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- Collection: Resources for Old Norse Literature
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 Sagas OnlineThe Icelandic sagas with modern Icelandic spelling
Blog: Norse and Viking BlogspotA blog discussing Viking-related themes from Viqueen
Viking Society for Northern Research Web PublicationsDigital copies of publications produced by the Viking Society for Northern Research, including 'Saga Book' vols. I–XXXVIII, 'A New Introduction to Old…
The Old Lay of BiarkiThis is a translation of Bjarkamál in fornu which was sung by the skald Thormod before the battle of Stiklestad.
International Saga Conference ArchiveArchive of papers given at International Saga Conferences since 1971
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…
Sofie Vanherpen's BlogItems from Sofie Vanherpen's Blog centred around her PhD-project on Auðr/Unnr djúp(a)úðga Ketilsdóttir (9th Century).
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,…
Words on Words: The Viking BerserkerA blog post about the meaning of Old Norse 'berserkr'.
Concordance to the Proverbs and Proverbial Materials in the Old Icelandic SagasA compilation of proverbs and proverbial matter in Old Norse literature.
Blog: Everyday MonstrosityA 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 sagasRebecca Merkelbach on outlaws, trolls and berserkers in the Icelandic sagas. This article considers how different types of characters in the sagas are…
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…
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…
Ólafs saga helgaThe text of St Olaf's saga in modern Icelandic
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…
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…
Guide to the classics: the Icelandic sagaA brief introduction to the Icelandic sagas.
Review: 'Women in Old Norse Society' and 'Old Norse Images of Women' by Jenny JochensOn pp. 89-91, a review of:
Jochens, J., 1995 'Women in Old Norse Society' (Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press)
Jochens, J., 1996 'Old Norse…