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- Collection: Resources for Old Norse Literature
Publications of the Viking SocietyDigital PDF versions of printed works published by The Viking Society. Includes Old Norse editions, translations and secondary literature.
Pre-Christian Religions of the North: Sources DatabasePre-Christian Religions of the North is an international project to document the mythology and religious practices of early Scandinavia and Germanic…
Saga Thing: NicknamesSaga Thing has collected a selection of nicknames from the sagas that they have discussed. Old Norse nicknames could often be less than complimentary,…
Icelandic Sagas OnlineThe Icelandic sagas with modern Icelandic spelling
International Saga Conference ArchiveArchive of papers given at International Saga Conferences since 1971
Sofie Vanherpen's BlogItems from Sofie Vanherpen's Blog centred around her PhD-project on Auðr/Unnr djúp(a)úðga Ketilsdóttir (9th Century).
Blog: Norse and Viking BlogspotA blog discussing Viking-related themes from Viqueen
Völuspá: Introduction and Readings (Old Norse & English)Völuspá is one of the most important poems in the Poetic Edda, and the most well-known account of the beginning and end of the world (Ragnarok) in…
Völuspá by Sveinbjörn BeinteinssonThis is the opening poem of the Poetic Edda, chanted in a style influenced by rímur tradition by Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson, allsherjargoði (very roughly…
Voluspa 1-4 Poetic Edda Recital in Old Norse with Throat SingingRecital in Old Norse from the original Edda text, Voluspa (The Sibyls Prophecy or Divination of the Witch), a Heathen, Viking Age, Old Norse Poem on…
Modern Poets on Viking PoetryModern Poets on Viking Poetry is a cultural engagement scheme based at the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, University of Cambridge. It is…
Words on Words: The Viking BerserkerA blog post about the meaning of Old Norse 'berserkr'.
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…
Wiki: HeimskringlaHeimskringla is an online collection of Old Norse source material.
Concordance to the Proverbs and Proverbial Materials in the Old Icelandic SagasA compilation of proverbs and proverbial matter in Old Norse literature.
Blog post: The Battle of Stamford BridgeA Clerk of Oxford writes about the battle of Stamford Bridge and its description in Hemings þáttr.
Blog post: Tweeting 30 Icelandic romances in 30 days #riddarasagaSheryl McDonald Werronen tweeted 30 riddarasögur (courtly romances) over the course of 30 days. This blog post links to storifies of the tweets so you…
Icelandic Saga Map ProjectThe Icelandic Saga Map project has created an interactive map of the Icelandic sagas, linking places on the map to events in the sagas.
Ólafs saga helgaThe text of St Olaf's saga in modern Icelandic
Bjarkamál in fornuThe poem Bjarkamál in fornu in Old Norse, Danish and Swedish.