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Conference Presentation: Andrey Korovin, 'Thorvald Kondrason as a Saga Hero and the Main Character in a Historical Novel'

Andrey Korovin (Moscow State Pedagogical University), ‘ Thorvald Kondrason as a Saga Hero and the Main Character in a Historical Novel’. Chaired by…

Conference Presentation: Kendra Wilson, “Saga Style in a Finnish Beijing Opera”

Kendra Wilson (University of Turku), Kendra Wilson (University of Turku), “Saga Style in a Finnish Beijing Opera”. Chaired by Eleanor Rosamund…

Lecture notes on Gísla saga Súrssonar

Notes produced by Rebecca Merkelbach for an introductory lecture at Cambridge on Gísla saga Súrssonar (one of the Sagas of Icelanders dealing with the…

Handout on Gísla saga Súrssonar

A handout produced by Rebecca Merkelbach to accompany an introductory lecture at Cambridge on Gísla saga Súrssonar (one of the Sagas of Icelanders…

Handout: Laxdœla saga

Handout on Laxdœla saga saga (The Saga of the People of Laxárdalr) by Joanne Shortt Butler, including extracts from the saga, a family tree and…

Handout on 'The Saga of Hrafnkel Frey’s Godi'

A handout produced by Joanne Shortt Butler on the Old Norse literature topic of 'The Saga of Hrafnkel Frey’s Godi', including background reading,…

Cultural Tour of Northern Shetland Map

A map that has been tagged with historical events and mentions, including events from the sagas

Guide to the classics: the Icelandic saga

A brief introduction to 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…

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…

Statue of Egill Skallagrímsson by Gustav Vigeland

'Egil Skallagrimson reiser nidstang'. A sculpture of the warrior-poet Egill Skallagrímsson (tenth-century hero of Egils saga) raising a nithing pole…

'Article: Network analysis of the Íslendinga sögur' by P. Mac Carron and R. Kenna

The article describes how the authors performed a network analysis of the Íslendinga sögur to gather quantitative information on interrelationships…

Icelandic Saga Map Project

The Icelandic Saga Map project has created an interactive map of the Icelandic sagas, linking places on the map to events in the sagas.

Blog: Books and Boots

A blog with descriptions of, and links to items about, the Icelandic sagas.

Blog: The Saga-Steads of Iceland

Emily Lethbridge's blog of how she travelled around Iceland reading the sagas at the locations where they took place.

Vatnsdæla á refli

The website for Vatnsdæla saga depicted on a tapestry.

Njálurefill: Njálssaga á refli

A tapestry of Njál's saga is being created. When the tapestry is finished it will be displayed at the Icelandic Saga Centre in Hvolsvöllur. The…

Wiki: Heimskringla

Heimskringla is an online collection of Old Norse source material.

Grettir Theatre-Play Trailer (English)

The Comedytheatre in the Westfjords of Iceland will perform in English the powerful play Grettir every Wednesday this summer in Isafjordur. Shows will…

Poster for Grettir theatreplay based on the Icelandic saga

Billed as 'A theatreplay based on one of the most famous Icelandic sagas', written and produced by Elfar Logi Hannesson for Comedytheatre. Poster seen…