The Stories of Icelanders are a part of Iceland’s cultural heritage, which the Faroese also claim some part of. For today’s readers it can sometimes be difficult to understand these texts completely as the gap between the middle ages and the present in many was is too wide. With this book Heimir Pólsson wants to bridge this gap. He makes us understand how the Vikings understood life and he explores questions such as: What was right and wrong in the middle ages? What do the words love and friendship mean? What lies behind the images portrayed in the texts? To what extent are historical texts similar to other literature?