone else read any of the Sagas?
I'm going to grad school for Medieval Studies so I've been reading a few of them. I've mostly read the Vinland Sagas but I want to explore the other ones too. Anyone have suggestions on which to start with?
I've heard Egil's Saga and the Saga of the Volsungs are great, but they're both pretty long and I'm a bit scared to just dive into it.

Any suggestions?

I'm not that immersed in Norse mythology, but I do have a general overview of it.
Usually when I'm going to learn more extensive subjects, like this, I always try to get an overview of what it is.
I suggest you just read through it all, or just a general compilation of it, to start with.
Further, don't expect you will understand literature of this quality by reading it once.
You will need to STUDY this, that is, you will need to both read it a couple of times, make proper notes - and what seems to be forgotten nowadays, think through it all continually.

Hope this helps, let me know if you have any further questions.

Yeah, definitely. I'm pretty familiar with the culture and religion from my studies (I'm studying history and English (primarily medieval) at university). But I obviously could know more. I'm reading a couple history books on the Vikings and a few on the Sagas themselves, so those should help.
And I will study them, more so than read them like you said. That's just habit at this point. Hah.
I just need to pick a couple to read and get my feet wet before I leave for grad school and study them there.
Thanks for the reply!

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Is it related to norse mythology?

If so Im starting as soon as I can.

Yeah. They're written in Christian Iceland, but the stories come from the Heroic Age when they were still worshiping the Norse pantheon. Most of our knowledge of Norse mythology actually comes from a guy who wrote a few of the Sagas: Snorri Sturluson (he gives us most of the information on norse mythology in The Prose Edda)

Pretty cool though. I'd recommend looking into them. The Lord of the Rings/ Tolkien in general were influenced a great deal by the Sagas (kind of actually ruins Tolkien for you because you see how much he shamelessly steals directly from the Sagas, as well as Beowulf, obviously).

every fantasy writers are inspired of each other mate. I wouldn't call it a steal.After all the results are highly entertaining and readable.

I will definitely look into this Iceland sagas thx for lmk ^^

what exactly does one do with a degree in medevil studies?

Medevil / 10

Probably the same thing one would do with any history degree.