The Heimskringla - A History of the Norse Kings #248435

IN this book I have had old stories written down, as I have heard them told by intelligent people, concerning chiefs who have held dominion in the northern countries, and who spoke the Danish tongue; and also concerning some of their family branches, according to what has been told me. Some of this is found in ancient family regis ters, in which the pedigrees of kings and other personages of high birth are reckoned up, and part is written down after old songs and ballads which our forefathers had for their amusement. N ow, although we cannot just say what truth there may be in these, yet we have the cer tainty that old and wise men held them to be true.