in Norway; another is Hjalmars och Hramers saga, a post-medieval forgery composed in Sweden. While the term saga is usually associated with medieval texts, sagas -- particularly in the legendary and chivalric saga genres -- continued to be composed in Iceland on the pattern of medieval texts into the nineteenth century.

Explanations for saga writing

Icelanders produced a high volume of literature relative to the size of the population. Historians have proposed various theories

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