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Conference Presentation: Matthew Driscoll, ‘ Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur’

Matthew Driscoll (University of Copenhagen/Ulster University), ‘ Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur’. Chaired by Orla Murphy.…

Handout: Discussion Questions about Volsunga Saga

A list of questions for discussion of Volsunga saga in a seminar

The structure of Bósa saga

A task sheet for students to help them analyse the structure of Bósa saga

Syllabus: Fornaldarsögur Course

The syllabus for a course on the Fornaldarsögur.

Germanic Mythology: Texts, Translations, Scholarship

A website with translations and texts relating to Old Norse literature and Norse mythology. The website primarily links to other websites, but it does…

Article: Thora Town-Hart, Ragnar Lothbrok's Forgotten Wife

A short article about Thora Town-Hart, the daughter of Herrauðr, a legendary Jarl (Earl) of Götaland.

The Völsunga Saga [Audio]

"The Saga of the Volsungs" is one of the truly great Icelandic sagas. Composed sometime in the twelfth or thirteenth century by an unknown author, it…

Project: Stories for all time: The Icelandic fornaldarsögur

Stories for all time is a research project based at the University of Copenhagen's Department of Nordic research (Nordisk Forskningsinstitut). It aims…