Orkneyinga saga
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The Orkneyinga saga is a narrative of the history of the Orkney and Shetland islands and their relationship with other local polities, particularly Norway and Scotland, written in Old Norse. The saga
An example of a page from the Orkneyinga saga, as it appears in a printed copy of the 14th-century Flateyjarbók.
An early 19th-century illustration of "Mount Hekla from Odde"
Magnus Barefoot's army in Ireland. It has been argued that Magnus's actions in the west form the basis of the saga narrative about the submission of Orkney and Shetland to Harald Fairhair's fleet.
"Odin Rides to Hel" (1908) by W. G. Collingwood
Torf-Einarr
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Einarr Rognvaldarson, often referred to by his byname Torf-Einarr, was one of the Norse earls of Orkney. The son of the Norse jarl Rognvald Eysteinsson and a concubine, his rise to power is related in
The mountains of Møre, Einarr's homeland.
The flat landscapes of North Ronaldsay. According to the Orkneyinga saga Einarr slew his enemy Hálfdan on the island.
A page from a vellum manuscript of the Landnámabók in the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies in Reykjavík, Iceland