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Old Norwegian Languagethis is an example of Old Norwegian as it was around 1255. It is again Arne Torp who made the video, check out his website…
Det Brente SkipetDocumentary about a huge and spectacular, but forgotten viking burialmound, excavated in 1874. English subtitles. (p) 2009
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Mimisbrunnr.info: Developments in ancient Germanic studiesA news service for topics relevant to Germanic studies, their academic study and their reception.
The site is named for the well of Mimir from…
News: Body in well confirms Viking SagaArchaeology News from Past Horizons. Report on archaeological findings in Trondheim, Norway.
Jarlshof Prehistoric and Norse SettlementJarlshof is a site on Shetland with evidence of occupation from the Neolithic period to the late medieval period, and includes Norse longhouses. It is…
Anundshög Official WebsiteThe official home page for Anundshög, Sweden’s largest prehistoric burial mound, and Viking Age ship setting.
Viking: The BerserkersA film described as 'The Viking Hunger Games'. This trailer shows one way that popular culture engages with the Vikings, in this instance the Viking…
Publications of the Viking SocietyDigital PDF versions of printed works published by The Viking Society. Includes Old Norse editions, translations and secondary literature.
Reading list for essay question on mythological stories in Bragi Boddason’s RagnarsdrápaEssay Question: How are mythological stories depicted in Bragi Boddason’s Ragnarsdrápa?
Essay Question: How is the figure of the hero presented in Ǫrvar-Odds saga?
Essay Question: What are the major differences between the telling of the legend of the Vǫlsungar in eddic poetry and that in Vǫlsunga saga?
Essay Question: To what extent do the authors of Gísla saga Súrssonar and Grettis saga Ásmundarsonar critique Icelandic law and the sentence of…
Essay Question: Why do the authors of the skáldasögur (Bjarnar saga Hítdœlakappa, Egils saga Skalla-Grímssonar, Gunnlaugs saga ormstungu, Hallfreðar…
Essay Question: How is the figure of the poet presented in the skáldasögur (Bjarnar saga Hítdœlakappa, Egils saga Skalla-Grímssonar, Gunnlaugs saga…
Essay Title: ‘There is ample evidence in the eddic corpus of a distinct genre of Odinic wisdom dialogue. The poems belonging to this genre are uniform…
Essay Title: ‘The primary value of eddic poetry and Snorri Sturluson’s Edda is located not in their aesthetic accomplishments but in their status as…
Essay Question: What motivates Joanne Harris’s employment of Norse mythology in Runemarks, Runelight, and The Gospel of Loki?
Essay Question: Which aspects of Norse mythology are borrowed and adapted by J. R. R. Tolkien in the construction of Middle-earth?
Essay Question: How does Thomas Gray adapt his sources (Baldrs draumar and Darraðarljóð) in ‘The Descent of Odin’ and ‘The Fatal Sisters’?
Essay Title: ‘The incorporation of Norse mythological material in Beowulf is nothing more than a random assortment of half-remembered stories.’…