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Blog post: Tweeting 30 Icelandic romances in 30 days #riddarasaga
Sheryl McDonald Werronen tweeted 30 riddarasögur (courtly romances) over the course of 30 days. This blog post links to storifies of the tweets so you can catch up on them all easily.
Conference Presentation: Ylva Berglund Prytz, ‘ Beowulf, Trenches, and an Old Polish Car – Community Collections Galore?'
Ylva Berglund Prytz (University of Oxford), ‘ Beowulf, Trenches, and an Old Polish Car – Community Collections Galore?' Chaired by Tom Birkett. Presentation at the IRC-Funded Conference 'Rediscovering the Vikings', UCC, 25 Nov. 2016.
Icelandic Sagas Online
The Icelandic sagas with modern Icelandic spelling
Blog: Norse and Viking Blogspot
A blog discussing Viking-related themes from Viqueen
Viking Society for Northern Research Web Publications
Digital copies of publications produced by the Viking Society for Northern Research, including 'Saga Book' vols. I–XXXVIII, 'A New Introduction to Old Norse', a number of significant texts in translation, and various other articles, essays, and…
The Old Lay of Biarki
This is a translation of Bjarkamál in fornu which was sung by the skald Thormod before the battle of Stiklestad.
Project Launch: The World-Tree Project
Tom Birkett and Roderick Dale. Launch of the World-Tree Project. Presentation at the IRC-Funded Conference ''Rediscovering the Vikings', UCC, 25 Nov. 2016.
International Saga Conference Archive
Archive of papers given at International Saga Conferences since 1971
Pre-Christian Religions of the North: Sources Database
Pre-Christian Religions of the North is an international project to document the mythology and religious practices of early Scandinavia and Germanic Europe. The Sources Database brings together resources related to the project.
Sofie Vanherpen's Blog
Items from Sofie Vanherpen's Blog centred around her PhD-project on Auðr/Unnr djúp(a)úðga Ketilsdóttir (9th Century).
Conference Presentation: Shirley McPhaul, ‘Of Gods and Fictional Worlds: The Viking Age Proto-Fictional Universe in Narrative-Driven Videogames’
Shirley McPhaul (University of Iceland), ‘Of Gods and Fictional Worlds: The Viking Age Proto-Fictional Universe in Narrative-Driven Videogames’. Chaired by Roderick Dale. Presentation at the IRC-Funded Conference ''Rediscovering the Vikings',…
Saga Thing: Nicknames
Saga Thing has collected a selection of nicknames from the sagas that they have discussed. Old Norse nicknames could often be less than complimentary, frequently scurrilous, and were always given, never self-imposed. The giving of a nickname could be…
Words on Words: The Viking Berserker
A blog post about the meaning of Old Norse 'berserkr'.
Conference Presentation: Richard North, ‘ More Vikings in Spain: Jómsvíkinga saga and a scene in For Whom the Bell Tolls’
Richard North (UCL), ‘ More Vikings in Spain: Jómsvíkinga sagaand a scene in For Whom the Bell Tolls’. Chaired by Sarah Baccianti. Presentation at the IRC-Funded Conference ''Rediscovering the Vikings', UCC, 25 Nov. 2016.
Concordance to the Proverbs and Proverbial Materials in the Old Icelandic Sagas
A compilation of proverbs and proverbial matter in Old Norse literature.
Blog: Everyday Monstrosity
A blog that is primarily about monsters, but with reference to the author's research into monsters in the Icelandic sagas.
Article: Outlaws, trolls and berserkers: meet the hero-monsters of the Icelandic sagas
Rebecca Merkelbach on outlaws, trolls and berserkers in the Icelandic sagas. This article considers how different types of characters in the sagas are monstrous.
Conference Presentation: Rebecca Boyd, ‘ Opening a Door to the Past: Accessing the Knowledge Base of Historical Re-enactors’
Rebecca Boyd (Independent), Rebecca Boyd (Independent), ‘ Opening a Door to the Past: Accessing the Knowledge Base of Historical Re-enactors’. Chaired by Deise Medieval. Presentation at the IRC-Funded Conference ''Rediscovering the Vikings', UCC,…
Triquetra - Illuminating York 2013 - Clifford’s Tower (Hyperlink)
The history of three Viking kings (Harald Bluetooth, Sweyn Forkbeard, Cnut the Great) told using sound and video projection mapping as a Son et Lumiere for Illuminating York 2013.
For detailed notes on the history used in this work follow these…
For detailed notes on the history used in this work follow these…
Recordings of Old Norse texts by Óskar Guðlaugsson (hyperlinks)
Recordings of the following can be accessed on this page: Vellekla Ragnarsdrápa Krákumál Egill Skallagrímsson Other texts are read as part of the lessons. Access here