Icelandic Sagas
Suggested Books
Virtually Virtual Iceland - Culture, history, travel, society ...
Personal opinion on things Icelandic, from the Sagas to the fishing industry.
 
Iceland - Scandinavica.com
Fact sheet providing a brief overview of the country. Includes history, sights,and recommended books.
 
Iceland -> History on Encyclopedia.com 2002
Article from Encyclopedia.com.
 
Thinking in Icelandic: The Bull Goose Loons and Their Children
A satirical look at the origins of modern fantasy literature, from Hardwired e-zine.
 
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Iceland
The island called Iceland, is considered, because of its population and historyas forming a part of Europe, is situated in the North Atlantic Ocean.
 
The Laxdaela Saga
E-text of the translation by Muriel Press in 1899. Originally written in OldNorse sometime around the year 1245 AD.
 
Links: Ásatrú, Culture, History,Runes...
Directory of Asatru related sites.
 
Tafl, Tablut, Fox and Geese family - Online Guide. History and ...
Contains history and information on the game family.
 
Sacred Texts: Legends and Sagas
Poetic and prose texts from various cultures including Anglo-Saxon, Arabian,Arthurian, Celtic and Scandinavian.
 
Norse America
Bullfrog Films
 
Orthodox Christians in North America 1000 Years Ago
Andrew Phillips explains how Christianity was accepted by the Vikings and camewith Leif Ericsson to the New World.
 
Time-reckoning in Iceland
Presented as an effort to remedy the lack of interest in the history of scienceand archaeoastronomy in Iceland. In the 1991 Clive LN Ruggles edited, ...
 
Welcome to the Palmaria site!
Includes photographs, various names, history, and current uses of dulse.
 
History of Medieval Greenland
Timeline with references.
 
GREAT IRELAND IN NEW ENGLAND
Reprint of chapter from "New England's Buried Treasure" by Clay Perry, 1946details the investigation of how an unknown band of ancient Irish voyagers may have ...
 
VINGOLF BOOKLIST
Reading recommended by the Vingolf kindred.
 
Hnefatafl - the Strategic Board Game of the Vikings
An overview of rules and variations of the game by Sten Helmfrid.
 
The Online Medieval and Classical Library (DL SunSITE)
An extensive online archive, includes numerous annotated texts and links tofurther related resources.
 
Mythology and sagas in Western-Iceland
Texts about Icelandic sagas and Medieval Icelandic Literature.
 
Wrestling History
Windsor, Ontario - Includes audio, biographies, games, news, pictures, and videos.
 
The Norse in the North Atlantic: Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage
Examines Viking purpose and practice of oceanic exploration. Provided by Newfoundlandand Labrador Heritage.
 
The Fate of Greenland's Vikings
From Archaeology, the disappearance of the Greenlanders has intrigued studentsof history for centuries.
 
Thor Heyerdahl about the Vikings, by Allan Swenson
An article about Thor Heyerdahl's interest in Viking History. By Allan Swenson.
 
Antiquity, Project Gallery: Steinberg
Associated archaeological record is difficult to identify on the surface, surveyis challenging and settlement pattern studies have been of little help in ...
 
JON LEIFS - Iceland's Greatest Composer
Dedicated to him and other Icelandic composers.
 
Jesse Byock
Brief profile of this University of California, Los Angeles, Professor.Research interests include Icelandic and Scandinavian archaeology.
 
Literature and Art from Iceland, Land of the Midnight Sun
Information about novels, books and works of Icelandic authors and painters.Featured artists are the writers Elías Snæland Jónsson, Úlfar Harri Elíasson and ...
 
Icelandic Sheepdog - Herding on the Web
Article on breed origins and current status, with photo, from Herding on the Web.
 
squirrel.com Ásatrú Page
A collection of links mostly concerning or related to Ásatrú, the reconstructionof an ancient polytheistic religion of Northern European origin.
 
publ2
Bibliography of peer-reviewed academic publications, mostly in the field ofmedieval European languages and literature. Organized by language, culture, ...
 
Sigrid Undset
A brief biography and a listing of selected works.
 
Tracing Viking Settlers In Iceland
From Backdirt, combining archaeological techniques with information from theIcelandic Sagas to study Early Viking Age society.
 
Readings Resources
Hrafnkels Saga Freysgoða as translated by Gwyn Jones in Eirik the Red and OtherIcelandic Sagas. E-text by Western Michigan University.
 
Antiquity, Project Gallery: Erlandson et al
Vikings first settled Iceland about AD 870, building a unique farming and fishingsociety in the volcanic and glacial landscapes of this large North Atlantic ...
 
Information in english
Outdoor theatre with 150 actors performing a pageant about love, treason, faithand Vikings conquering Ireland. Description of the play and ticket ordering ...
 
Hnefatafl
History and rules of the game and variants, like Tawlbyund and Alea Evangelii.Also the history and rules of related games like Ludus Latrunculorum and Seega.
 
Odin - Norwegian folktales and legends
Folktales and legends, folksongs and ancient literature.
 
Civilization.ca - Canada Hall - The Norse
An illustrated history and description from The Canadian Museum of Civilizationof the Viking settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows, on the northern coast of ...
 
The Sigurd Portal
A look at the Norse/Teuronic Myth.
 
Odin - The dramatist Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1903.
 
Blackmask Online : Classics/Viking
Numerous public domain e-texts featuring Icelandic sagas and Germanic legends.
 
[ Sagnanetið ]
Saganet project by the National and University Library of Iceland and CornellUniversity with the association of the Árni Magnússon Institute in Iceland to ...
 
The Mystery of the Lost Red Paint People
Bullfrog Films
 
Orme and the history of the Orme family
Viking origins of the name including Old Norse Sagas, translated runestoneinscriptions and heraldry.
 
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Asgaard
Enclosure, garden; the Garden of the Gods.
 
Welcome to the Medieval Studies Program
Information about the program, courses and faculty.
 

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